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WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
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Ever heard the phrase, live by your wits? If you
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live by your wits, then you're surviving, you're getting by,
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by using your cleverness, your cunning. We're about to meet
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a character who doesn't just live by his wits. He
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uses them to outwit a not-very-nice guy. Whistling I'm Rebecca Shear,
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and welcome to Circle Round, where storytime happens all the time. Today,
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our story is called Of Beans and Bunnies. Versions of
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this tale come from much of the Spanish-speaking world, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico,
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and Spain. Some really great people came together to bring
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you our adaptation of this folktale, including Efren Ramirez, whom
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you grown-ups may recognize from Napoleon Dynamite. Efren stars in
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the animated adventure film Lightyear, coming out this summer. So
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circle around, everyone, for Of Beans and Bunnies. Long, long ago,
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if you lived in a certain small town in a
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certain faraway land and you ran into money trouble... You
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needed cash to buy food, say, or pay a bill.
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Then you would go to the town banker to ask
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for a loan. Please, sir, my crop didn't do well
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this season, and my family is hungry. May I borrow
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some gold coins? The banker was always happy to grant
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such requests.
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Why, of course you can borrow some gold coins.
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There was just one catch. If you were the least
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bit late in paying back the money you owed, I'm.
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Sorry, sir, but I'm going to be late with the
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money I owe.
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Then the banker would get his revenge.
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You're going to be late, you say? Unacceptable. For every
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day you're late in paying me back, I will double
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the amount you owe me.
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Double.
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So, let's say you owed the banker 20 gold coins.
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The first day you were late with your payment, you
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would owe him 40 gold coins. The second day, you
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would owe him 80. Then 160... and so on. So
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as you can imagine, the townspeople lived in fear of
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the banker, who showed no mercy when somebody fell on
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hard times.
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You owe me double. And you, and you, and you!
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Now it just so happens that one day a traveler
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made his way to the banker's town. His name was Pedro.
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And though Pedro carried not much more than the clothes
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on his back and the brains in his head, those
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brains were remarkable. For Pedro, you see, was as sharp
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and clever as they come. So even though he rarely
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had more than one coin in his pocket, he always
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had his wits. When Pedro got to town, he happened
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to overhear the banker talking with one of the townspeople
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who owed him money.
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I'm sorry, Mr. Banker, but I can't pay back your loan.
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You can't pay back my loan, you say? Then tomorrow...
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First thing in the morning, I'll be back and you'll
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owe me double. Did you hear me? Double.
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Pedro was aghast at the banker's words and at the
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way those words left the townsperson in tears.
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Gosh, that banker is awful.
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I should do something to teach him a lesson. The
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question is, what?
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Pedro's clever mind mulled over the various tricks he could play.
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And at last, he came upon a brilliant idea. As
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the sun began to set, he rummaged through his satchel
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and fished out his coin purse. He loosened the drawstrings
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and peered inside.
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Ah, just as I thought. I'm down to my last
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gold coin.
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But no matter. I've got something more valuable than that.
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My wits.
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Pedro put away his coin purse, hoisted his satchel over
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his shoulder, and raced over to the grocer's shop.
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Greetings, sir. How may I help you?
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If you please, Madam Grocer.
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I'd like one clay pot, one cup of dry black beans,
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and one wooden spoon. Oh, and some charcoal. A whole
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bag if you have it. I'll give you one gold
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coin for it. I'm afraid it's all I have.
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One gold coin?
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The grocer scratched her chin.
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Well, times have been hard, and I owe a certain
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banker a boatload of money. So one gold coin is
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better than no gold coins. You may have your one
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clay pot, your one cup of dry black beans, your
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wooden spoon, and your charcoal.
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Thank you. Thank you very much.
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Pedro dropped the clay pot, dry black beans, wooden spoon,
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and charcoal into his satchel, then made his way to
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the banker's big, grand house. It was nighttime by now,
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so no one was about. And right there, beneath a
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tree on the side of the road, Pedro rolled out
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a blanket and went to sleep. A few hours later,
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just before daybreak, Pedro woke back up again.
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Mm-hmm.
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Okay.
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Come sunrise, that stingy banker will be striding out of
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his house to collect his debts.
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I'd better act fast.
