797. Singing Bamboo: an original short story for kids
Be Calm on Ahway Island | Bedtime Stories & Meditations for Kids
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Narrator: Male
Story Begins: 3:54
Singing Bamboo Excerpt:
It was a particularly windy Autumn day on Ahway Island. The breeze was so strong you could see the trees sway in the distance as sunlight illuminated the fluttering leaves on the dancing branches. Gusts of wind kicked up rocks and pebbles, rolling them down the hill. Loose leaves and branches tumbled about in the air.
In the Animal Sanctuary, Huan panda and Baba panda were relaxing. Huan sat on a ledge on a hill. He gazed out at the trees and admired the vibrant colors of the leaves in their Autumn glory. Vivid shades of cherry and burgundy reds, burnt oranges, sunshine yellows, and mossy greens intermingled with each other on the tree lines above.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Awe Islanders, Islanders, are you looking for a favorite episode? You'll find it on Patreon.com forward |
| 0:16.8 | slash away island that's p-a-t-r-r-e-O-N dot com forward slash Aw-Way Island. |
| 0:28.4 | Our Patreon members get access to our library of past episodes plus extra exclusive stories just for patrons. |
| 0:38.0 | And now let's relax. Relax. Hello Ahway Islanders. We're so glad you're here. |
| 0:59.5 | Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Away Island. |
| 1:07.0 | Are the lights in your room dim or off? |
| 1:17.6 | Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? |
| 1:28.0 | Before we begin our story, let's relax by taking a deep dragon breath. Breathe in through your nose, filling up your lungs, and then out through your mouth, |
| 1:36.0 | imagining you are breathing fire like a dragon. |
| 1:41.0 | Okay, deep breath. Dragon. |
| 1:42.6 | Okay. |
| 1:44.0 | Deep breath. |
| 1:45.8 | In and out. Good. |
| 2:00.0 | Imagine you are a graceful willow tree, swaying in a gentle breeze. |
| 2:08.2 | Pretend your feet are the roots of the willow tree. |
| 2:18.0 | Feel your roots stretch through the grass and into the earth. |
| 2:30.0 | The warm soil hugs you as your roots reach deeper and deeper, and you feel safe and secure in the Earth's embrace. |
| 2:57.0 | Take a deep dragon breath in and out. Think of your legs, tummy, and neck as the trunk of the willow tree. Warm energy flows up from the earth, into your roots, and up through your trunk. Now pretend that your |
| 3:10.0 | arms and head are flexible, leafy willow branches. |
| 3:16.9 | Imagine them swinging gently in the warm breeze, back and forth as you take one more deep dragon breath in and out. Great job everyone. I hope you are. |
| 3:37.0 | Great job everyone. I hope you are tucked in nice and cozy. And now we're ready to begin our story. Let's be calm on Away Island. Our story today is singing bamboo. It was a particularly windy |
| 4:20.1 | autumn day on Away Island. The breeze was so strong you could see the trees |
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