To “blend in” with the human villagers, Mei does a bit of secret magic… 

But alas, not secret enough… for a shadowing figure had been watching her the entire time! Who was it?  Today, we find out, as we continue with Part 2 of “Pearl” – a Chinese mermaid story

For a full bilingual transcript, go to: 

https://www.pandacubstories.com/season-1-legends-myths/2019/3/7/s1e8-pearl-2

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ABOUT THE SHOW:

Panda Cub Stories (熊猫宝宝故事会) is a bilingual children’s podcast with a big vision: to help raise multilingual and multicultural children through storytelling! In season one, we are making our way through well known tales (and some lesser known stories) of Chinese mythology. Join Panda Cub as she dives into the seas of dragon kings and explores Jade palaces in the sky! 

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CREDITS:

⁃           Writer/producer: Linda Yi 

⁃           Chinese translation: Zoe (竻竻) Du

⁃           Language/Literacy Advisor: Kevin Wong 

SCRIPT SOURCES:

https://baike.baidu.com/item/珠海渔女像

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/珠海渔女

https://internchina.com/the-love-story-behind-the-zhuhai-fisher-girl/

http://www.chinatouradvisors.com/Attractions/Zhuhai-Fisher-Girl-Statue-198.html

http://www.sustainablepearls.org/pearls/uses-of-pearls/

https://www.bustle.com/p/pregnant-chinese-women-have-been-eating-pearl-powder-for-generations-to-give-their-kids-clear-skin-8227511

Fishing times: https://www.almanac.com/best-fishing-days

SOUNDS

Panda Cub Stories jingle: C.S. Brown

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Mermaidby Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100671

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Earth mother Theme: Magical Gravity

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"Ambience, Children Playing, Distant, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

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All other sounds from the iMovie music library, or YouTube Library

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