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  Speaker 1: Chapter one of fifty Funny Animal Tales. This is a
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  Speaker 1: Read by Nan Dodge. Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura
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  Speaker 1: Rountree Smith, Funny Fox, the Funny Fox and the Bold Badger,
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  Speaker 1: walking on the road to no place in particular, met
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  Speaker 1: the happy hare, singing, I'm a happy hare. I do
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  Speaker 1: declare I go here and there and everywhere. The funny
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  Speaker 1: Fox winked his eye and said, it is only a
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  Speaker 1: quarter after ten. Come visit me now in my den.
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  Speaker 1: The bold Badger, though a great friend of the funny Fox, remarked,
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  Speaker 1: suddenly I forgot something I had to borrow. Good Bye
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  Speaker 1: till the day after tomorrow. He scampered off in the
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  Speaker 1: opposite direction. Now the Happy hair stood with her hand
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  Speaker 1: up to her face and looked foolish. Then she said,
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  Speaker 1: mother said if you talk to a stranger, you may
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  Speaker 1: find yourself in danger. The funny fox laughed loud and long,
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  Speaker 1: for he was well known by every animal in the woods.
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  Speaker 1: He remarked, I'll tell you a story in my den.
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  Speaker 1: You will be contented. Then, so they went clippity clippity
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  Speaker 1: clip till they came to the funny Fox's den, and
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  Speaker 1: in they went. The funny fox said, you are such
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  Speaker 1: a happy hair, won't you take the rocking chair? Then
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  Speaker 1: he sat down in the corner and began his story.
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  Speaker 1: He said, once upon a time I met a hopeless hair.
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  Speaker 1: He had, by the way, ears just like you. The
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  Speaker 1: happy hair waved her ears nervously to and fro. I
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  Speaker 1: gave the hopeless hair a fine breakfast and dinner and supper,
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  Speaker 1: and his eyes twinkled just like yours do. At this,
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  Speaker 1: the happy hair winked very hard. The funny fox continued,
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  Speaker 1: She twitched her nose, and I suppose why she did this,
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  Speaker 1: goodness nose. The happy hair twitched her nose and waved
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  Speaker 1: her long ears. Suddenly, The funny fox continued, I got
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  Speaker 1: water hot in my little pot. I thought I would
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  Speaker 1: roast her like as not. She would boil and boil
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  Speaker 1: and never stop unless she went off hippity hop The
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  Speaker 1: happy hare gave one startled look round the den, and
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  Speaker 1: with a hop, skip and bound, she was off and away.
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  Speaker 1: Off flew her hat, and her shadow looked longer and
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  Speaker 1: longer in the sunlight. The funny Fox ran after her
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  Speaker 1: to his doorway, and then he sat down and laughed
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  Speaker 1: loud and long, for he really meant no harm this time.
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  Speaker 1: He was only joking. He laughed until his side shook,
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  Speaker 1: and said, there's many a slip TwixT the cup lip.
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  Speaker 1: He continued, talking to himself. I wouldn't have eaten that
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  Speaker 1: happy hare. I prefer a chicken, I do declare who
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  Speaker 1: said chicken? Cried a voice, and the wilful Wolf stood
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  Speaker 1: in the doorway, leading to the den end of chapter
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  Speaker 1: one Chapter two of Fifty Funny Animal Tales. This is
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  Speaker 1: Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith. Wilful Wolf
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  Speaker 1: to day, I introduce to you the wilful Wolf, who
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  Speaker 1: plays tricks too. These animals all try to please but
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  Speaker 1: one another. They will tease. The funny Fox pricked up
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  Speaker 1: his ears. Chicken or young lambs are all the same
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  Speaker 1: to me, he said, So off he and the wilful
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  Speaker 1: Wolf went trip trip tripping along by and by they
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  Speaker 1: came in view of a field where the young lambs were.
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  Speaker 1: There was a hill leading to the field called tumble
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  Speaker 1: Down Hill, and the wilful Wolf knew every inch of
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  Speaker 1: the ground, for he had lived there about all his life.
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  Speaker 1: He knew every hole and rock and pitfall, and had
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  Speaker 1: had many a tumble himself. He also knew the safe
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  Speaker 1: places to travel on tumble Down Hill. He suggested a race,
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  Speaker 1: and the funny fox, suspecting nothing, joined heartily. In less
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  Speaker 1: than no time, he fell and hurt his foot, and
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  Speaker 1: the wilful Wolf reached the fold and went off with
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  Speaker 1: the young lambs, saying where are you, funny fox? Why
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  Speaker 1: are you so slow? There are plenty of young lambs here.
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  Speaker 1: Well as I run the race, I will go off
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  Speaker 1: with the prize. The wilful Wolf went off with the
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  Speaker 1: young lamb. At this very minute, the bold badger came
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  Speaker 1: clippity clippity clip along. He walked on the whole soul
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  Speaker 1: of his foot, as is the habit with badgers, and
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  Speaker 1: he said, buy my long hair, I do declare the
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  Speaker 1: funny fox is lying there. The funny fox said, why
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  Speaker 1: do you come walking along so slowly? Can't you see
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  Speaker 1: I need help for I have had an accident. The
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  Speaker 1: bold Badger, though a solitary fellow, really liked the funny
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  Speaker 1: fox and his capers, and remarked that he would go
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  Speaker 1: borrow a wheelbarrow to take him home. The bold Badger
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  Speaker 1: was soon wheeling the funny fox toward his den, and
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  Speaker 1: as they went he said, in a sing song kind
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  Speaker 1: of way, I wonder why you call me a bold badger,
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  Speaker 1: For I am naturally a little shy, and seldom go
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  Speaker 1: about except at night. My ancestors in Scotland and England
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  Speaker 1: went by the name of Brock, and in some parts
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  Speaker 1: of England to day I am called Gray. My cousins,
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  Speaker 1: the sand bear and Indian bear looked much like me.
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  Speaker 1: The funny fox had not heard a single word the
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  Speaker 1: bold Badger had said, for as they jogged along the
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  Speaker 1: road to somewhere, in particular, his old head full of
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  Speaker 1: plans for teasing other animals, he fell asleep. So the
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  Speaker 1: bold Badger left him asleep in the wheelbarrow outside his den,
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  Speaker 1: and said to himself, as he thought of them many
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  Speaker 1: times the funny fox had played tricks, and that the
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  Speaker 1: wilful wolf had outwitted him. It is a long lane
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  Speaker 1: that has no turning. End of chapter two Chapter three
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  Speaker 1: Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith. Big Brother Bear,
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  Speaker 1: Big Brother Bear, you should beware. The fox is tricky,
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  Speaker 1: I declare, even though you long for honey, I would
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  Speaker 1: not trust him for much money. The funny Fox had
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  Speaker 1: a sore foot only a short time, but he made
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  Speaker 1: the most of it and limped along, sometimes just to
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  Speaker 1: be sly and cunning. One day he was limping along
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  Speaker 1: when he met Old Brother Bear. How do you do,
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  Speaker 1: he asked politely. Old Brother Bear asked, what makes you
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  Speaker 1: limp this morning? The funny fox replied, alas I hurt
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  Speaker 1: my paw and cannot walk any other step. And it
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  Speaker 1: is sad for I was going to the tree the
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  Speaker 1: woodman has cut down to get some honey. I can
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  Speaker 1: see the tree where it has fallen, but cannot walk
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  Speaker 1: another step. Old brother Bear said, I will get the honey.
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  Speaker 1: You wait here for me. He went on, smacking his lips.
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  Speaker 1: How he did like honey. No sooner had he reached
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  Speaker 1: the tree than he plunged in the opening head first.
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  Speaker 1: The funny fox ran hastily and took out some wedges
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  Speaker 1: in the tree, and Old brother Bear could not pull
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  Speaker 1: his head out. He was caught as though in a trap.
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  Speaker 1: How do you like the honey, asked the funny fox.
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  Speaker 1: Just then the Bold Badger came trip trip tripping along.
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  Speaker 1: He laughed when he saw Old Brother Behaar's discomfort, but
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  Speaker 1: he said it was a shame to fool him when
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  Speaker 1: there was no honey in the tree. Then he whispered
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  Speaker 1: something to the funny fox. Let us help him out,
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  Speaker 1: and I will show him a huh where the bees
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  Speaker 1: are swarming. But we can make him go in and
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  Speaker 1: get real honey for us. Old brother Bear was so
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  Speaker 1: thankful to the Bold Badger for helping him out that
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  Speaker 1: he readily agreed to his plan. And the three went
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  Speaker 1: along till they came to three bee hives that stood
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  Speaker 1: in a row. The funny Fox said, you go now
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  Speaker 1: and get honey for us, and you shall have half
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  Speaker 1: of all you bring out. Old brother Bear said, I
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  Speaker 1: dare not go, for the bees are swarming and I
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  Speaker 1: will get stung. The funny fox winked at the bold
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  Speaker 1: badger and said, if you are so afraid, the bold
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  Speaker 1: badger will go and get a sip of honey first,
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  Speaker 1: to show you the bees here are harmless. The bold
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  Speaker 1: badger did this, and though the bees came all about him,
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  Speaker 1: he did not get stung, because his hide is such
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  Speaker 1: no insect can sting him. Old brother Bear, seeing he
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  Speaker 1: can to no harm, plunged in, and my how he howled.
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  Speaker 1: He got stung and carried a swollen face for a week.
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  Speaker 1: The funny fox and bold badger went off down the road.
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  Speaker 1: After that, Old brother Bhaer knew enough to leave beehives alone,
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  Speaker 1: which shows that a burnt child dreads the fire. Every
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  Speaker 1: animal he met for a week asked, have you the toothache?
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  Speaker 1: Why is your head tied up, old brother Bear, to
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  Speaker 1: which he replied, I'm not sure I heard just what
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  Speaker 1: you said. Perhaps it's the fashion to tie up the head.
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  Speaker 1: So I think Old brother Bear had a laugh after all,
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  Speaker 1: for to this day many animals do not know what
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  Speaker 1: was the matter with him. End of chapter three, Chapter four,
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  Speaker 1: funny animal tales by Laura Rountree Smith Careful Cat. The
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  Speaker 1: careful cat said, I cannot tell how many times I
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  Speaker 1: fell down the well. To remember? What is the use?
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  Speaker 1: Let us consult old mother goose. Once upon a time,
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  Speaker 1: the careful cat heard a bell ringing, and a great
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  Speaker 1: cry arose, ding dong, bell. Pussy is in the well.
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  Speaker 1: She kept under cover, but crept up into a tall
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  Speaker 1: tree to see what was happening. After a while, many
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  Speaker 1: animals passed by on their way home from market, and
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  Speaker 1: they peeped in the well, but could see no one.
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  Speaker 1: A voice cried, put down the rope and draw me out,
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  Speaker 1: or push will be drowned without a doubt. While the
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  Speaker 1: animals were busy putting down the rope, the fox, who
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  Speaker 1: had on his invisible cloak, hopped out of the well
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  Speaker 1: and seized the largest basket and went merrily homeward. I
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  Speaker 1: will remember his slyness, remarked the careful cat. Be very
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  Speaker 1: careful what you do. Don't let him play a trick
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  Speaker 1: on you. Whistled the merry wind. One day A little later,
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  Speaker 1: the careful cat was watching for mice in a barn
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  Speaker 1: when the funny fox came by and said, if you
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  Speaker 1: take the road that leads to the mill, there are
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  Speaker 1: so many mice you can get your fill. The careful
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  Speaker 1: cat thought it over all day, and when moonlight came,
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  Speaker 1: she said to the funny fox, maybe I would stumble
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  Speaker 1: in the moonlight. The funny fox only said, there are
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  Speaker 1: so many mice, a million or more. They are right
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  Speaker 1: outside the old mill door. The careful cat decided to
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  Speaker 1: go at once and laughed at the idea of catching
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  Speaker 1: so many mice. The merry wind whistled again, be very
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  Speaker 1: careful what you do. Don't let him play a trick
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  Speaker 1: on you. The cat reached the mill door and was
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  Speaker 1: going to catch a fat mouse when he was caught
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  Speaker 1: himself in a trap. The funny fox slipped away, but
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  Speaker 1: the mill owner and others caught the cat and gave
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  Speaker 1: him a beating because they thought he had stolen their chickens.
