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Little Bear-Laura Rountree Smith · Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens

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  Speaker 1: Chapter one, Hunting a Name of Little Bear by Laura
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  Speaker 1: Rontree Smith. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings
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  Speaker 1: Bear by Laura Rontree Smith, Hunting a Name. Little Bear
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  Speaker 1: cried boo hoo, boo hoo. He cried so hard that
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  Speaker 1: his tears fell into his bowl of bread and milk.
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  Speaker 1: The tears made the milk taste salty. What is the matter,
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  Speaker 1: asked Papa Bear. Little Bear did not say a word.
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  Speaker 1: He only cried boo hoo. Mam said, every one teases
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  Speaker 1: little Bear because he has no name. Why didn't you
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  Speaker 1: give him a name, asked Papa Bear. Mama Bear said
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  Speaker 1: there were not enough names to go round. If you
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  Speaker 1: could look in and see the whole Bear family at supper,
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  Speaker 1: you would not wonder that there were not enough names
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  Speaker 1: to go round. There at the table sat Mama and
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  Speaker 1: Papa Bear and seventeen little bears. They all had bowls
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  Speaker 1: of bread and milk for supper. After supper, the bears
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  Speaker 1: played a game of tag and went to bed. They
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  Speaker 1: all went to bed but little Bear. He sat in
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  Speaker 1: his little red rocking chair. Little bear was crying softly
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  Speaker 1: boo hoo. At last, when the house was still and
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  Speaker 1: Papa and Mama Bear had gone to bed, little Bear
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  Speaker 1: crept downstairs. He opened the door and went hurrying down
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  Speaker 1: the road. What do you suppose little bear was going
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  Speaker 1: to do? He was going to find a name. Little
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  Speaker 1: Bear could read very well, and by and by he
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  Speaker 1: came to an old sign. The words on the sign
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  Speaker 1: were partly rubbed off. There was only one word left.
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  Speaker 1: It was the word fire, fire. Fire. That is a
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  Speaker 1: fine name, said little Bear. I will call myself fire.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty soon he met an old owl. The owl said,
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  Speaker 1: what is your name? Little bear? Fire shouted little bear.
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  Speaker 1: How do you know it is your name? Asked the owl.
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  Speaker 1: Little Bear ran on shouting fire, fire, and all the
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  Speaker 1: animals in the woods awoke, and they came running with
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  Speaker 1: buckets of water. They wanted to put out the fire.
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  Speaker 1: Little bear was so surprised that he did not look
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  Speaker 1: where he was going, and he ran right into an
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  Speaker 1: old bonfire and burned his dear little paws. All the
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  Speaker 1: Bear family came to help put out the fire. Little
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  Speaker 1: Bear went limping home as he hurried along. The old
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  Speaker 1: owl called, when you want a good name, come to me.
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  Speaker 1: Fire is not a good name to wit. To wit
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  Speaker 1: to who such a name will never do. Little bear
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  Speaker 1: got home at last, and his mother tied up his paws.
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  Speaker 1: She put flower on them. It will help the burn,
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  Speaker 1: said Mamma Bear. Little bear did not like to see
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  Speaker 1: his paws white, so he licked off the flower. I
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  Speaker 1: will find a new name tomorrow, he said, But I
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  Speaker 1: will not ask the owl to help me. Then little
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  Speaker 1: Bear went to sleep. He had a fine dream. He
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  Speaker 1: thought he found the pot of gold at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the rainbow. He thought. He tried to carry the
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  Speaker 1: pot of gold. It is heavy, he shouted. It is
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  Speaker 1: so heavy I cannot carry it. Little Bear shouted so
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  Speaker 1: loud he woke up. All the little bears woke up.
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  Speaker 1: What is the matter, they cried. Little Bear said he
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  Speaker 1: had been dreaming about the pot of gold. Mamma Bear
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  Speaker 1: came in, rubbing her eyes. She was so sleepy. Papa
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  Speaker 1: Bear said, it is too early to get up. Go
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  Speaker 1: to sleep again. They all went back to bed and
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  Speaker 1: fell asleep. Little Bear did not dream this time. End
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  Speaker 1: of Hunting a Name. Chapter two, A Walk in the
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  Speaker 1: Woods of Littlebar by Laura Rontre Smith. This is a
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  Speaker 1: Recording by Caroline Francis. Littlebar by Laura Rontree Smith. A
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  Speaker 1: walk in the woods, Bushytail, the sly old fox said,
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  Speaker 1: if you are my friend, you will go with me,
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  Speaker 1: no doubt to the rainbow end. Little Bear was not
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  Speaker 1: allowed to go out in the woods alone. Next morning,
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  Speaker 1: he said, I want to take a walk in the wood.
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  Speaker 1: Papa Bear said, you may go if Curly Bear will
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  Speaker 1: go with you. Curly Bear was Little Bear's youngest brother.
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  Speaker 1: Curly Bear and little Bear went through the woods together.
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  Speaker 1: They each carried a little bucket. They were going to
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  Speaker 1: pick berries. Are you twins, asked the old owl as
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  Speaker 1: they passed along under the tree. Curly Bear shouted, I
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  Speaker 1: am Curly Bear, but he hasn't any name. Little Bear
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  Speaker 1: put his paw up to his face and cried boo hoo.
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  Speaker 1: Then the most surprising thing happened. Furry the coon came
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  Speaker 1: running down the path, and old Grizzly Bear came running
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  Speaker 1: along carrying his umbrella and all the cottontail family came
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  Speaker 1: running too. Where are you going, asked the two little bears.
