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WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
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Do you know what it means if you have the
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upper hand? Having the upper hand means you hold an advantage.
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You're in a.
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Stronger position or situation than someone else is. And we're
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about to meet a character who gets the upper hand
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by taking the lower half. Whistling I'm Rebecca Shear, and
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welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. Today,
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our story is called Top Banana. It was inspired by
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tales told in the Philippines, a country of over 7,000
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islands in Southeast Asia. Some really great people came together
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to bring you our adaptation of this story, including Tatiana
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Ali and Jack DeSena. Grown-ups, you may know Tatiana Ali
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from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the original and reboot,
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as well as Abbott Elementary on ABC. And kids, you
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can hear Jack DeSena's voice in a bunch of animated
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TV shows, including Lego Monkey Kid, The Dragon Prince, and Avatar,
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The Last Airbender.
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So circle around, everyone, for top banana news.
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It was summertime in the lush, mossy forest, and all
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morning long, Turtle had been sunning her brownish-red shell and
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skin on a big, flat rock.
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I'm starting to get overheated. I think I'll go for
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a swim in the river. Splashing around in the cool,
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clear water would hit the spot right now.
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When Turtle shuffled over to the riverbank, her bright, round
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eyes were met with an astonishing sight.
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It's a banana plant! And it's in the water, floating
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down the river!
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Indeed.
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With a crown of broad green leaves on one end
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and a spindly web of roots on the other, the
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banana plant was drifting downstream and heading Turtle's Way.
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What if I pull the banana plant out of the river?
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Then I bring it home and plant it in my garden.
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Goodness knows I love growing things. With a little love
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and care, that plant will be sprouting delicious bananas in
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no time.
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Turtle plunged into the water and paddled toward the banana plant.
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She was hoping to grip it in her claws and
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tug it back to shore. But the plant was heavier
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than she expected, and the current was stronger than she expected,
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and she soon found herself struggling.
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Oh, dear!
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I can't pull this plant ashore alone.
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I need help! You bet you do.
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The idea of a teeny tiny turtle carrying a banana
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plant ashore is, well, bananas!
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Turtle swiveled her gaze to the riverbank, and there was Monkey.
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His shaggy brown body doubled up with laughter.
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I mean, no offense, turtle, but your attempts are looking
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downright fruitless. Get it?
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Fruitless?
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Like your attempts won't amount to anything, and what they
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won't specifically amount to is bananas, which is a fruit?
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I crack myself up.
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Very funny, monkey. But would you mind canning the jokes
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and helping me out?
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Canning the jokes? Is that another banana pun? Because I've
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never heard of eating canned banana before. It sounds kind
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of gross.
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No, monkey. It is not a pun. It's a humble appeal.
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See what you did there? Appeal?
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Appeal?
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Like a banana peel?
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Monkey, I'm serious.
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Not me. I'm never serious.
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But fine, I'll help you if you'll share your banana
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plant with me.
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Turtle hesitated.
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Monkey wasn't the brightest banana in the bunch, but his
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body was strong, and hers was getting weaker by the moment.
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All right, fine.
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I'll share the banana plant with you, Monkey. Now lend
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a hand, will you?
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Monkey dove into the water.
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He and Turtle worked together to drag the banana plant
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to shore before carrying it across the forest to Turtle's garden.
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Thanks for your help, Monkey. Now, how about we put
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this banana plant in the earth? We'll wait for it
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to sprout bananas, and then, when they're all yellow and ripe,
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we'll share them.
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Okay, first of all, it would have been far funnier
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if you had said, we'll share the fruits of our labors.
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And second, I don't want to wait to get my
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share of the bananas. I say we split the plant
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in half.
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Right now.
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Split the plant in half? That is no way to
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share a plant, Monkey.
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And that is no way to treat the courageous hero
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who dove into a raging, roiling river to save you.
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I want my half, Turtle. The question is... Which half?
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Monkey looked the banana plant up and down. When his
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gaze landed on the broad green leaves at the top,
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his face broke into a grin.
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The top half! I want the top half!
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After all, that's the part where the bananas will sprout,
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so it's the better one.
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And please, don't try convincing me that the better half
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should be yours, because trust me, it's not going to work.
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Well, actually, Monkey... Turtle paused.
