Christmas Eve in an Attic Little Dramas for Primary Grades Free Kids Audiobooks Toddlers.
drama 17 of little dramas for primary grades by ada maria skinner and lillian nixon lawrence this librivox recording is in the public domain christmas eve in the attic cast first mouse read by twinkle second mouse read by sash elliott branch doll read by lynette geisel tin soldier read by thomas peter lion read by sonia elephant read by a libra fox volunteer tiger read by chuck williamson woolly dog read by april six zero nine zero jack in the box read by diane alaihi lima mrs santa claus read by beth thomas christmases here again the air is full of the smell of good things to eat it's a gay time for us i know there will be plenty of crumbs around now i wish christmas came every night but look at all those old toys in the corner i wonder why they look so sad looks sad do we no wonder it's christmas eve and we don't like to be here in the dark and cold it isn't fair we once hung on a christmas tree it must have been a long time ago it was indeed but the children do not care to play with us now that we are so old old sir how can you say that just look at me if my hair were combed and i had a new dress on i'd still be a very nice doll old indeed yes i'm quite sure you would be very pretty and i'd be as good as any other tin soldier if i had a new leg a little paint and a fresh gun oh i believe that sir lion proudly only my main scone to elephant but i see you have lost your trunk yes someone broke it off now if i had a new trunk i'd be all right but look at the tiger he has cracked his paint and his stripes are all gone it would be hard to make him look new again do you mean me oh a few stripes of new paint and i'd be as fine a tiger as you ever saw listen wooly dog is trying to speak my voice is almost gone someone punched me too hard once and broke the spring if i had a new spring i'd bark louder than ever we'd never even hear you speak then little mice i never could get back after my lid came off a hinge and a few screws and i'd be as good as new it's a shame to leave me like this hush someone is coming up the stairs mrs santa claus enters who are you i am mrs santa claus every christmas eve i find all the old toys i can i change them into new ones then i send them to the little children who have no other christmas toys i knew i'd find some old toys in this attic come here all of you let me see what each one needs please only one at a time toys come about mrs santa claus now french doll i'll begin with you there i've washed your face and combed your hair you're as good as new she does look fine now tin soldier what can i do for you give me a new red coat and mend my leg oh yes and i'd like a new gun too here you are sir now jack down in your box while i mend the lid there now you can bob up as well as ever if you please i want a new mane a little boy pulled mine off i haven't had one for a long time please don't forget me i can't bark till i get a new spring come elephant and tiger i'll do you next there i've seen you all you are now as good as toys can be are we to stay in this old attic can't we be put on a christmas tree again no listen to me you are all to go out into the world tonight each one of you must make one little child happy go the way you wish but be sure to find the child that needs you most i must hurry to another old attic over the way good night toys toys go away will each toy try to make some child glad on christmas morning i hope so how happy they all looked as they went out end of drama 17.

