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Published: March 16, 2023, 11:30 a.m.

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In the first story, a rattan vine is insulting the rose tree. The rose tree is forced to defend itself. Then after a storm, the rose tree is the only one left standing. 

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And in the second story, a professor thinks that the creator has made a mistake by putting figs in trees and watermelons on the ground. Luckily it was a fig that dropped on his nose to let him know that he was wrong.

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Source: CHINESE FABLES AND FOLK STORIES by MARY HAYES DAVIS and CHOW-LEUNG

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Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

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Music: Birds in the Forest (\\u7a7a\\u5c71\\u9e1f\\u8bed) Erhu by Xiaofeng Zhang ; Yangqin by Yangqin Zhao

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Sound Effects: Coloane_HacsaBeach_splash_stones_2_short.wav by TelenoikaMapping on freesound.org

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Podcast Shoutout: Lexitecture- The premise is simple: in each episode, two friends (Ryan, a Canadian,  and Amy, a Scot) get together armed with a new chosen word, and then they regale each other (and you!) with whatever bits of fascinating trivia they\\u2019ve been able to uncover about the origins and histories of those words, tracing through the ages to decipher just how each word got from its beginnings to its current use.

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Listener Shoutout: Chiang Mai (\\u0e40\\u0e0a\\u0e35\\u0e22\\u0e07\\u0e43\\u0e2b\\u0e21\\u0e48)  (meaning "New City" in Thai) was founded in 1296 as the new capital of Lan Na, succeeding the former capital, Chiang Rai.

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