Orkney Lullaby Selected Lullabies by Eugene Field by Eugene Field Free Kids Books.
orkney lullaby by eugene field read for librivox.org by becky crackle november 16 2006 canal winchester ohio a moon beam floateth from the skies whispering hi ho my dearie i would spin a web before your eyes a beautiful web of silver light wherein as many a wondrous sight of a radiant garden leagues away where the softly tinkling lily sway and the snow white lambkins are at play hi ho my dearie a brownie stealeth from the vine singing hi ho my dearie and will you hear this song of mine a song of the land of murk and mist wherebyeth the bud the dew hath kissed then let the moonbeam's web of light be spun before the silvery white and i shall sing the live long night hi ho my deary the night wind speedeth from the sea murmuring hi ho my deary i bring a mariner's prayer for thee so let the moonbeam veil thine eyes and the brownies sing thee lullabies but i shall rock thee to and fro kissing the brow he loveth so and the prayer shall guard thy bed i trow hi ho my dearie end of orkney lullaby this recording is in the public domain

Orkney Lullaby Selected Lullabies by Eugene Field by Eugene Field Free Kids Books.
orkney lullaby by eugene field read for librivox.org by becky crackle november 16 2006 canal winchester ohio a moon beam floateth from the skies whispering hi ho my dearie i would spin a web before your eyes a beautiful web of silver light wherein as many a wondrous sight of a radiant garden leagues away where the softly tinkling lily sway and the snow white lambkins are at play hi ho my dearie a brownie stealeth from the vine singing hi ho my dearie and will you hear this song of mine a song of the land of murk and mist wherebyeth the bud the dew hath kissed then let the moonbeam's web of light be spun before the silvery white and i shall sing the live long night hi ho my deary the night wind speedeth from the sea murmuring hi ho my deary i bring a mariner's prayer for thee so let the moonbeam veil thine eyes and the brownies sing thee lullabies but i shall rock thee to and fro kissing the brow he loveth so and the prayer shall guard thy bed i trow hi ho my dearie end of orkney lullaby this recording is in the public domain

Home Sweet Home The Story of Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie Free Audiobook Downloads.
chapter 6 of the story of peter pan by j.m berry this librivox recording is in the public domain chapter 6 home sweet home but at home in the darling household all this time there was deep sorrow mr darling as a punishment to himself for taking their guardian nana away had vowed that he would live in the kennel till the children's return for months now he had lived in it and had been carried to business in it every morning much to the disgust of the prem little housemaid liza mr darling had become quite a celebrity and great ladies leaders of society found him so interesting and touching that they all cried out as he passed by oh do come to dinner at our house do come in the kennel all the newspapers had asked him to write the cricketed football news for them and his picture postcards were to be seen in every shop window but it happened one evening when he returned from business carried as usual in the kennel he was taken up to the now desolate nursery where mrs darling spent most of her time mourning for her lost children while the faithful nana tried in vain to cheer her up george george i believe you are beginning to like that kennel she said reproachfully as he crawled out he denied the charge however and tried to comfort mrs darling who never for one moment forgot the little empty beds and the silence and cheerlessness of the nursery then he left her and sitting down by the fire mrs darling was alone with her sad thoughts scarcely however has she closed her eyes when three little figures flew in at the window and nestled cozily in their beds then softly wendy called to her mother but when mrs darling looked round she simply couldn't believe that the children were really there so many times before she had dreamt of their return that it was not till they were all three crowded round her that she realized that they had indeed come home oh what joy to feel once more those deer faces cool and fresh from the flight through the night air pressed against hers hot with tears to hear once more the sound of those sweet voices as they all talked at once at last when she was a little calm wendy began telling her about peter pan and the lost boys who with peter pan himself were all waiting directly mrs darling saw them and heard that they had no mothers she instantly adopted them all though the house would be rather crowded she could easily put up extra beds in the drawing room she said and with the screen on her at home days all could be comfortably managed the only difficulty lay with peter much as at first sight he loved mrs sterling much as he loved wendy he couldn't consent to grow up so at last it was arranged that he should fly back alone to the never never never land and that once a year mr starling would allow wendy to go and stay with him for a whole week to do his spring cleaning the treetops high in the treetops of the never never neverland tinkerbell placed the little house that was built for windy the treetops are soft as velvet and in the evening at twilight are all bejeweled with a tiny mauve and white and blue lights the mauve ones are boy fairies the white girl fairies and the blue lights are darling little sillies who are not quite sure what they are and the still air is filled with the singing of birds and the ringing of hundreds of little fairy bells but the sweetest sound of all is the fluting of peter pan's pipe as he sits outside the little house and calls to the spring to make haste because with the spring comes windy the end end of chapter 6 end of the story of peter pan by j.m berry read by phil chenovaire baton rouge louisiana may 2012.

