How the Camel Got His Hump

Today's episode is a classic children’s story written for you by Carl Sandburg. Listen along to this famous nonsense story! Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your ...  Show more

Today we're doing a throwback episode to one of our favorites from the early days of Stories Podcast. Narcissus and Echo! Our retelling of the classic Greek myth about the most beautiful and self-centered man in the world! Check out Stories RPG our new show where we play games li ...  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.