Comments on: Nothing like a good story http://sumptuous.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/nothing-like-a-good-story/ implicitly reflecting a place too special to waste Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:32:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: M http://sumptuous.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/nothing-like-a-good-story/#comment-61 M Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:52:39 +0000 http://sumptuous.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/nothing-like-a-good-story/#comment-61 While poor literacy among adults and school children surley is a sad thing, it's true that tales on tape can offer a quite enchanting alternative to being read to by a parent! I loved my collection of tales on tape - or rather vinyl. One of my favourite was Sterntaler, and somehow there seems quite an uncanny likeness between you, dear Dr. Frank, and the main protagonist ... To see foryourself, follow http://www.europa-vinyl.de/e2031.php3 The story is about a poor orphen of great piety and of an even greater heart who gives away all her belongings, including all her clothes (well, as a child I didn't see any thing odd with a story about a young, innocent, blond teen stripping in a dark forest in order to do a stranger a favour ...). In good fairy tale style, she is soon rewarded with a new silk nighty with which to catch a shower of pure golden stars. All is welll ... While poor literacy among adults and school children surley is a sad thing, it’s true that tales on tape can offer a quite enchanting alternative to being read to by a parent! I loved my collection of tales on tape – or rather vinyl. One of my favourite was Sterntaler, and somehow there seems quite an uncanny likeness between you, dear Dr. Frank, and the main protagonist … To see foryourself, follow http://www.europa-vinyl.de/e2031.php3

The story is about a poor orphen of great piety and of an even greater heart who gives away all her belongings, including all her clothes (well, as a child I didn’t see any thing odd with a story about a young, innocent, blond teen stripping in a dark forest in order to do a stranger a favour …). In good fairy tale style, she is soon rewarded with a new silk nighty with which to catch a shower of pure golden stars. All is welll …

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