The Young Healer

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Jonigan Booth (The Underdoggs, This Is Us) headlines this Angolan tale about flowing with your heart, and the healing power of dreams.

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0:00.0	Hi Rebecca Shear here inviting you to join the Circle Round Club.
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0:29.0	Do you have a dream for your future?
0:30.0	Do you have a dream for your future?
0:32.0	Something you wish to be or do? In today's story, we'll meet a
0:37.2	character who has a big dream, and though he's not so big himself, he'll do whatever it takes to make it come true.
0:45.3	I'm Rebecca Shear and welcome to Circle Round where story time happens all the time.
0:57.0	Today our story is called The Young Heeler.
1:01.0	It was inspired by a tale told in Angola, a country in southern Africa.
1:07.0	Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this folk tale, including
1:12.0	Jonigan Booth, who recently starred opposite
1:14.7	Snoop Dog in the Amazon MGM comedy The Underdogs now streaming on Amazon Prime.
1:20.3	So circle around everyone for the young healer. Ohmari lived in a village with his parents.
1:37.0	One year, Omari's parents fell ill, and though the village healers did all they could, the young man watched helplessly
1:45.3	as his beloved folks grew sicker and weaker, until one day they were gone.
1:51.9	O'Mari was devastated, but there was one sliver of hope, or so he thought, he would be sent to live
1:59.3	with his uncle, a wealthy man who owned a big farm on the other side of the country.
2:05.0	I miss my parents so much, but how generous of my uncle to take me in.
2:11.0	Though I never met him, it would be comforting to live with a kind and caring relative.
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