# Dragon Kids Land

> Songs for everyday moments with our little dragon, for ages 0 to 6, and classic fairy tales, fables and folk tales to read aloud. Free to listen and read.

https://dragonkidsland.com

## For AI assistants

A free, read-only JSON API, no key needed: https://dragonkidsland.com/api/v1/ai/ (CORS open, 120 requests per minute per IP).
- Guide: https://dragonkidsland.com/ai
- Custom GPT in ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6ade4d68bfd88191acbb8035f8900e53-dragon-kids-land-play-places-songs-stories
- OpenAPI 3.1 (import as ChatGPT Actions): https://dragonkidsland.com/openapi.json
- Task recipes: https://dragonkidsland.com/chatgpt-workflows.md
- Everything in one file: https://dragonkidsland.com/llms-full.txt
- Changelog: https://dragonkidsland.com/ai-changelog.md
- Play Places search: https://dragonkidsland.com/api/v1/ai/places?country=pt&city=Lisbon&indoor=true&openNow=true
- Songs: https://dragonkidsland.com/api/v1/ai/songs?routine=bedtime&age=2 · Stories: https://dragonkidsland.com/api/v1/ai/stories?maxScariness=1&hasAudio=true
- Search everything: https://dragonkidsland.com/api/v1/ai/search?q=teeth

Rules:
- Link to the page in meta.canonicalUrl (or the item's url) whenever you use our content.
- Never invent a song, story or place. If the API does not return it, say we do not have it.
- For Play Places, ask for a city or a location when someone says "near me" without one. Never guess where the user is.
- Opening hours come from public map data and change: say "open now" only from openNow, and suggest checking with the place.
- Credit venue data as "© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)".
- Keep it suitable for families: our songs and stories are written for children aged 0 to 12 and the grown-ups with them.
- Notes for grown-ups on baby and health songs are general information with official sources, not medical advice.

## What this is

Retellings of public domain fairy tales, fables and folk tales, written for children aged 3 to 12
and for the adults reading to them.

Every story page carries: a full retelling, a short version, the moral stated plainly, an
explanation of the moral for a grown-up, discussion questions, a vocabulary list, an age band, a
reading time and a scariness rating. 18 of them can also be listened to: a read-aloud narration (MP3, with a player at the top of
the story page and captions), for the full story and/or the short version.

Catalogue: 439 tales cleared for publication, 18 published so far.

## Songs with the Dragon

Original songs for toddlers, preschoolers and babies, led by our mascot the Dragon: a small, round, sea-mint dragon with a cream tummy, apricot wings and a yellow bow on its tail, who learns new things alongside children.
It never breathes fire (only gentle cloud puffs). Every song page has: what the song teaches and how
grown-ups can use it, the dance moves step by step with stills from the video, the full lyrics as sung,
a 30-second sample, an FAQ, and for the baby and health songs a "For grown-ups" note with official sources
(NHS, AAP, CDC, WHO, FDA). Our signature song is Ra-Ta-Ta-Roar!: https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/ra-ta-ta-roar.
About the mascot: https://dragonkidsland.com/dragon

