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In today's episode we discover how the King of the Sheep became a sheep himself, and get some very solid (especially for a fairy tale) ground rules for how and when to break the curse.

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In today's part of 'The Wonderful Sheep' we learn the backstory of the great King of the Sheep.

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Host: Dan Scholz

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In Part 3 of 'The Wonderful Sheep' we get a bit of a respite from all of the death and persecution in Parts 1 and 2. And we finally meet the titular King of the Sheep!

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TW: Racism, Suicide, Prolicide

Well Part 2 of 'The Wonderful Sheep' is chock full of unnecessary death. I'd definitely recommend pre-listening to this one if you listen with small children.

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If you're a fan of the darker side of fairytales then 'The Wonderful Sheep' is just what you've been looking for and this will be a very good week for you!

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In today's conclusion of 'The History of Whittington' we'll see if the merchant Mr. Fitzwarren is truly a man of his word.

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In Pt. 2 of 'The History of Whittington' we see a young hero go off to sea. Not Whittington of course, but rather his cat!

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If my favorite types of stories are those that tell the origin of a thing or place, then my second favorite are historical tales, like 'The History of Whittington'. They so chock full off falsehoods …

Today we have the conclusion of the wonderful quest tale of 'The Story of Pretty Goldilocks'. Will Charming stay in prison forever?

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Charming will face his greatest challenge yet today, a trip to the Gloomy Cavern for water from the Fountain of Health and Beauty.

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In Part 4 of 'The Story of Pretty Goldilocks' Charming will be sent on yet another quest - this time to do battle with a giant!

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In Part 3 of 'The Story of Pretty Goldilocks' the Princess will send our Charming on the first of many quests.

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In Part 2 of 'The Story of Pretty Goldilocks' we see Charming as he continues on his travels to beg the Princess to marry his King.

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We're back from summer vacation with a brand new story from "The Blue Fairy Book"! This is not your typical Goldilocks story at all, this is the tale of 'Pretty Goldilocks'.

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Our final Full Story episode until the podcast returns with a brand new tale from "The Blue Fairy Book". 'The Terrible Head' was an unexpected bit of Greek mythology in our collection of tales.

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Only two more Full Story episodes until the podcast returns with a brand new tale from "The Blue Fairy Book". I hope you enjoy this telling of 'The Water-lily. The Gold-Spinners.'

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Part of what I love about the podcast is discovering new tales that everyone else seems to know. In this case it's the extraordinarily famous 'The White Cat'.

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This week's full story from The Blue Fairy Book was a new story to me, the classic, 'Felicia and the Pot of Pinks'.

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This week's full story from The Blue Fairy Book is another shorter classic, 'Puss in Boots'.

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Our first full story of the summer is an origin tale, and one of my favorites because it takes its time to get to the origin. This is 'Why the Sea is Salt'.

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