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Has anyone ever told you not to lose heart?

Loosing heart means you no longer believe you can accomplish something.

You've run out of hope, and you're ready to give up.

We're about to meet a character who never loses heart, even when he goes on an adventure

to find it.

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

Today our story is called Heart and Stone.

You'll hear versions of this tale throughout Western Asia, North Africa, and Europe, especially

in the Scandinavian country of Norway.

Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this story, including

Joshua Johnson, host of the NBC News program now tonight with Joshua Johnson.

You news junkies may also know Joshua from the week with Joshua Johnson on MSNBC, as

well as 1A on NPR.

So Circle Round, everyone, for heart and stone.

Jonas lived on a farm with his two sisters, Violet and Vera.

The siblings worked hard if they were always struggling to make ends meet, so after years

of scrimping and scraping, Violet and Vera sat Jonas down to make an announcement.

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