The French Love Story Where Honour Breaks Your Heart (Just After Valentine’s Day)

Dear French Story Listeners,

Still thinking about love this week?

What if I told you there’s a French love story so powerful, so heart-wrenching, that it’s been performed for nearly 400 years – and it’s the opposite of a happy Valentine’s card?

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The Story Your Pets Could Tell (If They Spoke French)

Dear French Story Listeners,

This week’s tale asks: pourquoi le chat et le chien sont ennemis?

But before you assume all cats and dogs are destined for conflict, you’ll want to head over to Telegram to see Eve’s photo and hear her describe her unlikely duo –

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The Secret to Remember French Words (Without Trying So Hard)

Dear French Story Listeners,

Have you ever noticed how certain phrases just stay with you?

Like when someone says something in just the right way, and weeks later, you find yourself remembering it perfectly?

🎥 This Week’s Story: Why cats and dogs are enemies

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The Mystery of the Missing Chouquettes (+ This Week’s Challenge)

Dear French Story Listeners,

Have you ever been absolutely certain about something… only to discover you had it completely wrong?

This week’s story, Le voleur de chouquettes, gave me such a good chuckle.

A tired elderly woman at a train station.

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You’re Doing It Right: Story #50 is Here

Dear French Story Listeners,

Have you ever noticed how children pick up language without worksheets or verb charts?

They simply listen – and one day, they’re speaking.

That’s exactly what’s been happening in your mind as you’ve joined us for these Saturday stories.

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The 500-Year-Old Secret That Unlocks French Fluency (Without Memorizing Lists)

Dear Community,

What if I told you that while you’re simply enjoying a good story this week, your brain is quietly mastering French grammar?

No flashcards. No conjugation drills. Just you, a beautiful tale, and your wonderfully intelligent mind doing what it does best.

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The Story That Teaches French Past Tense While You’re Just… Listening

Dear French Story Listeners,

You know that feeling when you’re forcing something—really pushing—and it just doesn’t work?

And then you soften, you let go a little, and suddenly… it flows?

That’s what this Saturday’s story is about.

Not just in the tale itself (though yes,

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