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This is Ria. Welcome to Little Stories for Tiny People. Our story today is about...

Whoops! I think I'm a little too far from the microphone. Let me just... Whoa. Oh no.

Oh, no.

Ah, sorry about that.

Allow me to explain.

You may recall that I often sit upon a hard metal stool when I tell you stories.

This time, I decided to try out my rolling office chair instead, as it is a bit more comfortable.

But the floor in my studio is rather slick, and I went rolling into the bowling pins I set up for later today.

So I am now switching back to my usual hard metal stool.

In truth, it was never a good idea to sit in my comfortable office chair. I might have fallen asleep, which is unhelpful when you're trying to stay alert and tell someone a story.

My hard metal stool and the prickly pillow sticking into my back are making all of this possible.

Let's never forget that.

Let's also get to our story.

It's called The Badger and the Sofa. Take it away, Rohan.

Remember, there are no pictures. You'll have to imagine the pictures in your mind. You can imagine them however you want. Okay, here we go.

On a clear day in spring, a badger had a beautiful new sofa delivered to his borough.

The sofa was made by a local weasel whose pieces were quite trendy in the surrounding area. The sofa was made of a local weasel, whose pieces were quite trendy in the surrounding area.

The sofa was made of a variety of grasses, gathered from the local forest as well as some

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