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Simon Swims the River 2008-03-04 21:27:00 (Here is The Audio Version by Audio Acrobat:) Once upon a time there was a Salmon named Simon. Simon was an excellent swimmer. His favorite place to swim was the big river because there was plenty of room to swim around. Simon spent a lot of time swimming in the big river and this helped his fins to grow really strong. Simon liked for his fins to feel strong. Plus, he made a lot of friends at the big river too. He tried to get over to the big river every single day. He would do his daily swim up the river, and then slowly float back down the river and say hello to his friends the whole way. When Simon would finish his daily swim, he would feel really good and happy to move on with the rest of his day. Simon spent a lot of time at the big river. Then one day, things changed. I think it was a Friday afternoon. When Simon swam home from his daily swim at the big river, there was a message that his mother needed his help. Simon swam right over! When Simon arrived he found that his mothe ...

Elly Eats an Apple... or Does She?? 2008-02-26 12:20:00 (Here is The Audio Version by Audio Acrobat:) Once upon a time there was an Elephant named Elly.Elly was a very nice elephant and she always did her best to be good. Elly thought that if she always did her best to be good, then good things would happen to her. One day, Elly was taking a walk to enjoy some fresh air and sunshine. The sun was shining bright that day and made her face feel nice and warm. The air smelled nice and fresh too. When she walked past an apple grove, the air smelled sweet like warm apples. Elly stopped for a second to smell the apples, and this made her a little hungry.The apples smelled really sweet to Elly, and they looked good enough to eat. Elly walked around to the apple grove entrance. She wanted to find out if she could eat some of the sweet smelling apples. There was an older elephant standing at the apple grove entrance, watching over the apple trees. He looked like he was the elephant in charge, so Elly went to him to ask about the apples. “Excuse me ...

Figaro and His Fluffy Feathers 2008-02-11 13:31:00 (Here is The Audio Version by Audio Acrobat:) Once upon a time there was a flamingo named Figaro.Figaro was a flamingo with soft, fluffy, pink feathers. Figaro’s feathers were the talk of the town! Everyone liked how pink they were and always took pictures when he would walk by. They would comment on how full Figaro’s feathers were, and how much they wish they had feathers like that. Sometimes pictures of Figaro were put in the town newspaper with stories of how great Figaro’s feathers looked when he was spotted out on the town. Figaro spent a lot of money to take care of his feathers, because he was proud of them and he wanted them to look their best.There was the monthly pruning, weekly conditioning, and daily fluff work of course. Figaro was looking extra sharp and every time he went out in public the cameras were flashing all the time. Many pictures of Figaro made their way into the town newspaper and soon everyone in the town knew about “Figaro the Flamingo” and his flu ...

Kali’s Picture Pouch 2008-02-04 21:47:00 (Here is The Audio Version by Audio Acrobat:) Once upon a time there was a Kangaroo named Kali.Kali loved to hop over and visit with her friends, and she would always take pictures wherever she went. Kali kept her pictures inside of her pouch, so that she could keep her memories close. She had pictures of the fun times, some not so fun times, and all of the times in between. Since she had quite a few friends, Kali did a lot of hopping and took a lot of pictures.After a while Kali noticed that she wasn’t hopping as fast as she used to. All of the pictures in her pouch were getting to be too heavy, and the weight was slowing her down. It took a little longer than usual for Kali to reach her friends houses, and she was starting to become tired too. Kali really loved visiting her friends and she didn’t want to give that up; so she took all of the pictures out from her pouch and laid them all in front of her.Kali had to decide which pictures to hold onto and which to let go of. As she ...

Henri Does the Dishes 2008-01-15 01:17:00 (Here is The Audio Version by Audio Acrobat:) Once upon a time there was a horse named Henri.Henri used to live with his family, but he moved into his own stable after he finished school. At first Henri didn’t know how to take care of his own stable. It seemed like every day when he would come back from the fields, there was more work for him waiting to be done at his stable. Since there were no other family members at his stable to help out, Henri just learned how to take care of his own stable as time went along. At first Henri was stubborn. When he would get home from the fields and see how dirty his stable was, he would feel like there was too much to do so he just wouldn’t do anything. He would just eat some food, take a bath, and go to bed. Every day when he would get back from the fields he would do the same thing. After a few days, Henri noticed that his stable was extra dirty. He had taken a bath each night, and kept himself clean; but he hadn’t done anything to keep h ...