Home Sweet Home The Story of Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie Free Audiobook Downloads.
chapter 6 of the story of peter pan by j.m berry this librivox recording is in the public domain chapter 6 home sweet home but at home in the darling household all this time there was deep sorrow mr darling as a punishment to himself for taking their guardian nana away had vowed that he would live in the kennel till the children's return for months now he had lived in it and had been carried to business in it every morning much to the disgust of the prem little housemaid liza mr darling had become quite a celebrity and great ladies leaders of society found him so interesting and touching that they all cried out as he passed by oh do come to dinner at our house do come in the kennel all the newspapers had asked him to write the cricketed football news for them and his picture postcards were to be seen in every shop window but it happened one evening when he returned from business carried as usual in the kennel he was taken up to the now desolate nursery where mrs darling spent most of her time mourning for her lost children while the faithful nana tried in vain to cheer her up george george i believe you are beginning to like that kennel she said reproachfully as he crawled out he denied the charge however and tried to comfort mrs darling who never for one moment forgot the little empty beds and the silence and cheerlessness of the nursery then he left her and sitting down by the fire mrs darling was alone with her sad thoughts scarcely however has she closed her eyes when three little figures flew in at the window and nestled cozily in their beds then softly wendy called to her mother but when mrs darling looked round she simply couldn't believe that the children were really there so many times before she had dreamt of their return that it was not till they were all three crowded round her that she realized that they had indeed come home oh what joy to feel once more those deer faces cool and fresh from the flight through the night air pressed against hers hot with tears to hear once more the sound of those sweet voices as they all talked at once at last when she was a little calm wendy began telling her about peter pan and the lost boys who with peter pan himself were all waiting directly mrs darling saw them and heard that they had no mothers she instantly adopted them all though the house would be rather crowded she could easily put up extra beds in the drawing room she said and with the screen on her at home days all could be comfortably managed the only difficulty lay with peter much as at first sight he loved mrs sterling much as he loved wendy he couldn't consent to grow up so at last it was arranged that he should fly back alone to the never never never land and that once a year mr starling would allow wendy to go and stay with him for a whole week to do his spring cleaning the treetops high in the treetops of the never never neverland tinkerbell placed the little house that was built for windy the treetops are soft as velvet and in the evening at twilight are all bejeweled with a tiny mauve and white and blue lights the mauve ones are boy fairies the white girl fairies and the blue lights are darling little sillies who are not quite sure what they are and the still air is filled with the singing of birds and the ringing of hundreds of little fairy bells but the sweetest sound of all is the fluting of peter pan's pipe as he sits outside the little house and calls to the spring to make haste because with the spring comes windy the end end of chapter 6 end of the story of peter pan by j.m berry read by phil chenovaire baton rouge louisiana may 2012.