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The truth was, if Monkey picked the top, then the
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better half would be hers. Why? Because she would have
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the bottom, and the bottom had the plant's roots. The
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roots would dig into the earth, they would suck up
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all the nutrients, and the plant would eventually sprout bananas.
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The top half, of course, did not have roots. Therefore,
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it would not sprout bananas. But Turtle knew that Monkey
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would never be convinced of this fact. So she just
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sighed and smiled.
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Actually, Monkey, what I was going to say is I'll
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need your help if we're going to split the plant's
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top from its bottom. Do you mind lending another hand?
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Monkey happily obliged.
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He and Turtle cut the banana plant in half. Then
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as Turtle got to work planting the bottom half in
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her garden... Monkey set off through the forest, carrying the top.
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Certainly got the better end of that deal. End of
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the plant. With just the bottom, there's no way Turtle
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will get any fruit. The whole thing is totally hilarious. No, uh, uh, uh,
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turtley hilarious. No, uh, uh, uh, turtley shellarius.
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Man, I'm good.
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When Monkey got home, he quickly planted his top half
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in his yard.
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Aw, yeah!
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Any time now, this plant is going to sprout sweet,
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delicious bananas. I'll just sit here and keep my eyes
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peeled until it does.
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Well, as you can no doubt guess, the plant in
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Monkey's yard did not sprout sweet, delicious bananas. Instead, it wilted,
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then withered, then died.
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What's going on here? Why didn't my bananas grow? I'm
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gonna go see Turtle. She's got some explaining to do.
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Monkey stomped over to Turtle's house, where he found her
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sitting in her garden beneath her half of the banana plant.
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Only her half looks nothing like his, because sprouting from
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the top were bunches and bunches of ripe yellow bananas.
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Well, thanks a lot, Turtle. or dare I say, thanks
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a bunch.
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My half of the plant didn't grow a single banana.
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How did your half grow so many?
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It was easy, Monkey. I put it in the earth,
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the roots took hold, and eventually I had all these bananas.
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Turtle gave Monkey a grin. He did not grin back. Instead,
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his eyes filled with tears and Turtle's heart filled with pity.
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Listen, Monkey. The thing about a turtle like me growing
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her own bananas is I can't climb up and pick them.
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They're so high off the ground, I have to wait
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for them to fall or get blown off by the wind. So,
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I'll tell you what. If you climb up and pick
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the bananas, I will share them with you.
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Monkey wiped his eyes.
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Do you really mean it, turtle? You'll share your bananas
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if I climb up and pick them?
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I absolutely will. After all, you'd be doing me a
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huge favor. Those bananas aren't exactly low-hanging fruit.
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Am I right?
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Monkey didn't waste a second.
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He reached out his strong arms and legs and began
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shimmying up the plant. Once he got to the top,
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do you know what he did? He plucked off a
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bunch of bananas and began to act. eat them.
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Oh, these bananas are so tasty, so ripe.
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Turtle jumped out of the way as a cascade of
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empty banana peels came tumbling to the ground.
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Monkey!
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Monkey! You're eating all of the bananas. We were supposed
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to share them.
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Yeah, I guess we were, weren't we?
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But now that I'm tasting them, I've decided that for you,
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these bananas are forbidden fruit.
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Get it?
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Forbidden fruit?
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As in something you want more because you know you
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can't have it?
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Yeah, I know what forbidden fruit is, monkey. But this
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plant is mine. I should get my share of bananas.
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I don't know, Turtle.
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Not so long ago, you cheated me out of my
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share of bananas by giving me the bad half of
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the plant. So now it's my turn to come out
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on top.
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Turtle heaved a sigh.
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Monkey had insisted on taking the bad half of the plant.
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She never could have convinced him otherwise. And now, here
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he was eating, yes, the fruits of her labors. Turtle's
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legs may have been slow, but her mind was swift.
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And as Monkey lounged at the top of the plant,
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gobbling down one banana after another, Turtle set her nimble
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mind into motion.
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I believe I have a plan for how to teach
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Monkey a lesson. And if it works, that pesky primate
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will be sorry. In fact, he might even make like
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a banana. And split!
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Ha ha ha!
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How do you think Turtle will get back at Monkey?
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We'll find out in a banana-second. Okay, I'm sorry. That
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wasn't nearly as funny as I thought it would be.
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And besides, our breaks are more than a nanosecond, right?
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Sometimes they're more like, I don't know, a minute? Anyhow,
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I will try that again. How do you think Turtle
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will get back at Monkey? 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 and 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.