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  Speaker 1: None of the animals stopped to answer them, so Little
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  Speaker 1: Bear and Curly Bear threw down their pails and ran too,
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  Speaker 1: on on on through the woods. All the animals ran
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  Speaker 1: until they were tired. It began to rain a little,
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  Speaker 1: first a few drops, then splash, splash, splash. We shall
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  Speaker 1: have wet fur, said Curly Bear. Pretty soon there came
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  Speaker 1: a light in the sky, and there shone a rainbow.
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  Speaker 1: Then all the animals ran on again, faster than ever,
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  Speaker 1: and the rainbow began to fade and fade until it
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  Speaker 1: became ever so faint. Pretty soon the rainbow was gone.
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  Speaker 1: What do you suppose those funny animals did? Then they
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  Speaker 1: sat down in a circle, and each one whispered to
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  Speaker 1: the one next him. Curly Bear said, I wish someone
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  Speaker 1: would speak out loud so we could know what they
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  Speaker 1: are talking about. Just then, Bushytail, the sly fox, got
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  Speaker 1: up and wrapped his tail about him and said, ladies
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  Speaker 1: and gentlemen, the secret is out. We were all looking
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  Speaker 1: for the pot of gold at the rainbow end. Then
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  Speaker 1: all the animals shouted, here hear, hear, bushytail is talking.
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  Speaker 1: Curly Bear and little Bear said they were sleepy and tired.
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  Speaker 1: So Old Grizzly Bear left all the other animals talking,
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  Speaker 1: and he took Curly Bear on his right shoulder and
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  Speaker 1: little Bear on his left shoulder, and went trotting merrily homeward.
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  Speaker 1: What is your name, little bear called the old owl
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  Speaker 1: as they passed by by the way. What is your
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  Speaker 1: real name, asked Old Grizzly. But little Bear only hid
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  Speaker 1: his head on Old Grizzly's shoulder and cried, boo who.
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  Speaker 1: Curly Bear said, he hasn't any name. We did not
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  Speaker 1: have enough names to go round. How many bears are
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  Speaker 1: there at your house, asked Old Grizzly. Curly Bear said,
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  Speaker 1: we have Mama Bear and Papa Bear, and seventeen little bears.
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  Speaker 1: All this time, little Bear was crying softly boo hoo.
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  Speaker 1: Never mind, said Old Grizzly. When you find the pot
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  Speaker 1: of gold, you will find a name too. Then little
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  Speaker 1: Bear stopped crying and fell asleep. He fell asleep on
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  Speaker 1: Old Grizzly's shoulder, and pretty soon he woke up with
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  Speaker 1: a start. All the animals were running down the path.
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  Speaker 1: What is the matter, asked little Bear. Old grizzly chuckled
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  Speaker 1: to himself, and Curly Bear said, bushytail has stolen some cookies.
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  Speaker 1: All the animals were after bushytail, but they did not
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  Speaker 1: catch him. He was such a sly old fox. What
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  Speaker 1: do you suppose bushytail did? He hid behind a stone wall,
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  Speaker 1: and all the animals ran past. Bushytail had plenty of
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  Speaker 1: cookies to eat that night. End of a Walk in
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  Speaker 1: the Woods, Chapter three, A kitchew of Little Bear by
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  Speaker 1: Laura Rontree Smith. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox
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  Speaker 1: Little Bear by Laura Rontree Smith. A kitchen ding dong,
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  Speaker 1: ding dong loudly rings the bell. Old grizzly Bear is
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  Speaker 1: in the woods and he has much to tell. A
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  Speaker 1: kitchen cried Old grizzly Bear. A kitchen cried all the
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  Speaker 1: little bears. A kitch you cried all the animals in
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  Speaker 1: the wood. Now, what do you suppose was the matter?
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  Speaker 1: They had all been out in the rain and had
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  Speaker 1: taken cold. My how those animals did sneeze Old Grizzly
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  Speaker 1: went out into the woods and rang a great bell.
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  Speaker 1: He rang the bell because he wanted to call all
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  Speaker 1: the animals together. Pretty soon the animals came along, sniffing
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  Speaker 1: and sneezing and wiping their eyes. Old Grizzly said, when
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  Speaker 1: we look for the rainbow end, we all catch cold,
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  Speaker 1: so we must stop looking at once. He wants the
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  Speaker 1: gold himself, said Bushytail. He wants the gold himself. Old
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  Speaker 1: Grisly said, if there had been a pot of gold
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  Speaker 1: at the rainbow End, it would have been found long ago.
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  Speaker 1: And why should we get wet looking for it. We
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  Speaker 1: will put it to a vote, shouted Bushytail. Put it
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  Speaker 1: to a vote. So they all voted, and all the
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  Speaker 1: animals except Bushytail agreed that they would rather stay at home.
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  Speaker 1: When it rained. Little Bear did not say anything, and
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  Speaker 1: Bushytail whispered to him, we will keep on looking for
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  Speaker 1: the pot of gold little bear. Little Bear felt very sad.
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  Speaker 1: He went home with Curly Bear, and he said, if
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  Speaker 1: I don't find a name pretty soon, I shall I'll
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  Speaker 1: grow up and still be called little Bear. Curly Bear
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  Speaker 1: kissed him on both cheeks and said, I will love
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  Speaker 1: you just the same. The old owl called after them,
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  Speaker 1: Little Bear, you can find plenty of names, but you
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  Speaker 1: cannot be sure which is your name. Little Bear cried
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  Speaker 1: Boo Who. Just then Susan Cottontail came along. Susan Cottontail
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  Speaker 1: was an old grandmother rabbit, and all the animals loved her.
