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The Enchanted Canary | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)
On this week's Lang Fairy Tales episode we're encountering a tale by folklorist Charles Deulin, The Enchanted Canary.
Positioned as a legend out of Flanders, it sees a prince head out to find a wife whose skin is not white or pink...
Perhaps wisely, he goes south, following his dream of an orange grove, waylaid by witches, bricklayers, and his own inability to follow advice.
A surprisingly rounded story, packed with gags and some genuine pearls of wisdom - “The danger which is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of...” - it's an excitingly rich fairy tale, as we discuss…
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