Drift with Erin Davis
Episodes
The Golden-Headed Fish
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a fable set in ancient Egypt, a devoted and desperate son has to choose between sacrificing a rare specimen and saving his ailing father, the king....
Adrift On a Lazy River
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join me on a perfect summer day story as six friends who've loved each other for decades float gently together down a gentle river. It's a tale set in...
The Princess and the Pea
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lentil me your ears: this is not your grandma's telling of the lumpy young woman and a lumpy mattress. No, this is very much a story of compassion and...
Charles Dickens' The Child's Story
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a most tender tale of a man who, whilst walking through the woods, meets himself at various stages of his life. It's lovely, relatable and so ...
Rumpelstiltskin: What's In a Name, Anyway?
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This story by the Brothers Grimm, but with a Driftesque ending that I promise you is not at all grim, is about a cranky little man with a most unusual...
Prince Hyacinth
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A baby is born to a king and his wife, who have had cast upon them a spell: their child will have an enormous nose. But Prince Hyacinth must discover ...
Rip Van Winkle: There's a Nap For That
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A sleep story about a legendary sleeper? Perfect! We take you to a summer day in an idyllic woods where our humble hero nods off, only to awaken to a ...
Last Dream of the Old Oak
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me as we take you to the forest for the final days of a stately, majestic and aged tree. This exquisite Hans Christian Andersen tale sees the oak...
A Visit From St Nicholas
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you await the arrival of Père Noel, Sinterklaas or good ol' Santa, this timeless classic is a story that resonates and stirs the hearts and m...
Yes, Virginia: A Reason To Believe
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over 100 years ago, an eight-year-old girl wrote to the editor of a New York City newspaper with a question: Is Santa Claus real? This is the story of...
Louisa May Alcott's A Christmas Dream
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Effie is a ten-year-old girl who has everything a child could want, except the spirit of Christmas in her heart. After she reads a Dickens classic and...
Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me for this beautiful story set around Christmastime in the forests of Germany where a little girl who lives with her grandmother holds great hop...
Gift Of the Magi
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Long have the Wise Men been believed to have started the idea of giving presents at Christmas. But this couple's mixup could very well have spelled th...
The Fir Tree
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this retelling of a Hans Christian Andersen fable, a tree yearns for everything it does not have, until he gets it and realizes he should have appr...
Toinette and the Elves
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This lovely story is about a little girl who helps an elf. He turns around and helps her become invisible, but is it a gift or a curse? She finds out ...
The Book Of Beasts
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a book where all you need to do is open a page and its subject would become reality. Edith Nesbit did: a little king learns the perils of magi...
Aladdin and His Magical Lamp
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When a boy meets an “uncle” who happens to be a magician, he's introduced to a world of sorcery. Join this age-old tale and dream of genies yourse...
Fair, Brown and Trembling: An Irish Cinderella
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There's more than one version of the Cinderella story, and this one comes from Celtic folklore. In it, a young girl named Trembling is picked on merci...
The Spell On the Six Swans
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lesser known than many of their other tales, this is the Brothers Grimm story of six boys who are changed into birds, and whose younger sister makes a...
The Ugly Duckling
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When asked if he'd ever write his life story, Hans Christian Andersen said that this tale was it. With that in mind, I shaped this popular classic for...
White Flower of Happiness
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This campfire tale is about a tiny plant that can bring great and positive change to a kingdom, but who will find it – and how? It's a lovely story ...
Defying Gravity - The Light Princess
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this tale, we imagine a girl who is cursed with a lack of gravity; she actually floats freely and constantly but finds her love and her life in the...
Winnie the Pooh Chapter 3: In Which Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a joy it is to bring you the words of A.A. Milne in stories he wrote for his son. And in this third podcast rendering of Mr. Milne's creation, Po...
Darling Dick Whittington and His Captivating Cat
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A young boy's legendary rise from crushing poverty to London's highest office combines fact, folklore and a fearless feline heroine. It's a “Man's B...
The Goose Girl Princess
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this gentle tale by the Brothers Grimm, we meet a young woman sent to a faraway kingdom where her royal identity is stolen and she ends up working ...
The Fiery Dragon
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From well-loved Edith Nesbit's collection of Dragon Tales, this is a delightful story of love, envy, virtue and triumph over evil. Princess Sabrinetta...
