What if you could have unlimited power, riches, and a whole kingdom OR could turn back time 90 years and be youthful again? Of course there’s a cost: You’d need to swap your skin with either an ancient queen’s or a rough shepherd’s. Would you do it? In this twisted old tale, we get much deeper than skin deep into this very question! Friends and fiends, summon your familiars, get comfy and cozy, grab a mug of your favorite tea, and follow me!

This story, "Peronella" is from a collection of Giambattista Basile's fairy tales, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, commentary (as I am a human with thoughts and tangental information, and not an auto-generated robot), and creative commons music.

"Teller of Tales and Morning" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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