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The Devoted Friend

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Health & Fitness, Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tonight, we’ll rebroadcast the story of “The Devoted Friend,” written by Oscar Wilde and published in 1910. This episode originally aired on November 9, 2020. Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for his homosexuality. In this fable, told by a linnet, or songbird in the finch family, to teach a water rat some life skills, Hans is an innocent gardener and the devoted friend of a wealthy but manipulative Miller. In this story, Wilde pokes fun at a society where charity is less about love and more about ensuring that the wealthy benefit.  — read by V — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.1

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1:39.2

Tonight, we'll read the story, The Devoted Friend, written by Oscar Wilde, published in 1910.

1:42.7

Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright.

1:46.6

He is remembered for his epigrams and plays,

1:57.3

and his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. In this fable, told by a Lynette, a songbird in the Finch family, to teach a water rat some life skills.

2:03.3

Hans is an innocent gardener and the devoted friend of a wealthy but manipulative Miller.

2:12.0

In this story, Wild pokes fun at a society where charity is less about love and more about ensuring that the wealthy benefit.

2:25.0

Let's get cozy.

2:28.0

Close your eyes.

2:40.4

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

2:52.9

Now, take a few deep breaths.

3:09.1

One morning, the old water rat put his head out of his hole.

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