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'The Recompense' concludes the French fairytale of 'Ourson' in the most perfect way possible. Love, many marriages and a callback to an earlier tale in "Old French Fairytales". Just perfect.

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In the penultimate chapter in the fairytale of 'Ourson' we finally see the battle between the Fairy Drolette and the Fairy Furious.

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It's time for Part 11 in the story of 'Ourson' and we're finally going to get to see the sacrifice of Princess Violette for Ourson.

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Part 10 of the French fairytale 'Ourson' ['The Farm, The Castle, the Forge'] features our hero venturing out into the world once more and a possible cameo by another folklore character.

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In Part 9 of 'Ourson' we discover the fate of Ourson and my favorite character in the story, Passerose, keeps her head (sorta).

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In 'The Conflagration', Part 8 in the tale of 'Ourson' our protagonist begins his trials after another prophetic dream from Violette.

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With 'The Wild Boar' we come to everyone's favorite part of the hero's journey, the trials. Ourson will face those trials as only he can in Part 7 in the fairytale of Ourson.

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In 'Violette's Sacrifice' (our final chapter in the story of 'Ourson' this week) we get what is a truly wonderful cliffhanger and the recovery of Ourson from his encounter with the fairy Furious.

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In Part 5 of the French fairytale of 'Ourson', 'The Toad Again', we see the results of Princess Violette's prophetic dream.

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As we return to the story of 'Ourson' with Pt. 4 'The Dream' we see a prophecy and Ourson learns more about his curse.

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In our final episode of the French fairytale of 'Ourson' this week we finally get to really meet our protagonist as well as the young Princess Violette!

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In today's episode of 'Ourson' ('Birth and Infancy of Ourson') we get to finally meet our protagonist, the titular Ourson (or the Prince Marvellous).

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As we begin the final story from "Old French Fairytales" we finally have a story where we get to meet the fairies where all of the mischief comes from right from the start.

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Our final fairytale of the natural world is 'The Wheat People' and is all about the lifecycle of wheat, teaching us how our food lives.

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As we continue with our fairytales of the natural world by Edith Howes we arrive at a story of the water cycle. That's right, 'At Sunset' is a story all about the way water moves through the states o…

This week I have three fairytales for you by Edith Howes from New Zealand. Howes does a marvelous job of describing how the natural world works to children through some amazing tales. Our first this …

In our final fairytale from Canada this week 'The Blackfoot and The Bear' a young man is recused from certain death and makes a promise that is kept even today.

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Today's story from Canada, 'The Fall of the Spider Mann' tells us the origins of two seemingly unconnected animals. Trigger warning - there is a scene of mutilation at the end of the tale.

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'The Boys and The Giant' is the first of three stories from Canada by Cyrus Macmillan. It's the story of three boys and the adventure of a lifetime.

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In our final story from England for the week, 'A Son of Adam', an overly confident man gets his comeuppance with a truly skillful trick by his master.

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