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Farfar’s Farfetched Fables
by Farfar Johann
A little place where children can be children and hear classic stories read to them.
Episodes
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The Tale of Jonah
Jonah, who is credited with inventing the "Ninevah No Way!" tries to run away from his mission and get eated by a whale!
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Teetoncey - Conclusion
As Teetoncey's health continues to improve, she starts causing trouble for Ben and his mother, Rachel by wandering off on her own. Then, as another storm hits the coast, Rachel has an idea that may bring her memory back but Ben isn't sure it's such a good idea.
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Teetoncey - Chapters 14, 15 & 16
After his near drowning in the last episode, Rachel tells Ben the truth about his father's death. But then Ben is able to remind his mother of another truth about his father, John O'Neal. Tee is becoming more aware day by day.
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Teetoncey - Chapters 11, 12 & 13
Ben takes Tee for a ride in the pony cart to see the sights of the Outer Banks. But after she is spooked when they get too close to the scene of her shipwreck, Ben takes her home and is dressed down by his mother. The next day Ben goes sailing with near disastrous results.
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Teetoncey - Chapters 8-10
The castaway is visited by the local authorities and gets the name Teetoncey, Tee for short while the locals wonder if she'll ever recover from her trauma.
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Teetoncey - Chapters 6 & 7
While the 'teetoncey' girl slowly recovers under Rachel's care, Ben wanders down to the beach to sift through the washed up wreakage hoping to find clues as to who the young girl is.
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Teetoncey - Chapters 3,4 & 5
In this episode, Ben O'Neal rescues a shipwrecked girl on the beach.
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Teetoncey - Chapter 2
On the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 1898, eleven-year-old Ben O'Neal yearns to show the men of the rough, maritime community that he too, has the courage that his dead father had.
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Teetoncey - Chapter 1
In this chapter we are introduced to Ben, a young boy who lives with his mother Rachel and their dog Boo. Maybe that's were the song, "Me and you and a dog named Boo" originated? Listen and decide for yourself.
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Teetoncey by Theodore Taylor
In this opening episode, a ship is wreaked on the shoals of the Outer Banks of Carolina and a lone survivor reaches shore.
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The Eve Of Il Natale
A young boy who is always getting into trouble experiences a change of heart thanks to the influence of St. Francis of Assisi.
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The Shepard Who Was Not In The Fields
A retelling of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.
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Paul Bunyan Chapter 7 - Paul’s Great Flapjack Griddle
After starting up his new lumber camp in the Dakotas, Paul tackles the challenge of feeding so many big strong lumberjacks.
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Wind In The Willows - Chap. 2 - Take 2
Please comment if you listened to the original version vs. this "director's cut" at [email protected]
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Ch. 16 - The Last Of The Great Tarnov Crystal
Pan Kreutz makes an end of the crystal.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Ch. 15 - King Kazimir Jagiello
Good Jan Kanty accompanies Pan Andrew, Joseph and Pan Kreutz to the palace of the king where Pan Andrew presents the Great Tarnov Crystal to King Jagiello.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Ch. 14 - A Great Fire Rages
The explosion in the loft caused by Pan Kreutz and the student Tring threatens to engulf the entire city of Krakow. Peter of the Button Face is taken into custody.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Ch. 13 - The Great Tarnov Crystal
The Alchemist Kreutz confesses to the student Tring that he has the prized crystal in his possession. Tring pressures him to use the crystals powers, with disastrous results.
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The Trumpter Of Krakow - Ch. 12 - Elzbietka Misses the Broken Note
Lying awake in the middle of the night, Elzbietka hears Joseph play the Heynal. But he plays it wrong!
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Ch. 11 - The Attack on the Church
Bogdan the Terrible returns again with his band of mischief makers. Joseph sends a secret message to Elzbietka.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Ch. 10 - The Evil One Takes A Hand
The raiding party is thwarted by the alchemist. Peter of the Button Face escapes, but not without injury.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Chapter 9 - Button-Face Peter Attacks
The evil Peter conspires with Stas to break into Pan Andrew's home while he is away in order to steal his treasure.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Chapter 8 - Peter of the Button Face
Unbeknownst to Joseph and Elzbietka, sinister forces have been tracking them and planning to do harm to Pan Andrew's family.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Chapter 7 - In The Alchemist's Loft
Strange happenings are perceived by Joseph in the loft of the fourth floor. He climbs the steep stairs to see what the alchemist Kreutz and the student Tring are up to.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Chapter 6 - The Tower of the Trumpeter
Joseph's father Pan Andrew takes him along on his first night as watchman and trumpeter. There he tells him of the brave young man who was trumpeter years ago. When Pan Andrew sends Joseph home, Joseph is greeted by a mysterious stranger who warns him to beware of the student Tring.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Chapter 5 - In The Street Of The Pidgeons
Good Jan Kanty escorts Joseph and his family to their new lodgings and finds the perfect job for Joseph's father.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Chapter 4 - The Good Jan Kanty
The mysterious scholar-priest Jan Kanty takes Joseph and family into his care.