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I'm Rebecca Shear. Today, our story is called Top Banana Podcast.
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Before the break, Monkey was at the top of Turtle's
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banana plant, eating all of her bananas and refusing to share.
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So Turtle decided to teach Monkey a lesson. Moving as
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fast as her legs could carry her, she shuffled into
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the forest. When she came back, she had a heap
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of thorns balanced on her brownish-red shell. Without making a sound,
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she scattered the prickly briars around the base of the
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banana plant. Monkey was so absorbed in his eating that
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he didn't even notice. So, when he finished the last
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banana and leaped down to the ground.
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Whee! Guess what he landed right on top of?
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Monkey sprang this way and that as his feet were
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stung by sharp, pointy thorns.
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And as he hooted and hollered, guess who he spied
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out of the corner of his eye? With a hint
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of a smile on her face.
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Oh, so you think this is funny, Turtle? Do you?
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Well... Not so much funny as fitting. You promised you
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would share my bananas with me. Then you went back
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on your word. So I had to do something to
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teach you a lesson for all of your monkeying around.
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Okay, first of all, I'm the pun guy, not you.
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And second, you want to talk about teaching lessons? How
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about if I teach you a lesson for your thievery
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and tricks?
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Thievery and tricks? You're the tricky one, monkey.
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And the thief.
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You just ate all of my bananas.
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Oh, and I enjoyed them. Bunches and bunches. But that's
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neither here nor there. The point is, I'm going to
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get even with you, Turtle. I am going to snatch
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you up and feed you to a bigger animal, like Eagle.
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She'd be happy to take you under her wing or
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into her stomach.
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Turtle shivered.
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She did not want to wind up in the belly
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of a vicious bird of prey. So once more, she
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put her mind to work.
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You know, monkey, I wouldn't feed me to eagle if
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I were you. After all, if eagle tries to eat me,
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my shell may give her a stomach ache, which would
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make her quite cross with you. And next thing you know,
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you'll be her next meal.
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Turtle knew that Eagle was too smart to actually eat
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her shell. The bird would break it off before chowing down.
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But Monkey didn't know that. And just as Turtle hoped,
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her declaration stopped him right in his tracks.
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All right, fine. I'll get even with you some other way.
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I'll, uh.
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Oh, I'll drop you into a volcano. Yeah, a volcano.
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Yeah, that'll get you into a hot mess.
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Turtle shivered again. No one could survive a fall into
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a burning hot volcano. How would she talk her way
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out of this one?
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You know, monkey, I wouldn't drop me into a volcano
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if I were you. After all, if you drop me
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into a volcano... My brownish-red skin may become redder and redder.
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And more and more beautiful. Until... I'm the most beautiful
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creature in the forest. And everyone will admire me.
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Once again, Monkey was thrown for a loop.
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All right!
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Fine! Then.
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I'll get even with you some other, other way. I will, uh.
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As Monkey racked his brain, desperately seeking a new method
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of revenge, Turtle got an idea.
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Actually, Monkey, there is one way you could get even
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with me. No, but I can't tell you.
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Why, what are you, shell-shocked? Yes, you can tell me
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how to get even with you, and you will.
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Now!
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All right, fine. Since you're so clever, Monkey, and you'll
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probably figure it out anyway, here goes. Do you remember
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the day you saw me struggling in the river?
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Of course I remember that day. It's what got us
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into this whole mess.
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But do you remember how I was flailing and floundering?
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I was on the verge of going under, Monkey. Going under.
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That moment could have been my last.
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Monkey paused.
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Turtle had been flailing and floundering until he jumped into
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the water to help her out. Had he stayed on
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the shore, she very well could have gone under.
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Wait a minute, Turtle.
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Don't say another word because I have come up with
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the perfect way to get even.
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I will throw you into the river.
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Turtle tried not to smile. This was exactly what she
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hoped Monkey would say.
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But Monkey, don't you know that if you throw me
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into the river, then it's highly likely that I'm going to.
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Ah, that you're going to drown? Yes, I know. Like
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you said, I'm clever.
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So have fun enjoying your just desserts, Turtle. If you
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could call it dessert, given that I ate all of
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your dinner.
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Quick as a wink, Monkey clamped his furry hands around
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Turtle's body and marched her to the river.
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Then he lifted Turtle high over his head.
