La Vieille Magicienne - a Missouri "PawPaw" French folktale

This tale differs from many of its genre in that the main protagonist, Marie, is not a damsel in distress. Rather, Marie is a remarkable, strong-willed young woman who cleverly wields her prodigious magical skills to outwit her father and evade her overbearing magician mother, all so that she can marry the man she loves.
NOTE: I AM NOT A NATIVE SPEAKER, but I have recited this story imitating the manner of speech of the old Missouri French speakers in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, like Robert Robart, Pete Paco Boyer, Rosie Boyer, and Leo Warden.
Carriere's book of Missouri French folk tales is available at babel.hathitru....

[@ChansonsDzuPaysDesIllinoues]

My apologies, I didn’t finish the translation at 00:04:34. I meant to say “He returned to his house.”

[@mim8099]

So beautiful! Thanks a lot for sharing. I'm glad to discover Missouri French which, I heard, had known the same suppression there than my own language, Occitanian, here in the French Republic schools, in the early 20th century. I really hope your beautiful language will be freely spoken and preserved from now on.

[@foxy_fr_]

Very interesting to see how the French language has evolved and endured despite its isolation. Are there any Paw Paw French speakers left? Hello from France 👋🏻🇨🇵

[@Bazza5000]

There are few speakers left of Missouri French. Like a couple of dozen maybe. It's not like Cajun with hundreds of thousands of speakers - 200,-000+.

[@foxy_fr_]

​@@Bazza5000Okay, thank you very much for your answer ! Hopefully this language will be maintained and won't disappear...