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The Bad Little Owls by John Breck 6 Plan to Foil The Enemy Free Kids' Audiobook Club.
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came a sound from the little blanket tent everybody looked then stripes and watch both knew what it was louis thompson was waking up inside of it and in the next instant watch the dog and a stripes skunk were staring at each other all alone killer wasn't there at all oh gasped stripes where has he gone he began turning round and round trying to see what had become of the wicked beast where has who gone what do you mean asked watch for the wise dog was pretending he hadn't even seen him my cousin stripes explained feeling scarier and scarier he came to visit me isn't it too bad i hadn't a chance to say goodbye to him say goodbye to him said the dog wagging his wavy tail in a joking way how could you say goodbye to anyone who wasn't here i've been here all the time but i'm not your cousin then i'll say goodbye to you instead stripes teeth were almost chattering i'm going give my regards to my cousin if you should happen to see him wherever are you going asked watch he was really puzzled by this time i'm going stripes couldn't think for a minute where he was going he just wasn't going to stay in the woods and fields now that that bad beast had come i'm going with bobby robin on the long flight he said at last which was very foolish because he couldn't begin to run fast enough to keep up with a bird when it was flying even nibble rabbit can't but he humped himself off in a great hurry so scared that his hair was all bristling you know where killer hid when louis gave that big noisy yawn he just slid back into his narrow crack between the two big stones i'm safe he sniffed to himself nobody can get me out of here not even that foolish dog this rock is too hard digging for anybody's toenails he felt shivery all right enough because scary folk aren't all bad but deep down inside them bad ones are always scary in a minute he began to hear his cousin stripes skunk asking watch the dog where he'd gone to he squinted through his crack to see how soon they were going and what do you think he saw he saw louie thompson yes even if louis didn't see him he saw louis squirm out from under his blanket tent first came his tusly head then came his shoulders whoever in all the woods is that thought the weasel and his eyes began to pop killer tried to listen and then he tried to sniff in the direction of louis thompson because he just couldn't believe his eyes suddenly louis scrambled to his feet and stood up the weasel's hair stood up too now he understood it's a man he hissed and he ground his teeth in a rage that's what i get for listening to the owl she knows we're deadly enemies just let me get out of this hole without being seen and i'll hustle back into the deep woods in two long bounces and a tail flip but i'll give that lying little bird a lick with my tongue that won't smooth her feathers he felt so hateful that he tried to grip his own claws into the hard stone louis thompson washed himself and dug a root and then he went up to his house to see if his mother had saved him any civilized breakfast watch took a good long lap of water and then he sniffed about wonder where everybody's gone he puzzled i guess i'll get some breakfast up at louie's house they'll be all through long ago at tommy's so off they strolled and the pond was quieter yet there wasn't anybody there at all that is anybody but killer the weasel down in his nice safe crack and he didn't make any noise either he'd gone off to sleep he sleeps in the daytime anyway and he slept very soundly because there wasn't a sound to waken him there wasn't a pat or a flutter or a chirp or a squeak or even a sneeze because there wasn't...

The Bad Little Owls by John Breck 6 Plan to Foil The Enemy Free Kids' Audiobook Club.
chapter 6 of the bad little owls this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org read by heather eeny the bad little owls by john breck a plan to foil the enemy