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This'll get you out of your shell!
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And flung her into the air.
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Turtle soared across the water before splashing into the river.
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And sinking out of sight.
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Boy, hope that wasn't too startling for her. Or should
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I say too sturdling?
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With an impact like that, maybe she should have been
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wearing a shellmet. But seriously, I shouldn't crack jokes.
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After all, when you say goodbye to someone, it's not
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the appropriate time to shell-ebrate!
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But it is appropriate when you say hello again. Or
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should I say, shell-o?
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Monkey whirled around, and there was Turtle, gracefully and easefully
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swimming his way.
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I want to thank you for the ride, Monkey. It
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was turtley awesome. Or should I say, it was more
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fun than a barrel of monkeys.
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But turtle, you told me that.
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That I was struggling in the river that day? I was.
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Because of the banana plant. Turtles are excellent swimmers. When
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they're not lugging around an object ten times their size.
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I'm sorry if I misled you, monkey. I was trying
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to teach you a lesson for misleading me.
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Monkey hung his head.
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Turtle was right. She had put her trust in him,
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and he had broken that trust. So now she had
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gotten her revenge. In fact, you could even say she
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had made a monkey out of him. Well, I'm happy
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to say that after the banana plant incident, Monkey changed
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his tune.
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He did not stop punning.
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But he did start practicing kindness, generosity, and honesty. And
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that definitely made him a far more appealing guy to
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have around. Now it's your turn. Think about a time
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you shared with someone. Perhaps you put together a puzzle
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with a friend and took turns picking out pieces. Maybe
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you shared a snack with a classmate or donated some
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clothing or books to a charity. Sharing isn't always easy,
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but it can make us feel good. And what's more,
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it can make the people we're sharing with feel great.
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This week's episode, Top Banana, was adapted by me, Rebecca Shear.
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It was edited by Dean Russell. Our original music and
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sound design is by Eric Shimalonis. Our artist is Sabina Han.
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Sabina has created a black and white coloring page for
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all of our Circle Round stories, and you can print
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them out and color them in. Grown-ups, visit our website, wbur.org
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slash circleround, and click on Coloring Pages. Special thanks to
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this week's actors, Tatiana Ali and Jack DeSena. Kids, you
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can hear Jack DeSena's voice in a bunch of animated
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TV shows, including Lego Monkey Kid, The Dragon.
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Prince, and Avatar, The Last Airbender.
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Grown-ups, you can check out Tatiana Ali on The Fresh
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Prince of Bel-Air, the original and the reboot, as well
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as Abbott Elementary on ABC. Our featured instrument this week
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was the sarin. You can learn more about this Southeast
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and see a photo of Eric Shemelonis playing one on
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Again, that's wbur.org slash circleround.
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Grown-ups, if you enjoy Circle Round, please leave us a
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It'll truly make our day and help other listeners find
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the show. Circle Round is a production of WBUR, Boston's
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NPR news station. I'm Rebecca Shear. Thanks for circling round
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with us.
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Now that you've made it to the end of this
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Circle Round episode, we want to know, What's your.
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Favorite Circle Round story?
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Thousands of fans just like you have been telling us
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Take a listen.
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Maybe one of their favorites is one of yours, too.
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part when the brother takes the pearl My.
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favorite story was the town trips. I like when they
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got tricked, but the trip leader saved them.
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Hello, my name is Charlotte.
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I'm from Africa. Athol, Massachusetts.
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And my favorite circle round story is the star fruit tree.
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other sister trade. I'm Peter from Athol, Massachusetts. My favorite
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Is the blizzard wizard.
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My favorite part is when the horse lets the girl
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lion's whisper. And my favorite part is when the grandmother
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says we're making a potion.
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WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
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Do you know what it means if you have the
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upper hand? Having the upper hand means you hold an advantage.
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You're in a.
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Stronger position or situation than someone else is. And we're
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about to meet a character who gets the upper hand
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by taking the lower half. Whistling I'm Rebecca Shear, and
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welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. Today,
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our story is called Top Banana. It was inspired by
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tales told in the Philippines, a country of over 7,000
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islands in Southeast Asia. Some really great people came together
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to bring you our adaptation of this story, including Tatiana
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Ali and Jack DeSena. Grown-ups, you may know Tatiana Ali
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from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the original and reboot,
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as well as Abbott Elementary on ABC. And kids, you
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can hear Jack DeSena's voice in a bunch of animated
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TV shows, including Lego Monkey Kid, The Dragon Prince, and Avatar,
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The Last Airbender.
