Ep 957. Curious Kite: a bedtime story and relaxation for kids
Be Calm on Ahway Island Bedtime Stories
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Narrator: Male
Story Begins: 3:48
Curious Kite Excerpt:
Just as Theresa was about to inspect another tree, something bright hovering in the sky caught her eye. Not too far away, a colorful shape floated and twirled in the breeze. It looked kind of like a butterfly, but it was much too big to be real.
Theresa took a few steps toward the shape and squinted into the sky, holding a hand above her face. It wasn’t a butterfly – it was a kite! A butterfly-shaped kite with wings painted in all the colors of the rainbow. A long ribbon flowed behind it like a tail. It looked beautiful, spinning and gliding in the wind. “Who is flying that?” Theresa wondered to herself. Theresa had never flown a kite before, and she was really curious about it.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Awe Island family. |
| 0:05.4 | Thank you for listening to be calm on Awee Island. |
| 0:09.7 | Do you have a listening buddy? |
| 0:12.1 | Maybe a sibling or a stuffed animal or a pet who likes to listen to Awee Island with you? |
| 0:18.9 | Please draw a picture of your listening buddy and send it to us. |
| 0:23.4 | We'd love to see it. |
| 0:25.6 | A grown-up can help you visit |
| 0:27.3 | Awea Island.com forward slash gallery |
| 0:31.3 | to send us your drawing. Hello, Aweigh Islanders. |
| 0:47.8 | We're so glad you're here. |
| 0:52.0 | Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Awe Island. Are the lights |
| 1:00.5 | in your room, dim or off? Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy. |
| 1:13.9 | Before we begin our story, |
| 1:18.9 | let's relax by taking a deep dragon breath. |
| 1:22.3 | Breathe in through your nose, |
| 1:24.5 | filling up your lungs, |
| 1:27.0 | and then out through your mouth, |
| 1:31.5 | imagining you are breathing fire like a dragon. |
| 1:38.7 | Okay, deep breath, in and out. |
| 1:57.7 | Ah! Okay. Good. Imagine you are a graceful willow tree, swaying in a gentle breeze. |
| 2:02.6 | Pretend your feet are the roots of the willow tree. |
| 2:08.9 | Feel your roots stretch through the grass and into the earth. |
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