Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. During this time of Covid, many people aren’t able to use the library in the same way as in the past. To help bring more stories to more readers, many publishing companies are allowing books that are normally unavailable for copyright reasons to be read out loud and shared with others until June 30, 2023. The stories that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they’re available! Today’s story is shared with permission of Penguin Random House Publishing Company. 

Today’s story is “Experiment Thirteen,” from Centerburg Tales by Robert McCloskey. Homer Price and his friend Freddy have been hired to help Centerburg citizen Dulcy Dooner take care of the thirteen strange plants that are growing from the seeds he inherited. What will those seeds grow into? For one thing, they are tremendously huge, and for another, Homer thinks the shape of the plants is a bit familiar, in a bad way! 

Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life! 

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