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Sleep and Relax ASMR

Whispered Folktales by the Fireplace

Sleep and Relax ASMR

Sleep and Relax ASMR

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4.1926 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 242 of Sleep and Relax ASMR! Today we'll be reading various North American folktales including: Babe the Blue Ox, The First Tears, Frozen Flames, and Rainbow Crow. Enjoy! Follow us on Tingles: https://goo.gl/EV8K8L Thanks to Chris, Beth, Philip, Lori, and Heide for supporting the show (https://www.patreon.com/sleepandrelaxasmr) Donate: https://goo.gl/55Dj7k Website: www.SleepandRelaxASMR.com Email: Hello@SleepandRelaxASMR.com

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0:00.0

And the So today I'll be reading some North American Folklore tales.

0:28.0

So it'll be kind of similar to urban legends,

0:30.3

but, you know, Folklore instead.

0:35.0

Not sure exactly how accurate these stories will be, but you know, I'm going to read them anyway.

0:48.0

The first one is called,

0:50.0

well actually I don't know how many I'll do, but I'll definitely do at least this one.

0:55.0

It's called Babe the Blue Ox.

1:00.0

A Minnesota Talldale retold by S.E. Schlosser.

1:07.0

And it goes like this.

1:11.0

One winter it was so cold that all the keys flew backward and all the

1:19.5

fish moved south and even the snow turned blue.

1:25.0

Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid

1:30.0

before they could be heard.

1:41.0

People had to wait until sun up to find out what folks were talking about the night before.

1:46.1

Paul Bunyan went out walking in the woods one day during that winter of the blue snow. He was knee deep in blue snow when he heard a funny sound between a bleat and a snort. Looking down, he saw a teeny tiny blue ox just hopping about in the snow and snorting with

2:20.5

rage on account of he was too short to see over the trips.

2:26.4

Paul Bunyan laughed when he saw a spongy little critter and took the little blue mite home with him.

2:32.3

He warmed up the little ox by the fire and the little

2:35.2

fellow fluffed up and dried out, but he remained as blue as a snow that he had stained

2:40.6

him in the first place.

2:43.4

So Paul named him Babe the Blue Hawks.

2:47.6

Any creature raised in Paul Bunyan's camp

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