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Today Prince Ahmed returns to visit his father, who will grow increasingly suspicious of his son's whereabouts.

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Today Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou celebrate their love with a wedding feast, but the prince begins to miss his father.

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Today we discover the mystery of Prince Ahmed's missing arrow and finally meet the Fairy Paribanou.

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Today the Princes return to save the life of Princess Nouronnihar, but the Sultan determines that none of their gifts were solely responsible for her recovery and creates a new test to determine her …

Today the Princes Ali and Ahmed discover and purchase their rarities and prepare to retutn home where they will compete for the hand of the Princess.

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This week begins a new story from The Blue Fairy Book - The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou. We begin with three princes in love with their orphaned cousin and the challenge set for by …

We're starting 2024 with some complete tales from "The Blue Fairy Book" before returning with the next story in Andrew Lang's great compendium. This is 'The Forty Thieves'.

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We're starting 2024 with some complete tales from "The Blue Fairy Book" before returning with the next story in Andrew Lang's great compendium. This is 'Snow White and Rose Red'.

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We're starting 2024 with some complete tales from "The Blue Fairy Book" before returning with the next story in Andrew Lang's great compendium. This is 'Hansel and Gretel'.

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We're starting 2024 with some complete tales from "The Blue Fairy Book" before returning with the next story in Andrew Lang's great compendium. This is 'The Goose Girl'.

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We're starting 2024 with some complete tales from "The Blue Fairy Book" before returning with the next story in Andrew Lang's great compendium. This is 'The Terrible Head'.

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We're starting 2024 with some complete tales from "The Blue Fairy Book" before returning with the next story in Andrew Lang's great compendium. This is 'The Wonderful Sheep'.

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Want to see what came before the famous 'A Christmas Carol'? In the "Pickwick Paper" Dickens published 'The Christmas Goblins', a story about an ill-tempered Sexton and the life changing night he spe…

Today's story in our Christmas after Christmas series is all about an older brither trying to make some Christmas magic for his younger siblings.

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Because I'm still in the Christmas spirit we're going to buck tradition this year and bring you three new tales of Christmas instead of the usual annual round up. That will take place over the next t…

Merry Christmas to all!!!

Today we have a special episode, our annual tradition of the reading of Clement Moore's 'A Visit From St. Nicholas'.

Today we discover why Cinderlad collected all of the horses and armor in Pt. 1 of the tale. It, of course, has something to do with a Princess and a Glass Hill. :)

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Today we begin a tale that has versions all around the world and in every culture, 'The Princess on the Glass Hill'. Stories like this are exactly why we have The Folktale Project, to see those conne…

Today we finally come to the end of 'A Voyage to Lilliput', the first story on Swift's "Gulliver's Travels".

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As our traveller returns from war we find out just what the punishment may be for disobeying the emperor.

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