The Length of Animal Life Story Book of Science Jean-Henri Fabre Free Kids Audiobooks

The Kettle Story Book of Science Jean-Henri Fabre Free Kids Audiobooks

chapter 11 of the storybook of science this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit libravox.org recording by greg giordano the storybook of science by jean henry fabre translated by florence bicknell chapter 11 the kettle now that day mother embracing was very tired she had taken down from their shelves kettles saucepans lamps candlesticks casseroles pans and lids after having rubbed them with fine sand and ashes then wash them well should put the utensils in the sun to dry them thoroughly they all shone like a mirror the kettles particularly were superb with their rosy reflections one might have said that tongues of fire were shining inside them the candlesticks were a dazzling yellow a meal and jewels were lost in admiration i should like to know what they make kettles of they shine so remarked a meal they are very ugly outside all black doubt with soot but inside how beautiful they are you must ask uncle replied his brother yes a scented email no sooner said than done they went in search of their uncle he did not have to be entreated he was happy whenever there was an opportunity to teach them something kettles are made of copper he began and copper as jules copper is not made in certain countries is found already made mixed with stone it is one of the substances that is not in the power of man to make we use these substances as god has deposited them in the bosom of the earth for purposes of human industry but all our knowledge and all our skill cannot produce them in the bosom of mountains where copper is found they hollow out galleries which go down deep into the earth there workmen called miners with lamps to light them attack the rock with great blows of the pick while others carry the detached blocks outside these blocks of stone in which copper is found are called ore in furnaces made for the purpose they heat the ore to a very high temperature the heat of our stove when it is red hot is nothing in comparison the copper melts runs and is separated from the rest then with hammers of enormous weight set in motion by a wheel turned by water they strike the mass of copper which little by little becomes thin and is hollowed into a large basin the copper smith continues the work he takes a shapeless basin and with little strokes of the hammer fashions it on the anvil to give it a regular shape that is why coppers was tap all day with their hammers commented jewels i had often wondered when passing their shops but they made so much noise always tapping without any stop they were thinning the copper shaping it into saucepans and kettles here emil asked when a kettle is old has holes in it and can't be used what do they do with it i heard mother amprisine speak of selling a worn out kettle it is melted in another new kettle made out of the cop replied uncle paw then the copper does not wear away it wears away too much my friend some of it is lost when they rub it with sand to make it shine some is lost too by the continual action of the fire but what is left is still good a mother ann priscien also spoke of recasting a lamp which had lost a foot what are lamps made of they are of tin another substance that we find ready made in the bosom of the earth without the power of producing it ourselves

end of chapter 11 recording by greg giordano newport richie florida

The Length of Animal Life Story Book of Science Jean-Henri Fabre Free Kids Audiobooks

