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Mar 2022
40 m

The Golden Touch - A Greek Myth Sleep St...

Bedtime Stories with Taesha Glasgow
About this episode

Tonight's sleep story is Nathaniel Hawthorne's retelling of the Greek Myth, King Midas. It is a wonderful story about greed and appreciating what really matters in life.


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