The Fruit Juice Stand in the Forest: A Wandering Sleep Story

Little Stories for Tiny People: Anytime and bedtime stories for kids

Rhea Pechter

Arts, Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Books

4.6 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Charlie is a persistent squirrel; when he wants to do something, he goes after it with all his heart. So when he decides that a lemonade stand is the best way to earn enough sunflower seeds to build the go-cart of his dreams, he does not give up until he hears a 'yes' from his mother. Find a cozy tree branch on which to nap and listen in as Charlie and his brother find a way to make the dream come true in the late spring forest. This "Wandering Sleep Story" is part of a series available on Little Stories for Sleep, a bedtime podcast available to all Little Stories Premium subscribers. On Little Stories for Sleep, every episode begins and ends with soft music perfect for bedtime. There are no introductions before the story, no comments after--nothing to interrupt a soothing bedtime playlist. To hear many more Wandering Sleep Stories, you can join or gift a subscription by visiting http://littlestoriespremium.com

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, this is Ria with a quick note.
0:03.7	This is a full episode preview of a story featured on Little Stories for Sleep, an exclusive
0:12.4	bedtime podcast just for my Little Stories premium subscribers.
0:17.8	The episode I'm sharing with you today is part of a series I'm calling Wandering Sleep Stories.
0:24.9	These new stories are peaceful, calming, and perfect for that last track on a bedtime playlist.
0:34.1	On Little Stories for Sleep, Wandering Sleep Stories have no intro or outro. It's just the story
0:41.9	framed by soft music. Now, grab your weighted blanket, snuggle up, and fall asleep to this sweet
0:52.2	tale.
0:55.0	It was a bright morning
1:04.0	in the woods the day Charlie asked for the 11th time in as many days, whether it was finally
1:17.4	time to set up his lemonade stand. He was a persistent squirrel had been all his life. He had climbed early, talked right away.
1:35.3	It was as though, if he didn't learn as fast as he could, run at top speed, shell nuts quicker than all his brothers and sisters,
1:50.4	life, all of it, would pass him by.
1:56.0	So Charlie hurled himself into tasks and projects and challenges and did not let up until he walked away, triumphant.
2:12.5	Charlie, that's the tallest tree in the forest. How are you going to climb that?
2:18.9	Branch by branch.
2:21.3	And he did.
2:24.5	Sometimes he took things too far.
2:29.8	Mama, Mama, Charlie strung up a zip line from one side of the lake to the other.
2:37.0	Oh, did he?
2:39.4	It was a feature of childhood that sometimes, despite his efforts,
2:45.7	he was told no or nearly nearly worse, to his mind, that he had to wait.
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