The Singing, Springing Lark

Fairy Tales with Granny MacDuff

Fairy Tales with Granny MacDuff LLC

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.4 • 788 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

When a father promises to bring home a singing, springing lark for his youngest daughter, Caroline, he reluctantly makes a bargain with a lion in order to take the bird home to her. Now, Caroline must go to the lion, but when she does, she gets an unexpected surprise. The lion is in fact a handsome prince. A spell was put on him long ago, by day he is lion, by night he takes his true human form. But when the spell turns him from lion to dove, Caroline follows him across the ocean. With the help of the Night Wind, she breaks the spell. But finds him in the grasps of an enchanted princess who takes him away to her castle. Will she be able to find her true love and set him free once and for all?

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0:00.0	Good evening, children. It's Granny McDuff, ready with a story. So make yourselves comfy,
0:08.6	and I'll begin. Once upon a time, there lived a man who was about to set out on a long journey.
0:19.3	Before he left, he asked his three daughters
0:22.6	what gift he should bring back for each of them.
0:25.6	The eldest wanted pearls.
0:28.6	The second wanted diamonds.
0:31.6	But the third, who was called Caroline,
0:34.6	said to her father,
0:36.6	I should like a singing, springing lark.
0:41.3	Her father chuckled.
0:43.3	If I can find one, then you shall have it.
0:47.3	And with that, he kissed them goodbye and was off.
0:51.3	After many months, it was finally time for the man to return home.
0:58.6	He had bought the pearls for his eldest daughter and diamonds for the second.
1:04.1	But he had not been able to find a singing, springing lark.
1:08.9	He was reluctant to return home before finding one,
1:12.4	but he missed his wife and daughters terribly.
1:15.4	And besides, did a singing, springing lark even exist?
1:21.2	Then, in the forest,
1:24.9	he heard a beautiful song
1:27.2	and saw a lark springing about in the trees.
1:34.3	He could not believe his eyes.
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