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Can you remember any advice you've received? If so, were you able to follow these words of wisdom?

We're about to meet a character who receives excellent advice from someone she admires. She

just has to figure out how and when to use it. I'm Rebecca Schier and welcome to Circle

Round, where story time happens all the time. Today our story is called the Golden Advice.

You'll find variations of this tale from many places around the world, including India, Italy,

Greece, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Jamaica. You'll also hear versions from the Jewish tradition.

Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this folktale,

including Kate Siegel from Midnight Mass on Netflix, the Time Traveler's wife on HBO,

and the upcoming Netflix series Fall of the House of Usher. So Circle Round everyone,

for the Golden Advice.

Way out in the countryside, between a winding blue river and a shimmering blue lake,

a farmer named Orla lived with her pet parrot Scout, a talkative brightly colored bird who,

more often than not, could be found comfortably perched on Orla's shoulder. Orla worked hard

growing vegetables and selling them at the market in the nearest town. Yet somehow,

each year her cottage grew draft year, her clothing grew shabbyer, her pantry grew emptier,

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