EP 231: The Story of Sayen; Tree With Agate Beads; The Striped Blanket (Cole)

Listen Here Watch Here The Story of Sayen Tinguian In the depths of a dark forest where people seldom went, lived a wizened old Alan. The skin on her wrinkled face was as tough as a carabao hide, and her long arms with fingers pointing back from the wrist were horrible to look at. Now

EP 230: The Cooking-Pot; The Parrot; The Ghost-Catcher (Ogumefu)

Listen Here Watch Here THE COOKING-POT A man once brought home to his wife a very old cooking-pot, and told her to use it every day when preparing the evening meal. The woman was not pleased at the idea of using such a battered vessel, and feared that her friends would ridicule her, but she

EP 229: The Marriage Of Brother Rabbit

Listen Here Watch Here Marriage Of Brother Rabbit Tim, tim! Bois sec. Cre coton / Brother Rabbit is a little fellow who knows how to jump!  You must all remember, after they had thrown Brother Rabbit into the briers, how quickly he had run away, saying that it was “in those very thorns” that his

EP 228: The Sky Bridge Of Birds; Longka (Griffis)

Listen Here Watch Here The Sky Bridge Of Birds No bird is more common in Korea than the magpie. They are numbered by millions. Every day in the year, except the seventh day of the seventh month, the air is full of them. On that date, however, they have a standing engagement every year. They

EP 227: The Story of Princess Hase (中将姫) (Ozaki)

Listen Here Watch Here The Story Of Princess Hase A STORY OF OLD JAPAN Many, many years ago there lived in Nara, the ancient Capital of Japan, a wise State minister, by name Prince Toyonari Fujiwara. His wife was a noble, good, and beautiful woman called Princess Murasaki (Violet). They had been married by their

EP 226: The Monkey, The Tiger, And The Princess; The Jackal And The Guana (Dracott)

Listen Here Watch Here The Monkey, The Tiger, And The Princess Once upon a time there was a King who had seven sons, and he made up his mind that he would not let them marry unless they married seven sisters, so he sent his Brahmin to seek a Rajah who had seven daughters, and

EP 225: The Robber and The Old Man; The Leopard and The Ram; Why The Leopard Can Only Catch Prey On Its Left Side (Baker)

Listen Here Watch Here THE ROBBER AND THE OLD MAN In a big town there lived a very rich gentleman. The fame of his wealth soon spread. A clever thief heard of it and was determined to have some for himself. He managed to hide himself in a dark corner of the gentleman’s room—while the

EP 224: Fate (Wardrop)

Listen Here Watch Here Fate There was once a mighty king, who had an only son. When this son grew up, every princess fell in love with him. The king was very desirous that his son should be settled early in life. He chose for him a princess, whom he proposed he should marry. The

EP 223: Wings of Ash, The Shuar Goddess of the Earth (Conde)

Listen Here Watch Here Wings of Ash Long, long ago, toucans were human just like you and me. They lived together in clearings in the jungle, where they built houses and fished. But demons lived there too; demons who fed upon the toucans. One day a courageous toucan went down to the water alone. There,

EP 222: The Story of Swet-Basanta

Listen Here Watch Here The Story of Swet-Basanta There was a rich merchant who had only one son, Mosi whom he loved passionately. He gave Mosi whatever he wanted. He was not yet ten years old, but his wish was his father’s command. His son asked for a beautiful house in the midst of a