In Part 2 of 'Felicia and the Pot of Pinks' we learn a whole lot about our hero Felicia - who she really is and even a hint at her future! Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject or buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

In Part 1 of 'Felicia and the Pot of Pinks' not much happens, but we do get a wonderful introduction to our characters especially the brother and sister pair of Felicia and Bruno. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

Today we conclude the two part tale of 'The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots'. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

Today we begin the two part tale of 'The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots'. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

Today we discover the answer posed in the title of the story - 'Why the Sea is Salt'. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

Today we have a new story and it's an origin tale, my favorite type of story! And honestly - it's one of the best examples of the genre. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject or buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

Today we finalize the story of the Master-Maid at the wedding of the young Prince. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

Today the Master-Maid is wooed by the bailiff and the attorney, and neither gets the result they're after. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

The young Prince has gone off to fetch a carriage for his love, but gets distracted so the Master-Maid sets up shop in a small wood. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

Today the Prince and the Master-Maid will be officially introduced to each other by the giant, and then run away together. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

Today, the Giant will send our Prince on two more dangerous tasks before promising to introduce him to the Master-Maid (whom of course he's already betrothed). Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

The next story from "The Blue Fairy Book" is a love story that makes even plot of a daytime soap opera seem simple, 'The Master-Maid'. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

Today we have our final episode in the telling of the classic fairytale of 'Beauty and the Beast'. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

In the second to last part of Beauty and the Beast Beauty will visit her father and siblings leaving the Beast alone despite his wish for her to stay. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

Today Beauty discovers more wonders of the Beast's palace and begs to visit her father and siblings. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject or buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.  

Today Beauty will begin to explore the Beast's palace, and the Beast will ask a very, very important question of our heroine. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

In today's episode of Beauty's father will take his leave and Beauty will meet a handsome Prince in her dreams. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleprojector buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.

In today's episode of 'Beauty and the Beast' Beauty's father takes her to stay with the Beast and the two meet for the first time. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject or buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi at https://ko-fi.com/thefolktaleproject.  

In today's episode of 'Beauty and the Beast' a bargain is struck for the life of the merchant and Beauty makes a promise. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by Becoming a supporter on PatreonBecome a Patron! Or for one-time donations you can buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi  

Today we meet the Beast and he's definitely not happy with the merchant for collecting Beauty's rose. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

The very best beginning to a classic fairytale is this Schitt's Creek-esque start to 'Beauty and the Beast'. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Today we have the ending of my very favorite version of 'Rumpelstiltzkin'. I do so hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

To finish off the week we're splitting the story of 'Rumpelstiltzkin' into two parts, beginning with how a miller's daughter becomes a queen. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Today our protagonist spends the final night in the haunted castle and we find out if the youth ever learns what it is to shudder. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

As we finish the week our young protagonist will spend a second night in the haunted castle and lose some money playing ninepins. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Today our young protagonist will spend the first of three nights in the haunted castle and experience some - interesting - ghosts. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

In the second part of our tale of a young man trying to learn how to shiver we see the boy spend a night under the gallows and discover the ultimate challenge - a haunted castle. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Today we're beginning a new story 'The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was'. Pretty straightforward title, but a far from straightforward folktale! :) Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

In the final installment of 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp' Aladdin will face not one, but two dangerous magicians as he tries to regain his life. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Today the cunning African magician is back in the picture and Aladdin will lose everything. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Today Aladdin wins over the Princess and the Sultan and makes an enemy in the Vizier. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Remember when I said I didn't root for Aladdin through the story? Today's excerpt is a big, big part of why that is. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

This week we're going to begin a new and yet familiar tale, 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'. But this certainly isn't the Disney version, as will be apparent as the story goes on. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Today we have the conclusion of 'Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper', and the ending here is my favorite of all of the Cinderella endings around. It's probably the closest to a happily ever after we'll get. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Our final story of the week will be told in two parts, one will be rather familiar and the other may hold some surprises. Today we have the familiar beginning of 'Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper'. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Today we get the real ending of 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood' and find out what the Ogress Queen Mother's horrible longing was. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

On Wednesday we finished up the Disney part of the classic fairytale 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood'. Now we're going to find out what was cut off at "...and they lived happily ever after." Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

In Part 3 of 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood' our Prince will find his Princess and she'll wake up because it's been 100 years. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

In Part 2 of 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood' we'll see the fallout of the princess finding the old woman spinning in the tower. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

We began the week with and ending and will end the week with a beginning, the beginning of a rather long tale that tracks the life of a very familiar character, 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood'. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Today's story from "The Blue Fairy Book" is a classic that is much, much darker than the version we were all told as school children. This is 'Little Red Riding Hood'. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

Today we finally have the finale of 'The Yellow Dwarf'. It's certainly not a happy ending by any means, but it is a cutting rebuke to the silliness of courtly love. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

In Part 6 of 'The Yellow Dwarf' we meet a creature who just might be the only purely good soul in the entire story, a compassionate and considerate mermaid. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

In Part 5 of 'The Yellow Dwarf' we follow the plight of the King of the Gold Mines as his bride is stolen from him and he himself is abducted. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

At the wedding of the Princess Bellissima and The King of the Gold Mines things take a turn for the worst in 'The Yellow Dwarf'. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

In Part 3 of 'The Yellow Dwarf' we find out what's going to make this story so sad as Bellissima finds love. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

In Part 2 of 'The Yellow Dwarf' the Princess Bellissima goes ahead and digs herself even deeper into the mess that her mother the Queen started. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject

In today's story we meet the cast of characters that make up the classic French fairy tale of 'The Yellow Dwarf'. Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Host: Dan Scholz Support The Folktale Project by becoming a supporter on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/folktaleproject