The Pirate Ship The Story of Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie Free Audiobook Downloads.
chapter five of the story of peter pan by j.m barry this librivox recording is in the public domain chapter 5 the pirate ship the pirate ship was a terribly evil looking craft with its painted sails its heavy tarred cordage and its flag with the skull and crossbones upon it flapping grimly at the stern the poor children were once driven into the dark and dirty hold while hook walked the deck rubbing his hands and chuckling to himself to think that at last he had them in his power are all the prisoners chained so that they can't fly away he asked smee who was very busy at his sewing machine hi captain answered smee then hoist them up shouted the captain he seated himself on a chair covered with a white bare skin waiting while the boys whose wrists were chained together were dragged out of the hold and brought before him six of them he said were to walk the plank at once but he would save any two who were willing to be cabin boys the children were not at first sure what walking the plank meant but hook soon enlightened them by roaring out a song and explanation yo ho yo ho the frisky plank you walk along it's so till it goes down and you go down to roller low he sang waving his hook to show how when the plank tipped they would be shot into the water and drowned turning towards john napoleon darling he shouted you looked as if you had some pluck in you john hesitated in his schoolboy days he had always thought a pirate's life very attractive so stepping forward he said will you call me red-handed jack the captain laughed with delight and promised to give him that name if he joined the crew then michael went up to him and slapped him on the shoulder what will you call me if i join he asked blackbeard joe answered the captain and until another question arose michael was much pleased the cabin boys were told that they must of course swear down with king george and to this neither boy would consent john and michael were then pushed on one side and told that their doom was sealed while hook shouted bring up their mother in a moment wendy was dragged from the hold and when the boys rushed to protect her they were pulled back leaving her standing alone looking very frightened but pretty in her brown dress with a long brown cloak wrapped around her hook asked her if she had any last message for her sons who were about to die wendy spoke beautifully to the boys telling them she was sure their real mothers would wish them to die like english gentlemen her courage so inspired the children that they all cried they would do what their mothers wished upon this wendy was cruelly tied to the mast while hook's orders were being carried out but just as the boy's fate seemed determined something happened to change hook's glee into terror tick tock tick tock tick tock he heard and at the dreaded sound he yelled the crocodile hide me hide me in abject fear he rushed to a corner of the ship while his men crowded round him intent only upon shielding their captain from the jaws of the monster the boys too waited breathless with horror until with sudden relief and rapture they saw not the crocodile but their beloved captain peter pan appearing over the ship's side in one hand at arm's length he held an alarm clock the ticking of which had made hook believe that the crocodile was upon him making a sign to his friends peter dashed into the cabin unseen by the pirates and shut the door the ticking seized directly and hook's terror vanished returning to his dreadful purpose he cried now here's to johnny plank again he began to sing yo ho yo ho the frisky plague but the boys filled with hope and excitement drowned his voice by singing ruler tanya and just as the pirate was about to vent his rage upon them he was silenced by a shrill and piercing cock's crow from the cabin struck motionless with terror the crew looked to their captain for some explanation who ordered...

