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One version of Murphy’s Law says: If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong. If you’ve stepped on bubble gum, or if you’ve ever dropped an ice cream cone, you learned Murphy’s Law. Crying over dropped ice cream does not help you. Laughing at your mistakes helps you feel better. Try to learn from your mistakes and be more careful. But being careful does not always work. Understanding Murphy’s Law can be helpful to you and others.

The ants in our ant colony work closely together to help the society. They even climb on top of each other to reach food. Yet, there is one miscreant ant named “Mystery” who helps no one except himself. He behaves badly and sleeps too much. He thinks that he is cool. But, he’s not. The Queen Ant calls Mystery before her. The Queen Ant says, “Mystery, if you don’t change your ways, someday you’ll be sorry.” Mystery ignores the Queen. One day, Mystery will find out that the Queen was right.

An unhappy, mean sea witch was floating above the ocean. She saw a mermaid sitting on a rock and singing happily. The sea witch whispered a spell. Suddenly, lightning bolted down from the sky and struck the mermaid.

Chicken Little is based on an ancient fable. An acorn falls on top of his head. He runs around telling everyone that the sky is falling. Guess the meaning of this fable after listening. Possible answers are given at the end of the story.

The Pied Piper is a folk tale for you to find the meaning or moral. "I am a player of a magic flute that is also called a pipe. Dressed in multicolored clothing or pied clothing, people call me the Pied Piper. When I play my pipe, animals follow me until I stop playing. A messenger says that the mayor of Hamlin begs me to come right away. He disappears quickly. I wonder what the mayor wants?"

More than 2,000 years ago, the Greeks told stories about their important god called Apollo. He was the god of poetry, the sun, laws, healing, and more. Apollo was also the god of music. He played a small harp-like stringed instrument called a lyre. Apollo gave a lyre to his son named Orpheus. Apollo was so surprised when Orpheus played perfectly! Nothing could resist the beautiful music of Orpheus. Trees, rocks, humans, and other animals were hypnotized by his melodies.

There are many reasons why some people make friends easily and others do not have many friends. What is a friend? A friend is someone you respect and care about. People who help and talk to each other can be friends. What do you think a true friend is?

Let’s go back thousands of years to the Ice Age and prehistoric times before written history. We hear music coming from inside the prehistoric hut. What do you think is the oldest musical instrument in human history? Did prehistoric people have other musical instruments? Find the answers to these questions and more....

I’m a newborn basketball. Yay! But why do I have to pass all of these tests? Finally, they ship me to a new place. What’s going to happen to me? Will my life be happy or blue?

It is 1792. I am now grown up and 18 years old. I talk my 11-year-old brother, Nathaniel Cooley Chapman, into going west with me. Ours is a roaming life, walking barefoot and wearing raggedy clothes. We live off the land and take odd jobs. Why do you think that we might wear pans for hats?

From prehistoric times to the 1800s, the Plains or Great Plains were settled by people who migrated from Asia. Around 10,000 years ago, the earliest settlers of America were the Stone Flaked people (Lithic). They chipped rocks to make heads for their spears to hunt food or to make scrapers. The scrapers were for cutting wooden spear handles or for cleaning animal hides to make them soft for wearing. Do you think you could have survived as one of the Great Plains People?

This is an Aesop fable about a mean dog who wanders onto a farm where he does not belong. He sees the farmer in the dell driving his tractor. The farmer and an ox are pulling out an old tree stump. The mean dog decides to hide in the barn until sunset.

Why should you brush your teeth, tongue, and gums at least twice a day? What is the right way to brush your teeth? How should you floss your teeth? Which kind of mouthwash should you use? Find out in this audiobook.

I’m a baby groundhog living underground in a den. Snow is above me. Living in a cold place, I grow two coats of hair. One is gray-white, and the other layer is thick brownish. I’m grown-up now. My name is Phil because I like to “fill” myself up with food such as clover plants. Everybody is excited about today. It is February 2. Why are they gathered around my burrow?

This is an ancient fable about a tiny ant and a dove who show kindness. Try to guess the meaning of this Aesop fable and how to apply it to your life. Several morals are given at the end of this story.

Jill and Jack and the Beanstalk is a delightfully humorous retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Iris, the Rainbow Unicorn says, “Wow! It must be almost Christmas. Our horns, hooves and manes are turning red and green, the colors of Christmas.” Lavender, the Purple Unicorn, says, “It’s fun to decorate the Christmas Tree. I see dazzling stars twinkling on it. Each and every ornament has a special meaning for someone.”

This is an ancient fable about a peacock who is vain and a crane who thinks what you do is more important than how you look. Try to guess the meaning of this Aesop fable and how it applies to your life. Several morals are given at the end of this story.

Some teenagers enjoy listening to jokes but have difficulty telling them. For those who say that they can't tell jokes, the answer is "Yes you can learn to tell jokes." This audiobook includes teenage jokes, why we tell jokes, and how to tell jokes.

One fine sunny day, Craymer the Crab is enjoying the cool breeze and warm sand at the beach. Seacliff the Seagull makes a mewing sound just like a kitten. He smacks his beak because he’s hungry. Will he eat Craymer the Crab?