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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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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MEMBERS & VISITORS: Long, long ago in Kyoto, the people of the city were terrified by accounts of a huge, dreadful, and ugly ogre, who, it was said, haunted the Gate of Rashomon at twilight and seized whoever passed by. The missing victims were never seen again, so it was whispered that the ogre […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS Two humpback woodcutters find both fortune and misfortune is this story. The hardworking one meets some fairies and the other meets some evil ogres. “Domingo Siete” is one of Mexico’s best known tales. Any time somebody has done something very foolish the others will say, “y salio con su Domingo […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS The story is a classic English literature children’s tale that tells the adventures of a mischievous, freshly-baked gingerbread man who jumps from Cook’s oven and flees in an attempt to escape being caught then eaten by the monkey and then by little Bobby. Your host, Binary Mouse, introduces Your Virtual World’s Campfire […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS There once was a widower who remarried. His second wife was ill-natured. The man had a beautiful, gentle daughter of his own, and she was soon to become the servant of her evil step-mother. They called her Cinderella. The King needed to find a queen for his prince, so he threw a […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS Once upon a time there was a king and a queen, who were very sorry that they had no children,—so sorry that it cannot be told. At last, however, the Queen had a daughter. There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the fairies they could […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS “Once upon a time in India there were two brothers named Bajun and Jhore. Bajun was married and one day his wife fell ill of fever. So, as he was going ploughing, Bajun told Jhore to stay at home and cook the dinner and he bade him put into the pot three […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS A mother duck’s eggs hatch, but the biggest egg takes longer than all the others. A nosy neighbor opines that the egg looks like a turkey egg. When the egg finally hatches, Mother Duck is relieved to see that her newest son swims but as ducklings go, he’s not very good looking. […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS The Brer Rabbit story character has long and substantial roots in the African American storytelling traditions of southern United States. In this story, Brer Fox sculpts a doll out of a lump of tar and dresses it with some clothes and a patch of hair from Brer Bear’s hide. “Brer” was the […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS Domingo Siete is one of Mexico’s best known fairy tales. This is the Campfire Tales Series version of “Sunday Seven” starring young storyteller Sudhi Rao whose video animation was created by Your Virtual World as a gift of encouragement. It concerns fairies who remove the hump from a hunchback after […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS 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 Emperor was able to find help solving very perplexing riddles he came to learn how the […]
Read moreMEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World presents one of only a few “full” uncut versions of its personalized videos in the Campfire Tale Series on our web site. We present here the complete tale, “Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves”. Ali Baba was a poor middle eastern man who stumbles across the hidden treasure cave […]
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