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Maple Leaf Legends (Classic) | Celebrating Autumn Season | Stories for Kids · Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big Adventures

• 1:09
  Jonathan: Hello, Dork Squad.
• 1:11
  Jonathan: I'm Jonathan Cormur, and you're listening to Dork Tales Storytime, the podcast for kids and their pop culture loving grown-ups.
• 1:18
  Jonathan: And this is one of our anything is possible lore stories.
• 1:23
  Theme Song: It's a beautiful day for a story, adventuring glory, new friends and old ones too.
• 1:30
  Theme Song: It's an excellent day to get swept away in a tale, so let us regale you.
• 1:47
  Redge: Absolutely stunning orange color.
• 1:49
  Redge: Fully intact.
• 1:51
  Redge: A treasure! I'll just add this to my basket.
• 1:55
  Redge: Uh let's see.
• 1:56
  Redge: Uh yes, yes.
• 1:57
  Redge: Oh, this is a very nice one, yes, over here.
• 2:00
  Redge: And add it to the pile! Add it to the stock! Here we go.
• 2:05
  Redge: Put it in that ah, oh, oh, this nice little pile right there.
• 2:10
  Redge: Very good.
• 2:12
  Jonathan: Oh, Redge! There you are.
• 2:15
  Redge: Oh, hello, Jonathan.
• 2:16
  Redge: I've just been out collecting these maple leaves.
• 2:20
  Redge: One of my favorite fall activities.
• 2:24
  Jonathan: Right.
• 2:24
  Jonathan: For the maple leaf medals?
• 2:28
  Redge: Correct! As soon as the leaves fall from the trees, all the Folktale Forest hedgehogs gather together and collect them off the ground.
• 2:38
  Jonathan: And then you turn them into medals.
• 2:40
  Redge: Yes.
• 2:41
  Redge: And give them to the trees for their exemplary service.
• 2:45
  Redge: To keep their spirits high during the lonely months of winter.
• 2:50
  Jonathan: What are the awards usually for?
• 2:52
  Redge: Why, for so many things, Jonathan.
• 2:55
  Redge: For providing shade, offering shelter to all forest folk, uh for producing fresh oxygen.
• 3:03
  Jonathan: I love it.
• 3:05
  Redge: Me too.
• 3:07
  Jonathan: Well, to be honest, Redge, I came looking for you because I was trying to think of a way to cheer up our friends after all the storms we've had recently.
• 3:15
  Jonathan: Get everyone together and outside enjoying this brisk fall day.
• 3:20
  Jonathan: Do you think we could give maple leaf medals to our friends too?
• 3:24
  Jonathan: Just something special to kick off the season.
• 3:30
  Redge: You know, I've never considered that before.
• 3:34
  Jonathan: Well?
• 3:35
  Redge: hold on, I'm considering
• 3:38
  Jonathan: uh Redge
• 3:41
  Redge: Yes, let's do it! But uh let's really put on a show.
• 3:45
  Jonathan: Ooh, a show, huh?
• 3:48
  Redge: Let's razzle dazzle em
• 3:51
  Jonathan: An excellent idea.
• 3:53
  Redge: So what kind of show will we put on?
• 3:56
  Jonathan and Redge: Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm
• 4:07
  Jonathan: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
• 4:11
  Redge: I think I am.
• 4:14
  Jonathan and Redge: A talent show!
• 4:37
  Jonathan: What a beautiful ballet number from one of the most graceful trios around.
• 4:42
  Redge: If you're just joining us here in this clearing, might I remind you that this is the Folktale Forest's first annual talent show?
• 4:51
  Redge: Maple Leaf Legends.
• 4:56
  Jonathan: That's right, folks.
• 4:57
  Jonathan: We've taken our beloved hedgehog's maple leaf medal tradition, and we're sharing it with the forest trees and forest creatures this year.
• 5:07
  Redge: As such, for our dance's extraordinaire, please accept your Move to the Groove Medal.
• 5:20
  Dancers: Thank you, thank you.
• 5:24
  Jonathan: That's one of my favorite medals.
• 5:26
  Redge: Mine too.
• 5:28
  Redge: Let's see.
• 5:29
  Redge: Just a little recap of our evening so far.
• 5:32
  Redge: We've seen Nicolai the Firefly put on a spectacular light show with the fireflies of the forest,
• 5:39
  Jonathan: earning him the Best in Glow Medal.
• 5:42
  Jonathan: Then, Francois the Ferret, lover of classics, recited a Shakespearean monologue.
• 5:50
  Redge: To be or not to be absolutely fabulous.
