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Folk Tales Every Child Should Know

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We have always loved stories. people have always entertained each other by telling tales around the campfire; traveling storytellers were huge crowd-pullers. Many of these stories were passed down through the generations, largely unchanged. "The stories made by the people, and told before evening fires, or in public places and at the gates of inns in the Orient, belong to the ages when books were few and knowledge limited, or to people whose fancy was not hampered by familiarity with or care for facts; they are the creations, as they were the amusement, of men and women who were children in knowledge, but were thinking deeply and often wisely of what life meant to them, and were eager to know and hear more about themselves, their fellows, and the world. In the earlier folk-stories one finds a childlike simplicity and readiness to believe in the marvellous; and these qualities are found also in the French peasant's version of the career of Napoleon. " (from the Introduction). - Summary by Lynne Thompson (4 hr 9 min)

Chapters

Introduction

8:15

Read by Jennifer Dorr

Hans In Luck

12:35

Read by Jennifer Dorr

Why The Sea Is Salt

10:01

Read by Todd Jenken

The Lad Who Went To The North Wind

6:49

Read by Lynne T

The Lad And The Deil

2:09

Read by Claire Schreuder

Ananzi And The Lion

8:13

Read by Lynne T

The Grateful Foxes

17:08

Read by mlcui

The Badger's Money

9:52

Read by mlcui

Why Brother Bear Has No Tail

7:31

Read by Ellen Preckel

The Origin Of Rubies

9:40

Read by Jude Somers

Long, Broad And Sharpsight

20:09

Read by Ellen Preckel

Intelligence And Luck

8:15

Read by Jennifer Dorr

George With The Goat

10:17

Read by Greg Giordano

The Wonderful Hair

5:43

Read by Alexis Castro

The Dragon And The Prince

15:05

Read by mlcui

The Good Children

9:15

Read by Greg Giordano

The Dun Horse

11:55

Read by Ellen Preckel

The Greedy Youngster

19:20

Read by Ellen Preckel

Hans Who Made The Princess Laugh

11:03

Read by Jennifer Dorr

The Story Of Tom Tit Tot

9:29

Read by Ellen Preckel

The Peasant Story Of Napoleon

36:37

Read by Ellen Preckel