Family Folk Tales
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What is Family Folktales? Think of it as a storytime on demand; whether you?re running errands, trying to make dinner, or getting little someones ready for bed, you can listen to a story or two. The stories may be new to you or old favorites, or even different (possibly gorier) versions of those stories you now share with your children.

The Gold-Bearded Man

A young prince is left in charge of his step-father’s prize prisoner and decides to release him. Deciding not to wait for his inevitably painful death...
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The Three Brothers

Three brothers have acquired amazing skills; who will most impress their father, and earn the inheritance? 
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The House in the Wood

Three sisters, each lost in the woods, find themselves in the same humble home for the night. Who will know the importance of kindness, and who will r...
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Shepherd Paul

An exceptionally strong youth named Paul goes out to seek his fortune and is joined by three companions almost as strong. When he is betrayed by those...
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The Flying Trunk

After his father’s death, a young man squanders his inheritance and is left penniless. When a friend sends him a trunk that can fly, he ends up in Tur...
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The Little Mermaid

The movie adaptation you probably know is much gentler than this story by Hans Christian Andersen really is; grown-ups may want to listen alone before...
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