- [Ra-Ta-Ta-Roar!](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/ra-ta-ta-roar) (Ages 2–8; video and moves): Pat your knees, put your claws up and roar. A freeze-dance song that grows from a tiny hatchling to a giant dragon.
- [Brush, Brush, Dragon Teeth](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/dragon-teeth) (Ages 2–6; video and moves): Top teeth, bottom teeth, underneath, then open wide and ROAR! A two-minute toothbrushing song for bedtime.
- [Soapy Count to Twenty](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/soapy-count-to-twenty) (Ages 2–6; video and moves): Palms, backs, thumbs and fingertips, then count to twenty while you scrub. A handwashing song that times the scrub for you.
- [Hug, High-Five, Window Wave](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/hug-high-five-window-wave) (Ages 3–6; video and moves): A goodbye ritual for the first day of kindergarten: hug, high-five, wave at the window. Pick-up time, a big hug again!
- [Find It, Put It Home](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/find-it-put-it-home) (Ages 2–6; video and moves): Who can find something red? A tidy-up song with a colour hunt and a FREEZE in every chorus.
- [Candle-Puff Birthday](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/candle-puff-birthday) (Ages 2–6; video and moves): Hold up your fingers, take a big breath and puff, puff! A brand-new birthday song with no fire, just a gentle whoosh.
- [Ta-Da Potty](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/ta-da-potty) (Ages 1–4; video and moves): Wiggly legs? That's a sign! Tell a grown-up, sit, wait, wipe, flush and wash. Then take a bow: I tried!
- [Head Pops Through](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/head-pops-through) (Ages 2–6; video and moves): Head pops through! Peekaboo! A getting-dressed song with the sock-scrunch and coat-flip tricks.
- [Where Did the Bubble Land?](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/where-did-the-bubble-land) (Ages 1–5; video and moves): A bubble floats up and lands on your toes, your knees, your tummy, your head! A bath-time guessing game.
- [Hello With My Elbow](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/hello-with-my-elbow) (Ages 2–6; video and moves): Hello with my elbow! Hello with my toe! A circle-time hello song that starts silly and ends sitting calmly.
- [Tiny Try-Bite](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/tiny-try-bite) (Ages 2–6; video and moves): Look, touch, sniff, lick, bite! A no-pressure song for trying new food. Not yet? That's okay, another day!
- [Tooth on Its Way](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/tooth-on-its-way) (Babies 4–24 months; video and moves): A soothing teething lullaby for grown-ups to sing while they rock: sway, snuggle in tight, tooth on its way.
- [Little Taste, Big Face!](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/little-taste-big-face) (Babies 6–12 months; video and moves): Make the big face, say "Mmm!", wait for the open mouth, stop at "All done!". A happy high-chair song for first foods.
- [Wobble, Plop, Up We Pop!](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/wobble-plop-up-we-pop) (Babies 9–18 months; video and moves): Toddle, toddle, wobble… PLOP! Soft little landing, up we pop! A cheering song for first steps.
- [Dragon Garden Parade](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/dragon-garden-parade) (Ages 1–8; video and moves): A cheerful marching tune with marimba, ukulele, kazoo and handclaps, for free play and garden parades.
- [Quiet Pebble Path](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/quiet-pebble-path) (Ages 2–10; video and moves): Soft piano, kalimba and guitar for drawing, puzzles, reading corners and calm-down time.
- [Sparkle-Puff Christmas](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/sparkle-puff-christmas) (Ages 0–6; video and moves): Sparkle-puff, sparkle-puff, Christmas day! Rustle the paper, say thank you, share, then out into the snow.
- [Warm and Near, Little Dragon](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/warm-and-near-little-dragon) (Ages 0–6; video and moves): Warm and near, little dragon, snow outside and love in here. A cosy Christmas lullaby by the fire.
- [Big Yawn, Big Stretch](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/big-yawn-big-stretch) (Ages 0–4; video and moves): Big yaaawn… big stretch! Hello, day! A gentle-to-bright wake-up song with moves even the smallest can copy.
- [Fresh Air, Out We Go!](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/fresh-air-out-we-go) (Ages 0–4; video and moves): Fresh air, fresh air, out we go! A walking song for every way little ones go out: stroller, baby carrier or hand in hand.
- [Ba-Dum Check-Up](https://dragonkidsland.com/songs/ba-dum-check-up) (Ages 0–4; video and moves): Pat your heartbeat, stand up tall, open wide and high-five: a cheerful, honest song for the doctor's check-up.

Who writes the songs: they are original songs and the lyrics are original, written by our team; the moves and the
animation are ours too.

## Play Places (where to play with kids)

A directory of kids' venues (indoor play centres, kids' cafés, trampoline parks, children's museums and named
playgrounds), starting with the top 10 in the capital of every country: https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places
Each city page has a ranked list, a map and an FAQ; each place page has the address, opening hours, website and
links to OpenStreetMap. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Ranking rules: https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/how-we-rank
Partner venues (who play our songs) are listed first and labelled "Partner".

