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A Bedtime Story

Matthew Mitchell

A Bedtime Story is a short-form nightly show featuring a unique tale generated by AI, then edited and performed by Matthew Mitchell.

fiction stories for kids

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3:05

The Talking Hat

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/08/08

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Pip was a young wizard with a talent for getting things wrong. He was trying to turn his pet frog, Croak, into a magical scarf. He had his spell book open, his wand ready, and a confident look on his face. “Alacazam!” he declared, a bit too loudly.Instead of a scarf, there was a puff of green smoke, and Croak was no longer a frog. In his place sat a slightly dusty, black top hat. The hat wobbled, then a tiny,

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3:24

The Astronaut and the Sticky Planet

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/08/07

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Astronaut Juniper landed her ship, the Stardust Slipper, with a gentle thump on a new and wondrous planet. The sensors had indicated a breathable atmosphere and a rich, sugary-sweet smell. Juniper stepped out, her helmet visor reflecting a world unlike any she had ever seen. The ground was a fine, sparkling sugar, and the trees… oh, the trees! They were made of giant, swirling lollipops in every color

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2:59

The Cranky Pebble and the Chipmunks

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/08/06

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Old Grumbles was a rock. Not a boulder, mind you, just a rather large, rather round, and exceptionally grumpy rock. He had been sitting in the same spot for over a hundred years, watching the seasons change and the moss grow. Grumbles liked his solitude. He liked the quiet hum of the forest and the gentle patter of rain on his surface. He did not, however, like chipmunks.So when a family of five very energetic

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3:10

The Case of the Wobbly Duck

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/08/05

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Inspector Whiskers was not just any cat. He was a detective. A cat of action, with a coat as black as midnight and a gaze that could make a mouse confess to anything. His current case was baffling: the disappearance of Sir Quackers, a rubber duck with a bright yellow coat and a very charming squeak.The crime scene was a pristine bathroom. Inspector Whiskers padded on silent paws, his tail held high with

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2:40

The Cloud Who Lived Low

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/08/04

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Clyde was a cloud, but he was a cloud with a secret: he was afraid of heights. While all the other clouds drifted high in the sky, fluffy and carefree, Clyde stayed low to the ground. He was a small, puffy cloud who spent his days hovering just above the treetops, trembling a little whenever a strong gust of wind tried to push him higher.The other clouds would call down to him, "Come on, Clyde! The view is

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2:45

Gnorp's Garden

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/08/03

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Gnorp the goblin was, by all accounts, a very grumpy fellow. He lived in a dark cave with mossy walls and a floor covered in damp, rotting leaves. He hated sunshine and cheerful birdsong. He liked the quiet of his cave and the smell of mold. His neighbor, a tiny, happy pixie named Poppy, kept trying to be his friend, but Gnorp would just growl and slam his cave door.One morning, Poppy left a small, brown seed on

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2:30

Robby and the Castle of Shells

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/08/02

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Robby was a tiny robot with big dreams. He lived on the beach, powered by a small solar panel on his back, and his biggest dream was to build the most magnificent sandcastle the world had ever seen. He was a meticulous builder, with tiny metal arms that could scoop sand with incredible precision. But there was a problem. Every time he worked, a new wave would crash and wash all his progress away."Oh, beep boop!"

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2:55

Skipper the Salty Squirrel

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/08/01

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Skipper was not like the other squirrels in the park. While they were busy burying nuts and chattering about the best oak trees, Skipper dreamed of the sea. His biggest wish was to be a pirate. He’d seen a picture of a ship in a discarded newspaper and had been hooked ever since. He loved the thought of a life of adventure, of salty sea spray and buried treasure.His pirate ship was a masterpiece. He'd found an

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2:35

The Wizard of Whimsical Wonders

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/31

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Wilfred the wizard was, for lack of a better word, a little bit forgetful. His beard was a tangle of gray and his robes were perpetually dusted with some unidentifiable powder, but his biggest problem was his spells. He was always losing them. His spellbook was a disaster, a glorious tome of leather and parchment held together with string and covered in thousands of tiny, colorful sticky notes that screamed

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2:13

Lily and the Singing Sock

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/30

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Lily was folding laundry when she found it: a bright green sock, unlike any other sock she had ever seen. It was striped with yellow and had a small embroidered smiley face on the toe. She was missing a sock, so she slipped it on her left foot, and pulled the matching blue one onto her right foot. As soon as her foot was inside the green sock, she felt a strange, happy vibration. Then, it started to hum.Not a

