“The Three Crones” – an Italian Folktale (S6, #4)

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In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will read her version of the story, the Three Crones.  It’s an Italian folktale that speaks of obsession, deception and gullibility. What will we do and what cost are we willing to bear for our own obsessions? This story offers up a warning.

Story:  Created from: Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino (1956), Italian Popular Tales, by Thomas Frederick Cane (1885) and Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book (1897).  

Illustration:  Pixaby.com.

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