Princess Rosamund (Premium Episode Preview)
Drift Off - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Joanne D'Amico
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Tonight I will be reading a Danish fairytale called Princess Rosamund by Jens Christian Bay written in 1899. This old tale is about a young kind princess who possesses 3 very unusual gifts. When the fame of the Princess is spread far and wide, Prince Hermes, asks his father for permission to go win her hand in marriage but an evil witch plays a trick on the royal families. Will Princess Rosamund and Prince Hermes become husband and wife? Well...let’s find out together.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Drift Off. I'm your host Joanne, and you're listening to a bonus episode |
| 0:06.2 | called Princess Rosamond by Yens Christian Bay. You can listen to the whole story and |
| 0:13.3 | other episodes while enjoying ad-free listening by becoming a premium member at driftoff.supercast.com |
| 0:20.7 | or you can find the link in the show notes that's driftoff.supercast.com. |
| 0:30.4 | Tonight I will be reading a Danish fairy tale called Princess Rosamond by Yens Christian Bay, |
| 0:37.2 | written in 1899. This old tale is about a young kind princess who possesses three very unique |
| 0:47.0 | gifts. When the fame of the princess is spread far and wide, Prince Hermes asks his father for |
| 0:55.2 | permission to go win her hand in marriage, but an evil witch plays a trick on the royal families, |
| 1:03.3 | while Princess Rosamond and Prince Hermes become husband and wife. Well, let's find out together. |
| 1:12.8 | And so, as always, my friend, settling comfortably under the covers, |
| 1:18.8 | take a full comfortable breath, and as you exhale, relax and let go, |
| 1:34.4 | allow any tension to just melt away, letting your body sink deeper and deeper down into the |
| 1:45.6 | softness of your bed. There is nothing else to do and nowhere else to be, so just lie back, |
| 1:59.6 | relax and enjoy the story. There was once the princess who possessed three wonderful gifts. |
| 2:11.6 | Whenever she wept, pearls rolled out from the corners of her eyes. When she smiled, |
| 2:19.6 | roses dropped from her cheeks, and with every step she made barefooted, a gold piece was left in |
| 2:29.1 | the dust under her heels. The king and the whole nation rejoiced over these wonders, |
| 2:37.6 | for the treasury never became empty, and whenever there was any need of money, |
| 2:44.1 | the girl was always ready to take a walk barefooted through the rooms of the royal palace. |
| 2:51.2 | On such occasions, a number of courteers always followed her with large crystal balls gathering |
| 2:59.2 | up the gold pieces left by her footsteps. The fame of princess Rosamond spread far and wide, |
| 3:08.5 | and no sooner had it reached Prince Hermes, a son of the king of one of the adjoining countries, |
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