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A story connected to the Saint Martin story often used for lantern walk festivals in November. This is non-religious and and can be adapted for gender and culture.

Slip Perfect is a turtle who has always wanted a true friend.  When he moves to a new area in the forest, he sees an opportunity to meet new creatures and encounters some that are just as unique and curious as he is!  This is a story about being your authentic self when meeting new people. 

Toodles was a young gnome full of wonder and delight but has a hard time paying attention to the advice of older gnomes. When the gnome community attempts a grand adventure, however, Toodles attention and ideas prove to be invaluable to the adventure's success.  This is a story about accepting your unique qualities because they might be exactly what the community needs. 

Gigi, a young girl in the Philippines, has grown up hearing stories of a mythical creature called the Kapre, but she never thought she would actually meet one.  Her grandmother or Gigi accompanies her when the Kapre offers support and a promise to look out for her.  This is a story about how to find courage when encountering something unknown. 

When Lucien is asked by her mother, the castle's herbalist, to collect certain powerful plants in nature for a healing concoction, she doesn't realize this request will lead to an opportunity to be of service to a noblewoman's child.  This is a story of courage and leadership when a child is asked to step forward even when they aren't feeling confident or ready. 

Odie, a young seagull on the Northwest Coast of America, knows it is time for him to leave the nest, but he isn't sure how.  When an old cormorant teaches him about clues in the night sky, Odie gets exactly the advice he was hoping for and makes a huge developmental leap in the life of a seagull.  This is a story for children who know it is time to sleep in their own beds.

There is a most Wondrous Garden filled with beautiful flowers and grasses and shrubs and fruit trees - but it wasn't always so abundant, joyful and full of variety. The fairies that tend all the flowers gather regularly to hear the story about how they got to where they are now - about the native plants, the supremacy of the peony in the new garden and then the fire that gave them a chance to start anew with humility and true community.

Albert and his family left their hometown of Bergheim, with a pocket-full of money and a dream. The dream was to live in the big city of Strasbourg and to open an harness-making shop. When they got there, however, they realized that the big city was not what they had hoped. Hardship endured for the family, and yet, they found their way from insecurity to trust in an unexpected twist of fate.

Clarence is the constable in a large remote town next to a large spring fed pool. In the past the Constable’s job was to protect the property of the Baron of that town, but generations later, his job is to protect everyone in the town. Or at least that is what Clarence thought. When local soldiers return from war, they bring with them new perspectives on their home town. They expose how one population has always had power over another and that the Constable has been an important role in maintaining that oppression. Clarence resists at first but then, after a series of revelations, he sees his town and role with new eyes.

An old village between two mountains has three basket weavers that have strong opinions on how baskets should be made. When a crisis comes to the village, these three weavers have three differing opinions on how to handle it. This results in the village population dividing up, and things escalate to name calling and even threats! Luckily one of the assistants steps forward and prioritizes service and empathy over being right - and is able to help the town realize what is truly important.

When Vironika heard from the Tinker that a sickness was sweeping through a nearby city, she immediately pulled her children inside. She remembered the stories her grandmother told her about the Grippe, or a wicked flu that took so many lives - and she would take no chances. Soon others in town did the same and it wasn’t long before they all realized that being apart from each other yielded some difficult consequences. Luckily the well had a magical solution.

A small town at the edge of an enormous forest that stretches hundreds, if not thousands of miles to the north, has a problem with dragons. Every few years a dragon arrives and the townspeople historically panic. But now they have Soren the blacksmith, who was trained in four different methods of smithing - four methods that also, it would seem, work on dragons.

Hiram and Sariah were at a standstill. As co-chairs of the Church board it was their responsibility to help the board make an important decision: whether or not to keep the current Reverend. Hiram held the conservative view whereas Sariah held the progressive view and it seemed nothing would move either of them. That is, until Hiram happened to have a drink from the well…

Linda and her husband, the tailor, are blessed with a child who is spirited and full of life. This was their wish. But as Adri grew, her mother became more and more overwhelmed with the child’s high energy and dramatic expression. Linda was then inspired to return to the well, to wish that her child’s spirit have moments of calm, where she instead receives some of the well’s wisdom.

A story in anticipation of Halloween about a little girl who accidentally takes on fears that are not hers. Helpful for sensitive children who would benefit from establishing clear and healthy boundaries in a stimulating world.

A story about an old barrel maker who needs to make a decision between helping himself stay warm and completing a project for a special client. This story honors community and the importance of asking for help, as well as the gift of service.

In an age when trades were passed on exclusively from fathers to sons, a famous plaster caster teaches everything he knows to his daughter. As he ages and is less able to work, his daughter secretly takes on more and more work. After her father dies, a Duke’s son arrives at the workshop’s door with a very lucrative opportunity. Will she tell the Duke’s son the truth, or pretend that her father is still alive and take the job?

A story about an unusual tradition in a small northern town. The morning after the longest night of the year, one household wakes to find a gift at their front door. It is always the same gift: a beautiful and unique hand-woven carpet. What makes the carpet more magical is this: it is always warm. Even when the rest of the room is cold, the carpet remains warm. Over the years, many families have received one. Some have two and some have three. But Katri’s family, for reasons no one can understand, has none. But Katri thinks she might know where the carpets come from and decides to find out.

A story about an elf who’s annual task is to collect the candleberries from a particular bush in an old couple’s backyard. The elf then boils the berries and turns their wax into candles which are lit for solstice. One solstice evening, however, the elf realizes that the old couple need help and the elf then learns a story of community and mutual support.