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  Speaker 1: You must not cry so much, she said, Why not,
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  Speaker 1: asked little Bear. Susan Cottontail said, I have a great
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  Speaker 1: grandchild who cried so much. They named her little boo Who.
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  Speaker 1: She would cry about everything. Nothing seemed to please her.
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  Speaker 1: When it rained, she would cry because she couldn't go
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  Speaker 1: out and play. When it was fine weather, she would
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  Speaker 1: cry because nobody came to play with her. She could
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  Speaker 1: not be pleased. You should take things as they are
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  Speaker 1: and be happy, my little bear. Little Bear laughed then
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  Speaker 1: and said, may I go home with you Susan. Susan
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  Speaker 1: said yes, if you will carry my market basket. Little
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  Speaker 1: Bear took the basket and they went merrily down the road.
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  Speaker 1: At last they came to Susan Cottontail's home. They saw
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  Speaker 1: a light in the window, and Susan said, Bunny Cottontail
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  Speaker 1: is sitting up late to read. Do you like to read?
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  Speaker 1: Little Bear. Little Bear said yes, and they went inside.
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  Speaker 1: Bunny Cottontail was sitting up in bed reading. Whom have
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  Speaker 1: we here? He asked. Little Bear made a bow. What
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  Speaker 1: is your name? Asked Bunny Cottontail. We are glad you
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  Speaker 1: came Susan. Cottontail frowned at Bunny and filled little Bear's
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  Speaker 1: mouth with candy so he could not cry. Then Susan
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  Speaker 1: whispered something to Bunny, and he shook his head. I
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  Speaker 1: like candy, said little Bear, and so does Bushytail. Bushytail
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  Speaker 1: likes cookies too, said Susan. He takes them without asking.
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  Speaker 1: I have not seen Bushytail for a long time, said Bunny.
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  Speaker 1: Susan laughed. She said perhaps he will call tomorrow. Bunny
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  Speaker 1: Cottontail said, my fur and whiskers, where is my little
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  Speaker 1: red box? Susan looked, but she could not find the
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  Speaker 1: little red box. Bunny looked all over the house, and
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  Speaker 1: little Bear was as good as he could be. He
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  Speaker 1: never once said what is in the little red box? Ha, ha,
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  Speaker 1: cried Bunny. At last, here it is. He opened the
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  Speaker 1: box and took out three chocolate candies. The candies looked
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  Speaker 1: like cigars. Have a smoke, Susan, have a smoke, little Bear,
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  Speaker 1: he cried. They all took the candy cigars and ate them.
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  Speaker 1: Little Bear was so happy he laughed until he cried.
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  Speaker 1: I am glad, I am here, said little Bear. I
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  Speaker 1: like this home. I like candy, and I like both
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  Speaker 1: of you. I shall come to visit you often. Grandma
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  Speaker 1: Susan Cottontail is sad as sad can be. She has
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  Speaker 1: lost her glasses, and so she cannot see and of
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  Speaker 1: a kitchen. Chapter four, Making Cookies of Little Bear by
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  Speaker 1: Laura Rountree Smith. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox
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  Speaker 1: Little Bear by Laura Rontre Smith Making Cookies. Oh oh oh,
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  Speaker 1: cried Susan Cottontail. I have lost my glasses again. Susan
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  Speaker 1: Cottontail was always losing her glasses. Bunny and Little Bear
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  Speaker 1: looked all over the house. They looked upstairs, and they
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  Speaker 1: looked downstairs, but they could not find Susan's glasses. Susan
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  Speaker 1: Cottontail could not see a thing without her glasses, so
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  Speaker 1: she sat down in a chair by the fire. Bunny
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  Speaker 1: Cottontail had to get breakfast that morning, and little Bear
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  Speaker 1: helped him. Bear went back and forth and called Susan
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  Speaker 1: where is the sugar? And Susan, where is the salt.
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  Speaker 1: Just as they sat down at the table, someone knocked
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  Speaker 1: at the door. Little Bear opened the door. There stood Bushytail.
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  Speaker 1: He said, I want to come in. I must come in.
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  Speaker 1: I will come in. I do not mean mischief this time.
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  Speaker 1: With that, Bushytail came bounding into the room. He helped
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  Speaker 1: himself to a plate of cookies and began to eat
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  Speaker 1: very fast. Ha ha, he said, how I do like cookies.
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  Speaker 1: Bunny Cottontail was busy feeding Susan because she could not
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  Speaker 1: see to eat without her glasses. Pretty soon Bunny laid
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  Speaker 1: down the spoon and said, Bushytail, what do you want
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  Speaker 1: this morning? Bushytail stopped eating cookies. Then he pulled out
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  Speaker 1: a roll of paper from his pocket and read. Resolved
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  Speaker 1: that all the animals in the woods will help to
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  Speaker 1: start a newspaper. Resolved that Bushytail shall edit the same
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  Speaker 1: hear hear cried Susan, we are going to have a newspaper. Now,
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  Speaker 1: said Bushytail. We must all advertise in the newspaper, for
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  Speaker 1: it pays to advertise. Bunny Cottontail winked and said, we
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  Speaker 1: might advertise for Susan's glasses. Susan Cottontail laughed and said
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  Speaker 1: in a whisper, we might advertise for a name for
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  Speaker 1: little Bear. Susan whispered so loud that little Bear heard,
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  Speaker 1: and he was so pleased with the idea of getting
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  Speaker 1: a name that he danced up and down and shouted,
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  Speaker 1: we will all advertise in the paper, bushytail. Hurrah, cried Bushytail.
