EP 155: China- The Lion and the Mosquitoes 獅受蚊敵, The Thief and The Elephant 以象問案 (Davis & Leung 1908)

In the first story, a father tells his son the story of how the small and weak overcame the large and mighty. Lions should always be careful when challenging mosquitoes.  And in the second story, an elephant is used to determine guilt and innocence. But the elephant is not really magical, everything comes from the people themselves. Source: Chinese Fables and Folk Stories by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow Leung 1908 Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: Erhu(traditional music instrument) Creative Commons Sound Effects: Pond_in_Dongguan_Huying_Country_Park_night_3AM_april_2013_take02.wav by dmitry_patrakov on freesound.org Podcast Shoutout: Bewilderbeasts Join Melissa as she dives deep into the weirdest, funniest, sciency-est ways in which animals intersect at humanity. How is a horse responsible for the FDA? How did fish farts nearly cause bombs to fly between Russia and Sweden? Listener Shoutout: Kampala Uganda