The Boy Who Drew Cats

Stories Podcast: A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages

Stories Podcast / Wondery

Fiction, Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.2 • 12.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Today we have a story adapted from a Japanese fable. Follow along as an artist boy who, as you may have guessed, loved to draw cats, saves a temple from an invading goblin. 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello! Welcome to Stories Podcast. I'm your host, Amanda Weldon. Today's story is called The Boy Who Drew Cats,
0:10.0	a Japanese fable translated by Lafcadio Hearn and adapted for audio by Daniel Hines.
0:16.3	We have Stories Podcast merch available at Storiespodcast.com slash shop.
0:21.7	We're also on Cameo for all of your personalized video message needs, and don't forget to
0:25.8	follow us on Instagram at Stories Podcast.
0:28.8	If you send us a drawing of your favorite scene or character, we'll share it on our feed.
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