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Circle Round

The Little Blue Pebble feat. Bret Shuford & Stephen Hanna

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.414.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this magical story with roots all over the world, Broadway performers Bret Shuford and Stephen Hanna (Broadway Husbands) play farmers who receive a little magic that leads to big transformations!

Transcript

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0:00.0

WBWR Podcasts Boston.

0:08.5

Have you ever found yourself in a tough situation? If so, were you tempted to take the easy

0:14.5

way out? As we'll hear in today's story, when we take shortcuts in life, very often

0:20.3

they lead far from where we think they will.

0:23.3

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

0:35.1

Today our story is called The Little Blue Pebble. You'll find versions of this tale from a

0:40.3

great number of countries across the world, including Mexico and Argentina, India and

0:45.8

the Philippines, Kenya and Russia, Serbia and Yugoslavia, plus France and Denmark, Germany

0:52.3

and Italy. So really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this

0:57.3

folktale, including Broadway performers, lifestyle bloggers, educators and new dads, Brett

1:03.5

Schuferd and Stephen Hanna, the dynamic duo behind Broadway husbands. So Circle Around

1:10.0

and everyone, for The Little Blue Pebble. Axel and Otto were farmers who lived way out in the

1:25.8

country side. On a plot of land beside their small cottage, they grew potatoes, carrots

1:31.5

and corn. Their chocolate-colored workhorse, brown eyes, helped them plow and plant and

1:37.2

cart their crops to the market. Axel and Otto worked their tails off, sun rise to sunset,

1:44.2

but a summer turned to fall. They began to worry about the long bleak winter ahead.

1:51.2

Otto, the snow will be falling any day now. Money's tight and with our drafty cottage and

1:57.9

threadbare clothing, I don't know how we'll make it through the season. I know what you

2:02.4

mean, Axel. And that's why I've been thinking. We ought to sell brown eyes. Sell brown

2:08.8

eyes, but she is our one and only horse, and she helps with so much work on the farm. I

2:14.5

know, I know, and I love her every bit as much as you do. But what other choice do we have,

2:20.2

Axel? We need money fast, and selling brown eyes is the only way.

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