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  Speaker 1: When loose, the careful cat was so angry he jumped
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  Speaker 1: and jumped and behaved in a funny manner. The funny
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  Speaker 1: fox said, as he went off, he laughs best who
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  Speaker 1: laughs last end of chapter four Chapter five of fifty
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  Speaker 1: Tales by Laura Rountree Smith. Homeless Hair, Oh, homeless hair,
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  Speaker 1: I do declare of the funny fox. Beware this cunning
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  Speaker 1: creature of the wood is very seldom, if ever good.
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  Speaker 1: One day the homeless hare went clippity clippity clip along
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  Speaker 1: the woods, and when he came to the den of
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  Speaker 1: the funny Fox, he stepped inside and said, by my
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  Speaker 1: long whiskers and stubby tail, I smell pot roasts. By
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  Speaker 1: my twinkling eyes, I smell cabbage, and by my wrinkling
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  Speaker 1: twinkling nose, I smell molasses. He went nearer and nearer
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  Speaker 1: the entrance to the den, and the funny Fox peeped
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  Speaker 1: out and said, you're looking thinner, very much thinner, Come
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  Speaker 1: in a while and stay to dinner. There was an
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  Speaker 1: old fashioned plate on the mantelpiece, and it cried out,
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  Speaker 1: for it had seen things happen before. Don't do it,
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  Speaker 1: cried the china plate, for your dinner. You'd better wait.
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  Speaker 1: Then another voice piped up, don't do it, called the
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  Speaker 1: coffee pot. He will play a trick as like as not. Still,
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  Speaker 1: another voice warned him, don't do it, cried the rubber ball.
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  Speaker 1: He is not a gracious host at all. The tea
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  Speaker 1: kettle bubbled over in excitement, saying, stop a minute, think again,
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  Speaker 1: don't stay in the fox's den. In spite of all this,
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  Speaker 1: the homeless hare came on into the fox's den. There
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  Speaker 1: sat a table spread for three. Missus. Fox said, we're
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  Speaker 1: glad of company. Just as the homeless hare took his seat,
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  Speaker 1: before he could unfold his napkin, the funny fox said,
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  Speaker 1: let me examine your new necktie, and he sprang at him.
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  Speaker 1: Over went the table, over went the roast, cabbage and molasses.
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  Speaker 1: The homeless hare thought his end had surely come when
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  Speaker 1: a shot was fired and the foxes ran back into
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  Speaker 1: another part of the den. A few minutes after the
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  Speaker 1: hunters had passed by, the homeless hare crept out of
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  Speaker 1: the den. He had always supposed that the hunters were
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  Speaker 1: his enemies. Now he said, a friend in need is
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  Speaker 1: a friend indeed. End of chapter five, Chapter six of
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  Speaker 1: Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith cheerful Cock. The cheerful
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  Speaker 1: cock said to the fox's den, I will go. I
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  Speaker 1: can't tell you though, just when I'll accuse him of
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  Speaker 1: everything he's done and make him pay for his reckless fun.
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  Speaker 1: One day, the cheerful cock was angry as could be,
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  Speaker 1: for he woke to find his Aunt Matilda and Uncle Jim,
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  Speaker 1: and fifteen of his cousins gone out of the barnyard.
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  Speaker 1: He knew the funny Fox was to blame for the
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  Speaker 1: merry wind told him so. For once. The cheerful cock
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  Speaker 1: was sad, and he made out a list of all
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  Speaker 1: the complaints he had to make, and he wrote them
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  Speaker 1: down on paper. Putting on his best spurs off, he
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  Speaker 1: went to the fox's den. On the den door was
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  Speaker 1: a sign gone for a walk by the garden wall.
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  Speaker 1: Now it happened that the funny fox had heard that
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  Speaker 1: the cheerful cock was very angry, as indeed he should be,
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  Speaker 1: so he had put on the dress of a monk,
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  Speaker 1: hoping no one would know him in his disguise. The
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  Speaker 1: cheerful cock was near sighted and took him for a
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  Speaker 1: real monk, And so he recited his troubles, thinking he
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  Speaker 1: had a kind, sympathetic listener. He did not see the
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  Speaker 1: fox's long, sharp nose, He did not notice his bushy tail.
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  Speaker 1: Just as he was through his story of wrongs, the
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  Speaker 1: pious looking monk, for it was no other than the
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  Speaker 1: funny fox, made a spring at him, and the cheerful
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  Speaker 1: cock had just time to fly over the garden wall.
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  Speaker 1: He had thought the monk handsome in his fine clothes,
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  Speaker 1: but now he called back handsome is as handsome does.
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  Speaker 1: End of chapter six.
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  Speaker 2: Read by Little Peanut Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura
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  Speaker 2: Rauntrey Smith. A friend in need, Oh, funny fox, take care,
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  Speaker 2: Take care. This saying is very true. The animals say
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  Speaker 2: it everywhere. They will play a trick on you one day.
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  Speaker 2: The funny Fox roasted a great fat turkey and said,
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  Speaker 2: though it is a little before Thanksgiving, I am going
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  Speaker 2: to eat my turkey now. Trip trap sounded, little feet,
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  Speaker 2: Rappa tap sounded the knocker. The funny Fox went to
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  Speaker 2: the door and saw no one, but the voice said,
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  Speaker 2: turkey's not good, so I've heard say with outcramberries on
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  Speaker 2: thanksg Giving Day. The funny Fox waved his long ears
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  Speaker 2: to and fro and went back to carve his turkey.
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  Speaker 2: He had just picked up the knife when patter, patter,
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  Speaker 2: clicker clatter went little feet and thump thump with the
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  Speaker 2: knocker again, and a voice cried out, you'll dislike the
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  Speaker 2: turkey like as not without potatoes smoking hot. The funny
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  Speaker 2: Fox lashed his beautiful tail and said someone's playing a
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  Speaker 2: joke on me. He went back and carved one leg
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  Speaker 2: off the great fat turkey and was just going to
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  Speaker 2: begin to eat his dinner when tingling went the telephone,
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  Speaker 2: and he answered as a voice called, don't eat your
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  Speaker 2: turkey for by and by you can have some pumpkin pie.
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  Speaker 2: The voice went on and on, keeping the funny Fox
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  Speaker 2: at the telephone, and he was annoyed, you may be sure.
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  Speaker 2: When he got back to the little table, but turkey
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  Speaker 2: was gone, drumstick and all. He set up such a
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  Speaker 2: howl that the Bold Badger, who was going by, stopped
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  Speaker 2: in to see what was the matter. It was an
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  Speaker 2: hour and seventeen minutes before Funny Fox stopped roaring. The
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  Speaker 2: Bold Badger then said, as tomorrow will be Thanksgiving Day,
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  Speaker 2: come and take dinner with me, and bring missus Fox
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  Speaker 2: and Freddie and frieda Fox. Missus Fox was pleased when
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  Speaker 2: she heard they were all invited, and said, a friend
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  Speaker 2: in need is a friend indeed. End of chapter seven.
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  Speaker 3: Read by Eric Reid, April twenty twenty one. Fifty Funny
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  Speaker 3: Animal Tales by Laura Roundtree Smith Bold Badger. The foxes
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  Speaker 3: lived in a little den way down in the leafy glen,
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  Speaker 3: but now they all are on their way to celebrate
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  Speaker 3: Thanksgiving Day. The Funny Fox and Missus Fox and Freddie
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  Speaker 3: and frieda Fox went merrily through the woods to the
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  Speaker 3: Bold Badger's house. They all gave their fur an extra brush,
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  Speaker 3: and wore their best bibs and tuckers. The bold Badger
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  Speaker 3: lived in a burrow, and he stood by the entrance
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  Speaker 3: to it and made all his visitors welcome.
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  Speaker 4: In.
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  Speaker 3: They went, and at last found themselves in a large
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  Speaker 3: room with a table set with plates and a great
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  Speaker 3: pitcher of honey. The bold Badger even had a flower
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  Speaker 3: in a flower pot on the window sill. They wore
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  Speaker 3: bibs so as to keep clean, and the turkey was
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  Speaker 3: so very heavy, missus Fox insisted on helping bring it in.
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: She brought it in on a great platter, and it
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  Speaker 3: was smoking hot when it was set on the table.
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  Speaker 3: The funny fox laughed until his sides ached, for it
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  Speaker 3: had only one leg and looked like the very same
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  Speaker 3: turkey he had sat down to the day before. The
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  Speaker 3: animals had a regular Thanksgiving feast with all sorts of
• 23:26
  Speaker 3: good things, and the little foxes behaved very well considering
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: their nature, though Missus Fox continually said, good girls and boys,
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  Speaker 3: don't make a noise, sit up if you're able, and
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: don't pound the table. They had a merry meal, and
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: the boat Badger said, one day lately I peeped in
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  Speaker 3: and saw you had been to the barber. Please tell
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: us about it, The funny fox remarked, Ill news travels fast,
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: and he sat back comfortably to tell the story. End
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  Speaker 3: of chapter eight, Chapter nine of Fifty Funny Animal Tales.
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  Speaker 3: twenty one. Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith
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  Speaker 3: Amiable Ape. The Amiable Ape, so the story goes, is
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  Speaker 3: a barber, as you suppose. If you have her trim
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: you're rough. Be sure to say enough is enough, The
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: funny fox said, the other day, I went to visit
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  Speaker 3: the Amiable Ape, our lady barber, to get a hair cut.
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  Speaker 3: I sat down in her chair, and as her shears
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  Speaker 3: went snip, snip, snip, she said, see that picture on
• 24:51
  Speaker 3: the wall, the lion who is King of all. The
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: funny fox said, I got so interested in looking at
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  Speaker 3: the lordly lion in his handsome robe, and I so
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  Speaker 3: admired his crown. Why the Amiable Ape's shears went snip, snip, snip,
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  Speaker 3: that I never gave a thought to what she was
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  Speaker 3: doing until, as bad luck would have it, I was
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  Speaker 3: shorn like a lamb. Now I have to wear clothing
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  Speaker 3: to keep warm. And the amiable Ape said to me
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  Speaker 3: as I went out, look in the mirror. As you
• 25:19
  Speaker 3: go out, you'll like your appearance beyond a doubt. I
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  Speaker 3: was so angry I nearly tumbled over her servant. As
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: she was bringing in the oil to finish the hair dressing.
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: The amiable Ape called after me, I left some fur
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: on your tail and toes. That will help some. I suppose.
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  Speaker 3: I was so angry to find the Amiable Ape had
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: been playing a trick on me, for she was usually
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: my friend. But still I was thankful to have some
• 25:45
  Speaker 3: fur left, which reminds me of the saying half a
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: loaf is better than no bread. To change the subject,
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: the bold Badger said, I've heard that story once or twice.
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: Let's all go skating on the ice. So out they went,
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  Speaker 3: and while the bold Badger was fitting his skates on,
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: many interesting things happened. End of chapter nine, Chapter ten
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  Speaker 3: Tales by Laura Roundtree Smith. The Wolf's Escape. If you
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: are the wolf who owns a tail, to mind your mother,
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: you should not fail. If it's too early to begin,
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: don't skate when the ice is thin. The funny fox
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: saw something that amused him. He saw the wilful wolf
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: with his tail stuck fast in a hole in the ice.
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: He had once told the wolf of wolf he could
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: catch a meal of fish in this way. The wilful
• 27:02
  Speaker 3: wolf called, help me out. Help me out, or I'll
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  Speaker 3: stick fast beyond a doubt. All the poplar trees hurt
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  Speaker 3: his cry, and all the cattails and grasses swayed to
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  Speaker 3: and fro in the wind. What will you give me
• 27:17
  Speaker 3: if I help you out, asked the funny fox. The
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: wilful wolf said, I'll give you my bag with money
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  Speaker 3: in it. Please do not wait another minute. That is
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  Speaker 3: not enough, said the funny fox. The wilful wolf said,
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  Speaker 3: I will give you my coat with the collar too.
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  Speaker 3: Come hurry up, whatever you do, the funny fox said,
• 27:38
  Speaker 3: that is not enough. The wilful wolf said, I will
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: give you my fur lined shoes. You can help me
• 27:45
  Speaker 3: out if you choose. The funny fox had long envied
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: the wilful wolf his shoes, so he gave a great
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  Speaker 3: pull and helped him out, And by this time a
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: great crowd of animals had gathered to see what was
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: going on. The funny Fox took the wolf of wolf's
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  Speaker 3: presence and threw them to the bold Badger for safe keeping,
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: and dragged the wilful wolf along, for he was nearly frozen.
