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Heidi Cherry & Vaya Shrink - Children's Meditation Story

by Cory Cochiolo

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Heidi is telling Cherry and Vaya a bedtime story. There are lots of things happening in the story that feels familiar to Cherry, except for the big spider. Be prepared to laugh a lot and then relax and fall to sleep!

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Transcript

Are you ready to meditate with Kari?

Lie down and get comfortable in your bed.

Try and stay as still as you possibly can so you can let your body start to relax.

Let go of your day.

It's time to relax.

Heidi,

Cherry and Veya were laid in bed.

It was their time to relax.

They'd had a long busy day once again and Heidi had decided to tell them a story.

Cherry and Veya were laid still on their bed when Heidi started.

Once upon a time,

A long,

Long time ago,

In a faraway land,

There were three cats.

They were just walking through a woody forest,

Deep in the middle of nowhere.

Cherry said,

Ooh,

This sounds like it's going to be really good.

Heidi carried on.

There was a cottage in the forest.

The cats were tired and hungry.

They were called Heidi,

Cherry and Veya and they'd been walking through the forest all day long with nothing to eat or drink.

They were so tired and hungry that they decided to stop at the cottage.

It looked like someone was in there because there was smoke coming out of the chimney as if there was a fireplace burning in the cottage and it smelled like homemade bread.

One of the cats,

Cherry,

Said,

OMG!

OMG!

I just love the smell of homemade bread.

Is there anything nicer than homemade bread smell?

You know,

Like when you walk into someone's house and they've been making bread,

It's like the bestest smell in the world and I'm so,

So hungry.

I say we definitely knock on this cottage door and see if there's anyone inside that could possibly share some bread with us and maybe a nice cup of tea because I'm thirsty too.

The cat that was called Veya in the story said,

Me too.

I'm very hungry and very thirsty.

Me would love a cup of tea.

The other cat that was called Heidi said,

I agree.

Let's knock on the cottage door.

Heidi carried on telling the story,

All three cats knocked on the cottage door,

Bang,

Bang,

Bang.

The door slowly creaked open but there was no one inside except this wonderful smell that hit them clean up their nose as soon as they opened the door even stronger,

Homemade bread.

The cats walked inside of the cottage,

Shouted hello,

Hello,

But no one answered.

Not only was there the smell of homemade bread,

But there were three bowls of porridge set steaming hot and sweet on the table.

Cherry said,

Oh,

You know,

What story is this now?

This reminds me of another story,

You know,

Like a children's bedtime story that's really popular with the,

Oh yeah,

That one with the three bears and that girl with golden hair.

Veya said,

Me thinks you're talking about Goldilocks and the three bears.

Cherry said,

Yeah,

I am.

That's it.

That's it.

They had porridge in their story.

I wonder what's going to happen.

I wonder if they eat the porridge.

Heidi said,

Be quiet and you'll find out.

Heidi carried on with the story.

The cats walked over to the three bowls of porridge.

Heidi said,

Do you think anyone would mind if we ate the porridge?

It looks as if someone was expecting us.

There is three bowls set out after all.

One for me,

One for you,

Cherry and one for Veya.

Both Cherry and Veya agreed that it was probably okay that they would eat the porridge.

All three cats sat down to the table and ate and ate and ate until there was no porridge left in the bowls.

It was perfect.

It was just the right temperature,

Just the right amount of sugar,

Just the right amount that each one of them was full to the brim.

The cats laid back on their chair and then all of a sudden,

Heidi said to the other cats,

Does anyone feel like their tummy is turning and turning and turning,

Going over and over and round and around like a washing machine?

Cherry and Veya both put one of their paws on the tummy and closed their eyes to focus on the feelings.

Yeah?

Said Cherry.

Me,

Me thinks so too,

Said Veya.

All three cats looked at each other with big wide open eyes.

The tummies were going around like washing machines.

Cherry said,

Oh,

I don't feel very well.

I feel a bit dizzy.

Do you think that porridge was like poisoned or something?

You know,

Like that other story,

That really well known story with that girl that's asleep when she eats that apple that like she eats a poisonous apple and there's a bad queen.

What am I?

Which one is that?

Veya said,

Me thinks you're talking about Snow White.

Yeah,

Said Cherry.

That's it.

Yeah.

Oh no,

We're going to be asleep for a hundred years because we've eaten the porridge and we weren't supposed to and somebody poisoned the porridge.

Then all of a sudden,

Said Heidi,

As she carried on telling them the story.

All three cats heard a very loud ringing noise in their ears and then they shrank.

All three cats landed on the floor like tiny,

Tiny little ants.

Heidi was the first one to say something.

I don't believe what just happened.

I think it was tiny as an ant.

Look how big the table chairs are.

