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This is Ria. Welcome to Little Stories for Tiny People. I am so thrilled because I

have a guest and I have to say he is one of the cutest and least creepy guests I

have ever been fortunate enough to welcome to my studio. My guest is da da da da!

Dietrich, an adorable Egyptian fruit bat. Welcome Dietrich.

Oh, sorry Dietrich. I have an email. Dear Ria, didn't you say in a previous episode

you didn't want bats in your studio? You know it's about context. You know what I mean?

I'm happy to have Dietrich here. And like I said, he's adorable. Some bats are creepy.

Not this guy. Hmm, this is so exciting. Yeah, you can hang right there. That's fine.

You want an apple or something? Yeah, I have berries. Hold on a second. Let me just open

my fruit cupboard. Alright, there we go. What's that? Oh, are they here now?

Okay. Apparently Dietrich's family is here. I was only expecting one bat, but I guess

I could fit a few more. Yeah, let's let them in. Oh, wow. You have a big family. No,

this is fine. This is fine. Why don't we get to the story? And you're all going to love

it. All. One, two, three. Seventeen of you. There are bats in the story. Let's get

to that story. It's called Grumble and the Cave. It's perfect for Ben. It's perfect

for Ben. Maybe you could all go to sleep? That would be great. Okay, take it away Noah.

No, remember there are no pictures. That's to imagine the pictures in your mind. Okay, here

we go. Grumble was a salamander with a long tail and little legs. And it's a big

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