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: He was stopped by two leopards who were soldiers for
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  Speaker 3: the king, for they thought he was harming the wolf.
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  Speaker 3: It was only by a cunning trick that the funny
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: Fox escaped. He'd hoped to make a meal of the
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  Speaker 3: wilful wolf, but had to leave him instead, which shows
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  Speaker 3: you can't count your chickens before they're hatched. End of
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  Speaker 3: chapter ten.
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  Speaker 5: Chapter eleven of Fifty Funny Animal Tales. This is a
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  Speaker 5: Read by Jinny Rosario, Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura
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  Speaker 5: Rowntree Smith, Chapter eleven. Little hill Men, Little hill Men,
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  Speaker 5: So I am told on moonlit nights go dig for gold.
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  Speaker 5: So have a care, little hill men, the fox may
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  Speaker 5: take it to his den. One moonlit night, the funny
• 29:10
  Speaker 5: Fox and Missus Fox went out to see what they
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  Speaker 5: could see. To their delight, they saw the little hill
• 29:15
  Speaker 5: men were digging gold and singing, Where little hill men,
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  Speaker 5: it's very funny. We dig and dig and dig for money.
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  Speaker 5: Click click, click went their little spades. Clatter, clatter, clatter
• 29:28
  Speaker 5: went the coins in their little bags. The funny fox
• 29:32
  Speaker 5: said to Missus Fox, you wait here until I blow
• 29:35
  Speaker 5: the whistle. Then he went into plain view where the
• 29:38
  Speaker 5: little hill men could see him, and he danced the
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  Speaker 5: most wonderful dance. He danced and sang, dance in the moonlight.
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  Speaker 5: It is pleasure to trip to music's joyous measure. The
• 29:50
  Speaker 5: first little hill man stopped digging, the second little hill
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  Speaker 5: man stopped to watch him. Soon they all stopped to
• 29:57
  Speaker 5: see the funny fox dancing in the moonlight. They called
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  Speaker 5: the little hill men, all advance, come Fox, and teach
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  Speaker 5: us how to dance. The funny fox answered, without even
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  Speaker 5: winking an eye. You can never dance, so I am told,
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  Speaker 5: laden with your bags of gold. All the little hill
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  Speaker 5: men unstrapped the bags of gold from round their waists
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  Speaker 5: and laid them on the ground. The funny Fox said,
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  Speaker 5: close your eyes till I count ninety three. Then a
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  Speaker 5: wonderful dancer each one shall be. So the little hill
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  Speaker 5: men closed their eyes and danced the new step until
• 30:32
  Speaker 5: the fox had counted to ninety three. And they counted
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  Speaker 5: so loud they did not notice that his voice came
• 30:38
  Speaker 5: from farther and farther off. When they looked about, the
• 30:42
  Speaker 5: funny fox and their gold had disappeared, and they said,
• 30:46
  Speaker 5: thinking of their hurry to learn to dance, haste makes waste.
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  Speaker 5: There was nothing left for them to do but to
• 30:53
  Speaker 5: take up their little shovels again, singing where little hill men,
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  Speaker 5: little hill men, we fell again, play now and then
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  Speaker 5: of the dance. We all had a taste, but have
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  Speaker 5: learned that haste makes waste. End of chapter eleven, Chapter
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  Speaker 5: Chapter twelve, Comical Crow. The comical crow has a tale
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  Speaker 5: of woe, and this is a story you ought to know.
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  Speaker 5: He's a wonderful bird. He can fly and walk, and
• 31:47
  Speaker 5: sometimes he can even talk, he says, the funny fox.
• 31:52
  Speaker 5: One day out in the meadow came and lay. He
• 31:55
  Speaker 5: pretended he was fast asleep, so nearer and nearer the
• 31:59
  Speaker 5: wheat creep. He came suddenly, so wide awake. Too late
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  Speaker 5: we learned our sad mistake. My friends, he caught upon
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  Speaker 5: that day. But I spread my wings and flew away.
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  Speaker 5: The fox is cunning and very shy. To be his friend,
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  Speaker 5: I'll never try. I will travel as far as I
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  Speaker 5: choose to tell on the fox. I'll spread the news
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  Speaker 5: which shows that little leeks sink great ships. End of
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  Speaker 5: chapter twelve. Chapter thirteen of Fifty Funny Animal Tales. This
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  Speaker 5: Tales by Loro Roundtree Smith, Chapter thirteen, daring dog of
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  Speaker 5: the funny Fox. Beware he's full of tricks, you know,
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  Speaker 5: so when you see him, have a care which way
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  Speaker 5: you'd better go. Once upon a time, the funny fox
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  Speaker 5: was very hungry, for he had had no breakfast, and
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  Speaker 5: he went through the woods to see what he could
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  Speaker 5: see by and by. To his delight, he saw the
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  Speaker 5: daring dog with a great piece of meat which he
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  Speaker 5: had stolen from the market. He was running homeward over
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  Speaker 5: a bridge as fast as his legs could carry him. My,
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  Speaker 5: what beautiful legs you have, shouted the funny fox. The
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  Speaker 5: daring dog slowed down a little. My what a cunning
• 33:39
  Speaker 5: tail you have, cried the funny fox. The daring dog
• 33:43
  Speaker 5: wagged his tail, pleased with the compliment. My, what wonderful
• 33:48
  Speaker 5: ears you have, said the funny fox. The daring dog
• 33:53
  Speaker 5: moved his ears to and fro. The funny Fox had
• 33:56
  Speaker 5: now caught up with him, and as he ran alongside
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  Speaker 5: of him, said, my, what bright eyes you have. But
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  Speaker 5: I suppose you really have ugly teeth, and that spoils
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  Speaker 5: your whole appearance. This offended the daring dog, and he
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  Speaker 5: dropped the meat a second to show his pearly teeth.
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  Speaker 5: The funny fox stole the meat and was off and
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  Speaker 5: away before the daring dog could say a word. He
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  Speaker 5: remarked that the funny fox would have a good meal anyway,
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  Speaker 5: and if the butcher should see him running now, it
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  Speaker 5: was the fox who would be punished, which shows it
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  Speaker 5: is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. End
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  Speaker 5: of chapter thirteen.
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  Speaker 6: Chapter fourteen of Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura round Treesmith.
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  Speaker 6: Roundtree Smith. Chapter fourteen fairy Gold. If you dig for
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  Speaker 6: fairy gold, you must be careful. So I am told
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  Speaker 6: never to let the secret out, or it will vanish
• 35:12
  Speaker 6: beyond a doubt. The funny fox called to missus Fox
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  Speaker 6: one moon night, we will take the wheelbarrow old and
• 35:18
  Speaker 6: will dig for fairy gold. So off they started old
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  Speaker 6: Missus Fox, riding in the wheelbarrow until they came to
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  Speaker 6: the place where the fox wanted to dig for hidden treasure.
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  Speaker 6: Click click click when it is paid in the ground, Hurrah, Hurrah, hurrah,
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  Speaker 6: he cried as he dug out two boxes and continued
• 35:31
  Speaker 6: to dig up more gold than they had ever dreamed of.
• 35:34
  Speaker 6: They lost no time, you may be sure, in filling
• 35:36
  Speaker 6: the wheelbarrow with the treasure, and took turns and wheeling
• 35:38
  Speaker 6: it homeward. They made plans for spending some of the
• 35:41
  Speaker 6: loose coins, and they decided to hide the rest away.
• 35:44
  Speaker 6: They even planned to make a present to the bold Badger,
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  Speaker 6: who was their faithful friend. As they went homeward, the
• 35:49
  Speaker 6: funny fox said, over and over, money is a good servant.
• 35:52
  Speaker 6: The moon laughed as he saw the funny fox hide
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  Speaker 6: his gold away, for he knew if one steals fairy gold,
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  Speaker 6: bad luck will follow him unless he gives it up.
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  Speaker 6: End of chapter fourteen.
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  Speaker 7: Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rowntree Smith Auntie Ape.
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  Speaker 7: The little foxes without fail liked to hear a good
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  Speaker 7: night tale, So says the funny fox. Ho, ho, I'll
• 36:40
  Speaker 7: tell a story of Poverty Row. He began by saying,
• 36:45
  Speaker 7: one night I went to visit old Auntie Ape and
• 36:48
  Speaker 7: her children, Anna, Arthur and Alice, who lived in a
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  Speaker 7: shanty in Poverty Row. They looked so poor and foreworn,
• 36:57
  Speaker 7: and had little if any clothing on, and their place
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  Speaker 7: was so poorly furnished that I did not quite know
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  Speaker 7: what to say. A spider web even hung over their door.
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  Speaker 7: But there was a smell of good cooking which attracted me, so,
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  Speaker 7: taking off my cap with the bonny feather upon it,
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  Speaker 7: and making my very best bow, I inquired if I
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  Speaker 7: might stay and have a few pancakes. To my surprise,
• 37:23
  Speaker 7: Aunty Ape served me an elegant meal, and then I
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  Speaker 7: told the children a sleepy story, and Anna began to nod,
• 37:32
  Speaker 7: and Arthur began to grow sleepy, and Alice began to yawn,
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  Speaker 7: and Auntie Ape's head went nid nodding, and soon they
• 37:41
  Speaker 7: were all fast asleep. And I went to the pantry
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  Speaker 7: and helped myself through a fine fat chicken, all nicely cooked.
• 37:48
  Speaker 7: I left a few coins on the platter. Coming out,
• 37:52
  Speaker 7: I told the wilful wolf of my good fortune. He said,
• 37:56
  Speaker 7: I will go in and visit them at once. He
• 38:00
  Speaker 7: was shocked by their poverty and homely appearance, and said,
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  Speaker 7: Auntie Ape, why don't you get the children some clothes?
• 38:07
  Speaker 7: Why don't you brush the cobwebs from your door? You
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  Speaker 7: poor creatures? I am sorry for you, but nevertheless I
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  Speaker 7: am hungry, So will you give me a bite to eat?
• 38:18
  Speaker 7: Auntie Ape boxed his right ear and his left ear,
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  Speaker 7: and the wilful wolf came out howling, with nothing to
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  Speaker 7: show for his call but a pair of lame ears,
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  Speaker 7: which proves my kind words stood me in good steed.
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  Speaker 7: For sugar catches more flies than vinegar. End of chapter fifteen.
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  Speaker 7: Read by Perflamed on Saturday May fifteenth, twenty twenty one.
• 38:49
  Speaker 6: Chapter sixteen of fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura Roundtree Smith.
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  Speaker 6: Laura Roundtree Smith. Chapter sixteen, Magic Boots, careful Cat, and
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  Speaker 6: older brother Bear look out on Christmas Eve, Careful Cat
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  Speaker 6: and older brother Bear. The foxes often deceive One December
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  Speaker 6: the funny fox heard that Old brother Bear had magic
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  Speaker 6: boots in which he could travel a mile a minute,
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  Speaker 6: and that the Careful Cat had such wonderful spectacles that
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  Speaker 6: she could see what was going to happen in the
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  Speaker 6: future when she looked through them. So he decided to
• 39:27
  Speaker 6: invite them to hang up their stockings and his den
• 39:29
  Speaker 6: on Christmas Eve. They were happy to come and hang
• 39:32
  Speaker 6: up their stockings, of course, and the Funny Fox built
• 39:34
  Speaker 6: a splendid bonfire outside the den. So they set about
• 39:37
  Speaker 6: in comfort waiting for Santa Claus to call. Meanwhile, Missus
• 39:41
  Speaker 6: Fox filled the stocking full of nuts and candy and
• 39:44
  Speaker 6: said Santa Claus might come the other way, as there
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  Speaker 6: was another opening to the den. The Funny Fox said,
• 39:49
  Speaker 6: old brother Bear, let me try on your boots a
• 39:51
  Speaker 6: minute to see if they would fit me. Then to
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  Speaker 6: the Careful Cat, he said, just let me try on
• 39:55
  Speaker 6: your spectacles a minute to see if Santa Claus is coming.
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  Speaker 6: The animals READI consented, and at this very minute was
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  Speaker 6: heard the tinkle tinkle tinkle of sleigh bells, and Missus
• 40:04
  Speaker 6: Fox said, hurry, hurry, you may get a glimpse of
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  Speaker 6: Santa Claus. Old brother Bear forgot his magic boots, and
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  Speaker 6: the careful cat forgot the wonderful spectacles. They hurried into
• 40:13
  Speaker 6: the den. There stood the well filled stockings. So they
• 40:17
  Speaker 6: souted Hurrah, Hurrah for Santa Claus. They hurried out to
• 40:20
  Speaker 6: see him, but he was nowhere to be found, and
• 40:22
  Speaker 6: the funny Fox had walked off a mile with the
• 40:24
  Speaker 6: magic boots and what he saw through the wonderful spectacles.
