Bedtime Story with Vapor Punk The Teddy Gorilla and Ladybird Meet Mr Wasp Free Kids' Audio Books'
hello tail tellers it's vapor punk and guess what i'm going to tell you a bedtime story

once upon a time there was a teddy bear and a lazy bird and a gorilla

and they were all really good friends and they would meet every day all through the summer to play

except teddy who was brave teddy looked at the wasp and said are you going to hurt us

no said the wasp i just want to play

that's okay then said teddy teddy's friends the gorilla and the ladybird were a little unsure but after a bit they realized that the wasp was actually really good fun it was really good at somersaults

at the end of the day it was time to go home for tea everyone started to walk home and the wasp said i live up there on that hill oh said teddy i won't make it up that hill and the wasp said

don't worry i'm a really good flyer can i start again tomorrow

oh yes said teddy we love to play and we loved especially mr wasp you're so assaulting and the wasp flew away

what a fine fine day night

Bedtime Story with Vapor Punk The Teddy Gorilla and Ladybird Meet Mr Wasp Free Kids' Audio Books'
hello tail tellers it's vapor punk and guess what i'm going to tell you a bedtime story

once upon a time there was a teddy bear and a lazy bird and a gorilla

and they were all really good friends and they would meet every day all through the summer to play

except teddy who was brave teddy looked at the wasp and said are you going to hurt us

no said the wasp i just want to play

that's okay then said teddy teddy's friends the gorilla and the ladybird were a little unsure but after a bit they realized that the wasp was actually really good fun it was really good at somersaults

at the end of the day it was time to go home for tea everyone started to walk home and the wasp said i live up there on that hill oh said teddy i won't make it up that hill and the wasp said

don't worry i'm a really good flyer can i start again tomorrow

oh yes said teddy we love to play and we loved especially mr wasp you're so assaulting and the wasp flew away

what a fine fine day night

The New Swiss Family Robinson by Owen Wister Ch 2 Curious Animal l Comedy Teens Audiobooks.

chapter 2 of the new swiss family robinson a tale for children of all ages by owen wister this librivox recording is in the public domain chapter 2 our haven a curious animal a tropical picnic

arrived on land at last we felt that we had been through a good deal fritz remarked that he would not go through so much again for anything i told him that i disapproved of his hasty speech and that he would certainly go through it again where he placed in a similar situation we now begin to look about our position for the present was safe but unsatisfactory as the sun which is very hot in the tropics poured down upon our heads i wish the old sun would go out and not shine so said franz pettishly my son you have made a very wicked speech i replied and if we find bread and water on the island you shall be fed upon it for several days franz hung his head and endeavored to hide behind the skirts of his mother but finding that she wore none that came sufficiently near the ground he was but a little fellow he contended himself with getting in the rear of the party the mention of bread and water reminded all of us that we were hungry let us get in the shade yonder said my wife and i will see what i can do for dinner we thanked her for her kind promise and proceeded over the grass to the other side of the huge rock i had christened memorial here we found a cool stream that ran down a bank out of a beautiful forest in the forest we could see many trees as i was observing them a loud shriek from jack made us all start do you see anything i asked anxiously as i loaded the air pistol i was answered by furious barks from tim and following the sound i saw the cause of my son's fear was no less than a fine specimen of the female peccadillo i bade them have no fear the peccadillo or phlegitium apar vulum i continued lives in climates where it is extremely hot or extremely cold we find it also where it is neither the one nor the other it is peculiarly adapted to endure life in the open air but can frequent houses trees and holes in the ground at will it is a vertebrate animal and belongs to the mammalia it is most vulnerable in its head which if you cut in half with a sharp blow from an axe death will follow almost invariably this weakness of the head is admirably protected by the animal's tail branching into five or six strands of well-articulated joints connected by a membrane similar to that we find in the wing of the bat in severe weather of any kind it spreads this tail over its head and fearlessly proceeds on its way the peccadillo lays a large and handsome egg of a delicate pink color spotted with chocolate when the egg has been laid the female peccadillo calls the male peccadillo who sits heavily upon the egg which breaks immediately and the young peccadillo runs out with shrill cries this animal is harmless except when it attacks you then it becomes very dangerous its flesh is when cooked tender and savory and will make a capital dinner for us today as i concluded my wife took a large axe out of her bag and the peccadillo was soon roasting over a good fire my son ernest picking an oyster shell out of the sand cut off a dainty slice for himself and smiling complacently set it aside to cool prudence i observed quietly is a quality that should be exercised for others as well as for ourselves you may give that slice of peccadillo to me ernest the boy winced as i slowly swallowed the morsel so did i when i had finished i continued do not for a moment suppose that i enjoyed that peccadillo on the contrary it gave me great pain to eat it ernest whose irritable temper had always been a care and a grief to me said that is probably because the flesh was not cooled sufficiently as he placed himself in such a position that the fire and the running stream were between us i contented myself with a reproachful look that soon melted the boy he...

