folk tale

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But no: this has become a subgenre of its own, a kind of folk tale the news loves to tell.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025

The lavish folk tale draws from the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" from the 1940 cartoon film "Pinocchio," about a puppet wishing to become a real boy.

From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2023

For kids, there’s the animated fantasy “The Monkey King,” based on the Chinese folk tale and featuring the voices of Jimmy O. Yang, Stephanie Hsu and BD Wong.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Sky-scraping summits: A writer, guided by an epic folk tale, tours the Himalayas.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2023

Esther was discovered sitting with the other girls in a group surrounding Polly, who had been reading aloud an old folk tale while the others worked at their various hand crafts.

From The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill by Vandercook, Margaret