How The Leopard Got His Spots

About this episode

This episode tells the story of how leopards got their spots, narrated by Wendy Shearer.

This is a: 'Best of Super Great Kids' Stories' selected from our Archive. Did you know that Leopards haven't always been spotty? Once, their fur was a glossy, light brown colour - until one day, Leopard got greedy - and calamity struck. Have a listen to storyteller Wendy Shearer telling this fun 'How and Why' story from Ghana in West Africa and find out just how Leopard got his spots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Wendy Shearer

Topics covered

• folktale
• animals
• morals
• Ghanaian culture
• storytelling

Keywords

• leopard
• spots
• folktale
• Ghana
• storytelling
• animals
• morals

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Ghana, West Africa

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