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Boston. Have you ever gotten angry?

It's natural to feel angry sometimes.

It can even be useful since our anger can tell us when things aren't fair or right.

What matters is what we do with our angry feelings so they don't get out of control. In today's story, we'll meet an animal who lets her anger get so out of control.

She turns things upside down. I'm Rebecca Shear and welcome to circle around.

I'm Rebecca Shear and welcome to circle round

where story time happens all the time.

Today our story is called The Upside Down Tree.

Versions of this tale come from parts of Africa.

Some really great people came together to bring you our story, including Alonzo Bowden.

Public radio fans, you'll recognize Alonzo asden. Public radio fans you'll recognize

Alonso as a regular panelist on Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me,

the weekly NPR News quiz.

He's also been the grand prize winner on NBC's last comic standing

and has his own comedy special heavy lightweight.

So circle around everyone for the upside down tree. The tree known as the baobab can be very old.

Some bayobabs have been around for over a thousand years.

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