Do Tell Story Swap
Denmark: The Bed Just So
Do Tell Story Swap Summaries
August 12, 2025
2025 Virtual Story Swap via Zoom sponsored by the Storytelling Association of California (SAC)
Previously Featured Stories
Ireland - Billy Beg and the Giants
Australia - Aboriginal Tracker
Mexico - The Wise Woman of Córdoba
Scotland - Archie and the Little People
Pacific Islands - The Eight Cow Woman
Bali - Tirta Empul
Mexico - Snowing Tortillas
Haiti - The Story of Owl
Norway - The Seventh Father of the House
American Folktale: Halfway up the Mountain
American Folktale: The Wish Ring
Arab Tale: The Friend of a Friend of a Friend
African Folktale - A Mende Story
Swap Summaries
Our hosts:
Katy Mangan
Vicky Ness
Check back every month for insights, resources, and tips from our storytellers!
By Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, Fall 2023 Issue, p 38-41
By Vicky Ness
By Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, Summer 2023, p 35-38
By Meg Brown
By Vicky Ness
By Katy Mangan and Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, July 2022 Issue, p 7-8
Beth Wakelee opened the evening with a delightful folk tale from Canadian Indigenous people. The gods had to find a way to keep the sun from going too far away or getting too close. A net was devised, but wasn’t working well until Beaver saved the day and was rewarded with sharp teeth and beautiful fur. His tail, however, had a special purpose.
Renu Narayan joined us from India with a story about a butterfly and a dragonfly who were able to find a way to help a person in spite of their small size.
Chester Weems called in from Oklahoma to tell a personal story of a memorial service for a remarkable family member: “Uncle Leo.”
Rose Owens in Livermore told of growing up in Vernal, Utah, which came to be known as “Dinosar Land” because of the bones found there. Her personal adventure tracking fossils becomes the stuff of legend, and “the roar of the dinosaur is heard again.”
Vicky Ness shared a story about Celeste and her mother, who face life’s difficulties, including the “Moo Monsters” next door.
Sharon Elwell in Montana recited a poem celebrating the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Sree Karuna, in India, told of a schoolboy who brought home his own shoots to grow, but couldn’t understand why all of his classmates had plants that grew well, and he did not.
Katy Mangan completed the evening with a personal story of the end of summer in her village in England, where her days of riding freely through the fields came to an end with the start of school.
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