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this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information and to find out how you can volunteer please visit librivox.org the cat and the fiddle a selection from mother goose and prose by l frank baum read by west winds 12. hey diddle diddle the cat in the fiddle the cow jumped over the moon the little dog laughed to see such sport and the dish ran off with the spoon perhaps you think this verse is all nonsense and that the things it mentions could never have happened but they did happen as you will understand when i have explained them all to you clearly little bobby was the only son of a small farmer who lived out of town upon a country road bobby's mother looked after the house and bobby's father took care of the farm and bobby himself who was not very big helped them both as much as he was able it was lonely upon the farm especially when his father and mother were both busy at work but the boy had one way to amuse himself that served to pass many an hour when he would not otherwise have known what to do he was very fond of music and his father one day brought him from the town a small fiddle or violin which he soon learned to play upon i don't suppose he was a very fine musician but the tunes he played pleased himself as well as his father and mother and bobby's spittle soon became his constant companion one day in the warm summer the farmer and his wife determined to drive to the town to sell their butter and eggs and bring back some groceries in exchange for them and while they were gone bobby was to be left alone we shall not be back until late in the evening said his mother for the weather is too warm to drive very fast but i have left you a dish of bread and milk for your supper and you must be a good boy and amuse yourself with your fiddle until we return bobby promised to be good and look after the house and then his father and mother climbed into the wagon and drove away to the town the boy was not entirely alone for there was a big black tabby cat lying upon the floor in the kitchen and the little yellow dog barking at the wagon as it drove away and the big muley cow lowing in the pasture down by the brook animals are often very good company and bobby did not feel nearly as alone as he would had there been no living thing about the house besides he had some work to do in the garden pulling up the weeds that grew thick in the carrot bed and when the last faint sounds of the wheels had died away he went into the garden and began his task the little dog went too for dogs love to be with people and to watch what is going on and he sat down near bobby and cooked up his ears and the wagged his tail and seemed to take a great interest in the weeding once in a while he would rush away to chase a butterfly or bark at a beetle that crawled through the garden but he always came back to the boy and kept near his side by and by the cat which found it lonely in the big empty kitchen now that bobby's mother was gone came walking into the garden also and lay down upon a path in the sunshine and lazily watched the boy at his work the dog and the cat were good friends having lived together so long that they did not care to fight each other to be sure tauser as the little dog was called sometimes tried to tease [ __ ] being himself very mischievous but when the cat put out her sharp claws and showed her teeth tauser like a wise little dog quickly ran away and so they managed to get along in a friendly manner by the time the carrot bed was well weeded the sun was sinking behind the edge of the forest and the new...

Mother Goose in Prose
by L. Frank Baum
this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information and to find out how you can volunteer please visit librivox.org little boy blue a selection from mother goose in prose by l frank baum read by west wins12 little boy blue come blow your horn the sheeps in the meadow the cows and the corn where's the little boy that minds the sheep he's under the haystack fast asleep there once lived a poor widow who supported herself and her only son by gleaning in the fields the stalks of grain that had been missed by the reapers her little cottage was at the foot of a beautiful valley upon the edge of the river that wound in and out among the green hills and although poor she was contented with her lot for her home was pleasant and her lovely boy was a constant delight to her he had big blue eyes and fair golden curls and he loved his good mother very dearly and was never more pleased than when she allowed him to help her with her work and so the years passed happily away until the boy was eight years old but then the widow fell sick and their little store of money melted gradually i don't know what we shall do for bread she said kissing her boy with tears in her eyes for i am not yet strong enough to work and we have no money left but i can work answered the boy and i'm sure if i go to the squire up at the hall he will give me something to do at first the widow was reluctant to consent to this since she loved to keep her child at her side but finally as nothing else could be done she decided to let him go to see the squire being too proud to allow her son to go to the great house in his ragged clothes she made him a new suit out of a pretty blue dress she had herself worn in happier times and when it was finished and the boy dressed in it he looked as pretty as a prince in a fairy tale for the bright blue jacket set off his curls to good advantage and the color just matched the blue of his eyes his trousers were blue also and she took the silver buckles from her own shoes and put them on his that he might appear the finer and then she brushed his curls and placed his big straw hat upon them and sent him away with a kiss to see the squire it so happened that the great man was walking in his garden with his daughter madge that morning and was feeling in an especially happy mood so that when he suddenly looked up and saw a little boy before him he said kindly well my child what can i do for you if you please sir said the boy bravely although he was frightened at meeting the squire face to face i want you to give me some work to do so i can earn money earn money repeated the square why do you wish to earn money to buy food for my mother sir we are very poor and since she is no longer able to work for me i wish to work for her but what can you do ask the squire you are too small to work in the fields i could earn something sir couldn't i his tone was so pleading that mistress madge was unable to resist it and even the squire was touched the young lady came forward and took the boy's hand in her own and pressing back his curls she kissed his fair cheek you shall be our shepherd she said pleasantly and keep the sheep out of the meadows and the cows from getting into the corn you know father she continued turning to the squire it was only yesterday you said you must get a boy to tend the sheep and this little boy can do it nicely very well replied the squire it shall be as you say and if he is attentive and watchful he will be able to save me a good bit of trouble and so really earn his money then he turned to the child and said come to me in the morning my little man and i will give you a silver horn to blow that you may call the sheep and the cows whenever they go astray what is your name oh never mind his name papa broke in the squire's daughter i shall call him little boy blue since he is dressed in blue from head to foot and his dress but...

