Journey with Story - A Storytelling Podcast for Kids · Kathleen Pelley. audio story podcaster, children's author

Why the Sea is Salty-Storytelling Podcast for Kids

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The greedy man steals the magic salt grinder but doesn't know the words to stop it, causing his boat to sink and the sea to become salty forever.

Host Kathleen Pelly tells a Vietnamese folktale about a poor fisherman who catches a magical golden fish, the princess of the sea, who gives him a salt grinder in exchange for his freedom. When a greedy man steals the grinder and doesn't know how to stop it, he sinks to the bottom of the sea, explaining why the ocean is salty. The story teaches a moral lesson about the dangers of greed.

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