Come celebrate some wacky stuff as we tell of beetles who become bug brides, escaping one-eyes giants, and the many ways to cook a fish. On today’s episode of The Apple Seed, award-winning storytellers tell us some outlandish, ludicrous, unbelievable stories that will throw you for such a loop, all you’ll think to do is laugh!

On today's episode, enjoy the following:

"Princess Firefly" by Diane Edgecomb from Pattysaurus and Other Tales (3:35)

"Herring's Head" by Doug Elliot from Everybody's Fishing: A Cross-Cultural Fishing Extravaganza (19:57)

"Pinewood Derby" by Bil Lepp (25:06)

"Max & Margaret" by Steve Otto from Potpourri (38:00)

"Sody Sallyratus" by Tim Lowry from SEVEN! World Folk Tales (47:33)

In this quick little ditty, songwriter and storyteller David Holt sings about the role love plays in helping people find the capacity to change. Sway along to these fun beats!

Have you ever done something crazy in your past that later came back to revisit you? The hero in this story sure has!

Susan Reed sings a song about fairness and injustice.

This episode explores quirky ideas and themes of familial strength, like baby birds finding their mother through song, a snake’s marriage proposal to a woman, even a donkey challenging a toad to a race!

This episode includes:

"The Woman and the Snake" by Barry Stewart Mann from The Improbable Love of Ethel and Elmer and Other Offbeat Tales of Romance (1:54)

"The Three Army Surgeons" by Ingrid Nixon from Grimm's with a Twist (11:19)

"Donkey & Toad" by The Storycrafters from Classics with a Twist (21:31)

"The People Who Could Fly" by Kim and Reggie Harris (30:55)

"The Little Red Hen" by Donald Davis from Grandma's Lap Stories (47:43)

This episode includes the following:

“Bigger Badder Better” by Kirk Waller from But Why? (2:29)

The Daily Mix: "Dulce de Leche" with Lisa Valentine Clark (15:05)

“The Princess on the Glass Hill Part I” by Ruth Halpern from She Set Out to Seek Her Fortune (24:38)

“Bill Greenfield and the Champion Wrestler” by Joseph Bruchac from Adirondack Tall Tales, Volume One: The Bill Greenfield Stories (35:53)

“Why the Sun Comes Up When Rooster Crows” by Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton from How & Why Stories World Tales Kids Can Tell (39:52)

“The Princess on the Glass Hill Part II” by Ruth Halpern from She Set Out to Seek Her Fortune (45:32)

Get ready for an hour of inspiring stories about finding what’s most important – even if the characters don’t realize they're looking for it to begin with.

This episode includes the following:

“Chin Chin Kobokama” by Margaret MacDonald from Tuck-Me-In Tales (2:41)

“In Search of Charles Dickens” by Lani Peterson from Stories Within (9:40)

“The Beauty and the Melamed” by Susan Stone (25:16)

“Golden Thread” by Susan Reed from Songs & Stories About Families, Friendships & Shoes (36:54)

Radio Family Journal: "Baffle Hanging" by Sam Payne (50:13)

In this legend from the Philippines, a prince finds himself drawn to a strange new music by the river, a “golden sound sailing across the water”.

Great stories can change your world. Join The Apple Seed for tall tales, fairy tales, folk tales, personal tales, historical tales, and more! Hosted by storyteller Sam Payne. A production of BYUradio.

Great stories can change your world. Join The Apple Seed for tall tales, fairy tales, folk tales, personal tales, historical tales, and more! Hosted by storyteller Sam Payne. A production of BYUradio.