A Plethora Of Proposals: Man May Love
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This heart-warming fiction (or is it?), Man May Love was chosen from among 30,000 short story entries to a war-time LIFE magazine contest. What happ...
The Emperor's Magical Nightingale
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some say this truly beautiful tale is actually a story that Hans Christian Andersen wrote about his love for an opera singer – a love that was never...
Asha and the Crystal Heart
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A young girl grows up hearing ages-old legends of a magical talisman that no one has been able to use for its abilities. Asha decides it will be she w...
The Queen Bee
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Queen Bee is a sweet story from the Brothers Grimm that is not grim at all! It's actually about the third of three brothers who is either ignored ...
The Fairy by Charles Perrault
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From the man often called the Father of the Fairy Tale, this little-known story written by Charles Perrault is about a hard done-by young woman who is...
Little Red Riding Hood: Kindness Conquers All
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We all know the story of Little Red and her preferred garment, but what if we took all of the classic story's fear and turned it into compassion and e...
Candy's Dandy – But Watch Those Magic Bonbons!
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How wonderful to discover another tale from the wonderful, wizard-like mind of Oz author L. Frank Baum! What happens when a group of people at a dinne...
Cinderella: If the Shoe Fits...
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How many times have we heard this tale? Well, not enough! For this story of a young girl - ill-treated by her family but beloved by not just her fairy...
L. Frank Baum’s The Glass Dog
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What an unexpected delight to come across a new-to-us story from such a brilliant writer! The man who brought us The Wizard of Oz tells a tale of magi...
Gulliver's Travels: A voyage to Lilliput (Part Two)
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you drifted off before the end of Part One of this story by Jonathan Swift, not to worry: I'll recap where we are when we pick up on the second and...
Gulliver’s Travels: A Voyage to Lilliput (Part One)
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a full-sized man who is cast adrift lands on an island full of tiny, often warring people? In this Jonathan Swift tale, we learn of ...
Winnie the Pooh Chapter Two: In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets in a Tight Place
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Robin's father opens the book where we left off, and this time we all enjoy A.A.Milne's story of Pooh getting himself in a most awkward sp...
The LIttle Mermaid
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Set as far under the sea as this story by Hans Christian Andersen is from the animated versions, this telling of the original fish-out-of-water fair...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A classic tale told on stage and film, this story by Lewis Carroll takes a young girl on a gently-told but most interesting ride down, down, down...wh...
The Hands We Hold In Our Sleep
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A special return release. Ah...I hope this homemade story resonates with you. As my husband and I mark the 8th anniversary of our daughter’s passing...
Winnie the Pooh: Introduction and Chapter One: In Which We Are Introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees, and the Stories Begin.
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's a joy to bring to you the beloved adventures of a boy and his bear, and that bear's friends, as told to Christopher Robin by the author A. A. Mil...
Narcissus and the Echo
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You've heard the word narcissistic – now enjoy the tale of the nymph for whom the word was coined, and the other wood fairies who suffered his van...
Beauty and the Beast
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this Drift Sleep Story, we tell a tale that truly is as old as time. A young woman meets a creature who holds her father in his home. Only love - ...
Raggedy Ann Learns a Lesson
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you have a Raggedy Ann doll? Perhaps an Andy as well? Whether you did or not, I think you'll enjoy this sweet tale of a cloth doll and her friends...
King Midas
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More than a North American muffler company, Midas was a man who inherited a great kingdom and yet, yearned for more. Learn the price that he paid, plu...
The Travelling Musicians
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine, if you will, a group of animals who have all been put out to pasture – and not in a good way. Together they find themselves in the midst of...
Oh, Icarus
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Long a tale that has warned those of us who dare try too hard or hope for too much to “stay in our lane,” Oh, Icarus is the story of a boy whose f...
The Tortoise and the Hare
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This enlightening tale is one that was written centuries ago by the prolific Aesop. I'll take you to a gentle day under fluttering leaves and warming ...
The Elves and the Shoemaker
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Don't let the title fool you; although we usually associate elves with Christmas, Will Ferrell and cookies, this is the tale of a humble cobbler and h...
The Velveteen Rabbit: How Toys Become Real
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do find something to snuggle and listen to this favourite tale of a boy's much-loved bunny who yearns to become real. It is a beautiful reminder alway...