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  Speaker 6: There is no way of knowing. Old missus Fox said,
• 40:30
  Speaker 6: you got your stockings filled anyway. The careful cat remarked
• 40:32
  Speaker 6: to old brother Bear as they went homeward, they who
• 40:35
  Speaker 6: play with edge jewels must expect to be cut. End
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  Speaker 6: of chapter sixteen.
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  Speaker 8: Chapter seventeen of fifty Finney Animal Tilles. This is a
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  Speaker 8: Recording by Alan Lawley. Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Lower
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  Speaker 8: Rountree Smith. In the Woods, the boat badger says in
• 41:16
  Speaker 8: greeting the animals all hold a meeting, So funny Fox,
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  Speaker 8: come on, let's go, or their secrets will not know.
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  Speaker 8: The two animals went trip trap through the woods and
• 41:31
  Speaker 8: sure enough, they found a great group of animals talking
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  Speaker 8: as they sat in a circle. When the wilful Wolf
• 41:39
  Speaker 8: saw the funny Fox and boat Badger appear, he took
• 41:43
  Speaker 8: off his glove and threw it down, saying, here I
• 41:46
  Speaker 8: throw down the gauntlet and command you to fight before
• 41:50
  Speaker 8: the lordly Lion, who were set the day an hour. Softly,
• 41:56
  Speaker 8: softly said the funny Fox, my lord, the king of
• 41:59
  Speaker 8: beasts is ill with fever, and we will have to
• 42:03
  Speaker 8: put off the fight. Laughing, the funny Fox and bow
• 42:07
  Speaker 8: Badger departed, but the animals all decided to go soon
• 42:12
  Speaker 8: to the lordly Lion and tell him of the tricks
• 42:16
  Speaker 8: the funny Fox played upon them. This was all very
• 42:20
  Speaker 8: well until the wilful Wolf asked in a loud voice,
• 42:24
  Speaker 8: who will be the first to make complaint? One by one,
• 42:29
  Speaker 8: the animal slipped out of the circle, and the wilful
• 42:32
  Speaker 8: Wolf was left all alone. He laughed until his old
• 42:38
  Speaker 8: size shook, and then rang a bell, at which all
• 42:42
  Speaker 8: the animals returned. He said, we will all tell our complaints,
• 42:48
  Speaker 8: and I will head the list, so we will stand
• 42:52
  Speaker 8: together against the funny Fox. All except the bow Badger,
• 42:58
  Speaker 8: said the wise old owl, And I and a few
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  Speaker 8: other friends. The wilful wolf laughed at the ideal of
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  Speaker 8: the funny fox having friends, and the meeting broke up
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  Speaker 8: in high humor, one of the animals saying, birds of
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  Speaker 8: a feather flock together. And of section seventeen.
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  Speaker 9: Chapter eighteen of Fifty Funny Animal Tales. This is a
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  Speaker 9: Rowntree Smith. Lordly Lyon, Oh, happy hair, take care, take care,
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  Speaker 9: be careful what you do. The funny fox, who takes
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  Speaker 9: the air may lie in wait for you. Morning. The
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  Speaker 9: funny fox was sighing when the happy hare came by.
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  Speaker 9: Why do you sigh, asked the happy hare. The funny
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  Speaker 9: fox said, the lordly Lion is so ill, I am
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  Speaker 9: concerned about him. Let us go and visit him. So
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  Speaker 9: off the two went and found the lordly Lion ill
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  Speaker 9: in bed, with his lordly head tied up and his
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  Speaker 9: lordly crown hanging on one of the posts of the bed.
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  Speaker 9: The funny fox whispered to him, if you would eat
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  Speaker 9: the heart of a hare, it would entirely cure you.
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  Speaker 9: This pleased the lordly Lion so much that he ordered
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  Speaker 9: it at once, and the happy hare had just time
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  Speaker 9: to escape out the window. The lordly Lion did procure
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  Speaker 9: the heart of a hare later and was cured. So
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  Speaker 9: he thought a great deal of the fox, and gave
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  Speaker 9: him a hamper of food, which he sat down by
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  Speaker 9: the wayside to eat. The fox ate till his side
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  Speaker 9: stuck out and said, enough is as good as a feast.
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  Speaker 9: End of chapter eighteen Chapter nineteen of Fifty Funny Animal Tales.
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  Speaker 9: Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith. The throne spring has come,
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  Speaker 9: and now is seen a throne awaiting King and Queen. Oh,
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  Speaker 9: funny fox, beware, beware, for we will hold your trial there.
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  Speaker 9: The lordly Lion was coming to the woods to meet
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  Speaker 9: the animals and hear their complaints. At last, the queen
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  Speaker 9: was coming too, so the animals had a throne prepared
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  Speaker 9: for them. They said, where is the funny fox, Why
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  Speaker 9: doesn't he help? Where is the bold Badger? Where is
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  Speaker 9: Auntie Ape? Where is the merry monkey? One and all
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  Speaker 9: they were advising the funny fox to appear ill so
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  Speaker 9: that he would be unable to meet the King and Queen.
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  Speaker 9: He laid on some leaves in his den and kept
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  Speaker 9: a candle burning night and day. When the King heard
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  Speaker 9: he was ill, he sent him a dainty dish by
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  Speaker 9: special messenger. So the funny fox decided if the King
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  Speaker 9: favored him, thus he would get up. So the bold
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  Speaker 9: Badger went with him, but they paused in the woods
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  Speaker 9: while the badger said, these magic words at times you
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  Speaker 9: may see and not be seen when you are trippin'
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  Speaker 9: or the green funny fox, he'd not the strife. Now
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  Speaker 9: you will lead a charmed life. The funny fox felt
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  Speaker 9: quite secure now, for he had also the magic boots
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  Speaker 9: and the wonderful spectacles. But he did not know that
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  Speaker 9: the animals were going to try to scare him by
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  Speaker 9: showing him a gallows. They came to the throne made
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  Speaker 9: ready for the King and Queen, and near it hung
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  Speaker 9: a great rope, on inquiring what it was for the rollicking,
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  Speaker 9: Ram replied, we are as earnest as can be, and
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  Speaker 9: if you stay, perhaps you'll see who'll be hanging from
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  Speaker 9: that tree. This helps prove that brevity is the soul
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  Speaker 9: of wit. End of chapter nineteen.
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  Speaker 8: Section twenty of fifty Funny Animaltiles. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 8: The Escape, Oh, funny fox, take care, take care when
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  Speaker 8: to the woods you go. Your enemy is waiting there,
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  Speaker 8: and you had best bow low. When the animals gathered
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  Speaker 8: together waiting the arrival of the King and Queen, the
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  Speaker 8: funny fox put on his spectacles and did not like
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  Speaker 8: the looks of the future altogether. As he was a
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  Speaker 8: great story teller, he said, once on a time, the
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  Speaker 8: wilful wolf, who thought that he was danger proof, got
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  Speaker 8: a bone in his throat. Oh my, how the wilful
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  Speaker 8: wolf did cry. I heard him cry, I heard him shout.
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  Speaker 8: I sent the crane to help him out. He promised
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  Speaker 8: the crane a pot of honey or else a little
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  Speaker 8: purse of money. The crane took out the bone with ease.
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  Speaker 8: He has a long bill, if you please. But he
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  Speaker 8: did not receive a cent of money, nor did he
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  Speaker 8: get his pot of honey. The wolf said, run home
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  Speaker 8: to your wife. You should be thankful I spared your life.
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  Speaker 8: The animals thought this was so unfair in the wilful
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  Speaker 8: wolf that they came near hanging him from the tree,
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  Speaker 8: but he escaped, which reminds us of the saying a
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  Speaker 8: miss is as good as a mile and of section
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  Speaker 8: twenty Section twenty one of fifty Funny Animal Tilles. This
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  Speaker 8: Tails by Laura Rountree Smith. Happy Hair, Oh, Happy Hair,
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  Speaker 8: Take care, Take care. The fox will play tricks everywhere,
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  Speaker 8: and if you trust him, some fine day, he'll play
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  Speaker 8: a trick on you, I say. The Happy Hair loved
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  Speaker 8: to dress up in other people's clothes. One day he
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  Speaker 8: put on a little red jacket with long trailing sleeves
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  Speaker 8: and a little red cap and went trip trip. Tripping
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  Speaker 8: along through the woods, he met the funny fox, who said,
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  Speaker 8: I'm out for frolic and for fun. I'll give you
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  Speaker 8: a costume like a nun. The Happy Hair put on
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  Speaker 8: a dress over his costume and journeyed on with the
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  Speaker 8: funny Fox, who said, I would teach you a little song.
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  Speaker 8: The tune is easy, the words not long. The Happy
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  Speaker 8: Hair was very anxious to learn to sing, so he
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  Speaker 8: said the words over and over while the funny Fox
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  Speaker 8: hum the tune and beat time with a hickory stick.
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  Speaker 8: They sang the words to the tune of Twinkle Little Star,
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  Speaker 8: and they were these to all animals, be kind gently
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  Speaker 8: tried to make them mind. We will love you if
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  Speaker 8: you think to give us some food and drink. The
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  Speaker 8: Happy hare said, the funny fox is the best kind
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  Speaker 8: of humor to day. Suddenly, without any warning, a strange
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  Speaker 8: thing happened. The funny fox sprang at the Happy Hair
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  Speaker 8: and tore his dress and took a slice off one ear,
• 51:50
  Speaker 8: if you please, before he could escape. By and by,
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  Speaker 8: when the Happy Hair had recovered from his fright, he said,
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  Speaker 8: that was a cute little song. I am glad to
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  Speaker 8: learn it. Anyway, he felt somehow that he had better
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  Speaker 8: hurry home, for a wise old our was said to him.
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  Speaker 8: Do not grow until you are out of the words
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  Speaker 8: and of section twenty one.
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  Speaker 10: Chapter twenty two of fifty Funny Animal Tales. This is
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  Speaker 10: Read by Smiling Jade, Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura
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  Speaker 10: Rountree Smith. The King and Queen, the lordy Lion on
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  Speaker 10: his throne, will hear complain from every one? The lioness,
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  Speaker 10: I do declare, looks like a queen in her high chair.
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  Speaker 10: Very splendid. Indeed was the arrival of the King and
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  Speaker 10: Queen in the woods, and they had splendidly attired attendants. Finally,
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  Speaker 10: they took their places on the throne prepared for them,
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  Speaker 10: and were ready to hear the animal's complaints. The lordy
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  Speaker 10: lion looked very splendid in his red robe and gold crowned,
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  Speaker 10: waving his scepter, and the queen had two merry monkeys
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  Speaker 10: for sentinels. She wore an ermine robe which trailed to
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  Speaker 10: the ground, and a golden crown and she sat intently listening.
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  Speaker 10: The funny fox advanced and bow humbly, saying, I am
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  Speaker 10: the funny Fox, your loyal subject. He looked meek indeed,
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  Speaker 10: for he could see through his wonderful glasses what was
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  Speaker 10: going to happen. He thought it best to think off
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  Speaker 10: his wonderful glasses and present them to the lordy Lion, saying,
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  Speaker 10: my lord, allow me to offer you a gift. Put
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  Speaker 10: on these wonderful glasses, or spectacles as they are called,
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  Speaker 10: and you can read the future like an open book.
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  Speaker 10: The lordy Lion could not help being pleased. The reckless
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  Speaker 10: ram next came forward and said, wait, my lord, till
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  Speaker 10: you hear the hold. I will write the proceedings on
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  Speaker 10: a scroll. He had a quill pen he was anxious
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  Speaker 10: to use, and a new sheet of paper. The animals
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  Speaker 10: help their breath to see what would happen and of
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  Speaker 10: section twenty two, Chapter twenty three of fifty fanny as
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  Speaker 10: Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rowntree Smith. The judge the
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  Speaker 10: Lordy Lion thought it fund to be the judge of everyone,
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  Speaker 10: so animals from far and near were very glad to
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  Speaker 10: gather here. The Careful Cat came limping along on a crutch.
