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What's the sweetest thing you can think of?

A ripe mango perhaps and ui-gui brownie?

Today's story is all about sweetness, but not a sweet thing, a sweet person.

And the very sour person who tries to bring him down.

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

Today our story is called Sweet and Sour.

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

Some really great folks came together to bring you our adaptation of this folktale, including Avynash and Marshall Eskambia.

Grown ups you might recognize Avynash from AMC's hit series The Walking Dead.

And kids you might know Marshall Eskambia as the co-host of the science podcast, Tumble.

So Circle Round everyone, for sweet and sour.

It was the middle of a long hot summer when mother called her two sons to her side.

My boys, please go to the forest and see if you can find any wild apples or plums.

Those poor trees haven't seen rain in quite a while.

But if their branches are bearing even a handful of luscious, juicy fruit,

think how refreshing it will taste in this blistering heat.

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