Encore: The Nine Sticks

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Maulik Pancholy (Phineas and Ferb; Mira, Royal Detective) and Nikesh Patel (Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Devil’s Hour) headline this Indian story that asks what's more precious: glittering jewels, or good friends?

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0:00.0	Great news circle round fans, tickets are still available for our 2024 live tour.
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0:16.6	slash Circle Round.
0:17.6	W-B-U-R Podcasts,
0:21.3	Boston. Boston.
0:24.0	Hi, Rebecca Sheer here.
0:30.0	The New Year is upon us, and our team is hard at work producing a bunch more
0:36.0	episodes for you to enjoy in 2024. So this week we're presenting a favorite circle round
0:42.0	episode from the Archives. We'll be back
0:44.4	with a brand new episode next week. Till then we wish you and yours a happy healthy
0:49.0	new year filled with smiles and stories. lots and lots of stories.
0:55.2	Enjoy.
0:57.6	Have you ever helped someone solve a problem?
1:00.8	Maybe you helped a friend with homework, or you helped a family member find something they'd lost.
1:07.0	In today's story, we'll meet a man who is famous for helping others, and he does so in a most dazzling way.
1:15.0	I'm Rebecca Shear and welcome to Circle Round
1:21.0	where story time happens all the time. Today our story is called
1:24.9	The Nine Sticks. Versions of this tale come from the South Asian country of
1:29.7	India where it's one of many legends featuring Beerball, a wise advisor to an emperor long ago.
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