Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of bedtime stories as told by the collector's father. The analysis discusses the folklore of narratives and their appeal for children, noting particularly their qualities as an oral performance, and the involvement of the listener in the telling of the story. For these stories, the collector claims that the stories taught lessons about the world and how it functions. Stories collected include the following stories: Sheba the Timber Wolf, The Girl and her Horse,...