The Reluctant Garden Gnome

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

Rhea Pechter

Books, Kids & Family, Arts, Stories For Kids

4.5 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Nem, a seven-year-old gnome, has just been given a single lime green seed with which to grow the garden he will tend to for life. Every other seven-year-old gnome tackles the challenge with enthusiasm, swiftly claiming patches of land and getting to work. Not Nem. He is far from ready to make his way in the world. Find out what happens as Nem travels through the forest with his beetle, Mo, and how he ultimately confronts his doubts with the help of a gnome you may remember from "The Gnome and the Seed". ENJOY! If you LOVE THIS EPISODE, PLEASE SHARE IT! Thank you to LIBBY for the super important reminder message at the beginning! Get more of the stories you love, ad-free listening, and access Little Stories for Sleep--a bedtime podcast featuring brand new sleep stories--with Little Stories Premium! Join or GIFT a subscription at http://www.littlestoriespremium.com Find my two picture books, Little Hedgehog Goes to School and Little Fox Can't Wait to Dream at https://www.littlestoriestinypeople.com/books

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0:00.0	This is Ria.
0:07.0	Ria. Welcome to Little Stories for Tiny People.
0:14.0	A little over five years ago, I shared a story called The Nome and The Seed.
0:22.0	It's one of my favorites from the early days of the podcast. If you
0:27.2	haven't heard it, check it out. I have wanted to revisit the world I created for that story for a while now.
0:36.7	Today is the day.
0:38.7	Our story is about another young gnome
0:42.1	who must learn an important lesson as he takes his first steps into adulthood.
0:48.4	Let's hear it. It's called the Reluctant Garden Gnome.
0:54.7	Take it away, Libby.
0:56.4	Remember, there are no pictures, so you will have to imagine them in your mind.
1:00.7	You can imagine them however you want. Okay, here we go.
1:06.0	Welcome to Perspicity Woods's annual seed ceremony.
1:17.0	May the recipients of this year's fine batch of seeds unleash the teeming potential within each of them and grow a goose
1:27.4	worthy of a known's work. Excuse me, a garden.
1:34.2	I don't think you'll be able to grow a goose.
1:37.8	Let us begin.
1:41.2	Every seven-year-old gnome in Perspicity Woods was lined up, ready to receive a single seed,
1:50.1	the humble start to the gardens they'd tend to for the rest of their lives.
1:56.8	Prickly Parsnip, please step forward.
2:00.7	There you are. Willis, fly Trappminster.
2:05.0	Step up now, please.
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