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Working quickly and quietly, Pedro took the dry black beans
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he purchased the night before and tossed them into the
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clay pot he'd purchased the night before. Then he filled
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the pot with water from his canteen. After that, he
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laid the charcoal on the side of the road and
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lit a fire. Beside the fire, he dug a small hole.
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Once the fire died down a bit, Pedro shoveled the
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glowing coals into the hole. Then he placed the pot
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of beans over the coals so that you couldn't see them.
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It looked like the pot was just resting on the ground.
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As the water began to boil and the beans began
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to cook, Pedro used his wooden spoon to stir the
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pot as he recited a little rhyme.
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Magic pot, make some heat. Give me something good to eat.
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Magic pot, make some heat. Give me something good to eat.
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Magic pot, make some heat.
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Excuse me, sir!
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Pedro looked up. Standing before him, in a fancy suit
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and shiny shoes, was the banker.
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I heard you saying your little poem as I walked
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out of my house just now. Given that you are
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on my property, I demand to know, who are you?
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And what are you doing?
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Pedro gave his steaming pot a stir, then gave the
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banker a smile.
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My name is Pedro, sir. And can't you see? I'm
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cooking breakfast.
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But how?
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There's no fire. The water in that pot is boiling,
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and I can smell the aroma of black beans cooking.
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Yet I don't see so much as a flame.
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That's because it's a magic pot, sir. It doesn't need
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any fire or flames. You just put your food in,
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You place the pot on the ground. You say the
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magic words. Magic pot, make some heat. Give me something
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good to eat. And it begins to cook.
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Just like that. Well, butter me up and call me
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a biscuit. That is amazing.
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As the banker watched the pot bubble and boil, his
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eyes grew wider and wider. And Pedro knew exactly what
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the greedy man was thinking. He was envisioning all the
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delicious foods he could make if this magic pot were his.
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Or all the money he could make if he sold
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such a treasure.
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Listen, Pedro, was it?
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Yep, Pedro.
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Pedro, this magic pot of yours, how much do you
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want for it?
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Pedro's heart skipped a beat, just as he'd hoped the
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banker was falling for his trick.
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I'm sorry, sir, but my pot isn't for sale. There's
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not another pot like it in the whole wide world.
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I'll give you 100 gold coins for it.
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100 gold coins?
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That's it?
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For an extraordinary pot like this one? Frankly, sir, I
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am insulted.
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200 then? Nope. How about we raise it to 500?
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Nuh-uh.
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Double it to 1,000?
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1,000 gold coins for your magic pot?
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What do you say?
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Pedro pretended to sigh.
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All right. Fine. You win. One thousand gold coins it is.
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Splendid. I'll just go inside and collect my money. Stay
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right where you are. I'll be back in a flash.
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As the banker disappeared into his house, Pedro ate some
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beans from his so-called magic pot.
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I have to say, this banker fellow might be made
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of money. But he certainly isn't made of brains. He's
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totally fallen.
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For my trick.
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Moments later, the banker came back, holding a big silk purse.
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Here you go, Pedro. One thousand gold coins in exchange
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for your magic pot.
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Thank you, sir. Something tells me my pot is in
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just the right hands.
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And with that, Pedro... ran off down the road, 1,000
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gold coins in hand. The banker, meanwhile, began gobbling up
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the black beans in the clay pot. Before long, the
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pot was empty.
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Oh, that hit the spot. Those beans were scrumptious. but
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I have a hankering for some more.
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So the banker raced into his house, grabbed a fistful
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of dry beans, then dashed out and plunked them into
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the pot.
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Okay, what were those magic words again? Uh, magic pot,
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make some heat, give me something good to eat? Nothing's happening.
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Let me try again. Magic pot, make some heat, Give
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me something good to eat. Still nothing?
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The banker spent the next hours reciting the magic words again.
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Magic pot, make some heat. Give me something good to eat.
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And again.
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Magic pot, make some heat. Give me something good to eat.
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But the pot refused to cook. At last, the banker
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reached down and lifted the pot off the ground. And
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the moment he did.
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Well, fry me in butter and call me a catfish.
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There are coals underneath this pot. And they're black and
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cold as can be.
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The banker felt his stomach clench.
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His jaw, too.
