Small Stories page 12

Stories including "The Elves and the Shoemaker" and "Three Short Bertie Stories".

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    The Elves and the Shoemaker

    Elves and shoemaker

    A poor shoemaker receives some unexpected help just when he needs it most. When it is close to Christmas he and his wife decided to give a gift in return.

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    Three Short Bertie Stories

    Three short and slapstick pond-life stories compiled from the early days of Storynory. Notable for the voice of Rob playing Colin the Carp and Barker the Dog.

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    Agent Bertie

    You will only hear this on Storynory because it’s Top Secret. Natasha exclusively reveals that before Bertie was turned into a frog, he worked as a Secret Agent.

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    Four Aesop Fables

    Aesop’s fables are loved pretty much everywhere. In these four adaptations by Storynory a rat, grasshopper, a fox and a mouse tell their tales in their own words.

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    The Cat Who Was Afraid of Mice

    By Barbara Imbrie (who wrote this for her 8 year old grandson) Afraid of mice? You really wouldn’t have expected it. His father, Tom Cat, was a famous mouse catcher. He had even won a blue ribbon at the county fair for catching the most mice in the shortest time—ten in ten minutes. And his […]

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    The Frog Prince

    A beautiful princess loses her ball down the well. A frog offers to fetch it for her, if only she promise that he can be her friend. The princess tries to break her promise, but the frog persists.

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    Little Red Riding Hood

    A short and very SNAPPY telling of Little Red Riding Hood that ends very happily FOR THE WOLF ! (you have been warned). It’s fun though – and it’s the original version.

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    Colin: The Grumpy King

    How an exceptionally grumpy fish who lives on the pond with Prince Bertie the Frog was turned into the King for a day and tried to ban football. There’s a moral in it somewhere.

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    Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the lion

    Aesop’s fable of the runaway slave and the lion with a thorn in its paw. A story of gratitude.

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    Tick Tock Turkey and the Disappearing Sandwich

    This is a story about a very odd bird called Tick Tock Turkey, his friend Future Dog, and a sandwich that disappeared, mysteriously, into thin air….