The Unfortunate Fireflies 🪰

Sleep Tight Stories - Bedtime Stories for Kids

Sleep Tight Media

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The Unfortunate Fireflies is a story about two young fireflies that are tired of listening to everything that everyone is always telling them. They decide they are old enough to make their own decisions and set off at daybreak to explore the far side of the marsh. The two of them run into some trouble and realize that maybe everything they were told was more important than they thought. Sleep Tight!, Sheryl & Clark ❤️👂📖 --- 💡 Send us your story ideas and if we use your idea in a story we will give you a shoutout on the show! 💡 Support Us 👉 If you are enjoying the podcast and would like to show your support, visit our support page at: https://sleeptightstories.org/support/ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts, or share our podcast with your friends. ❤️ We're social! Let's connect on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or reach out to us via our website About Sleep Tight Stories Sleep Tight Stories brings you two calming bedtime stories every week. Stories that promote wonder, creativity and fire young listeners’ imagination while helping them drift off to sleep with ease. They are just the perfect length, are safe for kids of all ages, and feature originals and classics that never grow old. Our stories add a little happily-ever-after to your bedtime routine.

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0:30.0	Hello friends, and welcome to Sleep Tight Stories.
0:42.0	This story is about two young fireflies who feel that they should be able to do whatever they want.
1:08.0	They head out during the day to see what is around them.
1:11.0	But being night creatures, it is not very easy for them.
1:23.0	The unfortunate fireflies.
1:32.0	Several very large families of fireflies lived in the marsh and were much admired by their friends who were awake at night.
1:45.0	Once in a while, some young firefly who happened to awake during the day would go out and hover over the heads of the daylight people.
1:55.0	He never had any attention paid to him then, however, or during the day, he seemed like a very commonplace little beetle and nobody even cared to look at him a second time.
2:10.0	The only remarkable thing about him was the soft light that shone from his body, and that could only be seen at night.
2:22.0	The older fireflies told the younger ones that they should get all the sleep they could during the day time if they were to flutter and frisk at night.
2:34.0	Most of them did this, but two young fireflies who cared more about seeing the world than they did about minding their elders used to run away while the rest were dreaming.
2:49.0	Each thought herself very important and was sure that if the others missed her, they wouldn't sleep a wink all day.
3:01.0	One night, they planned to go by daylight to the farthest corner of the marsh.
3:07.0	They had heard a couple of young muskrats talking about it and thought it might be different from anything they had seen.
3:17.0	They went to bed when the rest did and pretended to fall asleep.
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