Anne E. Stewart (storyteller): This story is called ‘The Crocodile Hunt’, so mums if you’d like to join in as well. OK, here we go. You have to do what I do. You ready?

So, once upon a time there was an old man and he woke up one morning and he stretched and he yawned. Come on everyone – big stretch and a yawn. And he leant over and he kissed his wife good morning. ‘Good morning darling [kissing]’. Kiss your wife good morning. And he said, ‘I’m sick and tired of it. That crocodile keeps eating all my chickens and I never get eggs for breakfast. I’m going to catch him today’.

So he walked out the front door and down the garden path [slaps legs]. Come on everyone – come down the garden path [slaps legs]. And when he got to the front gate, he opened the gate. Are you ready? Cree-ee-k bang! Now, he couldn’t see the crocodile anywhere, but he came to a field of tall grass and he thought I’ll sneak through here.

So, everybody let’s sneak through the grass quietly, swish, swish, swish, swish. Now he couldn’t see the croc, but he came to the hill and he thought, you know what, if I climb to the top of the hill I might be able to see that crocodile. So, he started to climb to the top of the hill. Come on everybody – climbing with me. And when he got to the top of the hill he looked down and there was his lovely wife in the garden, so he called out to her, ‘Ooh-ooh-ooh’.

Children and mothers: Ooh-ooh-ooh.

Anne E. Stewart: Back down the other side of the hill. Well, just then he came to a big dark river and he said, ‘I reckon the crocodile lives in a cave over there. I’m going to swim and find him’.

So, come on everybody – let’s swim across the river. But just as he got to the other side, what did he see, but 2 big crocodile eyes and a great big crocodile jaw. Get your jaws ready, everybody. And the crocodile went snap [claps hands together]. He said, ‘Oh no, I think that crocodile’s going to eat me, we’d better get out of here’. So, now boys and girls, we’re going to go back the way we came as quick as we can. Are you ready? Swim, up the hill, hello to your wives, ‘Ooh-ooh-ooh.’

Children and mothers: Ooh-ooh-ooh.