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, how are you?
I hope you had a good week.
One of my reasons to be cheerful right now is
that I'm going on a short trip to Spain to go walking in the hills with some friends.
Lucky me!
I'm hoping to see lots of birds and wildlife and another reason to be cheerful is
that talented storyteller Warren Foster Sr. is going to tell us a second Dreamtime animal tale.
Warren enjoys being outdoors and watching the wildlife near Wallagher Lake in Australia where he lives.
The story he's going to tell us is about a trickster frog called Guugarty and a lyrebird which is a popular bird in Australia with a beautiful tail.
A lyre is a kind of ancient stringed instrument which was all curvy a bit like the lyrebird's exotic tail feathers.
The lyrebird has an amazing skill to be able to copy lots of sounds.
I suppose a bit like a parrot but he doesn't just copy the sounds of other animals around him,
he also copies man-made sounds which he hears in the forest like chainsaws or car alarms or even the sound of a digital camera clicking.
The story that Warren is going to tell us explains how Dula the Lyrebird got his magnificent tail and his amazing voice.
Now, just before we hear from Warren, here's a little riddle for you.
Can you guess which animal this is?