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Have you ever thought about the difference between a want and a need?

Wants are things that might be nice to have, fun even, but we can survive without them.

Things like toys or ice cream.

Needs are things that we must have in order to stay healthy and safe.

Things like warmth, shelter, and food.

In today's story, we'll meet a character who can't tell the difference between wants and needs

until he learns a high-flying lesson about them both.

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

Today, our story is called The Big Green Bag.

We found versions of this tale from the British Isles off the northwest coast of Europe, as well as Romania in southeastern Europe.

Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this folktale, including Tim Bagley and Rebecca Mayter.

Grownups, you may know Tim Bagley from his starring roles in Somebody Somewhere and Hacks,

and Rebecca Mader from her starring roles in Once Upon a Time and Lost.

So, circle around, everyone, for the Big Green Bag. big green bag.

Long, long ago, there was a man, a very wealthy man who lived in a very swanky house,

with a spacious swimming pool out back and a soaring fountain out front. To each side was a manicured garden, full of exotic plants, sculpted hedges, and

priceless statues. So, given everything the man had, you would think he'd be satisfied, right?

Content with his swanky lot in life?

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