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So circle around, everyone, for top banana news.
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It was summertime in the lush, mossy forest, and all
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morning long, Turtle had been sunning her brownish-red shell and
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skin on a big, flat rock.
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I'm starting to get overheated. I think I'll go for
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a swim in the river. Splashing around in the cool,
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clear water would hit the spot right now.
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When Turtle shuffled over to the riverbank, her bright, round
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eyes were met with an astonishing sight.
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It's a banana plant! And it's in the water, floating
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down the river!
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Indeed.
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With a crown of broad green leaves on one end
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and a spindly web of roots on the other, the
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banana plant was drifting downstream and heading Turtle's Way.
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What if I pull the banana plant out of the river?
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Then I bring it home and plant it in my garden.
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Goodness knows I love growing things. With a little love
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and care, that plant will be sprouting delicious bananas in
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no time.
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Turtle plunged into the water and paddled toward the banana plant.
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She was hoping to grip it in her claws and
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tug it back to shore. But the plant was heavier
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than she expected, and the current was stronger than she expected,
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and she soon found herself struggling.
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Oh, dear!
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I can't pull this plant ashore alone.
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I need help! You bet you do.
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The idea of a teeny tiny turtle carrying a banana
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plant ashore is, well, bananas!
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Turtle swiveled her gaze to the riverbank, and there was Monkey.
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His shaggy brown body doubled up with laughter.
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I mean, no offense, turtle, but your attempts are looking
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downright fruitless. Get it?
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Fruitless?
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Like your attempts won't amount to anything, and what they
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won't specifically amount to is bananas, which is a fruit?
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I crack myself up.
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Very funny, monkey. But would you mind canning the jokes
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and helping me out?
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Canning the jokes? Is that another banana pun? Because I've
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never heard of eating canned banana before. It sounds kind
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of gross.
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No, monkey. It is not a pun. It's a humble appeal.
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See what you did there? Appeal?
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Appeal?
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Like a banana peel?
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Monkey, I'm serious.
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Not me. I'm never serious.
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But fine, I'll help you if you'll share your banana
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plant with me.
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Turtle hesitated.
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Monkey wasn't the brightest banana in the bunch, but his
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body was strong, and hers was getting weaker by the moment.
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All right, fine.
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I'll share the banana plant with you, Monkey. Now lend
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a hand, will you?
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Monkey dove into the water.
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He and Turtle worked together to drag the banana plant
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to shore before carrying it across the forest to Turtle's garden.
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Thanks for your help, Monkey. Now, how about we put
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this banana plant in the earth? We'll wait for it
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to sprout bananas, and then, when they're all yellow and ripe,
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we'll share them.
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Okay, first of all, it would have been far funnier
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if you had said, we'll share the fruits of our labors.
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And second, I don't want to wait to get my
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share of the bananas. I say we split the plant
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in half.
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Right now.
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Split the plant in half? That is no way to
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share a plant, Monkey.
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And that is no way to treat the courageous hero
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who dove into a raging, roiling river to save you.
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I want my half, Turtle. The question is... Which half?
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Monkey looked the banana plant up and down. When his
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gaze landed on the broad green leaves at the top,
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his face broke into a grin.
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The top half! I want the top half!
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After all, that's the part where the bananas will sprout,
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so it's the better one.
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And please, don't try convincing me that the better half
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should be yours, because trust me, it's not going to work.
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Well, actually, Monkey... Turtle paused.
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The truth was, if Monkey picked the top, then the
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better half would be hers. Why? Because she would have
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the bottom, and the bottom had the plant's roots. The
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roots would dig into the earth, they would suck up
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all the nutrients, and the plant would eventually sprout bananas.
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The top half, of course, did not have roots. Therefore,
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it would not sprout bananas. But Turtle knew that Monkey
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would never be convinced of this fact. So she just
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sighed and smiled.
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Actually, Monkey, what I was going to say is I'll
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need your help if we're going to split the plant's
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top from its bottom. Do you mind lending another hand?
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Monkey happily obliged.
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He and Turtle cut the banana plant in half. Then
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as Turtle got to work planting the bottom half in
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her garden... Monkey set off through the forest, carrying the top.
