Fred (host, reader)

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362 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 10 Jul

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Undertow: Familiar Haunts · The Green Book, Part 1 · 10 Jul 2026 podcast

But she laughed and said it was not a ruby at all, but only

A red stone.

Then one day she wore round her neck the loveliest necklace that anyone had ever seen, much finer than the queen's finest, and it was made of great bright diamonds, hundreds of them, and they shone like all the stars on a night in June.

So they asked her how she got it, as she and her mother were quite poor.

But she laughed and said they were not diamonds at all, but only white stones.

And one day she went to court, and she wore on her head a crown of

Of pure angel gold, so nurse said, and it shone like the sun, and it was much more splendid than the crown the king was wearing himself, and in her ears she wore the emeralds, and the big ruby was the brooch on her breast, and the great diamond necklace was sparkling on her neck.

And the king and queen thought she was some great princess from a long way off, and got down from their thrones and went to meet her.

But somebody told the king and queen who she was, and that she was quite poor.

So the king asked why she wore a gold crown, and how she got it, as she

and her mother were so poor.

And she laughed,

and said it wasn't a gold crown at all, but only some yellow flowers she had put in her hair.

And the king thought it was very strange, and said she should stay at the court, and they would see what would happen next.

And she was so lovely that everybody said that her eyes were greener than the emeralds, that her lips were redder than the ruby, that her skin was whiter than the diamonds, and that her hair was brighter than the golden crown.

So the king's son said he would marry her, and the king said he might.

And the bishop married them,

And there was a great supper.

And afterwards the king's son went to his wife's room.

But just when he had his hand on the door, he saw a tall, dark man with a dreadful face, standing in front of the door, and a voice said, Venture not upon your life.

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