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Think about the last time you heard a story.

Maybe it was a bedtime story you heard from a grownup.

Maybe it was a folktale you heard on this podcast.

In today's episode we'll hear a story about how the very first stories came to be.

I'm Rebecca Scher and welcome to Circle Round, where Story Time happens all the time.

Today our story is called She Tells Sea Shels.

Versions of this tale come from the Zulu people of South Africa.

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

including Tony Award nominee, Jekina Kalukongo.

Jekina has starred in many Broadway shows including the color purple and slave play.

And grownups you may know Jekina from Lovecraft Country on HBO, and the movies One Night in Miami,

and Robin Roberts presents Mehalia.

So Circle Round everyone, for She Tells Sea Shels.

Way, way back.

In the days when our only light came from the sun or the spark of a fire,

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