Our original Audiostories

This is a list of all our original stories which are available as podcasts.

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A Flower a Day

A short story about the fear to tell the truth

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Average: 8.6 (56 votes)

Educational Value

Honesty and generosity

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Overcoming fear to tell the truth is difficult, but in the end it isn’t so bad.	A palace	Two boys, a girl and a King

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Once upon a time there were two friends who lived in a palace with their families, who worked in service of the King. One of these boys knew a girl he liked so much that he... -> read more

The great palace of lies

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Average: 8.7 (40 votes)

Educational Value

Sincerity

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Imaginative comparison to explain why you cannot achieve anything worthwhile with lies because, sooner or later, the truth will come out and the whole structure collapses. Also applies to adults! :-)	World of the Spirits	The Spirits and their palaces

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Once upon a time all the spirits set about building two palaces; a palace of truth, and a palace of lies. Every time a child told the truth, a brick was created for the palace of truth. The spirits of truth would then... -> read more

The Origin of Happiness

A short story about the reasons to be happy

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Average: 7.8 (8 votes)

Educational Value

Goodness and Charity

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Happiness and contentment come from good deeds	Any place	A boy, those around him, and a doctor

Story intro

There was once a boy who hardly had any toys or money. Nevertheless, he was a very happy little boy. He said that what made him happy was doing things for others, and that doing so gave him a nice feeling inside. However, no one really believed him, and... -> read more

My Little World has Broken

Cuento infantil de superación y adaptación al cambio

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Average: 8.5 (16 votes)

Educational Value

Overcoming and adaptability

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Changes are not a bad thing, it is up to ourselves to open the eyes and make something positive of them	A house in a town and a river	A pen string and a flower

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Once upon a time there was a spring who lived happily and safely inside a pen. Although he heard many noises coming from outside, he lived believing that outside his world inside the pen, there was nothing good. Even just to think about ... -> read more

The Homework Party

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Average: 8.5 (20 votes)

Educational Value

Shelf motivation

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Originality, creativity, and games, are the best ways to motivate yourself to doing the jobs which require more effort	A house at homework time	A boy and some elves

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"Charlieeeeeeee, do your homework now!" Wow, his mother was really bellowing at him. Charlie thought, "Well, she doesn't have to do it. It's so boring", and he spent hours with his books, hoping that time would pass and it would soon be time for supper. As usual, he was... -> read more

The Old Man on the Moon

A short story for children about constancy

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Average: 8.8 (26 votes)

Educational Value

Willingness to learn and persistence

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Even if our plans are not fulfilled in the way we expected, remaining prepared and persistent will bring about other things just as good or better	A space rocket	A little old man

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From an early age, Parker always said that he would be an astronaut. But no matter how much he studied, worked, and took tests, he was never selected. Finally, he grew over the maximum age for taking the selection tests. He would never be... -> read more

The Bewitched Tongues

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Educational Value

Not critizice nor being a telltale

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Constantly criticizing others, instead of seeing the good in them, is nothing to be proud of.	A city	The tongues and ears of the city dwellers, the Wicked Wizard and the Good Wizard

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There was once an evil sorcerer who stole a thousand languages at night in town, and after haunting them to only speak bad things around the world, he returned them to their owners, who didn't realized this... -> read more

A Resentful Thumb

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Average: 7.8 (12 votes)

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Forgiveness

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
There is no limit beyond which we should stop practicing forgiveness	A hand	The fingers of a hand

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There was once a hand whose fingers were great friends. The owner of this hand started a dangerous job and, despite the care he gave the rest of the fingers, the thumb always came off worse, with lots of cuts and... -> read more

Two Intelligent Boys

Cuento sobre los talentos y las habilidades

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Average: 8.5 (25 votes)

Educational Value

Responsibility and making the best of our talents

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Our best talents are simultaneously gifts and responsibilities with regards to others, rather than simply individual advantages for us to exploit	A faraway land	Two very intelligent boys

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Once upon a time there were two incredibly intelligent and capable boys. Their wonderful talents were obvious from an early age, and they easily outdid everyone around. They had always known they were special, and they harboured inside them a desire that... -> read more

The Outing

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Average: 8.7 (15 votes)

Educational Value

Shelf acceptance

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Don’t make fun of people’s physical characteristics or deficiencies. Everyone gives the best of what they have, and often, unpopular people can offer more than the popular ones.	A big cave	A girl with big glasses, and a boy

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Susannah was a shy but clever girl. She couldn't see too well, and had worn glasses for as long as she could remember. And again, for as long as she could remember, some of her classmates had habitually picked on her and... -> read more

