There was a great turn-out of new and established storytellers in The Woolpack on the first Wednesday in December.
Our theme was “Midwinter Tales”.
The first offering of the evening was a Russian tale of Father Frost, or “Morozko” as he is also known. It demonstrates that hard work is always rewarded.
The second story was “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”, which featured goblins who came out to create havoc in the dark.
The third tale was another from Shetland, “Ertie and da Finnieman”. Finniemen are ocean-based creatures from Shetland, dangerous creatures that made the sea a dangerous place.
Next, we heard “The Dark Moon” which involved polar bears… and trolls.
And last but not least came “Wee Green Bee”, a humorous short story which rounded off our evening on a happy note.