"The Iron Riders of Courage" from the So Many Fairies collection
Sparkle Stories Podcast
Lisabeth Sewell
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
This week's featured story comes from the So Many Fairies collection.
It's called "The Iron Riders of Courage."
In a home for the elderly, two people meet. Amos is confined to a wheelchair and Catherine cannot speak. Though they have never been introduced before, they each recognize something familiar about the other, and Amos is determined to find out what it is. A photograph of his childhood home takes them to a time long ago when a powerful magic rose up and embraced them both, a magic that exists for them still.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Sparkle Friends, welcome to the Sparkle Stories podcast. This is Elizabeth of Sparkle Stories. |
| 0:14.1 | And today, as we move into September, I am pulling forward stories of courage. Actually, the last two weeks have very much been about |
| 0:22.4 | courage or building courage. This one, too. It's called the Iron Writers of Courage. We've never |
| 0:29.5 | shared it here on the podcast. It's from the so many fairies series. And this one's unique |
| 0:36.1 | because it starts with two older people. A lot of our stories |
| 0:41.4 | are about children, but this one starts with two older people, Amos and Catherine. And they have |
| 0:50.0 | some magic between them that they discover through conversation that takes them all the way |
| 0:56.0 | back to their childhood homes. It is a magical story, a surprising story, and one that will leave |
| 1:04.4 | you with a feeling of courage. So as we move into September, here is an extra bit of courage for everyone. |
| 1:14.1 | Before I share the story, I want to encourage everyone to subscribe. |
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| 1:28.2 | 1,500 in our library. And with our two player apps, you can listen as much as you like, as often as |
| 1:35.1 | you like. Just go to the website, SparklStories.com and click the button at the top that says |
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| 1:47.3 | free trial. Okay, now here is your story. The Iron Writers of Courage from the so many fairies |
| 1:54.8 | collection. Enjoy. The Iron Riders of Courage. |
| 2:27.4 | There was once a very old man who lived with a number of other very old people in a large house in the country. |
| 2:36.9 | Each of the old men and women had their own room where they had a bed and dresser, a desk, and a cozy sitting chair. The house had a community room where they played games and enjoyed each other's company |
| 2:44.2 | and a dining room where they ate three meals a day. There were several people who worked there to make the meals, clean the rooms, |
| 2:53.6 | and take care of them when they were sick. It was a lovely place, and the people who lived |
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