Chunky, the Happy Hippo by Richard Barnum 3 Chunky is Bitten Kids Free Audiobooks.
chapter 3 of chunky the happy hippo this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for further information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org chunky the happy hippo by richard barnum chapter three chunky is bitten hold on there wait a minute don't be afraid wait for me little hippo chap cried the big animal chunky oh no you'll bite me answered chunky as he crashed his way through the jungle bite you i wouldn't bite you for the world i never bite anything except the grass and the leaves i chew for my dinner i might tickle you with my trunk if i wanted to have some fun but i'd never bite and the big animal talked in such a kind way that chunky no longer felt frightened he stopped and looked back what do you mean tickle me with your trunk he asked speaking animal talk of course do you mean with one of your two tails i haven't two tails answered the big animal the little one is a tail to be sure but the other is my trunk or nose see i can wiggle it any way i like to and this he did my that's wonderful cried chunky i can wiggle my tail even if it is shorter than yours and i can open my mouth real wide but i can't make my nose go as yours does and so you call it a trunk what do you do with it it is like a hand to me said the big animal i pick up in it things to eat and i pull off the leaves of trees grow above my head on the high branches what is your name little hippo boy my name's chunky and what is yours i'm called tomtom the jolly elephant and i'm in a book said the big animal now don't ask me what a book is for i don't know all i know is i'm in one and the book is about a lot of my adventures what's adventurous ask chunky things that happened to you said tum-tum the jolly elephant if i had tickled you with my trunk that would have been an adventure and if the crocodile had bitten me when i was out playing water tag a while ago would that have been an adventure ask chunky it would said tumtum but that's all i know about a book i'm in one and there's a picture of me i had a lot of adventures in the jungle and then i was caught and taken away far off and put into a circus there i had lots of fun why aren't you in the circus now ask chunky well i'm getting too old to do circus tricks anymore though i feel as jolly as ever answered tom tom so the man who owned me said he'd take me out of the circus and bring me back to the jungle to help train any wild elephants he might catch that's why i'm back in the jungle i'm going to help tame and train wild elephants which the hunters who are with the man who owns me are going to try to catch huh so there are hunters are there cried chunky for he had heard his father and mother speak of these creatures and they had told him always to keep out of their way yes there are some hunters in the jungle said tum-tum they are after the elephants do you think they'll want a hippo ask chunky anxiously well i can't tell maybe they might would you like to be caught and put in a circus indeed i would not cried junkie i want to stay in the jungle and swim in the muddy river with my brother bumpy and my sister moppy we have lots of fun we had fun in the circus too said tumtum the jolly elephant there i met mappo the merry monkey and i know lots of other animals about whom those things that are called books have been written oh tell me about the other animals veg chunky was there one like me yes there was a hippo in the circus said tumtum but he was old and big and slept in his tank of water most of the time i didn't have much to say to him but i like you then there were other animals in the circus and out of a two for that matter and i liked most of them i met squinty a comical pig and there was don a runaway dog besides floppier a funny rabbit they all have books written about them and you'd be surprised at the many adventures my friends had i was surprised just now when the...

Chunky, the Happy Hippo by Richard Barnum 3 Chunky is Bitten Kids Free Audiobooks.