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Certainly got the better end of that deal. End of
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the plant. With just the bottom, there's no way Turtle
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will get any fruit. The whole thing is totally hilarious. No, uh, uh, uh,
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turtley hilarious. No, uh, uh, uh, turtley shellarius.
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Man, I'm good.
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When Monkey got home, he quickly planted his top half
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in his yard.
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Aw, yeah!
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Any time now, this plant is going to sprout sweet,
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delicious bananas. I'll just sit here and keep my eyes
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peeled until it does.
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Well, as you can no doubt guess, the plant in
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Monkey's yard did not sprout sweet, delicious bananas. Instead, it wilted,
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then withered, then died.
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What's going on here? Why didn't my bananas grow? I'm
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gonna go see Turtle. She's got some explaining to do.
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Monkey stomped over to Turtle's house, where he found her
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sitting in her garden beneath her half of the banana plant.
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Only her half looks nothing like his, because sprouting from
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the top were bunches and bunches of ripe yellow bananas.
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Well, thanks a lot, Turtle. or dare I say, thanks
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a bunch.
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My half of the plant didn't grow a single banana.
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How did your half grow so many?
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It was easy, Monkey. I put it in the earth,
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the roots took hold, and eventually I had all these bananas.
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Turtle gave Monkey a grin. He did not grin back. Instead,
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his eyes filled with tears and Turtle's heart filled with pity.
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Listen, Monkey. The thing about a turtle like me growing
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her own bananas is I can't climb up and pick them.
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They're so high off the ground, I have to wait
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for them to fall or get blown off by the wind. So,
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I'll tell you what. If you climb up and pick
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the bananas, I will share them with you.
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Monkey wiped his eyes.
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Do you really mean it, turtle? You'll share your bananas
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if I climb up and pick them?
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I absolutely will. After all, you'd be doing me a
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huge favor. Those bananas aren't exactly low-hanging fruit.
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Am I right?
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Monkey didn't waste a second.
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He reached out his strong arms and legs and began
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shimmying up the plant. Once he got to the top,
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do you know what he did? He plucked off a
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bunch of bananas and began to act. eat them.
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Oh, these bananas are so tasty, so ripe.
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Turtle jumped out of the way as a cascade of
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empty banana peels came tumbling to the ground.
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Monkey!
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Monkey! You're eating all of the bananas. We were supposed
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to share them.
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Yeah, I guess we were, weren't we?
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But now that I'm tasting them, I've decided that for you,
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these bananas are forbidden fruit.
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Get it?
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Forbidden fruit?
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As in something you want more because you know you
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can't have it?
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Yeah, I know what forbidden fruit is, monkey. But this
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plant is mine. I should get my share of bananas.
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I don't know, Turtle.
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Not so long ago, you cheated me out of my
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share of bananas by giving me the bad half of
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the plant. So now it's my turn to come out
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on top.
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Turtle heaved a sigh.
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Monkey had insisted on taking the bad half of the plant.
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She never could have convinced him otherwise. And now, here
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he was eating, yes, the fruits of her labors. Turtle's
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legs may have been slow, but her mind was swift.
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And as Monkey lounged at the top of the plant,
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gobbling down one banana after another, Turtle set her nimble
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mind into motion.
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I believe I have a plan for how to teach
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Monkey a lesson. And if it works, that pesky primate
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will be sorry. In fact, he might even make like
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a banana. And split!
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Ha ha ha!
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How do you think Turtle will get back at Monkey?
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We'll find out in a banana-second. Okay, I'm sorry. That
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wasn't nearly as funny as I thought it would be.
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And besides, our breaks are more than a nanosecond, right?
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Sometimes they're more like, I don't know, a minute? Anyhow,
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I will try that again. How do you think Turtle
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will get back at Monkey? 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 and 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.
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I'm Rebecca Shear. Today, our story is called Top Banana Podcast.
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Before the break, Monkey was at the top of Turtle's
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banana plant, eating all of her bananas and refusing to share.
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So Turtle decided to teach Monkey a lesson. Moving as
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fast as her legs could carry her, she shuffled into
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the forest. When she came back, she had a heap
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of thorns balanced on her brownish-red shell. Without making a sound,
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she scattered the prickly briars around the base of the
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banana plant. Monkey was so absorbed in his eating that
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he didn't even notice. So, when he finished the last
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banana and leaped down to the ground.
