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TW - Torture, Murder Today marks the end of the story of 'The Goose-Girl'. The King will get some answers and a stolen identity will be revealed.

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TW - Animal violence Today we have the second part of the tale of 'The Goose-Girl' where the travellers finally make it to the Prince and the maid's plan is enacted.

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Today we begin that classic tale of stolen identity, 'The Goose Girl'.

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In the final chapter of 'Snow-white and Rose-red' the girls continue to cross paths with the dwarf, generally to everyone's detriment.

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In Pt. 2 of 'Snow-white and Rose-red' our friend the bear will leave for the summer, and the girls will meet a rather rude dwarf.

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Today is new story day again, this time with a story that we've told before, but in a slightly different way. 'Snow White and Rose Red' is a classic with a thousand variations.

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In the final act of 'Hansel and Gretel' we find the children trapped in the witch's house with no way out.

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In today's tale Hansel and his sister Gretel will find themselves finally abandoned in the woods by their parents. After a good bit of walking they finally find a rather unique cottage...

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It's new story day and we have another very familiar tale, not just because the opening is the same as the recent tale of 'Little Thumb'. This is Part 1 of 'Hansel and Gretel'.

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Today we have the finale of 'The Forty Thieves'. We see the Captain make one last ditch attempt to avenge his friends, and the true ingenuity of Morgiana.

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In today's episode, the Captain of the Forty Thieves will plot to murder Ali Baba. But he's unaware of just how intelligent Morgiana is.

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Today we learn the fate of Ali Baba's brother Cassim and get a peek into the mind of the Captain of the Forty Thieves.

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It's new story day here at The Folktale Project! A tale that will be familiar to many of you, but that doesn't make it any less amazing. This is 'The Forty Thieves', Pt. 1.

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Finally we get to the end of 'Little Thumb'. The ogre has chased the brothers right to their father's doorstep, but will he finally catch him?

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In the second to last part of the story of 'Little Thumb' the seven brothers find their way out of the frying pan and into the fire.

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In today's episode of 'Little Thumb' the brothers find their way through the forest to a lonely house. A lonely house that just so happens to have a very unfortunate owner.

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In Part 2 of 'Little Thumb' we'll find out the fate of the faggot maker's seven sons, at least as far as he and his wife are concerned.

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Today we're going to begin a new story, then next in "The Blue Fairy Book". It's the tale of a cunning your man named 'Little Thumb'.

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Today we have the conclusion of 'The Wonderful Sheep'. I warned you that it was a sad story when we began, but now you'll see just how sad it really is.

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In the penultimate episode in the story of 'The Wonderful Sheep' our story continues to mirror 'Beauty and the Beast' with the young Princess Miranda leaving the King of the Sheep to attend her siste…