Straw Surprise: a bedtime story with guided meditation for kids

Full Episode description

On a nighttime visit to the garden, Rob finds discovers a strange human by the sharing basket and decides to investigate further.

Narrator: Female

Story Begins: 3:20

Straw Surprise Excerpt:

Along the edge of the forest, Rob Raccoon walked quietly by himself. His two best friends, Rebel and Riley Raccoon, were nowhere to be found. They’d all napped down by the creek during the late afternoon, but when Rob woke up, he found that his friends were gone. It was strange because the trio were usually inseparable. Rob figured they would turn up soon. Still, he wanted to know what they were doing. Probably something interesting.

Rob had spent the last couple of hours looking in all their favorite spots for his friends. He’d checked the other side of the point by the lily pads where they liked to hang out and drink water. He also checked the berry patch where they enjoyed eating berries. He checked the hollow tree log they often slept in. Rob had even checked Dragon’s cave, to see if they’d gone to visit Dragon.

Today’s Meditation: Imagine that you are a graceful willow tree in today’s meditation.

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