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  Speaker 1: We surely shall find a name for little Bear. Susan
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  Speaker 1: Cottontail said she hoped her glasses would be found some day,
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  Speaker 1: and she passed Bushytail the cookies again. Bushytail said he
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  Speaker 1: must go and talk to the other animals about the newspaper.
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  Speaker 1: Bunny Cottontail said, be sure to bring us a copy
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  Speaker 1: of the paper. Bushytail. Little bear ran half way down
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  Speaker 1: the walk with Bushytail and said, be sure to find
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  Speaker 1: me a name. Be sure to find me a name.
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  Speaker 1: Bushytail went off, laughing a short, foxy little laugh. I
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  Speaker 1: wonder what Bushytail was laughing about. You might put your
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  Speaker 1: receipt for cookies in the paper, said Bunny cottontail. Little
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  Speaker 1: Bear said, can you make cookies? Grandmother? Can I make cookies?
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  Speaker 1: Said Susan cottontail. Well, if you will find my glasses,
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  Speaker 1: we shall see. Then they all looked again, but they
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  Speaker 1: could not find Susan's glasses. Let me make the cookies
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  Speaker 1: this time, said Bunny cottontail. They gave Susan a chair
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  Speaker 1: in the kitchen, and Bunny got a bowl and a spoon,
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  Speaker 1: and little Bear helped to stir the cookies. Put in
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  Speaker 1: plenty of cinnamon, said Susan, and Bunny put in the cinnamon.
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  Speaker 1: A kitchen, cried Susan. A kitchen, cried Bunny. A kitchen
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  Speaker 1: cried little Bear. Do close the door, cried Susan. We
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  Speaker 1: are all taking cold. How about sugar, asked Bunny. Put
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  Speaker 1: in plenty of sugar, said Susan. Soon the cookies were
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  Speaker 1: all baked. Can I not make cookies? Cried Bunny proudly.
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  Speaker 1: Just then the most surprising thing happened. Susan took a
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  Speaker 1: bite of a cookie, and she began to laugh and sneeze.
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  Speaker 1: Bunny took a bite of a cookie, and he began
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  Speaker 1: to cough and choke. Little Bear took a bite of
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  Speaker 1: a cookie, and he cried, oh Ma, I want my ma.
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  Speaker 1: We put in pepper instead of cinnamon, cried Bunny. Don't
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  Speaker 1: tell Bushytail, said Susan. He would laugh at the mistake.
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  Speaker 1: Then they all laughed. They thought it was a great
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  Speaker 1: joke for Bunny to put pepper in the cookies. End
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  Speaker 1: of Making Cookies, Chapter five, The Newspaper of Little Bear
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  Speaker 1: by Laura Rontre Smith. This is a LibriVox recording. All
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  Speaker 1: Caroline Francis. Little Bear by Laura Rontree Smith. The newspaper.
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  Speaker 1: The small bears at the table cried, we are sad.
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  Speaker 1: Boo hoo, said Papa Bear. Cheer up my DearS, for
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  Speaker 1: this will never do. Mamma and Papa Bear and sixteen
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  Speaker 1: little bears sat down to supper. Boo hoo said the
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  Speaker 1: first little bear. Boo hoo said the second little bear.
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  Speaker 1: Now will you believe it? In two minutes, all the
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  Speaker 1: bears were crying. Hush hush, said Papa Bear. What do
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  Speaker 1: you suppose Mama Bear did? She got out sixteen little
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  Speaker 1: pocket handkerchiefs and told the little bears to dry their eyes.
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  Speaker 1: Papa Bear turned to the first little bear and said,
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  Speaker 1: what were you crying about? Then the little bear began
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  Speaker 1: to cry again. Boo oo. He said, I don't remember
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  Speaker 1: what I was crying about. Then the second little bear said,
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  Speaker 1: I remember what we were crying about. We were crying
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  Speaker 1: because we miss little Bear. Then every one of those
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  Speaker 1: little bears shouted, we miss little Bear. We want him
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  Speaker 1: to come home. Just at that minute, there was a
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  Speaker 1: loud knock at the door an in bounded Bushytail. Bushytail
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  Speaker 1: had the newspaper with him, and he felt very proud.
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  Speaker 1: You have to pay me one dollar a copy, he said.
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  Speaker 1: Papa Bear was so pleased to see the paper that
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  Speaker 1: he paid Bushytail the dollar without saying a word, and
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  Speaker 1: then he sat down in his big arm chair and
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  Speaker 1: began to read read the advertisements, roared Bushytail. Then Papa
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  Speaker 1: Bear read lost a pair of mittens, Finder returned to Bushytail,
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  Speaker 1: lost a pair of glasses, Finder returned to Susan Cottontail.
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  Speaker 1: Then what do you suppose those sixteen little bears did.
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  Speaker 1: They clapped their paws together and laughed and cried and
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  Speaker 1: shouted all together oh dear, oh dear, how funny Susan
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  Speaker 1: Cottontail has lost her glasses again, five dollars reward, read
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  Speaker 1: Papa Bear. The first little bear shouted, I want to
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: find the glasses, and the second little bear shouted, no,
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: I want to find them, and all of them made
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: a dreadful noise. Then Bushytail roared. Read the next page.
