Posts from the 'Storynory & Mory' category
This week’s stories are all about opening doors on secrets that were meant to remain hidden. The Grateful Crane is a Japanese tale about a poor farmer who saves a beautiful bird. In Chapter 8 of the Secret Garden, Mary learns to skip rope…and finds a hidden door.
This week the program led off with the famous ancient Greek story of Pygmalion – the artist who fell in love with own sculpture. Plus, the friendly robin helps Mary find the key to something important in The Secret Garden.
Storynory & Mory started out this week with a dreamy romantic tale from Persia about China (just to be confusing). Then we picked up The Secret Garden as Mary finds there are yet more secrets to her new home at Misselthwaite Manor. Downton Abbey fans have no doubt noted that both this story and Downton Abbey are set at huge manors/castles in Yorkshire, so now that Downton is done for the year you can fill that gap in your life with The Secret Garden every week on KTNA!
Mysteries continue to build at Misselthwaite Manor. Not only is the door to the secret garden hidden, but a strange cry is heard in the corridors at night. Plus, for Valentines Day we played the romantic tale of The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid, which not only provides a love story for Valentines Day but offers an explanation for an important sight in the night sky. Heads up Stardate Susitna – we’re treading on your turf!
The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid
Mary Lennox awakes to her first morning in her new home, and begins to explore. She meets the young housemaid Martha, the gardener Ben Weatherstaff, and a creature who is key to the story – a friendly robin. We also hear rumors of the secret garden itself.
The orphan Mary Lennox finishes her long journey from India by crossing the Yorkshire moors to arrive at her new home – Misselthwaite Manor.
The second chapter of The Secret Garden follows the newly-orphaned Mary Lennox to England and begins revealing something about the strange house to which she is headed.
Do you know a nursery rhyme that has a “Mary” as a main character other than “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” “Mary, Mary Quite Contrary,” or “Mary Had a Pretty Bird”? If so, please send to storynory{at}ktna.org.
Listen to the story at: The Secret Garden, Chapter 2
This week began a long story that we will cover over the next several weeks, a reading of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, published in 1910 as a serial and 1911 as a book. The story starts in India, so the opening act is was the Indian Tale of the Brahman, the Tiger, and the Jackal. Enjoy!
The Brahman, the Tiger, and the Jackal
In this first new Storynory & Mory following Tevi’s retirement, Prince Bertie the Frog made a surprising phone call to Charlie to help provide guidance on what stories to play next. His first recommendation? Bertie’s pick was The Secret Garden, a book by Frances Hodgson Burnett read by Natasha over several episodes. The first episode will be broadcast next week. For this week, Bertie modestly recommended a story about himself, Bertie and the General, which is a quite good tale. You can listen to Charlie’s conversation with Prince Bertie as well as the story by clicking the links below.
Conversation with Prince Bertie:
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