Counting Crocodiles feat. Tiya Sircar

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this playful tale from Indonesia and Malaysia, Tiya Sircar (Star Wars Rebels, The Good Place) plays a cunning mouse deer who teaches a cantankerous crocodile a lesson.

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0:46.1	If one of your friends was in trouble, how far would you go to help them?
0:51.7	We're about to meet a character who goes to great lengths to help her friends.
0:56.0	Not only does she go above and beyond, she goes over her enemy's heads.
1:04.4	I'm Rebecca Schier and welcome to Circle Round, where Storytime happens all the time.
1:10.0	Today our story is called Counting Crocodiles.
1:13.8	Our version comes from tales told in the southeast Asian countries of Indonesia and Malaysia.
1:18.9	You'll also hear variations from Japan.
1:23.3	Some really great people came together to bring you our story, including Tia Sircar, whose
1:28.0	voice appears in multiple Star Wars projects, including Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Forces
1:33.9	of Destiny, and Disney Infinity 3.0.
1:37.3	You grown ups might also know Tia from the good place on NBC.
1:42.4	So Circle Round everyone, for Counting Crocodiles.
1:50.0	In Indonesia and Malaysia, the word Conshil has two meanings, clever person and mouse deer.
2:00.3	In the story you're about to hear, you'll find out why.
2:03.7	But first, what exactly is a mouse deer?
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