October 2, 2025 • 11 mins
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It’s time for more of the new Uncle Wiggily series – Uncle Wiggily’s Travels. Where in the rabbit world is he off to this time, and who will he meet? What new friends will he make? Have a listen and see how it happens.
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It’s time for more of the new Uncle Wiggily series – Uncle Wiggily’s Travels. Where in the rabbit world is he off to this time, and who will he meet? What new friends will he make? Have a listen and see how it happens.
So, cuddle up to your little ones, settle in, and enjoy.
Visit us on Instagram at “sleepstories_fairytales_4kids ”.
Visit us on BlueSky at - @sleepstories4kids.bsky.social
If you’d like to help support our work, & buy us a yummy coffee or a cuppa, please pop over to
ko-fi.com/sleepstoriesandfairytales4kids, we’ve got some thoughtful rewards for our supporters.
You'll also find a lot of cute things, videos and artwork. We also have a membership club, where the members will receive a shoutout, and have access to videos recorded exclusively for the members. Visit us at, ko-fi.com/sleepstoriesandfairytales4kids!
Want to hear more stories? Our Subscribers Club offers a selection of special stories recorded only for the members. You can tell which those are because you’ll see a nice orange label with a crown next to those episode titles. Our Supporters Club via Spreaker: spreaker.com/podcast/classic-children-s-story-podcast--4219679/support
AND … If you’d like to watch some stories read by us on video, why not visit our new YouTube Channel – “Sleep Stories and Classic Fairy Tales For Kids” - dedicated to making videos that entertain & empower kids with stories, affirmations, tapping (EFT) etc. And, you’ll also find stories, riddle quizzes, elearning videos, songs and more. They’re all lovingly and enthusiastically read on-camera for kids – https://www.youtube.com/@SleepStoriesandFairyTales4U
AND, exciting news ... we have a website of stories, riddles, positive affirmations for kids and more. It's here - www.sleepstoriesandfairytales4kids.com
sure to pop by and read the new original stories!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, this is Stefania, and welcome back to the classic
children's story podcast, Stories of Bedtime, play Time, Anytime to
keep your little ones entertained and happy. We've been an
internectional collection of stories, stories that to each stories that entertain,
and more. We're moving along this time with Uncle Wiggily,
(00:28):
Uncle Wiggily and the Lost Chipmunk. Our story begins. Uncle
Wiggily was walking along the road one morning after he
(00:49):
had slept all night in the hollow stump. He didn't
have any breakfasts either, for there was nothing left in
his case, and of course he couldn't eat his barber
bule crutch. If the crutch had a hole in it,
like in the elephant's trunk, then the old gentleman rabbit
could have carried some sandwiches. But as it was, he
(01:11):
had nothing for breakfast, and he hadn't had much supper
either the night before. Ooh, how hungry I am, exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily. If only I had a piece of cherry
by now, would I s kim gone? Or a bit
of bread and butter and jam? I won't be all right? Well,
(01:33):
he just happened to open his case, and there on
the very bottom among some papers, he found a few
crumbs of the honey sandwich that the bees had given him. Well,
you can't never imagine how good those few crumbs tasted
(01:53):
to the old gentleman rabbit. Which shows you that it
is a good thing to be hungry once in a while,
because even common things taste good. Have you found that
to be true? You're so hungry that everything tastes good anyhow,
But the crumbs weren't enough for Uncle Wiggily. As he
(02:14):
walked along, he kept getting hungrier and hungrier, and he
didn't know how I was going to stand it. Then,
all of a sudden, as he was passing by a
hollow stump, he saw a whole lot of little black
creatures crawling around it. They were going up and down,
(02:35):
and they were very busy. Why these are ants, said
the rabbit. Well, I suppose they have plenty to eat.
I almost wish I was an aunt. Well, well, exclaimed
a voice all at once. If it isn't Uncle Wiggily,
(02:56):
where did you come from? And there stood a second
cousin to the aunt, for whom Uncle Wiggily had once
carried home a pound of beef steak with mushrooms on it. Oh,
I am traveling about seeking my fortune, said the rabbit.