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And all at once he realized the magic pot wasn't
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magic at all.
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That settles it. I will get revenge on this Pedro fellow.
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And oh.
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Victory will be sweet.
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What do you think the banker will do next? And
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will Pedro get away scot-free? Or will he have to
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pay the piper? Or banker? We'll find out after a
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quick break.
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100 years from now in a land far, far away.
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Hang on. It's not so far away at all, actually. Hey,
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Circle Round families. We're here to share a new listening
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experience from WBUR, The Midnight Rebellion. It's a climate podcast
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adventure for kids eight and up. Time traveling, problem solving,
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laughs in danger, it's here. Follow the feed to listen. Oh,
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and bring your goggles and boots. That's The Midnight Rebellion,
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in your feed or wherever you get podcasts.
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Welcome back to Circle Round. I'm Rebecca Shear. Today our
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story is called of beans and bunnies. Before the break,
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a hard-hearted banker gave mischievous, quick-witted Pedro 1,000 gold coins
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for a magic pot, which, as it turned out, wasn't
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magic at all. Pedro took the gold coins and handed
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them out to all the townspeople who couldn't afford to
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pay back the banker's loans.
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Thank you, Pedro.
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Thank you, Pedro.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. Pedro knew the banker would be furious once
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he learned the magic pot wasn't really magic. So the
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clever fellow decided to cook up another scheme. Keeping a
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handful of coins for himself, he visited a farm on
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the edge of town and told the farmer he'd like
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to buy two bunnies.
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Oh, those twins over there. The little gray ones that
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look exactly alike. I'll take them both.
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Pedro brought the twin bunnies to a nearby boarding house
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and rented a room. Then he asked the owner of
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the boarding house if she could do a certain favor.
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Dear lady, I wonder if for dinner tonight you can
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prepare a feast in the dining room. The finest meal
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you can muster. Roasted meat, luscious stew, perhaps a nice
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fried fish? Say, five o'clock? I'll give you several gold
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coins for your trouble.
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The woman agreed. So Pedro left one of his new
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bunnies at the boarding house, then tucked the other identical
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bunny into his satchel and made his way into town.
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Just as he expected, as he wandered down the road,
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he came face to face.
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Pedro!
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With the banker.
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I've been searching all over for you, you scoundrel. You
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told me that clay pot of yours was magic, and
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yet it was nothing of the sort.
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I'm sorry, sir.
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Pedro hung his head.
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What I did was wrong.
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So wrong.
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So please, allow me to make it up to you.
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Make it up to me? And how do you propose
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doing that?
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By having you over for dinner. I'll serve you the
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finest foods. You do like fine foods, don't you? Roasted meat,
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luscious stew, nice fried fish.
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In fact, the banker did like fine foods, and he
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couldn't resist Pedro's offer.
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All right, fine. I'll join you for dinner.
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Wonderful! Just hang on a sec.
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Pedro reached into his satchel and took out the little
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gray bunny. He stroked its ears as he leaned in
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close to its furry face.
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Okay, little helper. Here's what you must do.
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Run back to the boarding house and tell the proprietor
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we're having company. Tell her to prepare plenty of roasted meat,
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luscious stew, and nice fried fish.
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Now, off you go.
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The banker watched as the spry little creature hopped off
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down the road.
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I'm sorry, Pedro, but will that little gray bunny actually
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convey your message?
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Come on over and find out. Dinner starts at five.
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Several hours later, as the clock struck five on the nose,
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who should come knocking at the boarding house door but
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the banker. Pedro was thrilled.
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Welcome, Mr. Banker.
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I was hoping you would come, and you're just in time.
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The food is ready.
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Pedro gestured toward a table loaded with roasted meat, luscious stew,
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and fried fish.
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Lucky for us, My little helper sent the message on time. Otherwise,
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dinner would be running ever so late.
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Pedro gestured toward a little gray bunny nibbling lettuce in
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the corner.
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There's not another bunny like him in the whole wide world.
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Now, this little gray bunny in the corner, as you
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may have guessed, it was not the same little gray
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bunny Pedro had pulled from his satchel out on the road.
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That bunny didn't know its way back to the boarding house, so...
