In Chapter 6 of "Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs" George and Bee escape the castle and make their way down to the lake the saw on the way to the hermitage. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

In Chapter 5 of "Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs" the young Bee and George steal up to the castle keep and make the kind of bad decisions that only two young children could make. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

In Chapter 4 of "Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs" we get a rather unflattering story about the dwarfs, courtesy of an old woman the children encounter on the way to the hermitage. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

In Chapter 3 of "Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs" we learn a bit about the protector of Bee and George, the squire Freeheart and see how he was betrayed. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

In Chapter 2 of "Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs", we get a much better sense of Bee and George and just how likely they are to get into trouble. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

We're beginning 2022 with a new story from Anatole France - "Bee: The Princess of the Dwarfs". In Chapter 1 'Tells of the News that a White Rose brings to the Countess of the White Moor' we meet Bee and George. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

We're ending 2021 as we've ended years past, by revisiting the most popular stories of the year. Our most popular story of 2021 was 'The Baby', the opening to "Viking Fairy Tales", a collection we will be revisiting in Season 2. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

We're ending 2021 as we've ended years past, by revisiting the most popular stories of the year. Our second story is 'Far Away and Long Ago.' Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

We're ending 2021 as we've ended years past, by revisiting the most popular stories of the year. Our first story (and third on the list) is 'The Snow Queen, Pt. 1". Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

Our final story of the year is my favorite tradition - the reading of 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' by Clement Clarke Moore. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and I'll see you all in the New Year! Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

You probably know L. Frank Baum from "The Wizard of Oz", but the world he created is much, much larger than just Oz. Today we head to The Laughing Valley to witness "A Kidnapped Santa Claus". Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

'The Gift of the Magi' is one of my favorite short stories, that absolutely transcends time and categorization. A tale of love that we can all aspire to. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

Our final tale this week tells us all about how King Winter plans his harvest. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

Today's story of winter comes from Russia and tells the heartbreaking tale of a childless couple and their young snow maiden. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

This week I'm bringing you three stories from "The Pearl Story Book: Stories and Legends of Winter, Christmas, and New Year's Day", beginning with the Japanese tale of 'The Pine and The Willow'. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

Our final story from Germany this week, 'One Hour in Advance' is a quick tale all about the quick thinking of a watchman in the attempted takeover of Basle. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

Today's story from Germany is a tale of love, loss and the possession of 'The Island of Mainau'. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

This week I'm revisiting my favorite collection of German folklore, "Legends of the Rhine", beginning with a story of deception gone wrong in 'The Petrified Alp'. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

Our final story from Hans Christian Andersen this week is the tale of a fight between two cocks on a farm, 'The Farmyard Cock and the Weathercock'. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

'The Flax' is the story of a piece of flax as only Hans Christian Andersen could write it. Heartbreaking and poignant. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

This week we're revisiting Hans Christian Andersen's "Fairy Tales" for three new stories, the kinds that only Hans Christian Andersen could bring us, beginning with 'Buckwheat'. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

Our final story of autumn from North America this week is one that has a little extra baggage around it, and should make us think twice about how our tales are sourced. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

Today we're bringing a Thanksgiving tradition here at The Folktale Project - our annual reading of 'A Turkey for the Stuffing' by Katherine Grace Hulbert. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

'The Anxious Leaf' is our first tale of autumn for this Thanksgiving week here in the US. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

'Mangita and Larina' is a familiar tale about two sisters and a mysterious visitor. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

'The Light of the Fly' is a poem from the Philippines all about how the firefly got his lantern. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

Our first tale this week from "Philippine Folklore Stories" is the story of the origin of a lizard known for its distinctive cry. Host Dan Scholz Subscribe to The Folktale Project at https://www.bitly.com/folktaleproject Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

Finishing off our week of tales from Joseph Jacobs we have what is absolutely my favorite version of the Goldilocks tale - 'Scrapefoot'.   Host Dan Scholz Subscribe to The Folktale Project at https://www.bitly.com/folktaleproject Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

'The Three Wishes' is a lovely English fairytale about thinking before you speak and of course a delicious black pudding. Host Dan Scholz Subscribe to The Folktale Project at https://www.bitly.com/folktaleproject Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject   Img credit -Alexbrn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

'The Three Cows' is the truly terrifying English tale of pixies tormenting a farmer, and his cows. Host Dan Scholz Subscribe to The Folktale Project at https://www.bitly.com/folktaleproject Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

'Winter's Herald' is a tale of how Jack Frost (under a different name) comes to the world to warn of the impending winter. Host Dan Scholz Subscribe to The Folktale Project at https://www.bitly.com/folktaleproject Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

'Golden-Rod and Purple Aster' is the slightly sad origin story of the flowers who are best friends. Host Dan Scholz Subscribe to The Folktale Project at https://www.bitly.com/folktaleproject Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject

'The Discontented Pumpkin' is exactly as it says on the tin - a pumpkin who is terribly unhappy with his lot in life and wants nothing more than to go to a fair. Host Dan Scholz Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

I'm a huge fan of traditions, and one of my absolute favorites is our annual reading of 'The Legend of Stingy Jack'. There's something about the Devil getting tricked and our "hero" Jack still getting what comes to him that makes this story almost perfect. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

The ghost in 'A Misfit Ghost' is exactly the kind of specter you'd like to come across in real life. Pretty much the exact opposite of 'The Phantom Hag'. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

This week I have two new ghost stories for you, as well as our annual telling of 'The Legend of Stingy Jack'. Our first tale is a properly creepy ghost story from a small town in France. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

Our final Slavic tale of the week attempts a new way to teach the time honored lesson "If you're good and kind, you'll be rewarded. If you're rude, you'll send up dead." A bit on the harsh side for sure, but probably pretty effective in its own way. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

Today's Slavic folktale is a story of a husband and wife who love each other very much, and is very reminiscent of 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon'. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

This week we have three Slavic stories from a new book, "Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen", beginning with the tale of 'The Two Brothers'. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

Our final tale from the Brothers Grimm, 'The Star-Money', is a short tale that proves the Grimms are more than purveyors of dark fairy tales. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

'Ash-Maiden' is my absolute favorite version of the Cinderella tale, it combines and ground the magical elements you remember into something a bit difference and a bit better in my opinion. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

This week I'm bringing you three new tales from the Brothers Grimm, beginning with the story of 'Bird-Found' a tale of young love and a witch. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

Our final story from Carl Sandburg's "Rootabaga Pigeons" this week is a special dtale where instead of telling a story, we get to see the Potato Face Blind Man listen to a story from two tough pony girls. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

'How Pink Peony Sent Spuds, the Ballplayer, Up to Pick Four Moons' is a beautiful love story from Carl Sandburg, a refreshing change from Monday's tale. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

'How Deep Red Roses Goes Back and Forth Between the Clock and the Looking Glass' is a different kind of story from Carl Sandburg, it's a sad story of trauma and a girl who wants to feel loved. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

'Smells and Jingles' is the perfect story to finish our week in Japan, a bit of light-hearted fun to cleanse the palate from the sadness of 'The Sazayé and the Tai' and the violence of 'Raiko and the Shi-Ten Doji'. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

'The Sazayé and the Tai' is a sad tale of hubris from a terribly proud shellfish. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject 

We begin our stories from Japan this week by wrapping up the story of Raiko that we'd begun previously with the bloody battle of 'Raiko and the Shi-Ten Doji'. Subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe  Support The Folktale Project https://www.patreon.com/join/folktaleproject