The Hedley Kow 👵🏻🪙🪨🐉
01/22/25 • 12 min
Hi friends!
Last season we had a story about a fellow named Hans who was born on a leap year and believed he was the luckiest man alive...and interpreted every even that happened through that lens. This month’s episode features an old woman with a similar outlook on life, as well as a mischievous shapeshifter who really tries to test her sunny outlook.
Like our recent story “Fairies in the Chimney”, this is an adaptation of a story collected and written by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales from 1894, and I appreciate the lightheartedness of several of the tales he collected. Traditional fairy tales can be scary and magical and moralistic, sure, but they can be fun and silly, too!
New intro
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Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures!
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Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro!
©2025 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.
Hi friends!
Last season we had a story about a fellow named Hans who was born on a leap year and believed he was the luckiest man alive...and interpreted every even that happened through that lens. This month’s episode features an old woman with a similar outlook on life, as well as a mischievous shapeshifter who really tries to test her sunny outlook.
Like our recent story “Fairies in the Chimney”, this is an adaptation of a story collected and written by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales from 1894, and I appreciate the lightheartedness of several of the tales he collected. Traditional fairy tales can be scary and magical and moralistic, sure, but they can be fun and silly, too!
New intro
If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep this podcast going ❤️
- Social Media: Facebook & Instagram
- Website: foggyoakfairytales.com
- Merchandise: https://www.teepublic.com/user/foggy-oak-fairy-tales
Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures!
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Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro!
©2025 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.
Previous Episode
Henry the Sled Stealing Dog 🐕🛷
This month’s episode is about my parents’ black lab Henry, who we discovered takes an unusual and vast delight in stealing and returning sleds. Not just any sleds, however, only those that he believes are not sleds at all...but actually giant frisbees that it is his very serious responsibility to catch and return to us...even if we’re the ones sitting on them!
Let’s find out how we discovered his amusing habit, and enjoy a wintery trip to the past.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
New intro
If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep this podcast going ❤️
- Social Media: Facebook & Instagram
- Website: foggyoakfairytales.com
- Merchandise: https://www.teepublic.com/user/foggy-oak-fairy-tales
Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures!
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Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro!
©2025 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.
Next Episode
Be Careful What You Wish For! (King Midas and the Golden Touch)🫵🪙🪙
Many fairy tales offer us the lesson “be careful what you wish for”. They teach us that sometimes getting what we want isn’t at all what we expected...and warn us about the dangers of making bargains we can’t control.
“The Magic Flounder” story from several months ago is a good example of this – each time the fisherman wishes for more grand things he and his wife become less and less happy.
This week’s story from Greek Mythology takes “be careful what you wish for” to a whole new level with the tale of King Midas and the Golden Touch, where a wish goes horribly awry! Let me know what you think after you listen!
New intro
If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most important way to keep this podcast going ❤️
- Social Media: Facebook & Instagram
- Website: foggyoakfairytales.com
- Merchandise: https://www.teepublic.com/user/foggy-oak-fairy-tales
Feel like reading more about the farm? Check out Claire's book "Ruth on the Roof", a picture book about Foggy Oak Farm's Ruth the kitten and her adventures!
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Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro!
©2025 Claire Krendl Gilbert. All rights reserved.
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