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In Part 6 of 'The Yellow Dwarf' we meet a creature who just might be the only purely good soul in the entire story, a compassionate and considerate mermaid.

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In Part 5 of 'The Yellow Dwarf' we follow the plight of the King of the Gold Mines as his bride is stolen from him and he himself is abducted.

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At the wedding of the Princess Bellissima and The King of the Gold Mines things take a turn for the worst in 'The Yellow Dwarf'.

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In Part 3 of 'The Yellow Dwarf' we find out what's going to make this story so sad as Bellissima finds love.

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In Part 2 of 'The Yellow Dwarf' the Princess Bellissima goes ahead and digs herself even deeper into the mess that her mother the Queen started.

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In today's story we meet the cast of characters that make up the classic French fairy tale of 'The Yellow Dwarf'.

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In the conclusion of the classic fairy tale 'East of the Sun West of the Moon' we find out if our heroine is able to rescue her prince from his betrothed.

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In Part 2 of the classic fairytale 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon', we follow the young maiden on her hero's journey to find her Prince.

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This week we have a treat, the classic tale of love, loss and the search for a magical castle that can be found 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon'.

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Today we finish the story all about love and the perception of beauty. This is 'Prince Hyacinth, Pt. 2'.

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Today we begin a story of love and the perception of one's own beauty told in two parts. This is 'Prince Hyacinth, Pt. 1'.

Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

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Today we finish the story of 'The Bronze Ring' and discover if the mice are able to recover the prince's magic ring from the magician. Because of course that's the kind of thing you trust to mice.

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Part 2 of 'The Bronze Ring' would have been the perfect place to conclude the story, but there's more deception and hardship for our hero to pass through first. TW racist language.

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Part 2 of 'The Bronze Ring' begins with the old woman at a fountain and ends with a wedding with a bunch of crazy thrown in the middle. TW animal cruelty and murder (kind of?).

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We begin 2023 with a new start to a new book, "The Blue Fairy Book", and a story of love and loss and magic in 'The Bronze Ring'.

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The podcast is on vacation for the last week of the year. Because there's always a story to be shared, I'm bringing you the most listened to stories of 2022. We'll be back in the New Year with three …

The podcast is on vacation for the last week of the year. Because there's always a story to be shared, I'm bringing you the most listened to stories of 2022. We'll be back in the New Year with three …

The podcast is on vacation for the last week of the year. Because there's always a story to be shared, I'm bringing you the most listened to stories of 2022. We'll be back in the New Year with three …

Today we have our last story for 2022 (and my favorite tradition) our annual reading of 'A Visit From St. Nicholas'. The podcast will bring you the most listened to episodes from the past year next w…

Today we're bringing you a poem about apples and the tale of 'Johnny Appleseed' that is told to nearly every school aged child in the United States.

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