Explore every episode of the podcast 5-Minute Tales - Josephine the Little Mouse - short bedtime stories for little adventurers

Pica the magpie and her family gather shiny treasures for one shared nest. Josephine learns why a treasure shines brighter when others can see it too.

🌙 What you share doesn't get less – it gets more precious.

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💬 What little treasure would you show your family?

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In a little green nest between the ears of corn, Reseda the harvest mouse shows Josephine her seven snuggled-up children – and how a squeeze can turn into warmth.

🌙 Feeling safe grows wherever many hearts hold together.

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💬 Who do you love to snuggle up with?

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A week after the first frost, Josephine meets Frigga, Wendula and Marisol – and realises the warmest thing of all is not facing winter alone.

🌙 Every cold is easier to bear together.

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💬 Who keeps you warm when it's cold outside?

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Josephine wants to watch a frost pattern grow – right now! Marisol shows her that the most beautiful patterns grow slowly, thread by thread.

🌙 The most beautiful patterns grow slowly, when we give them patience.

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💬 What have you waited for that was worth it?

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A spider's web has turned into glittering ice. Wendula stops Josephine just in time – and shows her how to treat delicate things gently.

🌙 The more delicate something is, the more gently we should treat it.

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💬 What is something delicate you take good care of?

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A cold draught keeps Josephine awake. With Frigga's help she seals her burrow, makes a soft bed and fills her little pantry.

🌙 Getting ready in good time is a present you give yourself.

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💬 What makes your bed extra cosy?

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No two ice crystals on the grass look the same. Marisol the lacewing helps Josephine see that her own pattern is precious, too.

🌙 Each of us carries our very own precious pattern.

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💬 What makes you special?

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A little white cloud comes out of Josephine's nose – is she ill? Wendula the wren explains, and shows her the quick little wonders of a cold morning.

🌙 Even the most fleeting wonders become precious when you really look at them.

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💬 Can you see your breath on a cold day?

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Overnight the meadow is covered in glittering white, and Josephine is frightened. Frigga the grass snake shows her the tiny star patterns of the first hoarfrost.

🌙 What seems strange and cold at first is often beautiful when you look carefully.

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💬 What did the grass look like on the coldest morning you remember?

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It is the night of the great lantern walk. Josephine has no light of her own any more – until she sees what happens when all the little lights shine together.

🌙 One light shows the next step, many lights show a whole community the way.

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💬 What light would you bring to a lantern walk?

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Josephine gives her shining pebble to Pelin, a shy young field mouse who is afraid of the dark – and finds that she feels richer, not poorer.

🌙 Whoever shares their light lets it grow.

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💬 Who could you share a little light with tomorrow?

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Vespera the moth sets off on her yearly journey to the old light tower. Josephine wonders whether there is a light of her own to follow.

🌙 Your heart carries a light of its own, and the way there is as precious as the goal.

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💬 What would you love to find one day?

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In the pitch dark before dawn, Ida takes Josephine on a journey. Step by step, Josephine learns to trust the path she cannot see.

🌙 You don't need to see the whole path to walk it.

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💬 What helps you feel brave in the dark?

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On a grey, misty morning Josephine finds Lumira, the very last glow-worm of the year – who stayed because her little light is needed most now.

🌙 Every light counts, especially in dark, grey times.

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💬 Who is a little light for you?

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A restless moth circles a glimmering light outside Josephine's burrow. Vespera explains why being drawn to the unknown is not a weakness, but curiosity.

🌙 You don't need to fear what draws you – meet it with open eyes.

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💬 What new thing would you like to discover?

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As the autumn days grow shorter, Josephine worries that the light is disappearing. Ida the wood snail shows her a tiny drop of starlight – and explains that light only moves into smaller things.

🌙 Light never disappears completely – it only becomes smaller and closer.

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💬 Where have you seen a little light today?

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After a whole week of wind, Josephine longs for stillness. Cordelia shows her the quiet middle of every whirl – and the quiet middle deep inside her.

🌙 Deep inside you there is a quiet middle that no storm can reach, and your breath knows the way.

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💬 Can you feel your breath going in and out?

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The wind has torn Serafina's beautiful web. But instead of grumbling, the spider simply begins again – and the new web becomes even more beautiful.

🌙 Whoever begins again without grumbling builds with everything they have learned.

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💬 What would you like to try again tomorrow?

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After the storm the thistle seeds sail away on little silver umbrellas. Pauline the great tit helps Josephine understand why letting go is the old thistle's favourite day.

🌙 Letting go is not losing – what you lovingly let go blossoms in many places.

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💬 Have you ever blown a dandelion clock?

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The great wind has swept over the meadow and left a muddle everywhere. But everyone helps a little – and suddenly the tidying is easy, and even fun.