The New Swiss Family Robinson by Owen Wister Ch 2 Curious Animal l Comedy Teens Audiobooks.

chapter 2 of the new swiss family robinson a tale for children of all ages by owen wister this librivox recording is in the public domain chapter 2 our haven a curious animal a tropical picnic

arrived on land at last we felt that we had been through a good deal fritz remarked that he would not go through so much again for anything i told him that i disapproved of his hasty speech and that he would certainly go through it again where he placed in a similar situation we now begin to look about our position for the present was safe but unsatisfactory as the sun which is very hot in the tropics poured down upon our heads i wish the old sun would go out and not shine so said franz pettishly my son you have made a very wicked speech i replied and if we find bread and water on the island you shall be fed upon it for several days franz hung his head and endeavored to hide behind the skirts of his mother but finding that she wore none that came sufficiently near the ground he was but a little fellow he contended himself with getting in the rear of the party the mention of bread and water reminded all of us that we were hungry let us get in the shade yonder said my wife and i will see what i can do for dinner we thanked her for her kind promise and proceeded over the grass to the other side of the huge rock i had christened memorial here we found a cool stream that ran down a bank out of a beautiful forest in the forest we could see many trees as i was observing them a loud shriek from jack made us all start do you see anything i asked anxiously as i loaded the air pistol i was answered by furious barks from tim and following the sound i saw the cause of my son's fear was no less than a fine specimen of the female peccadillo i bade them have no fear the peccadillo or phlegitium apar vulum i continued lives in climates where it is extremely hot or extremely cold we find it also where it is neither the one nor the other it is peculiarly adapted to endure life in the open air but can frequent houses trees and holes in the ground at will it is a vertebrate animal and belongs to the mammalia it is most vulnerable in its head which if you cut in half with a sharp blow from an axe death will follow almost invariably this weakness of the head is admirably protected by the animal's tail branching into five or six strands of well-articulated joints connected by a membrane similar to that we find in the wing of the bat in severe weather of any kind it spreads this tail over its head and fearlessly proceeds on its way the peccadillo lays a large and handsome egg of a delicate pink color spotted with chocolate when the egg has been laid the female peccadillo calls the male peccadillo who sits heavily upon the egg which breaks immediately and the young peccadillo runs out with shrill cries this animal is harmless except when it attacks you then it becomes very dangerous its flesh is when cooked tender and savory and will make a capital dinner for us today as i concluded my wife took a large axe out of her bag and the peccadillo was soon roasting over a good fire my son ernest picking an oyster shell out of the sand cut off a dainty slice for himself and smiling complacently set it aside to cool prudence i observed quietly is a quality that should be exercised for others as well as for ourselves you may give that slice of peccadillo to me ernest the boy winced as i slowly swallowed the morsel so did i when i had finished i continued do not for a moment suppose that i enjoyed that peccadillo on the contrary it gave me great pain to eat it ernest whose irritable temper had always been a care and a grief to me said that is probably because the flesh was not cooled sufficiently as he placed himself in such a position that the fire and the running stream were between us i contented myself with a reproachful look that soon melted the boy he...