Look how big the table is.

Look how big this cottage is,

Said Heidi.

Cherry in the story said,

OMG,

We shrank.

We rinky dinky shrank.

We shrank to the size of an ant.

Oh,

This is awful.

Oh,

You know what?

This reminds me of that other story.

What's the other story called now where that lady has that pill and she eats that pill on that table and then she eats another pill and then she gets really big and then she gets really small and then she gets really big and then she gets really small and she keeps doing it over and over again as if she weren't learned from the first time it happened.

Which story is that,

Faea?

Faea said,

Me thinks you're talking about Alice in Wonderland and where Alice shrinks.

Yeah,

That's it.

That's exactly the one I'm talking about.

What are we going to do?

The cats,

As they were laid in their bed,

All looked at Heidi as she was saying the story and Cherry said in real life,

Heidi,

This story is quite intense.

What are we going to do if we're all tiny and small?

Heidi said,

Listen to the story.

You'll find out.

Then,

Said Heidi,

The little tiny ants,

The cats that were small as ants,

Started to move across the cobblestone floor,

Looking here and there for clues of what to do or what they could eat or what they could drink to make them change size.

Just like in the story of Alice in Wonderland,

There was nothing.

It took them hours and hours and hours to get from one side of the room to the other because they were so tiny.

And then the scariest thing that's ever happened,

A big spider,

A big spider that wasn't even that big in real life if you're a cat.

But since you're not a cat and you're actually an ant,

The spider was enormous and you could see its giant pinches moving and snapping as it started to head over towards you from the fireplace.

They said,

Oh,

Me,

Me doesn't like this story.

Me,

Me thinks you should change it,

Heidi.

Me doesn't like it.

Heidi said,

Don't worry.

It gets better.

They said,

Oh,

OK then.

OK,

But don't,

Don't let that spider eat us.

In the story,

Cherry,

That's now an ant,

Says,

OMG,

A spicy,

A spicy,

A giant spicy is going to come and get us and eat us.

What shall we do?

I know what we'll do.

We'll do,

We'll do another,

Another story,

Another magical story.

After me,

Say abracadabra and we'll all change into our normal cat size and we'll be totally OK and we'll be able to completely ignore that big giant spicy that's headed over from the fireplace that they'll possibly eat us and squish us with its.

.

.

Say it,

Abracadabra.

Heidi said,

All three cats at the same time said,

Abracadabra.

And they switched magically back into cats just in the nick of time before the giant spider that wasn't that giant,

But it was giant to an ant headed over from the fireplace.

They turned into the normal cat size,

Looked down at the spider and said,

Oh,

Hello.

Very chilled out and relaxed.

Cheya said,

Oh,

Thank goodness,

Cherry.

I was really scared.

Thank goodness we're back into the size of a cat.

Now what should we do?

Cherry said,

Well,

Me,

I don't know about you three,

But me,

I'm absolutely exhausted after being stressed out and panicked like that and feeling really,

Really anxious like that.

You know,

Whenever you're anxious or you're tired or you're afraid,

Then it just instantly takes it out on your body and you get really,

Really drained and really,

Really tired,

Really easy and it's advisable if you can to lay down and take a nap.

I think we should lay down on that really big bed,

That really big comfortable bed over there and rest.

Heidi in the story said,

I think that's a good idea.

Heidi who was reading the story said,

The cats went over to the giant bed.

They had a bit of a problem because the bed was so tall,

So,

So tall,

Like the tallest bed that they've ever seen.

Cherry,

As she was trying to climb up the bed said,

This reminds me of that story.

You know that one where it's there's a bed and there's a pea in the bed and it's under the mattress and there's a princess and the princess lays on the bed and she's a princess and because she's a princess she can feel the pea even through the mattress.

So they test her and they put a mattress on top of a mattress on top of a mattress on top of a mattress and they keep going higher and higher and higher until it's a really big bed and all the way down at the bottom there's a pea and the princess climbs all the way to the top of the bed just like we're doing right now.

We're climbing up this giant bed to get to the top and then when she got to the top she laid down and guess what she could still feel the pea through all of those mattresses because she was a real princess.

I think it went something like that.

Faea said,

Yeah me knows it's the princess and the pea story.

Cherry said,

Yeah that's it exactly.

Heidi carried on talking about the story.

The three cats laid down on top of the giant tall bed and decided it was time for a nap.

They were exhausted because of the stress of the giant spider that wasn't that giant.

They all closed their eyes.

They got comfortable on the big soft bed that didn't have a pea in it so it was extra extra comfortable.

At one point Faea thought that she felt something under the mattress and maybe it was a pea but when Cherry checked it wasn't a pea it was just the pointy part of a feather from the down covers but Cherry told Faea that she was a princess and that's probably why she felt it.

