About this episode

The episode narrates a fable involving a dolphin and an ape after a shipwreck near Greece.

After a ship goes down near Greece with an ape aboard, a cunning dolphin comes to the rescue. Translation by Taurapa

Topics covered

• Aesop's fables
• Māori storytelling
• animal characters
• cunning behavior
• rescue stories

Keywords

• Aesop
• fable
• dolphin
• ape
• Greece
• storytelling
• Māori

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Paki Poto - Aesop

Places: Greece

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