Once Upon a Time
Ages 3–5 · 7 episodes · 1 hr 8 min
The stories that have been told for hundreds of years — brave pigs, determined engines, tiny heroines, and ducklings who become swans. Warm, funny, and just right for bedtime.
Episodes
Episode 1 · 8 min
The Three Little Pigs
Three pig brothers each build a house — one of straw, one of sticks, one of bricks. Then the Big Bad Wolf comes knocking.
Episode 2 · 3 min
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Three goat brothers must cross a bridge — but a terrible troll lives underneath. Trip-trap, trip-trap!
Episode 3 · 12 min
The Gingerbread Man
Run, run, as fast as you can! He outran the old woman, the old man, a cow, a horse — but can he outrun the fox?
Episode 4 · 12 min
Thumbelina: Born from a Flower
A tiny girl no bigger than a thumb is born inside a tulip — and snatched away by a toad who wants her for a bride.
Episode 5 · 12 min
Thumbelina: The Long Winter
Thumbelina finds shelter with a kind field mouse — but the grumpy mole next door wants to marry her. Then she finds a frozen swallow.
Episode 6 · 13 min
Thumbelina: The Warm Country
The swallow she nursed back to health returns — and carries Thumbelina far away to a land of flowers, where she finally belongs.
Episode 7 · 8 min
The Ugly Duckling
A grey, strange-looking duckling is rejected by everyone. He wanders through autumn and a bitter winter — until spring brings a surprise.
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