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Nov 2019
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#24 - The Nightingale and The Rose - Ext...

ERIK IRELAND
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This week, an extended version of the fairy tale by Oscar Wilde, The Nightingale and The Rose. It's a story about love and loss with a weird twist. 

This extended version has crickets in the background that go on after the story is over.

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