Ririro.com - Kids Stories (6-10 Years)

William's New Year's Day puts eleven-year-old William Brown in charge of Mr. Moss's sweet shop after rashly agreeing to mind it in exchange for a quarter-pound of pink sweets. Armed with a resolution to be polite and absolutely no restraint, William inflates chocolate prices, gives away boxes of sweets to a golden-haired girl, wages an Acid Drop battle against a street bully, and systematically empties half the shelves — all while doggedly appending "if you don't mind me sayin' so" to his most outrageous remarks.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Wonderful Tune" is an Irish folk short story about Maurice Connor, the greatest blind piper in Munster, whose secret tune compels everything around him to dance—living or dead, human or fish. When a bottle of whisky loosens his fingers on a wild coastal strand, the music draws an impossible crowd from the sea: crabs spinning on one claw, leaping mackerel, and a beautiful green-haired woman who rises from the waves with a proposal Maurice cannot quite refuse. His mother's grief-soaked cries cannot reach him as the tide rises around his feet.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Battle of the Birds" is a Scottish fairy tale following the son of the king of Tethertown, whose act of mercy toward a wounded raven sets off an extraordinary chain of events. Gifted a magical castle, he makes a desperate bargain with a giant — and forgets it entirely. Years later, when the giant comes to collect his price, it falls to the giant's own daughter to outwit her father through three impossible tasks, a daring midnight escape, and a final act of memory lost and recovered in the most unexpected way.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The One-Handed Girl" follows a generous young woman who chooses her parents' blessing over their property — a decision her greedy brother will use against her. Cast out and mutilated after refusing to yield her pumpkin tree, she flees into the forest with nothing but courage and her cooking pot. A chance encounter with a prince, a debt repaid by a grateful snake, and a lost baby pulled from still water all shape her extraordinary path. Warmly suspenseful, the story weighs the cost of envy against the quiet power of a kind heart.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Three Wishes" is a short fairy tale in which a poor woodman spares an enchanted oak tree and is rewarded with three wishes by a grateful fairy. The trouble begins the moment he gets home — hungry, distracted, and careless with his words. His wife is no better, and together they burn through all three wishes in a single evening over a squabbling match involving a link of black pudding and a very unfortunate nose. What unfolds is a sharp, funny portrait of human folly dressed up as magic.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

The Death Of Abu Nowas And Of His Wife is a short story brimming with comic deception, where a quick-witted jester and his wife turn poverty into opportunity through audacious lies. When their Sultan-gifted fortune runs dry, Abu Nowas rubs pepper into his eyes and weeps to the Sultan that his wife has died, while she claims the same to the Sultana — pocketing gold from both. But when the Sultan and Sultana compare notes, the truth threatens to unravel, and the couple must improvise one final, breathless gamble.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Three Princes and Princess Nouronnihar" is a short story in which a sultan sets his three sons — Houssain, Ali, and Ahmed — on a quest to win the hand of the beautiful Princess Nouronnihar. Each prince returns with an astonishing object: a flying carpet, a seeing-tube, and a healing apple. When the princess falls gravely ill, all three gifts prove essential to saving her life, forcing the sultan to devise a new contest to settle who deserves her love.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Mail-Coach Passengers" by Hans Christian Andersen brings the twelve months of the year to life as a coach full of eccentric strangers arrives at a town gate on New Year's Eve. January stomps in wearing fur boots, February shouts carnival songs, May drifts out smelling of wild thyme, and old Mother December cradles a little fir tree destined for Christmas. Each passenger carries luggage, habits, and gifts that quietly shape the year ahead — though what they will truly bring remains uncertain even to themselves.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Whirlwind" is a Polish fairy tale in which Princess Ladna is snatched from her own wedding by a vengeful dwarf magician disguised as a prince, swept away in a column of wind to a palace beyond inaccessible mountains. Her betrothed, Prince Dobrotek, sets out to rescue her — guided by a speaking skull, armed with an all-cutting sword, and aided by a magical grey horse with a golden mane. The story builds through clever tricks, mythical creatures, and a brutal betrayal that tests whether love and courage can outlast treachery.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Raven" is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a queen's careless wish that transforms her baby daughter into a raven, condemning her to years of enchantment. When a wandering man hears her cry in the dark wood, she tasks him with a simple but demanding challenge — stay awake and wait. Three chances, three failures, each one heavier than the last. What follows is a long and grueling journey across an unfamiliar world toward a castle perched on a mountain of glass, where breaking the curse will demand everything the man has left.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

