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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Your Virtual World Presents “The Ogre Of Rashomon”

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11 Feb

  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 […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Sunday Seven” (Mexican Fairy Tale)

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & 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 […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Surrounded By Beauty”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS The story opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where Paul, a boy from a middle-class family, is dismissed from high school because of his impertinent attitude and bearing. Paul sees his case as special. In asserting his superiority, Paul seeks to live in the world of the arts. He loves the theater, the opera, […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “The Little Gingerbread Man”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & 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 […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Cinderella”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & 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 […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Sleeping Beauty In The Wood”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & 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 […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Bajun And Jhore” – A Tale From India

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & 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 […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “The Ugly Duckling”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & 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. […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Big Paul Bunyan”

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11 Feb

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Paul Bunyan is a lumberjack figure in North American folklore and tradition. One of the most famous and popular North American folklore heroes, he is usually described as a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, and is often accompanied in stories by his animal companion, Babe the Blue […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “The Ransom Of Red Chief”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Our story takes place in rural Alabama. Two crooks, Bill Driscoll and Sam have $600 between the two of them and figure they need another $2000 to pull off a fraudulent real estate scam. They have it all figured out. The two men are fugitives who have escaped to the Deep South […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Brer Rabbit Meets The Tar Baby”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & 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 […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Domingo Siete”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & 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 […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Abandoning The Old Ones”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & 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 […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & 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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Sayings President Obama Likes Best (1)

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11 Feb

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: MEMBERS & VISITORS Powerful Presidential Proverbs Knowledge is like a garden. If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. This “Knowledge Is Like A Garden” video is available for download HERE. Since it’s embedded in a PDF file all you need is a fairly recent version of Acrobat Reader to […]

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