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.

Hello super great kids and how are you?

I'm very happy because it's nearly Christmas and today we have a wonderful story teller called Liz Weir, who's from Northern

Island and she's new to super great kids stories. She's going to tell us two enchanting tales. The first about a silver

angel which is a little bit sad but it's very beautiful and it has a fairly happy ending.

And the second is an upbeat charming how and why story

about how the snow got its color.

Now, just before we introduce you to Liz, I wonder how many colors you can name.

You can start with the colors of the rainbow.

So, while we have a quick word with the

grown-ups, see how many you can think of. Ready? Off you go.

Hello super great kids I'm back. Well how many colors did you think of? Did you get red and yellow and pink and green and orange and purple and blue.

Oh, that's good for starters.

And then did you get some other ones like maybe silver or gold or violet or indigo or

or burgundy.

Well, you could go on and on.

Give yourself a pat on the back if you got more than 10.

Now, these next two stories both have colours in them. Colors in

storytelling are really good because in the imagination they can be whatever

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