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There's an old expression that says, go out on a limb.

That's where the fruit is.

In other words, if you want to find the true sweetness in life, sometimes you have to take a risk.

In today's story, our main character goes out on a limb to make her dream come true.

And the fruit she finds is sweeter than she ever imagined.

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

Today our story is called the first customer.

Versions of this tale come from the Philippines, an island country in Southeast Asia.

Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this story, including Stephanie Panicello,

who voices the audiobooks of Disney's and Conto.

She also plays Betty Ross in Marvel's What If on Disney Plus, Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil franchise,

and Bean in the animated series, Bada Bean.

So Circle Round everyone, for the first customer.

Ever since Issa was a little girl, she dreamed of running her own shop,

more specifically her own grocery, where customers could stop by and pick up everyday items like rice and beans,

sugar and flour, fruits, vegetables, soap.

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