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S3E2: The Three Rhymsters

Chinese Folk Tales

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The Importance of Rheem

Each one of us must invent a verse. It's got to rhyme and makes sense. The lines of the rhyme must begin like this, in the sky, on the earth, at the table, in the room. Whoever cannot do so will have to braid like a stupid donkey as a punishment. But the youngest daughter and her farmer husband could see what the others were trying to do. They said: 'You are all too clever for me. I cannot match you for education and wit' And he stood to thank the parents and leave the party.

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