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.
Today, we have a fairy tale called Ashpet,
which is a Cinderella-style story from the beautiful Appalachian Mountains in North America.
It's told by Emily Hannah Graysbrook.
Hello, super great kids, and how are you?
I hope you've had a good week and a happy Hanukkah, if that's one of your family celebrations.
One thing that's put a wag in my tail this week is that I've been going to lots of Christmas concerts.
I love Christmas music.
It's all rather magical and it makes me think of stars, angels, sleigh rides and sparkly snow.
There's a lovely piece of music called Troika by a Russian composer called Prokofiev.
It sounds just like a sleigh riding through the snow.
Ask your grown-ups
if you can have a listen and imagine yourself wrapped up in furs being pulled along on a sleigh by jingling horses.
Another of my reasons to be cheerful is that I got to meet some more of you at our midwinter magic online show last weekend where Jason Buck did a terrifyingly realistic impression of some greedy trolls and guest storyteller Sheila Arnold entertained us with a Christmas prayer rabbit story.
So here's some hello's to story fans who I met there.
Hello to Finley who is eight from Rutland in England and to Athena and Henry from Kildare in Ireland.
Alex and Lena from Pittsburgh in the US and Andy in Australia,