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2:50

Beatrice's Big Bakery

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/29

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Beatrice the badger was a baker, and a magnificent one at that. Her honey cakes were the fluffiest in the forest, and her acorn tarts were so good they would make a chipmunk swoon. She had opened her own bakery, a small, cozy place with a bright red door. But there was a problem: no one ever came.Day after day, Beatrice would bake a fresh batch of treats, and day after day, they would sit on her counter, getting

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2:45

The Bear Who Couldn't Roar

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/28

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Roscoe, a young bear with remarkably soft paws and an even softer heart, had a big problem: he couldn't roar. All the other bear cubs in Grizzly Gulch could let out magnificent, rumbling roars that made the leaves tremble. Roscoe, however, could only manage a tiny, embarrassing squeak that sounded more like a rusty hinge.He tried everything. He gargled with honey. He practiced in front of a mirror, puffing out

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3:25

Penelope's Peculiar Puddle Problem

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/27

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Penelope Pipkin loved puddles. Not just any puddles, mind you, but the extra-squishy, mud-sploshing kind that appeared after a really good rainstorm. One Tuesday morning, after a night of enthusiastic downpour, Penelope discovered the most magnificent puddle she had ever seen. It stretched across her entire backyard, shimmering like a giant, murky mirror.“Oh, glorious!” she squealed, pulling on her brightest

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3:05

The Case of the Missing Moonbeam Muffin

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/26

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Rosie Winkle was a baker with a secret ingredient: moonlight. Every evening, she’d leave her freshly baked Moonbeam Muffins on the windowsill to soak up the gentle glow, making them extra fluffy and slightly shimmery. Tonight, however, disaster had struck. One of her prize Moonbeam Muffins, the biggest and most shimmery of the batch, was gone!“Oh, crumbs!” Rosie exclaimed, her flour-dusted hands flying to her

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3:30

Bartholomew's Baffling Balloon Bonanza

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/25

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Bartholomew Bumble, a boy whose pockets were always filled with interesting pebbles and slightly squashed biscuits, loved balloons. He didn’t just like them; he adored them. Red ones, blue ones, ones shaped like grumpy octopuses – he loved them all. His greatest dream was to have a balloon so big, it could lift him clear over his grumpy Aunt Mildred’s impossibly tall fence.One sunny Saturday, Bartholomew’s

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3:10

The Dragon Who Loved Doo-Wop

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/24

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!

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3:42

The Robot Who Couldn't Rhyme

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/23

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Unit 734, a small, boxy robot with blinking blue lights for eyes, was built for logic. Its circuits hummed with facts and figures. But one day, its creator, a kindly inventor named Professor Piffle, gave it a new directive: "Unit 734, I need you to write a poem for my niece’s birthday! A lovely, rhyming poem!"Unit 734, or “Seven” as the Professor affectionately called it, immediately accessed its poetry

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3:17

Frederick's Fabulous Flying Fan

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/22

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Frederick Featherbottom was an inventor, but not a very successful one. His latest contraption, the “Self-Stirring Soup Spoon,” had only succeeded in flinging pea soup across his entire kitchen, coating his prize-winning pet goldfish, Gilly, in a fine green mist. Today, however, Frederick had a brilliant idea: a flying fan! Not a fan that cooled you down, but a fan that could actually fly.He spent weeks

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3:02

The Wobbly Wizard and the Whistlepig

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/21

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Barnaby Button, a wizard whose spells often veered off-course (he once turned his teacup into a tap-dancing toad), was having a particularly wobbly day. His latest attempt at a levitation charm had only succeeded in making his favorite armchair float exactly three inches off the ground, then rotate slowly counter-clockwise. “Blast and botheration!” he muttered, adjusting his crooked spectacles. He was supposed

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3:23

The Time-Traveling Teapot Tango

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/07/20

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Agatha Buttercup was a collector of peculiar antiques. Her little cottage was crammed with oddities: a music box that played only the sound of a grumpy badger, a chair that vibrated whenever someone told a joke, and her most prized possession, a tarnished silver teapot that had a curious habit of humming.One rainy afternoon, Agatha was dusting the teapot when it began to hum louder than usual, a strange,

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