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Mother Holle

A beautiful girl falls into a well. She wakes up in a magical land where she meets Mother Holle. Though she does like it in this land, she decides to go back home. But upon hearing of her journey, her sister wants to follow in her footsteps - with a very different journey of her own! (11:44 min)

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Posted in All Stories, Fairy tales, The Brothers Grimm |

Tags: Family, Funny, Greed, Happy, Hard Work, Jealousy, Magic, Magical Creatures, Mistakes, Nature, Positivity, Pride, Witches

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The wonderful original poem by Robert Browning. Hamelin is infested with rats and the mayor has no idea what to do. A strange fellow offers his help for a fee, but when payment time arrives, the mayor tries to back out. Then Hamelin learns of the true magic this fellow possesses. (19:25 min)

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Posted in All Stories, Cautionary Stories, Classics Stories, Educational Stories, Poems, Sad Stories, Various Authors |

Tags: Anger, Animals, Baddies, Betrayal, Children, Cunning, Greed, Heroes, Historical, Hope, Loss, Magic, Mistakes, Pride, Promises, Sad

Rumpelstiltskin

A girl is locked in a tower and thinks she will die. When a strange creature comes in and agrees to help her, she promises to give him her first born child. But when the time comes for collection, she must find the name of her rescuer, or else the child will be his! (12:17 min)

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Tags: Anger, Baddies, Children, Cunning, Family, Greed, Happy, Kings, Magic, Magical Creatures, Pride, Queens

The Cat that Walked by Himself

The Cat That Walked by Himself

Another ' Just So Story' from Rudyard Kipling. Meet the cat at a time when all tame animals were wild! And meet the Woman who made them all tame. Find out how she tries to trick the cat into becoming tame. But he is the Cat that Walked by Himself and won't be fooled that easily. (34:45 min)

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Tags: Animals, Cunning, Funny, Loyalty, Magic, Pride, Promises, Rules, Union

The Remarkable Rocket

This rocket certainly is very remarkable... and arrogant and selfish and rude! He goes of with a bit of a fizzle! A beautiful children's classic from Oscar Wilde. (31:26 min)

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Tags: Friendship, Funny, Mistakes, Pride, Princes, Princesses, Sad

Get Rid of Ulip

Tom doesn't like Ulip, the new boy at school - he's so popular and clever! So he starts the "Get Rid of Ulip Group". This is a story about a bully who finds he has more in common with his victim than he thought! (20:59 min)

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Tags: Anger, Baddies, Betrayal, Children, Friendship, Happy, Jealousy, Loss, Mistakes, Pride, Rules, School, Strength, Union