chapter 3 of chunky the happy hippo this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for further information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org chunky the happy hippo by richard barnum chapter three chunky is bitten hold on there wait a minute don't be afraid wait for me little hippo chap cried the big animal chunky oh no you'll bite me answered chunky as he crashed his way through the jungle bite you i wouldn't bite you for the world i never bite anything except the grass and the leaves i chew for my dinner i might tickle you with my trunk if i wanted to have some fun but i'd never bite and the big animal talked in such a kind way that chunky no longer felt frightened he stopped and looked back what do you mean tickle me with your trunk he asked speaking animal talk of course do you mean with one of your two tails i haven't two tails answered the big animal the little one is a tail to be sure but the other is my trunk or nose see i can wiggle it any way i like to and this he did my that's wonderful cried chunky i can wiggle my tail even if it is shorter than yours and i can open my mouth real wide but i can't make my nose go as yours does and so you call it a trunk what do you do with it it is like a hand to me said the big animal i pick up in it things to eat and i pull off the leaves of trees grow above my head on the high branches what is your name little hippo boy my name's chunky and what is yours i'm called tomtom the jolly elephant and i'm in a book said the big animal now don't ask me what a book is for i don't know all i know is i'm in one and the book is about a lot of my adventures what's adventurous ask chunky things that happened to you said tum-tum the jolly elephant if i had tickled you with my trunk that would have been an adventure and if the crocodile had bitten me when i was out playing water tag a while ago would that have been an adventure ask chunky it would said tumtum but that's all i know about a book i'm in one and there's a picture of me i had a lot of adventures in the jungle and then i was caught and taken away far off and put into a circus there i had lots of fun why aren't you in the circus now ask chunky well i'm getting too old to do circus tricks anymore though i feel as jolly as ever answered tom tom so the man who owned me said he'd take me out of the circus and bring me back to the jungle to help train any wild elephants he might catch that's why i'm back in the jungle i'm going to help tame and train wild elephants which the hunters who are with the man who owns me are going to try to catch huh so there are hunters are there cried chunky for he had heard his father and mother speak of these creatures and they had told him always to keep out of their way yes there are some hunters in the jungle said tum-tum they are after the elephants do you think they'll want a hippo ask chunky anxiously well i can't tell maybe they might would you like to be caught and put in a circus indeed i would not cried junkie i want to stay in the jungle and swim in the muddy river with my brother bumpy and my sister moppy we have lots of fun we had fun in the circus too said tumtum the jolly elephant there i met mappo the merry monkey and i know lots of other animals about whom those things that are called books have been written oh tell me about the other animals veg chunky was there one like me yes there was a hippo in the circus said tumtum but he was old and big and slept in his tank of water most of the time i didn't have much to say to him but i like you then there were other animals in the circus and out of a two for that matter and i liked most of them i met squinty a comical pig and there was don a runaway dog besides floppier a funny rabbit they all have books written about them and you'd be surprised at the many adventures my friends had i was surprised just now when the...

Moby Dick the Whale by Herman Melville 3 Free Kid's Teen Audiobook Classic Adventure Story

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The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island by Laura Lee Hope 2 A Surprise Free Audiobooks Kids.
chapter 2 of the bobsy twins on blueberry island by laura lee hope this librivox recording is in the public domain a surprise what's all this what's the matter asked a voice on the outside fringe of the crowd that had gathered in front of the bobsey home and looking up bert saw his father coming down the street from the direction of his lumber yard has anything happened asked mr bobsie after a glance had shown him that his own little family was safe and sound there sure has lots done gone and happened mr bobsy answered fat dina oh the poor honey lamb just to think of it but who is it what has happened asked mr bobsy looking about for someone to answer him flossie and freddie decided they would do this it's gypsy said the little fat fireman as his father sometimes called freddy and they carried off helen porter added the little fat fairy which was flossie's pet name and i saw the wagons all looking glasses and freddie and i are going to be gypsies when we grow up lossy was so excited that she dropped a lot of g letters from the ends of words where they belonged you don't mean to say that the gypsies have carried off helen porter the little girl who lives next door asked mr bobsie and great surprise yep they did i saw him exclaimed john marsh she had curly hair and when the gypsy man took her in his arm she cried helen did oh exclaimed flossy freddy and other children in the crowd there must be some mistake said mr bobsy those gypsies would never take away a child even in fun in broad daylight it must be a mistake let me hear more about it and while the father of the bobsy twins is trying to find out just what had happened i will take a few minutes to let my readers know something of the twins themselves for this book is about them it may be that some boy or girl is reading this as his or her first venture into the volumes of the bobsey twins series if so i will state that there are a number of books which come before this though this story is complete in itself to begin with there were four bobsy twins as you have guessed before this nan and bert were about ten years old tall and dark with eyes and hair to match flossie and freddy were short and fat and had light hair and blue eyes so now that you know them you will have no trouble in telling the twins one from the other with their mother and their father who owned a large lumber yard the twins lived in the eastern city of lakeport near the head of lake matoka there were others in the family besides the twins and their parents there was dear old black fat dinah the cook who made such good pies and there was sam her husband and i must not forget snoop the black cat nor snap the big dog who once did tricks in a circus you will hear more about them later the bobsy twins is the name of the first book and in that you may read of many adventures that befell the children they had more adventures in the country and there's a book telling all about that happy time and also one about the seashore when the bobse twins went to school there was more fun and excitement than you could shake a stick at as diner used to say though why anyone would want to shake a stick at fun i can't tell then came jolly times at snow lodge and on a houseboat from there the twins went to meadowbrook and afterward came home there to have more fun the book just before this one you are reading is called the bobsy twins in a great city in that you may learn how bert dan flossie and freddie went to new york where mr bobsie had some business to look after while there the twins helped to solve a mystery about a poor old man i think however that i had better not tell you any more about it but let you read it for yourself and now we find the twins back in lakeport ready for a good time during the summer that would soon be at hand only the gypsy scare had rather alarmed everyone for the time being but now let me hear what...

