1a. The Magic Bird (An African Folktale)

The story of an African girl from a poor village who set a bird free instead of killing it for food, this upsets the villagers. Later, the bird remembers the girl's kindness and used its magic powers to help her. 07DR PIJSCA 15 min.

1b. People That Could Fly (An African-American Folktale)

This story reminds us of the heated emotions of the days of slavery and the faith and inspiration that lived inside many a slave who knew one day that freedom would come. 07DR PIJSCA 20 min.

2a. The Stonecutter (Japanese Folktale)

Tasaku was a lowly stonecutter, but he was very happy in his work. Happy, until a royal prince passed by one day in a magnificent procession. 07DR PIJSCA 10 min.

2b. How the Camel Got His Hump (Modernized)

Julie Portman, Paul Reisler and Bob Read, musicians and storytellers, tell a modern, "beat" version of Kipling's classic children's story. 07DR PIJSCA 15 min.

2c. The Pebble and the Beetle (An American Folktale)

As all children eventually discover, we see how wonderful it is to play with pebbles - even put them in our mouths - but we also learn after biting into a beetle that life can also be bittersweet. 07DR PIJSCA 10 min.

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