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.

What is more important in life, handbags or cake?

One of our Small Stories, aimed at our "smallest" audience members, but we hope the older ones among you will find this funny too!

This is about a Crocodile who loves to go shopping. The song at the end is sung by Jana! Jana of course narrates the story, written by Bertie. And if you would like to support us regularly or one off, please visit our website at https://www.storynory.com.

The Monkey boasts that there is no animal in the Jungle that he can't trick. The Bear challenges him - he knows one animal the monkey can't trick. The monkey takes up the challenge. The prize is a whole hive of honey.

A Bird of Paradise isn't actually a bird. It's a plant that looks like an exotic bird. Or is it?

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The Fox Princess

Hello, this is Jana, and I'm here with one of our Small Stories. It's about a fox who can change shape. And although it's very much set in London, stories of shape-shifting foxes originally come from Korea and the Far East

A fox went to watch the Changing of the Guard.

She poked her nose through the railings of the palace.

A boy pointed and called out,
"Fox!"

The fox did not want a guard to spot her.

So she turned into a princess.

The guard opened the gate and bowed.

Inside the palace, the red-headed princess gazed around.

Everything was shiny and grand.

Then she smelt something nice.

She followed her nose to the kitchen.

The cook looked up.

"What would you like, Your Highness?" he asked.

She replied,
"Chicken wings…
And a saucer of warm milk."

She went upstairs to a bedroom.

A footman brought a plate of chicken wings
and a saucer of warm milk.

She ate every last bite and lapped up the milk.

After that, she went downstairs again.

A young princeling smiled at her.

"Let's play hide and seek," he said.

She closed her eyes and counted to twenty.

She opened them. She sniffed.
And she found him hiding under the grand piano.

They went out into the garden.

The princeling closed his eyes and counted to 20.

The princess turned back into a fox
and hid under the shed.

The princeling searched.

He looked behind the trees
and inside the summer house.

But he could not find her.

Then the King's dogs came into the garden.

The fox felt scared.

She ran.

Across the grass,
through the palace,
and out of the front gates.

A guard shouted,
"Fox!"

But she was gone.

Back to the park.

And that was the Small Story of the Fox Princess, written by Bertie, and read by me, Jana.

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For now, from me, Jana, goodbye.

Song
The Fox Princess

Count to twenty. Don't look around.
Listen out - for the slightest sound.
Feel a shimmer, or a spark —
A rusty streak, through the dark .

Shape shifts, flame flicks,

Moonlight shines, on your skin

Is this a game

Or the world we are living in

You're so magical…
Wild at heart.
Princess of nowhere —
Master of art.

You're so magical…
Seen, then gone.
Only a pawmark
Lingering on.

You're so magical…
Changing your face.
Fairytale figure,
Leaving no trace.

You're so magical…
Fleet and free.
Princess of maybe —
Who could you be?

A bear was walking down the road.

He passed by a house and smelt a nice smell.

He stopped.

He sniffed.

He looked through the window.

A little girl was eating her breakfast.

This is a "small Story" for our younger listeners, but we hope if you are a little bit older you will also find it amusing. We will be doing a few more of these.

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The results are in! Jana reads the winning entries from our Writing Competition. We asked you to write about Birthdays, good birthdays, disastrous birthdays, any type of birthday. And here are the amazing winning entries. Of course kids who grow up listening to Storynory are wizards with words!
Support Storynory to enter our next competition - the next competition is on the subject of SNOW - send your snowy stories to us by February 14.
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