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This podcast is episodic story telling, where each episode in a series is a reading from one of the many Benson stories. We are currently publishing series 5. Each story describes a separate event in the life of a young wombat named Benson, his mother and his two aunts Lillibet and Moss. There may be one or two other friends turning up in some of the stories from time to time. Each story stands on its own and time or space is generally not so important. You could imagine that each story describes events somewhere in the Australian native land where wombats tend to burrow. All stories written by P A Smith and originally published on a Wordpress blog from around 2019-2021+. All podcast episodes read by the author, unless otherwise noted and produced by C J Smith.To actually read the stories or leave comments for the Author please go to:-https://awombatnamedbenson.com/
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Benson cuts his foot badly, and a dog named Mandy takes care of him and takes him home, But no-one understands and they drive Mandy away. The next day, Benson and his mother set out to make amends, and find a true home for Mandy.
Benson's friend Phillip is acting strangely, and Benson wonders if there is something wrong. Something very sad has happened to Phillip, and Benson and his friends, try to make him feel better.
It's Wombat Picnic Day, when all the wombats gather to have races, lamington-making competitions, and most important of all, the Best Young Digger competition, Benson wants to win more than anything, but then he finds there is something more important than winning.
Benson is feeling frustrated because he has so many things he wants to do, he can't decide which one to do. Then the decision is taken out of his hands, and he finds he has nothing to do after all - which means he ends up doing something he never even thought of!
Arnette acuses Benson of stealing her orange scrunchie, and Benson thinks she's lying because she doesn't like him -- or is she ? Is Benson really a thief?
Roly asks Pascoe to tell him his own story, from where he was born, because his own mother is no longer around to tell him.
Benson makes a new friend who knows all sorts of cool stuff- but will be Nugent's friend mean that he has to leave his old friends behind? When Nugent invites Benson to go camping and asks him to do something he doesn't want to do, Benson has to make a hard decision.
Benson finds a red cape, and when he puts it on, he feels like a superhero. He and Roly set out to do good deeds, beginning with rescuing a tawny frogmouth.
Benson's mother starts with the washing up and gets carried away, and ends up cleaning everything in sight, the walls, the cushions, and everything, and even Aunt Moss and Aunt Lillibet.
Aunt Moss is feeling a bit down and tired, so she and Benson go on a trip to an art gallery to nourish her spirit. Her artist friend, Imelda, helps Benson understand how you can tell a whole story with just dots and lines, and Benson finds a way to feed his own spirit.
Calling people names is a bad idea - especially because sometimes the names stick, and you don't know what might happen.
Every year, Benson and his family go to a magic part of the bush, where sometimes they find flowers that no-one has ever seen before. This year Benson gets the most important job of all.
Benson and Nils and Nella find a perfectly ordinary bathplug in the ground in the middle of the bush. What could it be for ? Why is it there ? Benson finds out !
Bonnie Lou wants to make a necklace out of gumnuts. With Aunt Lillibet's help, they make necklaces, bracelets and a whole family of gumnut people.
Aunt Lillibet is making and apple pie, and Benson suggests that if his mother made one too, they could compare them and see whose method is best. Benson's mother foils his plan to have two apple pies to himself by inviting a whole part of friends to the pie-tasting.
After Benson goes to play at his friends Mick's place and there is an unfortunate incident with a pencil that upsets Bonnie Lou, Benson and his mother discuss what makes people cry.
Benson and Nanna talk about how old things really are, rocks and sand and trees, and grandmothers.
Aunt Lillibet and Aunt Moss learn scottish dancing, and what is scottish dancing without the bagpipes ?
Roly discovers he has an aunt and a cousin of his own. They think that living with wombats is bad for him, so he should live with them. Roly has to decide what is the best thing to do.
Nanna sends Aunt Lillibet a melon-baller, which she thinks is silly and pointless, but everyone else seems to find it very useful for all sorts of things.
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