came a sound from the little blanket tent everybody looked then stripes and watch both knew what it was louis thompson was waking up inside of it and in the next instant watch the dog and a stripes skunk were staring at each other all alone killer wasn't there at all oh gasped stripes where has he gone he began turning round and round trying to see what had become of the wicked beast where has who gone what do you mean asked watch for the wise dog was pretending he hadn't even seen him my cousin stripes explained feeling scarier and scarier he came to visit me isn't it too bad i hadn't a chance to say goodbye to him say goodbye to him said the dog wagging his wavy tail in a joking way how could you say goodbye to anyone who wasn't here i've been here all the time but i'm not your cousin then i'll say goodbye to you instead stripes teeth were almost chattering i'm going give my regards to my cousin if you should happen to see him wherever are you going asked watch he was really puzzled by this time i'm going stripes couldn't think for a minute where he was going he just wasn't going to stay in the woods and fields now that that bad beast had come i'm going with bobby robin on the long flight he said at last which was very foolish because he couldn't begin to run fast enough to keep up with a bird when it was flying even nibble rabbit can't but he humped himself off in a great hurry so scared that his hair was all bristling you know where killer hid when louis gave that big noisy yawn he just slid back into his narrow crack between the two big stones i'm safe he sniffed to himself nobody can get me out of here not even that foolish dog this rock is too hard digging for anybody's toenails he felt shivery all right enough because scary folk aren't all bad but deep down inside them bad ones are always scary in a minute he began to hear his cousin stripes skunk asking watch the dog where he'd gone to he squinted through his crack to see how soon they were going and what do you think he saw he saw louie thompson yes even if louis didn't see him he saw louis squirm out from under his blanket tent first came his tusly head then came his shoulders whoever in all the woods is that thought the weasel and his eyes began to pop killer tried to listen and then he tried to sniff in the direction of louis thompson because he just couldn't believe his eyes suddenly louis scrambled to his feet and stood up the weasel's hair stood up too now he understood it's a man he hissed and he ground his teeth in a rage that's what i get for listening to the owl she knows we're deadly enemies just let me get out of this hole without being seen and i'll hustle back into the deep woods in two long bounces and a tail flip but i'll give that lying little bird a lick with my tongue that won't smooth her feathers he felt so hateful that he tried to grip his own claws into the hard stone louis thompson washed himself and dug a root and then he went up to his house to see if his mother had saved him any civilized breakfast watch took a good long lap of water and then he sniffed about wonder where everybody's gone he puzzled i guess i'll get some breakfast up at louie's house they'll be all through long ago at tommy's so off they strolled and the pond was quieter yet there wasn't anybody there at all that is anybody but killer the weasel down in his nice safe crack and he didn't make any noise either he'd gone off to sleep he sleeps in the daytime anyway and he slept very soundly because there wasn't a sound to waken him there wasn't a pat or a flutter or a chirp or a squeak or even a sneeze because there wasn't...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Chapters 3-4 Free Audiobook Traditional Kids.
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the adventures of tom sawyer chapter 3 busy at war and love tom presented himself before aunt polly who was sitting by an open window in a pleasant rearward apartment which was bedroom breakfast room dining room and library combined the balmy summer air the restful quiet the odor of the flowers and the drowsing murmur of the bees had had their effect and she was nodding over her knitting for she had no company but the cat and it was asleep in her lap her spectacles were propped up on her gray head for safety she had thought that of course tom had deserted long ago and she wondered at seeing him place himself in her power again in this intrepid way he said mean do i go and play now aunt what a ready how much have you done it's all done aunt tom don't lie to me i can't bear it i ain't aunt it is all done aunt paulie placed small trust in such evidence she went out to see for herself and she would have been content to find 20 of tom's statement true when she found the entire fence whitewashed and not only whitewashed but elaborately coated and re-coated and even a streak added to the ground her astonishment was almost unspeakable she said well i never there's no getting around it you can work when you're a mine too tom and then she deluded the compliment by adding but it's powerful seldom you're a mind to i'm bound to say well go along and play but mind you get back sometime in the week or i'll tan you she was so overcome by the splendor of his achievement that she took him into the closet and selected a choice apple and delivered it to him along with an improving lecture upon the added value and flavor a treat took to itself when it came without sin through virtuous effort and while she closed with a happy scriptural flourish he hooked a donut then he skipped out and saw sid just starting up the outside stairway that led to the back rooms on the second floor clods were handy and the air was full of them in a twinkling they raged around sid like a hailstorm and before aunt polly could collect her surprised faculties and sally to the rescue six or seven clods had taken personal effect and tom was over the fence and gone there was a gate but as a general thing he was too crowded for time to make use of it his soul was at peace now that he had settled with sid for calling attention to his black thread and getting him into trouble tom skirted the block and came round into a muddy alley that led by the back of his aunt's cow stable he presently got safely beyond the reach of capture and punishment and hastened towards the public square of the village where two military companies of boys had met for conflict according to previous appointment tom was general of one of these armies joe harper a bosom friend general of the other these two great commanders did not condescend to fight in person that being better suited to the still smaller fry but sat together on an eminence and conducted the field operations by orders delivered through aid decamp tom's army won a great victory after a long and hard-fought battle then the dead were counted prisoners exchanged the terms of the next disagreement agreed upon and the day for the necessary battle appointed after which the armies fell into line and marched away and tom turned homeward alone as he was passing by the house where jeff thatcher lived he saw a new girl in the garden a lovely little blue eyed creature with yellow hair plated into two long tails white summer frock and embroidered pantalettes the fresh crowned hero fell without firing a shot a certain amy lawrence vanished out of his heart and left not even a memory of herself behind he had thought he loved her to distraction he had regarded his passion as adoration and behold it was only a...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Chapters 3-4 Free Audiobook Traditional Kids.
this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org

