How the Camel Got His Hump

Today we're doing a throwback episode to one of our favorites from the early days of Stories Podcast. The Werewolf at the Inn! A stranger comes to stay at The Silver Moon, and the innkeeper, Old Cobb is immediately on edge. There's something about the visitor that feels a little. ...  Show more

Today's story is a Palestinian folktale adapted for you by Daniel Hinds. An old women named Halima prays for one more child. She is given Tunjur, a magical talking cooking pot, who brings home goods by tricking people into filling him with valuables. Draw us a picture of what you ...  Show more

Do you know how the smooth-backed camel who said nothing but "Humph!" got its hump? Find out in the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime, featuring music by Alexander Borodin and original illustrations by Nancy Carlson. 

In the beginning of years, when the world was so new and animals were just beginning to work for humans, there was a Camel, and he lived in the middle of a Howling Desert because he did not want to work. He figured that no man or woman would find him so far out in the dry expanse ...  Show more

Zzz. . . Fall asleep to Rudyard Kipling's classic children's story "How The Camel Got His Hump," and some other tales from his "Just So Stories" zzz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Today’s story is about a very curious young elephant, and it was imagined by the English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist Rudyard Kipling.