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Whee! Guess what he landed right on top of?
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Monkey sprang this way and that as his feet were
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stung by sharp, pointy thorns.
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And as he hooted and hollered, guess who he spied
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out of the corner of his eye? With a hint
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of a smile on her face.
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Oh, so you think this is funny, Turtle? Do you?
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Well... Not so much funny as fitting. You promised you
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would share my bananas with me. Then you went back
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on your word. So I had to do something to
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teach you a lesson for all of your monkeying around.
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Okay, first of all, I'm the pun guy, not you.
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And second, you want to talk about teaching lessons? How
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about if I teach you a lesson for your thievery
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and tricks?
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Thievery and tricks? You're the tricky one, monkey.
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And the thief.
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You just ate all of my bananas.
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Oh, and I enjoyed them. Bunches and bunches. But that's
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neither here nor there. The point is, I'm going to
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get even with you, Turtle. I am going to snatch
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you up and feed you to a bigger animal, like Eagle.
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She'd be happy to take you under her wing or
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into her stomach.
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Turtle shivered.
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She did not want to wind up in the belly
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of a vicious bird of prey. So once more, she
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put her mind to work.
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You know, monkey, I wouldn't feed me to eagle if
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I were you. After all, if eagle tries to eat me,
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my shell may give her a stomach ache, which would
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make her quite cross with you. And next thing you know,
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you'll be her next meal.
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Turtle knew that Eagle was too smart to actually eat
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her shell. The bird would break it off before chowing down.
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But Monkey didn't know that. And just as Turtle hoped,
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her declaration stopped him right in his tracks.
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All right, fine. I'll get even with you some other way.
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I'll, uh.
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Oh, I'll drop you into a volcano. Yeah, a volcano.
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Yeah, that'll get you into a hot mess.
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Turtle shivered again. No one could survive a fall into
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a burning hot volcano. How would she talk her way
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out of this one?
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You know, monkey, I wouldn't drop me into a volcano
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if I were you. After all, if you drop me
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into a volcano... My brownish-red skin may become redder and redder.
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And more and more beautiful. Until... I'm the most beautiful
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creature in the forest. And everyone will admire me.
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Once again, Monkey was thrown for a loop.
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All right!
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Fine! Then.
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I'll get even with you some other, other way. I will, uh.
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As Monkey racked his brain, desperately seeking a new method
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of revenge, Turtle got an idea.
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Actually, Monkey, there is one way you could get even
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with me. No, but I can't tell you.
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Why, what are you, shell-shocked? Yes, you can tell me
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how to get even with you, and you will.
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Now!
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All right, fine. Since you're so clever, Monkey, and you'll
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probably figure it out anyway, here goes. Do you remember
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the day you saw me struggling in the river?
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Of course I remember that day. It's what got us
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into this whole mess.
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But do you remember how I was flailing and floundering?
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I was on the verge of going under, Monkey. Going under.
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That moment could have been my last.
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Monkey paused.
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Turtle had been flailing and floundering until he jumped into
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the water to help her out. Had he stayed on
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the shore, she very well could have gone under.
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Wait a minute, Turtle.
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Don't say another word because I have come up with
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the perfect way to get even.
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I will throw you into the river.
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Turtle tried not to smile. This was exactly what she
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hoped Monkey would say.
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But Monkey, don't you know that if you throw me
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into the river, then it's highly likely that I'm going to.
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Ah, that you're going to drown? Yes, I know. Like
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you said, I'm clever.
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So have fun enjoying your just desserts, Turtle. If you
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could call it dessert, given that I ate all of
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your dinner.
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Quick as a wink, Monkey clamped his furry hands around
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Turtle's body and marched her to the river.
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Then he lifted Turtle high over his head.
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This'll get you out of your shell!
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And flung her into the air.
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Turtle soared across the water before splashing into the river.
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And sinking out of sight.
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Boy, hope that wasn't too startling for her. Or should
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I say too sturdling?
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With an impact like that, maybe she should have been
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wearing a shellmet. But seriously, I shouldn't crack jokes.
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After all, when you say goodbye to someone, it's not
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the appropriate time to shell-ebrate!
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But it is appropriate when you say hello again. Or
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should I say, shell-o?
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Monkey whirled around, and there was Turtle, gracefully and easefully
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swimming his way.
