The Lake that Flew Away and The Humming Bird and the Forest Fire

Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that when Lakes feel unloved, they can fly away? Listen to this thought-provoking story from Estonia, told by storyteller Sef Townsend. And, we add another moving little story from the Indian Jataka tales which is also about taking care of our planet. It features a brave little bird who loved her forest so much she was prepared to risk her life to save it. ‘The Humming Bird and the Forest Fire’.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories, wise tales from storytellers around the world,
0:22.8	which will make you laugh and sometimes cry. Recommended for ages 5 to 105. I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:35.7	Hello super great kids and how are you? I'm very pleased because we have a story this week
0:43.6	from a country which is new to super great kids' stories and that country is in Eastern Europe
0:49.8	and it's called Estonia. Its national symbols are a beautiful blue bird called a barn swallow
0:58.5	and a pretty blue flower called a corn flower. It's a land with lots of lighthouses,
1:05.0	islands and lakes. Estonia is on the Baltic Sea which is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
1:13.8	Now the difference between a sea and an ocean is that the sea is much smaller and the seas
1:21.2	form part of the oceans. Seas are usually a bit closer to the land too. I wonder if you know
1:29.2	how many oceans there are in the world and if you know that already do you know how many seas
1:36.0	there are. Have a little think about that while we have a quick word with the grown-ups.
1:45.0	Hello super great Kim. Hello super great David. Kim I have a question. I love questions
1:50.3	far away. What is the best kind of story? Well I think the best kind of story is an old story which
1:58.1	has been told for many years and passed on from person to person. Oh that's a good answer.
2:03.7	I thought you're going to say something specific like only Baba Yaga stories or a Nancy stories
2:07.9	or stories that have to have two head of giants in them. No just a story which has been loved
2:13.4	and passed along and told by lots of people. Right okay so if we really want more people to hear
2:19.8	stories seems like we're going to need help from our lovely listeners. Yes we know these stories
2:25.6	because people have been sharing them with each other for donkeys years. I tell you you tell someone
2:31.5	else they tell someone else and soon everyone knows the story. You know what Kim I think maybe
2:38.9	it's such a good idea that we could possibly put it into song.
2:47.0	If you tell a friend and I tell a friend we'll all have a super great time and if they share one
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