The Pirate Ship The Story of Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie Free Audiobook Downloads.
chapter five of the story of peter pan by j.m barry this librivox recording is in the public domain chapter 5 the pirate ship the pirate ship was a terribly evil looking craft with its painted sails its heavy tarred cordage and its flag with the skull and crossbones upon it flapping grimly at the stern the poor children were once driven into the dark and dirty hold while hook walked the deck rubbing his hands and chuckling to himself to think that at last he had them in his power are all the prisoners chained so that they can't fly away he asked smee who was very busy at his sewing machine hi captain answered smee then hoist them up shouted the captain he seated himself on a chair covered with a white bare skin waiting while the boys whose wrists were chained together were dragged out of the hold and brought before him six of them he said were to walk the plank at once but he would save any two who were willing to be cabin boys the children were not at first sure what walking the plank meant but hook soon enlightened them by roaring out a song and explanation yo ho yo ho the frisky plank you walk along it's so till it goes down and you go down to roller low he sang waving his hook to show how when the plank tipped they would be shot into the water and drowned turning towards john napoleon darling he shouted you looked as if you had some pluck in you john hesitated in his schoolboy days he had always thought a pirate's life very attractive so stepping forward he said will you call me red-handed jack the captain laughed with delight and promised to give him that name if he joined the crew then michael went up to him and slapped him on the shoulder what will you call me if i join he asked blackbeard joe answered the captain and until another question arose michael was much pleased the cabin boys were told that they must of course swear down with king george and to this neither boy would consent john and michael were then pushed on one side and told that their doom was sealed while hook shouted bring up their mother in a moment wendy was dragged from the hold and when the boys rushed to protect her they were pulled back leaving her standing alone looking very frightened but pretty in her brown dress with a long brown cloak wrapped around her hook asked her if she had any last message for her sons who were about to die wendy spoke beautifully to the boys telling them she was sure their real mothers would wish them to die like english gentlemen her courage so inspired the children that they all cried they would do what their mothers wished upon this wendy was cruelly tied to the mast while hook's orders were being carried out but just as the boy's fate seemed determined something happened to change hook's glee into terror tick tock tick tock tick tock he heard and at the dreaded sound he yelled the crocodile hide me hide me in abject fear he rushed to a corner of the ship while his men crowded round him intent only upon shielding their captain from the jaws of the monster the boys too waited breathless with horror until with sudden relief and rapture they saw not the crocodile but their beloved captain peter pan appearing over the ship's side in one hand at arm's length he held an alarm clock the ticking of which had made hook believe that the crocodile was upon him making a sign to his friends peter dashed into the cabin unseen by the pirates and shut the door the ticking seized directly and hook's terror vanished returning to his dreadful purpose he cried now here's to johnny plank again he began to sing yo ho yo ho the frisky plague but the boys filled with hope and excitement drowned his voice by singing ruler tanya and just as the pirate was about to vent his rage upon them he was silenced by a shrill and piercing cock's crow from the cabin struck motionless with terror the crew looked to their captain for some explanation who ordered...

The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley 3:2 Free Children's Library Audiobooks Traditional.

chapter 3 part 2 of the water babies by charles kingsley read for liberfox.org by corey samuel

but one day tom had a new adventure he was sitting on a water lily leaf he and his friend the dragonfly watching the gnats dance the dragonfly had eaten as many as he wanted and was sitting quite still and sleepy for it was very hot and bright the gnats who did not care the least for their poor brother's death danced a foot over his head quite happily and a large black fly settled within an inch of his nose and began washing his own face and combing his hair with his paws but the dragonfly never stirred and kept on chatting to tom about the times when he lived under the water suddenly tom had the strangest noise up the stream cooing and grunting and whining and squeaking as if you had put into a bag two stock doves nine mice three guinea pigs and a blind puppy and left them there to settle themselves and make music he looked up the water and there he saw a sight as strange as the noise a great ball rolling over and over down the stream seeming one moment of soft brown fur and the next of shining glass and yet it was not a ball for sometimes it broke up and streamed away in pieces and then it joined again and all the while the noise came out of it louder and louder tom asked the dragonfly what it could be but of course with his short sight he could not even see it though it was not 10 yards away so he took the neatest little header into the water and started off to see for himself and when he came near the ball turned out to be four or five beautiful creatures many times larger than tom who was swimming about and rolling and diving and twisting and wrestling and cuddling and kissing and biting and scratching in the most charming fashion that was ever seen and if you don't believe me you may go up to the zoological gardens for i'm afraid that you won't see it nearer unless perhaps you get up at five in the morning and go down to cordury's more and watch by the great whitley pollard which hangs over the backwater where the otters breed sometimes and then say if otters that play in the water are not the merriest livest gracefullest creatures you ever saw but when the biggest of them saw tom she darted out from the rest and cried in the water language sharply enough quick children here is something to eat indeed and came at portom showing such a wicked pair of eyes and such a set of sharp teeth in a grinning mouth that tom who had thought her very handsome said to himself handsome is that handsome does and slipped in between the waterlily roots as fast as he could and then turned round and made faces at her come out said the wicked old daughter or it will be worse for you but tom looked at her from between two thick roots and shook them with all his might making horrible faces all the while just as he used to grin through the railings at the old women when he lived before it was not quite well bred no doubt but you know tom had not finished his education yet come away children said the otter in disgust it is not worth eating after all it is only a nasty eft which nothing eats not even those vulgar pike in the pond i am not a neft said tom efts have tails you are an f'd said the otter very positively i see your two hands quite plain and i know you have a tail i tell you i have not said tom look here and he turned his pretty little self quite round and sure enough he had no more tail than you the otter might have got out of it by saying that tom was a frog but like a great many other people when she had once said a thing she stood to it right or wrong so she answered i say you are an f'ed and therefore you are and not fit food for gentle folk like me and my children you may stay there till the salmon eats you she knew the salmon would not but she wanted to frighten portom ha ha they will eat you and we will eat them and the...