The Kettle Story Book of Science Jean-Henri Fabre Free Kids Audiobooks

chapter 11 of the storybook of science this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit libravox.org recording by greg giordano the storybook of science by jean henry fabre translated by florence bicknell chapter 11 the kettle now that day mother embracing was very tired she had taken down from their shelves kettles saucepans lamps candlesticks casseroles pans and lids after having rubbed them with fine sand and ashes then wash them well should put the utensils in the sun to dry them thoroughly they all shone like a mirror the kettles particularly were superb with their rosy reflections one might have said that tongues of fire were shining inside them the candlesticks were a dazzling yellow a meal and jewels were lost in admiration i should like to know what they make kettles of they shine so remarked a meal they are very ugly outside all black doubt with soot but inside how beautiful they are you must ask uncle replied his brother yes a scented email no sooner said than done they went in search of their uncle he did not have to be entreated he was happy whenever there was an opportunity to teach them something kettles are made of copper he began and copper as jules copper is not made in certain countries is found already made mixed with stone it is one of the substances that is not in the power of man to make we use these substances as god has deposited them in the bosom of the earth for purposes of human industry but all our knowledge and all our skill cannot produce them in the bosom of mountains where copper is found they hollow out galleries which go down deep into the earth there workmen called miners with lamps to light them attack the rock with great blows of the pick while others carry the detached blocks outside these blocks of stone in which copper is found are called ore in furnaces made for the purpose they heat the ore to a very high temperature the heat of our stove when it is red hot is nothing in comparison the copper melts runs and is separated from the rest then with hammers of enormous weight set in motion by a wheel turned by water they strike the mass of copper which little by little becomes thin and is hollowed into a large basin the copper smith continues the work he takes a shapeless basin and with little strokes of the hammer fashions it on the anvil to give it a regular shape that is why coppers was tap all day with their hammers commented jewels i had often wondered when passing their shops but they made so much noise always tapping without any stop they were thinning the copper shaping it into saucepans and kettles here emil asked when a kettle is old has holes in it and can't be used what do they do with it i heard mother amprisine speak of selling a worn out kettle it is melted in another new kettle made out of the cop replied uncle paw then the copper does not wear away it wears away too much my friend some of it is lost when they rub it with sand to make it shine some is lost too by the continual action of the fire but what is left is still good a mother ann priscien also spoke of recasting a lamp which had lost a foot what are lamps made of they are of tin another substance that we find ready made in the bosom of the earth without the power of producing it ourselves

end of chapter 11 recording by greg giordano newport richie florida

The Length of Animal Life Story Book of Science by Jean-Henri Fabre Free Kids Audiobooks.
chapter 10 of the storybook of science 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 greg giordano the storybook of science by john henry fabre translated by florence mcnell chapter 10 the length of animal life jules and claire could not get over the astonishment caused by their uncle's story of the old trees to which centuries are less than years are to us emil with his usual restlessness led the conversation to another subject and animal's uncle asked t how long did they live domestic animals was the reply seldom attained the age that nature allows them we grudge them their nourishment over tire them and do not give them proper shelter and then we take from them their milk fleece hide flesh in fact everything how can you ever grow old when the butcher is waiting for you at the stable door with his knife useless to speak of these poor victims of our need to give us long life they do not live out their time supposing that an animal is well treated that it suffers neither hunger nor cold that it lives in peace without excessive fatigue without fear of [ __ ] or butcher under these good conditions how many years will it live let us begin with the ox here is a robust one i hope what chest and shoulders and then that big square forehead with its vigorous horns around which the strap of the yoke goes those eyes shining with the serene majesty of strength if old age is the portion of the strong the ox ought to live for centuries i should think so too ascented jewels quite wrong my dear children the ox so big strong massive is old very old at 20 or 30 years what to us would be verdant youth is for it decrepit old age let us pass on to the horse you see i do not take my examples from among the weak i choose the most vigorous well the horse as well as its modest companion the ass scarcely reaches more than 30 or 35 years how mistaken i was jules exclaimed i thought the horse and ox strong enough to live at least a century they are so big they take up so much room i do not know my little friend whether you can understand me but i want to inform you that to take up a great deal of room in this world is not the way to live in peace and to enjoy a long life there are people who take up a lot of space not in the body they are no bigger than we but in their pretensions in their ambitious maneuvers do they live in peace are they preparing for themselves a venerable old age it is very doubtful let us remain small that is to say let us content ourselves with the little that god has given us let us beware of the temptations of envy the foolish councils of pride let us be full of activity of work and not of ambition that is the only way we are permitted to hope for length of days let us return without delay to our animals our other domestic animals live a still shorter time a dog at 20 or 25 years can no longer drag himself along a pig is a tottering veteran at 20 at 15 at the most a cat no longer chases mice it says goodbye to the joys of the roof and retires to some corner of a granary to die in peace the goat and sheep at 10 or 15 touch extreme old age the rabbit is at the end of its scheme at eight or ten and the miserable rat if it lives four years is looked upon among its own kind as a prodigy of longevity would you like me to tell you about birds very well the pigeon may live from 6 to 10 years the guinea fowl hen and turkey 12. a goose lives longer it is true that in its quality of goose it does not worry the goose attains 25 years and even a good deal more but here is something better the goldfinch sparrow birds free from care always singing always frisking happy as possible with a ray of sunlight in the foliage and a grain of hemp seed live as long as the gluttonous goose and longer than the stupid turkey these very happy little...

