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EP 250: Türkiye- The Crow Peri (Kunos) · Sandman Stories Presents

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  Welcome back listeners to Sandman Stories Presents, a
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  folklore podcast where I read you to sleep or until the next
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  story. I'm your host Dustin.
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  Today we are back in the book of Turkish folklore written down by
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  Ignez Kunios. If you are new to this podcast,
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  a parry is a magic spirit somewhat akin to a fairy.
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  Today we have the story of the Crow Perry, which follows a
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  young man who follows in his father's footsteps and joins his
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  profession. Will there be a happily ever
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  after? Let's find out.
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  OK, let's begin. The Crow Perry.
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  There once was a man who had a son.
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  The son spent the whole day in the woods catching birds, which
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  he sold. One day the father died and the
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  boy was left alone in the world. He did not know what his
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  father's occupation had been until one day, looking through
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  his father's things, he found a bird trap.
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  Picking it up, he went to the forest and set it in a tree.
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  Soon a crow flew by and landed on the tree and was caught.
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  The boy climbed up and was about to seize the bird when it begged
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  him to set it free in exchange for a much more beautiful and
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  more valuable bird. It pleaded so earnestly that at
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  length the boy liberated it. He set the trap again, and sat
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  down at the foot of the tree to wait.
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  Very soon another bird flew to the tree and was caught in a
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  trap. The boy was astonished at its
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  beauty. Never in his life had he seen
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  such a lovely bird looking at it from all sides.
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  He caressed it and was about to carry it home when the crow flew
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  near him and said, Take this bird to the Potty Shah, he will
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  buy it. So the boy put the bird in the
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  cage and took it to the palace. On seeing the beautiful little
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  creature, the potty Shah was so pleased that he gave the boy
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  more gold than he knew what to do with.
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  The bird was placed in a golden cage and the potty Shah amused
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  himself with it day and night. The potty Shah had a lala who
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  was envious of the boy's fortune and racked his brains to think
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  of a plan for depriving him of it.
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  One day he went to the potty Shah and said how beautiful this
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  bird would look in an ivory kiosk.
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  But Lala answered the potty Shah, where could I get enough
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  ivory? He who brought you the bird can
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  also bring you the ivory, said the crafty Lala.
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  The potty Shah sent for the bird catcher and commanded him to
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  bring enough ivory to build a kiosk for the bird.
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  But Potty Shah protested the youth.
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  Where can I get so much ivory? That is your business, answered
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  the king. I will give you 40 days to
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  collect it. If it is not here by that time,
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  I'll cut your head off in deep trouble.
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  The youth left Mnemonic's presence.
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  While he was absorbed in thought, the crow appeared and
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  asked him the cause of his grief.
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  The bird catcher told the crow what misfortune the little bird
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  had caused him. Worry not, returned the crow,
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  but go to the potty Shah and ask him for 40 wagons of wine.
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  The youth went to the palace and obtained the wine.
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  As he was coming away with it, the crow flew up and said Near
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  the forest are 40 drinking troughs.
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  All the elephants come there to drink.
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  Go and pour the wine into the troughs, and then, when all the
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  elephants are lying stupefied on the ground, cut off their tusks
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  and take them to the king. The youth followed the crow's
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  instructions and took the 40 wagons loaded with ivory back to
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  the palace. The king was so delighted with
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  the quantity of tusks that he rewarded the bird catcher
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  lavishly. The kiosk was soon built and the
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  bird was put in it. The beautiful creature hopped
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  about joyously in its new home, but it did not sing.
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  If it's master were here, suggested the wily lala, it
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  would have the desire to sing Who knows who its owner was and
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  where he can be found, Answered the king sadly.
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  He who brought the ivory can surely discover the owner of the
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  bird, said the lala. So the patishah called the youth
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  and ordered him to find out who the former owner of the bird
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  was. How should I know who its owner
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  was? Said the bird catcher.
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  I caught it in the forest. That is your problem, returned
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  the king. If you do not find him, you
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  shall be put to death. I'll give you 40 days to find
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  him. The youth went home and wept
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  most bitterly. But the Crow appeared and asked
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  why he cried. The poor youth told his story.
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  That trifle is not worth so many tears, replied the Crow.
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  Go immediately to the king and request a large ship, large
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  enough to accommodate 40 maidens, with a garden and a
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  very beautiful bath on board. The bird catcher went to the
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  Potty Shah and told him what was required for the voyage.
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  The ship was built according to his wishes.
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  The youth climbed aboard, and while he was considering whether
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  he should set sail to the right or to the left, the crow once
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  more appeared. Always sail to the right, he
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  instructed, and don't stop until you come to a very high
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  mountain. At the foot of this mountain
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  1240 parries. When they see your ship they
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  will all desire to inspect it. However, you must only let the
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  Queen come on board, for she is the owner of the little bird.
