Hi Circle round fans. Rebecca Sheer here, inviting you to join us this August at Tanglewood,

the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lennox, Massachusetts. Our annual live

recording on Sunday August 13th is all sold out, but not to worry! You can join us on Thursday

August 8th as part of Tanglewood on Parade, the BSO's annual Family Funday. Showtime is

at 2.30pm in Seiji, Ozawa Hall. General seating is available in the open air hall or on the

lawn. Kids get in free, but require a ticket. Get yours now by visiting wbwar.org slash circle

round and clicking on events.

Do you remember the last time someone shared with you? Perhaps a friend shared a toy or a

family member shared a book. Maybe a grown-up shared a funny joke. It felt good to be shared

with, right? And seeing how happy you were probably made that person feel good too.

Well, in today's story, we'll meet some people who don't know the first thing about sharing

until a young girl teaches them the lesson of a lifetime.

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

Today, our story is called Latch Key Stew. You'll hear versions of this tale in many countries

from France, Portugal and Sweden, to Russia and Jamaica. Some really great folks came together

to help bring you this folktale, including Journey Smolett Bell.

grown-ups, you may recognize her from the television shows Underground and Friday Night

Lights. And kids, you may know her from Sophia I on Disney Junior. So, circle around everyone!

For Latch Key Stew.

It had been a long, hard winter on the small farm where Rachel lived with her mother.

And after so many months of snow and cold, they both were very tired and very hungry.

What little grain they had, they fed to their cows, who provided a bit of milk and to their

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