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    Rowing Upstream: A Russian Folktale, Hörbuch, Digital, 5min
    Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folk tale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing. Three friends borrowed a rowboat to row upstream. They wanted to row up to a village. There were three other villages they would pass on the way. So the first friend rowed as far as the first village. The second friend rowed as far as the second village. The third friend rowed as far as the third village. Then they began arguing about who would row the final stretch. While they argued, they were carried back downstream to where they had started. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Gordh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/018297/bk_adbl_018297_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Why Turtle Carries Its Home: A Sri Lankan Folktale, Hörbuch, Digital, 6min
    Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folk tale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing. Brahma throws a party for the animals, and one representative of every kind of animal heads for the party. The celebration begins. Everyone is there except Turtle. Brahma wonders where Turtle is, but the party goes on. Finally Turtle arrives. Brahma asks Turtle why it is so late. It says it wanted to come to the party, but every time it started to leave home it started missing home and stayed a little longer. Finally Turtle made itself come to the party. Recognizing Turtle's need, Brahma gives Turtle a shell so it never has to leave home again. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Gordh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017056/bk_adbl_017056_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Flying Carpet, The Mirror and The Magic Medicine: A West African Folktale, Hörbuch, Digital, 7min
    Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folk tale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing. The chief sends his three sons out to find something special. He declares that the one that returns with the most valuable thing will become the new chief. They set out together. At a crossroads, they split up. They agree to meet back at the crossroads in a month. The first finds a mirror that you can look into and see anyone you wish to. The second buys a flying carpet. The third discovers a plant that can heal anyone. They return to the crossroads. They look at the gifts. In the mirror, they see that their father is dying. They jump on the Magic Carpet and fly home. With the magic medicine the chief is cured. Who should he pick? Language: English. Narrator: Bill Gordh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017042/bk_adbl_017042_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Father, Son and the Forest Monster: A New Guinean Folktale, Hörbuch, Digital, 5min
    Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folk tale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing. A father and son went to camp out in the forest and do some hunting. They found a place to set up camp. Before going to sleep, the father told the boy some stories including one about the monster that lived in the forest. The boy fell asleep and his father went to do some night hunting. The boy woke up, was scared and went looking for his father. His father had heard an animal up in the trees and climbed a tree to hunt. The boy heard his father in the tree and called to him. The father was startled and thought it was the forest monster. Both father and son raced for the village to get away from the monster. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Gordh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017996/bk_adbl_017996_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Fox and the Tiger: A Chinese Folktale, Hörbuch, Digital, 8min
    Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folk tale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing. A fox is walking down a path when it is pounced on by a hungry tiger. Fox has to do some quick thinking. It asks the tiger if it really means to eat the leader of the forest. Tiger says it would not eat the leader of the forest, but Fox is not the leader. Fox offers to prove it to Tiger. Fox tells Tiger to follow it down the path and notice how all the animals respond to Fox. Tiger agrees. Tiger follows Fox. All the animals that see them run away as fast as they can. When they get to the end of the path, Tiger agrees that all the animals seem to be frightened of Fox, and he must be the leader he claims to be. Fox is free. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Gordh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017053/bk_adbl_017053_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Two Brothers Carving Sea Creatures: An Australian Folktale, Hörbuch, Digital, 7min
    Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folktale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing. There were two brothers who fished every day. They were not having much luck. One brother carved a squid from wood. It really looked like a squid, and when he threw it into the water it became a real squid. Happy to be alive, the squid helped the boy by chasing herring close to shore, and the boy could catch them easily. The other brother wanted to have more luck too. The brother told him about carving the squid and suggested the brother should do the same. The other brother, though, decided to carve a different sea creature - a barracuda. When he threw it into the water, it also became a real animal - a real barracuda that ate up the herring and chased the boys when they ventured into the water. That's how barracuda still behave. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Gordh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017060/bk_adbl_017060_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Gecko’s Problem: A Balinese Folktale, Hörbuch, Digital, 9min
    Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folk tale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing. Gecko eats a mosquito. Yum. Then he settles into sleep. Gecko can't sleep. Firefly keeps flashing its lights. Gecko goes to the chief. Chief goes to the firefly. Firefly says it's Woodpecker who is knocking on a tree, trying to tell everyone there is an earthquake, and that is why firefly is flashing. Chief goes to Woodpecker. Woodpecker says it got the message from Frog. Frog says it is not saying that. It is saying that Ox is dropping plop on the road. Ox says it is just trying fill potholes caused by Rain. Rain says it is just falling to help things grow and to make puddles, so mosquitoes can grow. Mosquitoes! Chief goes back to Gecko and tells it the sequence of information. Mosquitoes! The chief asks, "So what do you think, Gecko?" And Gecko sings out, "There's no problem!" Language: English. Narrator: Bill Gordh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017059/bk_adbl_017059_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Little Ant: A Mexican Folktale, Hörbuch, Digital, 5min
    Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folktale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing. Little Ant was a hard worker and saved her money. With her savings she bought a new dress, shoes, and a beautiful hat, and she took a walk. A dog saw her and asked her if she would marry him. She asked him how he would talk after they were married. He got excited and started howling. She told him, "No - too scary." She walked on. A cat saw her and asked to marry her. When asked how he would talk after they were married, he let out a very loud "MEOW!" She said, "No thanks." The duck was next, but his "QUACK!" received the same "no" response from Little Ant. Then a rat came along and made his proposal. His little squeak suited her just fine, and she married Senor Rat and was very happy with him. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Gordh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017036/bk_adbl_017036_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Why Monkeys Live in Trees: A West African Folktale, Hörbuch, Digital, 8min
    Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folktale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing. Bush Cat lies down under a tree to nap. Monkey comes along and decides to play a trick. Monkey ties Bush Cat's tail to the tree. Later Bush Cat wakes up and can't get away. Bush Cat asks Snail to untie its tail. Snail agrees once Bush Cat promises not to eat Snail. Once Bush Cat is free, Bush Cat wants to catch Monkey and decides on a trick. Bush Cat asks Snail to tell all the animals that Bush Cat is dead under the tree. This way when the animals come to dance around and sing in honor of their friend, Bush Cat can jump up and catch Monkey. Snail agrees and tells all the animals. They all come to dance and sing around the "dead" bush cat. Bush cat jumps up and tries to catch Monkey, but it climbs up the tree. Ever since, monkeys have lived in trees. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Gordh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/018004/bk_adbl_018004_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Br’er Rabbit and Sister Fox Go Fishing in the Rowboat: An African-American Folktale, Hörbuch, Digital, 10min
    Award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh (Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence winner, National Association of Parenting Periodicals Gold Award winner) presents this folk tale live with no script, accompanied only by his own dynamic banjo playing. Sister Fox tries to get Br'er Rabbit by inviting him to go fishing with her on her rowboat. She knows that he can't swim, and she is tired of being tricked. She also knows that he loves fish and will not pass up an opportunity like getting to fish from a rowboat. They get out in the middle of the lake and sit there singing. Sister Fox is singing about her favorite lunch - rabbit! Br'er Rabbit cannot swim and is getting nervous. Then he comes up with a trick and pretends to see a big-mouth bass leaping up out of the water just behind the fox. Sister Fox starts rowing following Br'er Rabbit's directions - faster and faster and faster until Sister Fox crashes into a rock on shore. Br'er Rabbit goes flying over Sister Fox's head and is now safe on shore, and Sister Fox and her rowboat sink! Language: English. Narrator: Bill Gordh. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/017998/bk_adbl_017998_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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