Christmas Eve in an Attic Little Dramas for Primary Grades Free Kids Audiobooks Toddlers.
drama 17 of little dramas for primary grades by ada maria skinner and lillian nixon lawrence this librivox recording is in the public domain christmas eve in the attic cast first mouse read by twinkle second mouse read by sash elliott branch doll read by lynette geisel tin soldier read by thomas peter lion read by sonia elephant read by a libra fox volunteer tiger read by chuck williamson woolly dog read by april six zero nine zero jack in the box read by diane alaihi lima mrs santa claus read by beth thomas christmases here again the air is full of the smell of good things to eat it's a gay time for us i know there will be plenty of crumbs around now i wish christmas came every night but look at all those old toys in the corner i wonder why they look so sad looks sad do we no wonder it's christmas eve and we don't like to be here in the dark and cold it isn't fair we once hung on a christmas tree it must have been a long time ago it was indeed but the children do not care to play with us now that we are so old old sir how can you say that just look at me if my hair were combed and i had a new dress on i'd still be a very nice doll old indeed yes i'm quite sure you would be very pretty and i'd be as good as any other tin soldier if i had a new leg a little paint and a fresh gun oh i believe that sir lion proudly only my main scone to elephant but i see you have lost your trunk yes someone broke it off now if i had a new trunk i'd be all right but look at the tiger he has cracked his paint and his stripes are all gone it would be hard to make him look new again do you mean me oh a few stripes of new paint and i'd be as fine a tiger as you ever saw listen wooly dog is trying to speak my voice is almost gone someone punched me too hard once and broke the spring if i had a new spring i'd bark louder than ever we'd never even hear you speak then little mice i never could get back after my lid came off a hinge and a few screws and i'd be as good as new it's a shame to leave me like this hush someone is coming up the stairs mrs santa claus enters who are you i am mrs santa claus every christmas eve i find all the old toys i can i change them into new ones then i send them to the little children who have no other christmas toys i knew i'd find some old toys in this attic come here all of you let me see what each one needs please only one at a time toys come about mrs santa claus now french doll i'll begin with you there i've washed your face and combed your hair you're as good as new she does look fine now tin soldier what can i do for you give me a new red coat and mend my leg oh yes and i'd like a new gun too here you are sir now jack down in your box while i mend the lid there now you can bob up as well as ever if you please i want a new mane a little boy pulled mine off i haven't had one for a long time please don't forget me i can't bark till i get a new spring come elephant and tiger i'll do you next there i've seen you all you are now as good as toys can be are we to stay in this old attic can't we be put on a christmas tree again no listen to me you are all to go out into the world tonight each one of you must make one little child happy go the way you wish but be sure to find the child that needs you most i must hurry to another old attic over the way good night toys toys go away will each toy try to make some child glad on christmas morning i hope so how happy they all looked as they went out end of drama 17.

The Little Christmas Tree Little Dramas for Primary Grades Free Audiobooks Toddlers.
drama 16 of little dramas for primary grades by ada maria skinner and lillian nixon lawrence this librivox recording is in the public domain the little christmas tree adapted from an old story cast little bird read by a librivox volunteer big fur tree read by twinkle little fur tree read by diane alla ilima the littlest fur tree read by lynette geisel santa claus read by thomas peter little bird going to big tree oh please big fur tree may i rest here in your branches i have hurt my wing and i cannot fly no i cannot have any little birds in my branches i must grow straight and tall for i mean to be a christmas tree someday little bird goes to little tree oh please dear tree may i not find shelter from the cold in your branches my wing is broken and i cannot fly i have come a long way over the ice in snow no i cannot give shelter to any birds in my branches but i'm very tired and i shall do your branches no harm it cannot be i must hold my head up high and my branches out straight for i mean to be a christmas tree i'm afraid i shall freeze out here in the snow little bird goes on please littlest fir tree may i rest in your branches i am so cold and hungry i do not think i can go any farther yes yes little bird creep up close to my trunk i will cover you as best i can with my little branches come close i'm glad to have you here thank you kind tree i hear sleigh bells the bells come nearer and nearer someone is coming this way someone is coming through the woods who is it big fur tree i cannot see so far as you can tell me what you see i see a sleigh and reindeer someone all wrapped up in fur is in the sleigh oh i feel that someone is coming for me now i'm going to be a christmas tree the bells sound nearer and nearer i see the sleigh santa claus a lights from his sleigh and looks at big tree a fine tree tall and straight but it is too tall for my christmas tree i must look farther goes on to next tree ah here's another but there's a little one i see just at the foot of the hill i believe it is the most beautiful tree in all the wood goes to littlest tree little tree you hold your head up straight and your branches spread out in all directions i must have you for my christmas tree scene little bird who is this that has found shelter in your branches a little bird i will take it too and it shall be some little child's christmas present end of drama 16.