🌙 No storm lasts forever, and every muddle grows lighter when many paws help.

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💬 Who do you like to tidy up with?

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Silver threads sail over the meadow – tiny spiders are flying! Serafina tells Josephine about her own first flight and the courage to let go at the right moment.

🌙 Sometimes the very thing you fear can carry you, if you wait for the good moment.

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💬 What would you like to be brave enough to try?

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The wind pushes Josephine at every step – until Pauline the great tit shows her how to dance with it instead of fighting it.

🌙 Whoever makes themselves light and finds the right step dances through the day.

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💬 How would you dance with the wind?

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The forest sounds different today – a little excited, a little mysterious. Cordelia the slow-worm teaches Josephine to feel the earth and hear what the great wind is whispering long before it arrives.

🌙 Everything that comes announces itself quietly, and whoever listens has no need to be afraid.

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💬 What can you hear when you are very, very still?

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It is Dorothea's last waking day before her long winter sleep. She sings Josephine an old, quiet song – about trust after all the getting ready is done.

🌙 Whoever has prepared with love may let go and trust in sleep.

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💬 What do you do to feel ready for sleep?

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Josephine finds the biggest walnut ever – and then meets tired Rosalie, who has found nothing. Together they discover that a shared store becomes more, not less.

🌙 What you share does not make you poorer – it fills one tummy and two hearts.

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💬 What would you like to share with a friend?

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Josephine has forgotten where she hid her best sunflower seeds. Smilla the hazel mouse shows her a little hazel bush that grew from a forgotten nut.

🌙 Whoever tries a lot will sometimes lose something – and sometimes a wonder grows from what was forgotten.

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💬 Have you ever made a mistake that turned into something good?

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Josephine rushes around with a long list in her head. Dorothea the dormouse invites her into a patch of sun and shows her that a good rest is part of every good work.

🌙 Resting is not standing still – it is quietly gathering strength.

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💬 Where do you like to rest when you are tired?

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Rosalie the squirrel is weaving her winter drey, leaf by leaf. Josephine helps and understands that a home is never finished – it grows a little every day.

🌙 A home is not built in a day, it grows leaf by leaf, with patience and love.

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💬 What makes your home feel cosy?

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The basket is so big and Josephine is so small. Smilla the hazel mouse shows her a happy game: one nut at a time – until the basket is full.

🌙 Even the biggest task can be done if you break it into little pieces and begin with the first one.

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💬 What big job could you do one little piece at a time?

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Dorothea the dormouse is building her winter bed of moss, and Josephine helps her. She learns that everything we prepare with love today is a gift to our own tomorrow.

🌙 Everything you prepare with love today is a gift to yourself of tomorrow.

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💬 What would you like to prepare today for tomorrow?

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The morning after the goodbye is quiet, and Josephine's heart is sad. Greta lets her be sad – and then shows her the robin, whose song now has room on the empty wire.

🌙 After a goodbye you may be sad, and something new can quietly move into the empty place.

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💬 What sounds can you hear when you listen very carefully?

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Today the swallows fly. Josephine wants to give Pippa a gift – but what can a swallow carry? With Rosalie she lays a picture on the meadow that can be seen from the sky.

🌙 A farewell gift is a thank-you that you can see, and it warms the giver as much as the receiver.

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💬 What gift would you make for a friend who is leaving?

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The wind has turned, and Pippa will fly tomorrow. Before she goes, she makes Josephine a swallow's promise with two parts – to think of her, and to come back.

🌙 Whoever carries each other in their heart is never truly far apart, even with a whole sky in between.

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💬 Who do you think of when they are far away?

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The wild geese have flown on, and the sky is empty. But on the meadow Josephine finds feathers and hollows in the grass – and learns from Greta that nothing that was once here disappears completely.

🌙 Nothing that was once here disappears completely; many a goodbye is only a curve that leads back one day.

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💬 Do you keep a little keepsake from someone you miss?

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Everyone is getting ready for winter – and Josephine feels she has forgotten something. Rosalie the squirrel shows her that getting ready is not a goodbye to summer, but an invitation to what is coming.

🌙 Getting ready is not a goodbye, but an invitation to what is coming.

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💬 How do you make your home cosy for the winter?

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Pippa the swallow invites Josephine to fly with her – with her eyes and her heart. Together they discover that a goodbye does not make the days before it darker, but brighter.

🌙 When you know something will soon be over, every moment before it glows all the brighter.

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💬 What was your most beautiful moment today?

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The swallows have gathered on the wire, and Josephine feels something changing. Sitting quietly with Greta the salamander, she learns that a goodbye announces itself gently – and that you may simply watch it with a calm heart.

🌙 A goodbye announces itself quietly, and whoever is quiet enough hears a little promise in it.

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💬 How do you feel when summer says goodbye?

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