Your Virtual World Presents “Abandoning The Old Ones” – Korean Folktale

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Abandoning The Old Ones” – Korean Folktale In this ancient Korean folk tale, we learn of a loving and dedicated son who refused to follow the custom of taking his very old parent to the mountain and leaving him to die. When the Emporer was able to find […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Anansi And Nothing” – African Folktale

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Anansi And Nothing” – African Folktale Within the ancient African kingdom of the Ashanti people in Ghana was born the story traditions about Anansi. Anansi the trickster is a spider, and is one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore. He is also known […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Beauty And The Beast”

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Beauty And The Beast” Based on the classic French fairy tale, the story of Belle, an intelligent young woman scorned by her townspeople for being a bookworm, weary of fighting off the advances of the arrogant Gaston, and dreaming of escape. Her father was a wealthy merchant and […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Aster And Other Flowers”

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Aster And Other Flowers” Do you know that flowers, as well as people, live in families? Come into the garden, and our storyteller will show you how. Your host, Binary Mouse, introduces Your Virtual World’s Campfire Tales Series in the hosted version.

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Your Virtual World Presents “Honourable Minu” – African Folktale

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Honourable Minu” – African Folktale Do you know somebody who constantly seek fame, riches, and all of the material pleasures of life? Listen to the tale of Minu, a very rich man living near the coast in West Africa. The poor villager travels to the big city of […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Beasts And Serpents” – African Folktale

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Beasts And Serpents” – African Folktale Do you know where the animals of the earth came from? Well, let our storyteller relate the fabled West African account of where the beasts and serpents REALLY came from. It all started out in a small West African village with a […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “A Pair Of Silk Stockings”

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “A Pair Of Silk Stockings” Little Mrs. Sommers suddenly and surprisingly gets fifteen dollars, which seems like a large amount to her. She now feels wealthy and considers how to best invest her newfound wealth. During the night, she thinks of a sensible use for the money. She […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Tom Thumb”

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Tom Thumb” Long ago, in the merry days of good King Arthur, there lived a plowman and his wife. They were very poor, but would have been contented and happy if only they could have had a little child. One day, having heard of the great fame of […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “A Municipal Report”

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “A Municipal Report” “A Municipal Report” takes place in Nashville, Tennessee shortly after the American Civil War between the North and the South in the United States. It is told in the form of a report by a man who came to Nashville on business but whose name […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Snow White”

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12 Feb

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Your Virtual World Presents “Snow White” Long ago, in a land far away, a wicked queen asks her Magic Mirror, “Who is the fairest one of all?” and is told that Snow White, her blossoming stepdaughter, is now the “fairest one of all.” In an envious rage, the queen orders a […]

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Native American Storytelling

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Native American Storytelling Storyteller Gene Tagaban, of Tlingit, Cherokee, and Filipino heritage, talks about the importance of storytelling as a tool to teach, entertain, and heal. Learn more about Gene HERE.

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African Storytelling

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS African Storytelling Oral storytelling is an African tradition. The National Museum of African Art, in Washington, D.C., is keeping the griot tradition alive and using it to encourage children to read more about Africa. Voice of America’s Saskia de Melker has more.

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Your Virtual World Presents “The Velveteen Rabbit”

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS VELVETEEN RABBIT The Velveteen Rabbit lives in the nursery with all of the other toys, waiting for the day when the Boy will choose him as a playmate. The little cloth rabbit was given as a Christmas gift to a young boy. In time, the shy velveteen rabbit befriends the tattered Skin […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Puss In Boots”

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS “Puss in Boots”, is a French literary fairy tale about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power and wealth. The youngest son thought about how to manage with this cat. Through cleverness Puss got a bag with lettuce then went to field and caught a rabbit then went straight […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “The Little Boy And Girl In The Clouds” -Native American Folktale

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS The old Native American storyteller named Iagoo has told a story about a magical hill called Tutokanula. Other mountains and hills were formed many years ago when the earth was young, but this hill magically appeared overnight. One day it was an ordinary rock, but overnight it rose and stretched until it […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “A Crow And His Three Friends” – East Indian Folk Tale

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS “In the branches of a great tree, in a forest in India, lived a wise old crow in a very comfortable, well-built nest. His wife was dead, and all his children were getting their own living; so he had nothing to do but to look after himself. He led a very easy […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Natural Enemies” – Chinese Folk Tale

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS “A long time ago there was an old man who lived in a house down a city alley. High walls hid it from view. He had no family and his only company was a cat and dog. He never went out to work. He didn’t even go out t buy food. No […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Two Tales Of Tricks” – Korean Folk Tale

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Fireside Theater presents two ancient tales from Korea dealing with clever trickery. In the first we learn of a young boy who matches wits with his father. One of them clearly comes out on top in the match. In the second tale we enjoy a pleasant and humorous tale of a lazy […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Princess Pyongyang And Ondal”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS This children’s folk tale tells of a strong-willed princess who falls for a foolish woodcutter and helps him seize his destiny to become great. Her father, the king, had once threatened his daughter that if she did not stop crying, she would be forced to marry Ondal, the village fool. Guess what? […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “The Serpent And The Woodcutter”

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11 Feb

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: This children’s folk tale tells of a snake that was killed years before by a kindly woodcutter who saved the life of a bird about to be eaten by the snake. The ghostly spirit of the strong-willed snake has returned vowing vengence on the woodcutter. They meet again and the woodcutter […]

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