The Pumpkin Seed & The 3 Old Ogres of Ni'ihau

Super Great Kids' Stories

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.5 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Storyteller Alton Takiyama Chung tells two Ogre stories. 'The Pumpkin Seed' - from Korea - is about two brothers, one who is kind and one who is greedy. The second story 'The 3 Old Ogres of Ni'ihau' is from Hawai where Alton grew up. It's about 3 terrible ogres who take over an island and eat anyone who comes there to fish. Can the brave village chief outwit three enormous Ogres and stop the people from going hungry? Listen if you're feeling brave. 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, which will make you laugh and
0:24.6	sometimes cry. Recommended for ages 5 to 105. I'm Kim and I love stories. Today we have not one, but two ogre stories called The Pumpkin Seed, which is from Korea,
0:45.3	and the three old ogres of Ni'i Howe from Hawaii.
0:51.0	They're told by Alton Takiyama Chong.
0:59.2	Now, these stories are a tiny bit scary. They have ogres in them who like to eat people for snicky snacks. So, if ogres are not for you, then
1:07.0	maybe you could listen to an Anansi story which is much more funny than scary.
1:13.6	How are you, super great kids? I do hope that you had a very good week.
1:19.6	I'm happy because, well, we've got two ogre stories.
1:24.6	Oghers are like a cross between a troll and a giant. They're as big as trees,
1:30.4	bad-tempered, and often have tusks. Oh yes, and like to eat people. Ogar stories are actually
1:36.9	very good fun to tell. I like their big booming voices and the fact that they usually end up
1:43.6	losing or turning out not to be big
1:46.4	horrid ogres after all but princes who've been put under a spell like in the story the beauty
1:53.5	and the beast another reason that I'm cheerful is that as you may know, I'm travelling in Vietnam in South East Asia.
2:04.0	Hopefully I won't meet any ogres there.
2:07.4	And another bit of good news is that next Sunday on May the 17th,
2:13.7	Super Great Kids Stories Online with Amy Douglas and Jason Buck
2:17.9	will be welcoming guest storyteller Daniel Morden,
2:22.1	who told us, hey ho, off I go, and The Wizard King.
2:27.3	Tickets are available at Eventbrite or through our website,
2:31.6	supergreatkidsstories.com.
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