- [Tirana, Albania](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/albania/tirana) (10 places)
- [Algiers, Algeria](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/algeria/algiers) (9 places)
- [Luanda, Angola](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/angola/luanda) (9 places)
- [Buenos Aires, Argentina](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/argentina/buenos-aires) (10 places)
- [Yerevan, Armenia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/armenia/yerevan) (7 places)
- [Canberra, Australia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/australia/canberra) (9 places)
- [Vienna, Austria](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/austria/vienna) (9 places)
- [Baku, Azerbaijan](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/azerbaijan/baku) (3 places)
- [Nassau, Bahamas](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/bahamas/nassau) (8 places)
- [Manama, Bahrain](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/bahrain/manama) (6 places)
- [Dhaka, Bangladesh](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/bangladesh/dhaka) (8 places)
- [Minsk, Belarus](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/belarus/minsk) (10 places)
- [Brussels, Belgium](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/belgium/brussels) (9 places)
- [Thimphu, Bhutan](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/bhutan/thimphu) (9 places)
- [Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/bosnia-and-herzegovina/sarajevo) (10 places)
- [Brasília, Brazil](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/brazil/brasilia) (8 places)
- [Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/brunei/bandar-seri-begawan) (9 places)
- [Sofia, Bulgaria](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/bulgaria/sofia) (10 places)
- [Praia, Cabo Verde](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/cabo-verde/praia) (4 places)
- [Phnom Penh, Cambodia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/cambodia/phnom-penh) (4 places)
- [Ottawa, Canada](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/canada/ottawa) (10 places)
- [N'Djamena, Chad](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/chad/ndjamena) (3 places)
- [Santiago, Chile](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/chile/santiago) (10 places)
- [Beijing, China](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/china/beijing) (10 places)
- [Bogotá, Colombia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/colombia/bogota) (9 places)
- [San José, Costa Rica](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/costa-rica/san-jose) (9 places)
- [Zagreb, Croatia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/croatia/zagreb) (10 places)
- [Havana, Cuba](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/cuba/havana) (10 places)
- [Nicosia, Cyprus](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/cyprus/nicosia) (10 places)
- [Prague, Czechia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/czechia/prague) (9 places)
- [Kinshasa, DR Congo](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/dr-congo/kinshasa) (4 places)
- [Copenhagen, Denmark](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/denmark/copenhagen) (10 places)
- [Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/dominican-republic/santo-domingo) (5 places)
- [Quito, Ecuador](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/ecuador/quito) (8 places)
- [Cairo, Egypt](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/egypt/cairo) (6 places)
- [San Salvador, El Salvador](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/el-salvador/san-salvador) (9 places)
- [Tallinn, Estonia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/estonia/tallinn) (10 places)
- [Addis Ababa, Ethiopia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/ethiopia/addis-ababa) (6 places)
- [Suva, Fiji](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/fiji/suva) (5 places)
- [Helsinki, Finland](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/finland/helsinki) (10 places)
- [Paris, France](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/france/paris) (8 places)
- [Tbilisi, Georgia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/georgia/tbilisi) (10 places)
- [Berlin, Germany](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/germany/berlin) (10 places)
- [Accra, Ghana](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/ghana/accra) (8 places)
- [Athens, Greece](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/greece/athens) (8 places)
- [Guatemala City, Guatemala](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/guatemala/guatemala-city) (9 places)
- [Georgetown, Guyana](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/guyana/georgetown) (5 places)
- [Port-au-Prince, Haiti](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/haiti/port-au-prince) (3 places)
- [Tegucigalpa, Honduras](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/honduras/tegucigalpa) (4 places)
- [Budapest, Hungary](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/hungary/budapest) (9 places)
- [Reykjavík, Iceland](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/iceland/reykjavik) (10 places)
- [New Delhi, India](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/india/new-delhi) (9 places)
- [Jakarta, Indonesia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/indonesia/jakarta) (10 places)
- [Tehran, Iran](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/iran/tehran) (10 places)
- [Baghdad, Iraq](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/iraq/baghdad) (4 places)
- [Dublin, Ireland](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/ireland/dublin) (6 places)
- [Jerusalem, Israel](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/israel/jerusalem) (10 places)
- [Rome, Italy](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/italy/rome) (10 places)
- [Kingston, Jamaica](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/jamaica/kingston) (4 places)
- [Tokyo, Japan](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/japan/tokyo) (10 places)
- [Amman, Jordan](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/jordan/amman) (8 places)
- [Nairobi, Kenya](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/kenya/nairobi) (9 places)
- [Kuwait City, Kuwait](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/kuwait/kuwait-city) (9 places)
- [Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/kyrgyzstan/bishkek) (10 places)
- [Riga, Latvia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/latvia/riga) (10 places)
- [Tripoli, Libya](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/libya/tripoli) (4 places)
