Show notes & transcript
Lanterns for the Night River
12 Sep 2026 · 30:11 · Ages all ages
In a valley where a river comes only after sunset, a lantern maker and a brave child learn to light the way when the current grows wild. A firelight tale about the lights we carry, the lights we share, and the lights we cannot see.
There are rivers that sparkle in sunlight and show you every stone and stripe of weed. You can toss a pebble, watch it arc, watch it plunk, and see the circles widen like a sleepy yawn. And there are other rivers that keep to themselves until the world grows blue and the crickets are counting. They arrive with the night as quietly as a cat on a windowsill, and if you didn’t know better, you would say, “That can’t be,” for there was no water there a moment ago.
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