The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island by Laura Lee Hope 2 A Surprise Free Audiobooks Kids.
chapter 2 of the bobsy twins on blueberry island by laura lee hope this librivox recording is in the public domain a surprise what's all this what's the matter asked a voice on the outside fringe of the crowd that had gathered in front of the bobsey home and looking up bert saw his father coming down the street from the direction of his lumber yard has anything happened asked mr bobsie after a glance had shown him that his own little family was safe and sound there sure has lots done gone and happened mr bobsy answered fat dina oh the poor honey lamb just to think of it but who is it what has happened asked mr bobsy looking about for someone to answer him flossie and freddie decided they would do this it's gypsy said the little fat fireman as his father sometimes called freddy and they carried off helen porter added the little fat fairy which was flossie's pet name and i saw the wagons all looking glasses and freddie and i are going to be gypsies when we grow up lossy was so excited that she dropped a lot of g letters from the ends of words where they belonged you don't mean to say that the gypsies have carried off helen porter the little girl who lives next door asked mr bobsie and great surprise yep they did i saw him exclaimed john marsh she had curly hair and when the gypsy man took her in his arm she cried helen did oh exclaimed flossy freddy and other children in the crowd there must be some mistake said mr bobsy those gypsies would never take away a child even in fun in broad daylight it must be a mistake let me hear more about it and while the father of the bobsy twins is trying to find out just what had happened i will take a few minutes to let my readers know something of the twins themselves for this book is about them it may be that some boy or girl is reading this as his or her first venture into the volumes of the bobsey twins series if so i will state that there are a number of books which come before this though this story is complete in itself to begin with there were four bobsy twins as you have guessed before this nan and bert were about ten years old tall and dark with eyes and hair to match flossie and freddy were short and fat and had light hair and blue eyes so now that you know them you will have no trouble in telling the twins one from the other with their mother and their father who owned a large lumber yard the twins lived in the eastern city of lakeport near the head of lake matoka there were others in the family besides the twins and their parents there was dear old black fat dinah the cook who made such good pies and there was sam her husband and i must not forget snoop the black cat nor snap the big dog who once did tricks in a circus you will hear more about them later the bobsy twins is the name of the first book and in that you may read of many adventures that befell the children they had more adventures in the country and there's a book telling all about that happy time and also one about the seashore when the bobse twins went to school there was more fun and excitement than you could shake a stick at as diner used to say though why anyone would want to shake a stick at fun i can't tell then came jolly times at snow lodge and on a houseboat from there the twins went to meadowbrook and afterward came home there to have more fun the book just before this one you are reading is called the bobsy twins in a great city in that you may learn how bert dan flossie and freddie went to new york where mr bobsie had some business to look after while there the twins helped to solve a mystery about a poor old man i think however that i had better not tell you any more about it but let you read it for yourself and now we find the twins back in lakeport ready for a good time during the summer that would soon be at hand only the gypsy scare had rather alarmed everyone for the time being but now let me hear what...

