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Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The King is getting old - and he has no children. How will he decide who to choose as the next King or Queen? Listen to this fun, English retelling of a traditional Chinese story told by storyteller Amy Douglas and find out.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to super great kid stories, wise tales from storytellers around the world
0:22.1	which will make you laugh and sometimes cry, recommended for ages 5 to 105. I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:34.1	Hello super great kids and how are you? Here in Britain we're preparing for a party. We're
0:42.3	celebrating the fact that our queen has rained for 70 years and we've never had a king or queen
0:49.1	who's been on the throne for quite so long. That's a long time to work at one job and she's still
0:56.4	doing it even though she's 96. So we're all having an extra day's holiday and people are preparing
1:05.3	parties in their gardens, parties in their streets and parties in their town squares to celebrate our
1:12.2	hard working queen. I wonder if you'd like to be a king or a queen. Now if a king or queen has a
1:20.8	prince or princess then they will automatically take over the job from their father or mother.
1:27.5	But what happens when the royal leader doesn't have any children? When there are no princes or
1:34.3	princesses to take over? How do you choose who will be the next person to sit on the throne?
1:40.9	How do you decide who will make a good leader? So guess what the story's about this week.
1:48.2	You've guessed it. It's all about a hard working king who is looking for the next king or queen
1:54.6	to take over from him. And just before we start our story I wonder what you think would make a good
2:02.8	king or queen. Do they need to be a good cook or a good dancer or be kind or have superpowers
2:11.1	or be generous or clever? Why don't you have a think about what you'd look for if you were choosing
2:18.3	a new king or queen while we have a quick word with the grownups.
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2:56.2	Hello, so the great kids. Did you decide what sort of a king or queen you'd like to rule over your
3:02.0	country? Would you like someone who rides elephants or someone who's good at roller skating or
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