The Devil's Bet

Barefoot Books Podcast

English - October 24, 2012 07:30 - 16 minutes - 30.6 MB - ★★★★ - 176 ratings
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In the story that inspired Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” a woodsman named Jamie marries the beautiful but grumpy Nora. The Nicky Nicky Nye, a water demon, bets that Nora
won’t last a week. From the collection Shakespeare's Storybook, retold by Patrick Ryan and illustrated by James Mayhew.