Hello, this is Alan, your storyteller, welcoming you to the story home with an original story that shares a message of hope for the world.

It's about a little girl who believes with all her heart in the power of a wish.

Her kindness shows her entire village the meaning of the golden rule.

Now let's gather together to listen to the Golden Spoon,

written and read by Alan Schofield.

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And now here's our story. Once upon a time, there was a little village on a hill where people forgot how to be kind.

Doors closed, and everyone feared the unknown.

Then a mysterious shadow moved across the sun, and all the flowers that grew began slowly to disappear,

until the gardens and the hills had not a single blossom.

Why has this happened, they asked.

Their hearts were broken,

for what is a world without flowers?

But in this village was a young girl

who believed with all her heart

in the power of a wish. And one crisp, clear winter's

night, she spoke to the evening star. Please let flowers grow again in my garden so I can share them

with my neighbors. The evening star was moved deeply by her kindness, and the next day the

little girl saw a golden spoon shining in the snow. She picked it up, and in the next moment,

she saw a barefoot girl shivering in the cold. Come inside, she said, and the family invited the visitor to warm herself by the fire.

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