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- The Blue Fairy Book - Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Pt. 1
This week we're going to begin a new and yet familiar tale, 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'. But this certainly isn't the Disney version, as will be apparent as the story goes on.
Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Host: Dan Scholz
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10 min - The Blue Fairy Book - Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, Pt. 2
Today we have the conclusion of 'Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper', and the ending here is my favorite of all of the Cinderella endings around. It's probably the closest to a happily ever after we'll get.
Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Host: Dan Scholz
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11 min - The Blue Fairy Book - Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, Pt. 1
Our final story of the week will be told in two parts, one will be rather familiar and the other may hold some surprises. Today we have the familiar beginning of 'Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper'.
Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Host: Dan Scholz
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10 min - The Blue Fairy Book - The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Pt. 5
Today we get the real ending of 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood' and find out what the Ogress Queen Mother's horrible longing was.
Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Host: Dan Scholz
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9 min - The Blue Fairy Book - The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Pt. 4
On Wednesday we finished up the Disney part of the classic fairytale 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood'. Now we're going to find out what was cut off at "...and they lived happily ever after."
Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Host: Dan Scholz
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6 min - The Blue Fairy Book - The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Pt. 3
In Part 3 of 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood' our Prince will find his Princess and she'll wake up because it's been 100 years.
Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Host: Dan Scholz
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8 min - The Blue Fairy Book - The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Pt. 2
In Part 2 of 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood' we'll see the fallout of the princess finding the old woman spinning in the tower.
Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Host: Dan Scholz
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7 min - The Blue Fairy Book - The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Pt. 1
We began the week with and ending and will end the week with a beginning, the beginning of a rather long tale that tracks the life of a very familiar character, 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood'.
Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Host: Dan Scholz
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7 min - The Blue Fairy Book - Little Red Riding Hood
Today's story from "The Blue Fairy Book" is a classic that is much, much darker than the version we were all told as school children. This is 'Little Red Riding Hood'.
Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Host: Dan Scholz
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7 min - The Blue Fairy Book - The Yellow Dwarf, Pt. 7
Today we finally have the finale of 'The Yellow Dwarf'. It's certainly not a happy ending by any means, but it is a cutting rebuke to the silliness of courtly love.
Book: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Host: Dan Scholz
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Every week The Folktale Project brings you new folklore, fairytales, myths and legends from around the world. Some tales you've heard before and some brand new.