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I've ever heard the phrase, live by your wits. If you live by your wits, then you're surviving,

you're getting by, by using your cleverness, you're cunning. We're about to meet a character

who doesn't just live by his wits. He uses them to outwit a not very nice guy.

I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Around. Where story time happens all the time.

Today, our story is called of Beans and Bunnies. Versions of this tale come from much of the Spanish

speaking world, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain. Some really great

people came together to bring you our adaptation of this folktale, including a friend Ramirez,

whom you grown-ups may recognize from Napoleon Dynamite,

a friend stars in the animated adventure film Lightyear coming out this summer.

So Circle Around Everyone, Four of Beans and Bunnies.

Long, long ago, if you lived in a certain small town in a certain faraway land

and you ran into money trouble, you needed cash to buy food, say, or pay a bill.

Then you would go to the town banker to ask for a loan.

Please, sir, my crop didn't do well this season, and my family is hungry.

May I borrow some gold coins?

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