You’re listening to the Apple Seed: Stories and Tellers, some time just about just about every day dedicated to the art of storytelling. I’m your host, Sam Payne, and today we have some great stories for you from all over the world. From tellers Laura Simms, Charlotte Blake \- Alston, Wadie Mitchell, Danielle Bellone, Antonio Sacre, Lani Peterson, and Margaret Read MacDonald, let’s get started. You’re listening to the Apple Seed: Stories and Tellers, some time just about just about every day dedicated to the art of storytelling. I’m your host, Sam Payne, and today we have some great stories for you from all over the world. From tellers Laura Simms, Charlotte Blake \- Alston, Wadie Mitchell, Danielle Bellone, Antonio Sacre, Lani Peterson, and Margaret Read MacDonald, let’s get started. You’re listening to the Apple Seed: Stories and Tellers, some time just about just about every day dedicated to the art of storytelling. I’m your host, Sam Payne, and today we have some great stories for you from all over the world. From tellers Laura Simms, Charlotte Blake \- Alston, Wadie Mitchell, Danielle Bellone, Antonio Sacre, Lani Peterson, and Margaret Read MacDonald, let’s get started. You’re listening to the Apple Seed: Stories and Tellers, some time just about just about every day dedicated to the art of storytelling. I’m your host, Sam Payne, and today we have some great stories for you from all over the world. From tellers Laura Simms, Charlotte Blake \- Alston, Wadie Mitchell, Danielle Bellone, Antonio Sacre, Lani Peterson, and Margaret Read MacDonald, let’s get started. In this hour, you'll enjoy stories fantastical and foreign (as well as a few stories athat feel like home).  You'll hear Laura Simms with a Belarusian folk tale about Animals and their tails (call it an Animal "Tail" if you like). YOu'll hear Charlotte Blake Alston with a story about Mantis and his bid to be a god. You'll hear Waddie Mitchell with a little poem about working to do things right the first time, as second chances are harder to come by than they might seem. You'll hear Antonio Sacre with a miracle tale about the building of a church to the Virgen of Guadalupe. You'll hear a Ukrainian folka tale about a dragoness from Margaret Read Macdonald, and finally a wonderful performance of an Anansi story by the terrific teller Amina Blackwood-Meeks. It's a trip around the world with the Apple Seed as your guide!