Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories, wise tales from storytellers around the world, which will make you laugh and sometimes

cry. Recommended for ages 5 to 105. I'm Kim and I love stories. And the story this week is

The Slippers That Make No Noise,

a Cinderella-style fairy tale from China.

Hello, super great kids, and how are you?

I'm very happy because it's February,

the days are getting longer here in the Northern Hemisphere,

and we get to share a Chinese love story with you for Valentine's Day. I'm also going to mark the end of the Lunar New Year and celebrate the lantern festival in London by floating a lantern on a canal and thinking about new beginnings and hope. Just before we get to our story,

which is a very old Chinese version of Cinderella, let's talk about Cinderella slippers.

In the many different versions of Cinderella around the world, and there are over 1,000,

the slippers are made of all sorts of different materials.

Can you tell me what kind of slippers you'd have if you were telling your own version of this story?

In the French version which you may know, the slippers are made of glass,

and in an Irish version they're made of green silk, in an Irish version, they're made of green silk.

And in the Scottish version, they're made of blue rams wool.

Nice and warm.

In Egypt, they're made of rose gold.

And in this Chinese version, which we're about to hear,

the slippers are golden and they make no noise.

Have a think about what your Cinderella slippers would be made from,

while we have a quick word with the grownups.

This episode is sponsored by Kumon,

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