The Length of Animal Life Story Book of Science by Jean-Henri Fabre Free Kids Audiobooks.
chapter 10 of the storybook of science 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 greg giordano the storybook of science by john henry fabre translated by florence mcnell chapter 10 the length of animal life jules and claire could not get over the astonishment caused by their uncle's story of the old trees to which centuries are less than years are to us emil with his usual restlessness led the conversation to another subject and animal's uncle asked t how long did they live domestic animals was the reply seldom attained the age that nature allows them we grudge them their nourishment over tire them and do not give them proper shelter and then we take from them their milk fleece hide flesh in fact everything how can you ever grow old when the butcher is waiting for you at the stable door with his knife useless to speak of these poor victims of our need to give us long life they do not live out their time supposing that an animal is well treated that it suffers neither hunger nor cold that it lives in peace without excessive fatigue without fear of [ __ ] or butcher under these good conditions how many years will it live let us begin with the ox here is a robust one i hope what chest and shoulders and then that big square forehead with its vigorous horns around which the strap of the yoke goes those eyes shining with the serene majesty of strength if old age is the portion of the strong the ox ought to live for centuries i should think so too ascented jewels quite wrong my dear children the ox so big strong massive is old very old at 20 or 30 years what to us would be verdant youth is for it decrepit old age let us pass on to the horse you see i do not take my examples from among the weak i choose the most vigorous well the horse as well as its modest companion the ass scarcely reaches more than 30 or 35 years how mistaken i was jules exclaimed i thought the horse and ox strong enough to live at least a century they are so big they take up so much room i do not know my little friend whether you can understand me but i want to inform you that to take up a great deal of room in this world is not the way to live in peace and to enjoy a long life there are people who take up a lot of space not in the body they are no bigger than we but in their pretensions in their ambitious maneuvers do they live in peace are they preparing for themselves a venerable old age it is very doubtful let us remain small that is to say let us content ourselves with the little that god has given us let us beware of the temptations of envy the foolish councils of pride let us be full of activity of work and not of ambition that is the only way we are permitted to hope for length of days let us return without delay to our animals our other domestic animals live a still shorter time a dog at 20 or 25 years can no longer drag himself along a pig is a tottering veteran at 20 at 15 at the most a cat no longer chases mice it says goodbye to the joys of the roof and retires to some corner of a granary to die in peace the goat and sheep at 10 or 15 touch extreme old age the rabbit is at the end of its scheme at eight or ten and the miserable rat if it lives four years is looked upon among its own kind as a prodigy of longevity would you like me to tell you about birds very well the pigeon may live from 6 to 10 years the guinea fowl hen and turkey 12. a goose lives longer it is true that in its quality of goose it does not worry the goose attains 25 years and even a good deal more but here is something better the goldfinch sparrow birds free from care always singing always frisking happy as possible with a ray of sunlight in the foliage and a grain of hemp seed live as long as the gluttonous goose and longer than the stupid turkey these very happy little...

The Age of Trees Story Book of Science by Jean-Henri Fabre Free Kids Audiobooks.

