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This story is called The Little Apple Tree by Jasmine Stone Van Dresser. This is a LibraryCall adaptation and recording. In a thriving apple orchard full of trees heavy with ripening fruit, a little apple tree sighed. Her apples remained small, green, and hard. She couldn’t help but compare herself to the apple trees around her; their fruit was already so round and red. "Since these are my first apples, perhaps they will ripen more slowly," she thought. "I must be patient.

Este cuento se llama Naranjas agrias, escrito por Earl Stanley Harrison. Esta es una adaptación y grabación de LibraryCall. Érase una vez un hombre muy rico. Vivía en una gran hacienda y cultivaba grandes acres de naranjos. También tenía vacas, ovejas, y cerdos. Los naranjos estaban llenos de naranjas dulces y jugosas. aLas vacas, las ovejas y los cerdos estaban muy gordos. El hombre tenía todavía más-- un matrimonio feliz y cinco buenos hijos. Tenía todo lo que podía desear. Pero el hombre no estaba satisfecho.

Este cuento tradicional se llama El cuento del pollo, adaptado por Earl Stanley Harrison y LibraryCall. Esta es una grabación de LibraryCall. Un día, Pollito Benito caminaba por el bosque cuando una bellota cayó en su cabeza. "¡Ay!" dijo Pollito Benito. El creía que el cielo había caído sobre él. "¡El cielo se está cayendo!" dijo.

The Story of the Yellow Flowers by Frances Weld Danielson. This is a LibraryCall adaptation and recording. Once there were a great many weeds in a field. No one appreciated the weeds and they felt as though they had no place in the world. The cows would not eat them, the children would not pick them, and even the bugs did not seem to like them. “I don’t see what we’re here for,” said one of the weeds.

This story is called Don't Test the Princess! by Madeline Walton-Hadlock. This story is a twist on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea. This is a LibraryCall recording. Once upon a time, a young prince named Maximus decided the time had come for him to marry a princess. But he wasn’t interested in marrying just any princess. He wanted to marry a truly-true princess. Maximus made a list of all the qualities he believed a truly-true princess should have.

This story is called Ripple the Water Spirit by Louisa May Alcott. This is a LibraryCall adaptation and recording In the deep blue sea lived Ripple, a Water-Spirit. All day long she danced beneath the coral arches, made garlands of bright ocean flowers, or floated on the great waves that sparkled in the sunlight.

This story is called The Twin Stars by Florence Holbrook, adapted and recorded by LibraryCall. In front of the little house was a pine-tree, and every night at the time when two children, brother and sister went to bed, a bright star appeared over the top of the tree, visible through their window.

This story is called Marshmallow Goes to School by Madeline Walton-Hadlock. This is a LibraryCall recording. It was the first day of school. Mary sat at the table staring into her bowl of Rainbow Crinkle-Crunch cereal. Why wasn’t she hungry? Rainbow Crinkle-Crunch was her favorite! She picked up her spoon and tried to take a bite, but she was too nervous to eat. “Baa,” said a little voice on the other side of the kitchen door. Mary giggled and felt a bit better. “Sorry, Marshmallow,” Mary called.

Este cuento se llama Don Juan Bolondrón, escrito por Fernan Caballero y adaptado por E.S. Harrison y LibraryCall. Esta es una grabación de LibraryCall. Una vez, había un pobre zapatero llamado Juan Bolondrón. Un día, Juan estaba sentado en su banco de trabajo cortando cuero para un nuevo par de zapatos cuando varias moscas aterrizaron a su lado. Don Juan recogió un trozo de cuero y mató siete de ellas de un golpe. Entonces gritó, “Yo soy muy valiente, y desde hoy me llamo Don Juan Bolondrón Matasiete.” Había cerca de la ciudad un bosque oscuro lleno de animales feroces.

This story is called Diamonds and Toads by Charles Perrault. This is a LibraryCall adaptation and recording. Once upon a time, there was a cruel woman who had two daughters. The older daughter, Vivian, looked just like her mother and had a similarly foul temperament. The younger daughter, Isabelle, was good-natured and friendly. The woman spoiled her older daughter, showering Vivian with new clothes and expensive cuts of meat. Meanwhile, the mother ignored Isabelle and required her to work hard all day just to eat the scraps of food left behind by her sister.