Paca and The Beetle

Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Paca is a long-legged animal living in the Brazilian rainforest who is proud of his ability to run fast. So he's very happy when Parrot invites him to join a race against a tiny beetle. But things aren't always as straightforward as they seem. Who will win, and what will they choose as their prize? Listen to storyteller Julian Marin telling this 'How and Why' story and find out.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories.
0:18.5	Wise tales from storytellers around the world, which will make you laugh and sometimes cry.
0:26.7	Recommended for ages 5 to 105.
0:31.6	I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:35.1	Hello super great kids and how are you?
0:38.8	I hope you had a happy week.
0:40.9	It's October and as the nights get longer, it's time to gather around the fire, light the candles and tell more stories.
0:51.8	This is the first of two stories this week and my reason to be cheerful is that we've been given a lovely prize
1:00.8	for being one of the best children's podcasts in Britain.
1:04.8	That was an exciting moment.
1:07.2	David and I had to walk up on a fancy stage and collect a shiny award.
1:13.0	And so to celebrate, we've got not one but two stories for you this week.
1:19.6	There are one from Julianna Marine and a bonus story told by Seth Townsend.
1:27.0	It's a way of saying thank you for being such supportive fans.
1:31.5	And another reason to celebrate is that lots and lots of amazing how-and-why pictures are arriving every day
1:40.8	for our third birthday drawing competition.
1:44.1	Midnight on October the 5th, 2023 is the deadline.
1:48.7	So thanks to all of you who've sent in pictures.
1:52.6	Story owl is going to have a very tricky job trying to decide who gets our five super great kids stories t-shirts
2:00.1	and our five coloring books.
2:03.1	We'll be announcing the winners on Thursday and Friday the 19th and 20th of October.
2:10.0	Now this week's story is told by Julianna Marine.
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