Safe at the Shelter: a calming kids’ story
Be Calm on Ahway Island | Bedtime Stories & Meditations for Kids
Sheep Jam Productions
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
When Wallace the kitty arrives at the Ahway Island Animal Shelter feeling scare, friendly helpers show him a warm welcome.
Narrator: Female
Story Begins: 3:56
Safe at the Shelter Excerpt:
Everything was bustling at the Ahway Island Animal Shelter. Volunteers were cleaning and spending time with available pets. Visitors were meeting animals, hoping to adopt new family members. The veterinarian, Dr. Bowski, was giving health checks to some new arrivals.
One new arrival was a senior kitty named Wallace. Wallace was 10 years old. His owner was no longer able to take care of him, and the soft, fluffy gray kitty needed a new home. Wallace was used to a quiet home and the goings on at the shelter were a bit overwhelming.
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Transcript
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| 1:21.1 | Hello, Awe Islanders. We're so glad you're here. Let's see if you have everything you want to be calm on Awe Island. |
| 1:32.7 | Are the lights in your room dim or off? |
| 1:37.4 | Do you have your favorite blanket or listening buddy? |
| 1:41.5 | Before we begin our story, let's relax by taking a nice, deep dragon breath. Breathe in through |
| 1:50.8 | your nose, filling up your lungs, and then out through your mouth, imagining you are breathing |
| 1:57.8 | fire like a dragon. Ready? |
| 2:04.6 | Deep breath in and out. |
| 2:12.7 | Good job. |
| 2:22.3 | Today, picture yourself lying in a warm sunbeam, in a green grassy meadow. As you lie in the meadow, the grass below you feels fluffy and cozy. |
| 2:29.3 | Sunlight hugs you from head to toe as you relax, covered in a blanket of light. |
| 2:38.9 | A gentle breeze floats by and the air smells fresh. |
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