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Super Great Kids' Stories

The Squire's Bride

Super Great Kids' Stories

Super Great Kids' Stories

Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Stories For Kids

4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Liisa Wilkinson tells a very witty trickster tale from Norway about a show-off squire who is determined to marry the farmers’ daughter, but the farmer’s daughter is equally determined not to marry him. Who will get their way? Listen to Sarah Liiisa and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories.

0:17.8

Wise tales from storytellers around the world, which will make you laugh and sometimes

0:25.1

cry. Recommended for ages 5 to 105. I'm Kim and I love stories. Happy Thanksgiving, super great kids,

0:37.0

if you're in North America and celebrating.

0:40.3

Today, we have a funny trickster tale from Norway about a clever young girl and a show-off

0:47.0

rich landowner. And for Owlitz, it's the end of the month. So we've got a bonus story from

0:53.8

Australia called The Wishing Tree and a scary story from Ukraine and Russia called Baba Yaga's Bubble Bath.

1:05.0

Did you have a happy week, supergrade kids? I went swimming under a big sky. It was pouring with rain, but that didn't

1:13.6

matter because I was going to get wet anyway. We have a saying here in Rainy England, feel

1:19.5

the rain and do it anyway. The next day it was golden sunshine and blue sky, so I got to go for a

1:27.1

muddy walk through the last of the autumn leaves.

1:30.6

Another thing which made my tail wag this week is I was passing a box shop in London.

1:36.5

I didn't really think they'd have our super great book in the window because, well, there's lots of brilliant books around.

1:42.4

But would you believe it?

1:45.0

There, pride of place, slap bang in the middle of the window, was our book.

1:50.7

Oh, happy day.

1:52.1

Thanks to those of you who've got a copy.

1:54.8

And thanks too to those of you who've gone the extra mile and written a little review about the book on Amazon.

2:02.1

Our book will be available from next week in Australia and New Zealand.

2:07.6

You can buy our super great kids stories book online or in bookshops, particularly

2:12.4

Waterstones and Barnes & Noble.

2:15.7

Now, just before we begin this week's story,

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