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Circle Round

'Dollars and Scents' | feat. Derek Klena and Max Casella

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.414.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Our noses can detect nearly a trillion different scents. When the main character in our story smells just a handful of them he winds up in quite a mess! Derek Klena ("Anastasia," "Wicked,") and Max Casella ("The Lion King," "Music Man") co-star in this global folktale.

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0:00.0

I'm Rebecca Sheer here.

0:04.1

Before we get to today's story, I'd like to invite you to join the Circle Round Club.

0:09.9

Memberships come in all shapes and sizes and include fun benefits like ad-free episodes,

0:15.0

bonus bedtime stories, behind the scenes videos, and a personalized birthday message from

0:19.8

me.

0:20.8

Learn more about the Circle Round Club and become a member at WBOR.org slash Circle Round Club.

0:31.0

Produced by the iLap at WBOR Boston.

0:40.0

Wherever you are right now, I want you to take a deep breath in through your nose.

0:46.8

Did you do it?

0:47.8

Okay, if so, when you inhaled, what did you smell?

0:53.3

Dinner simmering on the stove, maybe?

0:55.6

Soap left over from your bath?

0:57.9

Our noses can detect nearly a trillion different scents, and when the main character in our

1:03.0

story smells just a handful of them, he winds up in quite a mess.

1:15.8

I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.

1:21.1

Today our tale is called Dollars and Sents, that's Sents as in S-C-E-N-T-S.

1:28.8

People have been sharing versions of this story all over the world, from parts of West

1:32.3

Africa and the Middle East, to China and Japan, Burma and Cambodia, and France and Peru.

1:40.5

Some really great people came together to bring you our tale, including Derek, Cleana,

1:45.1

and Max Kasella.

1:46.9

Both actors have dazzled audiences on Broadway.

1:50.7

Grown-ups, you may also recognize Max Kasella from TV shows like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,

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