Discussion about the following Walter Benjamin's quote, The Storyteller: Reflections on the Works of Nicolai Leskov:

“It teaches us that the art of storytelling is coming to an end. Less and less frequently do we encounter people with the ability to tell a tale properly. More and more often there is embarrassment all around when the wish to hear a story is expressed. It is as if something that seemed inalienable to us, the securest among our possessions, were taken from us: the ability to exchange experiences.” 

Watching of a scene from Walt Disney's Fantasia, 1940: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqyVZK5yN1E .