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.

Hi, I hope you've buckled your seatbelt because you are in for one spectacular ride. What

you're about to hear is a road trip where the episode we're calling playing by ear,

featuring a little over an hour of your favorite circle round stories about music.

Alright, start your engines. Let's go! Do you remember the last time you were surprised?

You expected one thing to happen, but then something else happened entirely. Life is full

of surprises, and while some of them can throw us for a loop, others can bring some really

great things, unexpectedly great things. And that's exactly what happens to the young woman

we'll meet in today's story. I would say more, but I don't want to give away the surprise.

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

Today our tale is called The Drum. People have been sharing versions of this folktale for a long,

long time in India. Some really great people came together to bring you this story,

including Shankar Vidanta. Grown-ups, you might recognize Shankar as the host of the fascinating

NPR show and podcast Hidden Brain. So Circle Round everyone for The Drum.

In a small village, a man named Kairav lived with his daughter, Ranali. Kairav worked for the

wealthier families in the village, cleaning their houses and grinding their grain. They gave him

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