The Tale of the Brown Calf and other Stories
The stories on the DVD
- Gudbrand of the Hillside
– a Norwegian tale of a husband whose wife knew he could do no wrong - Free Melons
– a Nasruddin tale - Shrewd Farmer
– one folk tale where it is the man who is cleverer than his wife - The Tiger’s Whisker
– a tale from Asia of a determined woman - The Greatest Pickpocket
– a comic tale from England with a wonderful punch line at the end - Worm in the Whisky
– a tale from Scotland with a drinker’s retort to the priest
The recording is of a performance at the Grimms’ Fairy Tales Festival in Hanau, Germany.
It was originally a video cassette and I can now offer it in DVD format (Europe).
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Permission to tell outlines my views on copyright
For those who are teachers: Telling stories in the classroom: basing language teaching on storytelling