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At length she could bear it no longer, and told one of her sisters all about it. Then the others heard the secret, and very soon it became known to two mermaids whose intimate friend happened to know who the prince was. She had also seen the festival on board ship, and she told them where the prince came from, and where his palace stood.

"Come, little sister," said the other princesses; then they entwined their arms and rose up in a long row to the surface of the water, close by the spot where they knew the prince's palace stood.
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When she came back, she had hundreds of things to talk about; but the most beautiful, she said, was to lie in the moonlight, on a sandbank, in the quiet sea, near the coast, and to gaze on a large town nearby, where the lights were twinkling like hundreds of stars; to listen to the sounds of the music, the noise of carriages, and the voices of human beings, and then to hear the merry bells peal out from the church steeples; and because she could not go near to all those wonderful things, she longed for them more than ever.

 Oh, did not the youngest sister listen eagerly to all these descriptions? and afterwards, when she stood at the open window looking up through the dark blue water, she thought of the great city, with all its bustle and noise, and even fancied she could hear the sound of the church bells, down in the depths of the sea.

Far out in the ocean the water is as blue as the petals of the loveliest cornflower, and as clear as the purest glass. But it is very deep too. It goes down deeper than any anchor rope will go, and many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. It is down there that the sea folk live.

Now don't suppose that there are only bare white sands at the bottom of the sea. No indeed! The most marvelous trees and flowers grow down there, with such pliant stalks and leaves that the least stir in the water makes them move about as though they were alive. All sorts of fish, large and small, dart among the branches, just as birds flit through the trees up here. From the deepest spot in the ocean rises the palace of the sea king. Its walls are made of coral and its high pointed windows of the clearest amber, but the roof is made of mussel shells that open and shut with the tide. This is a wonderful sight to see, for every shell holds glistening pearls, any one of which would be the pride of a queen's crown."

Great, new English children's stories!
Friske nye danske børnehistorier!

 

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• Day 3: Interview with an Old Lady
  a children's guide book to time travel
• GREAT FRUIT!
  I'm a Grape and you're a Watermelon
• Once upon a time there was a princess
  (Der var engang en prinsesse)
  Danish to English (translation) / Dansk til Engelsk (oversættelse)
• That's the way the Cookie Street crumbles
  another great Magic World story
• Little Bird and Sunflower…
  a fun Playstation PS3 Singstar adventure
  an exciting Baby Monster story
• Baby Monster Lying King meets a giraffe
  daddy's bad story

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Have fun,
– Josie (and dad)

Special thanks to Andre Morgunoff for use of his instrumental songs Morning in Manhattan, Jump, and Nostalgia, and Kacey Jones for her great Jazz song, Apples Dipped in Candy from the Podsafe Music Network.

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Once upon a time there was a swift little giant named Gulliver who like to travel to faraway lands.

Sometimes he was bigger then a giraffe — but other times, this giant was smaller then a mouse. Once, Gulliver was even a horse's pet.

Want to learn more about Gulliver and his travels? Then make sure you listen to this G-episode of the World's Greatest children's storytelling — wild animal — alphabet podcast. It's a retelling of Jonathan Swift's classic children's book, Gulliver's Travels… mashed-up with the world's greatest Lilliputian storytelling giraffe games and music.

 

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Oh, great…
The great Great Dane
was out walking…

No, it was swimming!

Okay, the great Great Dane was swimming,
swimming in a rainy puddle.

And it was raining and pouring…

No, it was snowing!

Okay, so it was snowing…
snowing snow angels and apples,
so the great Great Dane swam in the snow.

And it swum happily in my tummy,
'cause there is a lot of rain in snow.

Have fun,
– Josie (and the dad)

Great Dane (definition): a real nice (extra great) person from Denmark (like me), or a dog.

This fun story and other great children's stories can be heard on
G is for Giraffes and the Greatest Gulliver's Travels
[family-friendly – old time children's radio –podcast: season 2, letter G]

In the sunny Danish sea,
there are a lot of Candy Fish.
Of every color, shape, and size,
your favorite flavored Candy Fish.

I dived into the ocean blue,
so I could swim with Candy Fish.
But then of course it rain-aaa-aind,
and I got a extra wet.

But of course, it was still a-okay,
'cause Candy Fish was still candy.
So yum, yum, yum. Yum, yum, yum,
it's in my tum, tum, tum de tum.

Have fun,
– Josie

This fun story and other great children's stories can be heard on
Overfishing with a slightly-scary Frankenstein's Monster for Sushi
[family-friendly – old time children's radio –podcast: season 2, letter F]