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W-B-U-R Podcasts. Boston. Hi Rebecca Shear here and I am a little bit jet-lagged.

Eric Schimelonis and I just got back from Alaska where we were grateful participants in the Alaska World Arts Festival.

Given our recent travels, this week we're bringing you an encore edition of Circle Round,

a really fun episode you may have missed the first time.

We'll be back with a brand new episode next week.

And now, on with the story.

What do you think makes a good leader? Honesty, fairness, wisdom? We're about to meet a mother and daughter who have differing ideas about what qualities a leader should have.

One votes for a clear head,

while the other votes for a warm heart. I'm Rebecca Shear and welcome to circle round. Her story time happens all the time. Today our story is called The Princess and The Bee. It was inspired

by tales from Turkish, Tibetan, Arab, and Jewish lore. Some really great people

came together to bring you our adaptation of this folk tale

including Susie McGrath and Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York.

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