Soria Moria Castle is a Norwegian fairy tale following Halvor, a good-for-nothing boy who stumbles upon an enchanted castle during a sea voyage and discovers an unexpected courage inside himself. Armed with a magical sword, he frees three princesses from fearsome multi-headed trolls — but when a careless wish tears him from the youngest princess he loves, Halvor must cross a strange land guided by the moon, the west wind, and a pair of lightning-fast boots to find his way back before she is lost to him forever.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

Baba Yaga is a short story rooted in Slavic folklore, following Peter, a miraculous child born from a wooden stick, who is snatched from his fishing boat by the cunning Baba Yaga after the witch tricks him with a false voice. Locked in a cage behind her eerie house on chicken legs, Peter's only hope lies with his mistress's loyal servant — a brave girl who must use her wits, a starving cat's secret knowledge, and a pot of tar to outwit one of folklore's most fearsome witches.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Shepherd of Clouds" is a free short fairy tale by Henry Beston in which a farmer named Giles sets out to meet his wife Phyllida and is swallowed by a legendary storm, stumbling into the enchanted mountain kingdom of the Shepherd of Clouds. Captured and forced to tend a vast bowl where weather is brewed and released, Giles spends two years longing for home — until a robber army marching on the plain forces him to choose between obedience and everything he loves.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Lad Who Went to the North Wind" is a Norwegian fairy tale where a poor widow's son sets off to confront the North Wind after it steals his family's last meal. The North Wind compensates him with three magical gifts — a self-serving cloth, a gold-coining ram, and a very persuasive stick — but a cunning innkeeper swaps each treasure in the night. With each loss, the lad must return and demand his rights, until the third gift gives him the means to settle the score once and for all.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Cat and Mouse in Partnership" is a short fable by the Brothers Grimm in which a cunning cat convinces a trusting mouse to set up home together and store a pot of fat for winter. Claiming to be called away three times as a godmother, the cat secretly returns to the church each time to devour more of their shared supply — naming the imaginary children Top-off, Half-done, and All-gone. The mouse grows uneasy but never quite connects the clues until winter arrives and the pot is found completely empty.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"Clumsy Hans" is a short fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen in which a king's daughter vows to marry the man who speaks best — setting off a competition between two book-learned brothers and their overlooked sibling, Jack the Dullard. Armed with a billy goat, a dead crow, a broken wooden shoe, and a pocket full of wet clay, Jack charges toward the royal court with irrepressible confidence. As his brothers freeze before the princess, Jack's quick, unscripted wit turns every exchange to his advantage — proving that cleverness and charm can outmatch years of careful preparation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

The Twelve Huntsmen is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a princess who refuses to accept that her betrothed has been forced to marry another. Disguising herself among eleven look-alikes dressed as huntsmen, she enters his court and serves at his side — unseen, unrecognised, and heartbroken. A magical lion suspects the truth, and a series of clever tests push the deception to its limits. What unfolds is a quiet tale of devotion, ingenuity under pressure, and the fragile line between loyalty to the living and promises made to the dying.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

Clever Gretel is a free short story by the Brothers Grimm following Gretel, a cook with a talent for justifying her own mischief. When her master asks her to roast two chickens for an arriving guest, Gretel's thirst and appetite get the better of her — and then her quick wits kick in. With both chickens eaten and her master returning, she spins a panicked lie that sends the innocent guest fleeing into the night, convinced he's about to lose his ears to a knife-wielding host.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"Beauty and the Horse" is a fairy tale in which a ruined merchant, sheltered by a mysterious enchanted palace, plucks a flower from its garden and is forced to promise his youngest daughter, Beauty, to a strange horse who claims the estate. Unlike her selfish sisters, Beauty agrees without hesitation. Alone in the palace, she slowly warms to her unusual companion — until a glimpse of her ailing father in a magical mirror tests her loyalty, and the consequences of a broken promise nearly prove fatal.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The White Hare and the Crocodiles" is a Japanese folk tale about a small white hare desperate to cross the sea from the Island of Oki to the mainland of Inaba. Using cunning flattery, he tricks a group of crocodiles into forming a living bridge — then mocks them the moment he reaches the other shore. The crocodiles take brutal revenge, stripping his fur and leaving him raw and broken on the beach. What follows tests whether a creature who deceived others deserves compassion — and who among those passing by is truly worth trusting.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Snake Prince" is a fairy tale that begins with a destitute old woman who discovers something impossible inside her humble brass pot — a find that sets an extraordinary chain of events in motion. A prince born under enchantment, a curious princess who pushes too hard for a secret, and a night surrounded by a river of glittering, hissing snakes form the heart of this story. When the prince vanishes into dark water, his wife must choose between fear and devotion — and the price of either could last a lifetime.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Straw, the Coal and the Bean" is a short fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm following three unlikely companions who each narrowly escape destruction in an old woman's kitchen. Bound together by shared misfortune, the straw, the coal, and the bean set off for a foreign country — only to face their first real test at a small brook with no bridge. What begins as a bold plan quickly unravels in fire, water, and uncontrollable laughter, leaving only one survivor in need of a very particular repair.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Louse and the Flea" is a short fable by Brothers Grimm where a tiny accident — a louse burning herself while brewing beer in an eggshell — sets off an unstoppable chain of reactions. The grieving flea's cries send a door creaking, a broom sweeping, a cart running, an ash-heap blazing, a tree shaking, and a girl smashing her water-pitcher, until finally a spring bursts its banks and swallows everything whole. The story builds with rhythmic, cumulative verses that grow funnier and more chaotic with each new link in the chain.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

