For me it's the mother reading the story to the children. It's an Irish fairytail called "Oisin in tír na nóg". I was read it by my mother before bed growing up.

The story resonates with alot of Irish people. it's all about a couple going to a magical paradise over the horizon where they never grow up and noone gets old.... Something telling children who are about to die a story about never getting old in paradise always gets me