Story Time Animated

"Hi I am Raven and..... ""Ahhhhhhh...Raven help me...my eyes are on fire!"That's my sister.... "I told you not to play with the soap Regina!"I'm only nine years old, but my baby sister makes me feel like her parent, since she's always getting herself into trouble and if I don't help her, then who will, since mom is always so busy. "Raven, Regina- You're going to be late for school!"Let me introduce myself properly, I am Raven and I am from New York. Please don't forget to like and subscribe. Now back to my story. Growing up I learned to be the responsible big sister. Regina is three years younger than me and we both live with our mom who works extremely hard as a real estate agent. Besides mom being busy, Regina has always been such a difficult child. "Mommy, my clothes are all messed up.""Oh Regina! Why can't you be more responsible like your sister? The bus will be here any moment now. Raven, please help."I didn't mind helping mom out with my sister, but as I helped her change into a clean T- shirt, she suddenly bit my hand. Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emma and I laughed as we ran along the beach and splashed each other in the ocean. Suddenly we heard a howl like a banshee.“Quick, run!”We disappeared into a cave as the owner of the howl searched for us.Hi, my name is Jasmine and this is my best friend Emma. If you want to find out why we are hiding here, make sure you stick til the end of my story. Growing up in a desert was fun. Everyone praised me for the unique blue-green colour of my eyes. But I didn’t care about that, I was always a more outdoorsy type. Out of all the kids on our campsite, I could build the tallest sand castle and all the other kids would have a blast kicking it down. That was the fun part. While I was this fun popular kid, there was this one day that really made my blood boil where I saw a shy girl sitting by herself and then two other boys threw sand all over her hair so I went to her rescue."Hey what is wrong with you rugrats?""Leave us alone Jasmine or else we will dig a hole and put you in it.""Oh yeah? I dare you."The boys looked into my fierce eyes and then changed their minds because they knew how crazy I could get.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“WOO! TURN UP THE MUSIC!”We all got lit as the music got louder and the party got crazier. I was dancing my butt off when suddenly a waiter tripped over and caviar covered me from head to toe. There was even some caviar in my nostrils!“UGH! WATCH WHERE YOU’RE GOING!”“I’m so sorry Sir!”Suddenly everyone started laughing and pointing at me. I was so embarrassed. I turned to my girlfriend, Siri, for help.“Babe! Please help me clean up.”“What, are you kidding? I’m not getting anywhere near you, you reek of fish eggs.”“But.. but..”Siri got up and walked away, leaving me all alone.Hey guys, what’s up? My name’s Marlo and I’m from Italy. My mother came from nothing, but she was a very smart woman and managed to become a billionaire by the time she was 30. When I graduated from high school my mom sat me down and asked me what I wanted my career to be.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Hello! I'm Selene and I'm from Greece."As I grew up my parents realised something was different about me. I was very, very, very, gullible. One day I was playing in the field with my neighbour Clio. "Hey Selene, did you know if you cover your face in flour you can fly?""Really? I wanna try!""Daddy look!""Selene, no!"The girl who had tricked me laughed with tears rolling down her eyes at my stupidity. "Hmph. That wasn't very nice of her.""Don't pay her any mind, Selene. Sometimes in this world people will try to trick you and take advantage of you, but it's up to you to decide who you can trust, and who you can't trust.""I can trust you, Dad!""Of course you can my darling."Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Come on, girl! We're almost there." Two arrows whizzed passed my ears while another grazed my shoulder. I winced in pain, but we had to keep moving. I steered Gaia skillfully between the trees as the sounds of hooves closed in on us. "There she Is! Get her!"Soon, we came upon a waterfall, which was one of many ways into our village, and rode right through it. Hi, my name is Nalini and I’m from Hawaii. I grew up in a village with my papa, Chief Matanui, and my older sister, Kimo. Kimo and I were best friends and we did everything together.  Our warriors are feared by many surrounding villages as we take their food, livestock and valuables for ourselves. We were the second strongest village on the island, the first was Chief Keanu’s village, who we steered clear of because their warriors overpowered us by ten to one.  On Kimo’s 18th birthday, Papa told Kimo that she was going to get married. ™“Papa! I’m not going to marry Chief Keanu’s son!”“Kimo, as the daughter of the Chief, you are obligated to do whatever is required to ensure a better future for your village.” Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don't shout... Hi, I'm Sandra. And if you promise to stay real quiet, I will tell you a story about how I faced mummies and fought off a bear with my bare hands. You think I'm lying? Please like and subscribe to find out. Just remember, be quiet... "Argghhhh!!!!!!"My love for antiques started ever since I was a child, mom worked at the biggest museum in the City, and with it came my hobby of playing make believe. "Begone! You monstrous bear!"Just then, mom knocked at my bedroom door and walked in before I told her to. "Oh Mr Teddy!"My mom behaves like a child stuck in an adult's body. It's so annoying. But when I noticed the dress she was wearing I felt steam come out of my ears. "My dress!? It's about to burst at the seams!""Time for my date, and make sure to make dinner!""Make dinner!? You were in the kitchen for hours!""Come on... "Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Don’t you look sooo cute!""Wow you look like a princess, Sophie. You just need a crown. "I just loved playing dress up with Sophie. Even though she’s a panda, she is my best friend. My name is Sue, and I’m from China. If you want to know more about my pandas, hidden treasure, and my life story, click the like button and also don’t forget to subscribe.Believe it or not, my whole family has dedicated their lives to protecting these pandas. We crash landed here ages ago. My parents loved me a lot, but sometimes I felt they were so secretive especially about the locked treasure chest they have hidden away. "Sue it’s time for your math class. We are learning divisions today. ""Come on Sophie. Time for school."Mom teaches me everyday from home and I love all my subjects, since mom makes it soooo much fun to learn. "Should we count berries or cocoa beans for our math lesson today?""Cocoa beans!"Going to school with a panda meant I had to count fast. Sometimes the lessons were over before they started. Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello. My name is Karla from Miami. When I was 5 years old, my astronaut dad went to space and never returned. His colleagues searched for him for weeks until they finally told us that he was gone for good. After that, I grew up with my famous fashionista mom who styled celebrities.As you'd expect, I picked up fashion and make-up skills at a very young age. Mom thought I would be a fashionista like her until one day she walked in on me sitting on a pile of dad's books, reading to my dolls."Sweetheart, you can actually read that book?""Yes I can mom. Dad used to teach me!"Few days later, mom put together a mini library for me but I finished reading all the children’s books there within no time.In school, it didn’t take long for my teachers to realize that I was kind of a genius and by the time I was in 7th grade, I could solve senior year-level math problems within minutes. It was kind of my superpower.As I grew older, I became prettier, much to mom's delight. She thought for sure I had a future in modeling but I told her I had other plans. "What plans? What could be better than becoming a famous model?""I want to be just like dad."Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aloha! My name is Dawn and I live in the Amazonian rainforest. Growing up, I lived in the jungle with my amazing nature loving dad. We didn't really have a house, we lived in makeshift tents near a local tribe that dad was filming for one of his numerous award winning documentaries. My mom was a famous talk show host in the United States and she only visited dad and I once or twice a year.When I was 13 years old, dad was attacked by a caiman and passed away. A few weeks later, mom told me that we'd be moving to the United States.I tearfully said goodbye to my best friend Hiro, as mom waited impatiently."Will I ever see you again?""I'll come back, I promise."We quickly did our secret handshake then I turned and left.From the moment we got off the plane, I felt like an alien. People pointed and stared at me."Mom, why are they staring?""Because you're dressed like a caveman. Why don't you ever wear the clothes I buy for you?"Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Come on Frida, let’s save the world!”My older sister and I played hero with the dolls. I was saving Frida from the great dragon, and I was about to win when suddenly three boys appeared.“Oh look, it’s the freak and her little sister.”“*laughs* They’re playing with dolls like little losers!”Frida looked down. The boys of the village were always teasing her for her hair, which was quite a beautiful colour in my opinion but no one else on the island had the same hair colour as her. Because of this, she was always teased just cos she was a little different.“Leave us alone!”“Oh yeah? What are you gonna do about it?”You might think I’d have no chance against 3 older boys, but think again.“*war cry*”I head butted one of them, while the other two backed away in fear.“This girl’s crazy!”“YES I’M CRAZY! AND IF YOU DON’T LEAVE US ALONE I’LL DESTROY YOU!”Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You…you're so cruel Kiara. You know what? One day something bad is going to happen to you and no one will help you because the truth is, you're awful!Hi! My name is Kiara from Louisiana.Mom passed away when I was born so my multi-billionaire dad raised me alone, and he spoiled me with money.Everyone fawned all over me but I knew it was just because I was a billionaire's daughter.One girl, Rita, the girl you saw earlier, was especially annoying in her attempts to please me. She will follow me everywhere!Oh! You spilled juice on your sneakers!It's waterproof!Oh. Sorry.People would say she was super nice, but I thought she was too fake and itched to be rid of her. So when she invited me to her 17th birthday party, and was about to cut the cake, I stepped up to her and pulled off her wig.Look guys! Rita's hair is actually two inch long!All the kids in the neighborhood were there including her crush Derek. Her face went red, and she uttered those words of doom to me.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“In this corner, we have Ava the Destroyer!”The crowd went wild. This was just a simple boxing fight, the first stage of the tournament that I hoped to win. A lot of people had their bets on my victory.“And Ava’s opponent.. The strong, the almighty: Abigail the Wrecker!”Again the crowd went wild. I watched as my opponent entered the ring, but when I saw her face my blood stopped moving. It was my sister Abigail. Except, my sister had been missing for 10 years!Hi guys, my name’s Ava and I’m from Texas. My sister Abigail and I were twins, and we were the bestest friends ever! We did everything together, one time we even broke our left arm at the same time when we fell off a trampoline!“Ow!”“Wow this is so cool, we’re broken arm twins!”I loved Abigail so much. She was my other half. But then one day our lives were ruined.Our parents took us out on a camping trip, but when we woke up the next morning Abigail was missing. We searched for days and days but there was no sign of her. After several years had passed, we started to believe we’d never see her again.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi there! My name is Angela, and I was born in a small house in the Kingdom of Edopia. My dad worked at the local mill and my mom stayed home, growing flowers that she would later go and sell. I also had a little sister named Phillipa, who was totally adorable. Things had always been rough for us and we barely scraped by, but we were always there for each other. I didn’t mind it when I was a child, but as I grew older, I began to notice stuff. Like one day, my mom made us dolls made out of cloth. My sister was thrilled, while I was there, pouting. “Angela, what’s wrong honey? You don’t like it?” “Daisy has better ones. They are such tiny china dolls mum! And so pretty. Her parents are the best,” “Honey, Daisy’s dad works as a horseman for the king. We could never afford those. But the best thing about these, are that they’ll never break.”Eventually, my parents coaxed me out of it and I also understood that it couldn’t be helped. When I was sixteen, one day, I was walking home near the town square when I saw that there was a crowd of people trying to watch something. I was tall, but there were so many people that it was difficult to see. I tried to jump to see over their heads. No luck. I found a barrel of wine near a cart and I climbed over it, finally managing to see a fancy carriage, unlike anything that I had ever seen before. It was something out of those fairytale books like that carriage made out of a magical pumpkin in Cinderella. There was a girl, around my age, looking around and waving at the crowd.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Rachel, come play hide and seek with us!”“Hey Rachel, do you wanna come hang at my house after school?”“Can I play with you guys?”“Ew Candace no way!”Rachel laughed and waltzed away with her friends.I didn’t get it. Why was Rachel so popular? She was always so mean to me!Hi, I’m Candace from Texas. Growing up, I was always just average. I wasn’t pretty. I wasn’t super smart. I wasn’t popular. I was the opposite of my neighbour Rachel. Everyone loved her. One time the whole class was at a birthday party. Rachel had told me the day before that it was a dress-up party, so I had begged my mom to buy me this Harley Quinn outfit. I arrived at the party but to my horror not a single person was in fancy dress! I was the only one.“Oh, look who’s here! Is that supposed to be Harley Quinn? More like Hardly-A-Queen!”Everyone laughed at me. Hmph. It wasn’t even a good joke! I was ready to leave the party right away, but then another girl rushed in and stood between me and the crowd of laughing kids.