The New Swiss Family Robinson
by Owen Wister

Publication date 2012-05-21
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, literature, audiobook, adventure, children, comedy, fantasy, fiction, humor, sea stories
LibriVox recording of The New Swiss Family Robinson, by Owen Wister.

Read by David Wales.

A parody of its famous predecessor, this short piece was written by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon (Summary by David Wales)

chapter one of the new swiss family robinson a tale for children of all ages by owen wister this librivox recording is in the public domain chapter one the wreck the arrival the storm had raged for days and days oh it was an awful storm and one which is seldom met with except near the line my children were beginning to complain of a swimming of the head accompanied by yawning and nausea i told them that this was a common form of disease especially on the water and added it is profitable for you to see how such trials may be borne by those who wish to bear them and taking an oyster which i had previously covered with fine sifted sugar i swallowed it with a courageous smile abashed at once by my example my dear children continued their innocent play heedless of the reckless oaths which the cruel semen uttered in their sphere my beloved wife was in the ladies cabin reading the pilgrim's progress which did not seem to do her very much good the waves were running mountains high and we were continually in the trough of the boisterous sea amid this truly sublime but at the same time terrible war of the elements i heard the cry of land land and at once we landed upon a rock then arose a hideous scene of distress thousands of human souls were washed overboard in a moment many lost their lives some lost their senses piercing shrieks rent the startled air even the quiet cattle stopped chewing their cud my wife rushed into my arms letting the pilgrim's progress fall neglected upon the wet deck around her skirts wailing clung our children we were an affecting spectacle one that would make many a thoughtful parent shed tears while we were thus busily occupied my son franz who is ever on the alert looked out over the main and saw that the treacherous crew had got away in the lifeboat and never so much has given us warning in vain we called to them to come back that they had dropped something the heartless men only jeered us in their cruel sport as they rode further away and were lost amid the mist and hubbub then indeed we felt left suddenly my thoughtful earnest said papa why should we not try and contrive some means of getting ashore i praised the lad heartily for his ingenuity and we began at once but air we did this we unlocked the poor animals who came bounding about us in their simple joy there were five cows eighteen sheep two horses and a terrier called tim we little thought then how invaluable tim would be in days to come i then bad each of my children see what treasures they could secure they soon returned and my heart bounded as i saw how fully we should be prepared for any emergency little franz brought a steel watch chain and a bird cage as he truly remarked we might find birds in the bushes fritz brought an oliver ditson edition of the pirates of penzance jack found a pair of snowshoes and a timetable of the boston and albany railroad ernest brought a japanese parasol and a photograph of the greek play but my dear wife found the chief treasures she came triumphant with a little air pistol and a box of darts made expressly for it we felt truly thankful for this discovery since what had hitherto been but a pretty toy was now to become our defense against bears and lions my wife also found a set of strange but beautiful dresses of all colors made of the lightest gauze and very short she laughed gaily as she approached me holding them up you would not laugh so much said i if you realized the importance of your...

The New Swiss Family Robinson
by Owen Wister

Publication date 2012-05-21
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, literature, audiobook, adventure, children, comedy, fantasy, fiction, humor, sea stories
LibriVox recording of The New Swiss Family Robinson, by Owen Wister.

Read by David Wales.

A parody of its famous predecessor, this short piece was written by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon (Summary by David Wales)

