# NEW PREMIUM TRAILER: Reptile Island

An episode of [Animal Tales: The Kids' Story Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1644596989), 4 Jun 2026, 5:30.

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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. Hey yo, Hello,
[0:23] Speaker 1: I'm Josephine and this is the Animal Tales podcast. There
[0:27] Speaker 1: are over one hundred extra stories on our premium service,
[0:31] Speaker 1: with a new one released every Friday, and this is
[0:34] Speaker 1: another one. Leo is a premium member from Florida in
[0:38] Speaker 1: the USA, and he would like a story with a microraptor,
[0:42] Speaker 1: a titana boa, and well a lot of snakes and lizards.
[0:48] Speaker 1: Don't forget to listen to the animal facts after the
[0:51] Speaker 1: story to learn more about some of these creatures. If
[0:55] Speaker 1: you'd like to suggest an animal for a story, then
[0:58] Speaker 1: please do let us know at podcasts at Animaltales dot UK.
[1:02] Speaker 1: As premium listeners, we guarantee to write one for you.
[1:07] Speaker 1: For now, it's time to sit back and get comfy,
[1:09] Speaker 1: because it's time to begin Reptile Island. Millions of years
[1:17] Speaker 1: after the end of the dinosaurs, planet Earth was a
[1:20] Speaker 1: very different place. New creatures had risen to take the
[1:24] Speaker 1: place of the likes of t Rex and triceratops, leaving
[1:28] Speaker 1: those mighty creatures all but forgotten. But there was one
[1:33] Speaker 1: place where dinosaurs still held on on a tiny island
[1:38] Speaker 1: surrounded by a shallow sea. This was the secret home
[1:42] Speaker 1: to many families of microraptors, a small feathered dinosaur that
[1:47] Speaker 1: not only had wings where you'd expect wings to be,
[1:51] Speaker 1: but a second pair upon its legs. Despite these double wings,
[1:57] Speaker 1: microraptor wasn't that great at flying. They could manage short
[2:01] Speaker 1: distances and get about happily from tree to tree, but
[2:05] Speaker 1: longer distances were unlikely. But that didn't stop Leo from dreaming.
[2:12] Speaker 1: Leo was a young microraptor who spent far too much
[2:15] Speaker 1: time on the edge of the island, gazing westwards, for there,
[2:20] Speaker 1: some distance away, another island could be seen. I think
[2:26] Speaker 1: I could make it, Leo would say, to any one
[2:29] Speaker 1: that would listen, don't be so daft. The other microraptors
[2:34] Speaker 1: would say, that's far too far for your puny wings.
[2:39] Speaker 1: You'll never make it. You'll plunge into the ocean and
[2:42] Speaker 1: be eaten up by the first big fish that swims past.
[2:46] Speaker 1: But Leo wasn't so sure. He knew he was a
[2:50] Speaker 1: good flier, and he was certain that he could keep
[2:53] Speaker 1: going for long enough. After all, he was young, fit
[2:58] Speaker 1: and strong. I'm going to do it. To day, he
[3:02] Speaker 1: announced to a nearby microraptor, I'm going to fly all
[3:06] Speaker 1: the way to the neighboring island. And before the other
[3:10] Speaker 1: microraptor could comment, Leo launched himself into the air and
[3:15] Speaker 1: began to fly. He had the wind behind him and
[3:20] Speaker 1: determination on his side, allowing the breeze to help lift
[3:24] Speaker 1: his outstretched wings, and then just like that, he was
[3:29] Speaker 1: across the ocean gap and landing on a drooping branch.
[3:34] Speaker 1: He'd made it to a totally new island. As he
[3:39] Speaker 1: caught his breath, a frilled lizard appeared on the ground
[3:42] Speaker 1: below him, looking up in astonishment by my scaly tail.
[3:48] Speaker 1: What sort of bizarre creature are you, hello, said Leo,
[3:53] Speaker 1: happy to have met a resident of the new island.
[3:57] Speaker 1: I'm Leo. I've just flown all the way. You can't
[4:02] Speaker 1: do that, complained the frilled lizard. That's what all my
[4:07] Speaker 1: friends said, laughed Leo. But I did no. No, objected
[4:14] Speaker 1: the frilled lizard. I mean you're not allowed here, not
[4:18] Speaker 1: without permission from the king. What's a king, asked Leo innocently.
[4:26] Speaker 1: The king rules this island and he controls everyone and everything,
[4:31] Speaker 1: stated the frilled lizard. Firmly. Well, that doesn't seem very fair,
[4:37] Speaker 1: said Leo. We don't have a king on the island
[4:40] Speaker 1: where I come from. But you're not on that island anymore,
[4:46] Speaker 1: huffed the frilled lizard. You're on this one, so you'd
[4:50] Speaker 1: best come with me. Leo reluctantly agreed, gliding to the
[4:55] Speaker 1: ground to follow the lizard through the undergrowth. They will
[5:00] Speaker 1: towards the island's center, where an enormous tree grew with
[5:04] Speaker 1: spreading branches that twisted and tangled like knots. If you'd
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[5:24] Speaker 1: suggestion into a future tale. I look forward to seeing
[5:28] Speaker 1: you there

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