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.
Our current theme is fairy tales around the world, and today we have a German fairy tale,
Hansel and Gretel, told by Paul Albra, who told you the tinderbox.
Note to parents, this story has a couple of moments of witchy scariness,
but it's worth powering through the eek.
Moment, because it's also funny.
How are you super great kids?
Are you having an OK week?
January can be slightly gloomy here in the UK and in Northern Europe,
so I'm always looking for things to brighten my day.
Like last week's fairytale about plum and tatterhood, that really made me laugh.
And today's tale, Hansel and Gretel,
also has its funny moments in spite of including a witch who likes to eat children.
The storyteller is Paul Albra, who told you the story The Tinderbox,
which has a dog with eyes as big as dinner plates.
Somehow, Paul makes this fairy tale much kinder and funnier than the original Grimm's version.
For a start, it has a pet potato.