The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie by St. George Henry Rathborne 3 Camp Fire Free Book Downloads.
chapter 3 of the voice outs down in dixie this is a librivox recording all ebervox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by shasta oakland california the boy scouts down in dixie by herbert carter chapter 3 can't fair hold up called out fad of course as the scout master this word had to be recognized as law by the members of cranford troop several of the boys manifested signs of disappointment and impulsive giraffe seemed to be the chief offender as a rule they were not averse to giving vent to their feelings for besides being boy scouts they had long been school chums that's too bad now fad giraffe remarked dejectedly you didn't want us to chase after that fellow four of us ought to have been able to beat him in a furious dash and how do we know but what it isn't the very man we've come all the way from cranford to sea it's too late now anyway observe bumpus yes he's disappearing among the shadows yonder said davey who had sharp eyesight and i saw him turn to look back at us just when he was passing through that bar of sunlight that crosses the water did you think he was a negro or a white man davey ask fad quietly well to tell the truth that i guess now he was a [ __ ] all right he didn't have any hat on and his hair seemed woolly enough davey admitted frankly i thought as much all along thad told them and that was one of the reasons i wouldn't give you the word to pursue him there were plenty of others though name a few mr scoutmaster requested giraffe still unconvinced oh well for instance we're all pretty tired as it is and to make that dash would wear us out then we'd lose the chance for camping out this part here that i picked out and we might go a long way without running across as good a one and if it was a black outlaw one of those desperate escaped convicts from the turpentine camps if they have them in louisiana even should we manage to overtake him he might happen to have a gun of some kind you could hardly blame him for showing fight giraffe not when you remember that we're wearing uniforms pretty much like the national guard and chances are he believed we were real soldiers not tin ones was the contribution of steppen easily convinced after he had given the subject a little reflection besides added bumpus as a clincher that he knew would catch the lanky scout it's nearly time we're thinking of having supper and sure it would be too bad if we had to postpone trying that delicious home cured ham we fetched alone the frown left the forehead of giraffe like magic and in its place came a most heavenly smile i surrender boys he announced i throw up my hands and give him seems like everybody's against me and seven to one is big odds must be i'm mistaken if it was a genuine [ __ ] after all why sure we'd have been silly to waste our precious muscle adjacent after him besides looks like the shadows are creeping out along there and read his lightest not get lost somehow oh you're right as usual mr scoutmaster i'm always letting my ambition run away with my horse sense seemed like i never opened my mouth but i put my foot in it somehow then why don't you get a button and keep it shut asked pompous promptly i would if it was the size of some i've known responded giraffe i hope now you ain't making wicked comparisons the fat scout demanded why you don't think i'd be guilty of such unbrotherly kindness do you was the giraffe's perplexing rejoinder and knowing that he could not get the better of the tall scout bumpus gave a grunt and stopped short they were soon busily engaged in making preparations for camping having come all the way from home with the idea of spending some time in the southern swamp looking for those whom fad so earnestly wish to meet face to face the lads had of course made ample preparations for having at least a fair degree of comfort...

The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie by St. George Henry Rathborne 3 Camp Fire Free Book Downloads.
