'Three Clever Brothers' | feat. Alexandra Billings (Transparent)

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Alexandra Billings (Transparent, Paddleton) stars in this Indian/Persian/Tunisian/Siberian/Iraqi/Uzbekistani folktale about the power of a keen eye and a quick mind.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Sheer here.
0:04.1	Before we get to today's story, I'd like to invite you to join the Circle Round Club.
0:09.9	Memberships come in all shapes and sizes and include fun benefits like ad-free episodes,
0:15.0	bonus bedtime stories, behind the scenes videos, and a personalized birthday message from
0:19.8	me.
0:20.8	Learn more about the Circle Round Club and become a member at WBOR.org slash Circle Round Club.
0:31.0	Produced by the I-Lab at WBOR Boston.
0:40.0	Have you ever heard of Sherlock Holmes?
0:44.6	He's a fictional detective created by the British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
0:50.5	Sherlock Holmes solved mysteries by noticing things.
0:55.1	He'd find all sorts of teeny tiny clues, then put them all together to figure out who
1:00.4	done it.
1:02.3	The characters in today's story are a lot like Sherlock Holmes, but when they use their
1:06.6	powers of observation in a particular case, they become the suspects.
1:13.1	I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round.
1:19.1	For story time, happens all the time.
1:21.9	Today our story is called Three Clever Brothers.
1:26.1	Versions of this tale come from a number of places, including Tunisia in North Africa,
1:31.4	Uzbekistan in Central Asia, plus India, Iraq, and Siberia.
1:37.5	Some really great people came together to bring you our telling of this folktale, including
1:41.8	Alexandra Billings.
1:43.9	The grown-ups you may recognize Alexandra from Transparent on Amazon Video.
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