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	Jason and Medea (English) Duration: 04:56 Jason and Medea's carelessness causes dangers to the planet.	Greek mythology, myths, danger, selfish, lazy, plot, structure, tasks, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version, subtitled

	Narcissus (English) Duration: 04:43 Narcissus is the most beautiful man ever – but will he be able to handle his beauty?	Greek mythology, myths, story, pride, fall, vanity, friendship, famous, moral, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version

	Magic Fish (English) Duration: 05:12 An elderly couple find it hard to make a living. An ancient chestnut tree takes pity on the old man and gives him money. The couple's fortunes change when they buy an extraordinary fish.	il pesce magico, Italian, traditional, story-telling, poverty, riches, magic forest, magic tree, deception, transformation, happy ending, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version

	The Boy and the Drum (English) Duration: 05:28 An old man is trying to get to sleep but the boy next door won't stop playing his drum.	drum, story, beginning, middle, end, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version, subtitled

	The Hare and the Tortoise (English) Duration: 05:22 The tortoise and the hare have a race. Who will win?	fable, Aesop, Aesop's fables moral, short story, modern retelling, adaptation, beginning, complication, middle, end, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version

	The Sun and the Wind (English) Duration: 05:28 Who is stronger – the wind or the sun?	fable, Aesop, Aesop's fables, sun, wind, short story, modern retelling, adaptation, beginning, middle, end, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version, subtitled

	Midas (English) Duration: 04:57 Midas and Pactolo are rival rappers and only one of them can be famous. However, when it looks like Midas is down and out things take a turn.	short story, modern retelling, adaptation, beginning, middle, end, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version

	Anansi and Turtle (English) Duration: 05:24 Tortoise is hungry. The smell of food leads him to Anansi, the spider who reluctantly allows him to share her food. However, she tricks him and he ends up with nothing – so he plots his revenge.	culture, story, beginning, middle, end, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version

	The Butterfly Lovers (English) Duration: 05:16 Yu Jun wants to study but tradition dictates that she can't, so she dresses as a boy and goes to school. There she meets Liang and falls for him...	short story, modern retelling, adaptation, beginning, middle, end, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version, subtitled

	The Town Rat and the Country Rat (English) Duration: 05:24 A mouse named Jacques visits the love of his life Lucille.	fable, Aesop, Aesop's fables, viewpoint, attitude, perception, countryside, love, vanity, danger, romance, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version, subtitled

	Frau Holle (English) Duration: 05:27 Clara lives with her step-mother and step-sister who treat her terribly, until one day she meets Frau Holle.	German, Germany, traditional, folk tale, beginning, complication, middle, end, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version, subtitled

	The town mouse and the country mouse (Latin) Duration: 05:06 A mouse named Jacques visits the love of his life Lucille	Telling Tales, Tellingtaleslatin

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