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School Radio,29 Jan 2013,15 mins

SeriesSpring 2016

Burns Night

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Ben finds out about the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns and the Burns Night celebrations which commemorate him. Ben meets Amy, who grew up in Stirling in Scotland and who takes us to a Burns Night party and tells us about how she and her family celebrate. In today’s story we hear from Robert Burns as he is trying to write a poem based on the traditional tale of 'How the Wolf lost his tail'. Fox and Wolf are always trying to get one up on each other and one day, Fox decides that Wolf has boasted long enough and needs to be taught a lesson…

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