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It was probably in a forest or field somewhere, nibbling
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grass and clover to its heart's content. So who was
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this bunny then? The other bunny's twin, of course. Because
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Pedro had bought two bunnies from the farmer, right? So
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this bunny was the one Pedro had left at the
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boarding house before heading out toward town. But the baker
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didn't know any of that. So his dinner was served.
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The greedy man kept sneaking glances at the little gray bunny.
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wondering how he might make this supposedly miraculous creature his own.
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Pedro, if you sell me that little gray bunny of yours,
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I'll let bygones be bygones. And I'll forgive you for
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that stunt you pulled with that so-called magic pot. So,
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how much do you want for it?
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Pedro smiled to himself. This was just what he hoped
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would happen.
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I'm sorry, sir. But my little gray bunny isn't for sale.
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That said, I could consider parting with it on one condition.
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Oh?
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And what might that one condition be?
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That you forgive all of the townspeople's debts. Everyone who
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owes you money. You consider their loans null and void.
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Forgive all the townspeople's debts? I couldn't possibly.
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No deal? No, Bunny.
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The banker gritted his teeth.
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All right, fine. You win. I'll forgive all the townspeople's debts.
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Every last one of them. Just give me that bunny.
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So after dinner, once the dishes were cleared, Pedro gave
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the banker the bunny. The next day, the banker invited
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the mayor, the judge, and the schoolmistress, the three most
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important people in town, to go riding with him. As
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they galloped along on horseback, the banker took the little
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gray bunny out from his cloak.
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Behold this little gray bunny, friends. There's not another bunny
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like him in the whole wide world.
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The banker stroked the bunny's ears and leaned in close.
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Okay, little helper. Here is what you must do. Run
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back to my house and tell the cook we're having company.
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Tell him to prepare a big lunch of smoked sausages,
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roasted meat pies, and chocolate truffles for dessert. Now, off
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you go.
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The banker let the gray bunny go, and the mayor, judge,
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and schoolmistress watched as the nimble creature hopped off into
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the forest. Mr.
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Bank.
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Is a bunny really going to deliver a message to
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your cook?
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Surely such a thing is not possible. It's just a bunny,
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after all. So you say, friends. But come on over
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and find out. We'll ride for another hour, then we'll
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head back to my house for a real feast.
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An hour later, when the banker led his friends into
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his dining room.
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Well, here we are.
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He received a big surprise.
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Wait a minute. Where's lunch?
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Cook!
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Where is our food? The table is bare.
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The cook came running out of the kitchen.
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Of course it's bear, sir. I never received instructions about
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what you wanted to eat.
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And I didn't know you were expecting company.
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But the little gray bunny! Didn't it tell you... The
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little gray what, sir?
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The banker's eyes swept across the room. Indeed, there was
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no little gray bunny to be seen anywhere. And that's
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when he realized... Pedro! He had been duped.
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Again!
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And now the banker had no debts to collect, no
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bunny to do his bidding, and, much to his grumbling
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stomach's dismay, no lunch to eat. As for Pedro, well,
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the clever and mischievous traveler was long gone, off to
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another town or country where there were wrongs to be righted,
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and tricks to be played. Now it's your turn. Across
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the planet, many, many people are working to right the
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wrongs they see in this world. What's one thing you
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can do to join them? Maybe you can clean up
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litter in your favorite park. You can donate clothing, books,
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or toys to children in need. Or you can just
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spread kindness and love wherever you go Find a grown-up
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and talk with them about how you can do your
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part to improve our world. This week's story of Beans
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and Bunnies was adapted by me, Rebecca Shear. It was
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edited by Circle Round's supervising producer, Amory Severson. Our original
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music and sound design is by Eric Shimalonis. Our artist
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week's actors. Listen for Efren in the animated feature film Lightyear,
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story was the charango. You can read about this stringed
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I'm Rebecca Shear. Thanks for circling around with us. Circle
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Round One of the best things about creating Circle Round
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is hearing from listeners like you. Circle Round fans have
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been telling us about their favorite Circle Round stories, and
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And my favorite Circle Round is the Laughing Canoe. I
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like the part when the farmer almost got swallowed by
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the canoe.
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It was really funny.
