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Do you know what it means to be humble? Being humble or practicing humility means you don't

go around thinking you're better than everyone else. You appreciate the smarts and skills

of others. In today's tale, we'll meet a character who learns the importance of humility,

even in the heat of competition. I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle round, where

story time happens all the time. Today our story is called The Weiser Advisor. Versions

of this tale come from Jewish and Persian folklore. Some really great people came together

to bring you our adaptation of this tale, including Elaine Hendrix from the CW reboot

of Dynasty, Devin McDowell from the feature film Annette and Mark Pellegrino from Showtime's

drama series American Rust.

Those who surround everyone. For The Weiser Advisor.

Long, long ago, back in earlier times, there lived a queen. The queen had no daughters

or sons, and her lack of children always tugged at her heart. But she did have a team

of chefs to cook her royal meals, a crew of tailors to sow her royal garments, a cadre

of cobblers to craft her royal shoes, and a group of advisors to make her royal decisions,

or to help make her royal decisions anyway. You see, the queen was a very wise woman.

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