Under the Water (Encore) | 175

Little Stories Everywhere

Wondery

Fable, Classics, Folktale, Fiction, Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Fairy Tale, Story

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A father and daughter go fishing on the banks of the Mississippi and when they return home, the daughter has changed. Part myth and part mythology, this children’s story brings to light the importance of heritage, the mystery of lineage and the beauty of intergenerational communication.

This episode originally aired August 17, 2021

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0:00.0	1Dee Plus subscribers can listen to Little Stories
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0:27.0	podcasts. From Wundry, I'm Philippa Sioux and this is little stories everywhere. Each episode will bring you stories for kids that spark the imagination, take you to other worlds, and bring joy. This story is called, under the water. Hey grown-ups looking for something to listen to that the entire family will love
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1:01.0	right now on one two plus. of my closed eyelids. I see a silvery light. It's moving. The light thickens and turns to face me.
1:21.0	Nine noses, flaring, dark black eyes glistening from above, whiskers flowing from
1:29.0	either side of its face like an old woman's hair in water. I think it's a snake. Then it
1:38.4	dawns on me. No, this is a dragon.
1:48.0	When I open my eyes, I feel the bright rays of the summer sun.
1:53.7	The fishing pole in my hand curves into the water.
1:57.5	A weight pulls at the line.
2:00.2	My real gives.
2:02.2	I jerked the fishing pole back with my right hand. My left stills the real,
2:06.8	holding fast to its handle. The summer flowers bloom among the underbrush of the tall trees behind me.
2:15.0	All I hear is the water rushing.
2:19.0	I look for my father along the bank at the Mississippi River. He's nowhere to be found.
2:25.2	Father! Father! Where are you?
2:30.8	Before I see him, I him I'm here my father a short man with straight shoulders walks quickly toward me he is excited I've caught a fish. So am I. I focus on the sound of my
2:46.9	father's voice, his steady directions. Walk slowly backward, reel it in slowly.
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