Fly Away on the Sleep Hot Air Balloon: A Story for Kids

Little Stories for Tiny People: Anytime and bedtime stories for kids

Rhea Pechter

Books, Kids & Family, Arts, Stories For Kids

4.5 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Lambden is in the middle of an outrageously timed math test when he receives a cryptic message from the Sleep Crew. Later, in his bedroom, he is accosted by a Sleep Crew employee who has a specific vehicle in mind for him to board. Will Lambden go willingly? Or will he fight to board his beloved Sleep Train instead? You'll have to listen to find out. If you LOVE THIS EPISODE, PLEASE SHARE IT! Thank you to LILY MEI for the super important reminder message at the beginning! Thank you to the many premium subscribers who supplied sound effects used in this story: MICA, ZEMI, MAXWELL, MARCIE, ROBBIE, MAE, OLIVIA JOY, AGNES, CHARLOTTE, OWEN, ISABEL, ABIE, ZELDA, IMOGEN, SIENNA, WILLIAM, SAGE, FELIX, and ADELHEID LYNN! Get more of the stories you love, ad-free listening, and access Little Stories for Sleep--a bedtime podcast featuring brand new sleep stories--with Little Stories Premium! Join or GIFT a subscription at http://www.littlestoriespremium.com

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0:00.0	This is Ria. Welcome to Little Stories for Tiny People. I'm in a bit of a pickle. I can't actually find the story I was supposed to tell you today.
0:22.9	This is the first time I've ever been forced into this position.
0:27.0	But, well, okay, challenge accepted.
0:30.8	I'll have to tell this story from memory.
0:33.4	It's called, hmm, uh, it's called sail away.
0:39.5	No, no.
0:41.0	Lift off.
0:42.2	No, I've done that already.
0:45.0	Fly away on the sleep hot air balloon.
0:49.4	That's it.
0:50.8	Take it away, Lily Mae.
0:52.9	Remember, there are no pictures. You have to imagine them in your mind.
0:57.2	You can imagine them however you want. Okay, here we go.
1:06.8	It was a Friday afternoon, and Lambden, the sheep, was in math class, completely unable to focus.
1:15.5	It should be against the law to administer math tests after lunch on a Friday, he thought, nodding,
1:23.9	but he could not see a way to rapidly outlaw the test he was in the middle of taking.
1:30.1	Focus, he told himself, if Zelda has 11 skeins of merino wool yarn,
1:37.3	and Geraldo has 323 skeins of marino wool yarn,
1:43.5	why would a sheep have 323 skeins of yarn?
1:47.8	Lambden scratched his torso. That he was expected to take a math test on Friday afternoon was
1:55.9	galling enough, but Lambden had also been plagued by itchiness all day.
2:03.5	That morning, he had donned scratchy pajamas.
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