A Bedtime Story

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Pip's shadow, named Shade, was absolutely exhausted. For years, he had been mimicking Pip's every move. When Pip jumped, Shade jumped. When Pip wiggled his toes, Shade wiggled. It was monotonous work. So, one Tuesday, Shade decided to take a vacation. He packed a tiny suitcase (full of darkness) and slipped a...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Sir Oliver, a knight no bigger than a thimble, stood at the foot of Mount Muffin, which was what he called the giant's kneecap. His quest was a noble one: to retrieve the giant's lost coat button. The giant, a kindly soul named Walter, was distraught. He was very chilly without his button, and his sneezes wer...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Gizmo was a little robot with a very important job. Every day, he sorted shiny pebbles into three piles: smooth ones, sparkly ones, and ones that looked like miniature potatoes. It was a very quiet job, and Gizmo loved quiet. One day, he accidentally pressed a hidden red button. A series of gears whirred, and...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! The old house on Willow Lane was known for its creaks and groans, but what nobody knew was that these sounds were made by a very polite ghost named Sylvain. Sylvain was a kind soul who was utterly terrified of his own spooky noises. When the newest family moved in, he felt a wave of panic. He was going to sca...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Wesley the Worm was a world-famous fruit connoisseur. He could tell the ripeness of an apple just by the way it wiggled on the branch and could identify a grape's country of origin by its tint. But there was one fruit that puzzled him above all others: the great, green watermelon that sat in the middle of the...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Tinder was a young dragon with a very important job: he was the official fire-starter for all the village barbecues. His flames were legendary—a perfect mix of blue and orange that cooked marshmallows just right. But one morning, he woke up, took a deep breath, and... a tiny puff of smoke came out. He tried a...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Jillian was a jellyfish who lived in a very busy part of the sea, where all the other jellyfish spent their days jiggling. They jiggled when they were happy, they jiggled when they were sad, and they jiggled just for fun. But Jillian couldn't jiggle. No matter how hard she tried, she just floated there, perfe...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Periwinkle was a cloud, but not just any cloud. She was a grumpy cloud. All the other clouds floated around, happily making gentle rain that helped the flowers grow. Periwinkle, however, wanted to rain something special. She wanted to rain confetti. Shimmering, colorful, wonderful confetti. The other clouds w...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Stanley was a very serious slug. He was the head gardener of the vegetable patch, and his favorite plant was the broccoli. He believed that broccoli was the most noble of all vegetables, a miniature tree of healthy goodness. But the sprouts, oh, the sprouts were a constant source of trouble. They were mischie...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! In a cozy little burrow beneath the Great Oak, lived a mole named Montgomery. Montgomery was a very neat mole. His tunnels were swept, his pebble collection was alphabetized, and his mushroom chairs were polished every morning. But his neighbor, a grumpy badger named Beatrice, was not so neat. Her burrow was...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Pipkin was a very small frog who lived in a very large pond. His greatest treasure was a glob of shimmering, purple goop called a Gloop-Glop. It wasn't just any goop; it could make music that sounded like bubbling water and whispering reeds. One morning, Pipkin woke up and his Gloop-Glop was gone! He searched...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! In the land of Jibber-Jabber lived a little creature named Wibble. Wibble wasn't like the other Jibber-Jabbers who could float on sunbeams and whistle tunes that smelled like lavender. No, Wibble was a Wobble-Wort, which meant he wobbled. He wobbled when he ate, he wobbled when he slept, and he wobbled even m...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Wilfred Wobble had a peculiar problem: his boots were always wobbly. It wasn’t that they were old or ill-fitting. They just seemed to have a mind of their own. One minute he’d be walking in a straight line, and the next, his left boot would decide to veer off to the side, or his right boot would suddenly deve...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Professor Quentin Quibble, a man whose spectacles perpetually perched halfway down his nose, surveyed the chaotic scene. His prized jar of triple-ginger marmalade, the one he’d been saving for a particularly momentous Tuesday, was gone. Vanished. Poof! “This is most irregular,” he muttered to his pet hamster,...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Agnes Appleby was a patient gardener. She talked to her vegetables, sang them little songs, and always made sure they had plenty of sunshine and water. One day, while tending her carrot patch, she heard a faint, melodic sound. At first, she thought it was a bird, but the singing seemed to be coming from the g...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Horace Hippo loved to play his harmonica. He’d play cheerful tunes while he floated in the river, jazzy riffs while he munched on water lilies, and even sleepy lullabies as the sun began to set. But Horace had a bit of a problem: his harmonica had the hiccups. It wasn’t constant, but every now and then, right...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Penelope Plumtree was known for her peculiar pets. She had a talking parrot who only spoke in riddles, a goldfish that could do surprisingly complex math, and, most recently, a pigeon named Percy. Now, Percy wasn't just any pigeon. Percy was purple. And he had bright yellow polka dots. Penelope had found him...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Cecil Snapdragon was a gardener of extraordinary dedication. He nurtured his tomatoes with opera music, read poetry to his petunias, and had even taught his prize-winning zucchini to roll over on command. But his newest project was his most ambitious yet: the Great Giggle Garden. Cecil believed that plants we...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! In a hidden glade, where fireflies blinked like tiny stars, lived a colony of Moon Moths. These weren’t ordinary moths; their wings shimmered with all the colors of the night sky, and they hummed little tunes as they fluttered about. Nearby grew a patch of Musical Mushrooms. These weren’t ordinary mushrooms e...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Sir Jasper was a knight of impeccable reputation. He had a shiny suit of armor, a sword that was very good at staying sharp, and a list of defeated beasts as long as his arm. His latest quest was to defeat the feared “Beast of Whispering Woods.” The villagers had described it as a fearsome, scaly monster that...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Archibald Bumble was a collector of unusual objects. He had a button that sang sea shanties, a teacup that predicted the weather (usually incorrectly), and a doorknob that told terrible puns. But his most prized possession was an apple. Not just any apple, mind you. This apple glowed. Archibald had found it i...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Pip was a young wizard with a talent for getting things wrong. He was trying to turn his pet frog, Croak, into a magical scarf. He had his spell book open, his wand ready, and a confident look on his face. “Alacazam!” he declared, a bit too loudly. Instead of a scarf, there was a puff of green smoke, and Croa...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Astronaut Juniper landed her ship, the Stardust Slipper, with a gentle thump on a new and wondrous planet. The sensors had indicated a breathable atmosphere and a rich, sugary-sweet smell. Juniper stepped out, her helmet visor reflecting a world unlike any she had ever seen. The ground was a fine, sparkling s...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Old Grumbles was a rock. Not a boulder, mind you, just a rather large, rather round, and exceptionally grumpy rock. He had been sitting in the same spot for over a hundred years, watching the seasons change and the moss grow. Grumbles liked his solitude. He liked the quiet hum of the forest and the gentle pat...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Inspector Whiskers was not just any cat. He was a detective. A cat of action, with a coat as black as midnight and a gaze that could make a mouse confess to anything. His current case was baffling: the disappearance of Sir Quackers, a rubber duck with a bright yellow coat and a very charming squeak. The crime...