The Old Woman Up the Hill

Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

What would you do if a green-skinned, big, snotty-nosed long-clawed hairy monster with green legs, and red eyes came a knocking at your door? The tough old woman in this story from the North of England knows what she wants and it isn’t to be eaten by a monster so she has to use her wits to trick him. Will she succeed? Listen to this funny story told by storyteller new to super great kids’ stories - Lucy Lill, and find out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories.
0:18.0	Wise tales from storytellers around the world,
0:22.7	which will make you laugh and sometimes cry.
0:27.3	Recommended for ages 5 to 105.
0:32.0	I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:35.5	Today's story is The Old Woman Up the Hill
0:39.2	and it's from the north of England
0:41.7	where I come from.
0:43.8	And how are all you
0:45.6	super great story fans today?
0:48.1	I'm tired but happy
0:50.2	because I'm fresh back from a glorious
0:52.9	stealing thunder storytelling festival in the UK's Lake District.
0:58.0	And we met many owlets and story fans there, which is always such a good feeling.
1:04.8	It's a bit like meeting family who you haven't seen for a while.
1:09.1	So a very quick hello to some of you who came.
1:13.0	Hello to Mikael from Bracknell in the UK.
1:16.4	And to Miriam and Anirin in North Wales.
1:19.9	And to Darcy, Florence and Beatrice and baby Eliza from Northamptonshire.
1:25.7	And to Oscar from Malaysia, whose mum is from Poland, and to Rowan
1:30.6	and Finn, who came all the way from Minnesota in the US. And to all of you who came, thank you.
1:37.8	It was lovely to celebrate stories and Swedish Midsummer with you. My second reason to be cheerful is that we have a new storyteller to introduce you to.
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