• 5:57
  Jonathan: His performance earned him the All the World's Stage Medal.
• 6:02
  Redge: Delightful.
• 6:04
  Jonathan: Now, uh who is up next?
• 6:07
  Redge: Oh, you won't even believe it.
• 6:09
  Jonathan: Well, who is it, Mr.
• 6:11
  Jonathan: Redge?
• 6:12
  Redge: He's a wonderful wordsmith, our Biograsea birdie, a potato loving poet with plumage.
• 6:22
  Redge: Shrimp the seagull
• 6:26
  Jonathan: You got shrimp?
• 6:27
  Redge: We got shrimp.
• 6:29
  Redge: Take it away, friend.
• 6:35
  Shrimp: There once was a seagull so fine, who led the best heists of all time, for he thought by the sea, all the French fries are for me.
• 6:47
  Shrimp: I won't leave a potato behind.
• 6:50
  Shrimp: So he soared over the ocean blue to fulfill his life's purpose most true, leaving people surprised as he snatched up their fries, and took off before they even knew.
• 7:12
  Jonathan: Bravo, Shrimp! What a prodigious poem!
• 7:16
  Redge: So impressive, in fact, that you will be receiving this Maple Leaf Medal, which bestows upon you the title of Folktale Forest Poet Laureate.
• 7:30
  Shrimp: Ah, shucks.
• 7:32
  Redge: Are you ready for our next performance?
• 7:35
  Jonathan: I was born ready.
• 7:37
  Redge: When we learned about bat expert Merlin Tuttle, we heard how incredible bats are for the world around us.
• 7:45
  Jonathan: And now we're going to watch their astonishing Night Flying Circus act.
• 7:51
  Redge: Featuring our winged friends Tabitha Vampiria the Third and Lugo.
• 7:59
  Redge: Join us in welcoming the amazing Acro-bats.
• 8:04
  Redge: Spins and loop de loops.
• 8:24
  Jonathan: Yeah, we really caught them on the flip side.
• 8:28
  Redge: What?
• 8:28
  Redge: Ah, because they're acrobats.
• 8:34
  Redge: You know, they are some of my favorite creatures to hang around with.
• 8:44
  Jonathan: Because they're acro bats.
• 8:48
  Redge: But seriously, though, they are the best.
• 8:51
  Redge: And that mind-blowing performance deserves a maple leaf medal.
• 8:57
  Jonathan: You bet, Mr.
• 8:58
  Jonathan: Redge.
• 8:58
  Jonathan: I'm pleased to present the Stars of Stellar Stunts Medal.
• 9:05
  Lugo: Thank you, thank you.
• 9:07
  Lugo: Such an honor, Johnny.
• 9:11
  Jonathan: Well done, Lugo and Company.
• 9:14
  Jonathan: Now, for our final act, we have a very special musical guest.
• 9:21
  Redge: Do we ever?
• 9:23
  Jonathan: Our beloved branch sisters are off on their Birds of a Feather Sing Together tour, but we have a band here that is just as spectacular.
• 9:33
  Jonathan: Can you believe it?
• 9:35
  Redge: I can.
• 9:36
  Redge: Because it's my band.
• 9:40
  Jonathan: Featuring Gerald the Rooster on vocals, please welcome the Merry Band of Bremen!
• 9:56
  Gerald: I the cockadoodloo.
• 9:59
  Gerald: Anything for you.
• 10:02
  Gerald: When skies are grey, I'll find you skies so blue.
• 10:11
  Gerald: I'll be the feather in your cap.
• 10:16
  Gerald: The roof over roost.
• 10:19
  Gerald: I cock-doodle-do anything for you.
• 10:28
  Gerald: Oh the world can be fowl for a hen A doodle do.
• 10:38
  Gerald: But with love, all is conquered in the end.
• 10:45
  Gerald: A doodle do I the cockadoodle do anything for you!
• 11:00
  Jonathan: What a treat! We got to hear one of my favorite hits off of Meow, That's What I Call Music.
• 11:08
  Gerald: And boy, do I love to sing! Huh!
• 11:12
  Jonathan: You were spectacular, Gerald! Which is why the Band of Bremen has been awarded the Music to My Ears Medal.
• 11:21
  Gerald: I thank you for this feather in my cap.
• 11:24
  Redge: What joy, what fun!
• 11:27
  Jonathan: This show has been so rewarding, but alas, all good things must come to an end.
• 11:33
  Redge: Oh wait one moment, Jonathan! You haven't received a Maple Leaf Medal!
