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Our final story from Carl Sandburg's "Rootabaga Pigeons" this week is a special dtale where instead of telling a story, we get to see the Potato Face Blind Man listen to a story from two tough pony g…

'How Pink Peony Sent Spuds, the Ballplayer, Up to Pick Four Moons' is a beautiful love story from Carl Sandburg, a refreshing change from Monday's tale.

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'How Deep Red Roses Goes Back and Forth Between the Clock and the Looking Glass' is a different kind of story from Carl Sandburg, it's a sad story of trauma and a girl who wants to feel loved.

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'Smells and Jingles' is the perfect story to finish our week in Japan, a bit of light-hearted fun to cleanse the palate from the sadness of 'The Sazayé and the Tai' and the violence of 'Raiko and the…

'The Sazayé and the Tai' is a sad tale of hubris from a terribly proud shellfish.

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We begin our stories from Japan this week by wrapping up the story of Raiko that we'd begun previously with the bloody battle of 'Raiko and the Shi-Ten Doji'.

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A variation on the good daughter/bad daughter tale, 'Teresina, Luisa, and the Bear' is quite a story.

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The Tuscan version of 'Bluebeard' may just be my favorite version of this classic fairytale. I do hope you agree.

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This week I have three stories from Tuscany, brought to us by Isabella M. Anderton, beginning with 'A Tuscan Snow White and the Dwarfs'.

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'The Miser' is the story that convinced me to tell these Russian tales this week. It's the story of how the rich stay rich.

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'The Bad Wife' is a Russian story that reads like a 1960's sitcom plot, and I couldn't stop laughing the first time I read it.

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In the first of three stories from Russia this week, 'The Three Copecks', we meet a young orphan who gains riches by hard work and a good wife by his piety.

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Our final story from Hans Christian Andersen this week, 'The False Collar' is possibly the most prototypical HCA story ever.

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You probably know it as 'The Princess and The Pea', but I personally think Hans Christian Andersen told it best in 'The Real Princess'.

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This week I'm revisiting how The Folktale Project began, with stories from Hans Christian Andersen. Beginning with one of my favorites, 'The Old House'.

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In our final ghost story from Maine, 'The Owl Tree', we have another tale of murder among the clergy.

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In today's legend from Maine we get a tale of murder and deceit, courtesy of the titular Jack Welch.

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Last week The Folktale Project was on vacation in Maine, and it brought back three stories from that beautiful coastal state, beginning with the story of a mysterious veiled clergyman, 'Father Moody'…

This week, the podcast is taking a well deserved summer vacation. But that doesn't mean there aren't stories to be shared and I'll be sharing three of the most popular from the past summer. Our final…

This week, the podcast is taking a well deserved summer vacation. But that doesn't mean there aren't stories to be shared and I'll be sharing three of the most popular from the past summer. Our secon…