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Think about the last time you were a guest. When someone invites us to be their guest,

we should be gracious, courteous and kind, right? But in today's story, we'll meet a

guest who takes things in a whole other direction. I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle

Round, where story time happens all the time. Today our story is called, Orcupines Plan.

Versions of this folk tale come from tribes who originally lived in Siberia, a vast region

covering much of northern Asia. Some really great people came together to bring you our

adaptation of this tale, including Jacob Laval. From the HBO Max film, 8-bit Christmas,

the HBO drama series, The Plot Against America, and the Netflix special, John Malini and the

Sack Lunch Bunch.

So circle round everyone, for Orcupines Plan.

Long ago, in the earliest days of the world's existence, there were two supernatural siblings,

Earth King and Sky Queen. Earth King lived, you guessed it, on the earth. He made his home

within a grand mountain, deep inside a dark and gloomy cave. As for his sister, Sky Queen,

she lived, you guessed it again, in the sky. She made her home in a splendid palace above

the clouds, where she kept her two most prized possessions, the sun and the moon. By day,

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