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Urgghh, where did this pimple come from? And look at this hair, look how limp and thin. If you couldn’t guess, I absolutely hated how I looked. My eyes were too wide apart, my nose was too big and my lips are thinner than a pancake without baking powder. At school, none of the boys are interested in me. But, they were all interested in my older sister, Gillian, who by the way was drop-dead gorgeous. Take it from me, it sucked to attend the same school as your older sibling.  Nobody knew my name and the teachers called me Gillian’s little sister. "Ok, class today in Sex Education we are going to talk about STIs you can spread via kissing""That’s something Gillian’s sister doesn’t have to worry about. "My face turned red as the entire class pointed at me and laughed. I stood up and asked the teacher for a hall pass to the bathroom. I waited for a few seconds and do you know the name that was written on the hall pass? You guessed it, Gillian’s sister. I groaned and walked out of the classroom. I was so sick and tired of living in Gillian’s shadow! I want people to see me for me, not for who I was related to. Was that too much to ask for? And then there’s Dad. I feel horrible saying this but I don’t think Dad likes me very much. I think it’s because I look just like Mom. Mom left him when Gillian and I were toddlers to marry a rich man. Dad always tells me how ugly I am and refuses to even consider me his daughter, although we share the same last name.  But then, one day, I found something that changed my life forever. "Hi, my name is Tara and I’m from Holland."Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Ok, guys, we’re on in five minutes.” Suddenly a scream erupted from outside our trailer. It was Harry, the animal tamer, “The tigers are loose! The tigers are loose!”Dad ran out of the trailer and Mom looked at my brother and I, “Don’t step foot out of this trailer until your father and I return.” Craig and I nodded and as soon as Mom left I locked the trailer behind her. For twenty minutes, screams and chaos filled the air as Craig and I huddled helplessly inside.Finally, there was a knock on the door followed by Mom’s voice. Craig swung the door open. When I saw the dreadful look on Mom's face every muscle in my body tensed. “Kids, something happened to your father.”Hi, my name is Laurie. I grew up in a beautiful town in Estonia. Do you want to hear more of my story? SADMy older brother and I were third generation circus folk. Circus life was the only life we knew and we loved it. The sites, the smell, the applause, the big tent; it’s like living in a movie full of fun, excitement and adventure. But the day the tigers escaped brought my family to its knees.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katia, my arch-nemesis, placed a paper crown on my head and shouted, “Make way, make way, for the four-eyed, braces-wearing loser.” Students made a pathway in the hallway and snickered as I passed. Katia and I had known each other since elementary school and we never got along. In middle school,  I wore glasses and braces which made me a target for kids like Katia. I hated school. That was until my best friend, Raquel, showed up and saved the day. Hi, my name is Aiko, and I’m from Peru.One day during lunch period Katia was up to her old tricks. She pushed me down to the ground in the courtyard and dangled an open can of soda over my brand new outfit. Suddenly, a girl stepped in front of me and grabbed the soda can from Katia and poured it all over her head.“Touch her again and you’ll have to deal with me.”The girl was taller than Katia, so instead of fighting back, Katia grumbled and walked away. The girl then turned to me. “Hi, I’m Raquel.”“I’m Aiko. Thank you.” Life was great with Raquel but our senior year in high school had major drama! One afternoon while at the skating rink, Raquel and I were putting on our skates and discussing the upcoming dance. Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi! My name is Lidia and I’m from Chicago. I was born to a very poor family. Mom and dad couldn’t even afford to buy me new shoes every year and I would end up wearing the same ones over and over again, even though they now had a hole bigger than the Grand Canyon! One day, when I was seven years old, I went to school with those antique shoes and everyone started making fun of me:Haha, look at her shoes! They look like they could be on display in a museum!I wanted to cry, but suddenly I felt like I should say something:Yes, just like your underwear!His face was frozen, but everyone else laughed more. Even though they laughed at my joke, no one wanted to hang out with me. One night, before I went to bed, mom came to me:Don’t worry my lovely Lidia, I am sure that time will bring you the right friends.She smiled at me and kissed me goodnight. But instead of friends, time just brought me more bad events. One morning, when I was 10, mom and I woke up to find out that dad was missing. He was nowhere to be found and he didn’t come home all day until mom decided to call the police. Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, my name’s Isabella and I’m from Mexico.Growing up I was always a loner. “Quick, everyone run, Isabella’s here!I don’t know why everyone hated me. What was I doing wrong? But I had learned to accept my fate as a loner. That is, until Elle moved in next door. And she changed my life forever.The first time I met Elle was when I was 8 years old.“Isabella, go down the road and buy some tortillas.”“Si Mama!”I rode down on my bicycle but suddenly my tire popped and I went tumbling down.“Lookout!”I screamed as a car came racing towards me. It was too late. I was gonna die! But then suddenly I saw a flash of blonde hair and suddenly I was on the side of the road, out of harm’s way. A girl had just saved me from certain death!“Muchas gracias! You just saved my life!”Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just when I was about to go on stage in front of 1000 people, my stepsister pushed me from the back and I fell over the audience ending up in the hospital. All this, just because she was jealous of my fame!Hi, my name is Aisha and I’m from Turkey. My parents abandoned me at the door of an orphanage.Growing up at the orphanage the social workers noticed that my fingers were growing weirdly longer than those of the other kids, so when I turned seven,  they decided to take me to piano classes.Your long fingers might just win you a spot to be amongst the stars.Really? That would be amazing.My piano teacher gave me daily lessons and one year later, when the orphanage organized a fundraising event, I played the piano for the first time in front of an audience. After my performance I received a standing ovation from the crowd, then later I was approached by a social worker and a family.Aisha, my darling, these are Serdar and Fusun, your new parents.I raised my eyes and a beautiful young couple was standing in front of me. Next to them was a girl about my age, too.Hello, dear. This is also your new sister Fatma.