Hey, Circle Round fans, our Circle Round live tour continues with live recordings in North Carolina, Massachusetts, and California.

Join us in Charlotte on November 22nd, Los Angeles on January 18th, and Boston on February 7th.

And remember, after each show, Circle Round Club members can meet Eric Shimalones and me, Rebecca Shear.

Get your tickets and join the club at WBUR.org slash Circle Round.

WBUR Podcasts, Boston.

Ever heard the saying, beauty is skin deep?

It means that how we look on the outside isn't as important as what we're like on the inside.

In today's story, this idea of beauty being skin deep is put to the test.

But instead of skin, it's feathers.

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

Today, our story is called Little Peacock's plumage.

Versions of this tale come from the East Asian country of China.

Some really great people came together to bring you our story, including Alfred Singh,

whom you grown-ups may know from The Book of Boba Fett on Disney Plus and Silicon Valley on HBO.

Alfred appears in the new film, Train Dreams, in theaters now and coming to Netflix on November 21st.

So circle around, everyone, for little peacock's plumage.

The peacock fairy was a mystical, supernatural being, with the head and arms of a human

and the slender, iridescent body of a peacock. The peacock fairy knew all sorts of magic, and she could

use her powers to conjure up nearly anything.

The peacocks of the world admired her greatly and longed to learn her spells.

So you can imagine their excitement when, one day, many moons ago, the peacock fairy called

all of them to the foot of a shimmering waterfall and made an announcement.

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