chapter 9 of the storybook of science this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org the storybook of science by jean andre fabre translated by florence mcneil chapter 9 the age of trees they used to tell of a chestnut of sanseri whose trunk was more than four meters round according to the most moderate estimate its age must have been three or four hundred years don't cry out at the age of this chestnut my story is just beginning and you may be sure that as a narrator who stimulates the curiosity of his audience i reserve the oldest for the end much larger chestnuts are known for example that of nevsaler on the borders of the lake of geneva and that of esau in the neighborhood of montelemar the first is 13 meters round at the base of the trunk from the year 1408 it sheltered a hermitage the story has been testified too since then four centuries and a half have passed adding to its age and lightning has struck it at different times no matter it is still vigorous and full of leaves the second is a majestic rune its high branches are despoiled its trunk 11 meters round is plowed with deep crevices the wrinkles of old age to tell the age of these two giants is hardly possible perhaps it might be reckoned at a thousand years and still the two old trees bear fruit they will not die a thousand years if uncle had not said it i should not believe it this from jewels shh you must listen to the end without saying anything cautioned his uncle the largest tree in the world is a chestnut on the slopes of aetna in sicily look at the map you will see it down there at the extreme end of italy opposite the toe of that beautiful country which has the shape of a boot a large island with three corners that is sicily on that island is a celebrated mountain which throws up burning matter a volcano in short it is called etna to come back to our chestnut i must tell you that they call it the chestnut of a hundred horses because jane queen of aragon visiting the volcano one day and overtaken by a storm took refuge under it with her escort of 100 horsemen under its forest of leaves both riders and horses found shelter to surround the giant 30 people extending their arms and joining hands would not be enough the trunk is more than 50 meters round judged by its size it is less a tree trunk than a fortress a tower an opening large enough to permit two carriages to pass a breast goes through the base of the chestnut and gives access into the cavity of the trunk which is fitted up for the use of those who go to gather chestnuts for the old colossus still has young sap and seldom fails to bear fruit it is impossible to estimate the age of this giant by its size for one suspects that a trunk as large as that comes from several chestnuts originally distinct but so near together that they have become welded into one neustadt in wuttenberg as a linden whose branches overburdened by years are held up by a hundred pillars of masonry the branches cover altogether a space 130 meters in circumference in 1229 this tree was already old for writers of that time call it the big linden its probable age today is seven or eight hundred years there was in france at the beginning of the century an older tree than the veteran of neustadt in 1804 could be seen at the castle of chalet in the deuce of ra a linden 15 meters round it had six main branches propped with numerous pillars if it still exists it cannot be less than 11 centuries old the cemetery of aloe vera in normandy is shaded by one of the oldest oaks in france the dust of the dead into which it had thrust its roots seems to have given it an exceptional vigor its trunk measures 10 meters in circumference at the base a hermit chamber surmounted by a little steeple rises in the midst of its enormous branches the base of the trunk...

The Age of Trees Story Book of Science by Jean-Henri Fabre Free Kids Audiobooks.

chapter 9 of the storybook of science this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org the storybook of science by jean andre fabre translated by florence mcneil chapter 9 the age of trees they used to tell of a chestnut of sanseri whose trunk was more than four meters round according to the most moderate estimate its age must have been three or four hundred years don't cry out at the age of this chestnut my story is just beginning and you may be sure that as a narrator who stimulates the curiosity of his audience i reserve the oldest for the end much larger chestnuts are known for example that of nevsaler on the borders of the lake of geneva and that of esau in the neighborhood of montelemar the first is 13 meters round at the base of the trunk from the year 1408 it sheltered a hermitage the story has been testified too since then four centuries and a half have passed adding to its age and lightning has struck it at different times no matter it is still vigorous and full of leaves the second is a majestic rune its high branches are despoiled its trunk 11 meters round is plowed with deep crevices the wrinkles of old age to tell the age of these two giants is hardly possible perhaps it might be reckoned at a thousand years and still the two old trees bear fruit they will not die a thousand years if uncle had not said it i should not believe it this from jewels shh you must listen to the end without saying anything cautioned his uncle the largest tree in the world is a chestnut on the slopes of aetna in sicily look at the map you will see it down there at the extreme end of italy opposite the toe of that beautiful country which has the shape of a boot a large island with three corners that is sicily on that island is a celebrated mountain which throws up burning matter a volcano in short it is called etna to come back to our chestnut i must tell you that they call it the chestnut of a hundred horses because jane queen of aragon visiting the volcano one day and overtaken by a storm took refuge under it with her escort of 100 horsemen under its forest of leaves both riders and horses found shelter to surround the giant 30 people extending their arms and joining hands would not be enough the trunk is more than 50 meters round judged by its size it is less a tree trunk than a fortress a tower an opening large enough to permit two carriages to pass a breast goes through the base of the chestnut and gives access into the cavity of the trunk which is fitted up for the use of those who go to gather chestnuts for the old colossus still has young sap and seldom fails to bear fruit it is impossible to estimate the age of this giant by its size for one suspects that a trunk as large as that comes from several chestnuts originally distinct but so near together that they have become welded into one neustadt in wuttenberg as a linden whose branches overburdened by years are held up by a hundred pillars of masonry the branches cover altogether a space 130 meters in circumference in 1229 this tree was already old for writers of that time call it the big linden its probable age today is seven or eight hundred years there was in france at the beginning of the century an older tree than the veteran of neustadt in 1804 could be seen at the castle of chalet in the deuce of ra a linden 15 meters round it had six main branches propped with numerous pillars if it still exists it cannot be less than 11 centuries old the cemetery of aloe vera in normandy is shaded by one of the oldest oaks in france the dust of the dead into which it had thrust its roots seems to have given it an exceptional vigor its trunk measures 10 meters in circumference at the base a hermit chamber surmounted by a little steeple rises in the midst of its enormous branches the base of the trunk...

