The Palace of Stories

A Strong Man

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:01:09 -0400

A strong blacksmith comes to the aid of a little girl when she needs protecting from the boys in the street. But can he protect her from the harsh words she speaks to herself inside her head?

This story explores the themes of inner strength, self-acceptance, kindness and love.

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How Not To Spend The King's Gold

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:00:54 -0400

A King sets an old farmer a test: he must make the journey from his impoverished farm to the royal palace without spending any of the King's gold coins. It takes the farmer many attempts before he succeeds, but in the end he is rewarded beyond his wildest dreams!

This story explores themes such as self-discipline, honesty, responsibility and choice.

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How the Dragon Remembered His Fire

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:00:34 -0400

For as long as anyone could remember the Dragon had sat in his cave, huddled around a feeble fire and weeping for lack of warmth. Only when a curious boy comes and offers to help him does he remember where his true fire comes from.

Music by Sundara Sofer

This story explores themes such as love, purpose, abundance and giving/ receiving.

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Letters from God

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:00:17 -0400

A postman, saddened that he never has anything to give the boy who every day asks him if he has any letters for him, decides to write the boy a letter. But from whom should he say it has come?...

This story explores themes such as love, kindness and family.

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Sweeter than Honey

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:59:26 -0400

A boy loved eating pancakes with sugar, pancakes with jam, pancakes with honey, and even with chocolate spread. But his mother had once told him that love was the sweetest thing of all, so he set off to find some love to spread on his pancake...

This story explores themes such as love, kindness and family.

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The Blacksmith and the King's Crown

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:59:00 -0400

The King handed a large lump of gold to the Blacksmith. "I need a crown made for my son!" he said. But once the crown was made, the blacksmith waited and waited for the King to return. When at last he returned, he had a strange and sorry story to tell, which had an equally strange and happy ending for the blacksmith.

This story explores themes such as love, integrity and honesty.

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Mr and Mrs Star

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:58:44 -0400

A boy builds a ladder one day in the hope of conversing with the stars. Soon Mr and Mrs Star have dropped down from the sky and are happily telling him stories!

This story explores themes such as spiritual connection, storytelling and imagination.

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My Favourite Flavour

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:58:07 -0400

"What's your favourite flavour?" This simple question becomes a long conversation between a mother and her young daughter that leads to the most important thing of all!

This story explores themes such as love, kindness, and family.

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A Bump on the Head

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:57:45 -0400

A young man's car slides off the road in heavy snow, and that's just the start of his troubles...

This story explores themes such as dreams, wonder, interconnectedness and imagination.

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A Christmas Story

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:57:35 -0400

A bus driver mysteriously finds that no-one is waiting at any of the stops on his normally busy route, until a strange young man gets on and all is revealed...

This story explores themes such as stillness, peace, christmas and purpose.

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A Snotty Story

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:57:23 -0400

A boy with a heavy cold goes to bed to recover. But when he sneezes all over the pages of his story book, the characters complain! A story all about covering your mouth and wiping your nose!

This story explores themes such as imagination and consideration.

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A Tractor Tale

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:57:14 -0400

A boy finds a tractor standing in a field with the keys still in it. He does what he knows he shouldn't do, with calamitous results!

This story explores themes such as imagination, adventure and dreams.

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Above the Sea

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:57:03 -0400

A fish who has never imagined what might lie above the sea, sees one day the hull of a boat cutting through the waves, and simply has to know what it is. And after that, there's no turning back...

This story explores themes such as consciousness, discovery and storytelling.

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Anna and Bella

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:56:52 -0400

Two girls, Anna and Bella, were inseparable friends. But one day Anna hears from her mum that the whole family must move to a new city. How will Anna cope with the loss of Bella?

This story explores themes such as loss, grieving, love, losing and finding.

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Asking For Help

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:56:41 -0400

The captain of a ship that was about to be wrecked in a storm, sees a huge whale rising up out of the ocean beneath him, and is gripped by a desperate impulse...

This story explores themes such as asking for help, prayer and God.

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Bags of Nothing!