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: Papa Bear read, wanted a name for a fine little bear.
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: Apply at the house of Susan Cottontail. Oh oh, oh,
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: cried all the little bears. We know now where little
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: bear is. Mamma Bear wiped her eyes, and Papa Bear
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: laughed until he cried. The little bears all capered about
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: the room. Then they put on their little caps and
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: went by twos down the road. They said, we will
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: find little bear. We will bring him home. The first
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: little bear said, I will find little bear. The second
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: little bear said I will find little bear. Then all
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: the bears shouted, we will all find little bear. And
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: they went down the road, shouting and singing all the way.
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: Bushy Tail was a very rude fellow, A very rude fellow. Indeed,
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: he snatched the newspaper away from Papa Bear and jumped
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: out of the window. Give me back my dollar, roared
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: Papa Bear. We have only one paper, Bushytail shouted back,
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: you pay one dollar to read it. Give me back
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: my dollar, roared Papa Bear again. But Bushytail was far
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: down the road by this time and did not turn
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: his head. Mama Bear said, he is a sly old fellow,
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: but I am glad to know about little Bear. Papa
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: Bear nodded. I want my dollar back, he said. As
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: Bushytail passed Bunny's house, he stopped and said, give me
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: a cookie. I must have a cookie. I cannot wait.
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: Susan said, I have a whole panful, but they are
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: not fit to eat this time. I can eat them all,
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: cried Bushytail, so saying, Bushytail snatched the pan of cookies
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: out of Susan's paw and ran down the road as
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: fast as he could. When Bushytail got a good bite
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: of the first cookie, he choked, and he coughed and
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: growled and ran until he found a stream, and he
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: drank a lot of water. Too much pepper that time,
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: he said, I don't believe he will want any more cookies,
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: said Bunny Cottontail. Susan shook her head. He will have
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: forgotten by tomorrow, she said. End of the newspaper, Chapter six.
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: The Silver Dollar of Little Bear by Laura Rontrees Smith.
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in
• 28:59
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• 29:05
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• 29:12
  Speaker 1: by Laura Rontree Smith The Silver Dollar. At exactly three o'clock,
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: the furry people came, Grizzly Bear and Bushytail and others
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: I could name. Little Bear woke up early next morning
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: and went downstairs. Why do you suppose he got up
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: so early? He thought that he would look for Susan
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: Cottontail's glasses. Littlbar looked all over the house for the glasses.
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: Susan Cottontail got up and called, who is downstairs in
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: my house? Patter, patter, patter went Little Bear's feet. He
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: came to the foot of the stairs, and then he
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: set up a shout. What do you suppose made Little
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: Bear shout? There stood Susan Cottontail with her glasses pushed
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: up on her nightcap. Little Bear crept upstairs and pulled
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: Susan's glasses over her eyes and kissed her. Susan was
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: so pleased to be able to see again that she said,
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: you are really a very handsome little bear. It is
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: a pity you haven't any name. Bunny Cottontail gave little
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: Bear a hug, and they all made mary. Because Susan
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Cottontail's glasses were found, Bunny Cottontail made a big sign.
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: He wrote these words on the sign, wanted a name
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: for little Bear. Bunny tacked the sign up on the
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: outside of the house. What did you do that for,
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: asked Susan. The animals will read about it in the paper.
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: Bunny did not answer, how could he, for his mouth
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: was full of tacks. At exactly three o'clock in the afternoon,
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: a great procession of animals began to come, and all
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: of them brought names for little Bear. There were so
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: many animals that the house was full, and the yard
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: was full, and still more animals came. The old owl
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: sat up in a tree, and the animals began to
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: shout names, one after the other, Adolphus, Henry, James, Marcus, Augustus,
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: and so they went on all afternoon. When it was sundown,
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: the old owl got ready to speak. The old owl
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: was very wise. He said, my dear friends, we can
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: find a great many names, but how can we be
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: sure any one of them belongs to Little Bear. Then
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: little Bear set up a great cry, and Bunny Cottontail
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: began to feed him a banana, and Susan Cottontail gave
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: him a cooky, but still he cried. Just then, sixteen
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: little bears came down the road two and two, and
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: little Bear was so happy to see them that he
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: forgot he didn't have any name, and he shouted good
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: bye Bunny, good bye Susan. Then he ran down the
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: road as fast as his little legs could carry him.
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: The sixteen little bears kissed him and hugged him, and
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: the eldest brother Bear carried him part way home. They
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: met Bushytail. As they went along. He swished his tail
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: in a very proud way and said, dollars don't grow
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: on bushes, but Papa Bear has plenty of dollars to spare.
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: All the little bears turned and chased Bushytail, but he
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: was a sly old fox. He was too quick for them,
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: and he soon disappeared in the woods. Little Bear suddenly
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: gave a shout Then all the bears began to shout.
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: There in the road was something round and shining. Little
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: Bear picked it up. It was the silver dollar that
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: Papa Bear had given Bushytail for the newspaper. Give it
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: to me, said the first little bear. Give it to me,
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: said the second little bear. Then each of the little
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: bears shouted, I want the dollar. I want the dollar.
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: Little bear walked very fast. He held the silver dollar
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: very tightly in his paw. He was afraid he might
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: lose it. Little Bear said, I will give the dollar
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: back to Papa Bear. I wish I had found it,
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: said the first little bear. I wish I had found it,
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: said the second little bear. Curly Bear said, little Bear
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: is right, he must give the dollar back to Papa Bear.
