# Episode 488: Detective Tardigrade is on the Case!

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Podcast: [What The Folklore?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-folklore-1034096)
Published: 2026-05-26T16:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

After reading a much-too-long epic (that really could've been boiled down to a single episode), we decided we needed a palette cleanser. For some reason, we also decided that palette cleanser would be Hans Christian Andersen. This week, we read "The Rose Elf".

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