Small Stories page 3
Stories including "Fly, Fly, Fly! Little Birdy" and "Why Bananas Belong to Monkeys".
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Fly, Fly, Fly! Little Birdy
Today is Birdy’s Birthday, She just hatched from her egg. Where will Birdy fly on her travels? Will she return to the nest? A story in verse by Jacob Monroe
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Why Bananas Belong to Monkeys
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.
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The Monkey Dance
The Musical Monkey is caught in this story. Do you think he will end up on the dinner table? Or will he have yet another trick up his sleeve? Well, he hasn’t got a sleeve, but if he did, he might have a trick up it.
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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 Chinese Year of the Ox
An Ox is a large animal that looks like a bull, but he is generally patient, hard-working, and easy-going. And people who are born in the year of the Ox are said to be like that too! How did humans come to have this useful animal on earth to help them farm? Listen on to find out.
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Hush Little Baby
Fall asleep to a soothing lullaby sung by Jana
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Frère Jacques
Jana sings a beguiling and rather different version of the famous french song. You haven’t heard it quite like this before!
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The Swing
A soaring poem that captures the joy of childhood, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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The Moon Song
Jana sings the mysterious Moon Song, based on the poem by Robert Louis Stevenson (read recently by Richard) with original music by Bertie.
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The Moon – Poem
An atmospheric night time poem by Robert Louis Stevenson who also wrote Treasure Island.