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my favorite circle round is pipe and a puka. I
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like the part when the fairies are dancing and he's
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on the new song. My name is Stella and I
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live in Boston. My favorite circle round is Stella and
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the Dragon because my name is Stella. I like where
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favorite ChocoRound store is the Beggar and the Baker because
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I like that part when an owl comes in and
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knocks down the chef's stuff.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico. And my favorite Circle Round is the
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beggar and the baker's daughter. Because I like when the
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old lady shows the daughter how to be more kind.
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WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
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Ever heard the phrase, live by your wits? If you
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live by your wits, then you're surviving, you're getting by,
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by using your cleverness, your cunning. We're about to meet
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a character who doesn't just live by his wits. He
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uses them to outwit a not-very-nice guy. Whistling I'm Rebecca Shear,
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and welcome to Circle Round, where storytime happens all the time. Today,
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our story is called Of Beans and Bunnies. Versions of
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this tale come from much of the Spanish-speaking world, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico,
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and Spain. Some really great people came together to bring
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you our adaptation of this folktale, including Efren Ramirez, whom
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you grown-ups may recognize from Napoleon Dynamite. Efren stars in
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the animated adventure film Lightyear, coming out this summer. So
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circle around, everyone, for Of Beans and Bunnies. Long, long ago,
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if you lived in a certain small town in a
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certain faraway land and you ran into money trouble... You
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needed cash to buy food, say, or pay a bill.
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Then you would go to the town banker to ask
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for a loan. Please, sir, my crop didn't do well
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this season, and my family is hungry. May I borrow
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some gold coins? The banker was always happy to grant
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such requests.
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Why, of course you can borrow some gold coins.
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There was just one catch. If you were the least
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bit late in paying back the money you owed, I'm.
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Sorry, sir, but I'm going to be late with the
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money I owe.
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Then the banker would get his revenge.
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You're going to be late, you say? Unacceptable. For every
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day you're late in paying me back, I will double
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the amount you owe me.
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Double.
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So, let's say you owed the banker 20 gold coins.
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The first day you were late with your payment, you
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would owe him 40 gold coins. The second day, you
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would owe him 80. Then 160... and so on. So
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as you can imagine, the townspeople lived in fear of
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the banker, who showed no mercy when somebody fell on
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hard times.
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You owe me double. And you, and you, and you!
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Now it just so happens that one day a traveler
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made his way to the banker's town. His name was Pedro.
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on his back and the brains in his head, those
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brains were remarkable. For Pedro, you see, was as sharp
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and clever as they come. So even though he rarely
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had more than one coin in his pocket, he always
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had his wits. When Pedro got to town, he happened
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to overhear the banker talking with one of the townspeople
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who owed him money.
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I'm sorry, Mr. Banker, but I can't pay back your loan.
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You can't pay back my loan, you say? Then tomorrow...
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First thing in the morning, I'll be back and you'll
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owe me double. Did you hear me? Double.
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Pedro was aghast at the banker's words and at the
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way those words left the townsperson in tears.
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Gosh, that banker is awful.
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I should do something to teach him a lesson. The
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question is, what?
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Pedro's clever mind mulled over the various tricks he could play.
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And at last, he came upon a brilliant idea. As
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the sun began to set, he rummaged through his satchel
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and fished out his coin purse. He loosened the drawstrings
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and peered inside.
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Ah, just as I thought. I'm down to my last
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gold coin.
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But no matter. I've got something more valuable than that.
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My wits.
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Pedro put away his coin purse, hoisted his satchel over
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his shoulder, and raced over to the grocer's shop.
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Greetings, sir. How may I help you?
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If you please, Madam Grocer.
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I'd like one clay pot, one cup of dry black beans,
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and one wooden spoon. Oh, and some charcoal. A whole
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bag if you have it. I'll give you one gold
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coin for it. I'm afraid it's all I have.
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One gold coin?
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The grocer scratched her chin.
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Well, times have been hard, and I owe a certain
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banker a boatload of money. So one gold coin is
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better than no gold coins. You may have your one
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clay pot, your one cup of dry black beans, your
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wooden spoon, and your charcoal.
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Thank you. Thank you very much.
