Calling all circle round fans, we're starting something brand new.

A club for listeners like you.

You can now join the Circle Round Club and enjoy a bunch of new, fun and exciting ways to circle around with us.

Club memberships come in all shapes and sizes.

You can find the one that's right for you and your family at wbur.org slash Circle Round Club.

Think about a time you heard a good story, a gripping tale that kept you riveted from start to finish.

Maybe it was a bedtime story a grown-up told you.

Maybe it was a folktale you heard here on Circle Round.

Stories have the power to capture our attention and our imagination.

And we're about to hear not one, but many stories, each of them created by Circle Round listeners like you.

Welcome to Circle Round. I'm the host, Connor Mill.

I'm J. B. R. K.

I'm from Park, Johanna Z.

And I'm Rebecca Sheer. And those are just a few of my guest hosts on today's special fan edition of Circle Round.

At the start of the summer, we asked you to tell your own story in the Circle Round style, then send it to us.

Well, a bunch of you heated the call.

And today you'll hear some of the stories we received from near and far.

Just like the folktales you hear on Circle Round, these stories take place at a certain time.

Once upon a time. One day. One ago. Once upon a time. Once upon a time.

In a certain location. There was a village. Far, far away. In a cozy house.

And their subject matter runs the gamut from termites to talking hamburgers.

Dragons to droughts. Crabbs to kings. Some of the stories have been edited for time.

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