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Fairy Tales with Granny MacDuff

The Darning Needle

Fairy Tales with Granny MacDuff

Little Ears Media

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.4788 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

When a needle breaks in two while fixing a shoe, it sends her on a journey she never thought possible.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Did you know Granny McDuff now has a Patreon?

0:04.2

You can get all episodes ad-free, games, puzzles, calendars, and more.

0:09.8

You can even get discounts off Granny merch.

0:12.8

Sign up now on Patreon.

0:14.6

Go to Granny Macduff-E-N-T-com for more information. Good evening, children.

0:27.2

It's Granny MacDuff, ready with a story.

0:30.0

So make yourselves comfy, and I'll begin.

0:32.5

Thank you. Once upon a time, there was a darning needle who thought herself so fine she believed she was really a sewing needle.

0:49.6

Be careful. Hold me tightly. She would warn the fingers that picked her up.

0:55.4

Make sure you're not to drop me for if you too, I fear you'll never find me again. That's how fine I am. That's what you think.

1:02.0

The fingers replied before squeezing the needle on the waist. And you see, I have a train,

1:07.8

said the darling needle, for she drew a long thread behind her with no knot

1:12.2

at the end.

1:13.9

The fingers aimed the Darnie Needle at the Cook's slippers.

1:17.1

The leather had come apart at the seam and had to be sewn back together.

1:20.9

Stop it at once, cried the needle.

1:23.4

I'll never make it through.

1:24.9

Look out!

1:25.9

I'm breaking! And she did break, right in two.

1:31.3

I told you so, she said. I'm much too delicate.

1:35.3

She's no use now, thought the fingers.

1:38.3

But they held on to her all the same.

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