The Fairies and the Christmas Child
The worst of being a Christmas Child is that you don’t get birthday presents, but only Christmas ones. Old Naylor, who was Father’s coachman, and had a great gruff voice that came from his boots and was rather frightening, used to ask how I expected to grow up without proper birthdays, and I thought I might have to stay little always. When I told Father this he laughed, but a moment later he grew quite grave.
“Listen, Chris,” he said. And then he took me on his knee - I was a small chap then - and told me things that made me forget old Naylor, and wish and wish that Mother could have stayed with us. The angels had wanted her, Father explained; well, we wanted her too, and there were plenty of angels in heaven, anyway. When I said this Father gave me a great squeeze and put me down, and I tried to be glad that I was a Christmas child. But I wasn’t really until a long time afterwards, when I had found the Fairy Ring, and met the Queen of the Fairies... (Summary by PG)
Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | 01 - The Fairy Ring | Bryan Daniels |
00:18:40 |
| Play 02 | 02 - The Princess with the Sea-Green Hair | Pamela Krantz |
00:17:52 |
| Play 03 | 03 - Rose-Marie and the Poupican | Marea Brook |
00:17:36 |
| Play 04 | 04 - The Bird at the Window | Marea Brook |
00:18:06 |
| Play 05 | 05 - The White Stone of Happiness | Marea Brook |
00:15:44 |
| Play 06 | 06 - The Seven Fair Queens of Pirou | Marea Brook |
00:22:33 |
| Play 07 | 07 - In the Dwarf’s Palace | Rapunzelina |
00:17:44 |
| Play 08 | 08 - The Silver Horn | Chuck Williamson |
00:18:06 |
| Play 09 | 09 - The Little White Feather | Shiromi |
00:17:00 |
| Play 10 | 10 - The Wild Huntsman | Ted Nugent |
00:23:45 |
| Play 11 | 11 - The White Princess | Chuck Williamson |
00:24:38 |
| Play 12 | 12 - The Favourite of the Fates | Kirsty Leishman |
00:21:08 |