But I haven't been very successful. I couldn't even find
(03:17):
my breakfast this morning. That's too bad, exclaimed the aunt
who wore glasses. We can give you something, however, Come on, everybody,
help get breakfast for Uncle Wiggily. So all the ants
came running up, and some of them brought pieces of
boiled eggs, and others brought oatmeal, and others parts of oranges,
(03:40):
and still others parts of cups of coffee. So take
it out. Together with seventeen million, four hundred and seventeen thousand,
one hundred and eighty five aunts and a baby aunt
to wait on him, Uncle Wiggily managed to make out
a pretty fair sort of breakfast. Well, after the old
(04:04):
gentleman rabbit had eaten all the breakfast he could, he
thanked the kind ants and said good bye to them.
Then he started off again. He hadn't gone on very
far through the woods before all of a sudden he
saw something bright and shining under a BlackBerry bush. Well,
(04:29):
I do declare, cried the old gentleman rabbit. I I
think that looks like cold. I hope I'm not fooled.
This time, I will go up very slowly and carefully.
Perhaps I shall find my fortune now. So up he
(04:51):
walked very softly, and he stooped down and picked up
the shiny thing. Do you know what it was? Why?
A bright new penny pence as shiny as gold. Good luck,
cried Uncle Wiggily. I am beginning to find money. Soon
(05:13):
I will be rich, and then I can stop traveling.
And he put the penny in his pocket. Well, no
sooner had he done so than he heard someone crying
over behind a raspberry bush. Oh, such a sad cry
it was. And the old gentleman rabbit knew right away
(05:33):
that someone was in trouble. Who is there, he asked,
as he felt in his pocket to see if his
penny was safe, for he thought that was the beginning
of his fortune. Oh I'm lost, cried the voice. I
came to the store to buy a chocolate lollipop and
I can't find my way back. And then out from
(05:58):
behind the raspy bush, I'm a tiny little striped chipmunk
with tears falling down on her little paws. Oh you
poor little dear, cried Uncle Wiggily, And so you were
lost well, don't you know what you do? As soon
(06:19):
as you are lost, You must go to a policeman
and ask him to take you home. Policemen always know
where everybody lives. That there are no policemen here, said
the chipmunk, who was something like a squirrel, only smaller.
Not so, agreed Uncle Wiggily. Well, pretend that I am
(06:39):
a policeman, and I'll take y'all. Where do you live?
If I knew, said the chipmunk, I would go home myself.
All I know is that I live in a hollow
stop hm, exclaimed Uncle Wiggily. There are there are so
(07:00):
many hollow stumps here that I can't tell which one
it is. We will go to each one, and when
you find the one that is your home, just tell me.
But that is not the worst, said the chipmunk. I
have lost my bright new penny pence that my mama
(07:21):
gave me for a chocolate lollipop. Oh dear, isn't it terrible?
Perhaps this is your penny, said the old gentleman rabbit,
a bit sadly, taking from his pocket the one he
had found. It is the very one, cried the lost
(07:41):
chipmunk joyfully. Oh how good of you to find it
for me, well, thought Uncle Wiggily, with a sorrowful size,
he handed over the penny. I thought I had found
the beginning of my fortune, but I've lost it again.
Never mind, Oh try tomorrow. So he gave the penny
(08:04):
to the chipmunk, and she stopped crying right away and
took hold of Uncle Wiggily's paw, and he led her
around to all the hollow stumps until she found the
right one where she lived, and he bought her ice
cream come because he felt very sorry for her. And
just as she was eating it, along came a big
(08:29):
black bear and he wanted half of it, but very luckily,
the july bug flew past just then and he bit
the bear in the eyes, so that the bear was
glad enough to run home, taking his tall stumpy tail
with him. Then the chipmunk took Uncle Wiggily back to
(08:51):
her home, and he stayed with her Papa and mama
all night. That's the end of today's story, But we'll
be back again soon with the story of Uncle Wiggily
(09:15):
and the Black Cricket, and we'll be having some news
stories as well, some stories from Japan in English of course,
US some Stories, fairy Tales and other stories from Japan
something a little different. You can subscribe and listen to
(09:38):
the Classic Short Story podcast on most major podcast platforms
and aps. Join our Supporters Club and get access to
stories recorded just for the members. You'll find the link
in the show notes and visit our coffee page Sleep
Stories and fairy Tales for Kids, where you can find videos,
(10:00):
free downloadable artwork, and all kinds of cute things. And
we're beginning a collection of downloadable color me affirmation pages.