Hans and Gretchen Dramas for Primary Grades by Ada M. Skinner; Lillian Nixon Lawrence.
drama 11 of little dramas for primary grades by ada maria skinner and lillian nixon lawrence this librivox recording is in the public domain hans and gretchen cast red fox read by lynette geisel hans read by thomas peter gretchen read by leon yell scene one in the woods help me out help me out little hans i am caught in this trap help me out and it shall be well with you to be sure i'll let you out there you are very kind if you have a wish tell me what it is and it shall be granted oh as to that i wish my peel here were full of berries my sister and i are very hungry your wish is granted look into your pail hands runs home scene two at home see gretchen dear what fine berries i have brought oh what big ones where did you get them in so short a time it was the fox gretchen he was caught in a trap i let him out he said i might have whatever i wished for and i wished for berries aren't you glad foolish boy why didn't you ask for something better if he could fill your pale with berries just for the asking he could do far greater things but don't you like the berries gretchen when we eat them there will be nothing left go back and tell the fox that you wish to have the cupboard always full of food be satisfied dear sister we are quite happy as we are no i will not be satisfied you must do as i tell you scene three in the woods how now little hans is it not well with you alas my sister is not satisfied she asks me to come to you again what does she wish she wishes that our cupboard might be always full go home little hans it shall be as she wishes scene four at home the next day why are you unhappy again gretchen come let us play why should i be happy we have no toys only sticks and stones for play things go to the fox and tell him i wish for some beautiful toys to play with be satisfied little gretchen we are quite happy as we are no i will not be satisfied scene five in the woods how now little hans is it not well with you alas my sister is not satisfied she asked me to come to you again what does she wish she wishes she had some beautiful toys to play with go home little hans it shall be as she wishes scene six at home another day why are you not happy little gretchen come let us play why should i be happy i'm tired of these old toys i want a beautiful palace to live in go to the fox and tell him so be satisfied little sister we are quite happy as we are no i will not be satisfied you must do as i tell you scene seven in the woods how now little hans is it not well with you alas my sister is not satisfied she asked me to come to you again what does she wish now she wishes to live in a beautiful palace go home little hans it shall be as she wishes scene eight at home why are you unhappy again little sister why should i be happy i am tired of this palace there was only one thing that would make me happy go to the red fox tell him i must have the great silver ball that hangs over us in the sky be satisfied dear sister we are quite happy as we are no no i will not be satisfied you must do as i tell you scene nine in the woods how now brother hans is it not well with you alas my sister is not satisfied with the palace what does she wish she wishes a great silvery moon for her plaything the great silvery moon the great silvery moon the great silvery moon go little hans it shall not be as she wishes you will find the cupboard empty the toy is gone and your home again a little cottage end of drama 11.

Hans and Gretchen Dramas for Primary Grades by Ada M. Skinner; Lillian Nixon Lawrence.
drama 11 of little dramas for primary grades by ada maria skinner and lillian nixon lawrence this librivox recording is in the public domain hans and gretchen cast red fox read by lynette geisel hans read by thomas peter gretchen read by leon yell scene one in the woods help me out help me out little hans i am caught in this trap help me out and it shall be well with you to be sure i'll let you out there you are very kind if you have a wish tell me what it is and it shall be granted oh as to that i wish my peel here were full of berries my sister and i are very hungry your wish is granted look into your pail hands runs home scene two at home see gretchen dear what fine berries i have brought oh what big ones where did you get them in so short a time it was the fox gretchen he was caught in a trap i let him out he said i might have whatever i wished for and i wished for berries aren't you glad foolish boy why didn't you ask for something better if he could fill your pale with berries just for the asking he could do far greater things but don't you like the berries gretchen when we eat them there will be nothing left go back and tell the fox that you wish to have the cupboard always full of food be satisfied dear sister we are quite happy as we are no i will not be satisfied you must do as i tell you scene three in the woods how now little hans is it not well with you alas my sister is not satisfied she asks me to come to you again what does she wish she wishes that our cupboard might be always full go home little hans it shall be as she wishes scene four at home the next day why are you unhappy again gretchen come let us play why should i be happy we have no toys only sticks and stones for play things go to the fox and tell him i wish for some beautiful toys to play with be satisfied little gretchen we are quite happy as we are no i will not be satisfied scene five in the woods how now little hans is it not well with you alas my sister is not satisfied she asked me to come to you again what does she wish she wishes she had some beautiful toys to play with go home little hans it shall be as she wishes scene six at home another day why are you not happy little gretchen come let us play why should i be happy i'm tired of these old toys i want a beautiful palace to live in go to the fox and tell him so be satisfied little sister we are quite happy as we are no i will not be satisfied you must do as i tell you scene seven in the woods how now little hans is it not well with you alas my sister is not satisfied she asked me to come to you again what does she wish now she wishes to live in a beautiful palace go home little hans it shall be as she wishes scene eight at home why are you unhappy again little sister why should i be happy i am tired of this palace there was only one thing that would make me happy go to the red fox tell him i must have the great silver ball that hangs over us in the sky be satisfied dear sister we are quite happy as we are no no i will not be satisfied you must do as i tell you scene nine in the woods how now brother hans is it not well with you alas my sister is not satisfied with the palace what does she wish she wishes a great silvery moon for her plaything the great silvery moon the great silvery moon the great silvery moon go little hans it shall not be as she wishes you will find the cupboard empty the toy is gone and your home again a little cottage end of drama 11.

The Fox and the Crow Dramas for Primary Grades by Ada M. Skinner; Lillian Nixon Lawrence.

drama 10 of little dramas for primary grades by ada maria skinner and lillian nixon lawrence this librivox recording is in the public domain the fox and the crow cast crew read by sonia fox read while yanya ah someone has left a bit of cheese for me i'll fly up into that tree and eat it box to himself that cheese is for me as sure as i am a fox goes to the tree good day mistress crow how well you're looking what bright eyes you have i am sure your voice must be sweet just let me hear you sing one song crow lifts her head

fox snaps up cheese that bit of cheese was all i wanted end of drama 10.

The Fox and the Crow Dramas for Primary Grades by Ada M. Skinner; Lillian Nixon Lawrence.

drama 10 of little dramas for primary grades by ada maria skinner and lillian nixon lawrence this librivox recording is in the public domain the fox and the crow cast crew read by sonia fox read while yanya ah someone has left a bit of cheese for me i'll fly up into that tree and eat it box to himself that cheese is for me as sure as i am a fox goes to the tree good day mistress crow how well you're looking what bright eyes you have i am sure your voice must be sweet just let me hear you sing one song crow lifts her head

fox snaps up cheese that bit of cheese was all i wanted end of drama 10.