A Visit From St Nicholas
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you await the arrival of Père Noel, Sinterklaas or good ol' Santa, this timeless classic is a story that resonates and stirs the hearts and m...
Yes, Virginia: A Reason to Believe
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Over 100 years ago, an eight-year-old girl wrote to the editor of a New York City newspaper with a question: Is Santa Claus real? This is the story of...
The Gift of the Magi (A Gloriously Messed-Up Gift Exchange)
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Long have the Wise Men been believed to have started the idea of giving presents at Christmas. But this couple's mix-up could very well have spelled t...
Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join me for this beautiful story set around Christmastime in the forests of Germany where a little girl who lives with her grandmother holds great hop...
Louisa May Alcott's A Christmas Dream
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Effie is a ten-year-old girl who has everything a child could want - except the spirit of Christmas in her heart. After she reads a Dickens classic an...
The Fir That Couldn't See the Forest For the Trees
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this retelling of a Hans Christian Andersen fable, a tree yearns for everything he does not have, until he gets it and realizes he should have appr...
The Queen Bee
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Queen Bee is a sweet story from the Brothers Grimm that is not grim at all! It's actually about the third of three brothers who is either ignored ...
The Girl Who Owned a Bear
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The author L. Frank Baum is best known for The Wizard of Oz, and this story is also based on a little girl who finds herself in a rather precarious si...
Mother Star and Her Offspring
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a short and sweet folk tale that comes from India and you need only look up at clear night skies to meet our main characters. It's a whimsical...
Rumpelstiltskin: What's In a Name, Anyway?
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This story by the Brothers Grimm, but with a Driftesque ending thatI promise you is not at all grim, is about a cranky little man with a most unusual ...
Nice Threads - The Emperor's New Clothes
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Often when we hear of someone who is surrounded by yes-men (and women), they're described in terms of this story by Hans Christian Andersen. But who r...
There's a Nap for That: Rip Van Winkle
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A sleep story about a legendary sleeper? Perfect! We take you to a summer day in an idyllic woods where our humble hero nods off, only to awaken to a ...
The Little Farmer
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a slightly reimagined Grimm Brothers' tale of a poor man who uses his wits to win and makes his fellow townsfolk really wish they had not igno...
The Lion and the Mouse
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Old Aesop was indeed a wise man – he told short tales that had messages that still resonate today. Like the moral of this story: no one is too small...
Warming Sunshine of Love: An Angel in Disguise
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TS Arthur wrote this beautiful story, reshaped especially for you here, of a hard-working couple who opened their house to a recently orphaned girl na...
The Golden Bird – What Does the Fox Say?
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This tale from the Brothers Grimm is about a kind fox who offers advice again and again. When at last a young man listens, all sorts of golden opportu...
Jack and His Beanstalk Take the High Road
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A social climber learns that not even the sky's the limit in the retelling of this young has-bean. *No ogres are harmed in the telling, but the beanst...
The Hands We Hold in Our Sleep
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this personal story, I ask whose hand you would love to hold as you drift off tonight. Join me as I reminisce about intertwining fingers in life an...
The Hut in the Forest (or Heir BnB)
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Grimm Fairy Tale proves it: at the end of the day, don't let seeds show the way. And be nice. You never know how it could pay off. Drift is free, th...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Part Two
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we left Benjamin, the middle-aged man was run out of Yale University on a rail (literally). In this F. Scott Fitzgerald story's adventurous concl...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Part One
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A classic short story from F. Scott Fitzgerald, this tale imagines age reversal with life beginning as an elderly person and ending as an infant. Char...
Black Beauty: Life Lessons From the Field
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From Anna Sewell's well-loved book, these first three chapters offer the perspective of a handsome young horse learning of life and love at his mother...
The Ice Dragon (Or Do As You Are Told)
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A magical tale of Northern Lights, a very clever brother and sister duo and a slide that takes you straight to the North Pole and perhaps to sleep.......
The Frog Prince (Wanted: Lonely Prince Seeks Soul Mate to Share Pad)
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A young princess loses her talisman but finds the amphibian of her dreams. A spell-binding tale of looking past first impressions to find friendship. ...
071 Goldilocks' Intriguingly Unusual Day in the Woods
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An adventurous young woman finds herself sleepy after a lovely meal but awakens to three furry creatures who are as surprised to meet her as she is th...
