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. This is the second of two stories

for this week.

This tale is particularly for children who don't like unsettling stories.

It's told by the wonderful storyteller Liz Weir from Northern Ireland,

and it's called The Three Bears Rap.

Hello again, Super Great Kids.

I hope you had a happy week.

My reason to be cheerful is that this week, our first Super Great book was published in the United States and in Canada.

It has 30 of your favourite stories, including The Ghost of the Bloody Finger and a Nancy and the Hot Pepper Soup.

We're very pleased with it. It's a good-looking gift book and it would make a lovely Christmas or birthday present.

Look for more details on our website under news at supergreatkidstories.com.

We're also marking our 300th story on the podcast. Now that we have so many, we've decided to

keep 150 of them available for everyone and reserve the rest for our Owlett subscribers.

This story which we're going to hear today is an unusual version of a fairy tale told by the brilliant Liz Weir who told you the boy and the horse recently.

Simple fairy tales are very good if you want to learn to tell your own story.

And this fairy tale combines songs and rhythm and rhyme and all the things that I love in a story.

So you're in for a treat.

Now, just before Lisweir begins, I wonder how many fairy tales you can remember.

You might have heard them on this podcast or been told one of them at school or by your grown-ups.

A fairy tale usually has something magical in it, like in Cinderella, where the fairy godmother conjures up a ball gown and a coach and horses.

And it's often set in a woods or in a castle or somewhere which feels a bit scary.

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