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Tonight, we'll read a Danish fairy tale called The Green Night,

found in the Olive Ferry book, compiled by Andrew Lang.

The story was originally found in a book written by Eval Tongue Christensen.

Working first as a school teacher, and later solely as a collector of folklore,

Tongue Christensen assembled and published a huge amount of detailed information

as he visited country people throughout his native land.

His labors eventually were supported by his state government,

allowing him to travel as the official folklore collector,

and resulted in a wealth of data.

He himself recorded some 3,000 songs,

2,700 fairy tales,

2,500 jokes,

25,000 legends,

numerous sayings,

poems, and riddles,

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