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Hi, we're back a cheer here. As you're listening right now, the circle round team is hard at

work producing even more exciting folktales for the podcast's fifth season. So this week,

as we observe Indigenous peoples day across the United States, we're bringing you a favorite

episode from Circle Round's second season, a tale from the allotic people of Alaska. We'll

stick around with a brand new episode next week. Until then, enjoy!

Have you ever looked up at the night sky, seen the moon, and sworn you could make out

a face? Lots of people talk about the man in the moon, but in today's story, we'll meet

the woman behind that shimmering glow. I'm Rebecca Scher and welcome to Circle Round,

where story time happens all the time. Today, our story is called The Woman in the Moon.

It comes to us from the allotic people of Alaska. Some really great people came together

to bring you our telling of the folktale, including Irene Bedard. Kids you may know Irene

as the voice of the title character in the Disney animated film, Hoka Hantes. She reprised

the role and Ralph breaks the internet. So Circle Round everyone for the woman in the

moon. Long ago, on a lush green island surrounded by clear blue water, there lived a young

woman. She and her family made their home in a small fishing village on the edge of

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