The Story of the Herons pt. 2

Published: Sept. 26, 2022, 6 a.m.

b'Tonight, we\\u2019ll read the second half of \\u201cThe Story of the Herons,\\u201d from a collection titled \\u201cMoonshine and Clover\\u201d written by Laurence Housman and published in 1922. The first half aired last week.\\nIn the previous episode, a princess was cursed to fall in love at first sight to whatever creature she saw. She was kept safely away, blind to the world, except for occasional walks in the forest with a blindfold on. A wicked fairy takes her blindfold off, and she falls in love with a heron that happens to be fishing in front of her.\\nThe loving parents of the princess choose to allow the princess to be turned into a heron to be with her mate. The good fairy explains that if the heron falls in love with her on a level deeper than a heron typically could, like on a human level, they could both be transformed into humans instead of birds.\\nSoon after, it is learned that the heron princess has laid two eggs in her nest.\\xa0\\n\\u2014 read by V \\u2014\\nSign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to\\xa0snoozecast.com/plus!\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'