Once there was a fish who wanted to fly. Oh how he wanted to fly! But no-one could tell him how to do so. No-one, that is, until a wise old fish tells him the secret. But that is only the beginning of his adventures…
Length: 43:47
For ages: 7+
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An old man and woman toiled away at their farm, struggling to feed themselves and their two grown sons. But no matter how hard they persuaded the boys to work, nothing could shift them from their beds. One day the mother decides to take matters into her own hands, with unexpected results…
Length: 25:18
For ages: 7+
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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…
Length: 10:24
For ages: 7+
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Three interwoven tales… A man is given shelter on a freezing winter’s night by a group of strangers… A King with a terrible affliction seeks the help of a carpenter who makes magical chairs… A potter is astonished to find one of her pots speaking to her…
Length: 39:28
For ages: 7+
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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 sets off for the King’s palace…
Length: 10:48
For ages: 7+
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Once there was a Queen who did not have a child, but longed for one above all else. Her search takes her the end of her Kingdom and to a magical pool of tears…
Length: 26:57
For ages: 7+
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Once a mouse in the royal palace kitchen saw a magnificent cake, bound for a great feast in the palace’s banqueting hall. It looked so incredibly delicious that even though she knew it might cost her her life, she crept out of hiding and across the kitchen floor towards it…
Length: 39:18
For ages: 7+
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Once there was an archer who was so skilled that he became the most celebrated man in the King’s service. But his lofty position soon attracted the ire of more lowly soldiers who plotted his downfall, with most unexpected results…
Length: 29:11
For ages: 7+
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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…
Length: 13:16
For ages: 7+
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A strong blacksmith comes to the aid of a little girl when she needs protecting from the boys in the street. But can he protect her from the harsh words she speaks to herself inside her head?
Length: 06:17
For ages: 7+
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One day a little girl found a little green frog in a well in the forest. “Take me home with you!” said the frog. “I’m really a boy under a spell!” But freeing the boy from his froggy spell takes a lot more than she had bargained for…
Length: 25:41
For ages: 7+
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Once there was a soldier who was utterly fearless on the field of battle. But put him in a bar with an attractive woman and he would lose all his courage and begin to shake uncontrollably…
Length: 38:01
For ages: 7+
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Three interwoven tales… The boy, overwhelmed with loneliness, finds support in a kindly teacher…. The Princess, desperate to the point of distraction to be liked and accepted, finds solace in the arms of the palace cook… The King, secretly lonely and longing for real friendship, finds the key to his dreams in a most unlikely place…
Length: 36:54
For ages: 7+
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Late at night, and looking bedraggled and tired, the mathematician turned up at the carpenter’s door. The carpenter fed him and gave him a bed for the night but the following morning he asked what a mathematician was doing wandering the world like a tramp.
“I am searching for infinity” the mathematician replied. “It has eluded me in the university, and in the laboratory, and now I have vowed to walk the world until I find it.”
The carpenter was suddenly gripped by a strong impulse. “Wait here!” he said, and went into his workshop and returned with a chair unlike any he had ever made. “I’ve been waiting for the right person to give this to, and I think it might just be yours…”
Length: 14:00
For ages: 7+
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Once there was a washer woman who had more work than she could possibly manage, and hardly any time to do it! But then a little man from the world below came to her and made her an offer she couldn’t refuse…
Length: 31:45
For ages: 7+
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Three interwoven tales: On a late night walk, a grandfather tells his grandson the tale of a mysterious creature called “The Gabook”… A young farmer, on his way home from work, comes across a most peculiar bird… A queen, most admired by the people of her land, finds herself overcome with an insatiable desire to fly…
Length: 42:02
For ages: 7+
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Three interwoven tales: A young girl and her father, on a walk through the forest, meet up with a unexpected creature… A drought overtakes the jungle and the animals “discuss” what is to be done… There once was a queen bee who kept all the nectar to herself and shared it with no one…
Length: 35:24
For ages: 7+
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Three interwoven tales… A racing driver finds himself so far ahead of the pack that he slows down… to find that the racetrack has become mysteriously deserted… A wealthy man comes upon a town where, much to his consternation, nobody has heard of money… A King, sick of his riches, sets out in search of something which money cannot buy.
Length: 44:45
For ages: 7+
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