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Pedro dropped the clay pot, dry black beans, wooden spoon,
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and charcoal into his satchel, then made his way to
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the banker's big, grand house. It was nighttime by now,
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so no one was about. And right there, beneath a
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tree on the side of the road, Pedro rolled out
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a blanket and went to sleep. A few hours later,
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just before daybreak, Pedro woke back up again.
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Mm-hmm.
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Okay.
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Come sunrise, that stingy banker will be striding out of
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his house to collect his debts.
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I'd better act fast.
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Working quickly and quietly, Pedro took the dry black beans
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he purchased the night before and tossed them into the
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clay pot he'd purchased the night before. Then he filled
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the pot with water from his canteen. After that, he
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laid the charcoal on the side of the road and
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lit a fire. Beside the fire, he dug a small hole.
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Once the fire died down a bit, Pedro shoveled the
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glowing coals into the hole. Then he placed the pot
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of beans over the coals so that you couldn't see them.
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It looked like the pot was just resting on the ground.
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As the water began to boil and the beans began
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to cook, Pedro used his wooden spoon to stir the
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pot as he recited a little rhyme.
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Magic pot, make some heat. Give me something good to eat.
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Magic pot, make some heat. Give me something good to eat.
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Magic pot, make some heat.
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Excuse me, sir!
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Pedro looked up. Standing before him, in a fancy suit
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and shiny shoes, was the banker.
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I heard you saying your little poem as I walked
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out of my house just now. Given that you are
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on my property, I demand to know, who are you?
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And what are you doing?
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Pedro gave his steaming pot a stir, then gave the
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banker a smile.
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My name is Pedro, sir. And can't you see? I'm
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cooking breakfast.
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But how?
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There's no fire. The water in that pot is boiling,
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and I can smell the aroma of black beans cooking.
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Yet I don't see so much as a flame.
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That's because it's a magic pot, sir. It doesn't need
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any fire or flames. You just put your food in,
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You place the pot on the ground. You say the
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magic words. Magic pot, make some heat. Give me something
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good to eat. And it begins to cook.
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Just like that. Well, butter me up and call me
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a biscuit. That is amazing.
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As the banker watched the pot bubble and boil, his
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eyes grew wider and wider. And Pedro knew exactly what
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the greedy man was thinking. He was envisioning all the
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delicious foods he could make if this magic pot were his.
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Or all the money he could make if he sold
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such a treasure.
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Listen, Pedro, was it?
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Yep, Pedro.
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Pedro, this magic pot of yours, how much do you
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want for it?
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Pedro's heart skipped a beat, just as he'd hoped the
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banker was falling for his trick.
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I'm sorry, sir, but my pot isn't for sale. There's
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not another pot like it in the whole wide world.
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I'll give you 100 gold coins for it.
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100 gold coins?
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That's it?
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For an extraordinary pot like this one? Frankly, sir, I
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am insulted.
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200 then? Nope. How about we raise it to 500?
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Nuh-uh.
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Double it to 1,000?
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1,000 gold coins for your magic pot?
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What do you say?
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Pedro pretended to sigh.
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All right. Fine. You win. One thousand gold coins it is.
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Splendid. I'll just go inside and collect my money. Stay
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right where you are. I'll be back in a flash.
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As the banker disappeared into his house, Pedro ate some
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beans from his so-called magic pot.
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I have to say, this banker fellow might be made
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of money. But he certainly isn't made of brains. He's
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totally fallen.
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For my trick.
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Moments later, the banker came back, holding a big silk purse.
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Here you go, Pedro. One thousand gold coins in exchange
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for your magic pot.
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Thank you, sir. Something tells me my pot is in
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just the right hands.
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And with that, Pedro... ran off down the road, 1,000
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gold coins in hand. The banker, meanwhile, began gobbling up
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the black beans in the clay pot. Before long, the
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pot was empty.
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Oh, that hit the spot. Those beans were scrumptious. but
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I have a hankering for some more.
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So the banker raced into his house, grabbed a fistful
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of dry beans, then dashed out and plunked them into
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the pot.
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Okay, what were those magic words again? Uh, magic pot,
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make some heat, give me something good to eat? Nothing's happening.
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Let me try again. Magic pot, make some heat, Give
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me something good to eat. Still nothing?
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The banker spent the next hours reciting the magic words again.
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Magic pot, make some heat. Give me something good to eat.
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And again.