This Irish legend follows Finn McCool, the hidden son of slain Fianna chief Cumhal, as he fights to reclaim his birthright. Raised in secret by wise women in the Slieve Bloom Mountains, Finn grows into a formidable warrior, quietly gathering followers and recovering his father's stolen Treasure Bag. His path leads to Tara, where a terrorizing goblin armed with a sleep-inducing harp threatens the royal seat — and where Finn sees his one chance to win the captaincy of the Fianna through both courage and cunning.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Fox and the Horse" is a short fable by Brothers Grimm about an aging horse cast out by his farmer after years of loyal service. Told he must become stronger than a lion to ever return home, the horse wanders the woods in despair — until a clever fox devises a cunning plan. What unfolds is a story about loyalty betrayed and cleverness rewarded, where the weakest character finds an unexpected way to meet an impossible demand, and an ungrateful master is forced to reckon with his own cruelty.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Cave of the Beasts" is a short fairy tale in which two young sisters are abandoned in the mountains by their own father, left to fend for themselves in the wilderness. Stumbling upon a hidden cave sealed by a great stone, they discover glittering jewels and golden beds — along with the wolf and fox who own them. What begins as a desperate search for shelter becomes a tense battle of wits, as the girls must act quickly and boldly before the cave's dangerous owners take back control.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

The Spring-Tide of Love follows seven-year-old Elsa, who wanders too deep into the forest chasing wildflowers and stumbles upon a cold, silent mansion where a solitary, dark-bearded hunter named Ulric takes her in. As years pass without spring ever returning, Elsa grows to love Ulric like a father — but a locked room, a velvet curtain, and his haunted eyes hint at a terrible secret. When Ulric finally reveals the cruel act that brought a curse down upon his home, Elsa must choose between the world outside and the broken man who sheltered her.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Bird with Nine Heads" is a short story retold by Richard Wilhelm, following a courageous young man who witnesses a monstrous nine-headed bird snatch a princess and carry her to an unreachable cave. Abandoned underground after slaying the creature, the young man must find his own way home — forging an unlikely brotherhood with a dragon's son and wielding magical pearls to survive. Back in the city, a false hero claims the princess, but two halves of a broken pin hold the truth.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

Princess Goldilocks is a fairy tale about Charming, a young courtier sent by his king to win the hand of the famously beautiful Princess Goldilocks. To prove the proposal worthy, Goldilocks sets three seemingly impossible tasks: retrieve a ring from a river, slay the fearsome giant Galifron, and fetch enchanted water from the guarded Cave of Darkness. Aided by animals he once saved — a golden carp, a raven, and an owl — Charming faces each challenge with loyalty and courage, even as jealousy and court intrigue threaten everything he holds dear.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Twelve Months" is a fairy tale short story in which Marushka, a kind and beautiful stepdaughter, is repeatedly sent into the frozen wilderness by her cruel stepmother and vain stepsister Holena — first to find violets, then strawberries, then apples, all in the depths of winter. Each impossible errand leads her to a mountaintop fire where the Twelve Months sit in council. Her gentleness earns their help, but when Holena decides to seek the magic fire herself, her contempt and cruelty meet a very different fate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