the adventures of tom sawyer chapter 3 busy at war and love tom presented himself before aunt polly who was sitting by an open window in a pleasant rearward apartment which was bedroom breakfast room dining room and library combined the balmy summer air the restful quiet the odor of the flowers and the drowsing murmur of the bees had had their effect and she was nodding over her knitting for she had no company but the cat and it was asleep in her lap her spectacles were propped up on her gray head for safety she had thought that of course tom had deserted long ago and she wondered at seeing him place himself in her power again in this intrepid way he said mean do i go and play now aunt what a ready how much have you done it's all done aunt tom don't lie to me i can't bear it i ain't aunt it is all done aunt paulie placed small trust in such evidence she went out to see for herself and she would have been content to find 20 of tom's statement true when she found the entire fence whitewashed and not only whitewashed but elaborately coated and re-coated and even a streak added to the ground her astonishment was almost unspeakable she said well i never there's no getting around it you can work when you're a mine too tom and then she deluded the compliment by adding but it's powerful seldom you're a mind to i'm bound to say well go along and play but mind you get back sometime in the week or i'll tan you she was so overcome by the splendor of his achievement that she took him into the closet and selected a choice apple and delivered it to him along with an improving lecture upon the added value and flavor a treat took to itself when it came without sin through virtuous effort and while she closed with a happy scriptural flourish he hooked a donut then he skipped out and saw sid just starting up the outside stairway that led to the back rooms on the second floor clods were handy and the air was full of them in a twinkling they raged around sid like a hailstorm and before aunt polly could collect her surprised faculties and sally to the rescue six or seven clods had taken personal effect and tom was over the fence and gone there was a gate but as a general thing he was too crowded for time to make use of it his soul was at peace now that he had settled with sid for calling attention to his black thread and getting him into trouble tom skirted the block and came round into a muddy alley that led by the back of his aunt's cow stable he presently got safely beyond the reach of capture and punishment and hastened towards the public square of the village where two military companies of boys had met for conflict according to previous appointment tom was general of one of these armies joe harper a bosom friend general of the other these two great commanders did not condescend to fight in person that being better suited to the still smaller fry but sat together on an eminence and conducted the field operations by orders delivered through aid decamp tom's army won a great victory after a long and hard-fought battle then the dead were counted prisoners exchanged the terms of the next disagreement agreed upon and the day for the necessary battle appointed after which the armies fell into line and marched away and tom turned homeward alone as he was passing by the house where jeff thatcher lived he saw a new girl in the garden a lovely little blue eyed creature with yellow hair plated into two long tails white summer frock and embroidered pantalettes the fresh crowned hero fell without firing a shot a certain amy lawrence vanished out of his heart and left not even a memory of herself behind he had thought he loved her to distraction he had regarded his passion as adoration and behold it was only a...

The Fairy Book
by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Publication date 2013-09-23
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, audiobooks, fairy tales, sleeping beauty
LibriVox recording of The Fairy Book by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.
Read in English by WoollyBee; ElleyKat; Susan Morin; Malone; Anita Slusser; Kevin W. Davidson; bala; Lynne Thompson; Claire; JCShip; Betty Perry; Stephen Gibbons; Kristin Gjerløw; Haili; Sharon Kilmer; Kimberly Krause; Jaimie Noy; rookieblue; Claire Howell; Rebecca Braunert-Plunkett; Rocket Rodger

The sleeping beauty in the wood -- Hop-O'-My-Thumb -- Cinderella; or, the little glass slipper -- Adventures of John Dietrich -- Beauty and the Beast -- Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three Eyes -- Jack the giant-killer -- Tom Thumb -- Rumpelstilzchen -- Fortunatus -- The Bremen Town Musicians -- Riquet with the tuft -- House Island -- Snow-White and Rose-Red -- Jack and the bean-stalk -- Graciosa and Percinet -- The iron stove -- The invisible prince -- The woodcutter's daughter -- Brother and sister -- Little Red-Riding-Hood -- Puss in Boots -- The wolf and the seven young goslings -- The fair one with golden looks -- The butterfly -- The frog-prince -- The white cat -- Prince Cherry -- Little Snowdrop -- The blue bird -- The yellow dwarf -- The six swans -- The prince with the nose -- The hind of the forest -- The juniper tree -- Clever Alice. All classic stories for children. (Summary by Project Gutenberg and WoollyBee).
section one of the fairy book this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by ellie cat the fairy book by dinah maria mullock the sleeping beauty in the wood

