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.

Hello super great kids and how are you? I'm very pleased because the sun is shining,

the birds are singing and we've been recording some new storytellers and you're going to hear

from one of them today. His name is Seth Townsend, Seth loves traveling and collecting stories.

He's travelled from Beijing in China to Belfast in Northern Ireland to Buenos Aires in Argentina

and next week he's going to a storytelling festival in Marrakesh in North Africa.

But today he's come into the super great kid studio to tell us a fairy tale from Iran.

Before we meet Seth can you have a think about how many countries you can name? Well we have a

quick word with the grownups. I'll name a couple of countries to get you started. There's Italy

and there's Australia so off you go.

Hello super great Kim. Hello super great David. Kim I have a question. I love questions

far away. What is the best kind of story? Well I think the best kind of story is an old story which

has been told for many years and passed on from person to person. Oh that's a good answer.

I thought you're going to say something specific like only Baba Yaga stories or a Nancy stories

or stories that have to have two head of giants in them. No just a story which has been loved

and passed along and told by lots of people. Right okay so if we really want more people to hear

stories seems like we're going to need help from our lovely listeners. Yes we know these stories

because people have been sharing them with each other for donkeys years. I tell you you tell someone

else they tell someone else and soon everyone knows the story. You know what Kim I think maybe

it's such a good idea that we could possibly put it into song.

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