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:56:31 -0400

Three interwoven tales... The boy, overwhelmed with loneliness, finds support in a kindly teacher.... The Princess, desperate to the point of distraction to be liked and accepted, finds solace in the arms of the palace cook.... The King, secretly lonely and longing for real friendship, finds the key to his dreams in a most unlikely place....

This story explores themes such as self-confidence, friendship, self acceptance and manifestation.

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Betty's Fish

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:56:18 -0400

One day Betty's fish said "I'm bored of this fish tank! All I see are the same things day after day after day". Betty's solution to the fish's boredom leads from one thing to another to an outcome she never could have dreamed of.

This story explores themes such as freedom, home, belonging and stories.

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Claire's Unbreakable Hair

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:56:05 -0400

Once there was a girl whose hair could not be cut. Her mother tried scissors, which only broke! Her father tried an axe. Same thing! But why? Why is she the only girl with magical hair? It takes a meeting with a wise old woman and many more adventures before she discovers what her hair is really for.

This story explores themes such as authenticity, purpose and love.

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Finding the Music

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:55:50 -0400

A man, seeking music that he loves, finds it - most unexpectedly - flowing out of him!

This story explores themes such as creativity, manifestation, contribution and intuition.

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How To Cook A Pancake

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:55:37 -0400

After flipping two pancakes unsuccessfully, the boy has an ingenious idea...

This story explores themes such as fun and creativity.

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Och, King of the Forest

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:55:25 -0400

A Russian Fairy Tale. Once there was an old couple whose son was so lazy that he would not work. So the old man took the boy deep into the forest to find someone who could make a man out of his lazy son. There he meets Och, King of the Forest....

This story explores themes such as growing up, transformation and magic.

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Pay it forward!

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:55:14 -0400

"How can I thank you for what you've done for me?" said the young man. "Just pay it forward!" said the boy. Thus begins a train of good deeds that goes on and on, and is maybe still running now!

This story explores themes such as generosity, kindness and caring.

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Persephone, the Tin Can Girl

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:55:01 -0400

One day a little girl finds a girl all made out of tin cans under a bush in her garden. But she won't eat toast, and she won't eat oranges. What will she eat?

This story explores themes such as kindness, growing up, purpose and belonging.

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Row, Row, Row My Boat

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:54:31 -0400

Once a fisherman was fishing upon the river, when he spied a shark beneath his boat. Realising that she was lost and far from home, he pulls her back to safer waters.

This story explores themes such as kindness and nature.

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Shark Tales

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:54:17 -0400

Once there was a ship that sank at sea leaving all aboard floating on a raft: the captain, the first mate and a young boy. When a shark appeared in the water beneath them, it seemed like all was lost. And then the boy did something extraordinary that saved all their lives....

This story explores themes such as storytelling and transformation.

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Teddy Bear Lost in the High Street

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:54:02 -0400

Once there was a boy who could not bear to be without his teddy bear and insisted on taking him everywhere he went. One day, however, he left him in the High Street, with rather unexpected results....

This story explores themes such as losing/ finding, adventure and fun.

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Teddy Bear Lost at the Supermarket

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:53:47 -0400

Once there was a boy who could not bear to be without his teddy bear and insisted on taking him everywhere he went. One day, however, he left him at the supermarket, with rather unexpected results...

This story explores themes such as losing/ finding, adventure and fun.

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Teddy Bear's Night-time Adventures

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:53:28 -0400

As the Teddy Bear rowed towards the shore he could already hear the gathered crowds cheering, "hail to the King! The King has returned!"...

This story explores themes such as mystery, adventure and transformation.

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The Adopted Daughter of the Sea

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:53:12 -0400

A sailor finds a baby crying on the sands of a tiny deserted island. No sooner does he take her up in his arms and attempt to comfort her than the island vanishes beneath the waves....

This story explores themes such as authenticity, belonging and family.

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The Apple Who Wanted to be Eaten

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:52:59 -0400

Once there was an apple who wanted nothing more than to be sweetness in someone's mouth and nourishment in their belly. But when she finally falls from the tree she rolls under a bush, where nobody can see her! Only the kindness of a little cat helps her fulfil her heart's desire.

