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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

All Episodes

3:15

The Wizard and the Wobbly Puddle

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/29

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Alistair the wizard was having a very bad day. He’d woken up on the wrong side of his enchanted bed, his potion cabinet had inexplicably arranged itself by color instead of alphabet, and worst of all, his grumpy pet dragon, Smolder, refused to breathe fire on the morning oatmeal to give it that perfectly toasted crust. Alistair decided to cheer them both up by attempting a "Sparkling Dragon Rejuvenation" spell

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3:08

The Book of Very Bad Jokes

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/28

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Mr. Quill was a book binder with a problem. He had just finished a beautiful, leather-bound volume, but the book itself was a dud. Its pages, instead of being blank for a new story, were filled with the worst jokes Mr. Quill had ever heard. Every time he opened it, a new one would leap out.“What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?” he had read one morning. “A dino-snore!” The pages rattled with what sounded like

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2:57

Thelonius the Tumbling Teapot

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/27

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Thelonius was not an ordinary teapot. He lived on a high shelf in a little antique shop, and while other teapots dreamed of serving fancy teas, Thelonius dreamed of being a professional whistler. He loved the sound of a good, clear whistle, the way it could rise and fall like a bird in the wind. The problem was, Thelonius couldn't whistle. He was a teapot, and all teapots can do is steam.He'd practice all day

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3:37

The Shadow Showdown

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/26

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!In the town of Gleam, where shadows had their own playful personalities, lived a timid person named Penelope. Her shadow, however, was a mischievous prankster named Flicker. While Penelope was quiet and reserved, Flicker was loud and boisterous, often waving at people and impersonating other shadows.Penelope was trying to befriend a man named Julian, whose shadow, a dignified fellow named Sterling, always stood

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3:40

The Salty Squawkers

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/25

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!On a tiny floating island, no bigger than a large pancake, lived a grumpy chef named Jasper. His restaurant, "The Salty Spatula," was renowned for its exquisite, gourmet dishes, but his tranquility was constantly disrupted by a flock of opinionated seagulls. These weren't ordinary seagulls; they communicated in perfect, rhyming couplets."We want a dish that's truly grand, a tasty treat, by human hand!" one

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3:50

The Diary of a Wobbly World

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/24

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!The town of Serenity was known for its quiet libraries and even quieter librarians. One of the quietest was a woman named Cora, who possessed the ability to read a book just by touching it. This made her the most efficient librarian in all of Serenity. She could tell you if a book was good, bad, or merely average just by shelving it.One rainy Tuesday, a mysterious, unmarked leather-bound diary was dropped off at

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3:38

The Robo-Rhapsody

A Bedtime Story ·

2025/09/23

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode!Jasper was a boy with an extraordinary ambition: to win the annual "Most Peculiar Pet" contest. His pet was a robot named Bolt, a contraption of polished chrome and blinking lights that could only communicate through interpretive dance. Bolt was a fantastic friend, but his dances were… well, they were a mess. One dance looked like a spider trying to untangle itself from a kite string. Another looked like a

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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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