Stories featured in this episode:

Susan Stone

Story 1: The Beauty and the Melamed

Teller: Susan Stone

Site: http://www.susanstone-storyteller.com/

Notes: Rachel, a beautiful girl, and Moshe, her ugly teacher, are an odd couple. This is the story of their romance and how true love requires sacrifice. 

John McCutcheon

Song 1: Pastures of Plenty

Artist: John McCutcheon

Site: http://www.folkmusic.com/

Notes: This is a cover of the classic Woody Guthrie song about the travails and dignity of migrant workers in North America.

John McCutcheon

Song 2: This Land is Your Land

Artist: John McCutcheon

Site: http://www.folkmusic.com/

Notes: John McCutheon's cover of one of the United States' most famous folk songs. 

Heather Forest

Story 2: The Boy Who Drew Cats

Teller: Heather Forest

Site: http://www.heatherforest.com/

Notes: A young boy is obsessed with drawing cats and it gets him in trouble. 

Jenni Cargill-Strong

Story 3: The Farmer, The Son and the Donkey

Teller: Jenni Cargill-Strong

Site: http://www.storytree.com.au/

Notes: A retelling of an Aesop fable about how if you attempt to please everyone, you'll end up pleasing no one. 

Mike Agranoff

Song 3: Hamlet

Teller: Mike Agranoff

Site: http://www.mikeagranoff.com/

Notes: The entire story of Hamlet in a single song. 

Stephanie Beneteau

Story 4: The Wood Maiden

Teller: Stephanie Beneteau

Site: http://www.stephaniebeneteau.com/

Notes: Betushka, a merry little girl, struggles to get her work done whenever the wood maiden appears. 

Leslie Norris

Story 5: