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S1E24: The Sunchild (Grey Fairy Book)

Once Upon a Rosie

Release Date: 05/08/2025

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S2E22: The Dirty Shepherdess (Green Fairy Book) **Please use your own judgement before sharing these stories with children. Although I do my best to keep the language friendly, the content may not be everyone’s cup of tea.   Summary After a drastic misunderstanding with her father, a princess makes her way out into the world. Using dirt as a disguise, she finds work as a shepherdess.  One day, while revisiting her former splendor, a prince notices her and is immediately smitten. After coming into possession of one of her rings, he has the kingdom searched high and low for its...

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S2E13: Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine (Green Fairy Book) Happy one year anniversary to this podcast 🎉 thank you for listening! As always, please use your own judgement before sharing these stories with children. Although I do my best to keep the language friendly, the content may not be everyone’s cup of tea.   Summary The fairy of the Beech Wood plays matchmaker between Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine as only a fairy can.    Questions or Comments? Email: Or   Book The Green Fairy Book by Andrew Lang   Music  "Princess...

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Episode 24: The Sun Child

**Please use your own judgement before sharing these stories with children. Although I do my best to keep the language friendly, the content may not be everyone’s cup of tea.

 

Summary

A woman is gifted a child by the Sun Ball. She promises to return the girl, Letico, after her twelfth birthday. When that time comes and goes, the Sun Ball reclaims the child.

After some time, the Sun Ball notices how sad the child is, and realizes that she misses her mother. He then assigns two hares to guard her on her journey home. 

Along the way, the hares stop to find food. They leave Letico in a tree, where she is found by a monster who tries to lure her down and eat her.

Letico manages to outwit and outrun the monster. With the help of the hares she makes it back home where she is joyfully reunited with her mother.


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Book

The Grey Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

 

Music 

"Princess (Instrumental Version)" by Josh Woodward. 

Free download: https://www.joshwoodward.com/