Hello, this is John. And I'm here with a story about an old friend of Story Nori.

His name is Birdie. He's a crow who has lived for hundreds of years and known all sorts of important people, including kings and queens.

Recently, he made friends with a little boy named Jake,

and he tells Jake all sorts of interesting things,

as you're about to hear.

But before the story, we'd like to tell you about a podcast made by some old friends of Story Noory.

For as long as we can remember, we've carried a musical series called Rockford's Rock Opera or Lost on Infinity on our website and it's very

popular with our listeners. Well the makers of Rockford now have a new podcast called Kid Stories, Science and Secrets.

If you love Story Nori, you will love this podcast.

It tells the story of Rockford's journey to a land of extinct creatures

and has a new factual dimension.

The podcast is packed with true science, history, inventions,

animal wonders and great songs too. So search kids stories, science and secrets, now on Apple

podcasts or wherever you love to listen. And remember to start at

episode one of kids stories, science and secrets.

Now on with our story, which also mentions some extinct creatures.

Birdie and the dinosaurs.

It was the start of winter. The weather was frosty and evenings were growing dark

and mom was in the kitchen cooking up cozy dishes for supper.

She was chopping up garlic, its sharp scent mingling with the savory aroma of sausage stew.

When Jake's little sister L burst into the kitchen,

her face scunched up in annoyance.

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