This story explores themes such as interconnection and service.

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The Baby Elephant

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:52:47 -0400

This is the story of a baby elephant who cannot keep out of danger! Even as the rest of the herd sleeps, she slips away to the watering hole to drink, little realising that the tiger is following close behind her all the way. Who will save her now?

This story explores themes such as courage and strength.

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The Balloon That Wanted To Be Free

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:52:35 -0400

Once there was a hot air balloon that desperately wanted to be free. He tried floating away a few times, but when he ended up tied to a pushchair he needed to try something that had never been done before...

This story explores themes such as freedom and manifestation.

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The Best Trick of All

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:52:07 -0400

A boy loved playing practical jokes on people. In fact he loved this so much that he decided he needed to up his game and get even better at it. So he goes to visit a witch to ask her for a magic spell that would make his tricks even more fun. The witch fulfils his wish, but not in the way he was expecting!

This story explores themes such as magic, courage, kindness and fun.

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The Beast's Best Day

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:51:46 -0400

The Beast, who was always demanding things to eat and drink and saying "Yuk!" and "Disgusting!" in return, learns to say please and thank you, and has the best day he's ever had!

This story explores themes such as kindness and consideration.

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Magical Story Gems

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:51:33 -0400

One day a little girl discovered an old woman living in the forest in a cottage filled with magical gems. What sort of magic was in those gems? Story-magic! Each one of them was filled with stories, and just the right stories for whoever most needed them….

Music by Leo and Sundara Sofer

This story explores themes such as storytelling, magic, healing and wisdom.

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Joe, The Singing Pretzel-Seller

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:51:13 -0400

One day Joe, who has sold pretzels on the same street corner for as long as anyone can remember, finds that his oven isn't working. But the idea of having nothing to give his regular customers is so unappealing that Joe goes out and stands there nonetheless. Only when the first of his regulars asks him for a pretzel does the unexpected happen...

This story explores themes such as empathy, sharing, passion and purpose.

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Listening to the Birds

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:50:57 -0400

A girl always had a little bird following her around. Wherever she was, whatever she was doing, this little bird seemed to want to get her attention.

But although she tried to fathom what it had to say, she couldn’t understand its singing. Meanwhile, her friends had noticed her talking to a bird, and started making fun of her. Her teachers scolded her for being late for her lessons. She was getting into trouble, but she really wanted to find out what this bird was trying to tell her!

When she found out, the bird’s message was shocking. The volcano that her tribe lived beneath was about to erupt! Everyone must pack up and leave, or face disaster…

Leo Sofer plays guitar, Sundara Sofer plays handpan and flute

This story explores themes such as intuition, courage, nature and home.

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The Beauty Book

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:50:27 -0400

A girl discovers her grandfather reading his “Beauty Book”, a scrapbook where he keeps mementos of the most beautiful and meaningful moments of his life. At the end of telling her the stories therein he makes a sketch of her and puts it in the Beauty Book too!

But the girl is confused. “Why would he make a picture of me, just reading his book? What’s so beautiful about that?” She only answers that question much later in life, when she creates her own Beauty Book, and shares it with her own daughter…

Leo Sofer plays dulcimer and sansula, Sundara Sofer plays handpan

This story explores themes such as storytelling, death, family and beauty.

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The Farmer's Gifts

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:50:09 -0400

One day, on her way to market, the farmer found a thin young girl standing by the side of the road. “Please miss, you’ve got so much food on your cart! Could you share some with me and my family, we’re all starving hungry!” What happens next doesn’t just help the girl and her family, it changes the farmer’s life too!

Music by Leo and Sundara Sofer

This story explores themes such as sharing, miracles, kindness and magic.

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The Carpenter's Crutches

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:49:23 -0400

A carpenter makes a pair of crutches for a customer and finds that they have a life of their own...

This story explores themes such as trust, inspiration, purpose and nature.