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The Trumpter Of Krakow - Chapter 3 - The Alchemist
After saving Elzbietka from the savage dog, Joseph goes with her and her uncle to see their humble dwelling. Meanwhile, out in the marketplace, Pan Andrew and wife are being accosted by a band of charlatans. Just in time, a mysterious stranger comes to their rescue.
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The Trumpter Of Krakow - Chapter 2 - Krakow
Joseph and his father and mother enter the city, only to hear bad news. Joseph wanders through the city and rescues a wise man and his beautiful niece.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Chapter 1 - The Man Who Wouldn't Sell His Pumpkin
Traveling along the road to Krakow, a small family is accosted by a stranger who pretends to be their friend, but instead tries to take their pumpkin by force.
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The Trumpeter Of Krakow - Introduction
Ancient Oath of the Krakow Trumpter "I swear on my honor as a Pole, as a servant of the King of the Polish people, that I will faithfully and unto the death, if there be need, sound upon the trumpet the Heynal in honor of Our Lady each hour in the tower of the church which bears Her Name."
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The Wind In The Willows - Final Chapter - The Return Of Ulysses
Rat, Mole, Badger and Toad make a daring raid to retake Toad Hall from the invasive Weasels. Toad emerges a changed er, Toad.
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The Wind In The Willows - Chapter 11 - Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears
Toad tries to return to his ancestral home to find it has been invaded by weasels and stoats. He and his friends formulate a plan to take the castle back. But will they?
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The Wind In The Willows - Chapter 10 - The Further Adventures of Toad
Recently escaped from jail, Mr. Toad goes back to his old ways that landed him in jail in the first place. Some toads never learn!
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The Wind In The Willows - Chapter 8 - Toad's Adventures
With the help of a kind-hearted gaoler's daughter, Toad makes a daring escape from prison, hops a train and disappears into the wood...
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The Wind In The Willows - Chapter 9 - Wayfarers All
With Fall getting on and many friends headed South, the Water Rat begins to feel a bit of wanderlust himself and is visited by a Seafaring Rat who encourages him to travel.
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The Wind In The Willows - Chapter 7 - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Rat and Mole go looking for a missing youngster and encounter a mystical Being.
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The Wind In The Willows - Chapter 6 - Mr. Toad
Toad's friends attempt an intervention to prevent him from harming himself and others. But he eludes them to his own sorrow.
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The Wind In The Willows - Chapter 5 - Dulce Domum
Returning from a day of adventuring with Otter, the Mole senses that his underground home is nearby and suddenly get homesick.
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The Wind In The Willows - Chapter 4 - Mr. Badger
The conclusion of the last chapter left Mole and Rat shivering in the cold outside the subterranean residence of Mr. Badger. In this episode, they spend a bit of time with the slumbering creature and also are visited by a couple of hedge hogs and the ever exuberant Otter.
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The Wind In The Willows - Chapter 3
Mole goes for a stroll. Rat takes a nap. Badger almost makes an appearance.
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Wind In The Willows - Chapter 2
Mole and his friend the River Rat go to visit Toad in his mansion. Toad takes them on one of his Wild Adventures.
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The Wind In The Willows - Chapter 1
In this first episode of the classic tale by Kenneth Grahame we meet the small creatures that live by the river: Mole, Rat, Otter and for a brief moment Badger. This is a story of friendship and the adventures of a group of friends as diverse as nature itself.
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Paul Bunyan and His Great Blue Ox - Chapter 15
Paul's Final Exploits. Paul accidentally digs the Grand Canyon, starts his own lumber mill, and finally retires deep in the woods of the Great Northwest with his faithful Moose Terrier Elmer.
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First Sunday of Ordinary Time 2024
Readings from the Lectionary 1 Samuel 3:3-10,19 Psalm 40 1 Corinthians 13-15, 17-20 The Gospel According to St John 1:35-42
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Paul Bunyan and His Great Blue Ox - Chapter 14
"How Paul spends his Summers" might be the subtitle of this episode. As with all things Paul Bunyan, when things go wrong they go wrong in a BIG way! This episode is spiced with special guest voices Daffy Duck and Groucho Marx.
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Paul Bunyan And His Great Blue Ox - Chapter 13
After the greatest logging season on record and after surviving the winter of the blue snow it's time for Paul and company to close down the Red River camp and head back east. But not before cleaning up and having a big Sunday dinner.
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Visit of the Magi
Today we hear how hundreds of years before Christ was born the prophet Isaiah foretold that kings from the East would come bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh; gifts recalling that Christ is Prophet, Priest and King. The Gospel of Matthew then tells of the fulfillment of that prophecy…
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Paul Bunyan Chapter 12 - The Winter of the Blue Snow
Winter that lasts two years, bone chilling temperatures, snow snakes and frostbiters all add up to tough times for Paul and his Onion River campers. Paul takes a walk to China across the frozen Pacific Ocean.
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