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Think about a time someone showed you generosity. Maybe a friend let you borrow a favorite toy,

or a family member gave you a gift, and it wasn't even your birthday. We're about to

meet a character who shows a whole lot of generosity, but he shows it to no one but himself.

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

our story is called Pulling Strings. Versions of this story originally come from the Ashanti

people of Ghana, and features a popular trickster we've met in past circle round stories, a non-sea.

Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this tale,

including Bashir Salahuddin, a comedian, writer and actor you Grown-ups may recognize from

Seth's side on HBO Max. He's currently starring in the blockbuster film Top Gun Maverick.

So circle round everyone. For Pulling Strings.

There once was a time when a non-sea the spider was as round as a balloon.

Unlike the spiders we see today with their teeny tiny little wastes, a non-sea's body was plump

and full. This is the story of how everything changed and not just for a non-sea, but for all the

spiders who came after him. It began one day in the forest when a non-sea woke up bright and early,

and hungry.

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