NARRATOR: Olek’s chickens laid more eggs than he could count. OLEKSANDRA: Heavens to betsy! I haven’t seen a drop of milk in weeks. NARRATOR: Oleksandra’s cows, meanwhile, were skinny as a beanpole. OLEK: My word! With the milk these cows produce, I could open an ice-cream parlor! NARRATOR: Olek’s cows were plump and healthy. OLEKSANDRA: For pete’s sake! Not even a sprout today? Not one? NARRATOR: Yet Oleksandra’s garden wouldn’t grow a thing. OLEK: Good golly! This one’s as big as a wash basin! NARRATOR: Olek’s garden was bursting with massive pumpkins and cabbages. ![]() OLEKSANDRA: Uch! One measly apple and it’s as sour as a lemon! NARRATOR: But the apples on Oleksandra’s trees were meager and pale. OLEK: Look at all these apples! I’ll be baking pies for months! You see, the apple trees in Olek’s yard produced bushels of shiny red fruit. Both had barns for cows and coops for chickens.īut that is where the similarities ended. Olek and Oleksandra both had apple trees in their front yards and vegetable gardens in the back. NARRATOR: On a winding lane in a quiet village there lived two neighboring farmers: Olek and Oleksandra. the particular type of accordion we used in this week’s story) is the official city instrument of San Francisco, CA! In Europe, many conservatories actually have classical-accordion departments, and in the United States, the piano accordion (i.e. ![]() The accordion is popular in many parts of the world. The reeds inside the accordion then vibrate to produce sound. You push (or compress) and pull (or expand) the bellows while pressing buttons or keys. The accordion is a box-shaped instrument with pleated bellows in the middle. This week’s instrument is sometimes referred to as a “squeezebox.” Why? Because to make music with it, you do a lot of squeezing! Musical Spotlight: The Accordion Composer Eric Shimelonis playing the accordion, an instrument thought to originate in Germany, though you can hear its music in many places, including Mexico, Brazil, Columbia, Europe, the US, and Canada. If you’re feeling down, it may very well help cheer you up! Next time you’re having a rough go of it, pick a strip of paper from your Good Things Jar and read it. Use as many strips as you can to write as many Good Things as you can.ĥ. It could be your favorite food, your favorite animal, a treasured friend, a treasured memory.Ĥ. On each strip, write down one good thing in your life. To help you remember, you can make your very own Good Things Jar!ģ. When we’re feeling sad and blue it can be hard to think about all the good things in life. Sometimes we feel amazing sometimes we feel downright miserable! Our resident artist is Sabina Hahn and you can learn more about her HERE. We'd love to see it! To access all the coloring pages for past episodes, click HERE. We’re also keeping an album so share your picture on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and tag it with #CircleRound. Our artist is Sabina Hahn.ĪDULTS! PRINT THIS so everyone can color while listening. Original music and sound design is by Eric Shimelonis. It was edited by Circle Round’s supervising producer Amory Sivertson. This episode was adapted for Circle Round by Rebecca Sheir. Samin Nosrat is the author of Salt Fat Acid Heat and hosts the Netflix series by the same name. Joshua Malina is an actor whose TV credits include The West Wing and Scandal he currently co-hosts the podcast, Chutzpod. He loved keeping Samin Nosrat company as co-host of their podcast, Home Cooking, and he loved keeping Joshua Malina company as co-host of their podcast, The West Wing Weekly. He’s also the host and creator of the podcast and Netflix original series, Song Exploder. Hrishikesh Hirway is a singer-songwriter whose latest album is Rooms I Used To Call My Own. Voices in this episode include Hrishikesh Hirway, Joshua Malina, and Samin Nosrat. Our story is called “Misery Loves Company.” It’s inspired by tales told in the Eastern European countries of Poland and Ukraine.
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