Donkeys are famous for being stubborn. These three funny fables show you how humans get on with their asinine friends.
Mice and cats have been enemies since the time of Aesop. In this updated fable, a mouse suggests tying a bell to the cat’s tale. Great idea! But who is going to put it into practice? And if you live in the USA, check out our new sponsor, Little Passports Promo Code Story for a great way to learn about the world from home. Sponsored by Little Passports Promo Code “Story”
A vegan tiger? That’s sound pretty unusual. Jana tells this story from India that includes lots about food!
In this episode, we answer a question that has long puzzled some of the world’s greatest thinkers. Why is it that monkeys believe that they rightfully own all the bananas? Listen on to find out.
We asked you to send us the ending to the Egyptian Fairytale, The Doomed Prince. The Prince was fated by the god Hathor to meet his end by a dog, a snake or a crocodile. He escaped the dog and the snake, but the crocodile dragged him off to his island in a lake where his enemy was an evil spirit. The original papyrus is torn off here. So how did the story end? Our listeners from all over the world came up with some amazing answers.
Rann the Kite brings a message from Mowgli that he has been kidnapped. Baloo, Bagheera, and Kaa the Python rush to the rescue.
For Valentine’s Day, an ancient romantic story – Hero and Leander – two lovers separated by a stretch of water, the Hellespont. Will Leander swim to meet his love?
Katie finds a deer with golden antlers in her garden. He seems very friendly. How did he get there?
Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and his adopted brother, the wildman Enkidu, travel to Lebanon to fight the dragon, Humbaba. Adapted from the myth from ancient Mesopotamia.
A scarier story than usual – part two of Lapis and the Ghost Cats takes our feline heroes on a journey into the Land of the Dead to meet the ancient Egyptian gods, Osiris and Isis and Anubis. Lots of music and sound fx add to the spooky atmosphere !