Why are Folktales and Fairy Tales Strange?

This Argentine Folktale Left Me Scratching My Head

Currently, I’m rewriting and editing my next novel. While rewriting one chapter yesterday, I decided that I wanted to include an Argentine folktale. I want the main character to share a folktale, but even though both of my parents are Argentine, I don’t know many folktales. In fact, I don’t know any.

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Women’s Fiction author of That Was Then, Say You’ll Be Mine, and Evenings at the Argentine Club. Speaker and and teacher. https://www.facebook.com/juliaamante/