Hi Circle round fans. Rebecca Sheer here, inviting you to join us this August at

Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lennox,

Massachusetts. Our annual live recording on Sunday August 13th is all sold out,

but not to worry. You can join us on Thursday August 8th as part of Tanglewood on

Parade, the BSO's annual Family Funday. Showtime is at 2.30 p.m. in Sageozao Hall.

General seating is available in the open air hall or on the lawn.

Kids get in free, but require a ticket. Get yours now by visiting wbor.org slash circle round

and clicking on events. Have you ever heard the expression honesty is the best policy?

Why do you think it's important to tell the truth? Well, in today's story we'll meet a mischievous

man who tells one too many falsehoods to a queen and he gets himself into a royal mess.

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

Today our story is called the Shepherds' Disguise. It comes to us from Germany, a country in Europe.

The Jewish community there was sharing this tale as many as 600 years ago.

Some really great people came together to help bring you this folktale, including Tony Hale,

whom you grown up, smear recognized from the award-winning HBO series Feep and the comedic sitcom

Arrested Development. So, Circle round everyone for the Shepherds' Disguise.

It's not easy being a queen. You have decrees to make, staff to hire, events to plan.

That's why you might bring on a special team of royal advisors.

Wise people who help you make wise decisions. But, once upon a time, there was a queen who had

an advisor who was anything but wise. His name was Lemel. In truth, no one had any idea how Lemel

had gotten his very important job. It seemed that all he did each day was loaf around the palace,

wandering the great halls and lounging on velvet chairs. Yet the truth is, that's not all,

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