Sledding Bedtime Story for Ages 2–4: The Hill Will Be There

A slow bedtime story for a little one who went sledding today and keeps saying “again!”. The Hill Will Be There is written for ages 2 to 4 and read aloud by a grown-up, at about 100 words a minute: 394 words, roughly four minutes.

The story begins with the sled by the door and the swish, crunch and whoosh of the hill. Then the day winds down. The sky turns blue, the moon comes up, the tall pine tree rests, the footprints fill softly with snow, and the sled is put away. The sound words come early and grow fewer and softer. When your child says “again”, the story answers gently: tomorrow, the hill will still be there. It makes no promise about snow or about a trip.

Nothing in the story is scary, nobody is scolded, and nothing goes wrong. The one fact is a simple one for small ears: snow is made of tiny ice crystals, with lots of air in between. The source is on the last page.

What you get: one PDF of 10 pages for US Letter or A4. A cover, eight story pages with one short passage each in large type, with soft pause and breathing notes, and a short page for the grown-up reading with the source for the fact. Print it, or read it from a tablet in dim light.

This story was written with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

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