reading vs hearing 2

I think part of the draw of folklore is the reliance it has on being passed on orally through storytellers. Where we may enjoy a professionally written novel, short story, or poem, there is always a consistent doubt about whether or not we are interpreting the story in the right way as we read it. When we are told a story, the teller technically becomes the author and regardless of whom it may have been who truly created the story, it is the teller's rendition that holds the greatest significance. In effect being told a story, as opposed to reading it, erases a certain boundary that exists as we try to interpret the meaning of any given story.