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The Valley Hen Taylor (Classic) | The Valiant Tailor Fairy Tale Retold | Stories for Kids · Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big Adventures

• 1:11
  Jonathan: Hello, Dork Squad.
• 1:13
  Jonathan: I'm Jonathan Cormur, and you're listening to Dork Tales Storytime, the podcast for kids and their pop culture loving grown-ups.
• 1:23
  Theme Song: It's a beautiful day for a story, adventure, and 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.
• 1:43
  Redge: Ooh, Jonathan, Jonathan!
• 1:45
  Jonathan: What's up, Redge?
• 1:46
  Redge: Jonathan, meet my new friend here.
• 1:49
  Jonathan: Oh, ah, sorry I didn't see you there on Reggie's back.
• 1:53
  Chris: Oh, no worries.
• 1:55
  Chris: I am pretty small.
• 1:57
  Redge: Yes, my new friend, Chris the Snail, hitched a ride on my quills as I ran to your home.
• 2:03
  Redge: Chris, this is my good friend Jonathan.
• 2:07
  Redge: He's a human.
• 2:09
  Chris: Ah, so I see.
• 2:11
  Chris: Hello, Jonathan.
• 2:13
  Jonathan: Nice to meet you, Chris.
• 2:14
  Jonathan: I love your shell.
• 2:16
  Chris: Oh heh, thank you.
• 2:18
  Redge: Chris is new to the forest and was telling me about his struggles with making friends.
• 2:24
  Jonathan: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, Chris.
• 2:26
  Chris: Well, it is nice to be around such a good example of friendship with you two.
• 2:31
  Chris: In fact, the whole folktale forest is nice.
• 2:34
  Chris: But I'm a bit too nervous to make too many new friends, aside from Reginald here.
• 2:40
  Chris: I have yet to find the courage to, as they say, come out of my shell.
• 2:47
  Redge: I was thinking you could tell Chris that story you told me, to help him feel more confident in his shell.
• 2:55
  Jonathan: Oh, uh well, I've told you a lot of stories.
• 3:00
  Redge: Yes, yes, of course.
• 3:01
  Redge: But I'm talking about that one story.
• 3:04
  Redge: You know?
• 3:05
  Redge: That one.
• 3:07
  Jonathan: Which one?
• 3:09
  Redge: The one with the main character, who does the thing and then learns the thing from doing that thing.
• 3:18
  Jonathan: Uh I uh I'm going to need a few more specifics here, Redge.
• 3:24
  Redge: No, come on now! It's the one You know the one
• 3:31
  Jonathan: Yeah, any details would be
• 3:33
  Redge: Ah yes! I finally remember The Malleable Tailor
• 3:41
  Jonathan: Uh
• 3:43
  Redge: Yes, Jonathan?
• 3:44
  Jonathan: I don't think that's it.
• 3:48
  Redge: The valuable tailor
• 3:51
  Jonathan: nope, not it either.
• 3:53
  Redge: The Valley Hen Taylor!
• 3:55
  Jonathan: Oh you mean the Valiant Tailor
• 3:59
  Redge: Valiant?
• 4:01
  Jonathan: Oh, that means brave, courageous, and a tailor is someone who makes and alters clothes.
• 4:08
  Redge: No, it's definitely the Valley Hen Taylor.
• 4:11
  Redge: I know her.
• 4:14
  Jonathan: The Valley Hen Taylor?
• 4:16
  Redge: Yes.
• 4:17
  Redge: She lives in between two mountains, the valley.
• 4:21
  Redge: She's a female chicken, a hen, and her name is Taylor.
• 4:28
  Taylor: Like, did someone say my name?
• 4:30
  Taylor: Cluck!
• 4:32
  Redge: See, Jonathan?
• 4:34
  Jonathan: I stand corrected.
• 4:36
  Redge: Valley hen Taylor, it is I, Reginald.
• 4:40
  Redge: And here's Jonathan and our new friend Chris.
• 4:44
  Chris: Hi.
• 4:45
  Redge: Jonathan and I were about to share your story to help Chris find the courage to make new friends in a new home.
• 4:53
  Taylor: Oh, OMG, Cluck.
• 4:56
  Jonathan: Well, let's all gather round and listen to Redge's story.
