English

THE FROG-KING; OR, IRON HENRY IN old times, when wishing was having, there lived a King whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the King’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest, was a fountain. When the day was very warm, the King’s Child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was dull she took a golden ball, and threw it up in the air and caught it.

This story is called Winnie and the Pooh and the Flood, written by A.A. Milne and narrated by Madeline Walton-Hadlock. This is a LibraryCall adaptation and recording. It rained and it rained and it rained for days and days and days. Piglet sat looking out of his window, which was about half way up a medium sized tree. He thought to himself, “never in all my life have I seen so much rain!

This story is called the Other Little Red Hen, adapted from the fable the Little Red Hen and read by Ryan Aoto. This is a LibraryCall recording. Have you heard the story of the little red hen? It is a wonderful story about a chicken who teaches others about the importance of hard work. Well, this is a story of another little red hen. Her story is similar in some ways, and different in others. Let us check it out. One morning the little red hen woke up with a smile. It was harvest time. The wheat she had planted last winter would be ready now.

This story is called Only an Oni, written and read by Ryan Aoto. This is a LibraryCall recording. The clothes dryer exploded. That was a problem. There was a pair of underwear stuck to the ceiling. That was funny, but also a problem. There was a pair of underwear on fire, in the middle of the room. That was funny, and a problem, and also extremely dangerous. Why had the dryer exploded? There had been a demon in it. Why was there a demon in the dryer? A boy named Haruo had put it there. Why had Haruo put a demon in a dryer?