In our final story this week Olaf tells Harald (and us) a tale of going a-viking and being good to your hosts in 'Olaf's Farm'.

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Today we get to meet Olaf, 'The Tooth Thrall' of the future king of Norway. And we get to hear the first of many stories from Olaf.

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This week we begin our most ambitious story yet, the Norwegian saga of the first king of Norway. The story, as told to us Jennie Hall, begins with 'The Baby'.

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Our final story from Russia this week, 'Princess Helena the Fair', shows how important it is to honor one's final wishes.

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The Russian folktale of 'Woe' is a story about just how far the personification of woe is willing to go in order to drive you to ruin.

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'One-Eyed Liklho' is an amazing Russian folktale, but definitely not for the little ones. If you're sharing this at bedtime the story of 'Morozko' would be much better https://www.folktaleproject.com/episodes/2019/7/19/ep-579-morozko-a-russian-folktale.

Trigger Warning: mutilation, murder, self harm

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'The Phantom Train of Marshall Pass' is the kind of ghost story that I loved as a child. There was nothing better than reading a ghost story about travel while you were traveling.😁

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'Dolph Heyliger' has everything you could want in an American ghost story, a plucky protagonist, a family ghost and hidden treasure.

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'Never Kick a Slipper at the Moon' is a bedtime story for the children of Rootabaga Country and it's both a warning and a silly story.

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'How Henry Hagglyhoagly Played the Guitar with His Mittens On' is a love story in Carl Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories".

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