• 4:59
  Jonathan: About you, Taylor.
• 5:02
  Taylor: Awesome, like tubular.
• 5:05
  Chris: I'm ready.
• 5:06
  Redge: Once upon a time, there was a valley hen named Taylor.
• 5:11
  Redge: Cluck! She was a seamstress and a student, who, in spite of her gregarious demeanour, was actually quite shy.
• 5:21
  Redge: She had trouble talking to other barnyard animals.
• 5:26
  Taylor: And it's like really hard to talk to people sometimes, cluck.
• 5:30
  Chris: I couldn't agree more.
• 5:33
  Redge: One morning, Taylor did something amazing.
• 5:37
  Taylor: I like caught six grains of feed in my beak at the same time.
• 5:43
  Redge: She was so proud.
• 5:45
  Redge: Never before did she have that much trust in herself.
• 5:49
  Redge: She knew the surrounding creatures would agree if they only knew.
• 5:54
  Redge: So she started singing her own praises.
• 5:58
  Taylor: Six and one, like six and one And the giants in the hillside heard of her feat.
• 6:07
  Chris: Giants Oh I'm way smaller than a giant.
• 6:12
  Taylor: Totally, like me too, cluck.
• 6:15
  Chris: Oh my.
• 6:16
  Redge: When the giants heard they had a new neighbor that did something so absolutely
• 6:23
  Taylor: radical
• 6:25
  Redge: Yes, radical.
• 6:27
  Redge: They wanted to throw a massive welcome to the neighborhood party.
• 6:32
  Redge: Complete with a celebration of this awesome feat.
• 6:36
  Redge: But Taylor was feeling shy about attending.
• 6:40
  Taylor: It was like totally terrifying.
• 6:42
  Taylor: I kept trying to think of ways I could trick the giants into liking me, showering them with compliments, trying to look super duper cool, anything I could think of that would fool them.
• 6:54
  Jonathan: So is that what you did, Taylor?
• 6:56
  Taylor: Actually, I just realized, cluck, that I needed to be myself.
• 7:01
  Chris: But how?
• 7:03
  Redge: Taylor went through three scary trials to prove to herself that she belonged with the Barnyard Buddies and the Hillside Giants.
• 7:13
  Redge: And that her six in one was worth the celebration.
• 7:19
  Chris: Trials?
• 7:20
  Redge: Yes.
• 7:21
  Redge: The terrifying trials of talking to new neighbors.
• 7:26
  Chris: Oh, what are those?
• 7:29
  Taylor: There are like three of them.
• 7:31
  Taylor: The first was to believe in myself.
• 7:34
  Redge: Which is harder than it looks.
• 7:36
  Redge: Taylor had to call on some of the things she always really loved about herself.
• 7:42
  Redge: To remind her that she was awesome just as is.
• 7:47
  Taylor: I'm like really kind, I'm really smart, I love to paint barnyard landscapes.
• 7:52
  Taylor: Oh, and I'm really good at catching feet with my beak.
• 7:56
  Jonathan: Those are all awesome.
• 7:59
  Redge: Then the second trial.
• 8:02
  Taylor: The most terrifying trials of all.
• 8:05
  Redge: Taylor had to go to the party and say hello
• 8:12
  Chris: No.
• 8:13
  Taylor & Redge: Like yes.
• 8:15
  Redge: She reminded herself once again, she was awesome as is, and had achieved some awesome things.
• 8:23
  Redge: Waddled her little hen legs right up the hills, and when she arrived, one of the giants said,
• 8:31
  Giant: Hello!
• 8:33
  Redge: And do you know what Taylor said in return?
• 8:37
  Chris: Uh nothing at all.
• 8:39
  Chris: She ran away due to f fear.
• 8:43
  Redge: She held her head high and clucked loud enough for them to hear
• 8:49
  Taylor: like hello.
• 8:51
  Chris: Wow.
• 8:53
  Taylor: And they were really nice.
• 8:54
  Taylor: They all introduced themselves to me after we said hello.
• 8:58
  Taylor: I got to meet Gizmo, Stomp, Crasher, and Bob.
• 9:03
  Redge: And Bob makes the most excellent scones.