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi my name is Pixie and I’m from Ireland. My parents are the most controlling parents on the planet!Why are my parents so controlling you ask? Well…When I was 8yrs old, my parents carried me to the mall to get me a pair of skates. While they were talking to the sales clerk I saw this cute puppy at the store entrance. I went over and patted the puppy bu then it ran away from me. Being eight, of course I chased the puppy. It was all fun and games till the puppy ran down some stairs and I followed. I tripped and tumbled down the stairs and must have blacked out for a few minutes because when I opened my eyes a crowd of people had surrounded me. "MOMMY! DADDY!"I looked around and suddenly my parents burst through the  crowd."Oh, Pixie, are you ok?"Mom hugged me but when I tried to get up my ankle hurt.  "Ouch!""Let's get you to the hospital.What Mom and Dad thought to be just a visit to the hospital to get my ankle checked out turned into a meeting with Social Services who reported my parents for negligence. A judge sentenced them to six months of parental classes. My parents were furious. Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, I’m Neenah from Arizona. My mom died when I was just a baby and my very protective dad worked very hard to provide for me. On my 5th birthday, he dressed up as my favorite Disney princess and when my friends made fun of him, he blew glitter in their faces. It was perfect! I was Daddy’s Little Girl, and because of him I got really into sports. At school, I was captain of the wrestling team and no one dared mess with me…well except for the cheerleaders and their captain Jenny who kept making fun of me for looking like a boy. “Well, well, well. If it isn’t the captain of the boys’ club!” “Get… Out of the way… Jenny! This… is …not the time to …make fun of me!” I was so out of breath because I was carrying seats to the gymnasium for an upcoming event. As I walked past Jenny, she tripped me and I fell. I tried to get up but my knee was all scraped and bleeding. Jenny and her cheerleader barbies were busy laughing when a girl walked up to them and threw a hard punch right at Jenny's perfect nose."Ouch! Who are you?"The new girl stood toe to toe with Jenny, staring her down. Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, I’m Melody and I live in LA. When I was born, rumor has it that dad took one look at me and said I was an alien. You see, I was born with scales like a fish covering my whole body."OH my God are those scales? Please take her. I can't-"The nurse was so frightened by my skin that she fainted, while holding me! Mom grabbed me from her just in time or else she'd have dropped me.From that day onwards, my dad avoided being in contact with me and as I grew older, his disgust for my skin condition worsened. One time, he got a promotion at work and came home more excited than I had ever seen him. As soon as he saw mom, he ran to her and hugged her tightly. Excited, I also ran and joined in on the hug but dad shook me off so hard that I fell flat on my face.“I told you not to get close to me!”“She is just a child! How can you be so ruthless to your own child? SHHHH… Come here my little mermaid. You’re okay!”Mom loved me very much and she had tried for so many years to show dad that I was harmless but never succeeded. When she took me to kindergarten, the other kids cried and cowered in the corner so I had to be withdrawn from school and mom homeschooled me.Unfortunately, she got very sick and passed away when I was 8 years old leaving me all alone with dad who wouldn’t even look at me.Barely a year later, dad married this woman named Paula and she and her daughter, Charlotte, moved in with us immediately. The first time Charlotte and I met, I thought she would run away but she looked more amazed than shocked.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi my name is Bridget and I am from New York. When I was born my dad used to take me to the aquarium all the time, because that's where he worked as a marine biologist. Hanging out in dad’s aquarium made me fall in love with all the animal, and one day when I was around 7 years old, my dad took me into the water to meet Tulip. She was a dolphin and she touched my nose with her long mouth. Hehe…Dad, I think she likes me. I think so too sweetie. You know when I grow up I want to be just like you. I loved my dad so much, I also had a great mom too, but she was always out working since she was a top lawyer in the country. My life was perfect until I came home from school one day, and I found mom crying. What's wrong mom? Bridget, I don't think your dad is coming back. What do you mean he’s not coming back? His job called and they sent out some life guards to search for research crew they sent out at sea, and they can’t find them. Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you believe that my sister and I have been fighting over the crown of this Kingdom for years?Hi, my name is Natalie.My twin sister Valerie and I grew up in a huge castle by a silent river.  My great-great-great-great… oh, about thousands of years ago, my ancestors built this kingdom from scratch and now our dad is the King. Everyone used to tell us that we were very pretty. Even though Valerie and I were one of those twins that don’t resemble each other, dad treated us equally from day one. I had long dark-brown hair and she had short blonde hair, but our eyes were both blue.We grew up without a mom. She went to heaven two years after our birth. I was very little, but I remember dad crying for nights and nights.One day when we were 10 years old, dad came home with two big chests full of gold. They both contained the same amount of gold.Here, my little rabbits, these are for you, for when you grow up, to invest them in your dreams. There is 100 kg of pure gold from the mountains where we are coming from, for each of you.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, my name’s Krystal. Growing up I didn’t have many friends. No one so much as looked at me, let alone speak to me.Well, except for Ally, my best friend (and my only friend). The first time I met Ally was when we were 5 years old.Hey give that back!Dance for me first!Embarrassed, I stood up and began to dance a little, but then suddenly this other girl barged in and shoved the kid away. She grabbed my toy and handed it back to me. I was in awe.Here you goThanks!We’ve been best friends ever since.I was used to never getting any attention. Until the day that changed the rest of my life forever. Ally and I were sitting at our usual spot in the cafeteria when suddenly there was a bunch of commotion outside. Everyone was shouting and running out into the field.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi! My name is Hailey and I am from Georgia. I have always been a good looking girl. Even in kindergarten. The girls in my class had always been jealous of my looks. Especially Julissa, my rival since childhood. She was that rich and spoiled girl that everyone hates. How did our rivalry start? Well… It happened when we were in kindergarten. “Hey. Can I play with that?” “No. Get your own doll!” She thought she was so cool. Flexing her limited edition toys. “You know it wouldn’t hurt to share. You’re mean,” As I said that out loud, everyone agreed with me and called her mean too. and since then, Julissa was always trying to get back at me. She always used to flaunt her money, driving home in a Tesla, having the latest edition of clothes, gadgets and what not. But she couldn’t beat me in terms of looks. See, I was the cutest one around, with long shiny black hair and brown eyes. I was taller than her as well. In fact, my height was perfect and very mature compared to the girls around me. By fourth grade, all the boys in my class had a crush on me. But sadly, my parents didn’t allow me to have a boyfriend.