Happy Endings

Cuento sobre la solidaridad y la igualdad

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Average: 9 (26 votes)

Educational Value

Solidarity and Justice

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Good or bad fortune does not make one a better or worse person, and we all have a responsibility to help the less fortunate.	A cinema	A rich boy

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Perry Piccolo was a rich kid who led a very nice, comfortable life, protected from most of the bad stuff in the world. One day, Perry went to the movies to see a film he'd been dying to see. The problem was that he arrived a bit late, just... -> read more

Billy Peck, Tightrope Waddler

A short story about friendship and sincerity

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Average: 8.9 (17 votes)

Educational Value

Friendship and sincerity

Basic elements

Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
True friends always tell us the truth, even if it’s something we won’t enjoy hearing. Those who give us false praise are not worthy of our trust.	A farm	Two ducks and a ram

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Billy Peck was a farm duck whose big dream was to become a tightrope walker. Every day he spent hours out on the rope, practicing, encouraged by his faithful friend, Artie Quack. Artie was an older duck who, when young, had practiced that very same art. Both of them were a bit flap-footed at it, but... -> read more

Little Worm is Lost!

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Average: 8.4 (14 votes)

Educational Value

Punctuality to come home

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Children should come home before it gets dark	A house and a garden	Toys and a little worm who lives in an apple

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There was once a little worm who lived in an apple in a tree next to a house where some children lived. Every morning, when the children had left for school, their toys would appear at the bedroom window and wave to the little worm... -> read more

The Little Star

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Average: 8.8 (39 votes)

Educational Value

Obedience and patience

Basic elements

Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
For some things, children are still too young, and they should allow their parents to guide them	Space	A little star, and a dragon.

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There was once a tiny, tiny star about the same size as a mosquito. The star lived in space, next to its parents, which were two absolutely enormous stars. The tiny star was very curious, and always wanted to know what was going on. She wanted to... -> read more

Chess of a Thousand Colours

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Average: 8.6 (17 votes)

Educational Value

Tidiness

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
All things require a minimum of order, although that doesn’t prevent the order from being applied with imagination	A modern palace	Bristles, his grandfather, and a chess set

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Brian Bristles was an artistic kind of a boy. He looked at everything as though it were a beautiful painting, and, in the blink of an eye, he could paint anything at all, filling it with magic and colour. One day, Brian and his grandfather went to -> read more

Robot with a Virus

A short story about tidiness and solidarity

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Average: 8.9 (37 votes)

Educational Value

Tidiness and Solidarity

Basic elements

Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Treating things well, with care, is also a sign of respect to those who cannot enjoy such things, and who –given the chance – would surely treat them well.	UA house in the future	A robot and a boy

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Ricky lived in a lovely, futuristic house, which had everything you could ever want. Though he didn't help much around the house, Ricky was still as pleased as punch when his parents bought him the latest model of butler robot. As soon as it arrived... -> read more

The Queen’s Journey

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Average: 8.6 (62 votes)

Educational Value

Generosity and setting an example

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
A quest searching for Generosity ending in an unexpected way	Fairy tales' world	Una reina, un niño pobre y un cofre mágico

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A young Queen was given a special present from a great wizard. It was a magic chest which would bring happiness to the whole kingdom whenever it was opened in a place where... -> read more

The Drawing That Talked

Cuento sobre el esfuerzo y mejorar con la práctica

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Average: 8.9 (19 votes)

Educational Value

Effort and joy

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
You can do everything better when you practice with effort and joy	a boy’s bedroom	a boy and his drawing

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Pinty Tailor was a little boy who enjoyed going to school and doing all sorts of things, except for art and writing. Using brushes and pencils did not come easy to Pinty, so his works of art did not end happily, and he would just... -> read more

The Happy Sweeper

A short story for children about working joyfully

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Average: 8 (15 votes)

Educational Value

Tidiness; working joyfully

Basic elements

Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
It’s better to be clean and tidy from the start, and anyone can clean up in a joyful spirit.	A theme park	A loutish kid and a cleaner

Story intro

A loutish kid and his mates were visiting a theme park. They arrived very early and everything was empty and clean. A park cleaner came by, singing and dancing as he swept. As everything was already so clean, the group of friends found it amusing to see ... -> read more

The Boy Who Always Won

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Average: 8.4 (25 votes)

Educational Value

Fair play and honesty

Basic elements

Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
The desire to always win at everything, to the extent of resorting to cheating, is the greatest obstacle to winning when winning is most important	Any present-day school	A boy and his friends

Story intro

There was once a boy who liked nothing more in the world than to win. He loved winning at whatever it may be: football, cards, video games... everything. And because he couldn't stand losing, he had become an expert in all kinds of tricks and... -> read more