• 9:07
  Taylor: I know, right?
• 9:08
  Taylor: And they gave me a welcome basket and a little certificate to remember the six and one.
• 9:14
  Chris: Oh, but wait, that was only two trials.
• 9:18
  Chris: Uh trying to remind yourself that you're awesome just the way you are.
• 9:22
  Chris: And going to the party, even though you were nervous to say hello.
• 9:27
  Chris: What was the third trial?
• 9:30
  Taylor & Redge: Dancing!
• 9:32
  Chris: Dancing?
• 9:33
  Redge: That's right.
• 9:34
  Redge: Taylor didn't know until she got there that it was going to turn into a dance party.
• 9:40
  Giant: Come on, everyone! Let's boogie!
• 9:47
  Taylor: Like, oh no, I couldn't.
• 9:49
  Taylor: What if I make a fool of myself?
• 9:51
  Chris: What if you trip and fall?
• 9:54
  Taylor: What if I'm off beat?
• 9:56
  Chris: What if everyone looks at you?
• 10:01
  Redge: These were all of the thoughts going through Taylor's mind.
• 10:05
  Taylor: But all of the gyrating, dancing giants looked like they were having so much fun.
• 10:11
  Jonathan: And they already showed you how accepting and welcoming they were.
• 10:15
  Jonathan: Especially when you were brave enough to show them who you are.
• 10:19
  Redge: That's right.
• 10:20
  Redge: So guess what Taylor did?
• 10:24
  Chris: Uh danced?
• 10:27
  Taylor: Like no one was watching.
• 10:28
  Taylor: Whee!
• 10:38
  Redge: Bravo! When Taylor believed in herself,
• 10:42
  Jonathan: and those around her accepted her for who she is,
• 10:46
  Chris: she made so many wonderful friends.
• 10:50
  Taylor: Like exactly, cluck.
• 10:52
  Redge: So what do you think, Chris?
• 10:55
  Chris: Huh.
• 10:55
  Chris: It sounds like sometimes you may be frightened, and the fear is very real, but it doesn't mean what you're afraid of will come true.
• 11:06
  Jonathan: Exactly.
• 11:07
  Jonathan: And
• 11:09
  Taylor: just believing in yourself can be the first step towards confidence, cluck.
• 11:13
  Jonathan: We can also be good friends and help others overcome their fear by accepting them for who they are.
• 11:19
  Jonathan: And I hope we are doing that for you right now, Chris.
• 11:22
  Taylor: Like you've got another new friend in me, cluck.
• 11:25
  Chris: Uh gee.
• 11:26
  Chris: Thanks.
• 11:27
  Chris: Oh, you'll have to teach me some of your dance moves.
• 11:31
  Taylor: Totally.
• 11:32
  Taylor: My dancing is now the highlight of any giant's big party.
• 11:36
  Taylor: I can show you, Chris.
• 11:39
  Chris: Alright.
• 11:43
  Taylor: Everyone step to the left, step to the right.
• 11:46
  Taylor: Flap your wings and bring them in tight.
• 11:50
  Redge: Bob your head and tap your toes.
• 11:52
  Jonathan: Wiggle your fingers and wiggle your nose.
• 11:55
  Chris: Uh, this all may be a bit too advanced for me.
• 11:59
  Chris: So maybe I'll just slide around to the beat.
• 12:04
  Redge: Let's all do the electric slime.
• 12:07
  Taylor: Radical!
• 12:09
  Jonathan: I love this move.
• 12:12
  Chris: You're all snailing it.
• 12:16
  Jonathan: Attaboy, Chris.
• 12:17
  Jonathan: Attaboy! This has been a Jon in Character production.
• 12:31
  Jonathan: Today's story was written by Amy Thompson, edited by Molly Murphy, and performed by Jonathan Cormur.
• 12:37
  Jonathan: Sound recording and production by Jermaine Hamilton at Hamilton Studios.
• 12:41
  Jonathan: Reach out to us on Instagram or email us at DorkTalesstorytime at gmail.com.
• 12:48
  Jonathan: Find links in the show notes or go to dorktalesstorytime.com.
• 12:52
  Jonathan: Now, go be the hero of your own story, and we'll see you next once upon a time.