Our final tale this week tells us all about how King Winter plans his harvest.
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Ep. 964 - The Snow Maiden - A Russian Folktale
Today's story of winter comes from Russia and tells the heartbreaking tale of a childless couple and their young snow maiden.
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Ep. 963 - The Pine and The Willow - A Japanese Folktale
This week I'm bringing you three stories from "The Pearl Story Book: Stories and Legends of Winter, Christmas, and New Year's Day", beginning with the Japanese tale of 'The Pine and The Willow'.
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Ep. 961 - The Island of Mainau - A German Folktale
Today's story from Germany is a tale of love, loss and the possession of 'The Island of Mainau'.
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Ep. 959 - The Farmyard Cock and the Weathercock - A Hans Christian Andersen Folktale
Our final story from Hans Christian Andersen this week is the tale of a fight between two cocks on a farm, 'The Farmyard Cock and the Weathercock'.
Ep. 958 - The Flax - A Hans Christian Andersen Folktale
'The Flax' is the story of a piece of flax as only Hans Christian Andersen could write it. Heartbreaking and poignant.
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Ep. 957 - Buckwheat - A Hans Christian Andersen Folktale
This week we're revisiting Hans Christian Andersen's "Fairy Tales" for three new stories, the kinds that only Hans Christian Andersen could bring us, beginning with 'Buckwheat'.
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Ep. 954 - The Anxious Leaf - An American Folktale
'The Anxious Leaf' is our first tale of autumn for this Thanksgiving week here in the US.
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Ep. 953 - Mangita and Larina - A Philippine Folktale
'Mangita and Larina' is a familiar tale about two sisters and a mysterious visitor.
Ep. 952 - The Light of the Fly - A Philippine Folktale
'The Light of the Fly' is a poem from the Philippines all about how the firefly got his lantern.
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