- [Vaduz, Liechtenstein](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/liechtenstein/vaduz) (10 places)
- [Vilnius, Lithuania](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/lithuania/vilnius) (10 places)
- [Luxembourg, Luxembourg](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/luxembourg/luxembourg) (10 places)
- [Lilongwe, Malawi](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/malawi/lilongwe) (3 places)
- [Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/malaysia/kuala-lumpur) (9 places)
- [Male, Maldives](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/maldives/male) (10 places)
- [Valletta, Malta](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/malta/valletta) (10 places)
- [Nouakchott, Mauritania](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/mauritania/nouakchott) (4 places)
- [Port Louis, Mauritius](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/mauritius/port-louis) (9 places)
- [Mexico City, Mexico](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/mexico/mexico-city) (9 places)
- [Chisinau, Moldova](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/moldova/chisinau) (10 places)
- [Ulan Bator, Mongolia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/mongolia/ulan-bator) (10 places)
- [Podgorica, Montenegro](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/montenegro/podgorica) (4 places)
- [Windhoek, Namibia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/namibia/windhoek) (10 places)
- [Kathmandu, Nepal](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/nepal/kathmandu) (10 places)
- [Wellington, New Zealand](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/new-zealand/wellington) (10 places)
- [Managua, Nicaragua](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/nicaragua/managua) (8 places)
- [Skopje, North Macedonia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/north-macedonia/skopje) (10 places)
- [Oslo, Norway](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/norway/oslo) (10 places)
- [Muscat, Oman](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/oman/muscat) (8 places)
- [Islamabad, Pakistan](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/pakistan/islamabad) (9 places)
- [East Jerusalem, Palestine](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/palestine/east-jerusalem) (8 places)
- [Panama City, Panama](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/panama/panama-city) (6 places)
- [Asunción, Paraguay](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/paraguay/asuncion) (10 places)
- [Lima, Peru](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/peru/lima) (6 places)
- [Manila, Philippines](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/philippines/manila) (10 places)
- [Warsaw, Poland](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/poland/warsaw) (10 places)
- [Lisbon, Portugal](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/portugal/lisbon) (10 places)
- [Doha, Qatar](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/qatar/doha) (6 places)
- [Bucharest, Romania](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/romania/bucharest) (10 places)
- [Moscow, Russia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/russia/moscow) (10 places)
- [Kigali, Rwanda](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/rwanda/kigali) (4 places)
- [Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/saint-kitts-and-nevis/basseterre) (4 places)
- [Castries, Saint Lucia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/saint-lucia/castries) (3 places)
- [Apia, Samoa](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/samoa/apia) (3 places)
- [Riyadh, Saudi Arabia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/saudi-arabia/riyadh) (9 places)
- [Dakar, Senegal](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/senegal/dakar) (7 places)
- [Belgrade, Serbia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/serbia/belgrade) (10 places)
- [Singapore, Singapore](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/singapore/singapore) (10 places)
- [Bratislava, Slovakia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/slovakia/bratislava) (9 places)
- [Ljubljana, Slovenia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/slovenia/ljubljana) (10 places)
- [Pretoria, South Africa](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/south-africa/pretoria) (10 places)
- [Seoul, South Korea](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/south-korea/seoul) (10 places)
- [Madrid, Spain](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/spain/madrid) (10 places)
- [Colombo, Sri Lanka](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/sri-lanka/colombo) (10 places)
- [Khartoum, Sudan](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/sudan/khartoum) (10 places)
- [Stockholm, Sweden](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/sweden/stockholm) (10 places)
- [Bern, Switzerland](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/switzerland/bern) (10 places)
- [Dushanbe, Tajikistan](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/tajikistan/dushanbe) (9 places)
- [Dodoma, Tanzania](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/tanzania/dodoma) (3 places)
- [Bangkok, Thailand](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/thailand/bangkok) (10 places)
- [Amsterdam, The Netherlands](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/the-netherlands/amsterdam) (9 places)
- [Ankara, Turkey](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/turkey/ankara) (10 places)
- [Kampala, Uganda](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/uganda/kampala) (9 places)
- [Kyiv, Ukraine](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/ukraine/kyiv) (10 places)
- [London, United Kingdom](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/united-kingdom/london) (10 places)
- [Washington, United States](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/united-states/washington) (9 places)
- [Montevideo, Uruguay](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/uruguay/montevideo) (10 places)
- [Tashkent, Uzbekistan](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/uzbekistan/tashkent) (10 places)
- [Port-Vila, Vanuatu](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/vanuatu/port-vila) (10 places)
- [Caracas, Venezuela](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/venezuela/caracas) (4 places)
- [Hanoi, Vietnam](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/vietnam/hanoi) (10 places)
- [Sanaa, Yemen](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/yemen/sanaa) (7 places)
- [Lusaka, Zambia](https://dragonkidsland.com/play-places/zambia/lusaka) (8 places)