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I want to thank you for the ride, Monkey. It
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was turtley awesome. Or should I say, it was more
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fun than a barrel of monkeys.
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But turtle, you told me that.
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That I was struggling in the river that day? I was.
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Because of the banana plant. Turtles are excellent swimmers. When
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they're not lugging around an object ten times their size.
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I'm sorry if I misled you, monkey. I was trying
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to teach you a lesson for misleading me.
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Monkey hung his head.
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Turtle was right. She had put her trust in him,
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and he had broken that trust. So now she had
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gotten her revenge. In fact, you could even say she
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had made a monkey out of him. Well, I'm happy
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to say that after the banana plant incident, Monkey changed
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his tune.
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He did not stop punning.
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But he did start practicing kindness, generosity, and honesty. And
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that definitely made him a far more appealing guy to
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have around. Now it's your turn. Think about a time
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you shared with someone. Perhaps you put together a puzzle
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with a friend and took turns picking out pieces. Maybe
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you shared a snack with a classmate or donated some
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clothing or books to a charity. Sharing isn't always easy,
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but it can make us feel good. And what's more,
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it can make the people we're sharing with feel great.
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This week's episode, Top Banana, was adapted by me, Rebecca Shear.
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It was edited by Dean Russell. Our original music and
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sound design is by Eric Shimalonis. Our artist is Sabina Han.
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Sabina has created a black and white coloring page for
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all of our Circle Round stories, and you can print
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them out and color them in. Grown-ups, visit our website, wbur.org
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slash circleround, and click on Coloring Pages. Special thanks to
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this week's actors, Tatiana Ali and Jack DeSena. Kids, you
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can hear Jack DeSena's voice in a bunch of animated
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TV shows, including Lego Monkey Kid, The Dragon.
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Prince, and Avatar, The Last Airbender.
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Grown-ups, you can check out Tatiana Ali on The Fresh
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Prince of Bel-Air, the original and the reboot, as well
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as Abbott Elementary on ABC. Our featured instrument this week
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was the sarin. You can learn more about this Southeast
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Asian instrument consisting of bronze bars on a wooden frame
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and see a photo of Eric Shemelonis playing one on
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our website.
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Again, that's wbur.org slash circleround.
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Grown-ups, if you enjoy Circle Round, please leave us a
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five-star review on your favorite podcast app.
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It'll truly make our day and help other listeners find
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the show. Circle Round is a production of WBUR, Boston's
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NPR news station. I'm Rebecca Shear. Thanks for circling round
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with us.
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Now that you've made it to the end of this
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Circle Round episode, we want to know, What's your.
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Favorite Circle Round story?
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Thousands of fans just like you have been telling us
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about the Circle Round stories they like best.
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Take a listen.
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Maybe one of their favorites is one of yours, too.
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Hi, my name is Sai.
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I'm from Wilmot, Illinois, and my favorite Circle Round story
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is the governor's puzzle.
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My favorite part is when the governor's daughter solves the puzzle.
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My name is Kiriel, and I live in richmond canada
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my favorite circle round is misery loves company and i
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like the part where alexandra traps misery in the cave
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hi my.
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Name is jonathan i'm from seattle washington my favorite story
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is why the ocean is salty because i like the
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part when the brother takes the pearl My.
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Name is Libby, and I live in Broken Arrow. My
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favorite story was the town trips. I like when they
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got tricked, but the trip leader saved them.
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Hello, my name is Charlotte.
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I'm from Africa. Athol, Massachusetts.
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And my favorite circle round story is the star fruit tree.
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And my favorite part is when the sister and the
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other sister trade. I'm Peter from Athol, Massachusetts. My favorite
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circle round story.
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Is the blizzard wizard.
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I like the part when she ziplines on her hair.
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My name is Iris. I live in Hudson, New York.
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My favorite story is the horse of a different color.
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My favorite part is when the horse lets the girl
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win the tournament of throwing the apple into the emperor's lap.
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My name is Lucas.
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I live in Virginia.
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My favorite circle round story is the three-legged pie.
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My name is Grayson.
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I live in Portland, Oregon. My favorite story is the
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lion's whisper. And my favorite part is when the grandmother
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says we're making a potion.
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Did someone mention a story you've missed? Not to worry.
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Grownups, you can find all of our Circle Round stories,
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plus links to the Circle Round Club, picture books, coloring pages,
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and oh so much more on our website, wbur.org slash circleround.
