The Governor’s Puzzle feat. Tiffany Espensen

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Tiffany Espensen (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Kirby Buckets) stars in this Chinese folktale about thinking outside the box and inside the boat.

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0:46.0	Think about a time you encountered a problem.
0:49.5	How did you try and solve it?
0:51.7	Sometimes to solve a problem we have to get creative and try new things, right?
0:57.0	We have to think outside the box.
0:59.6	Or as we'll hear in today's story, we have to think inside the boat.
1:06.7	I'm Rebecca Scher and welcome to Circle Round, where Storytime happens all the time.
1:18.7	Today our story is called the Governor's Puzzle.
1:22.2	Versions of this tale come from China in East Asia.
1:26.7	Some really great people came together to bring you our telling of this tale, including Tiffany
1:31.2	Espinson, whom you may know from shows like Kirby Buckets and Bucket and Skinner, as well
1:36.7	as the feature film Spider-Man Homecoming.
1:40.4	We know Circle Round everyone for the Governor's Puzzle.
1:53.4	Once upon a time in the northern part of China, there lived a powerful Governor.
2:00.1	Legend has it that nearly 2,000 years ago, this Governor in the northern part of China
2:05.6	received a most curious gift from a ruler in the southern part of China.
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