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The Fish Who Wanted To Fly

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:49:07 -0400

Once there was a fish who wanted to fly. Oh how he wanted to fly! But no-one could tell him how to do so. No-one, that is, until a wise old fish tells him the secret. But that is only the beginning of his adventures...

Music by Sundara Sofer

This story explores themes such as sharing, belonging, purpose and humility.

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The Gardener's Golden Grass Clippings

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:48:46 -0400

One day the King’s gardener finds gold in the most unexpected place while tending the palace gardens. Should he tell the King or keep it to himself?

This story explores themes such as sharing, spirituality and purpose.

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The Handkerchief's Story

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:47:41 -0400

An old woman sat stitching a handkerchief, not realising what a story she was setting in motion...

This story explores themes such as mystery, magic and storytelling.

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The True Bride

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:47:05 -0400

A German Fairy Tale. Once there was a girl whose stepmother hated her and set her the most impossible tasks. But the girl is helped by a fairy godmother who sets her on the path to happiness and fulfilment.

This story explores themes such as courage, honesty and love.

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The Sheriff and the Witch

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:46:50 -0400

Once there was a witch who got up to no end of mischief in her town, causing people all kinds of unhappiness. One day, a clever sheriff decides to show her that there are more satisfying things she could be doing with her magic.

This story explores themes such as love and kindness.

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Surrounded by Kin

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:46:34 -0400

An old woman lives all by herself and is full of loneliness. None of her children or her grandchildren come to visit her any more, and in desperation she goes to a witch who is famous for potions that can change anything. But can she change the old woman's loneliness?...

This story explores themes such as interconnection, nature and belonging.

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Teddy Bear Lost on the Common

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:46:14 -0400

Once there was a boy who could not bear to be without his teddy bear and insisted on taking him everywhere he went. One day, however, he left him on the common near his house, with rather unexpected results...

This story explores themes such as losing/ finding, resourcefulness, adventure and fun.

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The Boy Who Knew He Was A King

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:45:49 -0400

One day the boy found a buried chest of treasure in his garden. Inside is treasure beyond his wildest dreams. But when he puts on a ring and goes back to his house, something very unexpected occurs....

This story explores themes such as authenticity and spirituality.

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The Dragon's Fire

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:45:33 -0400

Once a little girl asked a dragon to help her and her mother heat their little home, where the fire had gone out and they hadn't any more wood. He comes and blows fire into her stove, but by the morning her stove is cold again, and the dragon starts longing for a way of helping her that's more long-lasting...

This story explores themes such as love, lasting contribution, kindness and service.

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The Dream Doctor

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:45:12 -0400

Once there was a "dream doctor" who could help people bring their dreams to life. But one day a young woman comes into his office and says "you'll never help me! My dream is too hard!" But not only does he help her, but she helps him, in ways he could never have predicted.

This story explores themes such as manifestation, healing, remembering and service.

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The Dream Train

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:44:56 -0400

Once there was a young woman who had always wanted to build a "dream train" that would take people to their dreams. She enrolled in train-making school and got a job as a train maker, but neither her teacher nor her employer could help her with her quest. One day, in desperation, she heads out into the forest, to where a slightly crazy wizard was reputed to live....

This story explores themes such as manifestation, trust, purpose and passion.

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The Fisherman and the Whale

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:44:44 -0400

"Are you looking for me?" says the whale as it looms out of the water beside the Fisherman's tiny boat. "No! No, I wasn't looking for you!" he splutters. But when the whale has disappeared into the depths, he can think of nothing else but seeing that marvellous creature again. The next time they meet, he has a different answer ready.

This story explores themes such as interconnection, intuition and God.

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The Flying Ox

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:44:32 -0400

"Let me tell you a secret" said the crow, as the Ox lay panting after pulling the plow all morning. "You, my friend, have wings... you've just forgotten about them!"

This story explores themes such as manifestation, freedom and spirituality.

