Soap Bubble Stories


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(4 stars; 2 reviews)

Have you ever watched a soap bubble drifting up on the air, sparkling and lovely? These lovely stories for children are of many lengths and varied styles but all beautifully crafted, just like the soap bubbles we blow and enjoy watching our children blow. Unlike soap bubbles however, these stories can be enjoyed over and over again by children of all ages. The style is indeed a bit old, but fairy tales should be kind of timeless, shouldn't they?
"All the afternoon the children, pipe in hand, with soap suds before them, had been blowing airy bubbles that caught the gleams of a hundred flying rainbows—but now in the fading daylight, the pipes were put aside, and they threw themselves down on the fur rug, and looked with thoughtful eyes into the caverns of the fire.

"What can we do now?" they cried, "Won't you make us some bubbles?"

And someone sitting in the shadow, who had watched and admired their handiwork, whipped up some white froth in a fairy basin, and taking a pipe, she blew them some bubbles.

Not so beautiful as the children's own, with their pure reflections of the light and sunshine—but the best she could fashion with the materials she had at hand; for the only soap she could find was Imagination, and her pipe was a humble black pen." - Summary by phil chenevert and the author (5 hr 4 min)

Chapters

THE TROLL IN THE CHURCH FOUNTAIN 12:55 Read by Owlivia
THE IMP IN THE CHINTZ CURTAIN 13:11 Read by Lily
HEARTSEASE 8:31 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A STORY OF SIENA 21:24 Read by ToddHW
THE STONE-MAIDEN 10:06 Read by Asha
THE GRASS OF PARNASSUS 4:05 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
THE HEDGEHOGS' COFFEE PARTY 16:40 Read by Alix Grace
UNCLE VOLODIA - A story of a Russian Village 38:34 Read by weezer
THE ANGEL AND THE LILIES 7:39 Read by Simona Perego
THE ALPEN-ECHO 5:15 Read by Andrew Gaunce
THE SCROLL IN THE MARKET PLACE 9:19 Read by weezer
A SCRAP OF ETRUSCAN POTTERY 8:42 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
THE GOATS ON THE GLACIER 33:26 Read by mleigh
THE GREAT LADY'S CHIEF-MOURNER 5:39 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
DAME FOSSIE'S CHINA DOG 29:51 Read by T.Honcharyk
PRINCESS SIDIGUNDA'S GOLDEN SHOES 24:46 Read by mleigh
THE BADGER'S SCHOOL or The Adventures of a Bear Family 30:27 Read by TomGroff
BOBBIE'S TWO SHILLINGS - A Guinea-Pig Story. 23:40 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson