Encore: Friends in High Places

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Mario Cantone (And Just Like That, Surf's Up) and Denise Crosby (Star Trek: The Next Generation) star in this folktale about how the giraffe got its long neck, and how the rhino got an unexpected ally!

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0:00.0	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:04.1	Before we get to today's story, if you're a circle round super fan, then you know we've got some exciting events coming up, including our live show on May 31st, 2025 at the WBUR Festival, the 75th birthday celebration of WBUR, Boston's NPR.
0:29.9	Select tickets remain, so get yours at WBUR.org slash Circle Round. And while you do that, please enjoy this encore edition of Circle Round.
0:38.9	A really fun story you may have missed the first time around.
0:42.3	We'll be back with a new tale next week.
0:51.5	Think about someone you consider a good friend.
0:55.7	If this person were in trouble, how far would you go to help them out?
1:00.8	We're about to meet a character who goes to great lengths to help her friends.
1:05.1	Quite literally.
1:18.7	I'm Rebecca Shear, and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.
1:22.7	Today our story is called Friends in High Places.
1:26.0	It was inspired by tales told in Eastern and Southern Africa.
1:34.4	Some really great people came together to bring you our folktale, including Denise Crosby and Mario Cantoen. Denise Crosby has starred in such television shows as Ray Donovan,
1:39.6	Suits, and Star Trek The Next Generation. Mario Mario Canton most recently starred in,
1:44.5	and just like that,
1:45.9	you kids may recognize Mario's voice
1:47.6	from the animated film Surf's Up.
1:50.2	So circle around, everyone.
1:51.9	For Friends in High Places.
1:53.9	Music In another time, long, long ago, there came a summer when the rain ceased to fall.
2:14.8	A horrible drought spread across the land, withering the grasses, shriveling the bushes,
2:20.3	and drying up the water holes one by one by one. This other time, long, long ago, was well
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