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Have you ever known someone who liked to brag, boast, show-off?

In today's story, we'll encounter two bragging, boasting show-offs,

and the sly fox who decides to teach them a lesson.

I'm Rebecca Shear, and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. Today, our story is called

Swift Fox and the Coyote Twins. Versions of this tale have been told in Mexico, Central Asia and

Siberia, and among indigenous peoples from the southern plains of the modern day United States.

Some really great people came together to bring you our story, including Sterling

K. Brown, Mandy Moore, and Chris Sullivan.

Co-stars on the NBC show This Is Us and co-hosts of the rewatch podcast, This Was

Us.

So circle around, everyone.

For Swift Fox and the Coyote Twins.

Long, long ago, the fastest and speediest animals around were the coyote twins.

Is she talking about us?

What other twins would she be talking about, Tweedledee and Tweedledum?

Who?

Search me. It's in the script. I'm just reading my lines.

Okay, so the coyote twins weren't quite the sharpest thorns

on the prickly pear.

Mmm, prickly pair.

Oh, so juicy.

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