chapter one of the new swiss family robinson a tale for children of all ages by owen wister this librivox recording is in the public domain chapter one the wreck the arrival the storm had raged for days and days oh it was an awful storm and one which is seldom met with except near the line my children were beginning to complain of a swimming of the head accompanied by yawning and nausea i told them that this was a common form of disease especially on the water and added it is profitable for you to see how such trials may be borne by those who wish to bear them and taking an oyster which i had previously covered with fine sifted sugar i swallowed it with a courageous smile abashed at once by my example my dear children continued their innocent play heedless of the reckless oaths which the cruel semen uttered in their sphere my beloved wife was in the ladies cabin reading the pilgrim's progress which did not seem to do her very much good the waves were running mountains high and we were continually in the trough of the boisterous sea amid this truly sublime but at the same time terrible war of the elements i heard the cry of land land and at once we landed upon a rock then arose a hideous scene of distress thousands of human souls were washed overboard in a moment many lost their lives some lost their senses piercing shrieks rent the startled air even the quiet cattle stopped chewing their cud my wife rushed into my arms letting the pilgrim's progress fall neglected upon the wet deck around her skirts wailing clung our children we were an affecting spectacle one that would make many a thoughtful parent shed tears while we were thus busily occupied my son franz who is ever on the alert looked out over the main and saw that the treacherous crew had got away in the lifeboat and never so much has given us warning in vain we called to them to come back that they had dropped something the heartless men only jeered us in their cruel sport as they rode further away and were lost amid the mist and hubbub then indeed we felt left suddenly my thoughtful earnest said papa why should we not try and contrive some means of getting ashore i praised the lad heartily for his ingenuity and we began at once but air we did this we unlocked the poor animals who came bounding about us in their simple joy there were five cows eighteen sheep two horses and a terrier called tim we little thought then how invaluable tim would be in days to come i then bad each of my children see what treasures they could secure they soon returned and my heart bounded as i saw how fully we should be prepared for any emergency little franz brought a steel watch chain and a bird cage as he truly remarked we might find birds in the bushes fritz brought an oliver ditson edition of the pirates of penzance jack found a pair of snowshoes and a timetable of the boston and albany railroad ernest brought a japanese parasol and a photograph of the greek play but my dear wife found the chief treasures she came triumphant with a little air pistol and a box of darts made expressly for it we felt truly thankful for this discovery since what had hitherto been but a pretty toy was now to become our defense against bears and lions my wife also found a set of strange but beautiful dresses of all colors made of the lightest gauze and very short she laughed gaily as she approached me holding them up you would not laugh so much said i if you realized the importance of your...

A Visit from St Nicholas English Reader Free Audiobook Public Domain Tale Teller Library.

a visit from saint nicholas by clement clarke moore read for librivox.org by anne chang it was the night before christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse the stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that sir nicholas soon would be there the children were nestled all snug in their beds while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads and when mama and her kerchief and i in my cap had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap when out in the lawn there rose such a clutter i sprang from my bed to see what was the matter away to the window i flew like a flash tore open the shutters and threw up the sash the moon on the breasts of the new fallen snow gave a luster of midday to objects below when what to my wondering eyes should appear but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer with a little old driver so lively and quick i knew in a moment it must be saint nick more rapid than eagles his courses they came and he whistled and shouted and called them by name now dasher now dancer now prancer and dixon on comet on cupid on thunder and blitzen to the top of the porch to the top of the wall now dash away dash away dash away all as dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly when they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky so up to the house top the courses they flew with a sleigh full of toys and nicholas too and then in a twinkling i heard on the roof the prancing and pouring of each little hoof as i drew in my head and was turning around down that's chimney saint nicholas came with a bound he was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot a bundle of toys he had flung on his back and he looked like a peddler just opening his pack his eyes how they twinkled his dimples how merry his cheeks were like roses his nose like a cherry his drawn little mouth was drawn up like a bow and the beard on his chin was as white as the snow the stumpful pike he held tight in his teeth and the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath he had a broad face and a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly he was chubby and plump a right jolly old elf and i laughed when i saw him in smite of myself a wink of his eye and a twist of his head soon gave me to know i had nothing to dread he spoke not a word but went straight to his work and filled all the stockings then turned to a jerk and laying his finger aside of his nose and giving a nod up the chimney he rose he sprang to his sleigh to his team gave a whistle and away they all flew like the down of a thistle but i heard him exclaim air he drove out of sight merry christmas to all and to all a good night end of poem this recording is in the public domain

