Why the Whale has a Sad Song - a story from the Indigenous people of North America’s Pacific Northwest

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  Hello Super Great Story fans.

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  This is our Pick of the Month story from our archives.

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  If you like it,

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  you might be interested to know that it's also featured in our first Super Great Kids book,

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  which is published this autumn.

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  Welcome to Super Great Kids Stories.

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  Fun tales to make you laugh and cry with some of the best storytellers from around the world.

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  Recommended for ages 5 to 105.

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  I'm Kim and I love stories.

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  In this episode, we're going to hear a story about whales from Toop.

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  Toop is a wonderful storyteller from London with Guyanese parents.

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  He's going to tell us a story from Northern Canada about how the whale got its sad song.

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  So, sit back, relax and let the magic begin.

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  Or as we storytellers say, mouth open, story jump out.

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  Long time ago, there was a frog and the frog was resting by the riverbank.

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  And one day the frog looked into the water and he could see that there was a huge hefty fish and the huge hefty fish was eating up all the small little fish and swimming further and further up the river.

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  And the frog thinks to himself, if that big hefty fish Swims further and further up the river.

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  The river shall become narrower and narrower and narrower.

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  Then it shall become stuck.

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  Then it will not be able to turn around and swim out to the open sea.

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