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Have you ever given up something you value so that someone else can benefit?

It's what we call a sacrifice.

Sometimes we make sacrifices to benefit people we know, like letting a friend step ahead of us in line. Sometimes we make sacrifices to benefit people we know, like letting a friend step ahead of us in line.

Sometimes we make sacrifices to benefit people we don't know, like donating our possessions or free time to a charity.

We're about to meet a character who makes her own sacrifice.

And when she does, she truly heats things up.

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

Today our story is called The Flame Keeper.

It was inspired by tales from the Weechel people,

an indigenous group from Mexico,

the southernmost country in North America.

Some really great people came together

to bring you our version of this folktale,

including Cameron Jones and Joy Ofodoo.

Grownups, you may recognize Cameron Jones from Panic on Prime Video and the Showtime series,

Shameless.

Joy Ofodu is a comedian, voice actor, and host of the podcast, Dating Unsettled.

She'll make her directorial debut with her new film, Heart of Sunshine.

So, circle around, everyone.

For the Flamekeeper.

Long, long ago, in earlier times, all the fire on earth was kept locked away by a mysterious man known as the flamekeeper.

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