• 11:39
  Jonathan: But I didn't perform.
• 11:42
  Redge: Perhaps not.
• 11:43
  Redge: But for so many days of the year, you share exciting stories with all of us in the forest.
• 11:50
  Redge: Thus, a medal is required.
• 11:55
  Jonathan: Well, I'm honored, Redge.
• 11:57
  Redge: I now present to you the Author of Imagination Medal.
• 12:07
  Jonathan: Wow, this is the best!
• 12:11
  Redge: And now we have completed our evening's festivities.
• 12:16
  Jonathan: Thank you so much, Redge.
• 12:17
  Jonathan: And thank you to everyone who shared their talents with us.
• 12:22
  Redge: May Maple Leaf legends continue to bloom well into the future.
• 12:27
  Jonathan: We'll never be in need of acts for this show.
• 12:29
  Jonathan: You're all chalk full of talent.
• 12:32
  Jonathan: Oh, and uh everyone, be sure to grab a basket on your way out to collect more maple leaves so we can award the trees come winter.
• 12:40
  Redge: I just love the autumnal time of year.
• 12:44
  Jonathan: I've fallen for it too, Redge.
• 12:47
  Redge: To unbe-leaf-able talent
• 12:50
  Jonathan: and happy harvests for all.
• 13:14
  Redge: You've reached Mr.
• 13:15
  Redge: Redge's hotline.
• 13:17
  Redge: What are you curious about today?
• 13:19
  Redge: Oh, Jonathan! Jonathan! Come here! You have to see this!
• 13:27
  Jonathan: What is it, Redge?
• 13:28
  Jonathan: Is it important?
• 13:30
  Jonathan: I'm still cleaning up after our spectacular Maple Leaf Legends talent show last night.
• 13:35
  Redge: Yes, it was a razzle dazzler, wasn't it?
• 13:38
  Redge: Uh but yes, this is of the utmost and extremely urgent importance.
• 13:44
  Jonathan: Okay, buddy, what is it?
• 13:46
  Redge: Well, I was checking my Mr.
• 13:48
  Redge: Redge Hotline correspondence this morning, and we got a message from Kamau.
• 13:53
  Redge: He's nine years old and a huge fan of our podcast.
• 13:58
  Jonathan: Ah, Kamau, we're so honored, thank you.
• 14:02
  Redge: He says he listens to our stories almost every night, and likes Little Redge Hen and Beanstalk the most.
• 14:11
  Jonathan: My precious
• 14:15
  Redge: excuse you, good sir.
• 14:17
  Jonathan: Oh sorry about that.
• 14:20
  Jonathan: My Beanstalk ogre just kinda slipped out.
• 14:25
  Redge: Right.
• 14:26
  Redge: Anywho, that's not all.
• 14:30
  Jonathan: Oh?
• 14:31
  Redge: Look at this masterpiece he drew.
• 14:34
  Redge: It's a picture of poor little Redge Hen cooking away in the kitchen, while the unbelievably unconcerned cow spends time on Zoom with the overly obstinate ostrich and sourly stubborn sheep.
• 14:50
  Jonathan: Wow! That's brilliant, Kamau.
• 14:52
  Jonathan: Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
• 14:55
  Jonathan: Hey Redge, are you thinking what I'm thinking?
• 15:00
  Redge: I think I am.
• 15:02
  Jonathan: Kamau, you deserve a Maple Leaf Medal!
• 15:08
  Redge: We award you the Picture Perfect in Every Way Award.
• 15:14
  Jonathan: Congratulations, Kamau, and thank you for listening to our show.
• 15:21
  Crowd: Well done, so creative who knows how.
• 15:25
  Jonathan: Grown-ups, we invite your kids to draw pictures of the characters in our stories.
• 15:30
  Jonathan: Send them to us and we'll share them on our Instagram at Dorktales storytime.
• 15:35
  Jonathan: Listen to the credits or look in the show notes for ways to contact us.
• 15:40
  Jonathan: Dorktales Storytime Lore Stories are a Jon in Character production.
• 15:45
  Jonathan: This story was written by Molly Murphy and performed by Jonathan Cormur.
• 15:50
  Jonathan: Sound recording and production by Jermaine Hamilton at Hamilton Studio Recordings.
• 15:55
  Jonathan: Reach out to us on Instagram or email us at Dorktalesstorytime at gmail.com.
• 16:02
  Jonathan: Find links in the show notes or go to Dorttalesstorytime.com.
• 16:06
  Jonathan: Now, go be the hero of your own story, and we'll see you next, once upon a time.