Two musical Greek myths about the origins of the Lyre and the flute. The characters include the Sun God Apollo, Hermes the Messenger when he was a baby, Pan the woodland flute player, and King Midas of the Golden Touch. Sponsored by Little Passports.

The Monkey is back! He’s found gold in the river, and he plans to exchange it with the man for bananas. Will the Monkey be rich? Or will the man get the better of him? And what does the Tiger think of these golden plans?

A story from India about a couple that tricks a hungry bear into bringing them half a ton of wood.

Two funny stories about our tricky Monkey. The are both about wanting the impossible! In the first, Baby Bushcat wants to be a monkey – so he can play and have fun all day. In the second story, the Monkey wants to fly – but ends up falling – for a trick – and literally falling too! Thank you to Wondery for supporting the show. Check out Flip & Mozi’s Guide to How to be an Earthling for fun and education.

Wishing you prosperity for the Year of the Rabbit with this traditional Chinese story about the Moon Rabbit.

The Bear is throwing a birthday party. Should he ask the tricky Monkey to play the music for him?

Happy Valentines! A folk tale from England about an honest boy who wants to marry his sweetheart – and receives some magical help.

A little girl is sick and the doctors says the only medicine that can cure her comes from the tears of the tigress. The Monkey promises to trick the Tigress into giving up some tears. Will his tricks succeed? Dedicated to Hallie in New York.

Hello, this is Jana, and I’m back with a story about a boy called Jake and his best buddy, Birdy. Birdy and the Magical Stardust. Let me tell you, Birdy is no ordinary back-garden crow; he’s old. And I don’t mean old like Dad or GrandDad. I mean ancient, like , “I-was-there-when-they-built-the-pyramids” kind of old. […]

Damsel the King’s favourite elephant, until one day she starts keeping bad company.
A Jatarka fable from ancient India.