The Devil and the Boy Who Knew How to Read

Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A boy in search of a job meets a well dressed stranger in the desert. He's offering a good pay and the job sounds interesting. Should he go and work for him? Is that a good idea? Have a listen to this lively imaginative story from Mexico by Colombian storyteller Juliana Marin and find out.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories.
0:18.4	Wise tales from storytellers around the world which will make you laugh and sometimes
0:25.0	cry.
0:26.3	Recommended for ages 5, 2, 105, I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:33.5	Hello super great kids and how are you?
0:38.2	I'm very pleased because we have a new storyteller this week.
0:42.6	Her name is Julianna Marine and she lives in Columbia in South America.
0:48.8	The story she's going to tell you is from Mexico.
0:53.0	Mexico has the US to its north and two central American countries, Guatemala and Belize
1:00.0	to itself.
1:02.1	As you may know our current theme is Trickster Stories and Julianna has a lively story for us
1:10.0	about a boy and a devil.
1:12.6	I wonder which one of those two characters you think is the Trickster, the boy or the
1:18.3	devil.
1:20.3	Have a listen and see if you are right.
1:23.7	Before we begin Mexico has a volcano which has the Aztec name of Papacata Petal which means
1:30.9	Smoking Mountain.
1:32.9	I wonder if you can say the word Papacata Petal.
1:36.8	It's a bit of a tongue twister.
1:38.9	See how fast you can say it while we have a quick word with the grown-ups.
1:44.1	Papacata Petal, Papacata Petal.
1:47.6	Ready?
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