Fable City Radio
Season 2
The Spirit in the Bottle
Faithful John
The Gnome
The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat
The Heartless Giant
Frau Holle
The Goose Girl
Season 1
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Thumbelina
Snow Drop
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by Martha Whitehouse
This week on Fable City Radio, we’ll meet an angry spirit in a bottle that has the power to change a young peasant man’s life, only if it doesn’t kill him first!
This week on Fable City Radio we will be exploring the story of Faithful John. This tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm, tells the story of a loyal servant trying to protect and serve two kings, the youngest of whom needs to learn a lesson in loyalty and trust to save his family..
This week on Fable City Radio we will be exploring, The Gnome, a fairytale adapted by the Brothers Grimm, that tells the story of an unpopular brother who has to save three princesses cursed by their father’s anger into an underground dragon den.
This week on Fable City Radio, we are traveling to an enchanting kingdom of cats in a story captured by the Brothers Grimm, entitled The Poor Miller’s Boy and the Cat.
This week on Fable City Radio we travel to Norway for a visit with ‘The Heartless Giant.’ This story starts off as a quest for love by seven brothers but ends up exploring the life of a strange giant who stands in the way of the princes’ happiness.
This week on Fable City Radio, we will take a trip down a magical well for a visit with ‘Frau Holle,’ a magical woman who controls the weather and the fates of two sisters as different as night and day.
This week on Fable City Radio, we will explore the story of “The Goose Girl,” popularized by the Brothers Grimm, and published by them in ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales’ in 1815. Can a princess stripped of her identity by an abusive servant still find the strength to embrace true love? Join us and find out.
This week on Fable City Radio we will be diving into “The Pied Piper of Hamelin,” a very special fairytale, or is it more than just a story? When a magical stranger shows up in a town to rid it of rats, and the town fathers refuse to pay his fee, the parents of Hamelin will end of paying the ultimate price. Listen to the tale, then explore the true story of the disappeared children of Hamelin, Germany.
This week we’ll be enjoying the story of ‘Thumbelina’ by Hans Christian Andersen. Written in Denmark in 1835, it’s a story of a very unhappy bride-to-be courted by an unlikely assortment of suitors as she struggles to make her way in a world much larger than she is. So sit back, relax, and enjoy, ‘Thumbelina.’
On tonight’s episode, we’ll be exploring the story of, ‘Snow Drop.’ Can a kind girl find true love when her vain step-mother is determined to kill her? Will death be enough to stop a royal wedding? Find out on tonight’s episode of a very well-known and loved fairytale.