Once there was a 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…
Length: 07:02
For ages 3+
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As the Teddy Bear rowed towards the shore he could already hear the gathered crowds cheering, “hail to the King! The King has returned!”…
Length: 04:07
For ages 3+
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A sailor finds a baby crying on the sands of a tiny deserted island. No sooner does he take her up in his arms and attempt to comfort her than the island vanishes beneath the waves…
Length: 12.39
For ages: 5+
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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…
Length: 09:25
For ages: 3+
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Once there was an apple who wanted nothing more than to be sweetness in someone’s mouth and nourishment in their belly. But when she finally falls from the tree she rolls under a bush, where nobody can see her! Only the kindness of a little cat helps her fulfil her heart’s desire.
Length: 13:23
For ages 3+
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This is the story of a baby elephant who cannot keep out of danger! Even as the rest of the herd sleeps, she slips away to the watering hole to drink, little realizing that the tiger is following close behind her all the way. Who will save her now?
Length: 15:18
For ages: 3+
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Once there was a hot air balloon that desperately wanted to be free. He tried floating away a few times, but when he ended up tied to a pushchair he needed to try something that had never been done before…
Length: 13:17
For ages: 3+
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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!
Length: 07:52
For ages: 3+
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A girl discovers her grandfather reading his “Beauty Book”, a scrapbook where he keeps mementos of the most beautiful and meaningful moments of his life. At the end of telling her the stories therein he makes a sketch of her and puts it in the Beauty Book too!
But the girl is confused. “Why would he make a picture of me, just reading his book? What’s so beautiful about that?” She only answers that question much later in life, when she creates her own Beauty Book, and shares it with her own daughter…
Leo Sofer plays dulcimer and sansula, Sundara Sofer plays handpan
Length: 19:27
For ages: 7+
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A boy loved playing practical jokes on people. In fact he loved this so much that he decided he needed to up his game and get even better at it. So he goes to visit a witch to ask her for a magic spell that would make his tricks even more fun. The witch fulfils his wish, but not in the way he was expecting!
Length: 08:27
For ages: 3+
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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…
Length: 10:33
For ages: 5+
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The King handed a large lump of gold to the Blacksmith. “I need a crown made for my son!” he says. But once the crown is made, the blacksmith waits and waits for the King to return. When at last he comes back, he has a strange and sorry story to tell, which has an equally strange and happy ending for the blacksmith.
Length: 12:30
For ages: 5+
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Once upon a time there was a rabbit who had amazing dreams down in her burrow under the earth. But when she tried to share her dreams with her friends, none of them even knew what a dream was! Only the little girl who lived in the farmhouse understood…
Length: 12:51
For ages: 3+
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A carpenter makes a pair of crutches for a customer and finds that they have a life of their own…
Length: 12:38
For ages: 5+
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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…
Length: 09:43
For ages: 3+
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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…
Length: 14:23
For ages: 5+
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Once there was a “dream doctor” who could help people bring their dreams to life. But one day a young woman comes into his office and says “you’ll never help me! My dream is too hard!” But not only does he help her, but she helps him, in ways he could never have predicted.
Length: 14.29
For ages: 5+
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Once there was a young woman who had always wanted to build a “dream train” that would take people to their dreams. She enrolled in train-making school and got a job as a train maker, but neither her teacher nor her employer could help her with her quest. One day, in desperation, she heads out into the forest, to where a slightly crazy wizard was reputed to live….
Length: 16:45
For ages: 5+
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