It didn't take very long for the three cats to fall fast asleep in the cottage in the middle of nowhere far far away a long time ago.

The end.

Cherry and Faea looked at Heidi and said,

Heidi?

Cherry said,

Heidi that was like the bestest story that you've told up to date.

It was entertaining.

It was a little bit nerve wracking.

It was relaxing at the end.

It was absolutely perfect.

I'm ready for a nap.

Faea said,

Me liked it too especially the part at the end where Cherry told me I was a princess.

Thank you Cherry.

Cherry said,

Well you are a princess Faea.

You dress like a princess.

You act like a princess.

Then I'd say you're a princess.

Weren't you?

Heidi said she's definitely a princess.

Now move over so I can climb into bed with you two.

Snuggle down,

Get comfortable and go to sleep.

In real life it didn't take very long for the cats to fall fast asleep and have the bestest dreams about a cottage in the middle of nowhere that smelled like homemade bread.

The end.

Meet your Teacher

Cory CochioloSan Diego, CA, USA

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Recent Reviews

Squid

June 2, 2025

I loved this meditation but because I loved how you (Cory) put in the main bits of well known stories. Thank you ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆😁😁😁😁😁😁🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋

Han

November 15, 2024

Could you please make a new storry about how heidi cherry and vaya getting a new sister named Hannah please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

abilivei

September 27, 2024

Hiii I loved it but I hate spiders ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww my profile picture I made it it's supposed to be hidei then I'll do vaya yayyyy I'm saving best for last

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August 2, 2024

Cody huffed as he hualed himself up the stairs to the tub. He climbed in the warm water. He soaked, and everyone hung around, talking. At one point, Cody laid down, his eyes closed. Everyone was nervous. “I’m just trying to take a nap in the tub, geez.” He said, which sent the friends all into sudden laughter. ((Continue the roleplay))

|Zuley<3|

May 6, 2024

Thank u Cory for that wonderful but funny med. keep making them ♥️♥️ - zuley

Sheryl

March 28, 2024

I really liked it! Can you do more like this? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Stella

February 29, 2024

So good as always and I am wondering if you could do one about netball pls anyway thx

B.

February 7, 2024

Cherry is kinda loud in the story but otherwise it’s good

Lindsay

October 31, 2023

That was amazing 👏 🙌 😍 ❤️ 👌 😭 👏 🙌 😍 ❤️ 👌 😭 👏 🙌 😍 ❤️ 👌 😭 👏 🙌 😍 ❤️ 👌 😭 👏 🙌 😍 I loved the story hidie told, it was scary 😨 at some parts and happy at other's. This was one of my new favorites now. Please answer my question: or two. What is 45 times 1. I know. It's 45. But what's 45 times 8. This is my 2nd quarter of third grade. Ps I'm 8 years old. - Lindsay. 5 star as always.

Ava

October 23, 2023

I fell asleep before it finished ✅ it really made me fall asleep 😴

Frida

October 9, 2023

Noice I loved giant "spicey" and I think it should be in the dictionary 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ It's my birthday on on Sunday Frida

Winnie

September 17, 2023

Amazing 🤩 if I shrinked I would be terrified or petrified any more Moonbow forest and when ? Winnie

Sally

September 5, 2023

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gooood ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Kaan

August 4, 2023

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Kinz

July 26, 2023

Thank you it was so funny from kelli’s daughter kbr you are really good at storytelling 🍕💜💚😊I liked the part where cherry 🍒 says ahhh a spicy lol 😂

Demi

May 18, 2023

I love it! Heidi is a good story teller but you are a GREAT story teller because you do GREAT at what you do!❤️❤️❤️Night Cory!😴🌃. ❤️Devy ❤️. ( Demi )

Amanda

April 17, 2023

imagine what it would be like to be tiny like it a tiny weapon you could fight ants it would be scary though the story is super good 10/10

Naomi

April 13, 2023

😮😲😲😲😲😲😲😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮THAT WAS AMAZING!!! 🤩 from Rowan

March 28, 2023

I don’t know what to say I guess I love the meditation it’s super nice oh so can you do a meditation when it says if they are is a princess or not a real princess will have to see on when you make the medication :) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I may. Be A new fan But I feel like the biggest fan that you have you’re my favourite meditator thank you so much for making this dictation I thank you that we have these beautiful Heidi cherry and Vaya meditations ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love when cherry 🍒 is so sweet and believes in magic and she was like Abracadabra I don’t even know how to spell it is my spelling correct? Lots of s support, Darla

Danielle

November 3, 2022

that was so good heidi:dont wotty its gonna get bvetter. vaya:oh ok cherry:wre being chased by a giant spicy!!!🤣

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