Lazy Jack and the Leprechaun feat. A.J. Buckley, Euan Morton

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

A.J. Buckley (SEAL Team) and Euan Morton (Hamilton) headline this Irish tale about a lazy fellow who wants to get rich quick, and the conniving leprechaun who has a big trick up his tiny sleeve.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Sheer here.
0:04.1	Before we get to today's story, I'd like to invite you to join the Circle Round Club.
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0:30.0	Produced by the I-Lab at WBOR Boston.
0:40.6	When's the last time you worked hard on something?
0:44.8	Maybe you spent all morning making breakfast in bed for a grown-up.
0:48.3	You practiced and practiced to get all the way across the monkey bars, or you learned how
0:53.4	to tie your own shoes.
0:56.0	And today's story will meet a fellow who's not a fan of hard work at all, until he meets
1:02.3	a magical creature who helps him sing a different tune.
1:06.6	I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.
1:17.8	Today our story is called Lazy Jack and the Leprechaun.
1:22.9	Thousands of this tale come from Ireland, an island nation on the westernmost edge of Europe.
1:30.8	Some really great people came together to bring you our telling of this folktale, including
1:35.0	AJ Buckley and UN Morton.
1:38.3	grown-ups you might recognize AJ Buckley from SEAL team on CBS.
1:42.9	And theater lovers, UN Morton is playing King George in the Broadway production of Hamilton.
1:49.2	Go Circle Round everyone for Lazy Jack and the Leprechaun.
2:04.2	Some time ago on a small farm in Ireland, there lived a young man named Jack.
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