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From YouTube: Pogo the Lion: Storytelling with Muriel Johnson
Description
Ms Muriel Johnson presented this story as the last in our two-month series celebrating Black History in this month and every month! She has graciously allowed us to air the videos for one week after the performances. Ms Johnson is a professional storyteller, a mother of three and has been an Early Childhood Educator for 27 years. She has performed at pre-k and elementary schools, churches, museums, colleges, festivals and countless other venues from Wyoming to West Africa and California to Cape Town, South Africa.
A
Good
morning,
everyone
here
I
am
at
the
san
bruno
library,
with
storyteller
muriel
johnson,
thank
you
for
joining
us
today
and
we're
so
excited
to
have
her
here
again
to
close
out
our
two-month-long
storytelling
series.
It's
really
been
a
privilege
to
have
you
with
us
for
these
whole
two
months.
Thank
you
so
much
so
to
introduce
miss
johnson.
She
is
a
professional
storyteller
mother
of
three
and.
B
A
A
A
B
Or
are
they
no
they're,
not
vegetarians?
They
are
meat,
eaters
yep,
they
love
meat
and
they
love
to
hunt.
Well
a
long
time
ago
there
was
a
lion
named
pogo
and
poco
was
a
great
big
bully.
Have
you
ever
met
a
bully?
Yes,
he
was
a
big
bully
and
everyone
was
scared
of
him.
He
would
march
through
the
jungle,
and
he
would
look
and
say,
hey
monkey
come
down
from
that.
B
B
Can
you
say
that
galolo
and
gallo
would
go
out
every
day
and
he
would
go
hunting
and
his
friends
would
say
galomo.
You
must
be
very
careful
pogo.
He
lives
in
this
forest
he's
so
dangerous.
Be
careful!
Look
out
for
pogo
and
galolu
says
I
am
a
hunter.
I
do
not
fear
any
man
or
animal,
I
am
not
afraid
of
any
pogo.
B
I
mean
the
only
thing
that
I
ever
fear
is.
If
something
were
to
happen
to
my
beautiful
wife
kaiya.
Oh,
I
love
her
so
much.
You
see.
Galolo
had
recently
gotten
married
to
an
amazing,
smart,
incredible
woman
named
kaya
and
he
worried
about
her.
He
loved
her
so
much.
He
didn't
want
anything
to
happen
to
her
matter
of
fact.
B
Every
day
before
galolo
would
go
out
into
the
forest
to
go
hunting.
He
and
kyle
would
have
a
conversation.
He
would
say
kaya.
My
dear
wife,
listen,
please
be
very
careful
and
please
don't
open
the
door
for
anyone,
but
me
I
I
don't
want
anything
to
ever
happen
to
you
and
she's
saying:
oh,
okay,
galolo!
You
worry
too
much,
he
says:
listen!
We
must
make
a
plan,
here's
what
we
will
do.
I
will
go
hunting
and
then,
when
I
come
back
in
the
evening,
I
will
sing
out
to
you.
B
I
will
call
out
to
you,
so
you
know
that
it
is
me
who
is
approaching
and
then
then
you
can.
Then
you
can
receive
me.
You
can
open
the
door
for
me
and
she
said:
oh
okay,
galolo
sure
we
can
do
that,
and
that
is
what
they
would
do
every
morning.
Galolo
would
gather
all
of
his
hunting
materials
and
he
would
go
off
into
the
forest
and
then
in
the
evening
he
would
come
back
and
as
he
was
approaching
the
house
he
would
sing
kyle.
My.
B
And
she
would
open
the
door
and
they
would
hug
and
they
would
kiss
yeah
they
loved
each
other,
and
then
they
would
laugh
and
they
would
sit
down
and
eat
dinner
together.
Kaya
was
also
a
wonderful
cook.
This
is
what
they
did.
This
was
their
routine
and
they
were
very,
very
happy,
but
you
know
who
wasn't
happy
about
this
pogo.
A
A
B
B
So
the
next
day
pogo
went
to
galolo's
house
and
he
sat
in
the
bushes
and
he
hid
and
he
watched
and
he
waited
he
watched
and
he
waited
and
he
saw
that
galolo
left
in
the
morning
and
returned
in
the
evening,
and
he
saw
that
when
galileo
returned
galolo
began
to
sing
as
he
approached
the
house
kaya.
My.
B
A
B
A
B
A
A
B
A
A
A
B
A
B
A
A
A
B
A
B
B
B
B
A
B
B
B
Oh,
what
is
happening
this
there's
no
water
anywhere
and
mama
crane
said:
yes,
you
you
can
show
the
water
you,
you
call
a
meeting.
Have
all
the
animals
come
all
the
animals
tell
them.
If
they
want
water,
you
can
restore
it
and
they
must
come
to.
You
call
a
meeting,
call
a
meeting
and
you
will
see
all
the
animals
they
will
help
you
with
whatever
you
need.
B
B
The
water
and
the
animals
they
were
ready.
Oh,
it
had
been
three
four
days
and
they
said.
Oh,
we
need
water.
The
watering
hole
was
all
dried
up,
they
couldn't
bathe,
they
couldn't
drink,
they
couldn't
have
water
for
anything.
They
were
feeling
desperate
and
the
day
of
the
meeting
it
came
and
there
was
galileo
standing
tall
and
he
watched
as
all
the
animals.
All
the
creatures
began
to
gather.
They
were
in
a
great
big
circle
around
them.
Water.
A
B
B
Face
me
face
me
with
your
backs
turn
your
backs
towards
me,
turn
your
backs
towards
me
and
the
animal
said
what
what?
What
what?
Yes,
I
must
see
your
backs,
so
everyone
turned
around
and
he
saw
those
beautiful
birds
and
he
saw
their
beautiful,
feathery
tails
and
he
saw
the
monkeys
with
their
long
tails.
He
saw
the
zebras
with
their
striped
tails.