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Think about one of your strengths. Do you have an ear for music, a flair for telling jokes?

Perhaps you have a special talent for writing or sports or baking the most delicious cookies ever. We all have special

strengths. And as we'll hear in today's story, sometimes they come in handy in the most unexpected

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

Today, our story is called Moshup and the Shark.

It comes from the Wampanog, an indigenous tribe in North America,

who have inhabited present-day Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island for more than 12,000 years.

Some really great people came together

to bring you our version of this folktale,

including Roman Zaragoza,

who stars in the CBS hit comedy series, ghosts.

So circle around everyone.

For Mushup and the shark.

Way, way back in time. There lived a kind and helpful giant named Moshup.

Moshup made his home in the crystal clear waters of a sparkling bay,

and he cared for the people who lived by the bay,

showing them how to use the earth's gifts to make what they needed.

My dear people, see how you can cut and sew deer skin to make clothing, how you can hollow out

trees to make canoes, you can build houses from saplings and bark, vines, and reeds, and you can use stones and wood sticks to make

fish traps so you can catch and eat fish from the bay.

Mashup was all about helping the people, but Mashab had a twin brother who was all about

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