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  Speaker 10: She had got well long ago, but put on her
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  Speaker 10: bandages again and came limping along on a crutch to
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  Speaker 10: make complain of her treatment by the funny Fox. Next
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  Speaker 10: came Old Brother Bear, storming through the forest. For the
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  Speaker 10: Funny Fox had put a piece of sticky fly paper
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  Speaker 10: on his back to tease him. The Careful Cat's grandmother
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  Speaker 10: brought a book in which she had written the doings
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  Speaker 10: of the Funny Fox as she had observed them through
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  Speaker 10: her nine lives. She presented it to the Lordy Lion
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  Speaker 10: to read. The Happy Hair showed the picture of one
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  Speaker 10: of his cousins rescued too late from the funny Fox,
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  Speaker 10: and he told of his own trial and showed his
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  Speaker 10: own torn ear. The Delightful Donkey showed a meal of
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  Speaker 10: thissels that had been served him by the Funny Fox.
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  Speaker 10: Just as Old Brother Bear was going to relate that
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  Speaker 10: many tricks played on him, the Reckless Ram told of
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  Speaker 10: the time the funny Fox's great grandmother had tricked and
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  Speaker 10: roasted his twenty first cousin, and this made a thrilling tale. Indeed,
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  Speaker 10: the wilful Wolf became excited and kept shouting, I threw
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  Speaker 10: down the gauntlet. I threw down the gauntlet. His face
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  Speaker 10: was the picture of rage. The Bonnie Beaver had collected
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  Speaker 10: books and books telling tales on the Funny Fox, and
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  Speaker 10: the pretty Ponies said she could hardly train her colts
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  Speaker 10: at all, for the funny Fox set them such a
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  Speaker 10: bad example. A crow flying overhead paused and talked an hour,
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  Speaker 10: and by this time it began to look pretty bad
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  Speaker 10: for the funny Fox, which shows it is a long
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  Speaker 10: lane that has no turning and of Chapter twenty three,
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  Speaker 10: Chapter twenty four, or fifty Funny Animal Tales. This is
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  Speaker 10: Roundtree Smith. A soft answer the Lord Elyon growls and shouts,
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  Speaker 10: be careful what you are about. Funny Fox were here
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  Speaker 10: to day to listen to what you have to say.
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  Speaker 10: The funny fox had heard that a soft answer turneth
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  Speaker 10: away wrath, so he stood upright, saying, my Lord and Master,
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  Speaker 10: do you remember how I helped you in your recent illness?
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  Speaker 10: And though I play a joke now and then, I
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  Speaker 10: have a really kind heart. As for my catching poultry,
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  Speaker 10: I have a wife and two children to support. Missus
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  Speaker 10: Fox and the children were near. They each said, looking
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  Speaker 10: as innocent as a mouse. Besides this, I have a
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  Speaker 10: sly disposition, and it is my nature to tease, and
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  Speaker 10: it is your nature to rule. Besides this, my Lord
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  Speaker 10: and King, see my many friends. There was a great
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  Speaker 10: rustling of branches and leaves. In came the bold Badger,
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  Speaker 10: the shy deer, the ape family, and many other animals
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  Speaker 10: to testify for him. Had the lordy Lion not known
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  Speaker 10: the whole fox family for years and years, he might
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  Speaker 10: have set him free then and there. But a great
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  Speaker 10: tumult arose from the animals he had wronged, and he
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  Speaker 10: asked the funny fox to say his prayers to the
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  Speaker 10: reckless ram. Old brother Bear acted as jailer and took
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  Speaker 10: the funny fox to jail. The funny fox was sad,
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  Speaker 10: but soon regained his humor, and next day asked the
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  Speaker 10: Lordy Lion to visit him and hear a fai fairy
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  Speaker 10: tale and of section twenty four, Chapter twenty five, or
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  Speaker 10: Smith The Gold and the Jewels. If you are sad,
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  Speaker 10: then do not fail to read this jolly fairy tale,
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  Speaker 10: for fairy tales are often funny and laughter worth a
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  Speaker 10: mint of money. The Lordy Lyon went to visit the
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  Speaker 10: funny Fox in his cell, and the funny Fox said,
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  Speaker 10: once on a time, the little hill men were digging,
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  Speaker 10: digging for gold on the hillside, and I made them
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  Speaker 10: learn a little dance and took their goal by a
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  Speaker 10: cunning trick. And I hid it away for you, my
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  Speaker 10: lord and master. And if you will let me go
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  Speaker 10: out in my magic boots, I will be back in
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  Speaker 10: a short time, for I procured this treasure for you.
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  Speaker 10: The Lordy Lion let the funny Fox out, and in
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  Speaker 10: less than no time back. He came with the goal.
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  Speaker 10: The King of Beasts was pleased, for he wished to
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  Speaker 10: return the goal to the little hill men, as he
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  Speaker 10: had heard much complaint from them. And he said he
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  Speaker 10: would stay and listen to another fairy tale. Fairy tales
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  Speaker 10: if we discover can be told the wide world over.
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  Speaker 10: This really has a magic sound. The lost jewels now
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  Speaker 10: are found, so said the funny fox, And the lordy
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  Speaker 10: Lion begged him to tell what jewels were in his
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  Speaker 10: lost chest. The funny fox said, as I remember it,
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  Speaker 10: the jewels were stolen by animals long ago and taken
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  Speaker 10: out the secret door of your castle. I discovered where
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  Speaker 10: they were, and my good wife helped me carry them
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  Speaker 10: safely to my den. Yes, yes, cried the lordy Lion.
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  Speaker 10: But tell me what was in the jeweled chest? The
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  Speaker 10: funny fox said, will you give me my freedom if
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  Speaker 10: I describe the contents of the jewel case and delivered
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  Speaker 10: them safely into your keeping. This the lordy Lion consented
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  Speaker 10: to do so. The funny Fox continued. In the jewel
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  Speaker 10: chest were three smaller chests, and they contained strings of
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  Speaker 10: gold and pulls, and a gold crown, and many curious
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  Speaker 10: pictures and vases and bags of gold. One necklace had
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  Speaker 10: an eight point star on the end. As the funny
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  Speaker 10: Fox described all these things correctly, the lordy Lions said
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  Speaker 10: he himself would send to his den, and if the
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  Speaker 10: treasures were delivered over to him, he and missus Fox
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  Speaker 10: could come to the castle and live in ease and
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  Speaker 10: comfort while the Lordylyons sent to the den. He asked
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  Speaker 10: the funny Fox to tell another fairy tale and of
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  Speaker 10: section twenty five.
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  Speaker 11: Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith. The magic comb,
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  Speaker 11: The magic comb run through your hair will make you
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  Speaker 11: happy anywhere, so says the song, So says the rhyme.
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  Speaker 11: It's carved with scenes of olden time. The funny fox
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  Speaker 11: produced the magic comb. It had quaint stories and legends
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  Speaker 11: carved upon it, and the funny Fox knew them all
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  Speaker 11: by heart. He ran the comb through his fur and
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  Speaker 11: was so happy he did not mind being in jail
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  Speaker 11: at all. He even forgot the sad bears growling in
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  Speaker 11: the den next to him. The king ran the comb
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  Speaker 11: through his hair and was so happy he danced a jig.
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  Speaker 11: The funny fox said, here is a magic mirror with
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  Speaker 11: my likeness carved on the sides and handle. One who
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  Speaker 11: looks in this mirror need never study history, for he
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  Speaker 11: can see what happened in the past. Just now, I
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  Speaker 11: see my great grandfather unjustly tried for an act committed
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  Speaker 11: by the wolf. The lordly Lion, looking in the mirror,
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  Speaker 11: saw the great grandfather fox in chains, and the owl
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  Speaker 11: reading his sentence. The lordly Lion said, tell me the
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  Speaker 11: tale of the ring, and we will then go to
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  Speaker 11: the castle and live happily. Ever after, the funny Fox
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  Speaker 11: turned the magic ring and said, that shall be as
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  Speaker 11: you wish, but ducks are your favorite dish. In came
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  Speaker 11: two ducks, smoking hot, and they had a meal. As
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  Speaker 11: the lordly Lion spoke of liking fish, In came a
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  Speaker 11: basket of fish and a string of fish. For the
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  Speaker 11: funny Fox had only to turn the magic ring, and
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  Speaker 11: the dish he asked for appeared. The lordly Lion, by
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  Speaker 11: this time thought the funny fox a worthy fellow and
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  Speaker 11: did not care a bit about his playing tricks on anyone.
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  Speaker 11: At this very minute, the jewel case was brought in,
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  Speaker 11: and the Lordly Lion presented the Funny Fox with an
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  Speaker 11: ermine cape and a gold crown. The funny Fox said,
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  Speaker 11: I am happy now at last, I can forget all
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  Speaker 11: the past I played with matches like is not. I
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  Speaker 11: forgot fire was so hot many many years ago. I
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  Speaker 11: scorched my bushy tail, you know, And once the housewife
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  Speaker 11: threw red bones and pelted me with ugly stones. The
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  Speaker 11: animals often call me sly. I never could imagine why
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  Speaker 11: so saying, The funny Fox slipped out with his magic
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  Speaker 11: boots on, and the Lordly Lion did not know what
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  Speaker 11: to make of this behavior. End of chapter twenty six
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  Speaker 11: Chapter twenty seven of Fifty Funny Animal Tales. This is
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  Speaker 11: Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith. The lessons.
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  Speaker 4: If to fight a duel.
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  Speaker 11: You ever go, you must practice for it, As you know.
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  Speaker 11: The Funny Fox took lessons then in his own dark,
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  Speaker 11: hidden den. The funny Fox had not forgotten that the
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  Speaker 11: wilful Wolf had thrown down the gauntlet and summoned him
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  Speaker 11: to a duel. He had to prepare to meet the
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  Speaker 11: wilful Wolf on a day at a certain hour, and
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  Speaker 11: he had to practice boxing, and he had to exercise
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  Speaker 11: and rest regularly. This was the reason he left the
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  Speaker 11: lordly Lion, for he had no time to lose. Auntie
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  Speaker 11: Ape rubbed him all over with a slippery grease so
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  Speaker 11: that the wilful Wolf would not be able to hold
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  Speaker 11: on to him for a second. The Bold Badger boxed
• 1:07:23
  Speaker 11: with him and taught him much cunning, and all his
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  Speaker 11: friends helped him to prepare for the coming event. The
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  Speaker 11: day and hour came, all the animals assembled in the
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  Speaker 11: woods and believed that the funny Fox would not keep
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  Speaker 11: his word. The careful cat suggested that, no doubt he
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  Speaker 11: was now living in fine style in a castle, as
• 1:07:42
  Speaker 11: he had not been seen in the woods since he
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  Speaker 11: escaped from jail. The lazy leopards said the funny Fox
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  Speaker 11: might show up yet at the last minute. Sure enough,
• 1:07:52
  Speaker 11: at the last stroke of twelve he came, and all
• 1:07:55
  Speaker 11: his friends with him. The animals set up a shout Hurrah,
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  Speaker 11: hourrah ah. They all took their places, and the duel began.
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  Speaker 11: Tales by Laura Rowntree Smith. The duel, Oh animals, It
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  Speaker 11: is not right even to pretend to fight. Let's be
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  Speaker 11: good natured every day in our work and in our play.
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  Speaker 11: The funny fox first had the advantage. But though the
• 1:08:47
  Speaker 11: wilful Wolf first could not get hold of him on
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  Speaker 11: account of the grease upon him, he had wonderful use
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  Speaker 11: of his tale. And to this day it is not
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  Speaker 11: known how the fight would have come out if the
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  Speaker 11: bolt had not set up a shout, willful Wolf, fire fire,
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  Speaker 11: See the flames go higher higher. Sure enough, the house
• 1:09:09
  Speaker 11: of the wilful Wolf was on fire. He went howling
• 1:09:12
  Speaker 11: and limping through the woods, and the funny Fox went
• 1:09:15
  Speaker 11: howling and limping too, to help put the fire out.
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  Speaker 11: There are those who think to this day that the
• 1:09:21
  Speaker 11: funny Fox knew who started the fire anyway, the duel
• 1:09:25
  Speaker 11: was over, and the animals returned to their own homes.
• 1:09:29
  Speaker 11: The funny fox said to his household, there is just
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  Speaker 11: one certain thing I must learn, a story about a ring.
