Conte-moi

A German tale of the Grimm brothers recorded in France and told by Martine Tollet: 'A couple already had seven boys when a daughter was born. She was so fragile that her father feared for her life. He sent the seven brothers to draw water at the source that was said to be miraculous for saving the little girl. They left but did…

A tale recorded in Mauritania and told by Mamadou Sall: The devil is bored in his palace underground. He then decides to go back to the surface. He meets a very beautiful girl. Because she refuses his advances and his gifts, he takes her beauty from her in order to punish her. Deprived of her beauty, the girl will nevertheless have a…

A Moroccan tale told by Ahmed Bouzzine: 'A governor was ashamed of his son's long ears. So that no one would know, he was cutting the heads of too talkative hairdressers... One day, one of them was able not to reveal anything. He kept his head, but the secret soon weighed very heavily...'

A Malian tale told by Kary Coulibaly: 'A princess finding no pretender good enough for her decides to wall in silence. The desperate king decides to give her in marriage to the one who will make her speak. This is how she married a leper...'

A Mauritanian tale told by Mamadou Sall: 'During a trip in the desert, King Solomon stops by an anthill. All the ants come to greet him. But apart, a lonely ant is busy moving a sand dune to find her beloved. A fascinating dialogue on love takes place between the little creature and the great king...'

An Algerian tale told by Nora Aceval: 'On the wise advice of his wife, a powerful caliph learns a manual trade. He quickly becomes a great embroidered - and that will save his life!'

A tale collected in Upper Brittany and told in France by Martine Tollet: 'A young girl spends her days in the meadow keeping cows. Her father's new wife feeds her poorly. But among the cows in the herd is a blue bull who helps her...'

A tale from the Grimm brothers told in France by Martine Tollet: 'Mamé Suzanne, the old cook who keeps house with Linette's father, makes the little girl promise to keep a secret: the next morning, after the father leaves for the forest, she will come and take Volé-Trouvé, the adopted child, and put him in the cauldron'…