chapter 3 of the voice outs down in dixie this is a librivox recording all ebervox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by shasta oakland california the boy scouts down in dixie by herbert carter chapter 3 can't fair hold up called out fad of course as the scout master this word had to be recognized as law by the members of cranford troop several of the boys manifested signs of disappointment and impulsive giraffe seemed to be the chief offender as a rule they were not averse to giving vent to their feelings for besides being boy scouts they had long been school chums that's too bad now fad giraffe remarked dejectedly you didn't want us to chase after that fellow four of us ought to have been able to beat him in a furious dash and how do we know but what it isn't the very man we've come all the way from cranford to sea it's too late now anyway observe bumpus yes he's disappearing among the shadows yonder said davey who had sharp eyesight and i saw him turn to look back at us just when he was passing through that bar of sunlight that crosses the water did you think he was a negro or a white man davey ask fad quietly well to tell the truth that i guess now he was a [ __ ] all right he didn't have any hat on and his hair seemed woolly enough davey admitted frankly i thought as much all along thad told them and that was one of the reasons i wouldn't give you the word to pursue him there were plenty of others though name a few mr scoutmaster requested giraffe still unconvinced oh well for instance we're all pretty tired as it is and to make that dash would wear us out then we'd lose the chance for camping out this part here that i picked out and we might go a long way without running across as good a one and if it was a black outlaw one of those desperate escaped convicts from the turpentine camps if they have them in louisiana even should we manage to overtake him he might happen to have a gun of some kind you could hardly blame him for showing fight giraffe not when you remember that we're wearing uniforms pretty much like the national guard and chances are he believed we were real soldiers not tin ones was the contribution of steppen easily convinced after he had given the subject a little reflection besides added bumpus as a clincher that he knew would catch the lanky scout it's nearly time we're thinking of having supper and sure it would be too bad if we had to postpone trying that delicious home cured ham we fetched alone the frown left the forehead of giraffe like magic and in its place came a most heavenly smile i surrender boys he announced i throw up my hands and give him seems like everybody's against me and seven to one is big odds must be i'm mistaken if it was a genuine [ __ ] after all why sure we'd have been silly to waste our precious muscle adjacent after him besides looks like the shadows are creeping out along there and read his lightest not get lost somehow oh you're right as usual mr scoutmaster i'm always letting my ambition run away with my horse sense seemed like i never opened my mouth but i put my foot in it somehow then why don't you get a button and keep it shut asked pompous promptly i would if it was the size of some i've known responded giraffe i hope now you ain't making wicked comparisons the fat scout demanded why you don't think i'd be guilty of such unbrotherly kindness do you was the giraffe's perplexing rejoinder and knowing that he could not get the better of the tall scout bumpus gave a grunt and stopped short they were soon busily engaged in making preparations for camping having come all the way from home with the idea of spending some time in the southern swamp looking for those whom fad so earnestly wish to meet face to face the lads had of course made ample preparations for having at least a fair degree of comfort...

The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie by St. George Henry Rathborne 2 Swamp Water Trails Free Books.

chapter 2 of the boy scouts down in dixie this is the libra box recording all the blue box recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit laborvox.org recording by shasta oakland california the boy scouts down in dixie by herbert carter chapter 2 among the puzzling swamp water trails alligator shrieked smithy and as this was the very first saurian he had ever set eyes on not in confinement this excitement was hardly to be wondered at look out giraffe he's after you cried bumpus from the other boat close by there was no need in spurring the lanky scout on to any further exertions for he had comprehended that the living log was a scaly reptile even before he took that involuntary bath and the instant that his head came above the surface again he made frantic haste to clamber back into the boat allen had instantly stooped and possessed himself of a repeating marlin rifle which he kept handy at all times now and had that gator attempted anything like hostile action the chances were that he must speedily have made the acquaintance of a soft-nosed bullet that would probably have finished his earthly career in a hurry no doubt the denizen of the swamp was even more badly frightened than giraffe where after that one whirl and splash nobody ever saw him more but then how was a lanky scout to know that imagination peoples that dark waters with a myriad of 12-foot gators all plunging toward the spot where he was struggling to drag himself back into the boat though his soaked garments seem to weigh very nearly a whole ton look out giraffe or you'll upset us all shouted bob white who probably did not see any great reason for all this haste because conditions always color such things differently helping in somebody can you guess the clingy boy want to see me bit in half do you that you lend me a hand since these other fellows won't oh what was that as a great splash was heard well of course it was only bumpus playfully striking at the water with the flat of his paddle on pretense of shoeing away the sportif and hungry alligator though no doubt he had also in mind the idea of hastening giraffes getting over the gunnel on wings of fear they managed to pull him aboard where he stood looking all around as though in the end the trifle disappointed not to see a few monsters showing their cane regret and being cheated out of a meal for that would have always added flavor to the story when he came to tell it guess he's gone down to the bottom suggested giraffe i kicked with all my might all the time i was in the water and that's the only way to scare a gator mccoon told me but you can laugh all you have a mind to step in and bumpus i reckon you'd have done as much as i did if it had been you fell in why i saw him open his jaws and i declared a goodness he had a mouth big enough to swallow a sugar barrel and that's the honest truth fellas i see plain enough that we're due for some rattling lively times while we're down here in old louisiana remarked smithy but if you don't mind fad please paddle your craft a little more to the left because the breeze is blowing straight from you to us and well you know what i mean lumpus was feeling so hilarious overseeing that great splash taken by his persecutor gerard that he did not pay the slightest attention to what smithy said you know fellows the fat scout went on to remark up to now it's been poor old bumpus who's generally going overboard or got in trouble like that but seems as if times have changed and now giraffe he wants to take his turn if i'd been close enough and had a boat hook handy sure i'd have got it fast in the collar of your jacket giraffe and i'da considered it a pleasure too that's right i reckon you would bumpus you're an awfully accommodating chum ain't you but to all scouts neared but see here whatever am i to do now fad sit in the sun and let...

