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Feb 2022
45m 15s

259-Egyptian Folklore: Butter

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
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This story has a little bit of everything: genies, sorcerers, insecure kings, true love (with two practice marriages beforehand that the king insists do not count don't count those), and, of course, dancing houseplants. 
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