Shortie: The Leaky Bucket

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Is the bucket half empty or half full? This week's bonus episode comes from a Chinese folktale about the unexpected upside of imperfection.

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0:00.0	Is that a lion?
0:04.6	I think he's saying our fourth picture book, The Lion's Whiskour, hits shelves this spring.
0:12.4	And on Saturday, June 17th, we're throwing a party at WBUR's city space in Boston to celebrate
0:18.6	and you're invited.
0:20.5	Find more details and get your in-person or virtual tickets at WBUR.org slash circle
0:26.0	round.
0:30.0	Produced by the I-Lab at WBUR Boston.
0:40.0	Have you ever had a toy that broke, a book that lost its pages, a shirt or sock that got
0:48.6	a big old hole in it?
0:50.9	What are belongings get damaged or dinged up?
0:53.8	Sometimes we have to let them go.
0:56.1	Sometimes we can try and fix them.
0:58.4	And as we'll hear in today's bonus edition of Circle Round, sometimes if we use our
1:02.9	imaginations, we can find a way to reuse them all together.
1:16.3	I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.
1:21.0	Today our story is called The Leaky Bucket.
1:24.2	Because of this folk tale originally come from China.
1:30.0	Looking for extra fun while you listen?
1:32.1	Ask a grown-up to print out the coloring page that accompanies our tale.
1:35.8	They can find that coloring page along with coloring pages for all of our stories on our
1:40.0	website, www.wbUR.org slash circle round.
1:43.7	And now circle round everyone.
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