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Magic pot, make some heat. Give me something good to eat.
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But the pot refused to cook. At last, the banker
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reached down and lifted the pot off the ground. And
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the moment he did.
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Well, fry me in butter and call me a catfish.
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There are coals underneath this pot. And they're black and
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cold as can be.
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The banker felt his stomach clench.
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His jaw, too.
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And all at once he realized the magic pot wasn't
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magic at all.
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That settles it. I will get revenge on this Pedro fellow.
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And oh.
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Victory will be sweet.
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What do you think the banker will do next? And
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will Pedro get away scot-free? Or will he have to
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pay the piper? Or banker? We'll find out after a
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quick break.
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100 years from now in a land far, far away.
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Hang on. It's not so far away at all, actually. Hey,
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Welcome back to Circle Round. I'm Rebecca Shear. Today our
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story is called of beans and bunnies. Before the break,
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a hard-hearted banker gave mischievous, quick-witted Pedro 1,000 gold coins
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for a magic pot, which, as it turned out, wasn't
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magic at all. Pedro took the gold coins and handed
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them out to all the townspeople who couldn't afford to
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pay back the banker's loans.
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Thank you, Pedro.
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Thank you, Pedro.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. Pedro knew the banker would be furious once
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he learned the magic pot wasn't really magic. So the
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clever fellow decided to cook up another scheme. Keeping a
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handful of coins for himself, he visited a farm on
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the edge of town and told the farmer he'd like
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to buy two bunnies.
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Oh, those twins over there. The little gray ones that
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look exactly alike. I'll take them both.
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Pedro brought the twin bunnies to a nearby boarding house
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and rented a room. Then he asked the owner of
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the boarding house if she could do a certain favor.
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Dear lady, I wonder if for dinner tonight you can
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prepare a feast in the dining room. The finest meal
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you can muster. Roasted meat, luscious stew, perhaps a nice
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fried fish? Say, five o'clock? I'll give you several gold
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coins for your trouble.
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The woman agreed. So Pedro left one of his new
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bunnies at the boarding house, then tucked the other identical
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bunny into his satchel and made his way into town.
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Just as he expected, as he wandered down the road,
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he came face to face.
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Pedro!
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With the banker.
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I've been searching all over for you, you scoundrel. You
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told me that clay pot of yours was magic, and
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yet it was nothing of the sort.
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I'm sorry, sir.
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Pedro hung his head.
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What I did was wrong.
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So wrong.
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So please, allow me to make it up to you.
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Make it up to me? And how do you propose
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doing that?
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By having you over for dinner. I'll serve you the
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finest foods. You do like fine foods, don't you? Roasted meat,
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luscious stew, nice fried fish.
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In fact, the banker did like fine foods, and he
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couldn't resist Pedro's offer.
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All right, fine. I'll join you for dinner.
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Wonderful! Just hang on a sec.
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Pedro reached into his satchel and took out the little
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gray bunny. He stroked its ears as he leaned in
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close to its furry face.
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Okay, little helper. Here's what you must do.
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Run back to the boarding house and tell the proprietor
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we're having company. Tell her to prepare plenty of roasted meat,
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luscious stew, and nice fried fish.
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Now, off you go.
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The banker watched as the spry little creature hopped off
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down the road.
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I'm sorry, Pedro, but will that little gray bunny actually
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convey your message?
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Come on over and find out. Dinner starts at five.
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Several hours later, as the clock struck five on the nose,
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who should come knocking at the boarding house door but
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the banker. Pedro was thrilled.
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Welcome, Mr. Banker.
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I was hoping you would come, and you're just in time.
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The food is ready.
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Pedro gestured toward a table loaded with roasted meat, luscious stew,
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and fried fish.
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Lucky for us, My little helper sent the message on time. Otherwise,
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dinner would be running ever so late.
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Pedro gestured toward a little gray bunny nibbling lettuce in
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the corner.
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There's not another bunny like him in the whole wide world.
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Now, this little gray bunny in the corner, as you
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may have guessed, it was not the same little gray
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bunny Pedro had pulled from his satchel out on the road.
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That bunny didn't know its way back to the boarding house, so...
