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| A Christmas Story Show/hide story description A bus driver mysteriously finds that no-one is waiting at any of the stops on his normally busy route, until a strange young man gets on and all is revealed... More about this story » |
4-6 | 05:50 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| A Cure for Boredom Show/hide story description A young man is kicking his heels one day and decides to set off and seek his fortune by visiting the fiersome dragon who lives up the mountain. He receives some marvellous gifts from the dragon, but the most marvellous of all was a cure to his perennial boredom... More about this story » |
4-6 | 15:09 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| A Fish in the Desert Show/hide story description "I can't go on!" said the traveller to his camel. "Then get off my back and dig!" the camel replied. What they find deep in the sand does not just save his life but changes it, too. More about this story » |
4-6 | 04:46 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| A Knock at the Door Show/hide story description Once there was a girl who was so absorbed in her books that she almost nothing could drag her away from them. One night, however, all kinds of unexpected characters turn up at her door.... More about this story » |
4-6 | 11:08 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| A Ladder to the Sky Show/hide story description One night a girl had a dream about a ladder to the sky, which was so wonderful that she wouldn't leave her daddy a moment's peace until he had sought to make her one... More about this story » |
4-6 | 08:41 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| A Snotty Story Show/hide story description A boy with a heavy cold goes to bed to recover. But when he sneezes all over the pages of his story book, the characters complain! A story all about covering your mouth and wiping your nose! More about this story » |
4-6 | 05:53 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| A Story of the North and the South Show/hide story description One morning a King recieved the news: from the North a huge army was approaching, bent on destroying his city; whereas from the South a band of angels were flying towards the city, bringing some great but unknown blessing. What should he do? More about this story » |
4-6 | 10:03 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| A Tractor Tale Show/hide story description A boy finds a tractor standing in a field with the keys still in it. He does what he knows he shouldn't do, with calamitous results! More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:23 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| Above the Sea Show/hide story description A fish who has never imagined what might lie above the sea, one day sees the hull of a boat cutting through the waves, and simply has to know what it is. And after that, there's no turning back... More about this story » |
4-6 | 12:55 | 2011 | Subscription info » |
| Asking For Help Show/hide story description The captain of a ship that was about to be wrecked in a storm, see a huge whale rising up out of the ocean beneath him, and is gripped by a desperate impulse... More about this story » |
4-6 | 06:54 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Betty's Fish Show/hide story description One day Betty's fish said "I'm bored of this fish tank! All I see are the same things day after day after day". Betty's solution to the fish's boredom leads from one thing to another to an outcome she never could have dreamed of. More about this story » |
4-6 | 12:47 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| Counting to a Hundred Show/hide story description A boy defeats a fierce lion by challenging him to a counting competition. Who will get to a hundred first? More about this story » |
4-6 | 14:34 | 2011 | Subscription info » |
| Crushed Dreams Show/hide story description A young man turns up at a mill and asks the miller to grind a little bag of gems (his "dreams") to dust, because he has a rather wonderful idea.... More about this story » |
4-6 | 06:23 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Fish and Chips for Supper Show/hide story description A boy who loved fish and chips has a deal with his mother: he catches the fish, and she'll cook it with chips for supper! But after days and days without success, he comes up with a rather unusual idea for catching his fish... More about this story » |
4-6 | 08:44 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Flutter, Flutter, Butterfly Show/hide story description The story of a caterpiller's dream of becoming a butterfly. Surely, something so ugly, fat and stumpy could never become such a beautiful and elegant creature? But her dream is so strong that it becomes her reality...
