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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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3:48

The Case of the Warmest Muffin

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/22

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!In the charming town of Everlight, lived a man named Arthur. Arthur possessed a very peculiar and utterly unhelpful superpower: he could make anything he held feel a tiny bit warmer. Not hot enough to cook an egg, mind you, just a pleasant, toasty temperature. It was a power that made his tea cozy collection rather redundant, but not much else. He'd tried making a frozen pizza feel warmer, but it just ended up

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3:11

Professor Pip's Peculiar Invention

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/21

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Professor Pip was a genius, but a very disorganized one. His lab was a marvelous mess of bubbling beakers and tangled wires, and his hair looked like a bird’s nest after a particularly windy day. His newest invention, the "Everything-Finder," was supposed to find anything you'd lost. He was about to test it when he realized he couldn't find the main power button.He scrambled through a pile of blueprints. He

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3:07

A Visit from the Star-Eater

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/20

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Jasper was a young boy with a telescope and a deep-seated fear of anything that might go thump in the night. One night, while he was looking at the moon, he heard a sound. Not a thump, but a sort of a gentle slurping sound, coming from the sky. He lowered his telescope just in time to see something amazing: a creature, about the size of a cow, but made entirely of purple smoke, gently sucking on a little

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2:56

Captain Poppy's Wobbly Quest

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/19

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Captain Poppy was a pirate, but not the kind who stole treasure. She was the kind of pirate who collected wobbly things. Her ship, the Grumble-Grumble, was filled with wobbly chairs, wobbly tables, and a very wobbly lamp that had a tendency to fall over at the slightest bump. Captain Poppy believed wobbly things had character.One day, Captain Poppy received a letter, delivered by a parrot in a tiny sailor’s hat

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2:56

The Ghost Who Feared the Gloom

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/18

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Milo was a ghost, a fact he was quite proud of. He could float through walls, make things rattle, and was a master of the spooky "wooooooo" sound. But Milo had a secret. He was absolutely terrified of the dark. Not a little bit scared. A lot. Which was a bit of a problem for a ghost, who by nature of the profession, was nocturnal.One night, while on a grand tour of the old library, Milo became so engrossed in a

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2:57

The Dragon's Decorating Dilemma

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/17

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!The Craggs were a family of dragons, though a rather small one. Their father, a miniature dragon named Archibald, was no bigger than a house cat, while his children, Mavis and Finn, were just slightly larger than a squirrel. They lived in a cave on the side of a mountain, and while their home was safe and warm, it was, in Archibald's opinion, rather drab."We need some sparkle!" Archibald announced one morning,

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2:55

The Owl Librarian and the Dancing Fireflies

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/16

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Ms. Penelope Featherwing was a librarian with a very serious mission: to maintain absolute and total quiet in the Great Hollow Library. As an owl, she had a natural affinity for shushing. Her motto was "silence is golden," and she enforced it with a stern look and a pointed feather.But one warm evening, as the moon rose high in the sky, a group of fireflies decided to have a party. They didn’t mean any harm, of

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3:10

The Nut Heist of the Century

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/15

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Sheldon, a squirrel with a flair for the dramatic, gathered his crew. "Listen up, team," he chittered, his tail twitching with anticipation. "Our target: The Acorn of Ages. It's in the Museum of Natural Wonders. They say it's the biggest acorn in the world. A feat of nature. We, my friends, shall make it a feat of heist."His crew consisted of Penelope, a squirrel with impressive climbing skills, and Chester, a

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3:02

Sir Reginald and the Giggling Orb

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/14

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Sir Reginald, a knight with more dents in his armor than a crumpled tin can, was given a most important mission: to deliver the Luminous Orb of Sibling Harmony to the king. The orb was said to settle any argument, but it had a strange quirk. It was incredibly, unbelievably ticklish.“Be careful, Sir Reginald,” the Royal Oracle warned, her voice a low rumble. “The slightest jiggle, the faintest bounce, and it will

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2:35

The Mischievous Tidy-Bot

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/13

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Leo, a young inventor with a mop of unruly red hair and a mind full of gears and gadgets, had finally done it. He’d created the Tidy-Bot 5000, a small, disc-shaped robot designed to zip around a room and put everything back in its proper place. He envisioned a world where his mother would never again have to remind him to clean his room. The Tidy-Bot was perfect. At first.The Tidy-Bot 5000, which Leo

