# NEW PREMIUM TRAILER: What Makes A Dragon?

An episode of [Animal Tales: The Kids' Story Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1644596989), 23 Oct 2025, 5:24.

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## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to a special taster of our new
[0:03] Speaker 1: premium only story. We hope you like it. He yo, Hello,
[0:23] Speaker 1: I'm Josephine and this is the Animal Tales podcast, home
[0:27] Speaker 1: to over four hundred stories written just for you. Our
[0:31] Speaker 1: Friday story is especially for our Premium subscribers only. Jude
[0:36] Speaker 1: is a Premium member from Virginia, U s A. And
[0:39] Speaker 1: he would like a story with a dragon and a lion.
[0:43] Speaker 1: Don't forget to listen to the animal facts after the
[0:46] Speaker 1: story to learn more about these creatures. And now it's
[0:50] Speaker 1: time to sit back and get comfy, because it's time
[0:53] Speaker 1: to begin. What makes a Dragon? The town of beasts
[1:00] Speaker 1: Wood was turning one hundred years old, so the animals
[1:04] Speaker 1: who lived there wanted to celebrate. A festival was being
[1:08] Speaker 1: planned to include food, games, prizes, and a parade, and
[1:14] Speaker 1: it was all going to begin with the unveiling of
[1:16] Speaker 1: a new statue in the town square. Jude had been
[1:21] Speaker 1: asked to make the statue, and the lion fell honored
[1:25] Speaker 1: to accept, but a statue of what. After much squabbling, debating,
[1:32] Speaker 1: and voting, the animals of the town decided that the
[1:35] Speaker 1: statue needed to represent three things. Strength, courage, and kindness.
[1:43] Speaker 1: It would be a statue to inspire all that looked
[1:46] Speaker 1: at it. But what animal represented strength, courage and kindness.
[1:54] Speaker 1: The statue should be an elephant, mister Trunk. The elephant cried,
[2:00] Speaker 1: We're the biggest land animals by far. Bigger doesn't mean better,
[2:06] Speaker 1: argued missus Hay. It should be a horse. We're fast
[2:11] Speaker 1: and strong. There's nothing stronger than a spider, piped up
[2:17] Speaker 1: Johnny long Legs. A spider. We make animals ten times
[2:22] Speaker 1: our size jump in fear. Everyone, it seemed, was just
[2:28] Speaker 1: suggesting the animal that they were so Jude the sculptor
[2:33] Speaker 1: asked to speak naturally. The other animals expected him to
[2:38] Speaker 1: suggest a lion. How about a dragon, he suggested, to
[2:44] Speaker 1: their surprise. They're strong, have courage, and can be kind.
[2:51] Speaker 1: The other animals muttered it over, there were no dragons
[2:55] Speaker 1: living in Beastwood, so perhaps this might be the perfect sola, agreed,
[3:02] Speaker 1: announced mister Trunk. At long last, this meant that the
[3:08] Speaker 1: next morning Jude could begin carving in his workshop. He
[3:13] Speaker 1: had already selected a large piece of strong, dark oak,
[3:17] Speaker 1: and all his tools were laid out ready. He began
[3:22] Speaker 1: to study the wood, imagining the shape hidden within a
[3:26] Speaker 1: dragon with its claws, teeth, tail, and wings was going
[3:32] Speaker 1: to look truly magical. He started carving off large chunks,
[3:38] Speaker 1: and it didn't take long for the rough shape of
[3:40] Speaker 1: a dragon to appear. There were four legs, a long
[3:45] Speaker 1: neck and tail, and a pair of large folded wings
[3:49] Speaker 1: sprouting from its back. The bell above his workshop door dinged,
[3:55] Speaker 1: so Jude put down his tools and went out to
[3:58] Speaker 1: see who his visitor was. Stood inside the shop's door
[4:03] Speaker 1: was a genuine, real life dragon. He was large, with
[4:08] Speaker 1: scales of a shimmering emerald green. But Jude noted, instead
[4:14] Speaker 1: of his wings being on his back, this dragon's wings
[4:18] Speaker 1: were folded to become his front legs, rather like that
[4:22] Speaker 1: of a bat. Hello, said the green dragon, I understand
[4:28] Speaker 1: your carving a statue. May I have a quick glimpse? Well,
[4:34] Speaker 1: of course, Jude said, delighted, Please come through. He led
[4:40] Speaker 1: the green dragon to the space where the wooden block stood.
[4:45] Speaker 1: The dragon gasped, walking around it and admiring the work
[4:49] Speaker 1: that the lion had done. It's stunning, said the green dragon. Wonderful.
[4:56] Speaker 1: It will be a masterpiece. But may I make a
[5:00] Speaker 1: small suggestion. If you'd like to hear more, please join
[5:04] Speaker 1: our premium service. You can find out how in the description.
[5:09] Speaker 1: The premium service means you can listen to all animal
[5:12] Speaker 1: tales stories advert free, get bonus stories, and we guarantee
[5:17] Speaker 1: to turn your animal suggestion into a future tale. I
[5:21] Speaker 1: look forward to seeing you there

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