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: Little Bear kissed Curly Bear, and they went on home.
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: Pater Patter fell the rein. The little bears were cold,
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: but they bravely dug away to find the pot of gold.
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: End of the Silver Dollar. Chapter seven, Red Riding Hood
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: of Little Bear by Laura Rontre Smith. This is a
• 35:03
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• 35:09
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  Speaker 1: org recording by Caroline Francis. Little Bear by Laura Rontree
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  Speaker 1: Smith Red Riding Hood. Mama Bear was so glad to
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: see Little Bear again that she gave him a great hug.
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: Then Little Bear handed Papa Bear the silver dollar. Papa
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: Bear was so pleased, he said, you may have a party.
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: Then all the bears clapped their paws and danced up
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: and down. Just then there came a great peal of thunder,
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: and another and another. Then all the little bears began
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: to howl. Oh, oh, oh oh, we are afraid of thunder,
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: We are afraid of lightning. Mama Bear said, off to bed,
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: every one of you. Little Bear jumped up into Mama
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: Bear's lap, and the other bears all went to bed.
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: The bears looked so cunning in their little beds. Pretty
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: soon the storm was over, and there came a beautiful
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: rainbow in the sky. See the rainbow, whispered little Bear.
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: Do you suppose we could find the pot of gold?
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: Then Mama Bear and Papa Bear and Little Bear all
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: went into the yard. One end of the rainbow seemed
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: to come near their garden. Now, what do you suppose
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: those funny bears did. They all began to dig. They
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: were looking for the pot of gold at the end
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: of the rainbow. Soon the other little bears woke up,
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: and they all came out to see what was the matter.
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: They had sixteen little shovels, and they all began to
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: dig as fast as they could. Pretty soon they had
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: the whole garden bed spaded up. Then it began to rain, patter, patder, patter,
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: and splash, splash, splash. The bears all ran for the house. My,
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: but they were wet. Papa Bear built a great fire,
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: and Mama Bear came with a big towel, and they
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: took turns rubbing off one another's wet fur. Just then
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: a great crash was heard. Oh oh, oh, oh oh,
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: cried all the little bears. We are afraid of thunder,
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: we are afraid of lightning. Do be still, cried Mama Bear.
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: We must go and see what is the matter. What
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: do you suppose was the matter? Bushytail had jumped through
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: the front parlor window, and there was broken glass all
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: over the floor. Who is going to pay for this window,
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: cried Papa Bear. Bushytail did not answer. I want my
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: dollar back, he roared, I want my dollar back. Bushytail
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: lashed his tail in a terrible way. The little bears
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: were so afraid that they crept under the sofa and hid.
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: I don't know what would have happened. I am sure
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: if someone had not knocked at the door. Just then
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: Papa Bear opened the door. There stood Little Red riding Hood.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: Little Red riding Hood wore a red cap and a
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: red cape, and she carried a basket on her arm.
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: Good Bye, I'll call again, shouted Bushytail, and bounded through
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: the window and was off and away. Bushytail was always
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: very shy with strangers. Little Red riding Hood said, I
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: will give you my basket of cookies if I may
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: stay with you all night. Little Red riding Hood had
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: lost her way. The little bears came out from under
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: the sofa one by one, and Little Bear was last
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: of all to come out. I have seen you before,
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: said Little Red riding Hood. What is your name? Little bear?
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: Then Little Bear began to cry so hot that the
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: others offered him some cookies. But he cried still harder,
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: and they were afraid he would never stop. Little Red
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: riding Hood whispered something to him, and then he stopped crying.
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: I wonder what little Red riding Hood said. Little Bear
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: let little red Riding Hood sleep in his bed. He
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: curled up on a rug on the floor. Little Bear
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: liked to sleep on the rug. The rug was close
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: to the fire. Red Riding Hood said, are you going
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: to sleep, little bear? Little Bear said, I'm going to
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: roast some apples first. So little Bear sat before the
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: fire roasting apples. He ate one apple and gave one
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: to Red riding Hood. Red Riding Hood said, you are
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: a very nice little bear. Thank you for the apple.
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: Little Bear roasted another apple. Then he went into the hall.
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: His soft little feet went pitter patter in the hall.
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: His soft little voice called, Curly Bear, come and get
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: your apple. Curly Bear came down, rubbing his eyes. Be quiet,
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: said little Bear, don't wake the rest. I cannot sit
• 41:27
  Speaker 1: up all night roasting apples. I must darn my stockings.
• 41:34
  Speaker 1: Curly Bear sat on the stairs and ate his apple.
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: Then he went back to bed. End of Red Riding
• 41:42
  Speaker 1: Hood Chapter eight tell Us a Story of Little Bear
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: by Laura Rontree Smith. This is a LibriVox recording. All
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox dot org. Recording by
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: Caroline Francis. Little Bear by Laura Rountree Smith tell us
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: a story. Many fairies I have heard are dwelling in
• 42:23
  Speaker 1: the wood, but I am sure none is so fair
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: as Little Red riding Hood. The next day it rained
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: and rained. Mamma Bear said no one shall go out,
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: so they all brought their chairs and sat by the fire.
• 42:44
  Speaker 1: Please tell us a story, shouted all the small bears.
