Hello and welcome to super great kid stories, wise tales from 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? This is the first of two stories this

weekend for you. If you're in the UK you're probably getting a day off school

on Monday because of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth who served Britain and the

Commonwealth for over 70 years. We thought we'd mark the occasion with an uplifting

story about a king, a queen and a prince. It's a little bit sad because just like

the queen in Britain has died the king and queen in the story died too but the

story is wise and it has a happy ending for the prince. And for those of you who

don't like slightly sad stories, Storyteller Amy Douglas has another trickster

story for you. So it's a double whammy weekend. Now that's a reason to be cheerful.

This first tale is about a fox and a crow. It's from ancient Greece and it's

believed to have first been told by a man called Esop who was a slave and a

storyteller. He was born in about 600 BC. That is a really long time ago and his

stories were passed from one generation to another by word of mouth until they

were eventually written down but not until about 300 years after Esop had died.

So for 300 years these stories lasted simply by one grandma telling her

grandchildren and then her granddad telling his grandchildren and it was passed

along and simply told. Now just before we start our story can you think of any

super great kids stories with foxes or crows in them? While we have a very

quick word with the grownups. 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?

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