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Ever heard of somebody getting their just desserts?

You might think that getting your just desserts has something to do with cookies or ice cream or pie, but no.

When you get your just desserts, it means you get what you deserve for your actions.

We're about to meet two characters who get their just desserts and lucky for one of them, those desserts are very sweet, indeed.

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

Today our story is called The Falling Sparrow.

You'll hear versions of this tale across East Asia and China, Japan, Korea and Tibet.

Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this folktale, including two of my fellow children's podcast hosts, Molly Blu and Jane Lindholm.

Kids you might know Molly from the American Public Media Podcasts, Brains on and Smash Boom Best, and you'll recognize Jane from But Why.

A podcast for curious kids from Vermont Public Radio.

So Circle Round everyone, for The Falling Sparrow.

Chloe and Zoe were twin sisters, but even though they looked very much alike, the two were very different.

Chloe lived in the grandest house in town and had more money and riches than she knew what to do with.

Zoe lived in a tumbledown cottage in the country and didn't have much more than the clothing on her back.

Zoe struggled to get by, but she knew better than to ask Chloe for help, because every time she worked up the courage to walk all the way to town and knock on her twin sisters' gold plated door, the answer was always the same.

Zoe, I won't share anything with anyone.

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