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Have you ever heard the phrase, the perfect is the enemy of the good? What it means is if

you demand perfection, if you insist that something be flawless or faultless, then it decreases

your chances of getting a good result in the end. We're about to meet a king who learns

that lesson the hard way, but in his quest for perfection, he discovers something infinitely

more valuable. I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle round, where story time happens all

the time. Today our story is called the Looking Glass. Versions of this story come from Spain

and Portugal, neighboring countries in southern Europe. Some really great people came together

to bring you our adaptation of this tale, including Steve Colter, Mark Gagliardi, and Lynneady

Hennau. Steve Colter appears in the Disney Plus series She-Hulk and will star in two feature

films in early 2023, Shotgun Wedding, and we have a ghost. Mark Gagliardi can be seen in blood

and treasure on CBS and the Comedy Central series Drunk History. And Lynneady Hennau will

star in the title role of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bad Cinderella, opening on Broadway in March 2023.

So Circle round everyone for the Looking Glass.

There once was a king, a newly crowned king who had just inherited the throne from his father.

The king's father had been a beloved ruler who governed his subjects with fairness and honesty.

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