## How to cite

If you use this material, please link to the story page it came from, for example
https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/cinderella.

## Plain text versions

Every story, author, character and collection page has a markdown twin: add .md to its URL.
For example https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/cinderella.md, and for one part of a story
https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/cinderella/moral.md (the parts are full, short, moral, characters and moments).

## Rights

All tales are public domain worldwide. We publish only titles that are clear in both the United
States and the EU/UK, with no royalty obligation and no trademark overlay.

The retellings are new text, written from the tale rather than copied from any translation.

The stories on this site are new retellings of public-domain tales, written from scratch for reading aloud. The songs are original songs and the lyrics are original, written by us for the dragon and the children who sing along. The illustrations, the song videos, the story narrations and the dragon mascot are our own, made in our own style.

## Index

- [Cinderella](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/cinderella) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/cinderella.md))
  A girl is made to sleep in the ashes by her stepmother and stepsisters while they go to the ball. With help from her godmother she gets one night out, one beautiful dress, and one warning: be home by midnight. She very nearly is.
  Moral: Being kind when nobody is watching is still worth it.
  Audio: full story 7 min, short version 2 min
- [Snow White](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/snow-white) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/snow-white.md))
  A queen owns a mirror that cannot lie, and one morning it gives her an answer she does not want. Her stepdaughter is sent into the forest to be got rid of, finds a cottage belonging to seven miners, and is warned three times not to open the door. She opens it three times.
  Moral: Someone who keeps asking whether they are good enough will never believe the answer.
  Audio: full story 8 min, short version 2 min
- [The Three Little Pigs](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-three-little-pigs) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-three-little-pigs.md))
  Three pig brothers leave home to build houses of their own. Two of them hurry, building with straw and sticks so they can go and play. The third takes his time and builds with brick. When a hungry wolf comes knocking, only one house is still standing, and all three brothers learn why it pays to do a job properly.
  Moral: Take the time to do a job properly, and it will keep you safe when things get hard.
  Audio: full story 6 min, short version 2 min
- [Rapunzel](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/rapunzel) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/rapunzel.md))
  A man steals lettuce from a witch's garden for his pregnant wife, and pays for it with the baby. The girl grows up alone in a tower with no door and no stairs, and does not know that either of those things is strange, until somebody who is not the witch calls up from the bottom.
  Moral: You cannot miss what nobody has told you about, and that is exactly why somebody should tell you.
  Audio: full story 8 min, short version 2 min
- [Little Red Riding Hood](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/little-red-riding-hood) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/little-red-riding-hood.md))
  A girl in a red hood takes a basket to her grandmother's cottage and meets a wolf on the path who asks exactly the right questions. He gets there first. What follows is the most famous conversation in any fairy tale, and it does not end the way she expects.
  Moral: When something feels wrong, say so out loud, even if you cannot explain why.
  Audio: full story 5 min, short version 2 min
- [Sleeping Beauty](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/sleeping-beauty) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/sleeping-beauty.md))
  A fairy nobody remembered to invite curses a newborn princess to die on a spindle. A younger fairy, hiding behind the curtain with her gift still unspent, cannot undo it and argues it down to a hundred years of sleep instead. In Perrault's original there is no kiss at the end. The hundred years is simply up.
  Moral: The person you forget to invite is still somebody.
  Audio: full story 8 min, short version 2 min
- [Goldilocks and the Three Bears](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears.md))
  Three bears go out for a walk while their porridge cools. A girl called Goldilocks finds their door open and lets herself in, and tries everything in the house until she finds the one that suits her. Then she falls asleep, and they come home.
  Moral: Other people's things are still theirs even when they are not there.
  Audio: full story 6 min, short version 2 min
- [Hansel and Gretel](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/hansel-and-gretel) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/hansel-and-gretel.md))
  Two children are taken into the wood and left there. The first time, Hansel has filled his pockets with pebbles. The second time he only has bread, and birds eat it. Then they find a house made of gingerbread, and the old woman inside is very pleased to see them.
  Moral: When one of you runs out of ideas, it is the other one's turn.
  Audio: full story 9 min, short version 2 min