once there was a royal couple who grieved excessively because they had no children when at last after long waiting the queen presented her husband with a little daughter his majesty showed us joy by giving a christening feast so grand that the like of it was never known he invited all the fairies in the land there were seven altogether to stand godmothers to the little princess hoping that each might bestow on her some good gift as was the custom of good fairies in those days after the ceremony all the guests returned to the palace where there was set before each fairy godmother a magnificent covered dish with an embroidered table napkin and a knife and fork of pure gold studded with diamonds and rubies but alas as they placed themselves at table there entered an old fairy who had never been invited because more than 50 years since she had left the king's dominion on a tour of pleasure and had not been heard of until this day his majesty much troubled desired a cover to be placed for her but it was of common death for he had ordered for miss jeweler only seven gold dishes for the seven fairies of four said the elderly fairy thought herself neglected and muttered angry menaces which were overheard by one of the younger fairies who chanced to sit beside her this good godmother afraid of harm to the pretty baby hastened to hide herself behind the tapestry in the hall she did this because she wished all the others to speak first so that if any ill gift were bestowed on the child she might be able to counteract it the six now offered their good wishes which unlike most wishes were sure to come true the fortunate little princess was to grow up to be the fairest woman in the world to have a temper sweet as an angel to be perfectly graceful and gracious to sing like a nightingale to dance like a leaf on a tree and to possess every accomplishment under the sun then the old fairy's turn came shaking her head spitefully she uttered the wish that when the baby grew up into a young lady and learned to spin she might prick her finger with the spindle and die of the wound at this terrible prophecy all the guests shuddered and some of...

The Fairy Book
by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Publication date 2013-09-23
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, audiobooks, fairy tales, sleeping beauty
LibriVox recording of The Fairy Book by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.
Read in English by WoollyBee; ElleyKat; Susan Morin; Malone; Anita Slusser; Kevin W. Davidson; bala; Lynne Thompson; Claire; JCShip; Betty Perry; Stephen Gibbons; Kristin Gjerløw; Haili; Sharon Kilmer; Kimberly Krause; Jaimie Noy; rookieblue; Claire Howell; Rebecca Braunert-Plunkett; Rocket Rodger

The sleeping beauty in the wood -- Hop-O'-My-Thumb -- Cinderella; or, the little glass slipper -- Adventures of John Dietrich -- Beauty and the Beast -- Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three Eyes -- Jack the giant-killer -- Tom Thumb -- Rumpelstilzchen -- Fortunatus -- The Bremen Town Musicians -- Riquet with the tuft -- House Island -- Snow-White and Rose-Red -- Jack and the bean-stalk -- Graciosa and Percinet -- The iron stove -- The invisible prince -- The woodcutter's daughter -- Brother and sister -- Little Red-Riding-Hood -- Puss in Boots -- The wolf and the seven young goslings -- The fair one with golden looks -- The butterfly -- The frog-prince -- The white cat -- Prince Cherry -- Little Snowdrop -- The blue bird -- The yellow dwarf -- The six swans -- The prince with the nose -- The hind of the forest -- The juniper tree -- Clever Alice. All classic stories for children. (Summary by Project Gutenberg and WoollyBee).
section one of the fairy book this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by ellie cat the fairy book by dinah maria mullock the sleeping beauty in the wood

once there was a royal couple who grieved excessively because they had no children when at last after long waiting the queen presented her husband with a little daughter his majesty showed us joy by giving a christening feast so grand that the like of it was never known he invited all the fairies in the land there were seven altogether to stand godmothers to the little princess hoping that each might bestow on her some good gift as was the custom of good fairies in those days after the ceremony all the guests returned to the palace where there was set before each fairy godmother a magnificent covered dish with an embroidered table napkin and a knife and fork of pure gold studded with diamonds and rubies but alas as they placed themselves at table there entered an old fairy who had never been invited because more than 50 years since she had left the king's dominion on a tour of pleasure and had not been heard of until this day his majesty much troubled desired a cover to be placed for her but it was of common death for he had ordered for miss jeweler only seven gold dishes for the seven fairies of four said the elderly fairy thought herself neglected and muttered angry menaces which were overheard by one of the younger fairies who chanced to sit beside her this good godmother afraid of harm to the pretty baby hastened to hide herself behind the tapestry in the hall she did this because she wished all the others to speak first so that if any ill gift were bestowed on the child she might be able to counteract it the six now offered their good wishes which unlike most wishes were sure to come true the fortunate little princess was to grow up to be the fairest woman in the world to have a temper sweet as an angel to be perfectly graceful and gracious to sing like a nightingale to dance like a leaf on a tree and to possess every accomplishment under the sun then the old fairy's turn came shaking her head spitefully she uttered the wish that when the baby grew up into a young lady and learned to spin she might prick her finger with the spindle and die of the wound at this terrible prophecy all the guests shuddered and some of...