The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley 3:2 Free Children's Library Audiobooks Traditional.

chapter 3 part 2 of the water babies by charles kingsley read for liberfox.org by corey samuel

but one day tom had a new adventure he was sitting on a water lily leaf he and his friend the dragonfly watching the gnats dance the dragonfly had eaten as many as he wanted and was sitting quite still and sleepy for it was very hot and bright the gnats who did not care the least for their poor brother's death danced a foot over his head quite happily and a large black fly settled within an inch of his nose and began washing his own face and combing his hair with his paws but the dragonfly never stirred and kept on chatting to tom about the times when he lived under the water suddenly tom had the strangest noise up the stream cooing and grunting and whining and squeaking as if you had put into a bag two stock doves nine mice three guinea pigs and a blind puppy and left them there to settle themselves and make music he looked up the water and there he saw a sight as strange as the noise a great ball rolling over and over down the stream seeming one moment of soft brown fur and the next of shining glass and yet it was not a ball for sometimes it broke up and streamed away in pieces and then it joined again and all the while the noise came out of it louder and louder tom asked the dragonfly what it could be but of course with his short sight he could not even see it though it was not 10 yards away so he took the neatest little header into the water and started off to see for himself and when he came near the ball turned out to be four or five beautiful creatures many times larger than tom who was swimming about and rolling and diving and twisting and wrestling and cuddling and kissing and biting and scratching in the most charming fashion that was ever seen and if you don't believe me you may go up to the zoological gardens for i'm afraid that you won't see it nearer unless perhaps you get up at five in the morning and go down to cordury's more and watch by the great whitley pollard which hangs over the backwater where the otters breed sometimes and then say if otters that play in the water are not the merriest livest gracefullest creatures you ever saw but when the biggest of them saw tom she darted out from the rest and cried in the water language sharply enough quick children here is something to eat indeed and came at portom showing such a wicked pair of eyes and such a set of sharp teeth in a grinning mouth that tom who had thought her very handsome said to himself handsome is that handsome does and slipped in between the waterlily roots as fast as he could and then turned round and made faces at her come out said the wicked old daughter or it will be worse for you but tom looked at her from between two thick roots and shook them with all his might making horrible faces all the while just as he used to grin through the railings at the old women when he lived before it was not quite well bred no doubt but you know tom had not finished his education yet come away children said the otter in disgust it is not worth eating after all it is only a nasty eft which nothing eats not even those vulgar pike in the pond i am not a neft said tom efts have tails you are an f'd said the otter very positively i see your two hands quite plain and i know you have a tail i tell you i have not said tom look here and he turned his pretty little self quite round and sure enough he had no more tail than you the otter might have got out of it by saying that tom was a frog but like a great many other people when she had once said a thing she stood to it right or wrong so she answered i say you are an f'ed and therefore you are and not fit food for gentle folk like me and my children you may stay there till the salmon eats you she knew the salmon would not but she wanted to frighten portom ha ha they will eat you and we will eat them and the...

The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley 3:1 Free Children's Library Audiobooks Traditional

The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley 3:1 Free Children's Library Audiobooks Traditional