# NEW PREMIUM TRAILER: Weighing Scales

An episode of [Animal Tales: The Kids' Story Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1644596989), 16 Apr 2026, 5:56.

Audio: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71117493/subtrailer97_weighingscales_mixdown.mp3

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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. Hello 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 and fifty stories written just for you.
[0:31] Speaker 1: Our Friday story is especially for our Premium subscribers only.
[0:36] Speaker 1: Noah May and Annie Nell are Premium members from southern Drakensburg,
[0:41] Speaker 1: South Africa, and they would like a story with a
[0:44] Speaker 1: pangolin and a bush baby. Don't forget to listen to
[0:48] Speaker 1: the animal facts after the story to learn more about
[0:51] Speaker 1: these creatures. For now, it's time to sit back and
[0:54] Speaker 1: get comfy, because it's time to begin weighing. Scale hullo,
[1:02] Speaker 1: said the nervous pangolin to the panda behind the table.
[1:06] Speaker 1: She was in the community center, stood just inside one
[1:10] Speaker 1: of the halls rented out to groups, clubs, and organizations
[1:14] Speaker 1: for their meetings. Good evening, said the panda brightly. You're
[1:20] Speaker 1: a new face. Have you come to join Slim Jim's.
[1:24] Speaker 1: The pangolin nodded yes, please, She said. I have to say,
[1:30] Speaker 1: you don't really look as if you need to lose
[1:32] Speaker 1: any weight, pointed out the panda. Are you sure you're
[1:36] Speaker 1: at the right place. Oh, yes, nodded the pangolin. I'm
[1:41] Speaker 1: really more interested in learning to eat healthily. Ah I see,
[1:47] Speaker 1: replied the panda happily. She wore a name badge that
[1:51] Speaker 1: said Claudette, hanging from a lanyard around her neck. We've
[1:55] Speaker 1: got all sorts of good advice for healthy eating here
[1:58] Speaker 1: at Slim Jim's before we begin the meeting. I'll just
[2:02] Speaker 1: need a few details from you. Name no A Mae pangolin,
[2:08] Speaker 1: said the pangolin, address, asked Claudette as she finished typing
[2:13] Speaker 1: no A May's name into her laptop thirty three Hineville Heights,
[2:19] Speaker 1: Baabab Park, rain Forest City. Replied Noah May. And you're
[2:25] Speaker 1: clearly a lizard, so that's typed inn as well. We're
[2:28] Speaker 1: all done, smiled the panda. I beg your pardon, said
[2:33] Speaker 1: Noah May, thinking she'd misheard. We're all done, repeated Claudette.
[2:39] Speaker 1: We can get the meeting started. Now come and meet
[2:42] Speaker 1: the others. No, wait, the other thing you mentioned, Noa May,
[2:48] Speaker 1: said the lizard. Bit Yes, that's right, I've noted down
[2:53] Speaker 1: that you're a lizard, confirmed Claudette. Different kinds of animals
[2:57] Speaker 1: have different kinds of metabolisms. That just means that they
[3:01] Speaker 1: burn energy differently. So by me keeping a note of it,
[3:05] Speaker 1: I can keep a closer eye on how you're progressing,
[3:10] Speaker 1: I understand, said Noah May awkwardly. But you see, I'm
[3:15] Speaker 1: not a lizard. Of course, you're a lizard, laughed Claudette
[3:20] Speaker 1: as she closed her laptop. You're covered in scales. Yes, yes,
[3:26] Speaker 1: they are scales, agreed Noah May. But I'm not a lizard.
[3:32] Speaker 1: You're not suggesting that you're a funny looking crocodile, are you,
[3:36] Speaker 1: asked the panda suspiciously. No, of course not. Noah May
[3:42] Speaker 1: said she didn't want to create a fuss, but she
[3:46] Speaker 1: felt that it was important that all her details were
[3:48] Speaker 1: recorded correctly. I'm a mammal. Ha ha, very good, laughed
[3:55] Speaker 1: the panda. I can see you're going to be something
[3:58] Speaker 1: of a joker, but I really am a mammal, insisted
[4:03] Speaker 1: the pangolin. Honestly, listen, said the panda, suddenly serious. I
[4:12] Speaker 1: like a laugh as much as the next animal. But
[4:14] Speaker 1: if I can just request that you don't make a
[4:17] Speaker 1: habit of joking around during the sessions, I find that
[4:20] Speaker 1: sort of thing can be a real time waster. Now,
[4:24] Speaker 1: if you don't mind heading over to that empty chair,
[4:27] Speaker 1: we can get started. Norah May didn't know what else
[4:31] Speaker 1: to say. The panda just wasn't listening to her. She
[4:36] Speaker 1: decided to accept defeat for now and hope that the
[4:39] Speaker 1: opportunity arose later to get it sorted. As the pangolin
[4:44] Speaker 1: headed towards the circle of chairs, the panda looked up
[4:48] Speaker 1: to see another arrival. Am I too late, panted a
[4:53] Speaker 1: wide eyed bush baby bursting through the door. Ah smiled,
[4:58] Speaker 1: the panda, opening her laptop up again. Another newbie here
[5:04] Speaker 1: to join slim jims. That's right, confirmed the bush baby.
[5:09] Speaker 1: The name's Annie Nell bush Baby. Oh I'm sorry, said
[5:15] Speaker 1: the panda, closing the laptop again. This group is only
[5:19] Speaker 1: for adults. Children are not allowed. I'm not a child,
[5:25] Speaker 1: said Annie Nell. I'm all grown up, but you just
[5:30] Speaker 1: said you were a baby, scoffed the panda. If you'd
[5:34] Speaker 1: like to hear more, please join our premium service. You
[5:37] Speaker 1: can find out how in the description. The premium service
[5:42] Speaker 1: means you can listen to all animal tale stories advert free,
[5:46] Speaker 1: get bonus stories, and we guarantee to turn your animal
[5:49] Speaker 1: suggestion into a future tale. I look forward to seeing
[5:53] Speaker 1: you there.

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