To our circle of French Story Listeners,
This week, we are doing something quietly beautiful together.
The story is called Dame Saule, Lady Willow.
It is a love story. A tender one. The kind that stays with you long after the last word.
Your invitation this week is simple: listen, and then notice what moves you.
🎧 You’ll find the story here: aliceayel.com/resources/dame-saule
This week’s narration challenge
There are no right answers. No perfect sentences required.
Just an open heart and a few words in French, in your mother tongue, however feels natural to you.
You might begin with:
— Ce qui m’a touché(e), c’est… (What touched me was…)
— Ce qui m’a ému(e), c’est… (What moved me was…)
— J’ai aimé le moment où… (I loved the moment when…)
And if you feel inspired, you’re warmly welcome to retell the story in your own words, freely, gently.
This is one of the loveliest ways to let a story truly live inside you.
One sentence is perfect.
Share on Telegram by Sunday, March 15th
A voice note, a video, or written words. Every response is welcome.
👉 Join the challenge on Telegram
A voice from our circle 🌿
Our loving member Nadya shared something moving.
After listening to Dame Saule, she wrote:
“C’était triste que le samouraï ne puisse pas continuer sa vie et qu’il reste toujours à côté de l’arbre représentant son amour.”
“It was sad that the samurai could not continue his life and stayed forever beside the tree that represented his love. I believe that our loved ones who have already passed do not want us to abandon our lives out of sadness — but to find the hope to keep going.”
Barry & Nadya in Lyon
What a gift, Nadya. Thank you for sharing that with all of us. 💕
This is exactly what stories do. They open something.
They help us say what we didn’t know we needed to say.
A small tip for this week
If you find yourself unsure how to begin your narration, don’t start with French.
Start with feeling. Ask yourself in English: what stayed with me?
Then find just one French word for it. That one word is your doorway in.
Join us live — a gentle reminder 🕐
Our community lives are the perfect place to share your journey, speak French in a warm and supportive space, meet fellow learners, and simply breathe in the language together.
👉 aliceayel.com/members-community-live
Important note for our members in Europe: Due to the US time change, the community live will start one hour earlier than listed on the page — until the end of March, when European clocks also move forward.
Please adjust accordingly so you don’t miss us!
You are not alone in this.
Every story you listen to, every sentence you attempt, every feeling you name in French, it all counts.
It is all progress.
See you on Telegram and in the community live. 🌿
Alice 💕
P.S. Your membership makes this circle possible. Each week brings a new story, a new challenge, and a community of people who truly understand this journey — the quiet joy of it, the patience it asks of us, and the beauty it gives back. If you know someone who might love this, you’re always welcome to share it with them.