Beetle's Boots
Stories Podcast: A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages
Stories Podcast / Wondery
4.2 • 12.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Today's story is adapted from a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Follow along as a little beetle travels the world in search of something better.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to Story's Podcast. I'm your host Amanda Weldon. Today's story is called |
| 0:07.6 | Beatles Boots, an adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, written for you by Daniel Hines. |
| 0:15.2 | We have stories podcast merch available at stories podcast.com slash shop. |
| 0:20.3 | We're also on cameo for all of your personalized video message needs and don't forget to follow us on |
| 0:24.7 | Instagram at Stories Podcast. If you send us a drawing of your favorite scene or character, we'll share it on our |
| 0:30.7 | feed. Now here's a word from our sponsors. |
| 0:36.3 | Thanks, enjoy the episode. |
| 0:39.7 | Beatles Boots |
| 0:42.4 | Once upon a time there was an emperor who had a horse with golden shoes. |
| 0:47.0 | That may seem strange at first, but there was good reason for it. |
| 0:51.0 | The horse was a beautiful creature |
| 0:54.3 | with slender legs, bright intelligent eyes, |
| 0:57.1 | and a mane that hung down over his neck like a veil. |
| 1:01.1 | He had carried his master through fire and smoke in the battlefield with the bullets whistling |
| 1:06.2 | round him. He had kicked and bitten and taken part in the fight when the enemy advanced and, |
| 1:12.0 | with his master on his back he had dashed over the |
| 1:14.8 | fallen foe and saved the crown and the emperor's life which was of more value |
| 1:20.0 | than the brightest gold and for all this valor the Emperor awarded the horse |
| 1:25.5 | Golden Shoes. It was all the same to the horse. He relaxed in his stable, watched over by the man who took care of all the horses, called a groom. |
| 1:36.0 | But one day, the groom heard a little voice shouting from a crack in the wall. |
| 1:42.0 | Hey! it wall. Hey, it said, |
| 1:44.0 | hey, when do I get myself some of those? |
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