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 217: The Second Evening

Listen Here Watch Here SECOND EVENING Again the story hour has come, and the good old wife of the legend-teller has made her humble home as warm and pleasant as may be, in expectation of their guests. She is proud of her husband’s honorable position as the village teacher, and makes all the children welcome,

EP 213: The Dog and the Tiger, Brother Rabbit’s Godchild, Miss Mockingbird, Mr. Mockingbird, and Mr Owl (Fortier)

Listen Here Watch Here The Dog and The Tiger One day a dog bought one hundred hens and one rooster, and a tiger bought one hundred roosters and one hen. Every evening the dog found a basketful of eggs in his chicken-house, and the tiger found only one egg. The tiger accused the dog of

EP 208: The Frog’s Skin (Wardrop)

Listen Here Watch Here The Frog’s Skin There were once three brothers who wished to marry. They said: ‘Let us each shoot an arrow, and each shall take his wife from the place where the arrow falls.’  They shot their arrows; those of the two elder brothers fell on noblemen’s houses, while the youngest brother’s

Ep 206: The Golden Hen; The Desire Of The Rocks (Conde)

Listen Here Watch Here The Golden Hen Along the Ecuadorian coast, in those parts near streams and rivers, a golden hen appears at dawn. Those who have seen her speak of her with awe and respect. They say that the hen emerges suddenly on the river bank, golden and glowing like a full moon. A

EP 203: The Prancing Mule; The Flying Witch (Conde)

Listen Here Watch Here The Prancing Mule One night, during the tender moon, the people of San Pablo del Lago, in the city of Otavalo, were awakened by a noisy galloping and the clamor of animal hooves through their town. For no apparent reason, the dogs of the town began to howl mournfully at midnight,

EP 201: The Enchanted Priest; The Headless Priest (Conde)

Listen Here Watch Here The Enchanted Priest Pataqui is a little town on the border between the provinces of Pichincha and Imbabura, about a half hour from San Jose de Minas. They say that a very long time ago, there was a priest who would travel to San Jose every Sunday to say mass.   One

EP 196: The Buffalo and the Field Mouse (Eastman)

Listen Here Watch Here WIGWAM EVENINGS FIRST EVENING The cold December moon is just showing above the tree-tops, pointing a white finger here and there at the clustered teepees of the Sioux, while opposite their winter camp on the lake shore a lonely, wooded island is spread like a black buffalo robe between the white,

EP 187: The Good For Nothing (Waldrop)

Listen Here Watch Here The Good-for-nothing There was once a good-for-nothing man, with a hard head and a soft behind. He and his wife were a good match though, because they both had terrible personalities. His wife poked him daily. She would give him no rest. She bothered him, saying: ‘You have to get out,

EP 185: The Indigent Brahman (Day)

Listen Here Watch Here The Indigent Brahman There was a Brahman who had a wife and four children. He was very poor. With no resources in the world, he lived chiefly on the benefactions of the rich. His gains were considerable when marriages were celebrated or funeral ceremonies were performed; but as his parishioners did