Thank you. Hi, friends. Welcome to the Sparkle Stories podcast. This is Lisbeth of Sparkle Stories. And here we are in January of 2025 starting something new. This year's podcast is centered on your favorite

stories. We are featuring week by week your favorite stories. So each week will be a new listener

favorite. Would you like to share yours with us? We would love to hear it. Doesn't matter if you are 5, 55, 95. We know we have listeners

of all ages and we would love to hear from you. Just email us at hey at SparklStories.com and tell us

your very favorite story. So this week, it's Fletcher from Austin, Texas. Fletcher loves the story,

The Guardian of the Junkyard. So in this story, it's Spiro and Zippy, the funny duo, the skunk

and the porcupine, and once a year, they become knights and battle it out to decide who

shall become the next guardian of the junkyard.

Yes, they do. And you can be like Fletcher. He thinks Spiro and Zippy are so funny as knights. Spiro's

voice always makes him laugh and he loved discovering who became the guardian of the junkyard in

this story. So listen in and find out for

yourself. If you'd like to enjoy our full library at Sparkle Stories, that's over 1,500 original

stories. Come to our website, SparklStories.com, and click the button at the top that says start free trial.

Everyone starts free and you can listen to our library as much as you like anytime you like.

Okay, now on to the story, The Guardian of the Junkyard from the Junkyard Tales collection.

Enjoy.

Enjoy. This is a story about a cat.

The cat's name was Benjamin Thompson, an unusual name for a cat, but Ben was an unusual cat.

This is also a story about a junkyard,

a most unusual place that was home to a host of unusual animals.

Our story begins midday, right in front of the junkyard warden's office.

The warden was outside, chatting with a woman who had stopped by

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