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3:02

Professor Paws and the Perilous Porcelain

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/12

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Professor Alistair P. Pumblechook was a renowned wizard, though his greatest magic often felt like a series of magnificent messes. His latest magical misfire involved his cat, a fluffy, grey Persian named Winston. Winston was a creature of refined disdain, preferring to nap on velvet cushions rather than participate in Alistair's strange experiments. One Tuesday, while Alistair was attempting a spell to make his

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3:16

The Ogre's Writer's Block

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/11

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Gronk was an ogre, which, as most people know, means he was big, a little bit stinky, and had a tremendous appetite for turnips. But what people didn’t know was that Gronk was also a poet. He wrote beautiful, heartfelt verses about sunsets, the bravery of beetles, and the simple joy of a good mud puddle. This year, he was determined to win the annual village poetry competition.“The theme is ‘bravery,’ he

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2:50

The Talking Puddle

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/10

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Rainy days were usually just a little bit boring for Beatrice. She would sit by the window and watch the gray world outside. But today, a puddle had formed right outside her house, and it was a puddle with a secret. As Beatrice watched, the puddle began to shimmer, and she heard a soft, watery whisper."Hello," it gurgled. "Is anyone out there?"Beatrice ran to the front door, pulling on her boots and rain jacket

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3:08

The Giraffe Who Lost His Spots

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/09

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Gus was a giraffe with a problem. A big, spotty problem. One morning, he woke up and looked in the watering hole, and to his horror, he had lost all his spots! He was completely, utterly plain. He looked like a giant, beige banana on stilts. All the other giraffes stared at him. "Where are your spots, Gus?" they asked. "You look so… bare!"Gus felt terribly embarrassed. "I don't know!" he wailed. "They're just…

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2:44

The Great Snail Race

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/08

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Stanley the snail was tired of being slow. Every morning, the ladybug zoomed past him, and the ants marched in a hurry, not a care in the world. Even the earthworm, who didn't have any legs, seemed to get places faster. Stanley wanted to be a champion. He wanted to be fast. He decided to train for the Great Garden Race, a race that was held every year between the garden creatures, even though it was mostly a lot

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2:55

The Case of the Missing Cookies

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/07

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Penelope was the most organized person in the whole wide world, or at least the most organized person on Maple Street. Her pencils were color-coded, her books were alphabetized, and her cookie jar was always, always full of oatmeal raisin cookies. So when she went to get a cookie for her afternoon snack and found the jar completely empty, she knew something was horribly, hilariously wrong.She looked around her

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3:12

The Day the Mailbox Got a Mustache

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/06

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Old Mr. Pippin, a man whose eyebrows were so bushy they looked like two caterpillars napping on his forehead, was having a perfectly normal Tuesday. He was about to put a letter to his cousin Mildred into his mailbox when he saw it. The mailbox, a perfectly respectable, slightly rusty metal box, had grown a mustache. Not a regular mustache, mind you. This was a magnificent, curly, handlebar mustache made of what

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3:49

The Very Sleepy Bear

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/05

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Bernard was a bear who loved to sleep. He loved it more than honey, more than salmon, and definitely more than climbing a tree. Every year, when winter came, he would find a nice, cozy cave and settle down for a long, peaceful nap. But this year, he just couldn't fall asleep.He tried everything. He counted sheep, but they were so fluffy he just wanted to pet them. He sang a very low, rumbling lullaby to

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2:41

Percy the Penguin Finds His Groove

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/04

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Percy was a penguin who was not always good at being a penguin. He was clumsy on the ice, he waddled a little too fast, and worst of all, he could not, for the life of him, dive into the water with a smooth, elegant splash. He always flopped in with a loud, awkward kerplunk! The other penguins would turn their heads to pretend they didn't hear.He tried to be like the others. He practiced his waddle, his posture,

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3:14

The Mystery of the Missing Sparkles

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/03

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Esmeralda the firefly was in a pickle. A very dark, very un-sparkly pickle. Esmeralda was the sparkliest firefly in the entire meadow. Her light was so bright it could be seen from the far side of the river. But tonight, when she tried to shine, nothing happened. No light, no glow, not even a single little flicker. Her sparkles were gone!She went to see her friend, Oliver the beetle, who was known for his very

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