A sickly boy is living a gloomy existence, coddled and constricted by his guardian aunt who doesn't like him. His only escape from misery is through his imagination and the friends he keeps in the garden shed - a hen and the terrifying polecat-ferret he has created his own religion around. This audiobook narration of the classic Saki tale "Sredni Vashtar" comes to life with sound effects and music.

Further reading: A Summary and Analysis of Sredni Vashtar by Dr Oliver Tearle, Loughborough University

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About the episode

"Sredni Vashtar" was first published in The Chronicles of Clovis (1911, John Lane). It was written by H.H. Munro (a.k.a. Saki).

Theme music:

The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Incidental music:

Sredni Vashtar's Hymn words by Saki, music by Jasper L'Estrange

Descent by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au

Dhaka by Kevin MacLeod

Sound effect attributions:

https://freesound.org/people/mshahen/sounds/185449/*

https://freesound.org/people/arnaud%20coutancier/sounds/270843/*

*All used with the following licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

All other sound effects sourced at Freesound.org

The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor.

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