Elves and the Shoemaker

Today's episode is a story written for you by Daniel Hinds. Billy, a boy who feels insecure about being shorter than his classmates, meets a gnome named Snailpail. Billy goes to the magical Land of Lummp with Snailpail, where Billy is treated like a giant and asked to help with v ...  Afficher plus

Today we're doing a throwback episode to one of our favorites from the early days of Stories Podcast. The Know-It-All! Abdul is pretty sure he knows everything. His favorite sayings are "half your life is lost without knowledge" and "well, actually..." (and everyone is pretty sic ...  Afficher plus

The Story Train is visiting a shoe shop! I wonder if we’re here to do some holiday shopping?Hmm…let’s find out! Today’s story is about a shoemaker who is visited by some very talented and hard working elves! It’s called, “The Elves and the Shoemaker”. 

In this Brothers’ Grimm fairytale, beautifully told by Simone Schümmelfeder – a poor cobbler discovers elves in his house, and finds they’re remarkably good at lending a hand and helping him out of poverty. But what happens when he wants to help them back? Have a listen to Simone ...  Afficher plus

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Jeffery and Heather are very kind but have nothing. To their amazement some friendly elves help them out. 

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Jeffery and Heather are very kind but have nothing. To their amazement some friendly elves help them out.