#tootle

[hlahlahlahlahly]

We stopped at a random used book store in Maryland last week and I found an amazing book

One of my favorite children's books, Tootle, in Finnish.

My favorite page

[disneyprint]

Little Golden Book-Record Read-Along Collection

1977 Read-Along Book & Record box set

[picturebookshelf]

Shy Little Kitten's Secret Place (1989)

Story: Jim Lawrence -- Art: Keenan Jones

[ohnolitclass]

Because not every cover can be The Shy Little Kitten. New episode out today!

[storiavitali]

pretense cleaves

where starglow leads

old light betraying dawn,

nostalgia hums

the origins of depth,

fabled gray

enshawls the pliant needles

from a pine,

zaftig spheres of winter

tootle on

[creativerogues]

Bardic Colleges: College Of The Tootle & Warble

The Bardic College that You Voted For in Our Community Vote!

The College of the Tootle & Warble is a strange one. Bards of the College are satirical tricksters with unusual tongues and nimble fingers, but they are not mere jesters.

Their mission is to discover and reveal the truth, regardless of consequences, and so their humor has a peculiar, but biting edge. 

Performing in tavern rooms, on street corners, or in royal courts, if given the chance, they use their gifts to send audiences into gales of laughter and raucous applause, but the audience members might later find themselves questioning everything they held to be true, from their faith in the priesthood of their local temple to their loyalty to the king.

These bards’ own loyalty lies in the pursuit of truth, knowledge, and beauty, as well as a bit of fun.

A noble who keeps such a bard as a herald or adviser knows that the bard would rather be honest or crack a joke, than be politic. 

Bards of the College of the Tootle And Warble tend to gather at local festivals or affairs of state where they can sing a good song, whistle an old tune, and expose corruption and lies, and poke fun at important figures of authority... 

Fascinating Performance

At 3rd level, you learn Fascinating Performance, a new use for your Bardic Inspiration.

While you perform, each creature within 60 feet of you that isn’t hostile to you must make a Wisdom saving throw against your bard spell save DC at the start of its turn. 

On a failed save, the target is charmed by you until the performance ends or the target leaves its radius. 

CHARMED

A charmed creature can’t Attack the charmer or target the charmer with harmful Abilities or magical effects.

The charmer has advantage on any ability check to interact socially with the creature.

If you or another creatures draws or brandishes a weapon or casts a spell, each charmed creature can make a new Wisdom saving throw to end the effect. 

If any of the targets take damage or is otherwise harmed, this effect ends for all of them. 

If you make an attack or cast a spell that affects anyone but yourself, this effect ends. You cannot use this Feature is you or any other creature that would be affected by it is currently in combat.

Eviscerating Warble

At 6th level, you learn Eviscerating Warble, a new use for your Bardic Inspiration. 

You can perform it to plant the seeds of doubt in your foes’ minds, using barbed insults and scathing satire to undermine their confidence. 

While you perform it, each hostile creature within 60 feet of you that can understand you must make a Charisma saving throw against your bard spell save DC at the start of its turn. 

On a failed save, the creature has disadvantage on all ability checks while it remains in the performance’s radius. 

On a successful save, the creature becomes immune to this performance for 10 minutes.

SEEDS OF DOUBT

Beginning at 6th level, you can sow the seeds of doubt in your enemies, making them reluctant to attack you. 

As an action, choose a creature within 25 feet of you that can hear you. 

For 1 minute, the next time that creature attempts to target you with an attack or harmful spell, it must first make a Wisdom saving throw against your bard spell save DC. 

On a failed save, it must choose a new target or lose its action. 

This effect doesn’t protect you from spell effects that don’t target you directly, such as the explosion of a fireball. 

If you make an attack or cast a spell that affects anyone but yourself, this effect ends. 

Creatures that cannot be charmed are immune to this effect.

Dreadful Tootle

At 14th level, you learn Dreadful Tootle, a new use for your Bardic Inspiration. 

You can perform it to cause a feeling of dread to creep over your foes.

While you perform it, each hostile creature within 60 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw against your bard spell save DC at the start of its turn. 

On a failed save, the creature becomes frightened until the start of its next turn. 

On a successful save, the creature becomes immune to this performance for 10 minutes. 

[picturebookshelf]

Tootle (1945)

Story: Gertrude Crampton -- Art: Tibor Gergely

[disneyprint]

A few releases from the Little Golden Book & Record series from Disneyland Records, 1976