The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie by St. George Henry Rathborne 2 Swamp Water Trails Free Books.

chapter 2 of the boy scouts down in dixie this is the libra box recording all the blue box recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit laborvox.org recording by shasta oakland california the boy scouts down in dixie by herbert carter chapter 2 among the puzzling swamp water trails alligator shrieked smithy and as this was the very first saurian he had ever set eyes on not in confinement this excitement was hardly to be wondered at look out giraffe he's after you cried bumpus from the other boat close by there was no need in spurring the lanky scout on to any further exertions for he had comprehended that the living log was a scaly reptile even before he took that involuntary bath and the instant that his head came above the surface again he made frantic haste to clamber back into the boat allen had instantly stooped and possessed himself of a repeating marlin rifle which he kept handy at all times now and had that gator attempted anything like hostile action the chances were that he must speedily have made the acquaintance of a soft-nosed bullet that would probably have finished his earthly career in a hurry no doubt the denizen of the swamp was even more badly frightened than giraffe where after that one whirl and splash nobody ever saw him more but then how was a lanky scout to know that imagination peoples that dark waters with a myriad of 12-foot gators all plunging toward the spot where he was struggling to drag himself back into the boat though his soaked garments seem to weigh very nearly a whole ton look out giraffe or you'll upset us all shouted bob white who probably did not see any great reason for all this haste because conditions always color such things differently helping in somebody can you guess the clingy boy want to see me bit in half do you that you lend me a hand since these other fellows won't oh what was that as a great splash was heard well of course it was only bumpus playfully striking at the water with the flat of his paddle on pretense of shoeing away the sportif and hungry alligator though no doubt he had also in mind the idea of hastening giraffes getting over the gunnel on wings of fear they managed to pull him aboard where he stood looking all around as though in the end the trifle disappointed not to see a few monsters showing their cane regret and being cheated out of a meal for that would have always added flavor to the story when he came to tell it guess he's gone down to the bottom suggested giraffe i kicked with all my might all the time i was in the water and that's the only way to scare a gator mccoon told me but you can laugh all you have a mind to step in and bumpus i reckon you'd have done as much as i did if it had been you fell in why i saw him open his jaws and i declared a goodness he had a mouth big enough to swallow a sugar barrel and that's the honest truth fellas i see plain enough that we're due for some rattling lively times while we're down here in old louisiana remarked smithy but if you don't mind fad please paddle your craft a little more to the left because the breeze is blowing straight from you to us and well you know what i mean lumpus was feeling so hilarious overseeing that great splash taken by his persecutor gerard that he did not pay the slightest attention to what smithy said you know fellows the fat scout went on to remark up to now it's been poor old bumpus who's generally going overboard or got in trouble like that but seems as if times have changed and now giraffe he wants to take his turn if i'd been close enough and had a boat hook handy sure i'd have got it fast in the collar of your jacket giraffe and i'da considered it a pleasure too that's right i reckon you would bumpus you're an awfully accommodating chum ain't you but to all scouts neared but see here whatever am i to do now fad sit in the sun and let...