“You can not start dating until you reach high school,” Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi! I'm Chloe! I was born to the smartest mom in the world, Mrs Nikki. As a child alone she won multiple awards because of how genius she was and had her own law firm at 22. Everyone expected I would be smart like her. But instead of books, I loved music, and this made mom very angry.There was this time when I was six, and my Grandma got me a mini guitar as my birthday present. I played with it all the time and found it difficult to do my homework.Mom This is crazy!!! You should have gotten her books as a present!Dad But you already did that.Mom This guitar is making her not to focus on what is important. Everyone is laughing at me for giving birth to a child that's the complete opposite of me.Chloe But mom, it makes me happy. Mom That's not the point! If you dont have straight A's, you're going to be a broke adult, like your uncle!Uncle was mom's brother who hadn't done too well in school as mom had. I thought he was living fine, but mom always spoke bad of him. Infact mom was always nasty to people, except clients who paid her lots of money and her only friend Mariam. Mariam was nice, but her son was not. Even though we knew each other from babyhood, he was just a meanie.In class, he scored straight A's while I struggled to have B's, and he would always look down on me for it.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi! My name is Tazi and I was raised by apes.When I was 8 years old I have vague memories of being brought to this island by my human parents. I don’t know why they were here, but all I know is that they never survived. One night, a jaguar came into our shelter and killed them. I would’ve been jaguar food next, if it weren’t for the apes.One ape, I call her Ma, suddenly appeared and defeated the jaguar before it could eat me. Ma then found me, just a little girl, all alone, and decided to take me in.I’ve been living with the apes ever since. We don’t have a language like humans do, but we communicate through body movement. And since I was 8 years old when I was taken in by the apes, I could still speak some English, though not very well.It was tough adapting into this new life. I remember one time they were teaching me how to swing from tree to tree, and as I let go of the branch it snapped and I nearly fell to my death, but Ma quickly jumped forward and rescued me. It’s taken a lot of getting used to, but now, at 16 years of age, the apes have become my family and I have become less of a human and more of an ape.Once my family started to trust me, they revealed to me something very special about them. Their hair is as strong as steel. For real. You could shoot an arrow at their back and it would not break through their hair armour. Because of this I’d always felt self-conscious since I didn’t have the same impenetrable hair as them on my body, but Ma always made sure I felt included.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Honey, I’d like you to meet Alyssa.”I extended my hand and Alyssa smiled as she shook it. “It’s nice to meet you, Candice, I’ve heard so much about you.” Dad’s phone buzzed. “Please excuse me, I have to take this.” Alyssa nodded and Dad left the room. Alyssa suddenly leaned towards me. “If you don’t do as I say I’ll make your life a living nightmare.” Hi there, I’m Candice from Ireland.When I was three Mom passed away from an illness and it’s been just Dad and me ever since. Dad and I were very close. He always treated me like his little princess and we’d get manis and pedis together, go to the movies, he’d even set up my dolls and stuffed animals and we’d pretend that we were runway models. When I was 15, Dad introduced me to his girlfriend, Alyssa, and six months later they were married. She did and said all the right things when Dad was around. “Ethan, I think it’s time Candice got her own computer.” or “I think Candice and I should have a girls day out!” Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When I was born, it was on a pirate ship. When I took my first steps, it was on a pirate ship. When I said my first words - you guessed it, I was on a pirate ship! My parents were the greatest pirates who ever sailed the seas. Other pirates cowered whenever they saw the flag of my family, the Shellwalkers, wave up in the air.Growing up I loved the pirate life. The adrenaline, the fresh ocean breeze. My parents always made sure they took good care of me too. Life was good. Until, it all came crashing down with the force of a tsunami.One night I was in my room when I heard a loud crash.I ran outside to find colossal waves and a giant storm above us.“Mom? Dad?”“Tina! Quick, get to the lifeboat!”“No, I’m not leaving you two!”Dad: “Henry, take her!”Mom: “We’ll be with you soon honey.”Henry, my parents’ trusted right-hand-man, lifted me up and ran with me to the lifeboat at the side of the ship. We hopped in, but suddenly the rope holding it up snapped and the boat fell into the water with us in it.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, my name is Ayallah, and I’m from Spain. I never thought my mom would try to control my love life, but boy was I in for a surprise!Growing up, I was an only child and my parents owned the largest makeup company in the city. When I was five years old, my entire world turned upside down when my best friend, Andy, told Dad that he saw Mom kissing Mr. Johnson, the mailman. Dad was devastated. You see Dad was ill and I really thought Mom loved him. He kissed me goodbye, told me that he loved me and left for good. Mom has hated Andy ever since. Andy and I were inseparable even though Mom tried to keep us apart. We kept our friendship a secret and actually started dating in high school. Andy and I were in our last year of high school and I couldn't wait to leave home and go to college so Andy and I didn't have to sneak around.  But what Mom did next left me speechless."Ayallah, I invited Andy over for dinner. I think it's time we deal with unresolved issues”.Before I could object Mom continued, "Now, go upstairs and freshen up. Throw on something nice." At 6:15 the doorbell rang. "Ayallah could you get that please?"My mind raced and my stomach churned as I opened the door. Before me stood a slender, 6'2, black haired Godlike version of Jason Mamoa. He was holding a bouquet of flowers. Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey there, I’m Alexis and I’m from Cantivina. If you think that’s a made-up country, you’re wrong, because I’m the queen of it.Growing up, life was pretty strange. One time when I was 2 years old I was at a grocery store with my parents when suddenly 5 men dressed like ninjas burst in and tried to grab me!“GET AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER!”One of the ninjas grabbed me and started to run away with me in his arms. “MAMA! PAPA!”“NO! ALEXIS!”I bit on the guy’s hand and he dropped me.“Why you little–”His next few words were snatched from his mouth as two bodyguards jumped in and knocked him out. More bodyguards arrived and dealt with the other ninjas, and before long I was escorted away from the grocery store with the eyes of everyone on us. Someone in the crowd scoffed angrily, “ I wonder who those people are?” His wife then said, ``they must be movie stars or something”. When we got home, I asked my parents what had happened and they told me not to worry too much about it.