Call of the Cuckoo

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Stephen Hanna and Bret Shuford (Broadway Husbands, Husbands 2 Dads) headline a European and Asian tale about outlawing anger, forbidding frustration, and making the feathers fly!

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0:43.8	Think about the last time you felt angry.
0:56.4	It's normal for us to feel angry at times, and it helps if we can express our feelings in a safe and appropriate way and do what we can to work through them. In today's story,
1:03.9	we'll hear what happens when anger is outlawed and frustration is forbidden. And boy, oh boy,
1:18.8	do the feathers fly. I'm Rebecca Shear, and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.
1:22.0	Today our story is called Call of the Cuckoo.
1:28.3	You'll find versions of this tale from many places, including the Asian countries of Armenia and Afghanistan, and the European nations of Denmark, Ireland, and Italy.
1:32.3	Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this folktale,
1:36.3	including Broadway performers, lifestyle bloggers, educators, and real-life husbands and dads,
1:42.3	Brett Schuford and Stephen Hanna, the dynamic duo behind Broadway husbands.
1:48.4	Listen for their new podcast, Husbands to Dads, this summer.
1:52.7	So circle around, everyone.
1:55.8	For Call of the Cuckoo.
2:10.3	Music of the cuckoo. It was an especially harsh winter,
2:13.8	and Balthazar and Barnaby weren't sure how they would make it to spring.
2:18.3	Their countryside cottage was leaky and draughty. Their fields of potatoes were crusted over with ice,
2:26.3	and their peace of mind was at an all-time low.
2:31.3	Balthazar, how will we survive this long, bleak winter? We're down to our last bag of potatoes,
2:40.2	and I'm down to my last straw of patience. I hear you, Barnaby. It's so brutal out there. Our chickens
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