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Fairy Tales & Folklore Audiobooks
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In this African folktale, Cat and Rat are best friends. One day, Rat suggests starting a cassava farm with Cat so they can sell what they don't eat. They can use the money to move to the city. Cat doesn't want to move to the city. Rat sells all the cassava without Cat knowing and moves away, never to be seen again. Cat is so upset that he chases every rat he sees. And that is why cats chase rats.
A hungry man in ragged clothes seeks shelter at a house. A woman invites him in, and the proud man offers to make her a delicious nail soup. He makes the soup with his shiny nail and the many ingredients she supplies. The next morning, as he prepares to leave, the woman thanks him for teaching her to make such a fine soup.
Long ago in Japan, a husband and wife lived by a river. They had no children and were sad. One day, the wife found a peach in the river, and there was a baby boy inside! They named him Momotaro. When Momotaro grew up, he left to find the monsters that had been attacking his village. He made friends along the way who helped him win against the monsters. Momotaro returned to his parents, who were very proud of him.
A girl goes out to look for nuts and berries for her and her mom to eat. In the woods, the girl meets an old woman who gives her a cooking pot that will fill with porridge on command.
A farmer in Japan rescues a beautiful crane from the snow. That night, a girl appears at the home of the farmer and his wife. The girl stays to live with the couple and they name her O-Tsuru. It is later revealed that the girl is the crane that the farmer saved.
In this African folktale, an orphan boy named Ahaudo lives with his unkind stepbrothers and stepmother. One day, he plants an udala-tree seed. The tree grows before his eyes. He gives the fruit to his family. When Ahaudo's stepbrothers climb the tree after he asks them not to, Ahaudo makes the tree grow into the clouds. His stepmother tells him she will treat him fairly if he makes the tree shrink, so he does.
When a lumberman starts to chop down a big, old tree, a tiny elf appears and offers him three wishes if he saves the tree. He agrees, and while discussing possible wishes with his wife, inadvertently wishes for sausages. In anger, his wife wishes the sausages were stuck to his nose. With resignation and humor, he uses his last wish to remove the sausages and then prepares for a fine dinner.
The Iroquois people learned to share from the trees. When the Iroquois first came to the forest, each tree gave the Iroquois a gift, such as water, tools, beds, baskets, bows, arrows, and fire. The Iroquois learned to share all they have with others because of the trees' gifts.
