WVUR Podcasts, Boston.

The Circle Round episode you're about to hear is an extra special one recorded on August

27th, 2022 at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This live

event featured musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, an all-star cast, plus, as you'll

hear a fantastic audience of energetic kids and grown-ups. You can learn more about our

Tanglewood musicians and actors on our website, wbUR.org slash Circle Round. Enjoy the story!

Do you have any furry friends in your life? A cat, a dog, a gerbil?

Or so, do they get along? We're about to meet two animals who used to be great friends

until something major and magical drove them apart.

I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round Live at Tanglewood in Lennox, Massachusetts.

Today, our story is called Fighting Like Cats and Dogs.

Reversions of this folktale originally come from the Korean people of East Asia.

Joining me on stage is an amazing quintet of all-star actors, William Christian, Josh

Gondelman, Rishi K. Sheerwai, Tina Packer, and Faith Saley. And providing musical accompaniment

is a world-class quartet from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rachel Childers on Horn, Clint

Foreman on flute, Ben Levy on double bass, and Susan Nelson on bassoon. So Circle Round

Live everyone for fighting like cats and dogs.

Back in another time, in a tiny cottage near a fast-running river and a sparkling blue

sea, a man lived with his pet cat and dog.

Okay, we're gonna stop you right there, aren't we, dog?

Absolutely, cat. See, we're not so big on that word. You just used which word?

Oh, you know. Pat! Yeah, we prefer the term companion animal. Pat makes us feel more like

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