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  Speaker 11: What shall I tell about the ring? I must not
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 11: disappoint the king. Missus Fox's head went nid nid, nodding,
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 11: and soon she was fast asleep. They did not know
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 11: that the wise old owl was so sleepy that he
• 1:09:51
  Speaker 11: did not know the outcome of the duel, and went
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  Speaker 11: off to tell the king that he thought the funny
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  Speaker 11: Fox was hurt in battle. End of chapter twenty eight.
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  Speaker 12: Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura Roundtree Smith. Magic Horse.
• 1:10:27
  Speaker 12: You can travel fast, of course, if you ride the
• 1:10:30
  Speaker 12: magic horse. So gallop away, gallop away. As King's messenger today,
• 1:10:36
  Speaker 12: Prince Lightheart heard the King growling and growling. He growled
• 1:10:39
  Speaker 12: so hard he nearly shook the crown off his head.
• 1:10:42
  Speaker 12: He told the Prince to mount the pony Prancer, and
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 12: go straight to the woods and find out the truth
• 1:10:47
  Speaker 12: of the matter. Prince Lightheart knew and loved all the animals,
• 1:10:51
  Speaker 12: and they all knew and loved him. He rode rapidly away,
• 1:10:56
  Speaker 12: and when he arrived in the woods, found the bold Badger, who,
• 1:10:59
  Speaker 12: in answer to his question, only shook his head. Next
• 1:11:03
  Speaker 12: he met the careful cat, who had a sad demeanor,
• 1:11:07
  Speaker 12: and the amiable ape, who remarked, woe is me, old
• 1:11:11
  Speaker 12: brother Bhaer shook his head also, But one and all
• 1:11:14
  Speaker 12: remarked when coaxed to talk. The funny Fox stays in
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  Speaker 12: his den. He does not come out even now and then,
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  Speaker 12: though he plays tricks. Goodness knows we miss him, as
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  Speaker 12: you might suppose. Prince Lighthart went glitter clatter to the den.
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  Speaker 12: He said, funny Fox, without a doubt, you'll tell me
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  Speaker 12: what this is about. The sun shines warm here in
• 1:11:36
  Speaker 12: the glen. Why not come out from your den? Missus
• 1:11:40
  Speaker 12: Fox came out and made excuses, but Prince Lighthart would
• 1:11:43
  Speaker 12: come in and rest. The funny Fox greeted him and said,
• 1:11:48
  Speaker 12: a fairy tale perhaps you bring. I will present to
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  Speaker 12: you this ring. End of chapter twenty nine, Chapter thirty
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  Speaker 12: Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith. The Prince a
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  Speaker 12: fairy tale on a band of gold. So the enchanting
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 12: story is told, Prince Lightheart will ride away to find
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 12: the princess fair today. The Prince was so rejoiced to
• 1:12:34
  Speaker 12: recover his lost ring that he kissed the funny fox
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 12: and told him that the princess had been changed to
• 1:12:40
  Speaker 12: a snake years and years ago, and only by use
• 1:12:44
  Speaker 12: of this magic ring could he bring her to life again.
• 1:12:48
  Speaker 12: As soon as he could do this, they would be
• 1:12:50
  Speaker 12: married and have half the kingdom. The funny fox found
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 12: great favor with the Prince and asked him to dine there.
• 1:12:57
  Speaker 12: By careful study of the ring, they found the princess
• 1:13:01
  Speaker 12: was in a convent garden, and the directions read travel
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 12: east and travel west. Follow the road you like best,
• 1:13:09
  Speaker 12: your pony, you must leave, of course, and ride upon
• 1:13:13
  Speaker 12: the wooden horse. The funny fox clapped his paws and
• 1:13:17
  Speaker 12: brought forth a wooden horse made by his great great
• 1:13:20
  Speaker 12: grandfather and never used. Prince Lightheart took the wooden horse outside,
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  Speaker 12: mounted it, and to his surprise, they leaped into the
• 1:13:29
  Speaker 12: air together and rode to the convent garden. Missus Fox said,
• 1:13:33
  Speaker 12: I hope the princess is alive. I hope Prince Lightheart
• 1:13:37
  Speaker 12: will arrive. The funny Fox said, the King will receive
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  Speaker 12: us now. Of course, because of the gift of the
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  Speaker 12: wooden horse. All this time the Lordly Lion was waiting
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  Speaker 12: for news of the funny Fox. End of chapter thirty.
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  Speaker 4: Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith. The inventation
• 1:14:22
  Speaker 4: the invitations? Who will write all the animals to invite?
• 1:14:27
  Speaker 4: The Lordly Lion said, what fun. We'll have a feast
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  Speaker 4: for everyone. The first invitation sent out was to the
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  Speaker 4: patient pig. The patient pig just danced a jig when
• 1:14:40
  Speaker 4: his invitation came. He said, I'm glad I'm a piggy
• 1:14:45
  Speaker 4: wig and the patient Pig is my name. Though I
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  Speaker 4: like good things to eat, this fact now appears. I'm
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  Speaker 4: invited to a treat the first time in years and years.
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  Speaker 4: He went to show invitation to the merry monkey, who
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  Speaker 4: was leaping from tree to tree with his best jacket
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 4: on with the striped sleeves and rolling collar. He said,
• 1:15:11
  Speaker 4: you are lucky, I declare Patient Pig. What will you wear?
• 1:15:16
  Speaker 4: They talked the matter over, and the patient Pig decided
• 1:15:19
  Speaker 4: that he looked best in his new checked suit, and
• 1:15:23
  Speaker 4: he was glad to find the merry monkey was also invited.
• 1:15:27
  Speaker 4: They could hardly wait to find out who else was invited,
• 1:15:31
  Speaker 4: and they could hardly wait to find out what they
• 1:15:33
  Speaker 4: were to have to eat. As they went along, the
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  Speaker 4: zealous Zebra said, our differences will put aside now the
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 4: invitation has come. We all will travel far and wide.
• 1:15:47
  Speaker 4: There is fun for everyone. The zealous Zebra was so
• 1:15:52
  Speaker 4: very polite that the patient Pig said, that reminds me
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  Speaker 4: of the saying a new broom sweeps clean. End of
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  Speaker 4: Rountree Smith. The comical Crane said the comical crane, I
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  Speaker 4: stand four feet high to learn my call. I hope
• 1:16:41
  Speaker 4: you'll try. The comical crane had a wonderful call. He
• 1:16:46
  Speaker 4: could be heard at a long distance, and he cried
• 1:16:50
  Speaker 4: out in two notes and Octavia Park. He made such
• 1:16:54
  Speaker 4: a noise when he received his invitation to the feast
• 1:16:58
  Speaker 4: that soon he had all their animals around him, And
• 1:17:01
  Speaker 4: the joke was they all came bearing invitations too. The
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  Speaker 4: celebrated camel came humping along and remarked, we'll start to travel.
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  Speaker 4: It is clear for this is a favorable time of year.
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  Speaker 4: When we start of fun, there will be no lack
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  Speaker 4: now who will travel on my back? The faithful frog replied,
• 1:17:27
  Speaker 4: I believe I had rather hippity hop. Then once in
• 1:17:30
  Speaker 4: a while I'll rest and stop. He continued, I hope
• 1:17:35
  Speaker 4: the lordly Lion will consult our tastes and have something
• 1:17:39
  Speaker 4: each one can eat. The comical crane said, I'll keep
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  Speaker 4: calling out for you. Let's travel in pairs two and two.
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  Speaker 4: End of chapter thirty two, Chapter thirty three of fifty
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  Speaker 4: Tales by Laura Rountree Smith. Dressing up Oh animals, without
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  Speaker 4: a doubt, the invitations all are out, and of course,
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  Speaker 4: to be polite the funny Fox, they must invite such
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  Speaker 4: a hurrying and scurrying as there was in the fox's den.
• 1:18:38
  Speaker 4: Missus Fox said to the children, where are your best
• 1:18:41
  Speaker 4: bibs and tuckers? Where are your new hair ribbons? The
• 1:18:46
  Speaker 4: funny fox said, where's my high collar? Where's my gold
• 1:18:51
  Speaker 4: headed walking stick? Everything was in progress to get ready
• 1:18:56
  Speaker 4: for the wonderful feast in the castle, and every animal
• 1:19:00
  Speaker 4: was preparing for the journey. The news had spread far
• 1:19:04
  Speaker 4: and wide through the forest, and for once all the
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  Speaker 4: animals were friends, and no one even suggested that the
• 1:19:12
  Speaker 4: Funny Fox might play a trick on them. The willful
• 1:19:16
  Speaker 4: wolf forgot to be angry over the duel he had fought,
• 1:19:20
  Speaker 4: and the crane forgot to be angry with the willful
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  Speaker 4: Wolf for not paying him to take the bone out
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  Speaker 4: of his throat, and altogether they were a happy company.
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  Speaker 4: When the funny Fox heard they were planning to travel
• 1:19:33
  Speaker 4: in pairs, he remarked, I'll wear my magic boots. You see,
• 1:19:39
  Speaker 4: I may travel alone or in company. I've learned this lesson.
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  Speaker 4: He who smiles can travel merrily miles and miles. End
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  Speaker 4: of chapter thirty three, Chapter thirty four of fifty Funny
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  Speaker 4: at the careful cat as she sat and purred upon
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  Speaker 4: her mat. She said, I will drink some milk that's sweet,
• 1:20:31
  Speaker 4: so I'll surely have quite enough to eat. Oh. But
• 1:20:35
  Speaker 4: the careful cat looked fine in her new clothes, and
• 1:20:38
  Speaker 4: she practiced reciting verses from her mother goose. She learned
• 1:20:43
  Speaker 4: every rhyme she could think of that mentioned a cat,
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  Speaker 4: so that she could have something to think about at
• 1:20:49
  Speaker 4: the feast and something to talk about too. She told
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  Speaker 4: her kittens that their feelings must not be hurt if
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  Speaker 4: they had to sit at a side table, because because
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  Speaker 4: one table might not hold all the guests. At this
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  Speaker 4: very minute, the thankful turkey, thankful because he was not
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  Speaker 4: eaten on Thanksgiving Day, came in, laughing so hard it
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  Speaker 4: was some time before he could tell the joke. He said.
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  Speaker 4: The Amiable ape was so hard of hearing. She did
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  Speaker 4: not know the crane had been calling, and she did
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  Speaker 4: not know that the animals were all invited and planning
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  Speaker 4: to go together to the feast. She was trying to
• 1:21:31
  Speaker 4: reply to her invitation and did not know what to write.
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  Speaker 4: The shy squirrel said, I'm going to see if I
• 1:21:38
  Speaker 4: can help her. The faithful frog set off too, and
• 1:21:43
  Speaker 4: when they arrived at the home of the Amiable Ape,
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  Speaker 4: they peeped in the window. End of chapter thirty four
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  Speaker 4: we always like to be polite. The answer, then, will
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  Speaker 4: try to write, will answer politely yes or no when
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  Speaker 4: we are invited out to go. The amiable ape for
• 1:22:36
  Speaker 4: once was out of temper. She had upset the ink
• 1:22:40
  Speaker 4: and blotted the paper. She had a dictionary on one
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  Speaker 4: side of her and a bunch of pencils on the other.
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  Speaker 4: She had never replied to an invitation before in all
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  Speaker 4: her life, and she did not understand how to do it.
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  Speaker 4: The shy squirrel tapped on the window, and the faithful
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  Speaker 4: frog croaked his loudest. The amiable ape said, don't you see,
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  Speaker 4: I have no time for company. The lordly Lion bids
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  Speaker 4: me come to a great feast at his home. The
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  Speaker 4: animals went inside. The shy squirrel took a quill pen
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  Speaker 4: and used it as he had seen the reckless ram do,
• 1:23:23
  Speaker 4: and he wrote, the amiable Ape will be pleased to
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  Speaker 4: accept the lordly Lion's kind invitation to the feast, and
• 1:23:32
  Speaker 4: so on and so on. The amiable Ape said, I
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  Speaker 4: do declare it is well to have friends everywhere. I
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  Speaker 4: thank you, little squirrel, shy, I am very glad that
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  Speaker 4: you came by. The faithful frog wiped the ink spots
• 1:23:49
  Speaker 4: off the carpet and croaked. We'll wait at the edge
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  Speaker 4: of the woods for you we mean to travel two
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  Speaker 4: and two end of chapter thirty five Chapter thirty six
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  Speaker 4: solemn stork, likes to carry news, but he wears out
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  Speaker 4: all his shoes. The wood ibis says, you can hear
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  Speaker 4: me cry. I stand about thirty inches high. I am
• 1:24:41
  Speaker 4: busy with little folks you see, but hope to join
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  Speaker 4: your company. A riddle I make, and this I write?
