The Story of the Yara
Drift Off - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Joanne D'Amico
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
[Content Warning: Story contains elements of a weapon & firing of a pistol}. Parents please listen to the whole story first before deciding whether this story is appropriate for your young listener.
Tonight's tale is a romantic bedtime story called the Story of the Yara by Andrew Lang. An enticing tale of a lover named Alonzo, his fiancée Julia and an enchantress water spirit called "The Yara". The enchantress tries to lure Alonzo by her mesmerizing singing so that they can disappear together into the river forever never to be seen again. Does love conquer all? You'll have to listen to the whole story to find out :)
Sweet dreamzzz....
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| 0:00.0 | This is Drift Off, this lead podcast that will help you relax and quiet your mind and send you to sleep. |
| 0:10.0 | My friend, this is your quiet space for comfort where you can let go of the day and relax and drift off. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm your host, Joanne, the voice that will tuck you in tonight. |
| 0:27.0 | Tonight's episode is a story by Andrew Lang from his magic book called The Story of the Yara. |
| 0:37.0 | I believe this was originally a Brazilian fairy tale that was later collected by Lang. |
| 0:45.0 | This tale is about a young lover called Alonzo who struggles to heed the warnings of his beloved fiance, Julia, |
| 0:55.0 | who begs him to stay away from the river where she believes he's encountered the Yara, a Brazilian water witch who lures young men by her singing. |
| 1:08.0 | Does true love conquer all? You'll have to listen to the whole story to find that out. |
| 1:16.0 | So get comfy and cozy, now close your eyes and let's get sleepy together, sweet dreams my friend. |
| 1:33.0 | Down in the south where the sun shines so hotly that everything and everybody sleeps all day |
| 1:43.0 | and even the great forest seems silent except early in the morning and late in the evening. |
| 1:50.0 | Down in this country there once lived a young man and a maiden. |
| 1:57.0 | The girl had been born in the town and had scarcely ever left it. |
| 2:04.0 | But the young man was a native of another country and had only come to the city near the Great River because he could find no work to do where he was. |
| 2:17.0 | A few months after his arrival when the days were cooler and the people did not sleep so much as usual, |
| 2:27.0 | a great feast was held a little away out of the town and to this feast everyone flocked from 30 miles and more. |
| 2:41.0 | Some walked and some rode, some came in beautiful golden coaches but all had on splendid dresses of red or blue while wreaths of flowers rested on their hair. |
| 2:59.0 | It was the first time that this youth had been present on such an occasion and he stood silently aside watching the graceful dances and the pretty games played by the young people. |
| 3:16.0 | And as he watched he noticed one girl dressed in white with scarlet pomegranates in her hair who seemed to him lovelyer than all the rest. |
| 3:32.0 | When the feast was over and the young man returned home his manner was so strange that it drew the attention of all his friends. |
| 3:46.0 | Through his work next day the youth continued to see the girl's face throwing the ball to her companions or threading her way between them as she danced. |
| 4:02.0 | At night sleep fled from him and after tossing for hours on his bed he would get up and plunge into a deep pool that lay a little way in the forest. |
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