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Have you ever heard of the four cardinal directions?

The four cardinal directions are the main points of a compass.

So north, south, east, and any guesses?

That's right, west!

But did you know that each cardinal direction has its own wind?

Yep, the north wind comes from the north, the south wind comes from the south, and so on.

In today's story, we'll get to meet all four of these winds.

And what happens next may very well blow you over.

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

Today our story is called The Four Winds.

It's inspired by a tale from the Lakota, the largest band of the Sue Nation in North America.

Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this tale, including Kimberly Guerrero,

whose voice you kids may recognize from spirit rangers on Netflix.

You grown-ups may know Kimberly from reservation dogs on FX, Rutherford Falls on Peacock, and the English on Amazon Prime.

So Circle Round, everyone, for The Four Winds.

The Four Winds

Long, long ago, in a land of shimmering lakes, rolling hills and grassy plains,

there lived a fox.

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