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4-6 | 12:04 | 2012 | Subscription info » |
| Full of Stories Show/hide story description A young boy meets an old man one day and learns something from him that alters the course of his life, and comes in particularly useful when he himself is an old man. More about this story » |
4-6 | 7:59 | 2011 | Subscription info » |
| Grandmother's Jumper Show/hide story description A grandmother knitted a lovely jumper but couldn't decide which of her many grandchildren it could be for. "Maybe it's for the grandchild I love the best" she wonders. But as she soon discovers, love has no favourites... More about this story » |
4-6 | 04:18 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Her Very Own Star Show/hide story description A girl takes a ride on the Ferris Wheel, and when she gets to the top she realises that she has been sitting next to an Angel! He carries her up to the stars and finds the one that's just for her... More about this story » |
4-6 | 16:54 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| How the Fire Engine Caught Fire Show/hide story description The firemen arrived at the burning house to find that the source of the fire is unlike anything they have ever seen... More about this story » |
4-6 | 03:34 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| How To Cook A Pancake Show/hide story description After flipping two pancakes unsuccessfully, the boy has an ingenious idea...
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4-6 | 03:29 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| I've Lost My Mum! Show/hide story description "I've lost my mum!" wailed the boy to the policeman. "When did you last see her?" the policeman replied. This question turns out to have more answers than one, as the boy finds his way back home again! More about this story » |
4-6 | 03:58 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| Joe, The Singing Pretzel-Seller Show/hide story description One day Joe, who has sold pretzels on the same street corner for as long as anyone can remember, finds that his oven isn't working. But the idea of having nothing to give his regular customers is so unappealing that Joe goes out and stands there nonetheless. Only when the first of his regulars asks him for a pretzel does the unexpected happen... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:12 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Laughing, Crying and Being Thankful Show/hide story description A carpenter, desperate to complete an order of chairs for the King, strikes a bargain with a couple of elves that he comes to regret.... More about this story » |
4-6 | 14:59 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Lightening The Load Show/hide story description An old woman, wishing for a lighter cart, hears one of her vegetables fall on to the ground. But she is so grateful for a lighter load that she doesn't turn around. Only when all her vegetables have fallen off the cart does she turn around and see what, or rather, who was lightening her load. More about this story » |
4-6 | 11:07 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Magic Donkey Grain Show/hide story description The donkey was so old that he wasn't much good for working anymore. His knees knocked and he wheezed when he walked. But one day his master loaded him up with heavy sacks and told him to carry them to his friend at the top of the mountain. How is the donkey to manage such a journey? Only with a lot of "help" from some creatures he meets along the way... More about this story » |
4-6 | 13:16 | 2011 | Subscription info » |
| Mr and Mrs Star Show/hide story description A boy builds a ladder one day in the hope of conversing with the stars. Soon Mr and Mrs Star have dropped down from the sky and are happily telling him stories!
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4-6 | 10:40 | 2011 | Subscription info » |
| Of Course! Show/hide story description Three interwoven tales... A carpenter, building his own house, has a visit from a stranger whose whistle captures his heart... A little girl becomes intrigued by an old woman who lives all by herself at the edge of town... A rich farmer, who loved to say "Of Course!" to any request that his neighbours make of him, finds himself capable of an even greater giving... More about this story » |
4-6 | 31:50 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| Old Man's Legs Show/hide story description An old man goes to a wizard begging to have his old man's legs changed into young man's legs. And although the wizard warns him that he won't like the results, he pesters him until he relents. But before long, the old man is back, complaining of all the trouble his young man's legs are causing him... More about this story » |
4-6 | 05:25 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Seeing Stars Show/hide story description A girl rides her bike downhill, faster and faster, until a bird flies alongside her and offers her a very different kind of fun... More about this story » |
4-6 | 06:32 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Stardust! Show/hide story description "Please!" said the stars to the pilot as she flew above the clouds, "Help us to help people!" "Then pour your stardust into this bag" she said, "and I will see what I can do!....." More about this story » |
4-6 | 15:04 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Street Music Show/hide story description Once a dog stole a string of sausages and ran away down the street with them. He darted down a manhole and sat in the dark under the road munching to his heart's content. Soon, however he found a violin down there, and the music he made had the most amazing effect on all the animals in the town, and in time the people too... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:37 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Surrounded By Kin Show/hide story description An old woman lives all by herself and is full of loneliness. None of her children or her grandchildren come to visit her any more, and in desperation she goes to a witch who is famous for potions that can change anything. But can she change the old woman's loneliness?... More about this story » |
