GT091 - Runner and the Great Rift Valley
Goop Tales — Storytelling Podcast for Kids
Maria Calanchini
4.4 • 711 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
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If you want the little one to practice their reading skills while also seeing photos of the places Runner visits in Kenya look up Goop Tales on Youtube. Rest assured we’ve taken every necessary precaution for the little one to watch safely, this fun video story is 100% made for children and is marked as such by Youtube!
One day during class, Runner and his friend Grumpylina decide to run out the door to escape a very boring lesson. Runner manages to run all the way into the mountains, but when he leaves Grumpylina behind, he falls all the way back down and right into the Great Rift Valley in Kenya! He soon finds himself face to face with a hungry leopard, and he can’t run because the altitude is making it so hard to breathe.
Fortunately, Runner loves to offer to help, which wins over the leopard, but if Runner can’t find an alternative for dinner, he may just end up in the leopard’s stomach! However, Runner encounters a problem in the form of a large mamba snake, who stops Runner in his tracks. If Runner can’t run, how will he get out of this mess and get back to Goop World?
Runner’s journey through the Great Rift Valley will show kids the importance of exercise, but also why it’s important to slow down from time to time. Runner will need to learn how to adapt to both experiences if he wants to avoid being the leopard’s dinner. Will he be able to escape, even if he can’t run for his life? Meet us in Kenya to find out!
This short story podcast will help little ones limit their screen time while practicing active listening. As little ones confront the animals of Kenya, they will increase their attention span, engage in self-entertainment, and broaden their horizons through fun facts about new places and animals. Youngsters won’t want to leave Goop World after their run through Kenya!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Goop Tales, Episode 91, Runner and the Great Rift Valley. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm Maria Kalanchini, and I'm the founder and creator of Goop Tales. |
| 0:18.3 | I created GoopTales as a way to engage all the other senses while not being on a |
| 0:27.6 | screen and to experience entertainment and education in a really fun way. If you have a curious |
| 0:35.5 | mind and want to discover new cultures, learn interesting facts about |
| 0:41.4 | different countries, and fascinating animals, keep on listening. Because today, we're going to the |
| 0:48.5 | Great Rift Valley in Kenya. This story was inspired by Henry. Henry wrote in and said he wanted to name a goop |
| 0:59.0 | runner and he said he is a lovely goop boy who runs very fast but he does not listen to |
| 1:06.9 | Miss Wigglebutt. Hi Maria I'm Henry Henry, and I come from China, Hong Kong. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm eight years old now. |
| 1:15.6 | I listen to goop tails when I eat meals. |
| 1:18.6 | I also listen to them when I brush my teeth. |
| 1:21.6 | I have a goop idea. |
| 1:23.6 | It's called runner. |
| 1:25.6 | He's a lovely goop boy that runs very quick. |
| 1:30.3 | But the only problem is that he doesn't listen to Miss Wigglewood in English class. |
| 1:36.3 | I hope you will use it in the next Goop Tail. |
| 1:40.3 | P.S. If you don't choose Runner for a Goop tail, please just read it in a goop tail. |
| 1:47.9 | All of it, but not some of it. Thank you. Best wishes, Henry Faye. |
| 1:55.1 | Thank you, Henry. I love your suggestion, and I'm making it into a goop tails. I made it into a goop tail, I should say. |
| 2:02.2 | And I picked the Rift Valley because my friend Bianca is a runner and she told me that I had to place |
| 2:09.8 | this one in the Rift Valley. So that is where those ideas came together from Henry and Bianca. |
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