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey guys, I’m Annika Sabeen. I grew up in the Arctic.My last memory of human life was from when I was 10 years old. I remembered my mother carrying me out into this icy landscape. The wind was blasting us with thousands of icy crystals, and I held onto my mother tight, but she let go of me and dropped me on the freezing floor. “Mama!”My mom turned and ignored me. She disappeared, and that was the only memory I had of her. I didn’t even know what her face looked like. The trauma of being abandoned in the Arctic had wasted away what memory I had left, so now all I knew was that my name was Annika Sabeen.After she abandoned me, I was devastated. But I decided I wasn’t going to go down without a fight. I was determined to survive. I learnt how to make a fire out of the sticks left in the woods nearby. I learnt how to make an igloo to shield myself from the snowstorms. I lived off of seal meat and sometimes even polar bear meat. Life was tough. And boring. Until one fateful day.I was about 16 years old. I had just returned from fishing, when I noticed that smoke was coming out of my igloo. I felt my heart skip a beat. I hadn’t lit a fire! So how was there any smoke? Was an intruder in my home?I sprinted as fast as I could and barged in, my spear in hand.“GET OUT YOU–”Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, my name is Darla, and I'm from Italy. I often wonder if my life would have turned out differently if I didn't have this scar. I was blessed to grow up in a loving family. Dad was a teacher and Mom had an online business so she was always there for me when I needed her.  My family was perfect. But one night my world was turned upside down.Even though I was five at the time, I remember it like it was yesterday. Mom and Dad were preparing dinner and I was sitting by the kitchen table. Suddenly, a masked man entered the kitchen and Mom grabbed me in front of her. Dad tried to ward off the intruder with the knife in his hand but the intruder snatched me from Mom and threw me into Dad's path. I felt a sharp pain on my face and Mom screamed. The relationship with Dad wasn't the same when I was released from the hospital. Dad couldn't bear to stay in the same room that I was in. He no longer looked at me or hugged me. One day Dad went to work and he never returned. I was heartbroken and for years I blamed myself. If it wasn't for this ugly scar then maybe Dad would still be around.As I went through school, kids and teachers were mean about my scar. I tried to make friends but one girl named Charlotte told everyone that I had an infectious disease and nobody wanted to play with me. I resorted to wearing a mask in hopes that things may change but it didn't. The last straw was when a teacher placed my lunch in a dog bowl and ordered me to eat it. Mom removed me from the school but she was also able to get the teacher fired. Mom homeschooled me and I was happier than I'd been in a long time.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s up guys, I’m Naya and I’m from India.My mom raised me all by herself and she didn’t have it easy. We were poor. Very poor. She worked as a maid for this super rich family, and when I was 8 years old I begged mom to let me work with her too so we could earn extra money.“Please mom, I wanna help.”“Oh I don’t know…”“Please!”“Well, okay honey. Thank you.”“Yay!”I was excited, but I didn’t really understand how terrible my mom’s work was.When we arrived I was so shocked by how massive the house was. It was a mansion, all white and pristine like a palace. We didn’t get to enter through the front since we were considered inferior, so we had a small back entry where we got changed into our uniforms and started our tasks for the day.My mom and I were in the living room cleaning up. I was only 8 years old so I was pretty clumsy, and I accidentally knocked over a glass of orange juice that was on the table, staining the fluffy white carpet.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Ya!”I urged the horse on as we galloped away from the bandits chasing me. “Get back here!”I held the small treasure chest in my hands closer to me.“You’ll never get my treasure!” The bandits soon overtook me and circled around me. One of them moved closer, scaring my horse and causing him to rear back.“Woah, there boy!”I lost my grip of the chest and it fell to the ground.“No!”“Haha! The treasure’s mine!”But before the bandit could get his grimy hands on my treasure, I brought out my lasso and looped it around the chest, dragging it back into my hands. We galloped away, speeding far from those evil bandits. I had found this treasure fair and square. All they wanted to do was steal it from me!Suddenly I heard a loud ringtone. Someone was calling me. I held the reins of the horse and the chest in one hand, then swiped to answer my phone with the other.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Music blared from the television as I danced and sang to the songs of June! Who is June you ask? Only the most famous and talented singer ever to walk the face of the earth!“Hi, Hanna,” Mom stepped into the living room and grabbed the tv remote from the sofa. She moved as if to change the channel and I reared up like a tiger.“Mom! Don’t you dare!” “Excuse me? Did you purchase this television?” Mom turned the television to one of her sitcoms. I snatched the remote and changed it back. “I was here first and I’m watching June!” Mom tried to grab the remote from my hand but I held on tightly. I bit Mom’s hand.Mom: “*gasps* Hanna!” With the remote in hand, I ran to the front door and threw the remote outside. When Mom went to get the remote I locked her out of the house. No one was going to disturb me when I was watching June! Hi, my name is Hanna and I’m from New York. I’ve been a fangirl of June for as long as I could remember. I have all his music, his merch and even a six foot poster of him over my bed! Yeah, I know June has never revealed his face and I have no idea what he really looks like but his voice is soooo mesmerizing and besides what girl doesn’t love a bit of mystery in her life? Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi guys. My name is Milo and I’m from New York.My friends and I were on a plane ride to Hawaii. It was myself, Liam, who was the pilot of the tiny plane, and also happened to be my biggest crush, my best friend Kayla, and our other friend Brittany, who I secretly didn’t like all that much since I had a feeling she wanted to get with Liam. We were cruising along when suddenly an alarm rang out.“Uh, what’s going on?”Liam looked panicked. “The engine. It cut out!”“WHAT?”“WE’RE GOING DOWN!”We all screamed as the plane took a nose dive as Liam desperately tried to gain control. “Quick! Grab a parachute!”Through all the chaos Liam managed to hand each of us a parachute, then he opened up the door.“GET OUT AND PULL THE STRING IMMEDIATELY!”I fastened the parachute on, made sure Kayla was alright, then jumped out the plane. As we plummeted down, the wind whipped my hair around so I couldn’t see anything. I fumbled for the string but I couldn’t find it. I started to panic. This was it. I was going to die! I would get squished like a berry as soon as I made contact with the ground. But then I felt someone grab hold of me and I looked up to see Liam.