Stories From Now And Then: Short Stories for Kids
Jun 20, 2026 · 17 min · 8 segments
Nicola spins some yarns from Aesop's Fables. Some you may know, some not! Meanwhile Deprecatus is getting a bit wordy at the OL. Stories From Now and Then is a short weekly calming kids podcast…
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Okay.
Today's story time is a bit of a special one because instead of having one story, we're going to have five mini stories.
These are very old stories from a time long, long ago, and they were written by someone called Aesop.
Aesop wrote stories to teach lessons to people.
It was very clever of Aesop to do this because often when we hear a lesson through a story, we'll be more likely to remember it.
You might even know some of these stories.
They became very famous.
But some of them might be new to you.
Let's get started.
These are a few of Aesop's Fables.
The first one is called The Tortoise and the Hare.
Now, it's not a hair like the hair on your head.
This is a hare like a wild rabbit.
Once upon a time, a hare was making fun of a tortoise for being so slow upon his feet.
"Well," said the tortoise, "Let's run a race and I'll bet that I win." "Oh," replied the hare, who was much amused by the idea.
"Yes, let's try and see." And it was soon agreed that the fox should set a course for them and be the judge.
When the time came, both started off together, but the hare was soon so far ahead that he thought he might as well have a rest, so down he lay and fell fast asleep.
Meanwhile, the tortoise kept plodding on, and in time reached the finish line.
At last, the hare woke up with a start and dashed on at his fastest, but only to find that the tortoise had already won the race.
The lesson from that story, you've probably heard this, is that slow and steady wins the race.
The second story is called The North Wind and the Sun.
Once upon a time, the North Wind and the Sun were having an argument because each of them said that he was stronger than the other.
Finally, they agreed to test their strength upon a man who was going for a walk.
Their challenge was to see which of them could soonest strip him of his coat.
The North Wind had the first try and gathering up all his force for the attack, he came whirling furiously down upon the man and caught up his coat as though he would wrestle it from him by one single effort.
Okay.
Today's story time is a bit of a special one because instead of having one story, we're going to have five mini stories.
These are very old stories from a time long, long ago, and they were written by someone called Aesop.
Aesop wrote stories to teach lessons to people.
It was very clever of Aesop to do this because often when we hear a lesson through a story, we'll be more likely to remember it.
You might even know some of these stories.
They became very famous.
But some of them might be new to you.
Let's get started.
These are a few of Aesop's Fables.
The first one is called The Tortoise and the Hare.
Now, it's not a hair like the hair on your head.
This is a hare like a wild rabbit.
Once upon a time, a hare was making fun of a tortoise for being so slow upon his feet.
"Well," said the tortoise, "Let's run a race and I'll bet that I win." "Oh," replied the hare, who was much amused by the idea.
"Yes, let's try and see." And it was soon agreed that the fox should set a course for them and be the judge.
When the time came, both started off together, but the hare was soon so far ahead that he thought he might as well have a rest, so down he lay and fell fast asleep.
Meanwhile, the tortoise kept plodding on, and in time reached the finish line.
At last, the hare woke up with a start and dashed on at his fastest, but only to find that the tortoise had already won the race.
The lesson from that story, you've probably heard this, is that slow and steady wins the race.
The second story is called The North Wind and the Sun.
Once upon a time, the North Wind and the Sun were having an argument because each of them said that he was stronger than the other.
Finally, they agreed to test their strength upon a man who was going for a walk.
Their challenge was to see which of them could soonest strip him of his coat.
The North Wind had the first try and gathering up all his force for the attack, he came whirling furiously down upon the man and caught up his coat as though he would wrestle it from him by one single effort.
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