Thank you. Hello, welcome to the Sparkle Stories podcast for 2025.

This year we are doing things a little differently.

Instead of what we've done in all other previous years, we are letting you decide our stories for the year.

We want to feature your favorite stories.

So each week, we will be featuring a listener favorite.

This week comes from a listener in Texas named Susan.

So it doesn't matter if you are four years old, 44, 64, 84, we know there

are listeners of all ages and we'd love to know the story that you love the best. And even more,

we'd love to feature it here on our podcast. So message us at hey at SparklStories.com and let us know.

Okay, today's story is called Helping Out. It is from the Martin and Sylvia collection. And it's Susan's favorite. Susan is a mom

of two children. And she says she loves this story because it inspires her kids to be more

helpful in the house. And they feel so proud of themselves when they work together

that it will always be a favorite story. And in the story, Martin and Sylvia, this is from the very,

very original Martin and Sylvia collection. In the story, Martin and Sylvia wake to a snowstorm,

and they are so excited about what they're going to do in that snow, very possibly on the neighbor's hill,

but then they realize that their mama has taken a sick day from work. And so they make a

different choice. And as you might imagine from the title, they do a little helping out. So listen

in and find out how the children help and how much delight they discover in doing so.

If you'd like to enjoy our full library at Sparkle Stories, that's over 1,500 original stories.

Come to our website, SparklStories.com, and click the button at the top that says start free trial.

Everyone starts free and you can listen to our library as much as you like anytime you like.

Okay, now on to the story helping out from the Martin and Sylvia collection.

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