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi my name is Kelly, and I’m from Texas. I was born into a rich family. My dad was the CEO of a huge tech company, and my mom was the top lawyer in the state. Life was good.. Or so I thought. One night I woke up to some noises from downstairs. What could that be? I headed down but no one was in the kitchen or the living room. The noises sounded like banging. Eventually I followed the noises to a strange door I’d never noticed before. I reached my hand out to the doorknob, then suddenly my mom leapt out.“Ahh!”“Honey, what are you doing here? You should be in bed.”“What’s behind this door, mom?”“Nothing that concerns you. Come on, off to bed.”I ran upstairs to my room, slamming the door behind me.I soon forgot about the mystery door and the strange noises, that is, until, once in the tenth grade my friend Alex pulled me aside in the cafeteria.“Kelly, I have some good news.”“What?”Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello everyone. My name’s Ling and I’m from China.I was part of the biggest rebel group, the crows, and it was our goal to take down the cruel Emperor Zang. He was the meanest ruler you could ever imagine - he spat on the poor, stole whatever he wanted, and never gave back to the people. It was my job to infiltrate his palace and find evidence that would bring Emperor Zang down for good.I walked out onto the street of the bustling marketplace, dressed in the prettiest Cheongsam dress I could find. This was the only day Emperor Zang would be taking a stroll through the village marketplace for at least another year. I couldn’t blow this opportunity. Sure enough, I started to hear guards and loud voices down the street as Emperor Zang and his guards forced their way through the crowds of people.Emperor: “Make way, peasants!”I readied myself, then just as they were passing by I walked over and pretended to fall in front of them.“Oh! Excuse me your highness.”I looked up, batting my eyes at the emperor.“Oh!” Emperor Zang smiled like an old creep and helped me to my feet. “Aren’t you a pretty lil thing?”I shivered inwardly and forced a smile. “Why thank you, your highness! You’re not so bad yourself!”Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi I’m Sophie from Nevada.I never had a dad growing up, it was always just me, my mom and my menace of a sister, Chelsea. Ever since we were kids Chelsea's only goal was to destroy my life! Once when I was 7 I was laying on the couch watching the latest story time animated video with my headphones on when all of a sudden my devilish sister snuck up behind me with scissors and cut the wire.“What's wrong with you DORK?!”“*evil laughter*”I didn’t understand why Chelsea hated me so much, but at least I had my mom. She was always so kind and I loved her so much. But then, when I was 10 years old, that all changed.I ran over to give my mom a hug, but as soon as I came into contact with her I started violently sneezing. It felt like I had the worst cold ever. The cold lasted for the rest of the week, and it always seemed to get worse whenever mom was around me. It was weird. We contacted the doctors, and they broke the heavy news to us.“It seems Sophie has a rare condition called momiaphosia. It means she’s allergic to you.”“What? How is this possible?”“It’s rare, but it has happened before. We advise that you stay away from your daughter as long as possible, until we find a cure.”It’s been 5 years since that doctor’s appointment, and they still haven’t found a cure. My life has been miserable ever since, even more miserable than Chelsea’s little devilish schemes. I can never see my mom. We have to live in separate parts of the house. If I want to speak to her it can only be when I’m at least 10 metres away. I hate it.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, my name is Sky and I’m from New York. When I was 5, I woke up to find my mother kneeling by my bed. A voodoo doll was on my chest and mom had her hands over the doll, chanting some strange words. I screamed and sat up from my bed. “What’re you doing, mommy?”“Sit still, child. Otherwise, the magic won’t work.”The voodoo doll was creeping me out so I grabbed it and threw it across the room. Mom gasped and raised her hand as if to slap me.“You foolish girl! Why did you do that? Now we’ll never be able to fix your ugly face.”“What do you mean? You’re scaring me, mommy.”“I was trying to take away that ugliness and put it in the doll. The fortune teller said it’d work. D’you know how much I paid for it? Now it's ruined and you’re going to be ugly forever!” With that, she picked up the doll and left the room slamming the door behind her. I cried and couldn’t sleep all night thinking about how scary mom was acting. I grew up convinced that mom hated me because she never missed a chance to pick on me and remind me how ugly I was. I had crooked teeth and got braces as soon as I joined high school. My vision was terrible so I had to wear thick glasses that covered half my face. Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s up everyone, I’m Stacy and I grew up in New Jersey with my mom and older sister. My sister Kelly and I had the tightest bond. Even though Kelly’s 10 years older than me, we get along really well and do everything together. We cook, watch tv shows, kick around the ball in the garden - everything. “Hey sis, where are you?”“In a minute! I’ll be right out.”That was Kelly, we told each other everything.. When Kelly had her first kiss, I was the first one she told. We were inseparable.I loved my mom so much too, but.. Well.. she was kinda strange. She acted really childish all the time. She only wore Barbie clothes, and she always had her hair in pigtails and talked in a baby voice. Whenever people saw my mom and sister together in public, they always thought they were sisters instead of mom and daughter. Or even worse, they thought Kelly was the mom!Kelly said “Hey listen, the reason why – why mom acted this way was because right after  you were born our  mom went to this rodeo show. As the riders struggled to hold onto the buckling horse, one of the horses' shoes came loose and came flying towards my mom.. It hit her right in the head and she blacked out. One of the riders screamed “John you really did it now! We’re going to get sued for this.” When she came to, she started acting like a 5 year old and was never the same”.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey! My name is Kiara and I’m from Ohio. My childhood was right out of a Psychology textbook. My parents disappeared one night, leaving my brother and me begging for scraps at restaurants, until we were thrown into an orphanage.But it was at our prestigious boarding school where the greatest success of my life happened. I heard a scream one morning and rushed into the hallway. Standing there, absolutely furious and with mascara running down her face despite it being 7AM, was my arch nemesis.