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The Frog Princess

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:44:18 -0400

A Russian Fairy Tale. Once upon a time there was a King who had three sons, and when they had grown to manhood the King gave each of them a golden arrow and told them to go to the topmost tower of his palace and shoot the arrows as far as they could, and wherever the arrows landed, there they should seek their bride. The arrows of the first two sons landed in the gardens of a princess and a duke's daughter, but the third son's arrow landed in a swamp, and a frog picked it up.....

This story explores themes such as honesty, love and transformation.

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The Giant's Horse

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:42:50 -0400

A blacksmith is asked one day to make a pair of horseshoes that are twice as large as normal ones...

This story explores themes such as mystery, trust and responsibility.

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The Girl and the Flying Horse

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:42:20 -0400

"I have to ride you!" said the girl to the horse. "Mistress, you may ride me if you wish," replied the horse, "but when you get off my back, you will no longer be a girl, you will have become a woman! Are you sure you still want to ride me?"

This story explores themes such as love, passion, transformation and growing up.

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The Girl Made Out of Wood

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:41:47 -0400

"I've lost my Daddy!" said the little girl that the sculptor had just made out of wood. "Well, what does he look like?" replies the sculptor, "maybe I can help you find him"...

This story explores themes such as love, belonging and family.

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The Girl Whose Destiny Was Written in the Sky

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:41:27 -0400

The little girl asked her father, "what will I be when I grow up?" He thought this too big a question for one so small, so he answered simply, "one day, you will look up and see the birds writing your destiny in the sky!" This off-hand comment has huge and unintended consequences that change their relationship forever!

This story explores themes such as purpose, passion, family and belonging.

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The Glasses-Maker and the Giant

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:41:13 -0400

A glasses-maker was stumped one day when a miserable looking man came into his shop and asked him to make him a pair of glasses that "let me see the beauty in the world, because all I can see is the world's ugliness!" The glasses-maker's struggle to help the man lead him to a marvellous discovery...

This story explores themes such as spirituality, beauty and manifestation.

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The Golden Apples

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:40:47 -0400

A farmer finds an apple tree growing in a field he has always left fallow. When the autumn comes it bears a single golden apple...

This story explores themes such as peace and manifestation.

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The Jeweller and the Simple Stone

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:40:32 -0400

A jeweller feels strangely compelled to buy the simplest, plainest stone in the shop. The shopkeeper can't understand it, but nor can the jeweller. What will she make of it? The answer to this question changes her life forever.

This story explores themes such as miracles, purpose, beauty and simplicity.

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The Key to Happiness

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:40:19 -0400

One day a little girl heard two birds talking in their nest. "We must be very careful with the key we've got here in our nest. If the people find out that it's the key to happiness, they'll try and steal it from us" As soon as she hears this, she can't wait to do just that! But what to do with that little key once she's got it?

This story explores themes such as love, happiness, gratitude and appreciation.

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The Key to His Father's Kingdom

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:40:06 -0400

A Fisherman finds a mysterious golden key in the ocean, but it doesn't fit any of the doors in his house. Soon after, however, a find Prince comes riding into town, asking if anyone has seen the key to his father's kingdom.

This story explores themes such as purpose, letting go, stepping into the unknown.

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The Kind Brother

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:39:53 -0400

Once there were two brothers with very different outlooks on life. The younger brother always saw the good in everything, whereas the older brother couldn't stop complaining. Their lives take very different turns before coming back together at the end of their lives, with a surprising outcome.

This story explores themes such as kindness, family and manifestation.

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The Knight With The Crack In His Armour

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:39:30 -0400

Once there was a knight who had a crack in his armour, running all the way down his side. He had tried everything to mend it, but without success. One day, however, he stumbled upon a witch who did far more than mend it....

This story explores themes such as healing, authenticity and inner strength.

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The Magic Tin

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:39:11 -0400

There was a man going to market and he's only got one tin to sell, a small, rusty, empty tin and that's all. And his friends are saying, "is that all you're taking to market?" and he says, "If I can sell this tin then I'll be a rich man, because this tin is magic....."

This story explores themes such as death, loss, magic and love.

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The Mer-boy

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:38:54 -0400

A fisherman finds a mer-boy out at sea, exhausted and far from home. When he helps return to his underwater kingdom, the fisherman is rewarded in unexpected ways!