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It was probably in a forest or field somewhere, nibbling
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grass and clover to its heart's content. So who was
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this bunny then? The other bunny's twin, of course. Because
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Pedro had bought two bunnies from the farmer, right? So
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this bunny was the one Pedro had left at the
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boarding house before heading out toward town. But the baker
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didn't know any of that. So his dinner was served.
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The greedy man kept sneaking glances at the little gray bunny.
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wondering how he might make this supposedly miraculous creature his own.
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Pedro, if you sell me that little gray bunny of yours,
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I'll let bygones be bygones. And I'll forgive you for
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that stunt you pulled with that so-called magic pot. So,
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how much do you want for it?
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Pedro smiled to himself. This was just what he hoped
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would happen.
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I'm sorry, sir. But my little gray bunny isn't for sale.
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That said, I could consider parting with it on one condition.
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Oh?
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And what might that one condition be?
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That you forgive all of the townspeople's debts. Everyone who
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owes you money. You consider their loans null and void.
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Forgive all the townspeople's debts? I couldn't possibly.
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No deal? No, Bunny.
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The banker gritted his teeth.
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All right, fine. You win. I'll forgive all the townspeople's debts.
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Every last one of them. Just give me that bunny.
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So after dinner, once the dishes were cleared, Pedro gave
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the banker the bunny. The next day, the banker invited
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the mayor, the judge, and the schoolmistress, the three most
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important people in town, to go riding with him. As
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they galloped along on horseback, the banker took the little
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gray bunny out from his cloak.
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Behold this little gray bunny, friends. There's not another bunny
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like him in the whole wide world.
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The banker stroked the bunny's ears and leaned in close.
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Okay, little helper. Here is what you must do. Run
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back to my house and tell the cook we're having company.
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Tell him to prepare a big lunch of smoked sausages,
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roasted meat pies, and chocolate truffles for dessert. Now, off
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you go.
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The banker let the gray bunny go, and the mayor, judge,
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and schoolmistress watched as the nimble creature hopped off into
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the forest. Mr.
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Bank.
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Is a bunny really going to deliver a message to
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your cook?
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Surely such a thing is not possible. It's just a bunny,
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after all. So you say, friends. But come on over
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and find out. We'll ride for another hour, then we'll
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head back to my house for a real feast.
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An hour later, when the banker led his friends into
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his dining room.
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Well, here we are.
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He received a big surprise.
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Wait a minute. Where's lunch?
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Cook!
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Where is our food? The table is bare.
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The cook came running out of the kitchen.
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Of course it's bear, sir. I never received instructions about
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what you wanted to eat.
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And I didn't know you were expecting company.
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But the little gray bunny! Didn't it tell you... The
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little gray what, sir?
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The banker's eyes swept across the room. Indeed, there was
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no little gray bunny to be seen anywhere. And that's
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when he realized... Pedro! He had been duped.
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Again!
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And now the banker had no debts to collect, no
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bunny to do his bidding, and, much to his grumbling
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stomach's dismay, no lunch to eat. As for Pedro, well,
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the clever and mischievous traveler was long gone, off to
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another town or country where there were wrongs to be righted,
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and tricks to be played. Now it's your turn. Across
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the planet, many, many people are working to right the
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wrongs they see in this world. What's one thing you
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can do to join them? Maybe you can clean up
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litter in your favorite park. You can donate clothing, books,
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or toys to children in need. Or you can just
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spread kindness and love wherever you go Find a grown-up
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and talk with them about how you can do your
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part to improve our world. This week's story of Beans
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and Bunnies was adapted by me, Rebecca Shear. It was
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edited by Circle Round's supervising producer, Amory Severson. Our original
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music and sound design is by Eric Shimalonis. Our artist
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week's actors. Listen for Efren in the animated feature film Lightyear,
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story was the charango. You can read about this stringed
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I'm Rebecca Shear. Thanks for circling around with us. Circle
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Round One of the best things about creating Circle Round
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is hearing from listeners like you. Circle Round fans have
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like the part when the farmer almost got swallowed by
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the canoe.
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like the part when the fairies are dancing and he's
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I like that part when an owl comes in and
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knocks down the chef's stuff.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico. And my favorite Circle Round is the
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beggar and the baker's daughter. Because I like when the
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old lady shows the daughter how to be more kind.
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