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Circle Round

The Polka-Dotted Pigeon

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.414.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Adam Goldberg (The Equalizer) stars in this Portuguese tale about ambitions, imposters, and making the feathers fly!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before we start our story, we invite you to join the Circle Round Club.

0:04.8

As a member, you can get ad-free episodes, bonus bedtime stories, early access to Circle

0:10.0

Round events, and a personalized birthday message from me Rebecca Shear.

0:14.4

Join now and support the Public Radio Podcast You Love at WB.org

0:18.5

slash Circle Round Club.

0:21.0

WB podcasts Boston.

0:27.0

Have you ever experienced envy that

0:35.0

that someone else has.

0:37.0

Maybe you envied a friend for a really cool toy they were playing with,

0:41.0

or you envied the other team when they won the kickball game. playing with

0:43.3

or you envied the other team when they won the kickball game.

0:44.2

It's natural to feel green with envy as the expression goes.

0:48.4

But in today's story, we'll meet a character who isn't exactly green with envy.

0:54.0

He's polka dotted.

0:56.0

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

1:07.0

Today our story is called The Pocodotted Pigeon.

1:11.0

We found versions of this tale from the southern European country of Portugal.

1:17.0

Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this folk tale, including Adam Goldberg, whom you

1:24.8

grown-ups may recognize from the Equalizer on CBS. So circle around everyone for

1:30.9

the Pocah dotted pigeon.

1:33.0

On a tall rooftop in a bustling city there was a coop of pigeons. The pigeons were

1:49.6

owned by a man who rented the birds out as couriers. A courier is like a messenger and

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