The Lonely Giant

Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Listen to this Scottish traditional tale told by storyteller Wilf Merttens about a lonely giant who sets off on a quest to find a wife so he won’t be lonely any more. He fails miserably in his mission, but surprise! he finds the thing he was looking for was right there back at home - waiting for him.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to super great kid stories, wise tales from around the world, which
0:20.8	will make you laugh and sometimes cry, recommended for ages 5 to 105.
0:28.3	I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:32.8	Hello super great kids and how are you?
0:36.6	I'm very happy today because we've got a new storyteller to introduce to you and a
0:42.8	new theme, which is stories about giants and witches and monsters and ogres and beasts.
0:49.5	Can you say that quickly?
0:51.2	Giants and witches and monsters and ogres and beasts.
0:55.0	Would you rather be a giant, a witch, a monster, an ogre, or a beast like Kibungu, the beast
1:02.4	of the forest?
1:03.4	Why don't you have a little think about which you'd rather be and why, while we have a
1:09.5	quick word with the grownups?
1:13.2	Let's jump in!
1:16.2	Let's jump in is the brand new album from Peppa Pig.
1:23.2	Dance and sing with Peppa Pig today.
1:27.2	That sounds exciting!
1:36.2	Listen to the new album, let's jump in from Peppa Pig, anywhere you get your music.
1:44.2	Hello super great kids, I wonder what ideas you came up with.
1:50.0	Maybe you could draw a picture for our Facebook page about which one you'd rather be.
1:56.1	Here is this week's Giants tale from Storyteller, Wilf Mertens.
2:01.8	It's all about a lonely giant in Scotland.
2:05.8	Are you ready?
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