Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories.

Wise tales from storytellers around the world who will make you laugh

and sometimes cry. Recommended for ages 5 to 105. I'm Kim and I love stories. Today we have have not one, but two stories.

The first is the grumpy gecko told by Wendy Shearer.

And the second, a birthday bonus for all our listeners, is The Boy Who Drew Cats, told by Tim Ralf's.

Oh, happy birthday, happy birthday.

Now, you may or you may not know, but I want to tell you that this is the fifth birthday of super great kids' stories.

We've been going for a long time. Five years going. Super great kids stories.

Oh, thanks Toop for that cheery message. Yes, super great kids. We're all very happy because it's our fifth birthday

and we're putting on a live show at the Irish Cultural Centre in London this Saturday,

September the 20th, to celebrate. All super great kids listeners are very welcome. There are still a few tickets left.

To buy them, follow the links in the news section on our website,

supergreatkidsories.com, or go to the Irish Cultural Centre and Hammersmith website.

Thanks to you and your love of stories,

what started as a very small idea during the COVID pandemic has grown bigger and bigger and bigger.

And suddenly, Super Great David and I have been sharing stories for five years.

And now, loads of children and families around the world listen regularly to traditional tales.

And we've got to know many wonderful storytellers and even managed to publish some of these stories in a book with the help of Bloomsbury publishers.

Yippo-di-dudarday! Hurrah for story lovers!

And hurrah for ideas which grow like little acorns into,

well, slightly bigger acorns.

Now, just before we start the first of this week's stories,

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