Jon and his Brothers

 My recording of the ninth story, 'Jon and his Brothers', in Ruth Manning-Sanders children's anthology "A Book of Magic Animals" (1974). This is a tale from Canada, though quite how they manage to get castles and monarchy into Canada I do not know - presumably the tale was brought to Canada by European settlers. Anyway, we have a talking horse, a menagerie of wild beasts, and the endlessly repeated meme of the youngest brother making good. Not to mention some wicked witch women who enjoy causing mischief for no particular reason (dare say we've all met a few people like that).

The prophetic water is an interesting idea and a good way of keeping track of errant relatives.



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