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Tonight we'll be reading a story called The Blue Parrot taken from the Olive Fairy Book by

Andrew Lang and H.J. Ford and published in 1907.

The story originated from a French book of tales titled,

Conté de Faye in the late 1700s. Let's get cozy.

get cozy.

close your eyes.

Relax your eyes. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

The blue Parrot.

In a part of Arabia, where groves of palms and sweet scented flowers,

give the traveler rest after toilsome journeys under burning skies.

There reined a young king whose name was Lino. He had grown up under the wise rule of his father, who had lately

died, and though he was only 19, he did not believe, like many young men, that

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