Lenora's Tiny Paws 2008-01-08 01:26:00 (Here is The Audio Version by Audio Acrobat:) Once upon a time there was a lion named Lenora.Lenora was the nicest lion around, even though she was born with very small paws. Nobody was ever mean to her, or even said anything about her paws, but Lenora couldn’t stop thinking about her paws and how small they were. Her father always told her that her paws were perfect, but sometimes she felt like her father didn’t understand. When Lenora was younger, her father had taken her on an adventure over the hills with fallen trees and through the rocky meadow. It was hard for Lenora to hold on to the fallen trees and not slip from the rocks. After that, Lenora felt scared to do much of anything. She always stayed close to home, and only went out with her father if he was staying nearby. Lenora tried not to let her tiny paws get in the way of having fun, but most of the time her paws made it hard for fun of any kind. She always had to make sure that she didn’t play with anything too big, ...

Ramon's Special Chore 2007-12-31 21:19:00 (Here is The Audio Version by Audio Acrobat:) Once upon a time there was a rooster named Ramon. Ramon lived on a farm with his family - his mother, sister, and Cousin Maria. It was Ramon’s daily chore to wake up the rest of the family when the sun rises each morning. Ramon would wait for the sun to rise each morning and when it did he would make a special noise out loud to wake the family up. Then he would go about his day. Ramon really didn’t like his chore. He felt that his chore was not important. He didn’t really do much except make a loud noise. Ramon wasn’t very proud of having this chore. He wondered why he didn’t have a more important job to do. One evening as the family was getting ready for bed, Ramon had a thought. “I’m not going to get up for sunrise in the morning. I’m not going to bother with my chore tomorrow. I’m sleeping in!” So the next morning when the sun came up, Ramon didn’t make his special noise, and the family didn’t wake up at sunrise ...

Miko's Droopy Plants 2007-12-17 20:08:00 (Here is The Audio Version by Audio Acrobat:) Once upon a time there was a monkey named Miko. Miko lived with her mom, her auntie, and her baby sister. Miko’s auntie was always at work, and her mom was always busy with the baby. While everyone else was doing their chores, Miko would go around and water the plants and flowers. Miko’s mom loved green plants, and Miko’s auntie always brought home fresh flowers from work. There were lots of plants and flowers around the house for Miko to water, and it took Miko a little while to get finished. One day, after Miko got done watering the plants and flowers, she took a little rest in her room. As she was lying on her bed, she noticed that the plants and flowers that were in her room didn’t look the same as the plants and flowers from the other rooms. For some reason they didn’t look as green, or as beautiful as the others. Miko wondered why her plants and flowers were kind of droopy and sad looking. She remembered the other plants a ...

Gamba Saves the Day 2007-12-11 01:35:00 (Here is The Audio Version by Audio Acrobat:) Once upon a time there lived a goat named Gamba.He was very friendly and always made time to visit with his friends. When he was a young goat, his mother told him that it was important to treat other goats with kindness, no matter how they treated him. He loved his mother with all of his heart and always listened to what she said. Because Gamba listened to his mother, everybody he met thought that he was a very nice goat. He made very many friends this way and was very grateful. One day Gamba decided to visit with his friends in the city. They were a little wilder than the goats back on the farm, but Gamba always had fun when he was with them. They respected his wishes to keep tame and never let the fun get out of control. Before Gamba reached the city, he picked up a shrub to share with his friends when they got hungry. As he approached the city, Gamba noticed something different. Usually, when he reached the city he would hear laughin ...

Carina Goes for A Walk 2007-12-03 16:37:00 (Here is The Audio Version by Audio Acrobat:) Once upon a time there was a cat named Carina.She was a beautiful cat - the most beautiful cat in the whole litter. One day Carina was feeling a little moody and decided to go for a walk. Since Carina was sooo beautiful, she always walked with her head held high wherever she went because she was proud of the gift that she’d been given. She was careful not to be mean to the other cats because she knew that her beauty sometimes made others be mean to her. She wasn’t sure why this happened, she just knew that it did. Sometimes, they didn’t want to play with her.On this particular day this one particular cat came right up next to her, without saying a word. “What’s this cat all about?” she wondered. She just waited to see what he would say. After a moment he said to her, “You know Carina, we’ve been trying to ask you to come and play with us, but I don’t think you can see us because you are always looking up at the clouds. ...

About This Blog 2007-12-01 23:30:00 Hello and welcome to The Story Time Online Blog for families.Thank you for taking the time to visit this blog! The stories here at Story Time Online are designed for modern childhood and are filled with imaginative animal characters learning life lessons. Young readers can read the stories on their own, with a parent, or with the whole family. For added fun, included is an audio version of each story as well, so that you can also listen to the adventures of each character. I hope that you and your family find your favorite characters and stories, and that you read or listen to them together often.You can follow along with the life learning experiences of: Carina the CatElly the ElephantFigaro the FlamingoGamba the GoatHenri the HorseKali the KangarooLenora the LionMaya the MooseMiko the MonkeyPaulo the PenguinRamon the Roosterand Simon the SalmonA new story is posted every Monday Tuesday! Come back again and again to see how the characters handle adventures in personal responsibility ...