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The famous playwright and poet William Shakespeare once wrote, The Truth Will Out. What he

meant was, in most cases, in one way or another, the truth gets uncovered. And in today's

story, we'll catch up with a favorite circle round character who finds an ingenious way

to bring the truth to light. I'm Rebecca Schier and welcome to Circle round, where story time

happens all the time. Today our story is called The Lumps of Clay. This Indian tale features a

wise and witty character we've met in several other circle round episodes, Beer Ball. So

some really great people came together to bring you our story, including film, TV and Broadway

actor Malik Ponceoli, whom you kids may recognize from animated favorites like Phineas and

Furb and Sanjay and Craig. Malik's currently starring in two my girls at Second Stage Theatre

in New York. His second young adult novel The Keel Out Loud is out this October. So

circle round everyone for The Lumps of Clay. Long ago, there lived a mighty emperor. The

emperor's sprawling palace held treasures beyond compare diamonds and pearls, sapphires

and rubies, emeralds and amethyst. But the emperor's greatest treasure was his chief

advisor, a clever cunning man named Beer Ball. Beer Ball was legendary for the sly and

skillful waves he solved problems. And not just the emperor's problems. When everyday

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