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Have you ever played hide and seek? If so, then you've probably come up with all sorts of fun

places to conceal yourself from the seeker. In today's tale, an honest

peddler believes he's found the perfect place to hide a precious

possession until a double-dealing trickster seeks it out. I'm Rebecca Shear and welcome to Circle Round where story time happens all the time.

Today our story is called The Hiding Place.

We found versions of this tale from Egyptian and Jewish lore. more.

Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this story, including Aaron Bartz, Eric Christopher Peterson, and Kara Ricketts. Three stars from the Tony Award

winning Broadway show Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, running at the Lyric Theater

in New York City.

So circle around everyone, for the hiding place. Solomon the peddler rode his rickety wagon from city to city and town to town,

hawking his hodgepodge of wares.

Step right up and get your cups and candles, your textiles and tools, all at low low prices, all for a limited time.

Every now and then, business was as brisk as a buzzing bee, and coins came flying into

Solomon's cashbox.

Thank you for your purchase, sir.

I appreciate your business, ma'am.

Thanks for being a valued customer, madam.

But most of the time, business was as slow as a tired turtle and by the end of the day

Solomon's cashbox held little more than air. Still the peddler kept at it. He worked all day, every day, refusing to take time off.

And little by little, his savings grew.

Until at last, his cashbox was filled to the brim with silver pieces.

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