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Think about a time you worked hard on something. Maybe you built a grand castle out of blocks

or Legos, or maybe you just spent the afternoon cleaning your room. We're about to meet a character

who'd rather not roll up her sleeves and get to work until she meets a magical creature

who gives her a real kick in that pants. I'm Rebecca Sheeran and welcome to circle round,

where story time happens all the time. Today our story is called After Midnight. This Irish legend

features a mythical creature you may remember from our story The Piper and The Puka. The Puka!

You'll also hear variations from Scotland where the magical being isn't a Puka but a brownie.

Some really great people came together to bring you our folktale, including Fiona Glasscott

and David Morse. Fiona Glasscott stars in the HBO Max show Julia and the Fantastic Beasts

series, most recently The Secrets of Dumbledore. Emmy and Tony Award nominee David Morse is currently

starring on Broadway in How I Learned to Drive. So circle round everyone. For After Midnight.

There once was a tailor who ran a shop in the middle of a village. Behind the shop he shared

a cozy apartment with his daughter and assistant, Sadie. The tailor was a talented, hard working

man who spent many happy hours measuring. That's me the measuring tape, will you say

D? Yes father. And cutting. That's me the scissors, will you say D? I father. And stitching.

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