Animal Stories
Stories about animals including the fables of Aesop and originals such as Astropup. Not all these tales are cute and cuddly.
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The Tears of a Tigress
A little girl is sick and the doctors says the only medicine that can cure her comes from the tears of the tigress. The Monkey promises to trick the Tigress into giving up some tears. Will his tricks succeed? Dedicated to Hallie in New York.
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The Cat Who Wanted to Be a Monkey
Two funny stories about our tricky Monkey. The are both about wanting the impossible! In the first, Baby Bushcat wants to be a monkey – so he can play and have fun all day. In the second story, the Monkey wants to fly – but ends up falling – for a trick – and literally falling too! Thank you to Wondery for supporting the show. Check out Flip & Mozi’s Guide to How to be an Earthling for fun and education.
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Three Donkey Fables
Donkeys are famous for being stubborn. These three funny fables show you how humans get on with their asinine friends.
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How the Monkey Tricked the Tiger
A cheeky, musical story for our younger listeners – lots of tricky fun! And even if you aren’t so young, you might enjoy our bouncy song based on the playground chant, Eenee, Meenee, Mainee, Mo!
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The Commune of Cats
A fiery, catty, fairy tale about a sweet girl who goes to live in a mansion once owned by a princess, and now owned by a commune of cats. The mysterious cat comrade Gatsby is in charge – but who is he really? And how will our heroine, Lizzie fair when she works for the cats?
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Astropup and the Teletransporter Part 2
We solve the mystery of the puzzling appearance of another Astropup in the teletransporter.
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Gilgamesh Part 2 – Humbaba the Dragon
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.
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The Town Musicians of Bremen
This amusing story by the Brothers Grimm is about four farm animals, a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster, who believe they can earn a good living as musicians. But it isn’t really by the sweetness of their barking, braying, mewing, and cockle-doodle-doing that gets their supper.
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The Crow and his Friends
A story from ancient India, in which a crow makes friends with three animals that are very different from him, and together they face dangers.
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The Three Dogs
A boy sets out with three loyal dogs and they slay a dragon on their way. Watch out for twists and turns in the story!