Small Stories page 8

Stories including "Lady Bird, Lady Bird" and "This Little Piggy".

  • Audio Story

    Lady Bird, Lady Bird

    Ladybird

    [audio: src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/blogrelations/ladybird-ladybird.mp3″] Ladybird, Ladybird Fly away home! Your house is on fire, And your children all roam, Except little Nan, Who sits in her pan, Weaving her laces as fast as she can. Read by Natasha

  • Audio Story

    This Little Piggy

    Pigs Play

    This little piggy went to market, This little piggy stayed home, This little piggy had roast beef This little piggy had none, And this little piggy cried wee wee wee all the way home. Read by Natasha Image by Shutterstock

  • Audio Story

    Hey Diddle Diddle

    Cow Jumped over moon

    Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. Hear the classic nonsense nursery rhyme read aloud very sweetly.

  • Audio Story

    The Weaver and the Dragon

    The Weaver and the Dragon

    An Irish weaver becomes a knight, serves ‘The King of Dublin’ and takes on a dragon.

  • Audio Story

    The Pooka in the Kitchen

    Pooka in the Kitchen

    The servants in a large Irish House are grateful to a Pooka who comes every night to do their work for them. At Christmas, they decide to reward him.

  • Audio Story

    Thor’s Wedding

    Thor's Wedding

    Thor the Thunder is often pictured carrying his hammer called Mjolnir, which he uses as a battle axe. In this Norse Myth, he has to dress up as a girl.

  • Audio Story

    Jack Hannaford

    Old Jack Sq

    A cunning old soldier plays a trick on a naive couple. A traditional English folk story.

  • Audio Story

    The Piper and the Pooka

    Pooka

    The Pooka is a wondrous creature that can shift its shape. Sometimes it’s friendly, sometimes it isn’t, but it is almost always mischievous.

  • Audio Story

    How Wisdom Got Out

    Anansi and pot of wisdom

    Anansi, our hero from Ghana in West Africa, keeps all the world’s wisdom in a pot and he decides to hide it up a tree.

  • Audio Story

    The Donkey and the Lion

    Donkey and Lion Square

    A donkey is dim enough to fall for the same trick twice.