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The Flute

"The Flute" is a haunting Japanese short story set in ancient Yedo, following a widowed father and his devoted daughter O'Yoné — a girl as slender and straight as bamboo who carries her grief silently while her father moves on. When business calls him to distant Kyoto, O'Yoné carves a bamboo flute by hand and presses it into his sleeve as a farewell gift. Months pass, and the father grows comfortable in Kyoto — until one evening the flute speaks. What it tells him sends him running through the night, half-mad with dread. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

The Peony Lantern

The Peony Lantern is a Japanese ghost story following Hagiwara, a young samurai whose chance encounter with the ethereal Lady of the Morning Dew leaves him consumed by longing. When he finally discovers the truth about her fate, no sacred text or holy emblem can hold back the pull of what she calls "the love of ten lives." As the Bon festival brings wandering souls back to the living, two women with a peony lantern appear at his hedge each night, and Hagiwara must choose between the world of the living and a love that crosses death itself. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

The Sea King and the Magic Jewels

"The Sea King and the Magic Jewels" is a Japanese myth following Prince Fire Fading, a hunter who borrows his fisherman brother's prized hook — and loses it in the sea. Desperate and ashamed, he follows a moonlit sea path to the magnificent palace of the Sea King, where he wins the heart of the beautiful Jewel Princess. But the lost hook is only the beginning of his troubles. Secrets of the deep, jealous brothers, magical tides, and a bride with a forbidden form shape a story where love, loyalty, and loss are tangled beyond untangling. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

The Story of Conn-Eda

The Story of Conn-Eda is an Irish fairy tale about a prince whose cruel stepmother conspires with a sorceress to send him to his death. Tricked into a game of chess, Conn-eda must journey to an underwater kingdom to retrieve three impossible treasures — golden apples, a great black horse, and the magical hound Samur — within a year and a day. His quest leads him through flaming serpents, a burning mountain, and a sacrifice that demands he repay loyalty with what feels like betrayal. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].

The Princess on the Glass Hill

"The Princess on the Glass Hill" is a Norwegian fairy tale following Assepasser, the youngest of three brothers, who is mocked and dismissed by everyone around him. When a mysterious force strips their father's meadow bare each St. John's Eve, only Assepasser is brave enough to stay and face it — and what he discovers in the dark sets him on an unexpected path. Meanwhile, a king has placed his daughter atop an impossibly slick glass hill, promising her hand to whoever can reach her. Three nights, three magical horses, and one determined young man stand at the heart of this tale. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].