Season's creating circle round fans. To celebrate the season of giving, we hope you'll consider

giving to WBUR, the NPR station that makes circle round possible. When you make a contribution

to WBUR, we'll give you a thank you gift of your choice, like the adorable new lion stuffed

animal, as well as our picture books, tote bags, t-shirts, water bottles, we've even designed

some special holiday gift bundles for the circle round fans in your life. Grown-ups head

to WBUR.org slash circle round and click circle round swag. Thank you and happy holidays!

WBUR Podcasts Boston

Hi, Rebecca Sheer here. Here at Circle Round, we're taking time off as we gear up for all

sorts of cool things. We're preparing a super fun sixth season of

folktales from around the world. We're releasing the first to two circle round picture books

and we're going on a book tour. To learn more about how to get your circle round books

and how to see us live, visit our website, www.wbUR.org slash circle round. So, with so much

going on, today we're bringing you a special encore edition from the Circle Round Archives.

A really great story you may have missed the first time around. We'll be back with a brand

new episode soon. In the meantime, enjoy!

Think about a time you did something nice for someone. Maybe you shared a kind word,

or you held the door open for a stranger. We're about to meet some characters who think

that helping others will be a burden and weigh them down. But little do they know, lending

a hand could actually give them wings.

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

Today our story is called a Wind Catcher. Versions of this folktale come from the

Marshall Islands. A country made up of thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean. So, really

...