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The Little Acorn - Rebroadcast

Stories Podcast: A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages

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Mam Says, I'll Never Fall, Not Ever

Hazel watched in horror as her brothers and sisters were scattered by the wind or kicked carelessly from boot to boot. I won't let that happen to me, she whispered into her mother's arms. She wailed and cried and clung on all night long. When she slept, she dreamed of falling. And when she woke up, she was even more convinced that she should stay right where she was. Mother oak smiled gently, pulling hazel into her branches. There is no right time, not to fall, not to move, not to grow. You'll spend all your days looking for the right time, but it just isn't real. There's only the time you make

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