Why Crocodiles Sleep With Their Mouths Open

Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Priya finds an egg at school and is rather surprised when it hatches out. What would you do if you discovered a demanding creature with snapping teeth in your pocket? Would you keep it? Listen to Kim tell this fun How and Why story - and find out what happens.

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0:00.0	Well, hello and welcome to Super Great Kids Stories.
0:19.0	Wise tales from storytellers around the world, which will make you laugh and sometimes
0:25.0	cry.
0:26.0	Recommended for ages 5 to 105.
0:31.0	I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:34.0	Hello, Super Great Kids.
0:36.0	I hope you had a good time over the Easter break.
0:39.0	I wonder if you got any eggs and did anything hatch out of your eggs.
0:45.0	We've been looking at how and why stories, which are tales people make up to explain why
0:52.0	something is the way it is, like how the stars got into the sky.
0:57.0	The story this week is one I made up, so I suppose you could say it's from England.
1:03.0	And it's all about why crocodiles cry when they eat and why they sleep with their mouths open.
1:10.0	It begins with a girl who finds an egg at school, a real egg rather than a chocolate one.
1:17.0	The trouble with finding an egg is you never know what's going to hatch out of it.
1:23.0	It might be a dinosaur, a dragon, a giant snake or a little chick.
1:30.0	Before we begin the story, can you have a think about what you'd like to hatch out of your
1:36.0	secret egg while we have a quick word with the grown-ups?
1:42.0	Want to die live up a notch?
1:44.0	Well, in the Maldives things are dialed way up.
1:47.0	Relaxation is elevated to a national sport.
1:50.0	The sea is not just clear.
1:52.0	It's ultra HD crystal clear and the colors so vivid.
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