The Day The Moles Complained
Story Quest – Stories for Kids
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🗓️ 9 September 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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A mole uprising almost leads to the end of the world! The Prime Minister will think twice before ignoring any letters from moles in future!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Molly Onfield, host of the award-winning Everything Under the Sun podcast, where I answer children's curious questions from all over the world. I also write a |
| 0:22.6 | weekly kids quiz in the Guardian magazine on Saturdays and have published beautiful Everything |
| 0:27.3 | Under the Sun books. My brand new book, Everything Under the Sun all around the world, is out on |
| 0:33.5 | September the 11th. It's full of amazing questions from children around the globe. |
| 0:38.2 | Like, why do wombats do square poos? Why can't horses throw up? Why do we make mistakes? |
| 0:45.5 | What's the biggest digger in the world? Who invented chess? It's full of great answers from |
| 0:52.7 | brilliant experts, including Joanna Lumley, Sophie Dahl, Grace and Perry, |
| 0:57.7 | Philippa Perry, Michael Moore Pergo, The Natural History Museum, Stephen Fry, Darren Brown and many more. |
| 1:04.1 | There's a question for every day of the year, even one for your birthday. |
| 1:08.4 | It's beautifully illustrated by 12 artists who live in all continents of the world, |
| 1:13.1 | so I think you're going to love it. Do pick up a copy in your favourite bookshop or online today. |
| 1:20.5 | Everything under the sun all around the world, packed with curious questions, expert answers, endless fun. |
| 1:27.0 | It's perfect for all your birthday party, |
| 1:29.9 | weekend entertainment and Christmas needs. Enjoy and please do spread the word with all of your |
| 1:36.4 | friends. Thank you and goodbye. The day the moles complained. |
| 1:49.7 | The trouble began underground, which is where most mole-related trouble tends to start. |
| 1:57.8 | For centuries, moles had lived quietly, tunneling beneath towns, eating worms, |
| 2:05.6 | bumping into things and pretending not to mind when people called them vermin. But on this particular |
| 2:13.6 | Tuesday, they'd had enough. They held a meeting. The Grand Mole Assembly, in the |
| 2:20.9 | deepest cavern beneath the high street of Pebbleford on the swamp. There were hundreds of them, |
| 2:26.8 | all twitching noses and tiny spectacles. Moles love spectacles. Not that they help, because moles can't see very well, but because |
| 2:37.2 | wearing them makes them feel intellectual. The leader of the moles, Sidigby Clawhammer stood on |
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