PORT ANGELES — “Tongue Tied,” “Snow Queen with the Cold, Cold Heart” and “Snow Child” are some of the stories Pat Ferris will tell in the January Story Swap, an evening the Story People of Clallam County will host Tuesday night.
Admission is free to the 7 p.m. gathering, open to children age 10 and older as well as adults, in the Raymond Carver Room at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
A woman captivated by storytelling since she was an Ohio girl of 16, Ferris nowadays tells fairy tales, folk tales and a smattering of personal stories.
On Tuesday, she’ll devote herself to tales of dealing with the winter chill, including:
■ “The Little Ant” by Dianne DeLas Casas, in which an ant slips on some ice and seeks justice from snow, sun, cloud and beyond.
■ “Tongue Tied” about a boy who gets his tongue stuck to icy railroad tracks.
■ “The Belly Button Monster,” the story of a boy who can’t to keep the blankets on at night.
■ “Flannel Mouth” by Mary Hamilton, in which a weaver is haunted by the child she killed one winter’s night.
■ “Snow Child” by Freya Littledale, a Russian folktale of a husband and wife whose child is made of snow.
■ “Snow Queen with the Cold, Cold Heart” by Naomi Baltuck, a group participation story where a prince ends a kingdom’s enchantment and wins the girl.
A refreshment break comes at 8 p.m. right after Ferris’ set. Then the microphone is open, from 8:15 p.m. till 9 p.m., for anyone with a story to perform.
To find out more about this and future Story Swaps, see www.ClallamStoryPeople.org or phone Erran Sharpe at 360-460-6594.
