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A merchant’s quest to bring home gifts for his daughters goes terribly wrong when he plucks a forbidden red flower from a dazzling, otherworldly garden. Confronted by a monstrous Beast who demands a life in exchange, the merchant’s youngest and bravest daughter offers herself in her father’s place.

Transported to a palace of shimmering halls, singing birds, and silent magic, she discovers a world shaped by loneliness and longing. As she wanders its golden rooms and moonlit gardens, the Beast becomes her unseen companion—fearsome in voice, mysterious in heart, but kind in words.

In this tale of courage, sacrifice, and the slow blossoming of trust and even perhaps love, the young girl must decide what it truly means to keep a promise… and to see with the eyes of the heart.

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When Queen Anastasia is stolen by a shadowy spirit, her youngest son Ivan sets off to find her—after his two elder brothers vanish trying. Along a sea of starlight, he meets three dove-princesses who guide him down through copper, silver, and golden kingdoms to the lair of Raven, Son of Raven.

With wit and courage (and a little help from love), Ivan outsmarts the terrible creature, rescues his mother, and gathers kingdoms that follow him like enchanted balls of yarn. Betrayed by his brothers but armed with magic and good sense, he returns in disguise, survives a boiling trial of milk, and wins both his true princess and his happily ever after.

A tale of courage, cleverness, and love that soars higher than any raven’s wing.

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In a faraway kingdom, an old couple had three sons—two clever, handsome, and vain, and one simple fool with holes in his shirt and crumbs in his beard. When the Tsar announces that whoever can build a ship that sails through both clouds and seas will win the princess’s hand, the clever brothers set out with packed lunches and polished boots… and fail spectacularly.

But the fool, armed with nothing but stale bread and good manners, meets a mysterious old man who teaches him how to build the world’s first flying ship! Along the way, he gathers a band of marvelously strange companions—men who can hear across the world, outrun the wind, eat like an army, and freeze a bathhouse with a handful of straw.

Together, this ragtag crew outsmarts a scheming Tsar, wins impossible challenges, and proves that kindness, luck, and a touch of nonsense can carry even a fool into the clouds—and straight into a happy ending.

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What happens when you tell your little brother not to drink from a stream filled with goats? Well… he turns into a goat, of course! Poor Alionushka tries her best to keep Ivanushka safe, but thirst, magic, and mischief get the better of them both.

Before long, a king falls in love, a witch stirs up trouble, and even the flowers in the garden forget how to bloom. But never fear—this is a fairy tale, after all, and tears, talking goats, and a dash of courage just might turn sorrow into happily-ever-after.

A tale of wandering orphans, watery enchantments, and the most loyal goat you’ll ever meet.

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Once upon a time, in a land of sunlit meadows, birch forests, and whispering winds, there lived a girl so forgotten that even her own family called her nothing but “idiot-girl.” She wasn’t beautiful or clever or graceful. At least, not in the ways that matter to people who see only with their eyes.

But sometimes the quiet ones hold the oldest magic.

In this episode, you’ll hear the tale of a silver platter, a honey-ripe apple, and a girl who sees the whole world unfold at the edge of wonder. There are envious sisters, a talking reed pipe, a king’s well of living water, and a queen whose mercy is more powerful than any spell. It’s a story of betrayal and resurrection, cruelty and kindness, and the strange, wonderful justice that only fairy tales can deliver.

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In a far-off kingdom, in a time long faded into song and silence, a king bids his sons to cast their arrows to the wind—and where the arrows fall, there they shall find their fates. The eldest finds a noble’s daughter, the second a merchant’s maid, but the youngest, Prince Ivan… finds a frog.

So begins a tale of riddled wonder: of hidden enchantments, midnight labors, and a bride more radiant than a summer moon. For the skin of the frog hides Vasilissa the Wise, a princess under a cruel spell, and it will take courage, kindness, and the help of beasts and birds to bring her back.

Come listen to a story where fate weaves strange fortunes, beauty is found in the most unexpected places, and a prince journeys past the ends of the world to find what was once lost.

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A prince and a princess are married — but their happiness is short-lived. Called away on a distant journey, the prince leaves his bride alone in her tower, with a single warning: do not leave, do not listen to wicked voices, and above all, stay safe. But grief softens resolve, and when a kindly stranger urges the lonely princess to walk in the garden, she agrees.

What begins as a quiet moment under the summer sun ends in a cruel betrayal. Transformed into a white duck and cast from her place, the princess vanishes — while a witch takes her shape and her place beside the unsuspecting prince. But deep in the reeds, by the edge of a silver lake, the duck lays three eggs... and from those eggs, three strange children are born.

In this haunting Russian fairy tale, loyalty is tested, innocence is threatened, and a mother’s love rises from beneath the waters. Listen as curses are broken, voices are restored, and justice, though long delayed, finally takes flight.

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