This is the first story in the first book of the Panchatantra, called simply "The Loss of Friends". The plot of the book is revealed in the opening line:

"The forest lion and the bull

Were linked in friendship, growing, full:

A jackal then estranged the friends

For Greedy and malicious ends"

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Story: Panchatantra book 1- The Loss of Friends-The Loss of Friends

Music: Raag Maru Bihag by Nikhil Banerjee

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Tokgabi is a Korean spirit that likes to play pranks on the people of Korea. What kinds of pranks? Listen and find out! 

Author: William Elliot Griffis (1922) 

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

Music used in the story:  [ 서원숙 - 가야금 ] 심상건 풍류_염불도드리~타령(국악음반_레이블소설) Youtube 

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Old Mountain uncle, the tiger, falls for a hunter's trap and is caught. But he is saved by a kind monk. What is a starving tiger to do? thank the monk? or eat the monk?

Author: William Elliot Griffis (1922) 

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

Music used in the story:  [ 서원숙 - 가야금 ] 심상건 풍류_염불도드리~타령(국악음반_레이블소설)

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A story reflecting the times. The prince is cursed for being a brat and he falls ill. The only way to cure him? More Cowbell! No, it is to find the silent princess and trick her into speaking. If he can trick her three times, she will become his possession. Will the property known as the princess be passed from father to new husband?

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

Source: Forty Four Turkish Fairy tales by Ignácz Kúnos

 Illustrations by Willy Pogany [1913]

Music: Dhaka Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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In the first story, Woo Sing sees his first mirror. He learns the lesson about keeping his anger the hard way. Since the story is only 2 minutes long, I combined it with the next story. The second story is a sad story about a woman who loses everything that is important in traditional Chinese culture. Losing both a husband and her baby at the ripe old age of 15, she is thrown into a terrible position. But the selflessness of her favorite cousin brings a happy ending to this tale. I hope you enjoy and perhaps get some sleep,

Story by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung From the book "Chinese Fables and Folk Tales" (1908)

Music: Yuan Xiao

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The Lemon tree and the Pumelo tree live together in an orchard. The Lemon tree is sad at harvest as her children are unwanted and unappreciated, while the Pumelo is celebrated and enjoyed. How can happiness be found in the orchard? When you help a friend, you make two happy.

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Story by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung From the book "Chinese Fables and Folk Tales" (1908)

Music: Yuan Xiao

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What happens to the Rooster who thinks he is too big to fail? Who will stick up to him? Will he just be a bully for life?

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Story by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung From the book "Chinese Fables and Folk Tales" (1908)

Music: Yuan Xiao

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This is the story of two plants that live side by side. The marigold complains about how the evergreen is blocking the light and the rain and how it should move. The marigold also makes a point about how much people enjoy the flowers. The evergreen gives a wise rebuttal. But who is right?

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

Story by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung From the book "Chinese Fables and Folk Tales" (1908) 

Music: 곽수은의 가야금 Kwak's Gayageum 

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The very naughty monkey is teasing the hungry tiger. How will he get a drink from the watering hole if the tiger is guarding it?

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

Fairy Tales From Brazil How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-lore By Elsie Spicer Eells 

Illustrations by Helen M. Barton. 

Book Available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24714

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