Cat Fishers

Super Great Kids' Stories

Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Stories For Kids

4.5 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Scottish storyteller Cara Silversmith tells a trickster tale about two cats and a fox, a story which was handed down by traveller and storyteller Duncan Williamson. Two cats go fishing and argue about who should keep the fish they’ve caught. Unable to agree, they ask Mr Fox to help them decide. Is that a good idea? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories, wise tales from storytellers around the world, which will make you laugh and sometimes cry.
0:26.6	Recommended for ages 5 to 105.
0:31.6	I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:34.6	Today we have a Scottish traveller trickster tale,
0:38.3	the catfishers, told by Kara Silversmith.
0:43.3	How are you, super great kids?
0:45.3	I'm very happy because we've had some sunny weather here in the UK,
0:50.3	so I've been out exploring on my bicycle.
0:53.3	And another reason to be cheerful is that in
0:56.8	about a week's time, I'm going sailing around the Shetland Islands in the far north of Scotland.
1:04.4	I wonder if I'll see any sulkees. So it seems right that today we have a story from Scotland. It's a traveller story.
1:13.6	A traveller is someone who spends a lot of time travelling from place to place and stopping here and there to work before moving on again.
1:21.6	Now, just before we get to our tale, I have a little question for you while we have a quick word with the grownups.
1:30.4	I wonder if you can think of your favourite kind of story and why.
1:37.4	It might be a trickster tale or a quest tale or a how and why tale or a fairy tale or a scary tale. Have a how and why tale, or a fairy tale, or a scary tale.
1:46.7	Have a think. Ready?
1:49.0	Off you go.
1:55.2	Hello, super great grown-ups.
1:57.5	This episode is sponsored by Indeed.
1:59.9	If we needed a new storyteller, I'd go to Indeed and be
2:04.4	very specific. I'd say, I want a storyteller from East Asia who has good English and two years
2:10.9	experience telling traditional tales in schools. And with Indeed sponsored jobs, I'd get several people
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