Hello and welcome back to Kuala Mun, a podcast of Original Children's Bedtime

Stories and Meditations designed to make Bedtime a Dream.

As has become our habit, Koko and I want to start by welcoming some new friends into the clubhouse.

Welcome to Kyle Koch, who's five and a half, Winnie from Vermont, and Von and Everly from Ottawa, Canada.

Welcome and thanks for joining us and enjoy all your extra bonus episodes from now on.

I wonder whether the person who sent in the idea for tonight's story about a ballet

dancing duck is listening. You forgot to leave your name so I'll say thank you and hope it reaches

your ears somehow. It was such a gorgeous concept that Alicia couldn't resist giving it her special bedtime story

treatment and turning it into this sweet snoozy tale.

I should say to each and every one of you, parents, grandparents, older siblings included,

feel free to send us your story ideas. No matter how brief or detailed or funny or silly we read everything and although we have

loads of ideas in our writers room there's always room for more.

We'll give you a shout out too so Disney know exactly who to call.

For all the parents out there, picture that it's bedtime.

You and the kids have been busy all day.

You know they're tired, but with all that anxious energy, they just won't go to sleep.

This was my kids every night. But I did find that stories calm their mind and gave them something to focus on.

So six years ago, I created the kids podcast Bedtime History to help solve that problem.

Bedtime history is a series of relaxing history stories that end with an inspirational message.

We have episodes about Jackie Robinson, Neil Armstrong,

Maya Angelo, and Sakagawaa. Episodes also include topics like space exploration,

engineering, the rise and fall of civilizations, and major events like the

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