A Visit from St Nicholas English Reader Free Audiobook Public Domain Tale Teller Library.

a visit from saint nicholas by clement clarke moore read for librivox.org by anne chang it was the night before christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse the stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that sir nicholas soon would be there the children were nestled all snug in their beds while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads and when mama and her kerchief and i in my cap had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap when out in the lawn there rose such a clutter i sprang from my bed to see what was the matter away to the window i flew like a flash tore open the shutters and threw up the sash the moon on the breasts of the new fallen snow gave a luster of midday to objects below when what to my wondering eyes should appear but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer with a little old driver so lively and quick i knew in a moment it must be saint nick more rapid than eagles his courses they came and he whistled and shouted and called them by name now dasher now dancer now prancer and dixon on comet on cupid on thunder and blitzen to the top of the porch to the top of the wall now dash away dash away dash away all as dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly when they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky so up to the house top the courses they flew with a sleigh full of toys and nicholas too and then in a twinkling i heard on the roof the prancing and pouring of each little hoof as i drew in my head and was turning around down that's chimney saint nicholas came with a bound he was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot a bundle of toys he had flung on his back and he looked like a peddler just opening his pack his eyes how they twinkled his dimples how merry his cheeks were like roses his nose like a cherry his drawn little mouth was drawn up like a bow and the beard on his chin was as white as the snow the stumpful pike he held tight in his teeth and the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath he had a broad face and a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly he was chubby and plump a right jolly old elf and i laughed when i saw him in smite of myself a wink of his eye and a twist of his head soon gave me to know i had nothing to dread he spoke not a word but went straight to his work and filled all the stockings then turned to a jerk and laying his finger aside of his nose and giving a nod up the chimney he rose he sprang to his sleigh to his team gave a whistle and away they all flew like the down of a thistle but i heard him exclaim air he drove out of sight merry christmas to all and to all a good night end of poem this recording is in the public domain

Teddy's Button by Amy Le Feuvre Greek Meets Greek Tug o War Teens and Young Adults Free Audiobooks.

chapter two of teddy's button by amy lee fuvery this library fox recording is in the public domain recording by gabrielle c chapter two when greek meets greek then comes the tug of war determined figures with flex resolute faces stood opposite one another on a narrow footbridge over a running stream neither capacity other but neither intended going back in the sturdy maiden in her sailor dress with their small hips placed on her hips appear quite a match for teddy who with his golden head well up looked like a war horse sending the battlefield it was says they met again both employing their saturday afternoon and roaming along the edge of a stream they had suddenly come face to face with one another you have to let me come over first he asserted very emphatically because i'm a girl boys never go back a soldier son never i'm not going to turn my back before the enemy i would just squeeze my button if i did that old button the term was that of utmost scorn teddy's case were rosy by at once but he said nothing i got to this picture before you did he continued i began to cross it first and you who are you no one knows anything about you i've been crossing this bridge for years more reason why you shouldn't cross it now my name is nancy wright that's who i am a princess could not have revealed her name more royally she added after a pause and i mean to come over first so go back never i never go back then she'll push you over in the water come on and try then then there were silence both the little people at each other defiantly yet a little doubtfully as if measuring one another's strength and their faces grew eager at the coming contest boys always ought to give way to girls always nancy said using her strongest plea you're not a proper boy at all you're not a proper girl you're wearing a boy's hat in a boy's jacket i'm a sailor's daughter and everybody can see i am you say yours a soldier's son why don't you dress like one teddy felt he was getting the worst of it he fingered his brother proudly i'm wearing something that has been in the thick of a bloody battle that's more than you can do sailors don't know much of fighting they know just as much as soldiers and as the old button i believe you just picked up the old brass thing from the gutter if you want a girl i fight you spider teddy now with rising wrath poo i expect i could lick you i don't believe you have half as big of muscle as i have on my arm a girl have muscle it's just a bit of fat the tone of score improved too much for nancy self-control with the passionate exclamation she made a quick rush across the plank there was a struggle and the result was what might have been expected a great splash a scream from nancy and both little figures were immersed in the stream happily the water was not very deep and after a few minutes scrambling there are on dry grounds considerably sober by their immersion teddy began to laugh a little shame faces lay but nancy was very near tears i'll tell my mother you nearly drown me dead if you're a sailor's daughter you aren't to be afraid of the water sailors and fish are always in the sea they're never in it never well they're on it as close as they can be to it why you're nearly crying but you're only a girl and a sailor's girl can't be very brave not like a soldier's girl would be sailors are much braver than soldiers said nancy quickly swallowing down our tears and when they do fight there are much more danger than the soldiers father said how would soldiers like the earth swallow them up guess when they've been fighting hard and got the victory that's what the scene does to the poor sailors this ship begins to sink and they send out three tears for queen and country and then stand on deck with folded arms and go down down down to the bottom of the sea and never make a cry nancy forgot her wet clothes and her eloquence...

