'The Magic Cloth' | feat. Kelly Hu and Albert Tsai
Circle Round
WBUR
4.5 • 16.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2018
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Kelly Hu ("Dietland") and Albert Tsai ("Dr Ken," "9JKL") star in a Chinese folktale about a mother, her three sons, and a very special magic cloth.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Rebecca Sheer here. |
| 0:04.1 | Before we get to today's story, I'd like to invite you to join the Circle Round Club. |
| 0:09.9 | Memberships come in all shapes and sizes and include fun benefits like ad-free episodes, |
| 0:15.0 | bonus bedtime stories, behind the scenes videos, and a personalized birthday message from |
| 0:19.8 | me. |
| 0:20.8 | Learn more about the Circle Round Club and become a member at WBOR.org slash Circle Round Club. |
| 0:31.0 | Produced by the Island at WBOR Boston. |
| 0:39.0 | What's something you love to do on your own? |
| 0:43.0 | Read a book, draw a picture, listen to your favorite music. |
| 0:47.8 | When you're doing something you enjoy and you're by yourself, it can almost feel like |
| 0:52.3 | everyone and everything else disappears, you know? |
| 0:56.8 | Well, we're about to meet a woman who loved to weave, and she loved making this one particular |
| 1:03.1 | weaving so very much. |
| 1:05.7 | It disappeared. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. |
| 1:16.9 | Today our story is called the Magic Cloth. |
| 1:20.0 | It comes to us from China. |
| 1:21.8 | Some really great people came together to bring you this tale, including Kelly Hu and Albert |
| 1:26.3 | Si. |
| 1:27.3 | Grown-ups, you may recognize Kelly Hu from the AMC original drama series, Dietland. |
| 1:32.6 | And Albert Si stars on the ABC sitcom, Dr. Ken. |
| 1:36.4 | So Circle Round, everyone, for the Magic Cloth. |
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