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: Red riding Hood began. I go out in the woods
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: every day, and I have never been afraid in my life,
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: except once. That was when you went to visit your grandmother,
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: said Curly Bear. Red riding Hood went on. I tapped
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: on the door, and the old wolf said, come in
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: you said grandmother, What great ears you have, shouted all
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: the bears, and grandmother, what great eyes you have, whispered
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: little Bear. I have almost forgotten about it, said Red
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: riding Hood. It happened so long ago. What became of
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: the wolf? Asked Papa Bear. The wood choppers frightened him away,
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: said Red riding Hood. How is it you do not
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: grow old? Asked Mamma Bear. Little Red riding Hood blushed
• 43:52
  Speaker 1: rosy red. She was such a sweet little girl. She
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: looked very young in her short dress. I should think
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: you would be afraid of the woods, said Papa Bear.
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: There is bushy tail. He is such a sly fellow.
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: Red riding Hood laughed. She said, none of the animals
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: dares to harm me. I want a cookie, said one
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: little bear. I want a cookie, said the next little bear.
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: Red riding Hood went to get her basket of cookies.
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: The bears all followed her, and they set up a
• 44:32
  Speaker 1: great howl. What do you suppose had happened? The basket
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: was empty? Who stole the cookies? Asked Mamma Bear? And
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: who stole the cookies asked Papa Bear. Oh oh, oh,
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: cried all the little bears. We want some cookies, We
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: want some cookies. Red riding Hood began to sing a
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: little song. Who is it? Once went into the wood,
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: Little Red riding Hood, who carried with her the nicest food,
• 45:09
  Speaker 1: Little Red riding Hood, who gathered flowers fresh and sweet,
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: Who did not fear the wolf to meet, who roamed
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: out in the green retreat, Little Red riding Hood. While
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: Red riding Hood was singing, she was mixing flour and
• 45:26
  Speaker 1: butter and milk and other good things. Together, she was
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: making more cookies for the little bears. May I roll
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: them out? Asked each of the seventeen little bears. Red
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: Riding Hood had forgotten that little Bear had no name.
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: She looked at him and said, what is your name?
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: Two big tears began to roll down his cheeks, and
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: his brothers and sisters shouted, he hasn't any name, He
• 45:56
  Speaker 1: hasn't any name. Then Little Riding Hood whisked every one
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: of those bears out of the kitchen except little Bear,
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: and he helped roll out the cookies. Little Bear was
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: so happy then that he stopped crying, and he and
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: Red Riding Hood rolled out and baked one hundred cookies
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: that day. Little Bear told Red Riding Hood that he
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: hoped some day to find the pot of gold at
• 46:27
  Speaker 1: the rainbow End. What would you do with the gold,
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: asked little red Riding Hood. I don't want the gold,
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: said little Bear, but I might find a name in
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: the pot of gold. Red Riding Hood did not talk
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: any more. She went on singing. I wonder if I
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: could learn to sing, said little Bear. He tried to sing,
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: but his voice sounded like a growl. Never mind, said
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: Red Riding hood. If you can cannot sing, you can
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: roll out cookies. All the bears said the cookies were fine,
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: and Papa Bear said, I am glad Bushytail is not here.
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: We have enough cookies to last a while. I am
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: not sure that they will last, said Mama Bear. Then
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: each little bear took another cookie, and they all laughed.
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: End of tell Us a Story, Chapter nine. Aladdin's Lamp
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: of Little Bear by Laura Rontre Smith. This is a
• 47:44
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• 47:50
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• 47:56
  Speaker 1: Recording by Caroline Francis. Little Bear by Laura Rontree Smith.
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: Aladdin's Lamp said Mama Bear, tis time for bed. That
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: is very clear. Scamper off as good bear should. A
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: story you shall hear. It's time to go to bed,
• 48:21
  Speaker 1: said Mama Bear. I am afraid to go up in
• 48:24
  Speaker 1: the dark, said the first little bear. I am not
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: a bit sleepy, said the second little bear. Please let
• 48:33
  Speaker 1: me stay up a little while, said the third little bear.
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: We are all afraid of the dark, said the fourth
• 48:42
  Speaker 1: little bear. In a whisper red riding hood said, if
• 48:48
  Speaker 1: you are all in bed. In five minutes, I will
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: come up and tell you a story. Then the first
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: little bear ran up the stairs as fast as his
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: fat little lay could carry him. The second little bear cried,
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: good night Pa, good night Ma, and all the little
• 49:07
  Speaker 1: bears ran upstairs and got into bed as fast as
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: they could. Red Riding Hood did not go upstairs for
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: a few minutes. She was looking for her storybook. The
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: first little bear cried, O, MA, may I have a
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: drink of water? The second little bear cried, O, MA,
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: please come and open the window. Then Papa Bear called, hush,
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: be still, Red Riding Hood is coming up. Little bear
• 49:42
  Speaker 1: was so sleepy he fell asleep. Curly Bear woke him up.
• 49:47
  Speaker 1: Little bear said, did they find the pot of gold?
• 49:52
  Speaker 1: He had been dreaming again. Pretty soon Red Riding Hood
• 49:58
  Speaker 1: came upstairs. She said. He said, I cannot find my
• 50:02
  Speaker 1: story book, but I will tell you a story. What
• 50:07
  Speaker 1: is the story about, shouted all the little bears. Red
• 50:12
  Speaker 1: Riding Hood said, it is the story of Aladdin and
• 50:17
  Speaker 1: the wonderful Lamp. This is the story Red riding Hood
• 50:22
  Speaker 1: told the little bears. Aladdin was a poor boy. One
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: day he met a stranger. The stranger told him to
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: build a fire for him. Aladdin built a fire and
• 50:37
  Speaker 1: watched it burn. When the fire died out, he saw
• 50:42
  Speaker 1: a stone and a ring. The stranger said, lift the
• 50:47
  Speaker 1: stone and go under the ground and get a lamp
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: for me. Aladdin lifted the stone and went under the ground.
