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This episode is brought to you by the Housekeeping of Giant Tessus.

Tonight, we'll read an Icelandic fairy tale called

Little Tritil the Birds and the Peasant Lad.

Translated and edited by Mrs. AW Hall and published in 1897.

Like many folk and fairy tales, the exact origins are complicated and sometimes unclear.

The more well-known crimson fairy book edited by Andrew Lang cite the story as having a Hungarian origin.

However, there are at least two earlier publications that are specifically Icelandic

compilations that include the story.

Let's get cozy. Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

There once rained a king and a queen.

And in the same country, there also lived a poor old man and his wife.

The king had an only daughter, called Inid, who was greatly beloved by both her father and mother.

They spared no expense. And she had the best masters and governesses and a number of servants to

wait upon her. But notwithstanding that she was so carefully watched and looked after,

she suddenly disappeared.

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