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  Speaker 4: What kind of a bird is snowy white? It has
• 1:24:53
  Speaker 4: to brave every kind of weather, but its head is
• 1:24:56
  Speaker 4: bare of feathers. It has a bill that's very long,
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  Speaker 4: and for digging purposes very strong. It has a long
• 1:25:05
  Speaker 4: and powerful cry, and stands, as I said, thirty inches high.
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  Speaker 4: Can you guess the bird named in this rhyme? When flying,
• 1:25:15
  Speaker 4: they travel one at a time, all the animals put
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  Speaker 4: on their thinking caps, and for one hour and thirty
• 1:25:23
  Speaker 4: two minutes no one could guess what bird The stork
• 1:25:27
  Speaker 4: was talking about. Suddenly, without a bit of warning, the
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  Speaker 4: crane let out a cry, and then the animals all
• 1:25:34
  Speaker 4: knew the riddle described the crane you see just as
• 1:25:39
  Speaker 4: plainly as could be. It is fun to make a
• 1:25:42
  Speaker 4: riddle or two. Just try it yourself to prove it's true.
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  Speaker 4: Tales by Laura Browntree Smith. Lazy Leopard, Oh, lazy leopard,
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  Speaker 4: will you wake? Do not make this sad mistake of
• 1:26:25
  Speaker 4: sleeping on more than an hour at least, or you
• 1:26:28
  Speaker 4: will be late to the feast. The lazy leopard never
• 1:26:33
  Speaker 4: liked to get up in the morning, and when grandfather
• 1:26:36
  Speaker 4: Leopard bought him an alarm clock, he got so used
• 1:26:40
  Speaker 4: to it he just turned over and went to sleep again.
• 1:26:44
  Speaker 4: The grandfather Leopard said, I say this to give you warning.
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  Speaker 4: You must be on time in the morning. If my
• 1:26:51
  Speaker 4: bag of smiles you'd wear, you must be on time.
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  Speaker 4: I declare so. The lazy Leopard had to practice being
• 1:27:00
  Speaker 4: on time to breakfast, dinner, and supper. He made himself
• 1:27:04
  Speaker 4: a wonderful coat to cover as many spots, and he
• 1:27:08
  Speaker 4: learned the song of the alarm clock. Beyond time. My
• 1:27:13
  Speaker 4: rhymes are funny, beyond time. It's worth much money. As
• 1:27:18
  Speaker 4: soon as he learned to be on time, Grandfather Leopard
• 1:27:22
  Speaker 4: gave him his bag of smiles. He could use them
• 1:27:26
  Speaker 4: whenever he pleased, for himself or anyone else. When he
• 1:27:31
  Speaker 4: saw a smile needed any place, he sent it to
• 1:27:34
  Speaker 4: light that particular face. Good folks said, life is worthwhile
• 1:27:40
  Speaker 4: if you'll teach us how to smile. Though the leopard
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  Speaker 4: travels west or east, he will be welcome at the
• 1:27:47
  Speaker 4: feast end of chapter thirty seven. Chapter thirty eight of
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  Speaker 4: Animal Tails by Laura Rowntree Smith. What they said, Old
• 1:28:23
  Speaker 4: brother Bear said, I can hardly wait the journey to begin.
• 1:28:28
  Speaker 4: I hope they'll have honey, sure as fate when we'll
• 1:28:31
  Speaker 4: all get within. How old brother bear didn't like honey.
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  Speaker 4: The daring dog said, at the feast, you can let
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  Speaker 4: me alone if you'll get me a great big bone.
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  Speaker 4: The shy squirrel said, of nuts, I hope they'll have
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  Speaker 4: a plenty. I could eat about six and twenty. The
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  Speaker 4: amiable ape said, I can be quite happy, but I
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  Speaker 4: hope they'll give me a coconut. The careful cat said,
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  Speaker 4: a castle is finer far than a house. I hope
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  Speaker 4: they'll serve me a nice fat mouse. The lazy leopard said,
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  Speaker 4: I know we'll have good things to eat. I hope
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  Speaker 4: they'll serve me lots of meat. The patient pig said,
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  Speaker 4: I don't mean to make my voice gruff, but i'd
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  Speaker 4: never truly get enough. The merry monkey said, ha ha,
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  Speaker 4: just listen to my voice. Some fine ripe fruit will
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  Speaker 4: be my choice. The funny fox licked his chops and said,
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  Speaker 4: some wishes are better not expressed. I'll never tell what
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  Speaker 4: I like best. The thankful turkey looked nervous, and the
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  Speaker 4: happy hare went off into a corner. End of chapter
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  Speaker 4: thirty eight, Chapter thirty nine of fifty Funny Animal Tales.
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  Speaker 4: Rountree Smith, chapter thirty nine. Not for me, the happy
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  Speaker 4: hare said, in accents, hardy, Hurrah, hurrah for the lion's party.
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  Speaker 4: I hope some cabbages to eat when at the feast
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  Speaker 4: we all will meet. The happy hare ran about all day,
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  Speaker 4: saying cabbages and carrots. Cabbages and carrots. Not for me,
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  Speaker 4: said the capricious crane. Not for me, said the lazy leopard.
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  Speaker 4: Not for me, said the little black bear. Not for me,
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  Speaker 4: said the gallant goat. Perhaps you all would be good
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  Speaker 4: enough to say what you would like to eat, then,
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  Speaker 4: said the happy hare, addressing the gallant goat, he liked
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  Speaker 4: to tease, so if you please, he said, I eat
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  Speaker 4: some things like these. He held up apron strings. You
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  Speaker 4: see before that funny company. Sure enough, he had been
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  Speaker 4: tearing some clothes off the line and had eaten up
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  Speaker 4: part of the apron that had belonged to the happy hair.
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  Speaker 4: The happy hare remarked, it is no use for you
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  Speaker 4: or me to cry over spilled milk. You see, he
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  Speaker 4: meant by this, it was no use to grieve over
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  Speaker 4: the apron, for it was gone. The gallant goat felt
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  Speaker 4: so ashamed he took two silver dollars from his left
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  Speaker 4: hand coat pocket and handed them to the happy Hair
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  Speaker 4: and told him to go and buy a brand new
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  Speaker 4: blue and white checked apron. He did this at once, singing,
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  Speaker 4: I have never a care. I do declare I'm a
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  Speaker 4: happy hair, a happy hare. End of chapter thirty nine,
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  Speaker 4: Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith. Awaiting the guests,
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  Speaker 4: the lion said, are you aware many good things we
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  Speaker 4: must prepare for the animals we like best. We will
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  Speaker 4: assemble as our guests. The lordly lions suggested to the
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  Speaker 4: queen that they prepare for the grand feast. We'll have nuts,
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  Speaker 4: suggested the queen. The lordly lion said, the lazy leper
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  Speaker 4: will not enjoy nuts. We will have meat, suggested the queen.
• 1:33:05
  Speaker 4: The lordly lion said, perhaps the faithful frog would not
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  Speaker 4: care for meat. So they had a great time preparing
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  Speaker 4: a bill of fare, and they finally decided to have
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  Speaker 4: every kind of food they could think of, and they
• 1:33:21
  Speaker 4: set three tables for the animals. The lordly Lion had
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  Speaker 4: a new crown made for himself. Everything went on merrily
• 1:33:30
  Speaker 4: in the way of preparation for the coming feast. The
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  Speaker 4: lordly Lion could hardly wait for the great day to come.
• 1:33:38
  Speaker 4: He had high back chairs placed at the head of
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  Speaker 4: the table for himself and the queen, and said, tick
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  Speaker 4: tick talk, tick tick talk. I must be patient as
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  Speaker 4: the clock, but as sure as I am alive, I
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  Speaker 4: wish the guests would soon arrive. End of chapter forty.
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  Speaker 4: Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura Roundtree Smith. Be prompt,
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  Speaker 4: if to the feast you'll really go, You may have
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  Speaker 4: to wait an hour or so. Some folks are prompt
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  Speaker 4: as they can be, and others are behind you. See
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  Speaker 4: are we all here? Asked the funny fox excitedly running
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  Speaker 4: to and fro to count noses. The careful cat remarked,
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  Speaker 4: I don't know whether I locked my door. I often
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  Speaker 4: made that mistake before. Of course, they had to wait
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  Speaker 4: while the careful cat ran back to see if she
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  Speaker 4: had locked her door. When all were ready to start again,
• 1:35:09
  Speaker 4: the lazy leopard remarked, you'll have to wait till I
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  Speaker 4: get my cart without me. Now, please do not start.
• 1:35:17
  Speaker 4: When he had brought his cart, the happy hare cried out,
• 1:35:21
  Speaker 4: let's take turns, give me a ride. Let me and
• 1:35:25
  Speaker 4: the squirrels sit side by side. The wilful wolf said
• 1:35:29
  Speaker 4: he wanted to ride the first mile, and they had
• 1:35:32
  Speaker 4: quite a time until the amiable ape came and reminded
• 1:35:36
  Speaker 4: them they were all to choose partners and go two
• 1:35:39
  Speaker 4: and two as they had agreed. They pared off, singing,
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  Speaker 4: we come from the west, we come from the east.
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  Speaker 4: We all will journey to the feast. Suddenly someone inquired
• 1:35:52
  Speaker 4: for the funny fox. He was nowhere to be seen.
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  Speaker 4: The bold badger, who had seen him last, remarked he
• 1:36:01
  Speaker 4: may get there before or after. He went off and
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  Speaker 4: shook with laughter. The animals all laughed, for the fox
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  Speaker 4: would not amuse them at all if he did not
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  Speaker 4: play some tricks upon them. End of chapter forty one,
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  Speaker 4: Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith, Chapter forty two,
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  Speaker 4: Before the rest, If you ever give a feast for
• 1:36:51
  Speaker 4: either men or beast, be careful well to guard the door.
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  Speaker 4: Perhaps I mentioned this before. The funny Fox put on
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  Speaker 4: his magic boots and ran a mile a minute. He
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  Speaker 4: planned to get to the feast before the rest, which
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  Speaker 4: he did, but the King's sentinel would not let him pass,
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  Speaker 4: and so he had to sit and cool his pause.
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  Speaker 4: But he knew he must make some excuse to the animals,
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  Speaker 4: so he borrowed a camera from the sentinel and begged
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  Speaker 4: so politely to take pictures of the King and Queen
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  Speaker 4: that the lordly Lion heard his voice and came out, saying,
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  Speaker 4: funny Fox, you saved my life. You are welcome here.
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  Speaker 4: Where is your wife? The funny fox said, he came
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  Speaker 4: in a little advance of the company to relate the
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  Speaker 4: story of the ring. This pleased Lordly Lion so much
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  Speaker 4: that he said, we will place two more plates at
• 1:37:50
  Speaker 4: the table, for the Prince and Princess may arrive at
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  Speaker 4: any minute. The funny fox begged to be allowed to
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  Speaker 4: place the extra plates on the table, and the queen
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  Speaker 4: later missed the plate of cookies. The Queen looked forward
• 1:38:06
  Speaker 4: to the arrival of the Prince and princess. This was sensible,
• 1:38:11
  Speaker 4: for of course they were riding on a wooden horse,
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  Speaker 4: and a wooden horse with never a care, can carry
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  Speaker 4: his passengers anywhere. End of chapter forty two Chapter forty
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  Speaker 4: Funny Animal Tales by Laura Rowntree Smith. Welcome. If you
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  Speaker 4: are an animal and alive, you'll find it is fun
• 1:38:55
  Speaker 4: to arrive. From the largest to the least, they all
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  Speaker 4: enjoy the lovely feast. Hippity hop, hippity hop. All the
• 1:39:05
  Speaker 4: animals traveled through the woods, and soon they arrived at
• 1:39:09
  Speaker 4: the great feast. The Lordly lion lashed his tail and said,
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  Speaker 4: welcome to every bird and beast, Welcome, Welcome to the feast.
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  Speaker 4: The animals found their places at the table. What a
• 1:39:23
  Speaker 4: wonderful table it was. There were cold rolls and hot rolls.
