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You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7084093/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Books</category><copyright>Copyright Legends and Fairy Tales</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg</url><title>Stories of Siegfried, Told to the Children</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-of-siegfried-told-to-the-children--7084093</link></image><lastBuildDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:11:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Legends and Fairy Tales</itunes:name><itunes:email>spreaker62@podcastlibrary.org</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Books"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Kids &amp; Family"/><itunes:category text="Kids &amp; Family"><itunes:category text="Stories for Kids"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>7f9cfb17-95da-5306-90d0-35838a400d0d</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Topaz Story Book Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe'en, and Thanksgiving-Ada M. Skinner, Eleanor L. Skinner</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/topaz-story-book-stories-and-legends-of-autumn-hallowe-en-and-thanksgiving-ada-m-skinner-eleanor-l-skinner--74127136</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74127136</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:01:34 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74127136/topaz_story_book_stories_and_legends_of_autumn_hallowe_en_and_thanksgiving_ada_m_skinner_eleanor_l_skinner.mp3" length="200201435" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. 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I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>25000</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Mother Goose in Prose-L. Frank Baum</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mother-goose-in-prose-l-frank-baum--74073959</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74073959</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:03:35 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74073959/mother_goose_in_prose_l_frank_baum.mp3" length="137699018" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. 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Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>17195</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Puss in Boots, Jr., in New Mother Goose Land-David Cory</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/puss-in-boots-jr-in-new-mother-goose-land-david-cory--74046606</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74046606</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:03:14 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74046606/20141_puss_in_boots_jr_in_new_mother_goose_land_david_cory.mp3" length="66097915" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>8254</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Mysterious Stranger-Mark Twain</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mysterious-stranger-mark-twain--74021350</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74021350</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:02:44 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74021350/mysterious_stranger_mark_twain.mp3" length="158957257" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>19850</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Children's stories that never grow old-Various</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/children-s-stories-that-never-grow-old-various--73994468</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73994468</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:03:08 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73994468/children_s_stories_that_never_grow_old_various.mp3" length="71761698" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>8961</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Key of Gold 23 Czech Folk Tales-Joseph Baudis</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/key-of-gold-23-czech-folk-tales-joseph-baudis--73968661</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73968661</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:03:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73968661/key_of_gold_23_czech_folk_tales_joseph_baudis.mp3" length="105898452" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>13224</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Nicholas A Manhattan Christmas Story (Dramatic Reading)-Anne Carroll Moore</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/nicholas-a-manhattan-christmas-story-dramatic-reading-anne-carroll-moore--73943816</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73943816</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:03:05 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73943816/17318_nicholas_a_manhattan_christmas_story_dramatic_reading_anne_carroll_moore.mp3" length="178420441" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>22280</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Mother Goose in Prose (Version 2)-L. Frank Baum</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mother-goose-in-prose-version-2-l-frank-baum--73916139</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73916139</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:03:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73916139/mother_goose_in_prose_version_2_l_frank_baum.mp3" length="129550188" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. 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Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>16178</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Indian Fairy Book-Henry R. Schoolcraft</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/indian-fairy-book-henry-r-schoolcraft--73889674</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73889674</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:03:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73889674/indian_fairy_book_henry_r_schoolcraft.mp3" length="207434895" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. 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Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>25903</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Heroic Life and Exploits of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer-Anonymous</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/heroic-life-and-exploits-of-siegfried-the-dragon-slayer-anonymous--73863815</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73863815</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:02:50 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73863815/13834_heroic_life_and_exploits_of_siegfried_the_dragon_slayer_anonymous.mp3" length="87935164" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. 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Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>10981</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Flint Heart-Eden Phillpotts</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/flint-heart-eden-phillpotts--73842051</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73842051</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:03:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73842051/flint_heart_eden_phillpotts.mp3" length="180146289" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. 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Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>22496</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Sylvie and Bruno (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)-Lewis Carroll</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/sylvie-and-bruno-version-2-dramatic-reading-lewis-carroll--73793554</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73793554</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:58:08 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73793554/sylvie_and_bruno_version_2_dramatic_reading_lewis_carroll.mp3" length="205766072" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>25695</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Nicholas A Manhattan Christmas Story (Dramatic Reading)-Anne Carroll Moore</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/nicholas-a-manhattan-christmas-story-dramatic-reading-anne-carroll-moore--73338623</link><description><![CDATA[Nicholas A Manhattan Christmas Story is a captivating dramatic reading by Anne Carroll Moore that brings to life the magic and wonder of the holiday season in New York City. 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As listeners immerse themselves in this delightful narrative, they will find themselves transported to a world where the true essence of Christmas is beautifully portrayed, making it a perfect addition to your holiday listening.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73338623</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:40:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73338623/17318_nicholas_a_manhattan_christmas_story_dramatic_reading_anne_carroll_moore.mp3" length="178420441" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Nicholas A Manhattan Christmas Story is a captivating dramatic reading by Anne Carroll Moore that brings to life the magic and wonder of the holiday season in New York City. 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As listeners immerse themselves in this delightful narrative, they will find themselves transported to a world where the true essence of Christmas is beautifully portrayed, making it a perfect addition to your holiday listening.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>22280</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children - Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/stories-of-siegfried-told-to-the-children-mary-esther-miller-macgregor--72348409</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72348409</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:52:12 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72348409/stories_of_siegfried_told_to_the_children_mary_esther_miller_macgregor.mp3" length="57588333" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0e033185-2177-4fb8-a8ec-12622473ee42/0e033185-2177-4fb8-a8ec-12622473ee42.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0e033185-2177-4fb8-a8ec-12622473ee42/0e033185-2177-4fb8-a8ec-12622473ee42.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0e033185-2177-4fb8-a8ec-12622473ee42/0e033185-2177-4fb8-a8ec-12622473ee42.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>7199</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>children,chivalrous,denis,fairy,legends,macgregor,nibelungenlied,nursery,siegfried,told</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children - Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/stories-of-siegfried-told-to-the-children-mary-esther-miller-macgregor--72348408</link><description><![CDATA[Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal. Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them. The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer. You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces. Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72348408</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:52:09 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72348408/stories_of_siegfried_told_to_the_children_mary_esther_miller_macgregor.mp3" length="57588333" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1d00885f-3695-45af-9652-bdea3e0e7ad0/1d00885f-3695-45af-9652-bdea3e0e7ad0.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1d00885f-3695-45af-9652-bdea3e0e7ad0/1d00885f-3695-45af-9652-bdea3e0e7ad0.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1d00885f-3695-45af-9652-bdea3e0e7ad0/1d00885f-3695-45af-9652-bdea3e0e7ad0.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Mary Esther Miller MacGregor</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. 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I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately, MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>7199</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>children,chivalrous,denis,fairy,legends,macgregor,nibelungenlied,nursery,siegfried,told</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4dffe5bfbb9516b8506691777b276d2b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
