This chapter of Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart, is called “A Tale I Will Thee Tell.” The Root of Power is brought to the children of Ku-Fu; and Master Li tells the story of his childhood to Number Ten Ox.

[Note: Based on hearing the pronunciation of the author’s name by three different people — two who have read aloud online from Bridge of Birds themselves — I have changed my own. Mr. Hughart is no longer with us to tell us himself.]

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(length – 22:46)