The Pranks of Till Owlyglass

Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Till is a proper prankster and trickster. He even manages to trick his dad into thinking he’s a perfect angel. Till decides to try tricking some clever teachers into thinking he can teach a donkey to read. Can he get away with it? Listen to Tiernan telling this old story from Germany and all will be revealed.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Super Great Kids Stories, wise tales from storytellers around the world,
0:22.2	which will make you laugh and sometimes cry.
0:26.9	Recommended for ages 5, 2, 105. I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:35.5	Hello Super Great Kids and how are you?
0:39.3	I hope summer is going well and that you're keeping cool.
0:43.9	Last week the story was from the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.
0:48.9	This week's story is from Germany.
0:52.0	Germany is in central Europe and shares borders with 9 other countries.
0:58.0	Its capital is Berlin and its flag has 3 stripes of black, red and gold.
1:06.0	Our current theme is trickster stories and if you're not sure what trickster stories are,
1:12.0	well their stories with clever characters who are often animals,
1:18.0	who trick others in order to get what they want.
1:21.0	Hands up if you like trickster stories.
1:25.0	Ha, me too.
1:28.0	This week's story features a new trickster, not a spiderman like an ANSI,
1:34.0	but a little boy called Till Oil and Spiegel or Till Owly Glass in English.
1:41.0	He is quite a scamp, a bit of a rascal.
1:46.0	Before we begin, can you think of any other stories with tricksters in them?
1:51.0	I'll give you a clue.
1:53.0	Koyote from North America, he's one trickster.
1:57.0	Can you think of any stories with Koyote in?
2:00.0	And Loki, who is the Norse god of mischief, is another.
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