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Sparkle Stories Podcast

"Nanni's Story" from the Martin & Sylvia's Family Tree of Stories collection

Sparkle Stories Podcast

Lisabeth Sewell

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week's free story comes from the Martin & Sylvia's Family Tree of Stories collection.
It's called "Nanni's Story."
Nanni's story is about how she loved to sing to horses when her father, a large animal vet, was treating them. The horses always responded. When her father took her to the Kentucky Derby to treat one of the competing horses, a most incredible opportunity presented itself. This is a story about what magic can happen when you authentically wish to help others.
If you enjoyed that story, there are hundreds more where that came from. Try a Sparkle subscription now - for free. Go to sparklestories.com and click the button at the top that says “Start Free Trial,” then you can listen to our giant library as much as you like, anytime you like.
Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series!
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0:00.0

Music

0:27.0

Hi friends!

0:28.0

Welcome to the Sparkle Stories Podcast.

0:31.0

This is Elizabeth of Sparkle Stories.

0:33.0

And today we are celebrating our elders,

0:37.0

which means our grandparents and our great aunts and uncles,

0:41.0

and all of those folks that are the older generation that are so wise

0:46.0

and have come through so much.

0:48.0

So I am picking a story about a grandmother.

0:53.0

It's called Nanny's story and Nanny tells a story of when she was younger.

0:57.0

And she used to sing to horses.

1:00.0

And how she had an opportunity to really make a difference.

1:05.0

And because she authentically wanted to help, some magic happened.

1:09.0

And I'm sharing this story because this is the kind of story that grandparents can tell

1:15.0

if you ask them.

1:17.0

So I'm hoping that after you listen and after you consider

1:20.0

that you might want to go to the older folks in your life

1:24.0

and ask them to tell you stories about when they were young

1:29.0

because those stories are precious.

1:31.0

And often we can learn things about ourselves from them.

1:36.0

The story you're about to hear is one of our giant library

1:40.0

of nearly 1,500 original stories at Sparkle Stories.

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