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  Speaker 4: There was cold meat and hot meat. There was a
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  Speaker 4: great pumpkin pie in the center of the table, and
• 1:39:35
  Speaker 4: jugs of milk and honey. Everything went smoothly until the
• 1:39:40
  Speaker 4: patient pig tried to grab some food, and the amiable
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  Speaker 4: ate looked really cross and shouted, though you're very fat
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  Speaker 4: and big and actions too, do not show the pig.
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  Speaker 4: The merry monkey gave him a severe look, and the
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  Speaker 4: patient pig was so mad at being reminded of enormous
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  Speaker 4: appetite that he merely grunted. The tiger suggested a toast
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  Speaker 4: to the leopard and said, for you, this is my wish,
• 1:40:10
  Speaker 4: a long life of happiness. Soon they were all drinking
• 1:40:15
  Speaker 4: each other's health and shouting, long live the lordly Lion,
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  Speaker 4: Long live the lioness, Long live the funny Fox. End
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  Speaker 4: Laura Rountree Smith. Smile bag be entertaining at the table.
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  Speaker 4: At least so far as you were able. The hours
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  Speaker 4: that come for laughing song right merrily will speed along.
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  Speaker 4: Some of the animals forgot their table manners. The thankful
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  Speaker 4: turkey said, did you really mean to tease? I don't
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  Speaker 4: like nuts? If you please? Sure enough, the nuts were
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  Speaker 4: by his place at the table, and the patient pig remarked,
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  Speaker 4: I'm the patient pig, but like as not, we should
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  Speaker 4: have our muffins smoking hot. Old brother bear said, I'm
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  Speaker 4: old brother Bear. I do declare I can't see the
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  Speaker 4: honey anywhere. The animals were busy passing things to eat,
• 1:41:47
  Speaker 4: and the patient pig got in a hurry again and
• 1:41:50
  Speaker 4: began to sample everything in front of him. The amiable
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  Speaker 4: ape lost her temper and said, if you don't mind
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  Speaker 4: your peas and q's, we'll send you outdoors if we choose.
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  Speaker 4: At this very minute, the lazy leopard opened his bag
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  Speaker 4: of smiles. He said, here's a smile for every face.
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  Speaker 4: Here is the hour, time and place. Here is the
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  Speaker 4: happiness for every beast. Smile now and enjoy the feast.
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  Speaker 5: My how the.
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  Speaker 4: Smiles flew to the faces of the animals. They all cried,
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  Speaker 4: Long live the leopard. You may mind it, but we
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  Speaker 4: do not that the lazy leopard can't change his spots.
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  Speaker 4: End of chapter forty four Chapter forty five of fifty
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  Speaker 4: by Laura Roundtree Smith. The Merry Time Mary, Mary is
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  Speaker 4: the feast enjoyed by both bird and beast, and they
• 1:43:15
  Speaker 4: sit at the table a long time and tell stories
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  Speaker 4: in prose and rhyme. The careful cat recited so many
• 1:43:23
  Speaker 4: verses from Mother Goose telling how her great grandmother once
• 1:43:28
  Speaker 4: went to London to see the Queen and so on,
• 1:43:32
  Speaker 4: that the funny fox rang a bell and shouted ding
• 1:43:35
  Speaker 4: Dong bell, pussies in the well. The lordly Lion was
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  Speaker 4: amused and said, here's just the very thing the fox
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  Speaker 4: will tell about the ring he may relate to, of course,
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  Speaker 4: the story of the Wooden Horse and Prince and princess
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  Speaker 4: as today we hope they are not far away. We'll
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  Speaker 4: laugh and sing. The prince will bring with him, of course,
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  Speaker 4: the magic ring. The funny fox saw they expected him
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  Speaker 4: to tell a fairy tale, but he was enjoying a bone,
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  Speaker 4: so he said, did you ever hear the song, not
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  Speaker 4: very short or long, of the funny magic shoes that
• 1:44:19
  Speaker 4: go far to carry news? Some of the company had
• 1:44:23
  Speaker 4: heard the story, and some of them had not. Those
• 1:44:26
  Speaker 4: who had heard about the magic shoes told the story
• 1:44:30
  Speaker 4: as they had heard it, and no two stories agreed.
• 1:44:34
  Speaker 4: The willful wolf looked cross eyed and said, the funny
• 1:44:38
  Speaker 4: Fox might tell today of the magic boots now anyway.
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  Speaker 4: End of chapter forty five Chapter forty six of Fifty
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  Speaker 4: Animal Tales by Laura Roundtree Smith singing, the funny Fox
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  Speaker 4: began to scold. He pretended that he had a cold.
• 1:45:21
  Speaker 4: The bold Badger began to sing a song, not very short,
• 1:45:26
  Speaker 4: not very long. He sang to the tune of Yankee Doodle.
• 1:45:32
  Speaker 4: If to the woods you often go so early in
• 1:45:35
  Speaker 4: the morning, look out which way the wind dots blow.
• 1:45:38
  Speaker 4: I give you all fair warning. Ha haha. The foxes out.
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  Speaker 4: You may see him dancing ha ha. The foxes out
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  Speaker 4: retreating or advancing. The bold Badger helped the fox out
• 1:45:52
  Speaker 4: by singing the song over and over till everyone learned it.
• 1:45:58
  Speaker 4: The funny fox did not know much the ring he
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  Speaker 4: had given the prince, and was afraid to tell a
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  Speaker 4: story about it. The Queen said, a fairy tale is
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  Speaker 4: the very thing who will tell about the ring. Everyone
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  Speaker 4: looked at the funny fox. He began a merry little dance.
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  Speaker 4: He danced on his toes as you suppose, He even
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  Speaker 4: danced on the tip of his nose. They were all
• 1:46:25
  Speaker 4: so pleased to see the dance they forgot about the story.
• 1:46:30
  Speaker 4: The funny Fox danced to the switch that turned off
• 1:46:33
  Speaker 4: the lights, and he left the whole company in darkness.
• 1:46:37
  Speaker 4: In his magic boots, he traveled a mile, and still
• 1:46:40
  Speaker 4: he wore a pleasant smile. End of chapter forty six,
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• 1:47:17
  Speaker 4: said the patient pig. It now appears I have lived
• 1:47:21
  Speaker 4: for years and years some things I cannot quite express.
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  Speaker 4: But here is a riddle for you to guess. They
• 1:47:29
  Speaker 4: got the lights turned on again, and the patient pig
• 1:47:32
  Speaker 4: began to tell his riddle. One animal with a bushy
• 1:47:36
  Speaker 4: tail is always cunning, without fail. Every secret that he hears,
• 1:47:42
  Speaker 4: he remembers years and years. He invites us now and
• 1:47:47
  Speaker 4: then to visit him down in his den. His name
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  Speaker 4: begins with F, and so you may guess in an
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  Speaker 4: hour I know. The animals laughed, and their merry eyes twink.
• 1:48:00
  Speaker 4: The thankful turkey was the first to shout the funny fox.
• 1:48:05
  Speaker 4: He next said, there's a big animal with a curly tail.
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  Speaker 4: To name him. You can scarcely fail when I tell you.
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  Speaker 4: At any kind of treat, he never gets enough to eat.
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  Speaker 4: They all shouted the patient pig. The animals made so
• 1:48:23
  Speaker 4: many riddles they forgot that they were rating for something else.
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  Speaker 4: Of course, the arrival of the wooden horse end of
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  Speaker 9: Chapter forty eight of fifty Funny Animal Tales. This is
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  Speaker 9: Read by Heather ENnie. Fifty Funny Animal Tales by Laura
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  Speaker 9: Brown Tree Smith. The Wooden Horse. If you ride a
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  Speaker 9: horse of wood, you may not arrive just as you should,
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  Speaker 9: but it has a magic sound to ride high o'er
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  Speaker 9: the ground. When Prince Lightheart arrived at the convent, he
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  Speaker 9: put on a suit of armor and by use of
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  Speaker 9: the magic ring, turned the snake into the pretty Princess.
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  Speaker 9: She was more than willing to mount the wooden horse
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  Speaker 9: with him. She did not wait for any wraps, but
• 1:49:29
  Speaker 9: mounted behind the prince. Don't let me fall off, she cried.
• 1:49:34
  Speaker 9: Hold on tight, shouted the prince. The pretty Princess said,
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  Speaker 9: I love every bird and beast. I hope will arrive
• 1:49:41
  Speaker 9: at the feast. Faster and faster went the wooden horse,
• 1:49:46
  Speaker 9: high up over housetops, valley and hill. They arrived at
• 1:49:50
  Speaker 9: the castle just as the animals were preparing to leave
• 1:49:53
  Speaker 9: the table. I knew the time and place, of course,
• 1:49:57
  Speaker 9: said the wonderful wooden Horse. Our journey was not fast
• 1:50:01
  Speaker 9: or slow, but I am glad to rest. You know,
• 1:50:04
  Speaker 9: we traveled west and traveled east, and still expect to
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  Speaker 9: have a feast. We all have reason to rejoice, said
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  Speaker 9: the wooden Horse in his wooden voice.
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  Speaker 11: End of the.
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  Speaker 9: Animal Tales by Laura Rountree Smith. The message this story
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  Speaker 9: very soon will end, so if you like it, tell
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  Speaker 9: a friend, and when it's really truly over read again
• 1:50:53
  Speaker 9: from cover to cover. Hark cried the lordly lion. I
• 1:50:57
  Speaker 9: hear the clatter of wooden feet, the Queen's said, I
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  Speaker 9: hear the clatter of wooden feet. Of course, it is
• 1:51:03
  Speaker 9: the wonderful wooden horse. At this very minute. The wooden
• 1:51:07
  Speaker 9: horse poked his head in the door and said, the
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  Speaker 9: Prince and Princess are alive. We are very happy to arrive.
• 1:51:15
  Speaker 9: The princess smoothed her beautiful hair and straightened her pretty beads.
• 1:51:20
  Speaker 9: The prince slipped out of his armor, and the king
• 1:51:22
  Speaker 9: and queen insisted they take their places at the table
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  Speaker 9: and ordered more coffee, more rolls, more cakes and spice,
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  Speaker 9: more apples, more honey, and everything nice. So the feast
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  Speaker 9: began all over again, and the prince and princess told
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  Speaker 9: of their travels, and the prince rubbed the magic ring,
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  Speaker 9: and the lordly lion became a real king, and the
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  Speaker 9: lioness a real queen, and they divided their kingdom with
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  Speaker 9: the prince and princess. While all this was going on,
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  Speaker 9: the wooden horse felt his nose quite out of joint
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  Speaker 9: and sat in a corner and said, my wooden legs
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  Speaker 9: were once my pride. Will no one jump on me
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  Speaker 9: and ride? The funny fox peeped in the window and shouted,
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  Speaker 9: we'll be most happy to ride. Of course you are
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  Speaker 9: a wonderful wooden horse. The wooden horse has ways so funny,
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  Speaker 9: quite worth the admission money. Wherever he'll go, you'll really know.
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  Speaker 9: He'll dance and prance his skill to show. The funny
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  Speaker 9: fox whispered in one ear of the wooden horse, and
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  Speaker 9: the wilful wolf whispered in the other The happy Hare
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  Speaker 9: had such big ears he could hear things not meant
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  Speaker 9: for all, and he shouted, we will have a jolly ride.
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  Speaker 9: You'll see if you take the whole company. All the
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  Speaker 9: animals wanted to ride the wooden horse. He was pleased
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  Speaker 9: at being so popular, and though they crowded each other,
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  Speaker 9: he took them all home and dropped them on the
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  Speaker 9: way one at a time. The funny fox was the
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  Speaker 9: last one to leave, and he invited the wooden horse
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  Speaker 9: to live with him again for a year and a day.
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  Speaker 9: The wooden Horse went out many times after that, and
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  Speaker 9: the Happy Hare often rode on him and cried, you're
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  Speaker 9: a wonderful horse, I do declare, while I am only
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  Speaker 9: a tiny happy hair.
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  Speaker 4: By and bye.
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  Speaker 9: The king sent for the funny fox and crowned him
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  Speaker 9: with a laurel leaf, for he had liked him and
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  Speaker 9: enjoyed his jokes so much. The funny Fox wrote all
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  Speaker 9: his jokes in a book and said, tales of love
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  Speaker 9: and tales of laughter are the things we're looking after.
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  Speaker 9: So turn the pages merrily and you'll have many a
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  Speaker 9: laugh with me. Phinis and of fifty Funny Animal Tales
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  Speaker 9: by Laura Rountree Smith