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Monday with the Wolves: Little Match Girl
A friend told me that many years ago she had convened a womens’ storytelling circle to discuss Clarissa Pinkola Estés’s famous book, Women Who Run With the Wolves. When they got to the tale of The...
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Monday with the Wolves: Bluebeard
Once upon a time there was a man with a beard as blue as the shadow of a hole at night. He was a giant man, a failed magician with an eye for women, a man known by the name of Bluebeard. ‘Twas said he...
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Monday with the Wolves: Bluebeard, the conclusion
Continued from the first part … Her husband came home the next morning and strode into the castle calling for his wife. Well? How was it while I was away? It was very fine, sir. So everything is good,...
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Monday with the Wolves: The Three Gold Hairs
Once upon a time, on a dark night, a lone old man staggered through the forest. Though boughs scratched his face, half-blinding his eyes, he held out a tiny lantern before him. The old man was a sight...
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Monday with the Wolves: The Red Shoes
Once upon a time, there was a poor motherless child who had no shoes. But the child saved cloth scraps wherever she found them and over time sewed herself a pair of red shoes. They were crude but she...
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Monday with the Wolves: The Red Shoes, conclusion
Continued from part 1. Back home, the old woman slammed the red shoes down high on a shelf and told the girl never to touch them again. Not long after, the old woman fell ill, and as soon as the...
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Monday with the Wolves: Dream baby
Once upon a time, a woman went to sleep and dreamt she held a baby in her arms. The baby was a shape-shifter. Sometimes, it was indeed a round sausage of a baby, then it was the woman’s childhood dog,...
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