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Hello! Welcome to Stories Podcast. I'm your host Amanda Weldon.

Today's episode is called Kitto and the Fox, an adaptation of a traditional fable written for you by Daniel Hines.

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Kitto and the Fox

Once upon a time, in a land of rolling green pastures and sprawling flower fields, there lived a great herd of sheep.

There were hundreds of them, each as happy and puffy as a cloud.

They spent their days wandering across the land, chomping down the thick green grass and playing in the flowers.

The shepherd was often away, but it didn't matter. The sheep were protected by two giant sheep dogs.

The dogs took their jobs very seriously and they spent their days circling the sheep, keeping them close and watching for threats in the distance.

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