Chameleon’s Contest feat. Jonica Booth & Jay Pharoah

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Jonica Booth (Rap Stuff) and Jay Pharoah (Out of Office, Saturday Night Live) co-star in this West African tale about a clothing-obsessed goddess and a crafty, colorful chameleon.

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0:00.0	WVUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:07.0	Think about some of your talents, your special skills. Do you write poetry? Play soccer? Maybe you can make up tricky riddles or make other people laugh.
0:20.0	We all have special strengths and in the story we're about to hear, one character uses his talents to help another character meet her match.
0:36.0	I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Around, where story time happens all the time.
0:42.0	Today our story is called Camilleans Contest. Versions of this tale originally come from the Ebo people of Nigeria in West Africa.
0:54.0	Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this folktale, including John A. Kabuth and Jay Farrow.
1:01.0	Grownups, you can see John A. Kabuth and Issa Rae's new HBO Max show, Rap Stuff. Jay Farrow stars in the new Comedy Central film out of office.
1:11.0	The Saturday Night Live alum is currently on a comedy tour coming to a city near you. So Circle Around everyone. For Camilleans Contest.
1:23.0	Long, long ago, in the very beginning of things, the great spirit decided to create the earth and sky.
1:39.0	I shall create mountains and trees, rivers and oceans, the sun, the moon and stars.
1:49.0	And there, he created other spirits, gods and goddesses to watch over the things he had brought forth.
1:56.0	Earth Goddess, you shall watch over all the land.
2:01.0	It will be my honor, great spirit.
2:04.0	Sky God, you shall watch over all the heavens. It would be my privilege, great spirit.
2:13.0	And see goddess, you shall watch over all the waters.
2:20.0	Da, see goddess. See goddess.
2:25.0	Here I am, great spirit. You call?
2:28.0	Yes, see goddess. I was giving you your role as watcher of all the waters.
2:35.0	Oh, that would be amazing. The waters of this earth are so beautiful. And the oceans, they're filled with all these amazing shells, corals and pearls.
2:46.0	I can hardly wait to work them into my outfits. I'm thinking shells for my crowns, corals for my bracelets and necklaces.
2:53.0	And maybe a long, luxurious robe studied with pearls.
2:57.0	See goddess, as you can tell, was quite the fashionista, obsessed with clothing and jewelry and looking chic and stylish at all times.
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