Blanca and Rosalinde is a fairy tale about two sisters whose contrasting natures set them on very different paths. When a mysterious old wanderer arrives at their mother Trude's door, generous Rosalinde offers her egg while Blanca grudgingly parts with her plums. A sorceress rewards each girl according to her heart's desire — but the crown Blanca craves brings jealousy, neglect, and loneliness, while Rosalinde's simple farm fills with warmth, abundance, and love.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess is a fairy tale about a young prince cursed from birth to never recognise his own greatest flaw. Raised in a court where flattery is law and long noses are celebrated as marks of greatness, Prince Hyacinth grows up blind to the obvious — until he falls desperately in love with the Dear Little Princess and a jealous wizard tears her away. His quest to rescue her leads him through ridicule, frustration, and a crystal palace that can only shatter when he finally confronts the truth about himself.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

Graciosa and Percinet is a fairy tale following the beautiful Princess Graciosa, whose greedy father marries the cruel and jealous Duchess Grognon — granting her complete control over his daughter. Tormented by her wicked stepmother, Graciosa is set a series of impossible tasks, each carrying a deadly consequence if she fails. Her only ally is Percinet, a fairy prince who loves her deeply and appears when she calls — yet she keeps turning away from the happiness he offers, unable to let go of the world she knows.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"Protective Wings" by Harriet Louise Jerome opens on a brutal winter night where a group of pigeons, barely surviving the cold themselves, must decide whether to shelter a desperate cluster of freezing sparrows beneath their wings. The pigeons who refuse call it foolishness; those who agree call it mercy. When a father and daughter bring the stricken birds inside to warm them, what they discover beneath each surviving pigeon's wing reveals exactly what compassion costs — and what it quietly saves.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

The Six Swans is a fairy tale where a young girl's courage is tested to its absolute limits when her six brothers are transformed into swans by a jealous stepmother's enchantment. To break the curse, she must spend six years in complete silence — no speaking, no laughing — while secretly sewing shirts from aster flowers. Accused of terrible crimes she cannot deny, condemned to death, and still she stitches. The story builds an almost unbearable tension between her suffering and her unshakeable devotion to her brothers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Bear in the Forest Hut" is a Polish fairy tale following a gentle girl cast out by her cruel stepmother and left alone in the woods. She finds shelter in a strange hut, where a talking bear sets her a series of impossible tasks — spin, weave, bleach, and sew a shirt by dawn. With quiet determination and an unlikely ally in a small, hungry mouse, she faces a terrifying night of flying stones and darkness. Her stepmother's vain daughter soon attempts the same journey, but kindness and cruelty lead to very different fates.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Boy with the Moon on His Forehead" is a rich folk tale about royal betrayal and a remarkable child whose identity must be hidden from the world. When the seventh queen gives birth to twins — a girl and a boy bearing the moon on his forehead and stars on his palms — jealous queens conspire to replace the newborns with puppies and cast the mother out. Raised by a humble potter, the twins survive, but danger finds them again when a mysterious woman sends the boy on a seemingly impossible quest to retrieve a flower guarded by seven hundred immortal warriors.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

