Hello  and welcome to season 3 of Dragonfly Tales Podcast.  Each episode we will tell you a story from around the world and share some fun and silly things with you. IT’s CHRISTMAS!!!!! We'd like to wish all our listeners a very HAPPY HOLIDAYS!  We hope you enjoy our special festive episode.  Our first story is by Kim Normanton. She’s the host of one of our favourite podcasts Super Great Kids’ Stories! If you haven’t checked out this amazing podcast you really should! Super Great Kids’ Stories is an award-winning podcast of traditional tales from around the world retold by the best storytellers. Recommended for ages 5 to 105. Listen in and you’ll meet Brazilian ogres, African trickster spiders, Greek heroes, and Russian witches. And for our Xmas special, host Kim has a wintry tale for us from Siberia. Our story is a lovely tale about a snowy mountain and also some fairy folk.  Will Hans and Trudy make it up to the great Snow Bear safely?  You'll have to listen and find out.  You can read the original story by Ruth Ainsworth in her brilliant book The Pirate Ship and other stories. The rhyme we say is from a famous poem called The Fairies by William Allingham. If you would like to tell a tale or get a SHOUT OUT this season, then you can get in touch with us HERE or in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group, telling us your first name, your age and your town. And if you like our podcast, please leave us a review (Apple is great). If you would like to donate a little something towards our podcast, we would be so grateful.  You can donate to Dragonfly Tales Podcast by clicking here: DONATE You may start to hear some adverts on our podcast.  We know this can be annoying, but it really helps to keep us going.  We will always try to choose adverts that we feel are appropriate for our content. You can also follow us on: Facebook   Instagram Twitter Thanks for listening!   Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and singing by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook and Leo at Dragonfly Tales Produced by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Zapsplat Music by Free Music Archive