4-6 | 15:06 | 2011 | Subscription info » |
| Sweeter than Honey Show/hide story description A boy loved eating pancakes with sugar, pancakes with jam, pancakes with honey, and even with chocolate spread. But his mother had once told him that love was the sweetest thing of all, so he set off to find some love to spread on his pancake... More about this story » |
4-6 | 05:06 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Teddy Bear Lost in the High Street Show/hide story description Once there was boy who could not bear to be without his teddy bear and insisted on taking him everywhere he went. One day, however, he left him in the High Street, with rather unexpected results..... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:03 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| Teddy Bear Lost in the Supermarket Show/hide story description Once there was boy who could not bear to be without his teddy bear and insisted on taking him everywhere he went. One day, however, he left him at the supermarket, with rather unexpected results..... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:49 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| Teddy Bear Lost on the Common Show/hide story description Once there was boy who could not bear to be without his teddy bear and insisted on taking him everywhere he went. One day, however, he left him on the common near his house, with rather unexpected results..... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:02 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| Teddy Bear's Night-time Adventures Show/hide story description As the Teddy Bear rowed towards the shore he could already hear the gathered crowds cheering, "hail to the King! The King has returned!"... More about this story » |
4-6 | 04:07 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Angel Who Went to School Show/hide story description Once an Angel decided to become a girl, to be able to help people better. But her first day at school did not go well... More about this story » |
4-6 | 09:25 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Bear Who Came To Tea Show/hide story description Two old ladies live in a house that one day is buried in a snow drift. This makes getting water for the their tea more convenient, however: to fill the kettle they just need to stick it out of the kitchen window and run it through the snow! However, one day, they receive an unexpected visitor... More about this story » |
4-6 | 7:26 | 2012 | Subscription info » |
| The Beast's Best Day Show/hide story description The Beast, who was always demanding things to eat and drink and saying "Yuk!" and "Disgusting!" in return, learns to say please and thank you, and has the best day he's ever had! More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:52 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Best Banana Show/hide story description A monkey goes looking for a banana that will make his toes tingle and his fingers dance, his heart throb and his ears waggle...and finds it in a most unexpected way!
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4-6 | 05:23 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Bishop, The Vicars and the Wild Eyed Young Man Show/hide story description A bishop doing the rounds of his churches, hears of a young man who has been upsetting his vicars by going from one church to another and saying "Show me God!", to which none of them have found an adequate answer.... More about this story » |
4-6 | 10:33 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Boy and the Miller Show/hide story description The Boy and the Miller make a bet: that the boy will not be able to carry one of the miller's sacks of flour home with him. At first, the sack (which is as big as the boy himself) is far more than the boy can manage. But help arrives from the most unexpected source. More about this story » |
4-6 | 12:47 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Boy Who Flew Kites in the Storm Show/hide story description Nothing would stop the boy flying his kite! So even when a fierce storm picks up, he's up on the common flying it for all he's worth. Suddently, however, his Kite loses altitude and comes crashing down at his feet, only for him to discover that it's carrying an unusual cargo...
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4-6 | 10:35 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Boy Who Knew He Was A King Show/hide story description One day the boy found a buried chest of treasure in his garden. Inside is treasure beyond his wildest dreams. But when he puts on a ring and goes back to his house, something very unexpected occurs.... More about this story » |
4-6 | 12:51 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Captain and the Little Bird Show/hide story description Caught in a terrible storm, the captain of the ship begins to pray. Suddenly a little bird appears out of nowehere, and begins whispering advise into his ear. More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:44 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Carpenter's Crutches Show/hide story description A carpenter makes a pair of crutches for a customer and finds that they have a life of their own... More about this story » |
4-6 | 12:38 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Doof Show/hide story description A sailor boy was so foolish that whatever the captain told him to do, he'd do the opposite. However, one day, by simply doing his foolish things, he manages to rescue the whole ship from certain danger...
