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🗓️ 17 October 2017
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Noah Schnapp ("Stranger Things") stars in a story about a prince, a barber, and a secret that was impossible to keep.
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0:00.0 | Hi Circle Round fans! Rebecca Sheer here, inviting you to join us this August at Tanglewood, |
0:07.7 | the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lennox, Massachusetts. Our annual live |
0:12.9 | recording on Sunday August 13th is all sold out, but not to worry! You can join us on Tuesday, |
0:18.9 | August 8th, as part of Tanglewood on Parade, the BSO's annual Family Funday. Showtime |
0:25.0 | is at 2.30pm in Seiji, Ozawa Hall. General seating is available in the open air hall or on the |
0:30.6 | lawn. Kids get in free, but require a ticket. Get yours now by visiting wbwar.org slash Circle |
0:37.1 | Round and clicking on events. Have you ever been teased about something? We've all been there, |
0:45.9 | and we all know that being made fun of is no fun at all. In today's story, we'll meet a prince |
0:52.3 | who learned that lesson the hard way, thanks to the wind, some fairies, and a very humble barber. |
1:06.0 | I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. Today, |
1:11.9 | our story is called the Barbers Secret. You can find versions of this folk tale in many countries, |
1:17.8 | from India to Korea to Ireland. Some really great people came together to bring you this tale, |
1:26.2 | including Noah Schnapp, a terrific young actor some of you grown-ups may have seen on the Netflix |
1:31.8 | series Stranger Things. So Circle Round everyone for the Barbers Secret. |
1:37.7 | One upon a time, there lived a king and queen. The king and queen were deeply unhappy because |
1:53.7 | they wanted a child, but were unable to have one. Oh my queen, a bouncing baby would be such a |
2:01.8 | wonderful thing, and to have an air to our throne. Whatever will we do? I know not my king. |
2:09.5 | Perhaps we can ask the fairies in the forest. Maybe they'll know the answer. |
2:14.7 | The king and queen left the palace and wandered deep, deep into the woods. They walked past tall, |
2:21.0 | leafy trees and patches of wildflowers, past bushy-tailed squirrels and gracefully grazing deer. |
2:27.8 | At last, they reached the cave of the three fairies, the beautiful fairy, the intelligent fairy, |
2:34.5 | and the wise fairy. The king and queen got down on their knees and looked at the fairies with tears |
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