This story explores themes such as storytelling, contribution, interconnection.

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The Merchant and the Spice of Fear

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:38:37 -0400

A merchant brings home a spice from a distant land that makes everyone crazy with fear! His friend travels to the far south to try and find the remedy.

This story explores themes such as overcoming fear and peace.

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The Mouse and Her Universe

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:38:24 -0400

One day the little girl left the door of her mouse's cage open and went to school. When the mouse discovers that there's a whole world outside her little cage her response is "Oh wow! Oh wow! Oh wow!" That's all she can say as first an eagle and then an angel take her high into the sky, and then to the centre of the universe, surrounded by countless galaxies. Oh wow, indeed!

This story explores themes such as the universe, home, awe and wonder.

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The Now Clock

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:38:14 -0400

A clockmaker receives a visit from an alien wanting to understand what time is. "On my planet" the alien explains, "we do not have time. We live only in the here and now!"

This story explores themes such as living in the present and peace.

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The Peddler and the Princess

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:38:05 -0400

Once there was a Princess who was so forgetful that when a Peddler comes to town, who meticulously keeps track of all her possessions, the Queen insists that the two switch places until the Princess can find something she'll never forget and always take care of.

This story explores themes such as family, authenticity and belonging.

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The Pictures That Came to Life

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:32:49 -0400

A Girl is astonished when the pictures that she is drawing come to life! The mouse amazes her, the elephant astonishes her, but when she draws a palace she finds her kitchen transformed into the palace kitchen with cooks rushing this way and that. "Get working!" yells one as she hands her a broom!...

This story explores themes such as imagination and creativity.

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The Queen's Treasure

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:32:25 -0400

Once there was a King who was jealous of a neighbouring Queen's treasure. He sent his spies to steal some of it, but when they arrive at her palace they find that her treasure is not gold and jewels but wisdom in the form of stories that she tells to her subjects at sumptuous evenings of storytelling! What do his spies do now?

This story explores themes such as storytelling, service and spirituality.

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The Sun's Message

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:32:13 -0400

One morning the Sun rose upon the earth, and seeing all the children playing upon the earth she felt such love for them that she wanted straight away to tell them. But how to get her message across?

This story explores themes such as love, family and God.

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The Thief of Bath

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:32:02 -0400

A retelling of an English Folk Tale.Once two thieves, a man and a woman, met and got married and had a child. But the child had a mysterious affliction which no-one could cure. After travelling to see the finest doctors in Europe they returned to find that the reason for their troubles lay closer to home than they could ever have guessed.

This story explores themes such as adventure and magic.

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The Train Driver and the Birds

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:31:48 -0400

The train driver's train was going slower and slower and she didn't know what to do about it! Suddenly she sees a bird flying above her, and a crazy but wonderful idea comes into her head!

This story explores themes such as miracles, nature and manifestation.

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The Wheels That were Blessed

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:31:31 -0400

A wheelwright, commissioned to make four fine wheels for the King's new carriage, is visited late one night by a soldier from the King's army, saying that he has been sent to take the wheels away and test them. He never returns, and the wheelwright is taken in chains to the King to explain himself...

This story explores themes such as manifestation and spirituality.

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To Command The Clouds

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:31:11 -0400

A King was used to getting his own way in just about everything. So when one day a cloud has the temerity to rain on him when not commanded to, the King becomes incensed and sends out the word that anyone who can enable him to bend the clouds to his will shall win half the Kingdom as their reward. Soon all the scientists, inventors, crackpots and nutcases are hatching crazy plans for the King's pleasure, but none of them are the slightest bit successful. And it is then that a young woman suggests to the King an altogether different, and far more successful approach.

This story explores themes such as acceptance, nature and peace.

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Waiting For Angels

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:31:04 -0400

A man sees a boy standing on his own on a street corner, "Waiting for my angel" as he says. "Your angel?!" says the man. "Yes" says the boy, "Oh! Look!Here she comes now!....."

