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In our final story from Japan this week we get a glimpse into why I love the treatment of the gods in Japan. In 'The Singing Bird of Heaven' we see that even the gods can falter.

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Today's story from Japan is 'The Tea-Kettle' a tale of mischief and friendship and a magical kettle.

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The first of three stories from Japan this week, 'Green Willow' is an almost impossibly touching and sad tale of love.

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Our final story from California this week, 'The Queen of Death Valley', isn't really a ghost story - but it certainly isn't a happy tale either.

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Heading back to "Myths and Legends of Our Own Land" by Charles Skinner I'm correcting a grave wrong today and Friday with two ghost stories from California, beginning with 'The Spook of Misery Hill'.

In our final story from "The Topaz Story Book" we get a story about the bravery and cunning of a young squirrel.

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In Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge" we get a very vivid warning of what can happen if we put on airs.

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In Anna Skinner's telling of 'Mrs. Bunny’s Dinner Party' we meet the fearless Mr. Bobtail. Or maybe he's not quite so fearless after all.

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'The Pretending Woodchuck' is the perfect story of autumn to get us into the Topaz Fairy Book this November - the misadventure of a young woodchuck named Monax.

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'The Legend of Stingy Jack' is a tradition here on The Folktale Project and the outstanding origin of the Jack-o'-lantern.

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'The Little Pumpkin' is the story of a pumpkin who would be a truly glorious jack-o-lantern.

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'The Wooden Indian and the Shaghorn Buffalo' is a rather wistful story and the last of our stories from Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories" for a bit.

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In Sandburg's 'The Dollar Watch and the Five Jack Rabbits' we get a story of loss that's familiar to every pet owner - even if we didn't get our pets by saving a man from the gallows.

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'The Two Skyscrapers Who Decided to Have a Child' is a sad story about parenting and the first of three stories to feature the wind as a character in Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories".

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Sandburg's 'How Bimbo the Snip’s Thumb Stuck to His Nose When the Wind Changed' is an American version of my favorite type of story, a progressive tale - and the first with a traffic directing monkey…

Our final fairytale from Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories" this week is a the tale of three boys on an adventure to realize their greatest ambition.

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A story about brothers, a fuss, and a snowman named SnooFoo - that's Sandburg's 'How the Hat Ashes Shovel Helped SnooFoo'.

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In 'The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was in it' Sandburg elevates a story of babies playing, and creates some new words along the way.

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I just so happen to live with a cat, and as such I can see that Jean de la Fontaine's 'The League of Rats' is less fable than it is nonfiction.

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Jean de la Fontaine's 'The Gardener and His Landlord' is a wonderful fable to demonstrate that asking for help from the rich can often result in more trouble than help.

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