In today's poem from "The Topaz Story Book", Gabriel Setoun brings us a different side of Jack Frost than we're used to seeing.
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Ep. 1071 - The Topaz Story Book - The Sickle Moon
"It is a quaint and pretty tale | Six hundred summers old, | When in the green Tyrolean vale, | The peasant folk is told."
- 'The Sickle Moon', A Tyrolean Harvest Legend
Ep. 1070 - The Topaz Story Book - The Scarf of the Lady
"Each year at harvest time she invited the poor peasants of the neighbourhood to come and glean in her field, and take home with them as much grain as they needed for winter use." - The Scarf of the Lady
Ep. 1069 - The Topaz Story Book - Prince Autumn
“I am the least important of the four seasons and am scarcely lord in my own land,” he said. “I serve two jealous masters and have to please them both. But my power extends so far that I can give you a few glad days.” - 'Prince Autumn'
Ep. 1066 - Legends of the Rhine - Lohengrin
The penultimate story in "Legends of the Rhine", 'Lohengrin', is a tale that should be very familiar to opera lovers as well as fans of tales of chivalry.
Ep. 1065 - Legends of the Rhine - Siegfried
This is the final week of "Legends of the Rhine" and it's ending with three amazing tales, beginning with the story of the hero 'Siegfried'.
Ep. 1063 - Legends of the Rhine - The Cathedral Builder of Cologne, Pt. 1
Yet another "deal with the Devil" in the Rhine valley, but this time Master Gerhard of Ryle has a secret on his side.
Ep. 1062 - Legends of the Rhine - Jan and Griet
'Jan and Griet' is certainly not a love story, but it is the tale of what "might have been".
Ep. 1061 - Legends of the Rhine - The Goblins
Ever wonder where the goblins you read about in folklore and fairytales have gone? Blame Mrs. Cotton from Cologne.
Ep. 1060 - Legends of the Rhine - Richmodis of Aducht
'Richmodis of Aducht' is a non-ghost story all about true love, the plague with grave robbers sprinkled in for good measure.