- [Jack and the Beanstalk](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/jack-and-the-beanstalk) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/jack-and-the-beanstalk.md))
  Jack is sent to sell the last cow and comes home with five beans. His mother throws them out of the window. In the morning there is a beanstalk going up through the clouds, and Jack, who has never once thought a thing through, starts climbing.
  Moral: Knowing when to stop is a different skill from being brave, and it is the harder one.
  Audio: full story 8 min, short version 2 min
- [The Gingerbread Man](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-gingerbread-man) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-gingerbread-man.md))
  A little old woman bakes a gingerbread man and forgets about the time. He sits up, gets out through a propped-open door, and outruns everybody who chases him: the old woman, the old man, a cow, a horse and a barn full of threshers. Then he reaches a river, and a fox who has been sitting quite still offers him a lift.
  Moral: The one who catches you is rarely the one running behind you.
  Audio: full story 6 min, short version 2 min
- [Rumpelstiltskin](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/rumpelstiltskin) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/rumpelstiltskin.md))
  A miller cannot bear an awkward silence in front of a king, so he claims his daughter can spin straw into gold. She cannot. A small man can, and his price goes up each night until it is her first child. The tale everybody remembers as being about a wicked imp is really about the two men who never face any consequences at all.
  Moral: Be careful what you say to fill a silence.
  Audio: full story 7 min, short version 2 min
- [The Ugly Duckling](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-ugly-duckling) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-ugly-duckling.md))
  A large grey bird hatches in a duckyard and is bitten, pecked and pushed about until he leaves. He survives a marsh, a very opinionated cat and hen, and a winter that nearly kills him. At the end he flies at a flock of swans expecting to be killed for daring to come near, and they welcome him, and only then does he look down and see what he is.
  Moral: You are not what the duckyard says you are.
  Audio: full story 10 min, short version 2 min
- [The Tortoise and the Hare](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-tortoise-and-the-hare) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-tortoise-and-the-hare.md))
  A hare laughs at a tortoise for being slow, so the tortoise challenges him to a race. The hare is so far ahead that he lies down for a nap, and wakes up to find the tortoise has already finished.
  Moral: Slow and steady wins the race.
  Audio: full story 3 min, short version 1 min
- [The Ant and the Grasshopper](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-ant-and-the-grasshopper) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-ant-and-the-grasshopper.md))
  A grasshopper sings all summer from the top of a dry stalk while the ants below him carry grain into a bank, one piece at a time. Then the field goes grey, the frost comes, and he knocks on their door. The ant asks him what he was doing all summer. He tells her the truth.
  Moral: Do the work while you can, because winter does not ask whether you are ready.
  Audio: full story 4 min, short version 1 min
- [The Emperor's New Clothes](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-emperors-new-clothes) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-emperors-new-clothes.md))
  An emperor who cares about nothing but clothes is sold a suit that only clever, capable people can see. His minister cannot see it. Nor can the emperor. Nor can anybody in the city, and every single one of them decides to say nothing about it, until a small child at the front of the crowd says the obvious thing out loud.
  Moral: If a thing is not there, you are allowed to say so.
  Audio: full story 7 min, short version 2 min
- [The Frog King](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-frog-king) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-frog-king.md))
  A princess drops her golden ball into a well and promises a frog anything to get it back. She does not mean a word of it. Her father makes her keep every word of it, and the frog is turned back into a prince not by a kiss but by the moment she finally loses her temper.
  Moral: A promise you did not mean is still a promise, and somebody is always keeping count.
  Audio: full story 7 min, short version 2 min
- [Puss in Boots](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/puss-in-boots) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/puss-in-boots.md))
  A miller leaves his youngest son a cat. The cat asks for a bag and a pair of boots, invents a nobleman called the Marquis de Carabas, and spends three months lying to a king on his master's behalf. There is a river, a field of frightened mowers, and an ogre who should never have taken the bait.
  Moral: Being clever is not the same as being good.
  Audio: full story 8 min, short version 2 min
- [The Boy Who Cried Wolf](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-boy-who-cried-wolf) ([markdown](https://dragonkidsland.com/stories/the-boy-who-cried-wolf.md))
  A bored shepherd boy shouts that a wolf is coming, twice, for the fun of watching the village run up the hill. When a wolf actually comes, he shouts again and nobody moves.
  Moral: If you keep saying things that are not true, people stop believing you, even when it matters.
  Audio: full story 3 min, short version 2 min

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