Pop by and take a look. If you've got young
ones who love the color. That's Sleep Stories and fairy
Tales for Kids on Coffee and the url is in
(10:20):
the show notes. Feel free to spread the news of
this podcast to your family, to your friends, to everyone.
We'll always have exciting new episode stories ready for you
for sleep time, for playtime, for any time. And be
sure to check the show notes, where you can find
(10:42):
news of our website, where you can find even more
good stuff. Bye for now, be good, stay well, be happy.
Bye
Hi, this is Stefania, and welcome back to the classic
children's story podcast, Stories of Bedtime, play Time, Anytime to
keep your little ones entertained and happy. We've been an
internectional collection of stories, stories that to each stories that entertain,
and more. We're moving along this time with Uncle Wiggily,
(00:28):
Uncle Wiggily and the Lost Chipmunk. Our story begins. Uncle
Wiggily was walking along the road one morning after he
(00:49):
had slept all night in the hollow stump. He didn't
have any breakfasts either, for there was nothing left in
his case, and of course he couldn't eat his barber
bule crutch. If the crutch had a hole in it,
like in the elephant's trunk, then the old gentleman rabbit
could have carried some sandwiches. But as it was, he
(01:11):
had nothing for breakfast, and he hadn't had much supper
either the night before. Ooh, how hungry I am, exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily. If only I had a piece of cherry
by now, would I s kim gone? Or a bit
of bread and butter and jam? I won't be all right? Well,
(01:33):
he just happened to open his case, and there on
the very bottom among some papers, he found a few
crumbs of the honey sandwich that the bees had given him. Well,
you can't never imagine how good those few crumbs tasted
(01:53):
to the old gentleman rabbit. Which shows you that it
is a good thing to be hungry once in a while,
because even common things taste good. Have you found that
to be true? You're so hungry that everything tastes good anyhow,
But the crumbs weren't enough for Uncle Wiggily. As he
(02:14):
walked along, he kept getting hungrier and hungrier, and he
didn't know how I was going to stand it. Then,
all of a sudden, as he was passing by a
hollow stump, he saw a whole lot of little black
creatures crawling around it. They were going up and down,
(02:35):
and they were very busy. Why these are ants, said
the rabbit. Well, I suppose they have plenty to eat.
I almost wish I was an aunt. Well, well, exclaimed
a voice all at once. If it isn't Uncle Wiggily,
(02:56):
where did you come from? And there stood a second
cousin to the aunt, for whom Uncle Wiggily had once
carried home a pound of beef steak with mushrooms on it. Oh,
I am traveling about seeking my fortune, said the rabbit.
But I haven't been very successful. I couldn't even find
(03:17):
my breakfast this morning. That's too bad, exclaimed the aunt
who wore glasses. We can give you something, however, Come on, everybody,
help get breakfast for Uncle Wiggily. So all the ants
came running up, and some of them brought pieces of
boiled eggs, and others brought oatmeal, and others parts of oranges,
(03:40):
and still others parts of cups of coffee. So take
it out. Together with seventeen million, four hundred and seventeen thousand,
one hundred and eighty five aunts and a baby aunt
to wait on him, Uncle Wiggily managed to make out
a pretty fair sort of breakfast. Well, after the old
(04:04):
gentleman rabbit had eaten all the breakfast he could, he
thanked the kind ants and said good bye to them.
Then he started off again. He hadn't gone on very
far through the woods before all of a sudden he
saw something bright and shining under a BlackBerry bush. Well,
(04:29):
I do declare, cried the old gentleman rabbit. I I
think that looks like cold. I hope I'm not fooled.
