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The story from ancient Greece of the boy who flew too close to the sun. It continues the story of Daedalus, whom we first met in the story of the Minotaur. We hear how he and his son Icarus tried to escape from Crete with wings...
Bertie and the Lion
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A touching and adventurous story about how Prince Bertie had a lion as a pet when he was still a boy-prince. With a nod of acknowledgment to Christian the Lion (YouTube).
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The Thieving Monkey
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Theo The Monkey is not as bad as people say. Perhaps he’s a bit naughty, but he means well. Still, when a new keeper, Mr Grabber, is put in charge of the monkey cage, he selects Theo to help him do something bad. At first,...
Tim Learns About the Olympics
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A short history of the Olympics especially for Tim The Tadpole.
Read by Natasha. Duration 10.18
As you may know, there`s a young tadpole who lives in the palace pond with prince Bertie the frog, and his name is Tim. Tim goes...
Gladys the Music Maker
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This is a very special story because Natasha not only tells it, but sings too !
If you heard the first part of our Girl Band story, Gladys and the chix, you’ll know that Gladys has three sisters who have formed a band and want...
Robin Hood and Maid Marian
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More than 800 years ago, a coach and horses was passing through Sherwood Forrest. The passengers inside the carriage were a rich and important family, and they were guarded by four soldiers riding...
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Read by Natasha. Duration 19.50 (new recording)
There was once upon a time a poor widow who had an only son named Jack, and a cow named Milky-White. And all they had to live on was the milk the cow gave every morning, which they...
The Sheriff Who Came to Dinner with Robin Hood
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Robin Hood liked to invite guests to dine with him at his table in Sherwood Forrest. If his guests were rich and powerful he would ask them to pay for their dinner with gold or jewels. But if they were poor or down...
Gladys and the chiX
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Introducing Mandy, Laura and Sam - the three members of the latest chart topping girl band - the chiX. This is the story of how it all began, before they were famous.
Oh, but we should not forget the other sister, Gladys. You...
The Emperor`s New Clothes
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The Emperor is enormously vain and likes nothing better than to show off his clothes. Two weavers comes to his court saying that they makes clothes that are like no others -...
The Guest of Robin Hood
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Who hasn’t heard of Robin Hood? He could make a claim to be the most famous Englishman who ever lived. His story has been told and retold many times. We have tried to stay true in spirt to one of the earliest...
The Minotaur
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This is an exciting story of a duel between a monster and a man which took place in a dark underground labyrinth. It also has touch of a romance and the bitter after-taste of a betrayal. A little history about...
The Zoo That Bit Back
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Theo, the star of our popular story The Monkey Who Loved Chocolate, returns for a new escapade in which the animals at the zoo face a major threat to the comfy lifestyle in the form of Mr....
Bertie`s Double
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The Lovely Princess Beatrice has stayed true to her long lost prince Bertie for many a long day. But there was a time when she was seen walking in the Palace Gardens with another prince! Still worse, the Wicked Queen was...
The Hare and the Tortoise
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When somebody boasts in a story, you can be sure that they are heading for a come-down. The hare in this famous fable by Aesop does a lot of boasting - and so it’s not unreasonable to expect that he’s about to learn...
The Golden Goose
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This amusing tale by the Brothers Grimm tells the tale of a boy whose parents called him “Dummy”. But he can’t have been all that much of a dummy, because he found a golden goose and made all...
Beauty and the Beast
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Beauty and the Beast by Charles Perrault is one of the BIG fairy tales and it’s long been a favourite on Storynory. We’ve re-recorded it with music, sound effects, and an edited text....
Lazy Jack
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Lazy Jack goes out to work, but he’s not used to earning a living, and he gets into all sorts of muddles.
This old English story, collected by James Halliwell Orchard Phillips, is a good fireside yarn. If you know...
St. George And The Dragon
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The story of a knight, a maiden, and a dragon has all the makings of a fairy tale, but of course the most famous dragon-slaying tale is the legend of St. George.
The story was popular in the Middle East and it was picked up by...
The Homecoming of Odysseus
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The final part in our series about the Trojan War brings our ship-wrecked hero, Odysseus back home after 20 long years away. He arrives on his rocky island kingdom of Ithaca disguised as a beggar and finds that his palace is full...
The Brahman, the Tiger and the Jackal
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This tale from India is about a good-hearted Brahman - or holy man - who helps a tiger out of a trap. The tiger then turns on him and threatens to eat him.
The Brahman struggles to find any one - or any thing -...
The Ugly Duckling
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This is the classic story of somebody who is a “bit different”. We probably all know somebody at school is isn’t quite accepted by the class. That is exactly what the...
The Nose That Ran Away
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Something very peculiar happened to a girl called Isis. Her nose ran away. And then all sorts of things started to happen at her school when the other children caught sight of it.
It’s all very...
St. Patrick
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Of all the saints, St. Patrick probably has the biggest celebration. His day is 17th of March and Irish people all over the world mark the day with parades and parties. He is most famous for banishing the snakes...
The Monkey Who Loved Chocolate
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This chocolate-crazed story should get you in the mood for an easter-egg hunt. Look out for a surprise-guest appearance from a famous fluffy animal dear to the hearts of chocolate-lovers...
The Three Little Pigs
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Almost everyone knows the story of The Three Little Pigs - but it’s one of those stories that you can hear again and again. Our audio is based...
The Jumblies
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This wonderful poem is by the master of sound and nonsense, Edward Lear. It tells the stories of some small people who might have been the Victorian equivalent of the Teletubbies ( Their heads are green, and their...
The Swineherd
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By Hans Christian Andersen. This is a prince and a princess story with a difference. The princess is spoilt and unable to appreciate the gifts of natural beauty that her prince sends her. She scorns a perfect...
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