StoryNory Various Fairy Tales

Various Fairy Tales

Fairy tales from the world over including some of the famous English stories such as, Dicking Whittington, Jack and the Beanstalk, and The Three Little Pigs. Also some very sweet stories from Japan.
English United Kingdom Arts · Kids & Family
1,739 Episodes
1460 – 1480

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The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson     Read by Richard Scott THE MOON has a face like the clock in the hall;   She shines on thieves on the garden wall,   On streets and fields and harbour quays,   And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees…
Season 0 / Episode 1 min

Old Sultan

Old Sultan is a faithful dog who has served his master for many years. Now he is old the master thinks there is no need to keep him any more. Fortunately his friend the wolf has a plan to save him.
Season 0 / Episode 7 min

The Boy Who Loved to Draw Cats

A boy is training to be a zen monk in Japan. Life in the monastery is hard. There is one thing he loves to do - and it is not to study or work in the garden.
Season 0 / Episode 8 min

Katie and Mr New Part Two

Does Shumash really mind that Katie's mum is a witch ? The second part of this magical romantic story, gives us the answer.
Season 0 / Episode 20 min

The Shepherdess and the Sweep

A charming story about two ornaments who fall in love and run away together to the big wide world.
Season 0 / Episode 17 min

Lapis: Sister Friends

Lapis, the Egyptian cat, has to share her home with another cat. She is not pleased.
Season 0 / Episode 13 min

The Boy Who Flew Too High

The myth of how Daedalus made wings out of feathers and wax and flew away from imprisonment by King Minos on the island of Crete. His son Icarus ignored his warnings and flew too close to the sun.
Season 0 / Episode 9 min

Bertie and the Lion

The story of how Prince Bertie kept a lion as a pet when he was a small boy living in the palace, and what happened when the lion grew too big to keep.
Season 0 / Episode 19 min

Herodotus: The Egyptians and the Greeks

Egyptian Pharaoh Amasis made friends with powerful Greeks of his time. We include a famous story about the Greek ruler, Polycrates of Samos, and his golden ring.
Season 0 / Episode 15 min

Journey to the West: the Crown that Hurt

A Chinese Monk - Tripitaka - is travelling through lawless lands on the way to India. He is protected on the way by Sun Wukong - a monkey warrior who is wild at heart. When they meet some bandits in the forest, Sun Wukong deals with them - but Tripitaka…
Season 0 / Episode 12 min

The Stolen Bicycle

The Monkey steels a bicycle and rides it back to the jungle. He's surprised when the Bear rides off on it - and then loses it. Meanwhile, the little girl whose bike has been stolen is very sad... and cross. And the Bear is angry because she thinks he was…
Season 0 / Episode 11 min

When Your Trainers go for a Run

Where are your shoes when you can't find them? A small story about a pair of trainers (sneakers) that go for a run on their own. 
Season 0 / Episode 4 min

New Year in the Jungle

It's New Year in the Jungle and the animals are playing party games including Charades. The Bear has to pretend to be a flamingo. Do you think the animals will guess his secret? Support Storynory for a name shout out and for entry into our next writing competition: https://www.storynory.com/support-us/
Season 0 / Episode 12 min

Tam o’ Shanter or How Maggie Lost her Tail

Burns Night is a celebration held on the 25th of January in honour of Scotland's famous poet, Robert Burns. We celebrate this Scottish evening with the story of Tam O'Shanter (originally told in a poem by Burns) who stays out late and meets a gang of witches on his way…
Season 0 / Episode 9 min

The Monkey's Laughing Place

A man catches a monkey in a trap. All the animals that the monkey has tricked think he has tricked his last. But the monkey keeps on laughing. The Tiger and the Bear want to find out why the monkey thinks everything is funny. As a bonus, we read another…
Season 0 / Episode 17 min

The Doomed Prince

A fairy story from ancient Egypt without an ending -you tell us how it should end and we shall read out the best answers out on Storynory. Send to comp@storynory by 14 June 2021.
Season 0 / Episode 17 min

Wicked Uncle and Grandma's Skip

Dad (Nigel) and the Kids go on Holiday to the Red Sea. Back home, cousin Jenny has come to stay with Grandma. Dad's holiday relaxation soon disappears into the African Sky as he starts to receive annoying text messages.  Read by Richard for Storynory and written by Bertie. Support the show.
Season 0 / Episode 25 min

The boy who loved to draw cats

The Boy who drew cats   Long ago, in Japan, there was a boy who was training to be a monk. He lived in the small temple at the end of the village.  Every morning, at quarter to four, he woke up to the sound of a bell rung by…
Season 0 / Episode 8 min
1460 – 1480