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    Drabble Folk and Fairy Tales
    Drabble Folk and Fairy Tales
    Drabble Folk and Fairy Tales
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    Drabble Folk and Fairy Tales

    By Carol Ferro

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    As a storyteller and a parent, I know better than most how precious the old stories are, how rich a heritage we can pass to the next generation through myths, legends, fairytales and traditional stories. I have written this book to give other parents inspiration when their offspring clamour for “one more story” at bedtime.
    These stories are the distillation of ancient knowledge, warnings about danger, and lessons about morality and life. I have concentrated them further:
    Taking the vital elements of well-loved folk and fairy tales from around the world, and sacred stories from major world religions, I have distilled them into a unique format:
    The Drabble.
    Drabbles are stories containing exactly a hundred words. The tales chosen for this book have simple basic storylines, and have been concentrated into their purest form, without extraneous detail. They are ideal for learning by heart, or for use as a scaffold to build details onto at story time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSuccess Stories Publishing Ltd.
    Release dateNov 18, 2013
    ISBN9781310880339
    Drabble Folk and Fairy Tales
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    Carol Ferro

    I am a professional children's storyteller, based in Trafford, Greater Manchester, UK. I also sell illustrated framed stories and fully personalised stories.I have published a book called "The Strangeling's Tale", a collection of linked short stories in the style of Grimm fairy tales.I have two books published through "Success Stories Publishing Ltd." The first is "Drabble Folk and Fairytales", a delight for all ages, 100 stories, each 100 words, telling tales from around the world, tales from throughout history, and tales from my imagination.The second is "Memoirs of a Madcap Cyclist", a series of snapshots into life as a cyclist. Both are also available in paperback as an ideal stocking filler or small gift.

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      Drabble Folk and Fairy Tales - Carol Ferro

      As a storyteller and a parent, I know better than most how precious the old stories are, how rich a heritage we can pass to the next generation through myths, legends, fairytales and traditional stories. I have written this book to give other parents inspiration when their offspring clamour for one more story at bedtime.

      These stories are the distillation of ancient knowledge, warnings about danger, and lessons about morality and life. I have concentrated them further:

      Taking the vital elements of well-loved folk and fairy tales from around the world, and sacred stories from major world religions, I have distilled them into a unique format:

      The Drabble.

      Drabbles are stories containing exactly a hundred words. The tales chosen for this book have simple basic storylines, and have been concentrated into their purest form, without extraneous detail. They are ideal for learning by heart, or for use as a scaffold to build details onto at story time.

      The White Horse

      Once, a wizard walked the hills of England.

      He noticed the foaming waves landing on the beach looked like horses galloping to shore.

      He made a horse from the waves, but it would not gallop because it belonged to the sea.

      He made another from the white clouds. This horse had wings, and flew away before the wizard could ride it.

      The wizard pondered, then made a third horse, from the white chalk of the Uffington hills.

      The horse served the wizard for a hundred years, before returning to the hillside.

      There the horse rests, waiting for the wizard’s return.

      The Drowned Moon

      When the moon shone on the marshes, people walked in safety.

      When she didn’t, the monsters came.

      Wearing her cloak, she went to see these monsters for herself.

      When a man walked by, she pulled off her hood to scare the monsters so he could walk safely.

      She followed him, but the wind blew her hood back on, so the monsters trapped her under a stone.

      When the moon didn’t rise, people looked for her.

      The man remembered where he saw her last, and they soon set her free.

      Now the moon shines brightest on the marshes, keeping monsters away.

      The Language of the Birds

      Ivan, a merchant’s son, learned the language of the birds.

      A nightingale told Ivan he would become a king’s son, and his father a servant.

      His parents were worried by these words, so they sent him to the city.

      Three menacing crows sat at the king’s window, which frightened him.

      He offered his daughter to anyone who could make the crows leave.

      Ivan talked to the crows in bird language, and they left the king in peace.

      He married the princess.

      His father was delighted to be offered a job as a servant in the palace.

      The nightingale was right!

      The Emperor’s Nightingale

      An emperor had everything he wanted, yet wanted more.

      A nightingale sang at his window - such a wonderful song.

      He caged the bird, but it refused to sing or eat.

      It grew thin and escaped.

      The emperor bought a mechanical nightingale, but its song was wrong.

      He missed his friend nightingale, and wanted to hear it sing again.

      The emperor became very ill.

      As he lay dying he longed to hear the nightingale.

      He whispered,

      "I’m sorry, I won’t cage you."

      The nightingale

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