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 hope you're having a good summer with lots of splashing around in water and maybe even taking time to tell a story or two.
I've enjoyed watching the Olympic Games in France.
It's exciting seeing gymnasts flying through the air and people racing on bikes and in canoes.
This week's story is all about a canoe race.
It's a thought provoking legend from the Marshall Islands,
a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean which lie between Hawaii and the Philippines.
The storyteller is Marion Leeper from Cambridge in the UK.
And she's told stories
since she was 6 years old and now she tells them at festivals and museums and libraries.
Marion also helps to organise a storytelling festival in East Anglia in the UK every year.
Hats off to her, that's a busy job.
Just before we hear from Marion, I've got a question for you.
If you were taking part in the Olympics just supposing, what sport would you choose?
Would you be a gymnast flying high on bars or would you race on a BMX bike or in a canoe or maybe in a swimming pool?
Have a little think about that while we have a quick word with the grown-ups.