Encore: The Princess and the Egg

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this enchanting tale from the archives, Amber Stevens West (Happy Together, Run the World) stars as a globe-trotting princess who works hard to keep her promises.

This episode was originally released on October 23, 2018.

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0:00.0	Produced by the iLab at WBUR Boston.
0:07.0	Hi, Rebecca Sheer here.
0:13.5	Here at Circle Round, we're taking a few weeks off for the summer, as we get ready to present
0:17.5	our fifth season of folktales from around the world.
0:21.0	So today, we're bringing you a special encore edition from the Circle Round Archives.
0:25.2	A really fun story you may have missed the first time around.
0:28.8	We'll be back with a brand new episode soon.
0:31.5	In the meantime, enjoy!
0:38.9	When's the last time you made a promise?
0:42.5	Maybe you gave your word that you'd help wash the dinner dishes?
0:45.8	Or you borrowed a friend's book, and assured her you'd return it by the end of the week.
0:50.6	When we make promises, we're giving the message that we will do what we say.
0:55.3	And today's story will meet a princess who makes a promise, but when she tries keeping
0:59.8	that promise, she's thrown for a real loop.
1:06.6	I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.
1:12.4	Today, our tale is called The Princess and the Egg.
1:16.6	You'll hear versions of this story in many places, from Portugal and Denmark in Europe,
1:22.3	to the Mediterranean world and Middle East, to the island nation of Haiti.
1:27.2	Some really great people came together to bring you our telling of this folktale, including
1:31.2	Amber Stevens West.
1:33.4	grownups you might know Amber from the new comedy Happy Together on CBS.
1:38.1	So Circle Round everyone, for the Princess and the Egg.
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