Japanese - Trokko [1922]: prose, fiction, young adult Free Audiobook Public Domain

Japanese - Trokko [1922]: prose, fiction, young adult Free Audiobook Public Domain

Librivox Multilingual Short Works Collection 002

Publication date 2012-07-13
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics Librivox, audiobook, multilingual, poetry, prose
This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages. All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers.

Brief description of the contributions:
01 - Bisaya - Ang mga Mahadlokon [1921]: prose, scaredy cats, talawan nga ulitawo, simbang gabi 02 - Japanese - Trokko [1922]: prose, fiction, young adult 03 - Spanish - Día de bronca [1912]: poetry, lunfardo, slang, argot, love affair, anger, betrayal, unfaithfulness 04 - Japanese - Matsu [1942]: prose, fiction, monologue, I wait, young lady 05 - Polish - Moja pierwsza bitwa. Opowiadanie sierżanta: prose; short story; proza; opowiadanie; powstanie listopadowe 06 - Portuguese - A Aia [1902]: prose, fiction, war, death, tragedy 07 - Tagalog - Pahimakas [1898] (translated from the Spanish by Hermenegildo Cruz): poetry, Mi Ultimo Adios, oil lamp, Huling Paalam 08 - German - Die berühmte Frau [1788]: poetry 09 - Japanese - Oka no ie [1921]: prose, fiction , children, hill, house 10 - Japanese - Sakurano kino shitaniwa [1928]: prose, fiction, monologue, cherry tree 11 - Japanese - Ichyono mi: prose, fiction, children, ginkgo tree 12 - German - Wahrhaftig: poetry, spring, nature 13 - Japanese - Hitofusano budou [1920]: prose, fiction, young adult, school 14 - Swedish - Önskenatt [1922]: poetry 15 - Japanese - Sakazuki [1910]: prose, fiction, winecup, spring 16 - Japanese - Okashino daibutoukai [1923]: prose, fiction, children, sweets 17 - Polish - Dziad i Baba: short story, fable, moral, devil, greed 18 - German - Auch ein Gedicht? [1864]: humorous nonsense impromtu poem as outcome of a lost bet 19 - Japanese - Yabuno naka [1922]: prose, fiction, mystery 20 - Dutch - Doodgaan [1888]: poetry, death

Librivox Multilingual Short Works Collection 002

Publication date 2012-07-13
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics Librivox, audiobook, multilingual, poetry, prose
This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages. All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers.

Brief description of the contributions:
01 - Bisaya - Ang mga Mahadlokon [1921]: prose, scaredy cats, talawan nga ulitawo, simbang gabi 02 - Japanese - Trokko [1922]: prose, fiction, young adult 03 - Spanish - Día de bronca [1912]: poetry, lunfardo, slang, argot, love affair, anger, betrayal, unfaithfulness 04 - Japanese - Matsu [1942]: prose, fiction, monologue, I wait, young lady 05 - Polish - Moja pierwsza bitwa. Opowiadanie sierżanta: prose; short story; proza; opowiadanie; powstanie listopadowe 06 - Portuguese - A Aia [1902]: prose, fiction, war, death, tragedy 07 - Tagalog - Pahimakas [1898] (translated from the Spanish by Hermenegildo Cruz): poetry, Mi Ultimo Adios, oil lamp, Huling Paalam 08 - German - Die berühmte Frau [1788]: poetry 09 - Japanese - Oka no ie [1921]: prose, fiction , children, hill, house 10 - Japanese - Sakurano kino shitaniwa [1928]: prose, fiction, monologue, cherry tree 11 - Japanese - Ichyono mi: prose, fiction, children, ginkgo tree 12 - German - Wahrhaftig: poetry, spring, nature 13 - Japanese - Hitofusano budou [1920]: prose, fiction, young adult, school 14 - Swedish - Önskenatt [1922]: poetry 15 - Japanese - Sakazuki [1910]: prose, fiction, winecup, spring 16 - Japanese - Okashino daibutoukai [1923]: prose, fiction, children, sweets 17 - Polish - Dziad i Baba: short story, fable, moral, devil, greed 18 - German - Auch ein Gedicht? [1864]: humorous nonsense impromtu poem as outcome of a lost bet 19 - Japanese - Yabuno naka [1922]: prose, fiction, mystery 20 - Dutch - Doodgaan [1888]: poetry, death