Encore: The Very Busy Fairies

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this zany Celtic tale from the archives, when fairies come to help Parker Bates (This Is Us) with his chores, he discovers the spirited creatures are far more trouble than they're worth.

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0:00.0	Season's creating circle round fans. To celebrate the season of giving, we hope you'll consider
0:08.1	giving to WBUR, the NPR station that makes circle round possible. When you make a contribution
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0:25.3	some special holiday gift bundles for the circle round fans in your life. Grown-ups head
0:30.4	to www.org-circle-round and click circle-round swag. Thank you and happy holidays!
0:36.8	Produced by the iLab at WBUR Boston.
0:55.8	Hi, Rebecca Sheer here. As you listen right now, the circle round team is gearing up for
1:00.8	our first live show in two years. This weekend we're recording three circle round episodes
1:07.7	live on stage at Tinglewood Music Center in Linux, Massachusetts. The show is all sold
1:13.1	out, but don't worry. We're already planning more live shows in and around Boston, home
1:17.2	of our favorite NPR station, WBUR, and we promise we'll keep you posted. In the meantime,
1:23.2	today we're bringing you an encore edition of Circle Around. A really fun, really zany story
1:27.8	you might have missed the first time around. We'll be back next week with the first of
1:31.6	our three Tinglewood episodes featuring an all-star cast and members of the Boston Symphony
1:36.0	Orchestra. So stay tuned!
1:47.6	Think about a time you helped out around the house or the apartment, wherever you call
1:52.7	home. Did you set the table? Make the bed? Put away your books and toys. We're about
1:59.6	to meet a boy who's not big on doing chores around the house until his house is turned
2:05.4	upside down.
2:14.2	I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Around. For story time, happens all the time. Today
2:19.8	our story is called the very busy fairies. Versions of this tale come from Ireland and Scotland
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