**Please use your own judgement before sharing these stories with children. Although I do my best to keep the language friendly, the content may not be everyone’s cup of tea.

Summary

After terrible mistreatment, a boy named Antonio runs away from home. He meets an ogre who offers him shelter and employment. Under the ogre’s care, the boy thrives, but in time he becomes homesick.

Before sending him home, the ogre gives Antonio a donkey and a warning not to say the word “bricklebrit” near it. Curiosity wins, and when the boy speaks the word precious stones pour out from the donkey. When he stops at an inn for the night and gives the ogre’s warning to the innkeeper, he too tries out the word and decides to steal the magic donkey.

When Antonio arrives home and the imposter donkey fails to produce any precious stones, he is again mistreated and returns to the ogre.

Time passes and the scenario plays out again, this time with a magic tablecloth. Once more, Antonio disregards the ogre’s warning, and again the duplicitous innkeeper replaces the magical object with a plain one. Antonio is chased from his home, and flees back to the ogre.

The next time Antonio grows homesick the ogre sends him on his way with a warning and a magic stick. Testing it out as usual, Antonio learns that it will beat senseless whoever speaks the magic words.

At the inn, he uses this to his advantage, and has the magic donkey and tablecloth restored to him in return for ending the spell of the beating stick.

Finally he returns home in good fortune, and he and his family live happily ever after.

[Appologies for the audio quality in this episode, I’ve been experiencing some technical issues.]

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Book

The Grey Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Music

"Princess (Instrumental Version)" by Josh Woodward.

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