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Sleeping Beauty: A French Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 19 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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Sleeping Beauty: A French Folktale

Sleeping Beauty: A French Folktale

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A princess was born to the king and queen. They sent out invitations to the christening and included a group of fairies. However, one fairy was not invited. The other fairies all came and bestowed wonderful wishes on the young princess. Just before the lilac fairy gave her blessing and gift, the uninvited fairy arrived, and she was angry.
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The Boy and the Magpie - Salting Its Tail: A Swedish Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 16 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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The Boy and the Magpie - Salting Its Tail: A Swedish Folktale

The Boy and the Magpie - Salting Its Tail: A Swedish Folktale

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A boy was always wishing for things he didn't have. An old magician told the boy if he put salt on a magpie's tail, he could have any wish he made. The boy went out with salt into the woods. All the magpies flew away. One finally spoke with him and told him if he brought her a nice clasp knife, she would let him put salt on her tail.
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Little Ant and the Lion: A Myanmarese (Burmese) Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 13 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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Little Ant and the Lion: A Myanmarese (Burmese) Folktale

Little Ant and the Lion: A Myanmarese (Burmese) Folktale

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Lion was declared king and invited all the animals to come for a greeting, so he could thank them all. Little Ant was representing all the ants and she was so excited she got up extra early and got to the greeting place before any other animals. She didn't care.
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Two Stories of Mouse Deer and Crocodile: An Indonesian Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 9 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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Two Stories of Mouse Deer and Crocodile: An Indonesian Folktale

Two Stories of Mouse Deer and Crocodile: An Indonesian Folktale

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Mouse Deer was down by the river one day when Crocodile swam up and chomped on little Mouse Deer's leg. Mouse Deer could not pull his leg from the clamped jaws of the crocodile. Mouse Deer did some quick thinking and began talking about how lucky he was that the crocodile had accidentally chomped on a stick instead of Mouse Deer's leg. Mouse Deer picked up a stick, which he extended from his body. Without thinking about it, Crocodile let go of Mouse Deer and chomped on the stick.
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The Caterpillar and the Wild Animals: An East African Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 11 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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The Caterpillar and the Wild Animals: An East African Folktale

The Caterpillar and the Wild Animals: An East African Folktale

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Caterpillar is small but has a big voice. When Rabbit goes out and leaves her door open, Caterpillar decides to play a trick on rabbit. It crawls inside rabbit's house and slams the door. When rabbit returns, she gets scared because she sees scratchy marks on the ground and her door is closed. She asks who's in her house.
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Clever Manka and the Judge: An Eastern European Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 16 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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Clever Manka and the Judge: An Eastern European Folktale

Clever Manka and the Judge: An Eastern European Folktale

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Manka was a clever girl. Her father was a shepherd and did a job for a neighbor. The neighbor had promised him a calf for pay, but when the job was done the wealthy farmer refused to give him the young cow. They wound up in court.
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The First Maori Fishing Net: A New Zealand Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 8 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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The First Maori Fishing Net: A New Zealand Folktale

The First Maori Fishing Net: A New Zealand Folktale

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The village is next to the lagoon. The people fish with spears standing in the shallow waters. Time goes by and they are not getting any fish. They don't know what to do. They go to their chief. He seems to be in a dream and does not offer them any suggestions. Time goes by. Still no luck.
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The Singing Geese: An American Folktale

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- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 6 mins
- Release Date: 04-03-15
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The Singing Geese: An American Folktale

The Singing Geese: An American Folktale

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A hunter is out and hears some geese flying in formation overhead. They are singing! He shoots one of them, and it falls from the sky but continues singing. He brings it home, and he and his wife pluck out its feathers. As each feather is plucked, it flies out the window. They put the goose in the oven, and they can still hear it singing from inside the oven. After a while they bring out the goose and put it on a platter on their dining table. Just then the flock of singing geese come flying through the window.
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Jack and the Beanstalk: An English Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 30 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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Jack and the Beanstalk: An English Folktale

Jack and the Beanstalk: An English Folktale

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Jack and his mother were having no luck on the farm. Jack was taking the cow into the village to sell it when he met a man who offered Jack some magical beans for the cow. Jack said, "Okay." When he came home, his mother got mad at him for making such a trade and threw the beans out the window. In the morning Jack woke to discover a huge beanstalk rising to the sky. He climbed it up into a cloud land. He walked on a path across the clouds to a great palace. Inside he discovered a huge woman. She was the ogre's wife.
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The 3 Sisters: An Irish Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 26 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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The 3 Sisters: An Irish Folktale

The 3 Sisters: An Irish Folktale

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When their father died, he left the family a leather bag full of gold. Each daughter drew an image on the bag - a sun, a moon, and three stars. Their mother told them to put the bag away until they needed it. Time went by, and they needed to get some money. They discovered that the bag was gone. Someone had stolen it.
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Bre’r Rabbit Counts Peanuts and Meets the Sticky Baby: An American Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 24 mins
- Release Date: 04-16-15
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Bre’r Rabbit Counts Peanuts and Meets the Sticky Baby: An American Folktale

