Let's Pretend

The Youth Who Learned to Shiver and Shake

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Let’s Pretend is a children’s radio program that brings fairy tales and folk stories to life through dramatic performances. Its stories draw on familiar traditions of magic, adventure, and transformation, inviting young listeners into imaginative worlds shaped by brave characters, strange encounters, and lessons learned along the way.

The program presents its tales as radio drama, using performers’ voices and sound to create characters and settings without relying on pictures. This recording features “The Youth Who Learned to Shiver and Shake,” a story centered on a young person’s unusual quest to discover what it means to feel fear.

With its storybook atmosphere and theatrical approach, Let’s Pretend offers an engaging way to experience classic tales through listening. The result is a lively blend of fantasy, suspense, and gentle adventure suited to family listening.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.