This time, I will go up very slowly and carefully.
Perhaps I shall find my fortune now. So up he
(04:51):
walked very softly, and he stooped down and picked up
the shiny thing. Do you know what it was? Why?
A bright new penny pence as shiny as gold. Good luck,
cried Uncle Wiggily. I am beginning to find money. Soon
(05:13):
I will be rich, and then I can stop traveling.
And he put the penny in his pocket. Well, no
sooner had he done so than he heard someone crying
over behind a raspberry bush. Oh, such a sad cry
it was. And the old gentleman rabbit knew right away
(05:33):
that someone was in trouble. Who is there, he asked,
as he felt in his pocket to see if his
penny was safe, for he thought that was the beginning
of his fortune. Oh I'm lost, cried the voice. I
came to the store to buy a chocolate lollipop and
I can't find my way back. And then out from
(05:58):
behind the raspy bush, I'm a tiny little striped chipmunk
with tears falling down on her little paws. Oh you
poor little dear, cried Uncle Wiggily, And so you were
lost well, don't you know what you do? As soon
(06:19):
as you are lost, You must go to a policeman
and ask him to take you home. Policemen always know
where everybody lives. That there are no policemen here, said
the chipmunk, who was something like a squirrel, only smaller.
Not so, agreed Uncle Wiggily. Well, pretend that I am
(06:39):
a policeman, and I'll take y'all. Where do you live?
If I knew, said the chipmunk, I would go home myself.
All I know is that I live in a hollow
stop hm, exclaimed Uncle Wiggily. There are there are so
(07:00):
many hollow stumps here that I can't tell which one
it is. We will go to each one, and when
you find the one that is your home, just tell me.
But that is not the worst, said the chipmunk. I
have lost my bright new penny pence that my mama
(07:21):
gave me for a chocolate lollipop. Oh dear, isn't it terrible?
Perhaps this is your penny, said the old gentleman rabbit,
a bit sadly, taking from his pocket the one he
had found. It is the very one, cried the lost
(07:41):
chipmunk joyfully. Oh how good of you to find it
for me, well, thought Uncle Wiggily, with a sorrowful size,
he handed over the penny. I thought I had found
the beginning of my fortune, but I've lost it again.
Never mind, Oh try tomorrow. So he gave the penny
(08:04):
to the chipmunk, and she stopped crying right away and
took hold of Uncle Wiggily's paw, and he led her
around to all the hollow stumps until she found the
right one where she lived, and he bought her ice
cream come because he felt very sorry for her. And
just as she was eating it, along came a big
(08:29):
black bear and he wanted half of it, but very luckily,
the july bug flew past just then and he bit
the bear in the eyes, so that the bear was
glad enough to run home, taking his tall stumpy tail
with him. Then the chipmunk took Uncle Wiggily back to
(08:51):
her home, and he stayed with her Papa and mama
all night. That's the end of today's story, But we'll
be back again soon with the story of Uncle Wiggily
(09:15):
and the Black Cricket, and we'll be having some news
stories as well, some stories from Japan in English of course,
US some Stories, fairy Tales and other stories from Japan
something a little different. You can subscribe and listen to
(09:38):
the Classic Short Story podcast on most major podcast platforms
and aps. Join our Supporters Club and get access to
stories recorded just for the members. You'll find the link
in the show notes and visit our coffee page Sleep
Stories and fairy Tales for Kids, where you can find videos,
(10:00):
free downloadable artwork, and all kinds of cute things. And
we're beginning a collection of downloadable color me affirmation pages.
Pop by and take a look. If you've got young
ones who love the color. That's Sleep Stories and fairy
Tales for Kids on Coffee and the url is in
(10:20):
the show notes. Feel free to spread the news of
this podcast to your family, to your friends, to everyone.
We'll always have exciting new episode stories ready for you
for sleep time, for playtime, for any time. And be
sure to check the show notes, where you can find
(10:42):
news of our website, where you can find even more
good stuff. Bye for now, be good, stay well, be happy.
Bye
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