Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories, wise tales from storytellers around the world, which will make you laugh and sometimes cry.

Recommended for ages 5 to 105.

I'm Kim and I love stories.

Today we have a fairy tale called Ashpet,

which is a Cinderella-style story

from the beautiful Appalachian Mountains in North America.

It's told by Emily Hannah Gracebrook.

Hello, super great kids, and how are you?

I hope you've had a good week and a happy Hanukkah if that's one of your family celebrations.

One thing that's put a wag in my tail this week is that I've been going to lots of Christmas

concerts.

I love Christmas music.

It's all rather magical and it makes me think of stars, angels, sleigh rides and sparkly snow. There's a lovely piece of music called Troika by a Russian

composer called Prokofiev. It sounds just like a sleigh riding through the snow. Ask your grown-ups

if you can have a listen and imagine yourself wrapped up in furs being pulled along on a sleigh

by jingling horses. Another of my reasons to be cheerful is that I got to meet some more of you

at our Midwinter Magic Online show last weekend,

where Jason Buck did a terrifyingly realistic impression of some greedy trolls,

and guest storyteller Sheila Arnold entertained us with a Christmas prayer rabbit story.

So here's some hellos to story fans who I met there. Hello to Finley, who is

8 from Rutland in England, and to Athena and Henry from Kildare in Ireland. Alex and Lena

from Pittsburgh in the US and Andy in Australia, Valent in Chile, and Cherise and Leaf and Sive,

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