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Has there ever been a time when a friend or family member wouldn't share with you? Maybe

they wouldn't let you play with a new toy, or they wouldn't give you a turn during a

game. Think about how it made you feel. Not so good, right? Well, we're about to meet

a character who feels exactly like you did, until he takes matters into his own hands.

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

Today our story is called The Patched Up Coat. Versions of this tale come from Russia,

the largest country in the world. Some really great people came together to bring you

our adaptation of this folktale, including Peter Segal, post of NPR's weekly news quiz

Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. So circle round everyone, for The Patched Up Coat.

At the edge of a small town, at the top of a steep hill, there lived a man and woman.

The man and woman on the hill weren't especially rich, and they weren't especially poor. They

weren't especially tall, and they weren't especially short. What they were, however, was

especially selfish. If a neighbor was baking a cake and came up the hill to borrow a cup

of sugar, the man and woman might respond like this. Oh, you can borrow a cup of sugar

alright. Provided you give us the cake when it's done. If a farmer's wagon broke down

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