Bre’r Rabbit Counts Peanuts and Meets the Sticky Baby: An American Folktale

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Brer Rabbit lives in the Briar Patch, and so cannot have a garden. He remedies this by taking from everyone else's garden. He loves peanuts and goes into Sister Fox's patch and eats a bunch, until he hears her coming. She then builds a fence, but he digs under. Then she makes a rope trap and while she's home, Brer Rabbit steps into the rope trap and is now hanging upside down. He can't get out but when he hears Brer Bear coming; he thinks up a trick.
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The Dancing Teapot: A Japanese Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 13 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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The Dancing Teapot: A Japanese Folktale

The Dancing Teapot: A Japanese Folktale

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An old man put the teakettle on the stove and went out to sit on his porch. When the water began to boil, the pot began to transform. It became a tanuki (sort of like a badger) and began racing around his house, causing all kinds of noise and trouble. The old man realized it was a magical kettle, as the tanuki became the kettle again when the old man came inside. He made a box and, before it could change again, put the teakettle into the box.
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3 Loaves of Bread: A Middle Eastern Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 9 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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3 Loaves of Bread: A Middle Eastern Folktale

3 Loaves of Bread: A Middle Eastern Folktale

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An old woman who mended nets for the fishermen was out of work for the winter and had run out of food. She begged for flour to make some bread. Finally, a wealthy neighbor let her sweep the flour from the floor of his store room. It was enough to bake three loaves! Just as she removed the three loaves from her oven, there was a knock on the door.
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Br’er Rabbit and Sister Fox Go Fishing in the Rowboat: An African-American Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 10 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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Br’er Rabbit and Sister Fox Go Fishing in the Rowboat: An African-American Folktale

Br’er Rabbit and Sister Fox Go Fishing in the Rowboat: An African-American Folktale

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Sister Fox tries to get Br'er Rabbit by inviting him to go fishing with her on her rowboat. She knows that he can't swim, and she is tired of being tricked. She also knows that he loves fish and will not pass up an opportunity like getting to fish from a rowboat. They get out in the middle of the lake and sit there singing. Sister Fox is singing about her favorite lunch - rabbit! Br'er Rabbit cannot swim and is getting nervous.
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2 Tales of Juan Bobo: "The 3-Legged Pot" and "The Sleep-over": A Puerto Rican Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 8 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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2 Tales of Juan Bobo: "The 3-Legged Pot" and "The Sleep-over": A Puerto Rican Folktale

2 Tales of Juan Bobo: "The 3-Legged Pot" and "The Sleep-over": A Puerto Rican Folktale

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Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folk tale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing.
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Rumpelstiltskin: A German Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 33 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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Rumpelstiltskin: A German Folktale

Rumpelstiltskin: A German Folktale

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A poor miller told the king that his daughter could spin straw to gold. The king was delighted and ordered the daughter to come to the palace. He showed her a room full of straw and told her she must spin it into gold by the morning or die. She did not know what to do. She cried. A little man appeared who, after receiving a necklace, spun the straw into gold. The king put her in a larger room full of straw and told her the same thing. This time the girl gave the little man a ring.
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The Fisherman and the Mermaid: An Icelandic Folktale
- By Bill Gordh
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- Length: 7 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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The Fisherman and the Mermaid: An Icelandic Folktale

The Fisherman and the Mermaid: An Icelandic Folktale

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A fisherman who fished from the land out into the sea was fishing one day when he heard singing and laughter coming from a grotto. He went around the rocks to discover seven women dancing in the shallow water. They were not dressed, but on the rock where the fisherman was standing, he saw seven fish-tail skins! He watched the dancers. He fell in love with the youngest. He found the smallest tail, rolled it up, and tucked it into his belt. He threw a rock into the middle of the dancers and hid behind the rock where he was standing.
Donna Berge says: "I knew mermaids were real!!!!"
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Why There Are Falling Stars: An American Indian Folktale
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- Length: 14 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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Why There Are Falling Stars: An American Indian Folktale

Why There Are Falling Stars: An American Indian Folktale

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The stars used to sing and dance in the nighttime sky. Coyote brags that he sings with the stars. The other animals laugh. Then he asks them if they ever hear him howling at night. They say yes, and he announces that that is him singing with the stars. He has their attention now and he doesn't want to lose it, so he adds some more to his story.
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Masha and the Bear: A Russian Folktale
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- Length: 12 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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Masha and the Bear: A Russian Folktale

Masha and the Bear: A Russian Folktale

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Masha lived with the grandparents in a village alongside of a great forest. One day, she went out looking for mushrooms. She carried a big basket and as her grandmother had reminded her, she often stopped, listened for the village dog, and looked for the smoke from village chimneys to be sure she knew where she was, so she wouldn't get lost. But after a while, she forgot to keep checking and she went too far.
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Why Pigs Sleep in the Mud: A Norwegian Folktale
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- Length: 8 mins
- Release Date: 03-26-15
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Why Pigs Sleep in the Mud: A Norwegian Folktale

Why Pigs Sleep in the Mud: A Norwegian Folktale

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Pig was tired of his living conditions and went to the farmer. Farmer said the pig should go to the judge, and whatever the judge ruled, the farmer would do. Pig went to court. The judge ruled that Pig could have what he wanted - to sleep on a mat and eat alfalfa.