Snow White Finds True Love Outside the Box
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this retelling of a Grimm classic, a young woman is shunned for her beauty and finds help from seven new friends, while a jealous queen pays the wa...
Pippa and Prickly Prince Percival: The Swineherd
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the best tales are the ones that go in a different direction than you expect, as with this story of an ingenious and optimistic young woman ...
Sleep Sheep of Provence
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Set in the idyllic south of France, this original gentle story puts you in the comfy shoes of a travel blogger witnessing the beauty and wonders of an...
Little Red Riding Hood: Kindness Conquers All
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We all know the story of Little Red and her preferred garment, but what if we took all of the classic story's fear and turned it into compassion and e...
The Jewel of Denial: The Necklace
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For nearly a century-and-a-half, this story has been told as a morality tale; perhaps even one of a cautionary tone. Set in Paris in the 19th century,...
Lessons in Love and Selflessness – The Good Ship Rover
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Young Harry and Walt, a miniature pirate ship and a sudden tidal wave of bad luck come together in this lovely tale for a heartwarming story of selfle...
The Dragon Slaying Siblings – Deliverers of their Nation
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Long before Meghan and Harry, Edith Nesbit wrote Deliverers of their Nation about Effie and Harry. In this Dragons Tale, they discover (with the help ...
Son Of Seven Queens
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Jacobs translated fairy tales from many different cultures. This story that originated in India is about a witch, disguised as a magical deer, ...
Let Her Sleep On It: The Princess and the Pea
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lentil me your ears: this is not your grandma's telling of a young woman and a lumpy mattress. No, this is very much a story of compassion and kindnes...
The Joys of Solitude - A New England Nun
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Louisa has long been engaged to a man named Joe, who left to seek his fortune in Australia. But when he returns, they both find that things have chang...
Defying Gravity - The Light Princess
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this tale, we imagine a girl who is cursed with a lack of gravity; she actually floats freely and constantly, but finds her love and her life in th...
The Fairy Frog
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There once was a young man who listened to the dying wishes of his father. In return, he was visited by a strange guest who repaid loyalty with some a...
Our Spirit In Nature
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this, a different kind of sleep story, we hear the words that philosopher, poet and lover of nature Henry David Thoreau shared many times in his li...
The Emperor's Magic Nightingale
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Some say this truly beautiful tale is actually a story that Hans Christian Andersen wrote about his love for an opera singer – a love that was never...
The Big Bad Wolf Visits Piggies' Cove
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this gentle take on an age-old story of the Three Little Pigs. Sometimes it feels right to turn old tales on their head and imagine a happi...
Ivan the Fool and St Peter's Fife
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This Ukrainian folk tale is one of many told about a man deemed unintelligent who actually turns things around to his benefit. Ivan the Fool and St. P...
Fair, Brown and Trembling
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's more than one version of the Cinderella story, and this one comes from Celtic folklore. In it, a young girl named Trembling is picked on merci...
The Ungrateful Sons and the Old Man Who Went To School
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Don't let a long title fool you – this short but memorable Ukrainian fairy tale is about a man who teaches his offspring a lesson they needed to lea...
(The Brave, Warm Heart of the...) Steadfast Tin Soldier
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This classic tale of a special toy and the trials he faces proves again why the stories of Hans Christian Andersen will always stand the test of time,...
The Nightingale and the Rose
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oscar Wilde wrote this heart-wrenching tale of a nightingale that sacrificed its life for a man in love, but I couldn't let you go to sleep on the sad...
The Velveteen Rabbit - How Toys Become Real
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do find something to snuggle and listen to this favourite tale of a boy's much-loved bunny who yearns to become real. It is a beautiful reminder alway...
Thumbelina
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a little maiden about 2 1/2 cm (or an inch) tall, who is snatched by a toad, courted by a mole and flown to a land as magical as she herself i...
Sleeping Beauty
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we drift off together in a quiet and very sleepy castle, enjoy a familiar and timeless tale of a princess, an angry fairy, and a 100 year spell, br...
Catch My Drift: Sleeping Through the Night Part 4
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Sleep begets sleep”: why keeping your child up later likely won't pay off in the morning, getting rid of the guilt, and the very good doctor's Bi...