Teddy's Button by Amy Le Feuvre Greek Meets Greek Tug o War Teens and Young Adults Free Audiobooks.

chapter two of teddy's button by amy lee fuvery this library fox recording is in the public domain recording by gabrielle c chapter two when greek meets greek then comes the tug of war determined figures with flex resolute faces stood opposite one another on a narrow footbridge over a running stream neither capacity other but neither intended going back in the sturdy maiden in her sailor dress with their small hips placed on her hips appear quite a match for teddy who with his golden head well up looked like a war horse sending the battlefield it was says they met again both employing their saturday afternoon and roaming along the edge of a stream they had suddenly come face to face with one another you have to let me come over first he asserted very emphatically because i'm a girl boys never go back a soldier son never i'm not going to turn my back before the enemy i would just squeeze my button if i did that old button the term was that of utmost scorn teddy's case were rosy by at once but he said nothing i got to this picture before you did he continued i began to cross it first and you who are you no one knows anything about you i've been crossing this bridge for years more reason why you shouldn't cross it now my name is nancy wright that's who i am a princess could not have revealed her name more royally she added after a pause and i mean to come over first so go back never i never go back then she'll push you over in the water come on and try then then there were silence both the little people at each other defiantly yet a little doubtfully as if measuring one another's strength and their faces grew eager at the coming contest boys always ought to give way to girls always nancy said using her strongest plea you're not a proper boy at all you're not a proper girl you're wearing a boy's hat in a boy's jacket i'm a sailor's daughter and everybody can see i am you say yours a soldier's son why don't you dress like one teddy felt he was getting the worst of it he fingered his brother proudly i'm wearing something that has been in the thick of a bloody battle that's more than you can do sailors don't know much of fighting they know just as much as soldiers and as the old button i believe you just picked up the old brass thing from the gutter if you want a girl i fight you spider teddy now with rising wrath poo i expect i could lick you i don't believe you have half as big of muscle as i have on my arm a girl have muscle it's just a bit of fat the tone of score improved too much for nancy self-control with the passionate exclamation she made a quick rush across the plank there was a struggle and the result was what might have been expected a great splash a scream from nancy and both little figures were immersed in the stream happily the water was not very deep and after a few minutes scrambling there are on dry grounds considerably sober by their immersion teddy began to laugh a little shame faces lay but nancy was very near tears i'll tell my mother you nearly drown me dead if you're a sailor's daughter you aren't to be afraid of the water sailors and fish are always in the sea they're never in it never well they're on it as close as they can be to it why you're nearly crying but you're only a girl and a sailor's girl can't be very brave not like a soldier's girl would be sailors are much braver than soldiers said nancy quickly swallowing down our tears and when they do fight there are much more danger than the soldiers father said how would soldiers like the earth swallow them up guess when they've been fighting hard and got the victory that's what the scene does to the poor sailors this ship begins to sink and they send out three tears for queen and country and then stand on deck with folded arms and go down down down to the bottom of the sea and never make a cry nancy forgot her wet clothes and her eloquence...