How Fire Came to Earth

Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

A long time ago- back when the animals could talk, the earth is dark and cold. But when a lightning storm sets fire to a tree in the distance, the animals delight in the light and warmth - and agree they want some of that for themselves. But how can they safely fetch it and bring it back across the water to their camp? Listen to Lisa La-Rue Baker tell this beautiful story of ingenuity and courage and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello. Hello and welcome to super great kids stories.
0:18.0	Wise tales from storytellers around the world, which will make you laugh and sometimes cry.
0:26.6	Recommended for ages 5 to 105.
0:32.0	I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:36.2	Hello, super great kids and how are you?
0:40.0	I'm very happy because it's feeling very much like autumn here or fall as some people call it.
0:47.0	The leaves are beginning to change colour and the mornings are getting a little bit nippy.
0:52.0	I had to look in our cupboard
0:54.1	under the stairs for my gloves this weekend and we lit the first fire of the
0:59.5	season last night and when people sit around fires they often start telling stories or
1:07.2	sometimes they fall asleep particularly if they're a dog. This week we have a story from North America which explains how the
1:16.6	Cherokee people say that the very first fire got onto the earth. The
1:22.2	storyteller is Lisa LaRue Baker, who lives in Kansas in the US.
1:29.2	Lisa told you the story about the corn doll and that story explaining how rabbit got his strong back legs.
1:37.0	Another reason to be cheerful this week is that I got to meet one of our fans who lives in India.
1:44.0	Her name is Leona. She's six and a half and lives in a Sam.
1:49.0	And she got up in the middle of the night to watch our most recent online show with Kate Corcary.
1:55.0	It's exciting for us to meet people like you who enjoy these stories as much as we do.
2:02.0	Since our theme is animal stories,
2:05.0	just before we hear from Lisa,
2:07.0	here's a riddle for you.
2:09.0	Can you guess which animal this is?
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