What if there was a giant flea… the size of a sheep? What if this oversized flea’s gruesome death set off an even darker chain of events that lead to a royal family rift, a princess forced to marry a monster, and then try to escape him with the aid of 7 questionably super-powered giants? Would that be a butter-flea effect, or just a very twisted old tale? Friends and fiends, summon your familiars, get comfy and cozy, grab a mug of your favorite tea, and follow me!

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

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

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