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Apr 2024
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Hercules and the Boar

Slumber Studios
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Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧

Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️

Sound design: birdsong in snowy forest 🐦‍⬛❄️

Includes mentions of: Food, Magic, Walking, Fantastical Creatures, Caves, Travel, Fantasy, Friendship, Literature & Literary History, Mythology, Beverages, Animals. 


Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll join Hercules for the fourth of his Twelve Labours. This time, he has to find the Erymanthian boar – a legendary creature that lives on the slopes of a mountain. 😴


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