The Warm Whale

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Average: 8.2 (13 votes)

Educational Value

Fortitude

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Lack of fortitude leads to senseless, disproportionate consequence	A salty lake	A whale and some fish

Story intro

Gail the Whale lived in a small salty lake. She was the only whale in that territory, and she led a very comfortable life. In fact, this easy life made her a bit fussy. But, one year, there was such an incredibly hot summer that... -> read more

The Evil Goblins

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Average: 8.6 (37 votes)

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Respect and kindness

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Respecting others is not only important for those we respect, but also for the effect it has upon ourselves	A forest	A gang of evil goblins, a little old man, and a wizard

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Once upon a time, there was a gang of evil goblins who lived in a forest. They spent a lot of their time making fun of a poor old man who could now hardly move, see, or hear. They showed... -> read more

Duck Race

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Average: 8.4 (18 votes)

Educational Value

Obedience

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Though grown-ups often ask you to do things which seem unattractive, they always do it because they know best, and they are aware of what can happen otherwise	A river in the country	A family of ducks and a cow

Story intro

Quick and Quack were two brave, sporty little ducks who lived with their mother. Both were really fast, and were always competing against each other. They raced each other in all sorts or places. On land, sea and air; running, swimming, or flying... -> read more

The Lie-hunting Wizard

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Sincerity

Basic elements

Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
In the beginning lies can seem helpful, but as time goes on they will backfire on you	The land of stories, fairies, and magic	A lying boy, a wizard, and some magic stones

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The Great Wizard was a hunter of lies. He invented magic stones to help find the child who told most of them. The magic stones were beautiful, and with every lie they would grow bigger. The stones moved from... -> read more

Balloon Acrobatics

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Average: 8.6 (18 votes)

Educational Value

Teamwork and wit

Basic elements

Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
If you work together in a team you can achieve much more than you could have done on your own	A garden after a big party	The garden insects and some balloons

Story intro

The day finally arrived. It was time for the great acrobatic balloon competition. Every insect in the garden had been training hard, and now they were preparing to begin their routines. The balloon competitions were ... -> read more

Colourful Animals

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Average: 8.4 (20 votes)

Educational Value

Avoid prejudices and being open minded

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
The animals believed the whole world must be just like their own part of it	A long time ago, when every species lived in their own land	Orange elephants, purple cows, dark blue crocodiles

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A long, long time ago each kind of animal lived in their own special land that was the same colour as themselves. It had always been this way, and no animal knew any different. One day, in the land of the orange elephants, a little bird ... -> read more

Speedy Snails

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Average: 8.1 (11 votes)

Educational Value

Humility

Basic elements

Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
Being good at something doesn’t make us invulnerable, or better people. What improves us is knowing how best to use our gifts.	A lettuce patch	Several snails and a bird

Story intro

“Good day, Lady and Gentle-Snails! This is Trevor Slug, your favourite commentator, speaking from the greatest snail-racing stadium of them all, the lettuce patch of Auntie Donna! Ahead of us we have what should be an unforgettable day, in which the great Trailblazer will try to beat, for the fifth time, his own world speed record... -> read more

Bobby the Mountain Climber

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Average: 7.7 (15 votes)

Educational Value

Motivation and sacrifice

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
If we lose sight of our main aims we can often abandon things when the first difficulties arise.	A mountain	A mountain climber and his friend

Story intro

Bobby the mountain climber was famous for his attempts to climb the big snowy mountain. He had tried it at least thirty times, but had always failed. He began the ascent at a good pace, focussing on the snowy summit, imagining ... -> read more

the Best Choice

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Average: 8.3 (28 votes)

Educational Value

Learn what is truly important and avoid materialism

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
A Christmas story to remind children what is truly important during this period and the whole year through	The North Pole and a city	Two boys and Santa Claus

Story intro

Rodd and Todd. So were named the two lucky children chosen to go and see Santa Claus himself up at the North Pole. A magic sleigh was sent to their homes to collect them, and they flew north, pirouetting through the clouds, as Christmas music played. Everything they came across was ... -> read more

The Day of Silence

Cuento para la integración de niños con minusvalías

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Average: 8.7 (11 votes)

Educational Value

Integrate people with disabilities

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Moral of the story	Setting	Characters
We should give everyone with a disability a chance to show their good qualities. We should treat them as normally as possible.	A town during the festival season	A deaf boy, his best friend, and the townsfolk

Story intro

Reggie couldn't hear a thing. He was a normal boy, but he had been born deaf. He was well known to everyone in town, and they were all very fond of him. Unfortunately, though, he always seemed to end up being ... -> read more

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