This story explores themes such as spirituality and interconnection.

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Where Magic Happens

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:30:54 -0400

This is the story of how a boy became a magician, by looking for magic out of the corner of his eye, where it is often to be found!

This story explores themes such as intuition, magic and interconnection.

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The Old Wardrobe

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:30:38 -0400

Whenever life got too much for her, the little girl would draw pictures and then hide them in an old wardrobe in her garden shed. But one day she discovers that something rather strange has been happening to those pictures!

This story explores themes such as storytelling, healing, love and creativity.

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The Scariest Creatures in the World

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:30:28 -0400

This is a story all about a little boy who wants to meet the “scariest creatures in the world”, and asks his mum where they are to be found.

“Hmm” said his mum, “let me see now!” And she packed him a rucksack with a drink, a couple of oranges and a pair of scissors (“because scissors always come in handy”) and told him to go to the bottom of the garden and wait. Just wait. And if he’s quiet enough, “maybe then you’ll get to see a bear!”

Well, he doesn’t just get to meet a bear, he meets a tiger too! What the boy learns from meeting the scariest creatures in the world helps him with people (especially the scary ones) for the rest of his life.

Music by Leo Sofer

This story explores themes such as adventure, peace, kindness and courage.

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A Cafe by the Sea

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:30:19 -0400

There was once a young woman who would dream at nights of a cafe by the sea. She could feel the sea breeze, smell the sea air and just know that she was supposed to be running this cafe one day. She just didn’t know where to find it…. Only when a friendly mechanic offers to go searching for it with her does she (finally, and after a long and winding journey) arrive at the cafe she had always been dreaming of.

This story explores themes such as purpose, intuition, manifestation and adventure.

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A Very Scary Camping Trip

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:30:09 -0400

A boy wanted to go camping in a REALLY scary place. So his mum suggested the bottom of the garden, where the grass had been growing really long because no-one had been mowing it. So off went the boy and set up his tent and waited for nightfall. But then, he heard a sound, like wild people beating their drums, or huge buffalo circling his tent, or thousands of ants marching in rhythm to carry him away! “Camping is too scary!”, he said. But then he gripped his chest and felt his heart, and found that it was beating in the same rhythm as the wild people and the buffalo and the marching ants. How could that be…?

This story explores themes such as adventure, courage and inner strength.

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Molly's Treasure Hunt

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:29:58 -0400

Molly is a small girl who one day loses her balloon. Chasing it through the streets she encounters one person after another and deeply affects them, just by being herself. In the end Molly discovers something even more lovely than a balloon, maybe you can guess what it is?

Music by Leo and Sundara Sofer

This story explores themes such as losing/ finding, helping, healing and adventure.

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Sadie and the Monster

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:29:50 -0400

Sadie was born loud! She cries loudly, laughs uproariously, shouts much louder than she needs to. So when Sadie goes to school she gets a shock: other children find her a pain! Slowly Sadie finds that her way of expressing herself gets her into more and more trouble. She gets steadily quieter…. until she barely speaks at all. But things can’t stay that way and eventually, Sadie blows her lid! And this happens in a very unusual way, involving a huge blue monster, some home-made armour and masses of paper cutouts! This is a story about learning to be true to yourself despite what others might say, but it’s also about compassion, for oneself and for others. Sadie learns that behind every unkind expression is another person trying to be heard.

Music by Leo and Sundara Sofer

This story explores themes such as authenticity, passion, courage and transformation.

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Jim and the Colourful Coat

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:29:40 -0400

Jim was a very sensible man, the sort of man who didn't take many risks. But one day he spots an outrageously colourful coat in a shop and cannot help but buy it and put it on. Unfortunately, that's the day that the King is out looking to find a new Jester.....

This story explores themes such as courage, passion, authenticity and intuition.

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The Doof

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 14:29:30 -0400

A sailor boy was so foolish that whatever the captain told him to do, he'd do the opposite. However, one day, by simply doing his foolish things, he manages to rescue the whole ship from certain danger...

This story explores themes such as wisdom and manifestation.

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