English

THE THREE WISHES Once upon a time a poor man took his ax and went out into the forest to cut wood. He was a lazy fellow, so as soon as he was in the forest, he began to look about to see which tree would be the easiest to cut down. At last, he found one that was hollow inside, as he could tell by knocking upon it with his ax. “It ought not to take long to cut this down,” said he to himself.

THE COBBLER AND THE BROWNIES There was once a cobbler who worked hard at his trade, and yet never seemed to get ahead. One evening he took his last piece of leather and cut out a pair of shoes and laid the pieces neatly on his bench, expecting to finish them in the morning. “There,” he said to his wife; “that is my last piece of leather, and I will have no money to buy more until those shoes are made and sold.” The next morning, he went to his shop early to begin work. He was surprised to find that in the night the pieces had been made up into a fine pair of shoes.

This story is called “Gigi Finds Her Voice,” written and narrated by Lorena Romero. This is a LibraryCall recording. Gigi’s favorite thing in the world was to sing. Every day after school, she would run to her room, turn on her favorite playlist and sing all through the evening. She would sing while doing her homework, during dinner, and in the shower. In her sleep, Gigi would dream of singing in front of thousands of people, just like her favorite pop stars. The only problem with her dream of becoming a pop star was that Gigi had never had an audience.