A Bedtime Story

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Clarence was a crab of meticulous habits. Every morning, he’d polish his shell with a damp piece of seaweed, count his ten legs (twice, just to be sure), and then meticulously arrange his collection of sea glass on his favorite rock. He was not, by any stretch of the imagination, adventurous. His friend, Shel...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Deep beneath the Whispering Willows, lived the Badger family: Papa Benjamin, Mama Beatrice, and their three lively badgerlings, Basil, Bonnie, and Buster. They were excellent diggers, known for their elaborate tunnels and their love of juicy earthworms. One afternoon, while Basil was attempting to dig the dee...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! In the cozy sock drawer of young Finn, lived a most unusual pair: Odd and Even. Odd was a vibrant, striped sock, perpetually optimistic, always chirping about new adventures. Even was a plain, grey sock, prone to worrying about lint, static cling, and the existential dread of being mismatched. “Oh, what a gra...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Sheldon was not your average garden snail. While his fellow gastropods were content with a leisurely patrol of the petunias, Sheldon gazed at the night sky with ambitious, if slightly misguided, dreams. Specifically, he gazed at the moon, convinced it was a giant, perfectly spherical piece of the crispiest, f...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Old Silas Grumbles lived a solitary life in the ancient, craggy lighthouse on the edge of Wobbly Rock Point. He was a man of routine: polish the lens, trim the wick, and at precisely 7 PM, play his accordion, usually a lively polka. Silas loved a good polka. One stormy evening, as Silas squeezed out a particu...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Deep in Whisperwood, lived a squirrel named Squeaky. But Squeaky wasn’t just any squirrel. While other squirrels buried nuts, Squeaky meticulously measured flour and kneaded dough. He was, unbeknownst to the woodland creatures, a culinary genius, especially with anything involving hazelnuts. His secret ambiti...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Deep beneath the roots of the oldest oak in the Enchanted Glade lived Bartholomew, a gnome whose frown was so legendary it had its own tiny thundercloud hovering over it. Bartholomew was grumpy. He was grumpy about slugs, grumpy about sunshine, and especially grumpy about laughter. "Too much noise!" he'd grum...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! In a cozy kitchen cabinet, nestled between a sensible casserole dish and a very opinionated whisk, lived Timmy, a small, blue teapot. While his cabinet-mates gossiped about pot roasts and soufflés, Timmy dreamed of adventure. He didn’t want to just hold Earl Grey; he wanted to sail the high seas, brave stormy...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! High above the sleepy town of Puddlefoot lived Drizzle, a cloud who had one very important job: to make it rain. The problem was, Drizzle was terribly forgetful. He'd float around, feeling plump and full of moisture, but then he'd think, "Now, where did I put that rain? Was it over the farmer's fields? Or per...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! In a sprawling, overgrown garden filled with plants that seemed to hum with secret lives, lived Rusty, a robot no bigger than a teacup. Rusty’s primary directive was "Make Friends." But this was proving difficult. The busy bees were too busy buzzing, the fluttering butterflies were too quick, and the grumpy g...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Deep within the enchanted Tower of Tumblestone lived a wizard named Cuthbert. Cuthbert was renowned for two things: his magnificent beard, which was long enough to braid into a skipping rope, and his uncanny ability to turn almost anything into pudding. It wasn’t intentional; Cuthbert was just a little…accide...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! In the fiery peaks of Mount Snorflame lived Zephyro, a dragon of impressive size but rather un-dragon-like habits. While other dragons practiced their terrifying roars and scorching breaths, Zephyro was usually found napping, often drooling a little lava onto his favorite mossy rock. He was, to put it mildly,...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Deep in the Whispering Woods lived Barnaby, a squirrel whose ambitions far outstripped his tiny paws. Unlike other squirrels who merely dreamt of acorns, Barnaby dreamt of grandeur. Specifically, he dreamt of the moon. "It's just a giant, shiny nut!" he'd declare to anyone who'd listen, which was usually just...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! In the whimsical, slightly chaotic world of Professor Phileas Phumble, the world’s most absent-minded magician, order was a foreign concept. Spells fizzed unexpectedly, props vanished and reappeared, and glitter seemed to be a permanent atmospheric condition. To combat this delightful disarray, the Professor...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! In the shimmering twilight world of the Dewdrop Dell lived Luna, a fairy whose wings sparkled like tiny galaxies, but whose memory was about as reliable as a sieve. Luna's most important job was to sing the nightly lullaby that helped all the tiny, busy creatures fall asleep. But tonight, she couldn't remembe...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Whiskers, the ginger tabby cat, was not just any cat. Oh no. Whiskers believed he was Agent 00-Meow, a top-secret feline operative. His human, Mrs. Higgins, simply thought he was a rather demanding pet who enjoyed naps and staring intently at dust mites. Little did she know, those intense stares were actually...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! In the tallest peak of Mount Shimmerhorn lived a dragon named Ember. Ember wasn't like other dragons; her scales glittered with every color of the rainbow, and when she breathed fire, it came out in dazzling, harmless sparks, like a living fireworks display. But Ember had a secret sorrow: she hadn't sneezed i...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Gnorman was not your average garden gnome. While other gnomes stood stoically, holding fishing rods or staring blankly, Gnorman harbored a secret desire for chaos. He especially disliked the perfectly organized community garden. "Carrots," he'd mutter to himself, "always carrots. So predictable." One moonlit...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Thank you for 200 episodes! Honey Bear, a tubby sort of fellow who loved sweet stuff more than anything, hummed a little song that went “Hummy hum hum, yummy yum yum.” His tummy felt empty and wanted some of that good, yellow goo. He knew the best yellow goo was way up high in the Big Tree, where the buzzy, s...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! In the heart of Eldoria, where ancient forests whispered secrets to the wind and rivers glimmered with enchantment, lived a young scribe named Leona. Her village, nestled at the edge of the Verdant Woods, had always been peaceful—until the stars vanished. One evening, as Leona sat under the twilight sky, she...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Sophie, a whirlwind of pigtails and boundless imagination, had a very special friend named Zephyr. Zephyr was green, scaly, and breathed tiny, polite puffs of smoke that smelled faintly of toasted marshmallows. He lived mostly in the vast, perilous jungle that was Sophie’s living room, especially dangerous ne...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Old Archibald Buttercup, the grumpiest wizard in the whole of Whisperwood, loved his morning tea. It was the one quiet, predictable joy in his otherwise chaotic magical life. One blustery Tuesday, attempting a difficult charm to un-wrinkle his socks (a never-ending battle), he sneezed mid-incantation. A flash...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Puff, a particularly fluffy cloud, was known throughout the sky for his extraordinary cuddliness. He wasn't just soft; he was hug-you-back soft, smelling faintly of warm cookies and gentle rain. One blustery Tuesday, a playful gust of wind named Windy Winston swooped by and, in a fit of over-enthusiasm, scoop...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Captain Benny Bumble, a bear with a very shiny uniform and an even shinier ambition to visit the cheese moon, had a problem. His spaceship, the "Star-Smuggler," ran on laughter. Not just any laughter, mind you, but pure, unadulterated, belly-aching giggles. And lately, giggles were in short supply. His co-pil...

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Professor Percival Piffle, a scientist whose hair seemed to have a mind of its own (it always stood on end, especially when he was thinking), lived in a laboratory filled with whirring gadgets and bubbling beakers. His greatest invention was the "Gizmo-gloop Generator," a machine that could create… well, anyt...