Mother Goose in Prose
by L. Frank Baum

Publication date 2007-01-18
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, audiobook, fiction, fairy tale, children
Whether Mother Goose was a real person or a myth, the songs that are attributed to her name are what we remember from our childhood. Some of these nursery rhymes are complete tales in themselves. There are others which are mere suggestions, leaving the imagination to weave in the details of the story. Many of the rhymes’ origins even at the time of this book’s writing could be traced back decades or centuries. L. Frank Baum in 1897, while living in Chicago, collected the rhymes and created short stories around them which add context and understanding for children who are drawn to the familiar melodies.
(Summary by Westwinds12)

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this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information and to find out how you can volunteer please visit librivox.org read by west winds12 sing a song of sixpence a selection from mother goose in prose by l frank baum sing a song of sixpence a handful of rye four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie when the pie was opened the birds began to sing was not that a dainty dish to set before the king if you have never heard the legend of giligrin and the king's pie you will scarcely understand the above verse so i will tell you the whole story and then you will be able to better appreciate the rhyme gilligren was an orphan and lived with an uncle and aunt who were very unkind to him they cuffed him and scolded him upon the slightest provocation and made his life very miserable indeed gilligrin never rebelled against this treatment but bore their cruelty silently and with patience although often he longed to leave them and seek a home amongst kinder people it so happened that when gilligrin was 12 years old the king died and his son was to be proclaimed king in his place and crowned with great ceremony people were flocking to london from all parts of the country to witness the festivities and the boy long to go with them one evening he said to his uncle if i had six pence i could make my fortune poo nonsense exclaimed his uncle a sixpence is a small thing how then could you make a fortune from it that i cannot tell you replied gilligan but if you will give me the sixpence i will go to london and not return until i'm a rich man the boy is a fool said his uncle with anger but the ant spoke up quickly give him the money and let him go she said and then we shall be well rid of him and no longer be obliged to feed and clothe him at our expense well said her husband after a moment's thought here is the money but remember this is all i shall ever give you and when it is gone you must not come to me for more never fear replied gilligan joyfully as he put the sixpence in his pocket i shall not trouble you again the next morning he cut a short stick to assist him in walking and after bidding goodbye to his uncle and aunt he started upon his journey to london the money will not last him two days said the man as he watched gilligan go down the turnpike road and then when it's gone he will starve to death or he may fall in with people who will treat him worse than we did rejoined the woman and then he'll wish he had never left us but gilligan nothing dismayed by thoughts of the future trudged bravely along the london road the world was before him and the bright sunshine glorified the dusty road and lighted the tips of the dark green hedges that boarded his path at the end of his pilgrimage was the great city and he never doubted he would find there within proper work and proper pay and much better treatment...

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