Janine has a surprise this week as she returns to The Swineherd by Hans Christian Andersen to explore more of Helena’s story.

Missed part one? You can find it here.

Missed part two? You can find it here.

Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original The Swineherd, please go here: https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheSwineherd_e.html

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It’s time for part two of Janine’s twist on Hans Christian Andersen's tale, The Swineherd. Missed part one? You can find it here.

Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original The Swineherd, please go here: https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheSwineherd_e.html

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Music:

Inspiring Romantic Story by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Harp Arepeggio - Medieval Tune by gertraut_hecher from FreeSound

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Janine is back with another look at the Hans Christian Andersen tale, The Swineherd

Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original The Swineherd, please go here: https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheSwineherd_e.html

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Music:

Inspiring Romantic Story by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Harp Arepeggio - Medieval Tune by gertraut_hecher from FreeSound

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Can a wolf change her ways? This is the question Janine explores with her take on the Aesop Fable, The Wolf and the Lamb.

Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original The Wolf and the Lamb, please go here: https://read.gov/aesop/063.html

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Inspiring Romantic Story by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Harp Arepeggio - Medieval Tune by gertraut_hecher from FreeSound

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Are you ready to finish this weirdo’s story? Janine is back to tell part two of her take on Briar Rose as told by the Brothers Grimm.

Missed part 1? You can find it here.

Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original Briar Rose, please go here: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm050.html

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Inspiring Romantic Story by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Harp Arepeggio - Medieval Tune by gertraut_hecher from FreeSound

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Janine gets a surprise this week when she looks at a story she thought she knew (Briar Rose as told by the Brothers Grimm), only to discover it’s not quite what she thought.

Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original Briar Rose, please go here: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm050.html

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Music:

Inspiring Romantic Story by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Harp Arepeggio - Medieval Tune by gertraut_hecher from FreeSound

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This week Janine explores the Aesop Fable, The Peacock and Juno.

Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original The Peacock and Juno, please go here: https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/35/aesops-fables/655/the-peacock-and-juno/

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Music:

Inspiring Romantic Story by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Harp Arepeggio - Medieval Tune by gertraut_hecher from FreeSound

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It’s time for part 2! To celebrate the tenth episode of Once Upon a Weirdo, Janine finishes her exploration of Hans Christian Andersen’s, The Elfin Mound.

Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original The Elfin Mound, please go here: https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheElfMound_e.html

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Music:

Inspiring Romantic Story by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Harp Arepeggio - Medieval Tune by gertraut_hecher from FreeSound

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This week’s tale takes us back to Hans Christian Andersen and his fairly unknown tale, The Elfin Mound.

Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original The Elfin Mound, please go here: https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheElfMound_e.html

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Music:

Inspiring Romantic Story by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Harp Arepeggio - Medieval Tune by gertraut_hecher from FreeSound

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This week’s tale - inspired from Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling - has Janine asking some hard parenting questions.

Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original The Ugly Duckling, please go here: https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheUglyDuckling_e.html

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Music:

Inspiring Romantic Story by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Harp Arepeggio - Medieval Tune by gertraut_hecher from FreeSound

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