The Little Christmas Tree Little Dramas for Primary Grades Free Audiobooks Toddlers.
drama 16 of little dramas for primary grades by ada maria skinner and lillian nixon lawrence this librivox recording is in the public domain the little christmas tree adapted from an old story cast little bird read by a librivox volunteer big fur tree read by twinkle little fur tree read by diane alla ilima the littlest fur tree read by lynette geisel santa claus read by thomas peter little bird going to big tree oh please big fur tree may i rest here in your branches i have hurt my wing and i cannot fly no i cannot have any little birds in my branches i must grow straight and tall for i mean to be a christmas tree someday little bird goes to little tree oh please dear tree may i not find shelter from the cold in your branches my wing is broken and i cannot fly i have come a long way over the ice in snow no i cannot give shelter to any birds in my branches but i'm very tired and i shall do your branches no harm it cannot be i must hold my head up high and my branches out straight for i mean to be a christmas tree i'm afraid i shall freeze out here in the snow little bird goes on please littlest fir tree may i rest in your branches i am so cold and hungry i do not think i can go any farther yes yes little bird creep up close to my trunk i will cover you as best i can with my little branches come close i'm glad to have you here thank you kind tree i hear sleigh bells the bells come nearer and nearer someone is coming this way someone is coming through the woods who is it big fur tree i cannot see so far as you can tell me what you see i see a sleigh and reindeer someone all wrapped up in fur is in the sleigh oh i feel that someone is coming for me now i'm going to be a christmas tree the bells sound nearer and nearer i see the sleigh santa claus a lights from his sleigh and looks at big tree a fine tree tall and straight but it is too tall for my christmas tree i must look farther goes on to next tree ah here's another but there's a little one i see just at the foot of the hill i believe it is the most beautiful tree in all the wood goes to littlest tree little tree you hold your head up straight and your branches spread out in all directions i must have you for my christmas tree scene little bird who is this that has found shelter in your branches a little bird i will take it too and it shall be some little child's christmas present end of drama 16.

Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 18 Free Audiobooks Kids Open Children's Library.
section 10 of the princess and the goblin 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 lizzie driver the princess enters the goblin by george mcdonald chapter 18 curdy's clue curdy was as watchful as ever but was almost getting tired of his ill success every other night or so he followed the goblins about as they went on digging and boring and getting as near them as he could watched them from behind stones and rocks but as yet he seemed no near finding out what they had in view as at first he always kept hold of the end of his string while his pickaxe left just outside the hole by which he entered the goblin's country from the mine continued to serve as an anchor and hold fast to the other end the goblins hearing no more noise in that quarter had ceased to apprehend an immediate invasion and kept no watch one night after dodging about and listening till he was nearly falling asleep with weariness he began to roll up his ball for he had resolved to go home to bed it was not long however before he began to feel bewildered one after another he passed goblin houses caves that is occupied by goblin families and at length was sure that there were many more than he had passed as he came he had to use great caution to pass unseen they lay so close together could his string have led him wrong he still followed winding it and still it led him into more thickly populated quarters until he became quite uneasy and indeed apprehensive for although he was not afraid of the cobs he was afraid of not finding his way out but what could he do it was of no use to sit down and wait for the morning the morning made no difference here it was dark and always dark and if his string failed him he was helpless he might even arrive within a yard of the mine and never know it seeing he could do nothing better he would at least find where the end of string was and if possible how it had come to play him such a trick he knew by the size of the ball that he was getting pretty near the last of it when he began to feel a tugging and pulling at it what could it mean turning a sharp corner he thought he heard strange sounds these grew as he went on to a scuffling and growling and squeaking and the noise increased until turning a second sharp corner he found himself in the midst of it and the same moment tumbled over a wallowing mess which he knew must be a knot of the cop's creatures before he could recover his feet he had caught several great scratches on his face and several severe bites on his legs and arms but as he scrambled to get up his hand fell upon his pickaxe and before the hard beasts could do him any serious harm he was laying about with it right and left in the dark the hideous christ which followed gave him the satisfaction of knowing that he had punished some of them pretty smartly for their rudeness and by their scampering and their retreating hells he perceived that he had rooted them he stood for a little while weighing his battle axe in his hand as if it had been the most precious lump of metal but indeed no lump of gold itself could have been so precious at that time as that common tool then untied the end of the string from it put the ball in his pocket and still stood thinking it was clear that the cobb's creatures had found his axe had between them carried it off and had so led him he knew not where but for all his thinking he could not tell what he ought to do until suddenly he became aware of a glimmer of light in the distance without a moment's hesitation he set out for it as fast as the unknown and rugged way would permit yet again turning a corner led by the dim light he spied something quite new in his experience of the underground regions a small irregular shape of something shining going up to it he found it was a piece of...

Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 18 Free Audiobooks Kids Open Children's Library.
section 10 of the princess and the goblin 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 lizzie driver the princess enters the goblin by george mcdonald chapter 18 curdy's clue curdy was as watchful as ever but was almost getting tired of his ill success every other night or so he followed the goblins about as they went on digging and boring and getting as near them as he could watched them from behind stones and rocks but as yet he seemed no near finding out what they had in view as at first he always kept hold of the end of his string while his pickaxe left just outside the hole by which he entered the goblin's country from the mine continued to serve as an anchor and hold fast to the other end the goblins hearing no more noise in that quarter had ceased to apprehend an immediate invasion and kept no watch one night after dodging about and listening till he was nearly falling asleep with weariness he began to roll up his ball for he had resolved to go home to bed it was not long however before he began to feel bewildered one after another he passed goblin houses caves that is occupied by goblin families and at length was sure that there were many more than he had passed as he came he had to use great caution to pass unseen they lay so close together could his string have led him wrong he still followed winding it and still it led him into more thickly populated quarters until he became quite uneasy and indeed apprehensive for although he was not afraid of the cobs he was afraid of not finding his way out but what could he do it was of no use to sit down and wait for the morning the morning made no difference here it was dark and always dark and if his string failed him he was helpless he might even arrive within a yard of the mine and never know it seeing he could do nothing better he would at least find where the end of string was and if possible how it had come to play him such a trick he knew by the size of the ball that he was getting pretty near the last of it when he began to feel a tugging and pulling at it what could it mean turning a sharp corner he thought he heard strange sounds these grew as he went on to a scuffling and growling and squeaking and the noise increased until turning a second sharp corner he found himself in the midst of it and the same moment tumbled over a wallowing mess which he knew must be a knot of the cop's creatures before he could recover his feet he had caught several great scratches on his face and several severe bites on his legs and arms but as he scrambled to get up his hand fell upon his pickaxe and before the hard beasts could do him any serious harm he was laying about with it right and left in the dark the hideous christ which followed gave him the satisfaction of knowing that he had punished some of them pretty smartly for their rudeness and by their scampering and their retreating hells he perceived that he had rooted them he stood for a little while weighing his battle axe in his hand as if it had been the most precious lump of metal but indeed no lump of gold itself could have been so precious at that time as that common tool then untied the end of the string from it put the ball in his pocket and still stood thinking it was clear that the cobb's creatures had found his axe had between them carried it off and had so led him he knew not where but for all his thinking he could not tell what he ought to do until suddenly he became aware of a glimmer of light in the distance without a moment's hesitation he set out for it as fast as the unknown and rugged way would permit yet again turning a corner led by the dim light he spied something quite new in his experience of the underground regions a small irregular shape of something shining going up to it he found it was a piece of...

Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 16-17 Free Audiobooks Kids Open Children's Library.
section 9 of the princess and the goblin this is a librivox recording or librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by lizzy driver the princess ends the goblin by george mcdonald chapter 16-17 chapter 16 the ring the same moment her nurse came into the room sobbing when she saw her sitting there she started back with a loud cry of amazement and joy then running to her she caught her in her arms and covered her with kisses my precious darling princess where have you been what has happened to you we've all been crying our eyes out and searching the house from top to bottom for you not quite from the top thought irony to herself and she might have added not quite to the bottom perhaps if she had known all but the one she would not and the other she could not say oh looty i've had such a dreadful adventure she replied and told all about the cat with the long legs and how she ran out upon the mountain and came back again but she said nothing of her grandmother or her lamp and there we've been searching for you all over the house for more than an hour and a half exclaimed the nurse but that's no matter now we've got you only princess i must say she added her mood changing what you ought to have done was to call for your own looty to come up and help you instead of running out of the house and up the mountain in that wild i must say foolish fashion well looty said irene quietly perhaps if you had a big cat with all eggs running at you you might not exactly know what was the wisest thing to do at the moment i wouldn't run up the mountain anyhow returned looty not if you had time to think about it but when those creatures came at you that night on the mountain you were so frightened yourself that you lost your way home this put a stop to looty's approaches she had been on the point of saying that the long-legged cat must have been twilight fancy of the princesses but the memory of the horrors of that night and of the talking to which the king had given her in consequence prevented her from saying what after all she did not half believe having a strong suspicion that the cat was a goblin for she knew nothing of the differences between the goblins and their creatures she counted them all just goblins without another word she went and got some fresh tea and bread and butter for the princess before she returned the whole household headed by the housekeeper burst into the nursery to exult over their darling the gentleman at alms followed i'm already enough to believe all she told them about the long-legged cat indeed though wise enough to say nothing about it they remembered with no little horror just such a creature amongst those they had surprised at their gambles upon the princess's lawn in their own hearts they blamed themselves for not having kept better watch and their captain gave orders that from this night the front door and all the windows on the ground floor should be locked immediately the sunset and open after upon no pretense whatever the man at arms redoubled their vigilance and for some time there was no further cause of alarm