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4-6 | 9:43 | 2012 | Subscription info » |
| The Dragon's Fire Show/hide story description Once a little girl asked a dragon to help her and her mother heat their little home, where the fire had gone out and they hadn't any more wood. He comes and blows fire into her stove, but by the morning her stove is cold again, and the dragon starts longing for a way of helping her that's more long-lasting... More about this story » |
4-6 | 14:23 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The First Smile Show/hide story description The boy was cycling his bike when he felt something tugging on his jacket. He turned to find to his astonishment that there was a raven sitting on his shoulder! More about this story » |
4-6 | 10:54 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Flying Ox Show/hide story description "Let me tell you a secret" said the crow, as the Ox lay panting after pulling the plow all morning. "You, my friend, have wings... you've just forgotten about them!" More about this story » |
4-6 | 11:09 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Giant's Horse Show/hide story description A blacksmith is asked one day to make a pair of horseshoes that are twice as large as normal ones... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:26 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Girl Made of Wood Show/hide story description "I've lost my Daddy!" said the little girl that the sculptor had just made out of wood. "Well, what does he look like?" replies the sculptor, "maybe I can help you find him"... More about this story » |
4-6 | 08:25 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Golden Apples of Wonder Show/hide story description A farmer finds an apple tree growing in a field he has always left fallow. When the autumn comes it bears a single golden apple... More about this story » |
4-6 | 10:24 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Golden Avocado Stone Show/hide story description A girl opens an avocado to find a golden stone inside. She plants it and waters it and to her astonishment one morning it drops a pile of money on the soil underneath. But when her mother tries to spend the money, something even more unexpected occurs... More about this story » |
4-6 | 12:12 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Handkerchief's Story Show/hide story description An old woman sat stitching a handkerchief, not realising what a story she was setting in motion... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:34 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Healer-Bird Show/hide story description A bird discovers the power to heal others by sparing the life of a little worm. More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:08 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Hot Air Balloon and the Piece of the Big Blue Sky Show/hide story description One day the Hot Air Balloon wanted to fly higher than all his friends: up, up, up into the sky, beyond even the clouds!But what he found beyond the clouds was more than he had expected... More about this story » |
4-6 | 04:36 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Javelin Thrower and the Monster Show/hide story description A monster arrives in the Kingdom yelling "I want to be the King! I want to be the King!" and although the King sends his soldiers out to fight him, the Monster defeats them all. Only the King's Javellin Thrower is able to defeat the monster in a test of skill... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:13 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The King Who Went Looking For His Happiness Show/hide story description Once there was a king who went looking for his happiness and found it in the most unexpected of places! More about this story » |
4-6 | 12:57 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The King's Lost Brother Show/hide story description A fisherman finds an old man in rags living in the mountains who says he is the lost brother of the King. When he is invited back to the palace, his table manners prove to be rather less than regal... More about this story » |
4-6 | 08:34 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Knight With The Crack In His Armour Show/hide story description Once there was a knight who had a crack in his armour, running all the way down his side. He had tried everything to mend it, but without success. One day, however, he stumbled upon a witch who did far more than mend it....
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4-6 | 13:07 | 2011 | Subscription info » |
| The Magic Ring Show/hide story description A young man trying to find his mother's house finds his journey becoming stranger and stranger... More about this story » |
4-6 | 08:22 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Maker of the Magic Pot Show/hide story description A girl picks out a pot with magic powers. She can wish for whatever she wants! But after she has wished for all the chocolate cake she can eat, her wishes take her on a journey of discovery... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:48 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Pictures That Came to Life Show/hide story description A girl is astonished when the pictures that she is drawing come to life! The mouse amazes her, the elephant astonishes her, but when she draws a palace she finds her kitchen transformed into the palace kitchen with cooks rushing this way and that. "Get working!" yells one as she hands her a broom!... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:48 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Postman and the Piece of Gold Show/hide story description One day a postman finds a peice of gold at the bottom of his sack. But who is it for? The answer to this question comes in a most unexpected way! More about this story » |
4-6 | 24:27 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Sailors and the King of the Fishes Show/hide story description When their ship is caught up in a fiercesome storm, a group of sailors receive help from a most unusual place.... More about this story » |
4-6 | 08:36 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Songbird Show/hide story description "That was SO beautiful" said the man, when the songbird had finished her song. "Would you come again?" "I will come whenever you ask me" she replied. More about this story » |
4-6 | 05:55 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Sound of the Whole World Show/hide story description A Princess declares that she wishes to marry the man who can speak as beautifully as a bird sings! The man who wins her heart does so in a way she had not expected.... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:36 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Sun's Message Show/hide story description One morning the Sun rose upon the earth, and seeing all the children playing upon the earth she felt such love for them that she wanted straight away to tell them. But how to get her message across? More about this story » |
4-6 | 11:29 | 2011 | Subscription info » |
| The Tea Fairy Show/hide story description Once there was an old woman who liked nothing more than to sit down with a friend and enjoy a nice cup of tea. But one day her tea runs out and she can't get hold of any more and she's besides herself with frustration. And that's when the tea fairy turns up at her door...
