Pete Griffin is a storyteller with a taste for stories of the natural world. Here's one that's particularly delicious.

As Eshu Bumpus explains, there are many stories about tortoises and hares (we bet you know one). This one has a lion in it, and some music too! j

Winston, a little frog with a big mouth, is fond of asking other critters what they like to eat. There's a lesson in this old tale, for Winston and for you.

Sometimes you embark on an adventure thinking it’s going to be hard, but then it winds up being harder than you ever imagined. You’re in way over your head, but somehow, you get through it, and you find yourself a little bruised, but wiser on the other side. We’ve got an hour of stories like that for you today.

(1:58) Storyteller Charlotte Blake Alston shares an African tale about a girl given a seemingly straightforward job of making clothes that ends up taking her into a den of monsters in "Thakane the Brave," recorded live in the Apple Seed Studio

(20:32) Host Sam Payne spins a yarn in which he and his brother have an encounter with a ghostly dog in a spooky old cabin in today's entry in the Radio Family Journal

(32:58) An original audio drama called "The Shiny" about a squirrel who feels overwhelmed by the task before her: traversing the San Fernando Zoo in search of an elusive treasure known as The Shiny!

Donald Davis shares a story fragment about a beloved teacher who does what she can to remember each student in her long career.

Donald Davis shares a story fragment about a beloved teacher who does what she can to remember each student in her long career.

Brian "Fox" Ellis tells the story of a hungry hunter with an unusual choice: slay a deer for food, or trust in the deer's promise of a single wish.

We're getting a jump on April Fool's Day with an hour of stories about pranks, hoaxes, and general mischief.

(4:11) West Virginia storyteller Bil Lepp and his buddy Skeeter have a mischievous plan to rig a competition at a summer camp in "Vacation Bible School," recorded live in the Apple Seed Studio.

(26:23) Host Sam Payne talks about a high school prank on a double date that didn't go off as planned in today's entry in the Radio Family Journal.

(29:16) Mark Twain wrote a humorous short story about The Cardiff Giant, an infamous real-live hoax from the 1860s involving P.T. Barnum. We dramatized Twain's story and performed it live in the Apple Seed Studio.

(46:00) Snipe hunts are a rite of passage for young campers everywhere, and we asked some friends to share their wildest snipe hunt tales with us.

When a poor man's beloved horse runs away, how will he get by? Misfortune and great luck sometimes come in unexpected packages.

Great stories can change your world. Join The Apple Seed for tall tales, fairy tales, folk tales, personal tales, historical tales, and more! Hosted by storyteller Sam Payne. A production of BYUradio.