when the princess worked the next morning her nurse was bending over her how your ring does glow this morning princess just like a fiery rose she said does it looty returned ireney who gave me the ring luty i know i've had it a long time but where did i get it i don't remember i think it must have been your mother gave it to you princess but really for as long as you have worn it i don't remember that ever i heard answered the nurse i will ask my king papa the next time he comes said irini chapter 17 springtime the spring so dear to all creatures young and old came at last before the first few days of it had gone the king rode through its budding valleys to see his little daughter he'd been in the distant part of...

Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 16-17 Free Audiobooks Kids Open Children's Library.
section 9 of the princess and the goblin this is a librivox recording or librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by lizzy driver the princess ends the goblin by george mcdonald chapter 16-17 chapter 16 the ring the same moment her nurse came into the room sobbing when she saw her sitting there she started back with a loud cry of amazement and joy then running to her she caught her in her arms and covered her with kisses my precious darling princess where have you been what has happened to you we've all been crying our eyes out and searching the house from top to bottom for you not quite from the top thought irony to herself and she might have added not quite to the bottom perhaps if she had known all but the one she would not and the other she could not say oh looty i've had such a dreadful adventure she replied and told all about the cat with the long legs and how she ran out upon the mountain and came back again but she said nothing of her grandmother or her lamp and there we've been searching for you all over the house for more than an hour and a half exclaimed the nurse but that's no matter now we've got you only princess i must say she added her mood changing what you ought to have done was to call for your own looty to come up and help you instead of running out of the house and up the mountain in that wild i must say foolish fashion well looty said irene quietly perhaps if you had a big cat with all eggs running at you you might not exactly know what was the wisest thing to do at the moment i wouldn't run up the mountain anyhow returned looty not if you had time to think about it but when those creatures came at you that night on the mountain you were so frightened yourself that you lost your way home this put a stop to looty's approaches she had been on the point of saying that the long-legged cat must have been twilight fancy of the princesses but the memory of the horrors of that night and of the talking to which the king had given her in consequence prevented her from saying what after all she did not half believe having a strong suspicion that the cat was a goblin for she knew nothing of the differences between the goblins and their creatures she counted them all just goblins without another word she went and got some fresh tea and bread and butter for the princess before she returned the whole household headed by the housekeeper burst into the nursery to exult over their darling the gentleman at alms followed i'm already enough to believe all she told them about the long-legged cat indeed though wise enough to say nothing about it they remembered with no little horror just such a creature amongst those they had surprised at their gambles upon the princess's lawn in their own hearts they blamed themselves for not having kept better watch and their captain gave orders that from this night the front door and all the windows on the ground floor should be locked immediately the sunset and open after upon no pretense whatever the man at arms redoubled their vigilance and for some time there was no further cause of alarm

when the princess worked the next morning her nurse was bending over her how your ring does glow this morning princess just like a fiery rose she said does it looty returned ireney who gave me the ring luty i know i've had it a long time but where did i get it i don't remember i think it must have been your mother gave it to you princess but really for as long as you have worn it i don't remember that ever i heard answered the nurse i will ask my king papa the next time he comes said irini chapter 17 springtime the spring so dear to all creatures young and old came at last before the first few days of it had gone the king rode through its budding valleys to see his little daughter he'd been in the distant part of...

Violin Student Chromatic Scales Suzuki ABRSM Tools Free Class For Intermediate Learners

Violin Student Chromatic Scales Suzuki ABRSM Tools Free Class For Intermediate Learners