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4-6 | 14:54 | 2012 | Subscription info » |
| The Thirsty Buffalo Show/hide story description One day the buffalo went to the water hole to drink and found that no matter how much water he drank, he was still thirsty. In search of an answer, he set off for the King's palace...
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4-6 | 10:48 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Tractor's Dream Show/hide story description The tractor spluttered to a stop, and the farmer could do nothing to get it going again. "Can I help you?" said a tiny little voice nearby... More about this story » |
4-6 | 07:25 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| The Wheels That were Blessed Show/hide story description A wheelwright, commisioned to make four fine wheels for the King's new carriage, is visited late one night by a soldier from the King's army, saying that he has been sent to take the wheels away and test them. He never returns, and the wheelwright is taken in chains to the King to explain himself... More about this story » |
4-6 | 10:09 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| The Wild Horsy Show/hide story description A girl so longs to ride a horsy, but her family are too poor and none of her friends will let her ride theirs. So she goes into the forest, to tame a horse that even grown men say cannot be tamed... More about this story » |
4-6 | 13:04 | 2012 | Subscription info » |
| Thousands and Thousands of Pairs of Wings Show/hide story description A prisoner is given a challenge by the King: push a huge boulder from the sea to the palace and he can walk free. But the boulder is so big that he can't possibly move it by himself. Fortunately, help arrives from a suprising source... More about this story » |
4-6 | 06:10 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| To Command The Clouds Show/hide story description A King was used to getting his own way in just about everything. So when one day a cloud has the temerity to rain on him when not commanded to, the King becomes incensed and sends out the word that anyone who can enable him to bend the clouds to his will shall win half the Kingdom as their reward. Soon all the scientists, inventors, crackpots and nutcases are hatching crazy plans for the King's pleasure, but none of them are the slightest bit successful. And it is then that a young woman suggests to the King an altogether different, and far more successful approach. More about this story » |
4-6 | 16:06 | 2011 | Subscription info » |
| To Stroke A Dragon Show/hide story description Once a fearless little girl finds a dragon weeping in his cave by the sea, and feels a great urge to comfort him. But how do you comfort a dragon? More about this story » |
4-6 | 10:28 | 2011 | Subscription info » |
| Tooth and Claw Show/hide story description The woman's bicycle was already going to fast, and when it hit a stone she went flying into the air and into a thorn bush. Wriggle as she might, she could not wriggle free. Until, that is, a rabbit noticed her there... More about this story » |
4-6 | 08:50 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
| Waiting For Angels Show/hide story description A man sees a boy standing on his own on a street corner, "Waiting for my angel" as he says. "Your angel?!" says the man. "Yes" says the boy, "Oh! Look! Here she comes now!....." More about this story » |
4-6 | 04:40 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Why, Why and Why Show/hide story description An old woman visits the King with her head full of big questions: where do things come from and where do they go when they die, and so many others that the King starts asking such questions himself... More about this story » |
4-6 | 06:59 | 2010 | Subscription info » |
| Wishing Tea Show/hide story description The boy was sure he could smell fried eggs cooking in the old woman's kitchen. Fried eggs, his favourite! Only when he dares to knock at her door does he find that the truth is far stranger... More about this story » |
4-6 | 05:37 | 2009 | Subscription info » |