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  While you are showing her the ship, set sail and do not stop
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  again until you arrive home. So that you sailed away in his
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  ship, always sailing to the right until he reached the
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  mountain. There on the shore the 40 Parrys
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  were taking a walk, and as soon as they spied the ship they
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  wished to inspect it. The Queen begged the bird
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  catcher to let them see the interior of the vessel, as they
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  had never seen a ship before. Only the Queen was permitted to
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  come on board, and a rowboat was sent to the shore to fetch her.
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  The fairy was delighted with the beautiful ship.
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  She walked across the deck, promenaded in the garden, and
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  seeing the bath, exclaimed. Since I am here, I will also
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  bathe. So she went into the bath, and
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  while she was there on the ship they set sail.
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  By the time the Parry had finished her bath, the ship was
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  already far out at sea. Hurrying on to the deck, she saw
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  that they were almost out of sight of the land, and broke
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  into loud cries of despair. What would happen to her?
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  Where were they taking her? The youth, hoping to console
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  her, told her that she was going to meet some good people and go
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  to a royal palace. Soon they reached the town where
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  the ship had set out from, and the Potty Shah was told of the
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  vessel's safe arrival. The fairy was brought to the
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  palace, and when she passed the bird's kiosk, it began to sing
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  so ravishingly that everyone hearing it was enraptured.
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  The fairy was now more at ease, and she was completely reassured
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  at meeting the Potty Shah, who admired her so much that he was
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  unable to take his eyes off of her.
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  The marriage of the Potty Shah to the fairy took place soon
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  afterwards, and the king was now the happiest man in the world.
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  But the Lala was bursting with rage.
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  One day the queen was taken very ill.
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  The medicine that would cure her illness was at home in the fairy
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  palace, and the Lala promptly advised that the bird catcher
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  should be sent to fetch it. Accordingly he embarked, but
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  when he set sail, the crow appeared and inquired where he
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  was bound. The youth replied that the queen
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  was ill and that he was going to her fairy palace to fetch her
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  medicine. You will find the palace on the
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  other side of the mountain, said the crow. 2 lions guard the
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  door. Take this feather with you, and
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  if you stroke their lips with it, they will do you no harm.
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  The youth accepted the feather and set sail.
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  Casting anchor before the mountain, he soon saw the
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  palace. He went up to the entrance where
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  the two lions stood, and when he stroked their lips with the
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  feather, they withdrew. The fairies, seeing the young
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  man, suspected that their queen was ill, so they gave him the
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  medicine, and he returned home without delay.
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  As he entered the Perry's apartment with the medicine, the
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  crow alighted on his shoulder, and thus they both stood before
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  the patient. The queen had already nearly
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  expired, but the moment she took the medicine she revived,
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  opening her eyes and seeing the bird catcher with the crow up on
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  his shoulder. She addressed the latter and
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  said, You hateful bird, have you no pity for this poor young man,
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  that you have caused him so much suffering?
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  Then the queen told her husband that this crow had once been her
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  fairy servant, whom she changed into a crow as punishment for
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  her negligence. But now, said she, addressing
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  the bird, I pardon you, seeing that you still love me.
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  On this the crow shook itself, and behold, a lovely maiden
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  stood before the bird catcher. In accordance with the Queen's
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  wish, the king gave the crow Perry in marriage to the bird
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  catcher. The false lala was dismissed
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  from his post, and the young bird catcher was made vizier.
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  Thus they all lived happily ever after.
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  The End. Wow, this story very much rhymes
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  with the Armenian story of just a month ago.
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  Of course this happens when cultures have contact with one
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  another and it also has a bit of a fish Perry story from Turkey.
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  And I like how this story came to an end with no one but the
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  jealous La La losing his job. It was a fun story and I look
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  forward to many more and as I still have 28 more stories from
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  this book, I might finish it sometime or in the twenty 30s.
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  And the podcast shout out is to the Egyptian History Podcast.
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  This is a wonderful podcast hosted by Dominic and it
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  showcases the long and storied history of Egypt.
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  Just like it says on the 10, you get so much information about
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  the houses, the people, the culture, the accurate
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  pronunciations of the Egyptian Pharaoh's names and their
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  meanings. This podcast is so much fun that
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  I highly recommend it, especially if you had a whole
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  Egyptian obsession when you were a kid.
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  So go and give a show, a listen, a rating and a review.
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  And the listener shout out is to Johor Baru, Malaysia.
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  Google did a great job of summing up this city that it is
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  just outside of Singapore. So here is what they said.
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  Johor Baru, capital of the Malaysian state of Johor, sits
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  at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula with a Causeway across
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  the Straits of Johor connecting it to Singapore.
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  It's a gateway for exploration of that island nation.
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  On Jahor Baru's waterfront is Istana Bisar, a royal palace
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  built by the Sultan Abu Baker in 1866 that now houses the Royal
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  Abu Baker Museum. And I would love to go and visit
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  there and Singapore one day. So to my listener in Jahor Baru,
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  I say terima kasi Dan salamat malam.
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  Thank you. Good night.