'The Woman Who Lived In A Vinegar Bottle' | feat. Sela Ward

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2017

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Sela Ward ("Graves," "Independence Day") stars in a traditional English tale about a woman who can't seem to find home sweet home.

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0:00.0	Hi Circle Round fans! Rebecca Sheer here, inviting you to join us this August at Tanglewood,
0:07.7	the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lennox, Massachusetts. Our annual live
0:12.9	recording on Sunday August 13th is all sold out, but not to worry! You can join us on Tuesday,
0:18.9	August 8th, as part of Tanglewood on Parade, the BSO's annual Family Funday. Showtime
0:25.0	is at 2.30pm in Seiji, Ozawa Hall. General seating is available in the open air hall or on the
0:30.6	lawn. Kids get in free, but require a ticket. Get yours now by visiting wbur.org slash Circle
0:37.1	Round and clicking on events.
0:39.2	Think about the place where you live. Is it a house, an apartment? Maybe it's in a big city,
0:49.2	or in a small town. Well, today we'll meet a woman who lives in a most unusual place, a bottle of vinegar.
0:58.2	I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. Today's
1:10.1	tale is called the woman who lived in a vinegar bottle. People started sharing versions of this
1:15.8	folk tale long, long ago in England. Some great folks came together to bring you our
1:24.4	telling of this tale, including Anne Undeland, Annabella Ray Sherman, and a terrific actress
1:29.7	from TV and movies, Seela Ward. So, Circle Round everyone for the woman who lived in a vinegar bottle.
1:37.8	Once upon a time, there was a woman who lived in a vinegar bottle. That's right, a vinegar bottle,
1:50.6	so it was small and it was stuffy. On one side of the bottle was a little bed where the woman
1:57.5	slept. Next to the bed was a little table where she put her books. There was also a small kitchen
2:03.4	and an even smaller bathroom. So, you can imagine how crowded it was. But honestly, the woman didn't mind it,
2:11.6	not at first. But as time went by, she would sit inside the bottles round glass walls and
2:19.2	complain, oh, I am so tired of living here in this stuffy bottle. Why, I should be living in a
2:25.4	country cottage with this stone path and a garden that would make my life so much better. One day,
2:33.1	two fairies flying by happened to over here the woman complaining. A country cottage with a
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