In the first story, a body falls apart because it can't figure out how to work together. What good are the ears to the stomach? And with that, an emperor learns his lesson.

In the second story, Fox is proud of his running and abuses poor little Crab. Unfortunately for Fox, Crab is smarter than he looks and takes Fox to task.

In the third story, a girl named Rose is picked on by her classmates because her namesake is hard to handle and has very sharp thorns. Because of this, Rose wants to change her name. Can her mother convince her otherwise?

Source: Chinese Fables and Folk Stories (1908) Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung 

Music: A recording from Luxun park in Shanghai, China. An old man is playing an erhu by the edge of a pond. You can hear the amplified erhu as well as some of the park. Erhu at Luxun Park in Shanghai recorded by taurindb on Freesound.org

Sound FX: Rain on a Camper recorded by Dustin Steichmann

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Nuzzle House

Listener Shoutout: St Paul, Minnesota.

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