“YOU!” Her green finger pointed right at me, and I wasn’t gonna hide my blame. I was proud of my latest invention. You’re curious to know what I did, right? Well, keep watching and I’ll tell you all about it!My brother and I lived in an orphanage for a few years. It was awful! We were older than most kids there so the workers ignored us. Sometimes we had to steal baby food from the kitchen, or we wouldn’t eat all day! But out of the blue, a man in a suit showed up. He talked to the workers and they put us in his car, no questions asked. The whole car ride I was panicking in the back seat, but that went away when we reached our destination. “Woah, what’s that?”“Your new home” Said the man. We were in a small town, and on top of a hill was a HUGE, stunning building. It looked like a school, but fancier. And it became our new home. My favorite part of the school was the lab. I spent hours in there, making all kinds of things blow up! My room was full of gadgets I’d invented, because with my after-school job, I didn’t have much money to buy gadgets.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's up, I’m Mandy from New York.Growing up was very difficult for me. At the age of just 4 our family moved into a small village and I had to work on our family farm milking cows. One day I was milking the cows in the barn when the wind slammed the door shut, and one of the cows got startled. It kicked out its back hooves and smashed me on the mouth. I let out a loud scream and my parents came bursting into the barn. When they checked my mouth, they noticed most of my teeth were missing. Dad: Mandy! Let me check your mouth. Mom: we need to get her to the hospital! Immediately. Doctor: Let me take a look, looks like she will be fine. Her teeth will grow back over time.But years went by and my teeth never came back. We realized that something was very wrong with me.“We’ve run some tests and your daughter has a rare condition that limits her production of teeth. I’m afraid she will never grow new teeth unless you can afford surgery, although I must admit it is very pricey.”My parents were poor so there was no way we could afford it. I would have to suffer a terrible smile for the rest of my life.I would get teased about it all the time at school. I remember in 5th grade I had just moved to a new school. When I entered the classroom, the teacher asked me to introduce myself.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, I’m Eliza and I’m from Scotland. When I discovered my parents had been lying to me my whole life I was determined to make them pay. My parents were always control freaks, ever since I was a little kid. They never let me join sleepovers, not even playdates. One time when I sneaked over to my friend Jessica’s house after school, they found out and crashed at her house like some sort of SWAT team.“PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!”Luckily for me Jessica didn’t dump me then and there. She actually ended up becoming my best friend, and I’m pretty sure if I didn’t have Jessica I would have never survived my parents’ controlling ways.In Maths class Jessica and I were complaining about my parents when suddenly the cutest boy in the world walked in. Think young Leonardo DiCaprio meets Harry Styles. I was instantly in love.“Jessica, that boy is SO cute.”“I know! I’m gonna ask him out.”I looked at Jessica. “What? Who says YOU get to ask him out?”“Huh? Why not?”“He’s mine!”Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, my name is Allison and I grew up in the USA but now I live in Colombia. Wonder how that happened? Well it all started on my best friend Meg's 15th birthday, but before I get to that, let me tell you a quick story.Once when I was 5 years old, my mom invited some of her lady friends for brunch and one of them had a little girl about my age. They put us together to play and we got along just fine until the little brat took my favorite stuffed animal, Bunny. I grabbed Bunny and tried to yank it from her but she hugged it tight.“Give… it back! Now!”She shook her head and hugged Bunny tighter.“It's mine now!”I lost it and bit her little finger so hard I drew blood. She dropped the Bunny and called out for her mommy crying at the top of her lungs. Her mom was petrified and told my mom that she was raising an animal not a child. That was the last I ever saw them again.Since then, my parents and I moved from place to place because of their work. After saying goodbye to too many friends and crying every time we moved, I promised myself to never make any friends because what was the point?However, I broke that promise when we moved to California and I met Meg. She was pretty and popular and being in her circle was EVERYTHING. A few days after I started at the new school, she invited me to sit with her during lunch and I couldn't believe my luck! I heard that some girls had been waiting for months to be offered a place at Meg’s table.Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi I’m Binita and I’m from India. My parents are super strict and my dad always says that I can’t have my first kiss until I’m 50. My dad wasn’t always a control freak but I believe it all started while we were exploring Amer Fort in Jaipur during a family vacation. It was a beautiful place and I was having loads of fun until...“Where’s Anya?”We looked around but my sister was nowhere to be found.“We have to look everywhere! And if we don’t find her I’ll have to call the police!”Just as we were about to give up, I spotted the scarf of Anya’s saree blowing in the wind around the corner.“Dad, look over there!”We walked over and found Anya in the arms of some guy. They were in the middle of a really intense make out.I’ll spare you from hearing all of the horrible things my parents told her but when we got home, she was locked in her room and told she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere but school for at least a year. Then my dad came to my room and gave me a lecture.“I don’t want you around boys. Stay away from them. They’re nothing but trouble and I know that because I was young once. Don’t you even dare to do what your sister did until you’re fifty. Kissing is strictly forbidden and if you disobey my rule there will be some serious consequences.”Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi I’m Binita and I’m from India. My parents are super strict and my dad always says that I can’t have my first kiss until I’m 50.My dad wasn’t always a control freak but I believe it all started while we were exploring Amer Fort in Jaipur during a family vacation. It was a beautiful place and I was having loads of fun until...“Where’s Anya?”We looked around but my sister was nowhere to be found.“We have to look everywhere! And if we don’t find her I’ll have to call the police!”Just as we were about to give up, I spotted the scarf of Anya’s saree blowing in the wind around the corner.“Dad, look over there!”We walked over and found Anya in the arms of some guy. They were in the middle of a really intense make out.I’ll spare you from hearing all of the horrible things my parents told her but when we got home, she was locked in her room and told she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere but school for at least a year. Then my dad came to my room and gave me a lecture.“I don’t want you around boys. Stay away from them. They’re nothing but trouble and I know that because I was young once. Don’t you even dare to do what your sister did until you’re fifty. Kissing is strictly forbidden and if you disobey my rule there will be some serious consequences.”Visit https://www.storytimeanimated.com/members to enjoy ad free listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.