King Kojata is a fairy tale about Prince Milan, whose fate was bargained away before he was even born. When a green-eyed monster from a well demands the debt his father owes, Milan descends into the underworld — where impossible tasks, shape-shifting escapes, and a forbidden kiss stand between him and his freedom. Hyacinthia, daughter of the underworld king, risks everything to help him, but loyalty proves fragile when a single moment of forgetfulness threatens to cost them both everything.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Toad" follows a small, ugly toad who escapes the depths of a dark well, driven by an irresistible longing to go higher — always higher. From dusty roadsides and frog ponds to a farmhouse garden, she journeys through a world far larger than anything she imagined. Along the way, she crosses paths with a philosophizing caterpillar, a contemptuous stork, and two young scholars debating whether a jewel lies hidden inside her head. The story builds quietly toward the question of what that jewel truly is.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Fisherman and the Genie" follows a desperately poor fisherman whose fourth and final daily cast pulls up a copper vessel — and releases a towering, vengeful genie sworn to kill whoever frees him. Armed with nothing but quick thinking, the fisherman must outmaneuver a creature of immense power and ancient rage. The story deepens further as enchanted four-colored fish, a mysterious lake, and a half-marble prince draw a curious Sultan into a widening web of secrets no one can yet explain.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Three Princes and Their Animals" is a fairy tale following three brothers who each gain a pack of loyal wild animals after sparing a series of creatures in the forest. When the eldest prince defeats a dragon and wins a kingdom, a scheming robber and a treacherous step-sister place him in mortal danger — and a witch's magic soon threatens all three brothers. With each prince's fate bound to a bleeding birch tree, the youngest brother must outwit the witch and restore what was lost before the family is gone forever.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Young King of the Black Islands" is a short story rooted in the Arabian Nights tradition, in which a cursed prince recounts how his queen — a powerful sorceress — drugged him nightly to meet her secret lover, then transformed him into living stone when he discovered the truth. Half-flesh, half-marble, he endures daily whippings while his entire kingdom lies submerged beneath a lake. When a traveling sultan hears his tale, a dangerous plan takes shape — one that depends on the sorceress believing her bedridden lover has finally woken from his long silence.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Turnip" is a Brothers Grimm short story following a poor soldier turned gardener whose extraordinarily massive turnip — too large for two oxen to pull comfortably — leads him to present it as a gift to the king, transforming his fortunes overnight. When his wealthy brother learns of this reward, jealousy drives him to murderous scheming. The plot takes a darkly comic turn when the intended victim, left hanging in a sack, outwits a passing student with a clever tale about a "sack of wisdom."Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"Sunshine Stories" is a short story by Hans Christian Andersen in which Sunshine herself takes the floor from the bickering Wind and Rain to tell of a golden swan that drifts through the world, leaving quiet miracles behind. A feather becomes a merchant's fortune, a fallen leaf becomes a shepherd boy's path to learning, a golden egg brings gifts to four brothers — a sculptor, a painter, a composer, and a poet — and a piece of amber fills a poor fisherman's home with warmth. Each encounter asks what it means to carry fortune lightly.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

The Blue Belt is a Norwegian fairy tale in which a poor wandering boy secretly keeps an enchanted belt that grants him extraordinary strength. Betrayed by his own mother and left for dead, he must outwit trolls, survive lions, and rescue a captive princess — only to face a final test in a foreign kingdom where suitors pay with their lives. The story builds through escalating danger, with the boy's cunning proving just as vital as his magical power.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

Horaizan is a short story following Jofuku, the Wise Man of China, who is sent by a ruthless emperor to find the herb of Immortality on a mythical island far to the east. Surviving shipwreck and solitude, he reaches Horaizan — a paradise where age, pain, and change do not exist. There he finds peace, until a second wise man arrives from Japan, haunted by a different word on his heart: "humanity." Where Jofuku found relief in forgetting, Wasobiobe finds he cannot — and must choose between eternal life and the pull of belonging.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Worthy One" is a short fable that turns a contest of knowledge into a test of character. When a poorly-ruling king dies and leaves four quarreling princes behind, the royal advisors devise a challenge: list your father's crimes, and whoever knows the most shall wear the crown. Three princes eagerly compete to outdo each other in condemnation — but the fourth refuses to speak ill of the dead, no matter the cost. What unfolds reveals that wisdom and worthiness have very little to do with what a person knows.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

The Story of Prince Agib follows a king's son whose sea voyage ends in catastrophe when his fleet is dragged toward a magnetic mountain that tears iron from ships. Surviving against all odds, Agib fulfils an ancient prophecy — unknowingly sealing the fate of an innocent boy hidden underground. A string of escapes leads him to a mysterious palace of forty princesses, one locked golden door, and a warning he cannot bring himself to heed. Each act of curiosity costs him more than he imagined, and the road to Baghdad offers no comfort — only unanswered questions.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

The Black Bowl is a Japanese folk tale following a poor but spirited young woman who, at her dying mother's wish, places a heavy black bowl over her head to shield her beauty from the dangers of the world. Mocked by villagers, pelted with stones, and turned away from work, she presses on with quiet determination. When a kind minstrel's song leads her to a wealthy farming family, she finds shelter — and unexpectedly, love. But the bowl holds a secret that only the right moment can unlock.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.

"The Flute" is a haunting Japanese short story set in ancient Yedo, following a widowed father and his devoted daughter O'Yoné — a girl as slender and straight as bamboo who carries her grief silently while her father moves on. When business calls him to distant Kyoto, O'Yoné carves a bamboo flute by hand and presses it into his sleeve as a farewell gift. Months pass, and the father grows comfortable in Kyoto — until one evening the flute speaks. What it tells him sends him running through the night, half-mad with dread.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-kids-stories-6-10-years--6564597/support.