The Bad Tiger

Stories Podcast: A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages

Stories Podcast / Wondery

Fiction, Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.2 • 12.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Today's story is a Korean folktale adapted by Daniel Hinds from the collection by Kim So-Un. One night in a village, a large tiger named Fang ate all of their pigs and vegetables. The townsfolk sent some people out to hunt the tiger. Were they successful? Listen and find out! Check out Stories RPG our new show where we play games like Starsworn with all your Max Goodname friends, and Gigacity Guardians featuring the brilliant firefly! https://link.chtbl.com/gigacity Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed!! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, check out our merch at storiespodcast.com/shop, follow us on Instagram @storiespodcast, or just tell your friends about us! Check out our new YouTube channel at youtube.com/storiespodcast. If you've ever wanted to read along with our stories, now you can! These read-along versions of our stories are great for early readers trying to improve their skills or even adults learning English for the first time. Check it out.

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0:00.7	Hello! Welcome to Stories Podcast. I'm your host, Amanda Weldon. Today's story is called The Bad Tiger,
0:09.8	a Korean folktale adopted by Daniel Hines from the collection by Kim So-Un.
0:15.5	We have Stories Podcast merch available at Storiespodcast.com slash shop. We're also on Cameo for all of your
0:22.6	personalized video message needs, and don't forget to follow us on Instagram at Stories Podcast.
0:28.0	If you send us a drawing of your favorite scene or character, we'll share it on our feed.
0:32.8	Now here's a word from our sponsors.
0:35.8	As parents with kids, I think we've all had those times when everyone
0:38.8	in the family is off on their own personal devices. Wouldn't it be great if you could find an
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1:31.3	active family gaming today. Thanks. Enjoy the episode. The Bad Tiger
1:39.5	Once upon a time, in a quiet little old village lived a loud little old woman.
1:48.5	She was just as sweet as you'd like, but she had no trouble telling people to get out of her way when they blocked her.
1:54.1	And when the local animals came sniffing around her garden, she'd chase them off with a scream and her trusty rake.
2:01.3	That's my foe! she'd scream at off with a scream and her trusty rake. That's my food! She'd scream at the wild scavengers digging up her prized radishes.
2:07.8	Get out! And the out would be punctuated by the slap of the rake.
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