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: He was in a beautiful place. He saw bright lights
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: and many jewels about him. He put jewels in his
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: pockets and in his cap. He soon found the lamp.
• 51:10
  Speaker 1: Aladdin called to the stranger, help me up, please. The
• 51:15
  Speaker 1: stranger said, I will not let you up until you
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: give me the lamp. Aladdin said, I want to keep
• 51:23
  Speaker 1: the lamp myself. The stranger put the stone back in place,
• 51:28
  Speaker 1: and Aladdin could not get out. Aladdin did not know
• 51:34
  Speaker 1: what to do. He wrung his hands and rubbed the
• 51:37
  Speaker 1: ring which he had put on his finger. As soon
• 51:42
  Speaker 1: as he rubbed the ring, a fairy appeared. The fairy said,
• 51:48
  Speaker 1: you may have one wish. Aladdin said, I want to
• 51:53
  Speaker 1: go home. The fairy took Aladdin home, and Aladdin so
• 52:00
  Speaker 1: UoN found that whenever he wanted anything, all he had
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  Speaker 1: to do was rub the ring or the lamp, and
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  Speaker 1: the fairy would come. Whenever Aladdin wanted anything, he called
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  Speaker 1: the fairy. He grew very rich. Of course, he married
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  Speaker 1: a princess and lived in a palace. One day the
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  Speaker 1: stranger heard about Aladdin. The stranger still wanted the lamp.
• 52:29
  Speaker 1: One day Aladdin went away from home. The stranger bought
• 52:34
  Speaker 1: some new lamps. Then he went about the streets, calling,
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  Speaker 1: I give new lamps for old ones. I give new
• 52:42
  Speaker 1: lamps for old ones. He came to the palace where
• 52:46
  Speaker 1: Aladdin lived. He traded a new lamp for Aladdin's wonderful lamp.
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  Speaker 1: The stranger rubbed the lamp and wished that Aladdin's palace
• 52:57
  Speaker 1: were in Africa. Aladdin came home, his palace was gone.
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  Speaker 1: He rubbed his ring and was taken to his palace.
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  Speaker 1: He rubbed the ring again and wished for the lamp.
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  Speaker 1: He lived happily ever after. Tell it again, said the
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  Speaker 1: first little bear. Where is the lamp? Now? Asked the
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: second little bear? Where is the magic ring? Asked curly bear.
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  Speaker 1: Little bear did not say a word. He had fallen
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  Speaker 1: asleep again. You must all go to sleep, said red
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  Speaker 1: riding Hood. Then all the seventeen little bears fell asleep.
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  Speaker 1: Curly Bear dreamed about Aladdin and his wonderful lamp. Papa
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  Speaker 1: Bear and Mama Bear both dressed up in disguise, and
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  Speaker 1: then they gave the little bears of very nice surprise.
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  Speaker 1: End of a Laddin Slamp. Chapter ten. The Two Pedlars
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  Speaker 1: of Little Bear by Laura Rontre Smith. This is a
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  Speaker 1: The Two Pedlars. Next morning, Mama Bear said, I must
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: go to town to buy a new sunbonnet. Sure enough,
• 54:53
  Speaker 1: the sunbonnet that Mama Bear wore was old and faded.
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  Speaker 1: May I go, say the first little Bear. May I go,
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  Speaker 1: said the second little Bear. Then all the little bears
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  Speaker 1: danced up and down and cried, may I go, May
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  Speaker 1: I go. Mamma Bear boxed their ears right and left,
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  Speaker 1: and Papa Bear said, it is really dreadful for you
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  Speaker 1: all to talk at once. I will go with Mamma
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  Speaker 1: Bear to select her new bonnet. Red Riding Hood said
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  Speaker 1: she would keep house and see that the little bear
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  Speaker 1: stayed in until Papa and Mamma Bear came home. Mamma
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  Speaker 1: and Papa Bear went down the road quite happy, and
• 55:39
  Speaker 1: the little bears begged Red Riding Hood to tell them
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  Speaker 1: a story. So Red Riding Hood began. Once there was
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  Speaker 1: a little bear, and he took a little broom and
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: swept the floor. Then Red Riding Hood handed the first
• 55:56
  Speaker 1: little bear a broom, and he swept the floor. And
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  Speaker 1: she said again, there was another little bear, and he
• 56:05
  Speaker 1: washed all the windows. Then she gave the second little
• 56:10
  Speaker 1: bear a cloth and a bucket of water, and he
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  Speaker 1: washed all the windows. Then Red Riding Hood said there
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  Speaker 1: were fifteen other little bears, and they all helped to
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  Speaker 1: clean house, so it was as clean as a pin.
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  Speaker 1: When Mama and Papa Bear came home. You would have
• 56:31
  Speaker 1: laughed to see those little bears running around cleaning house.
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  Speaker 1: They had a very happy time all day. Suddenly one
• 56:41
  Speaker 1: little bear cried, I am hungry. Then the next little
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: bear cried, I am hungry. Red Riding Hood said, you
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: must wait until Papa and Mama come home. Red Riding
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  Speaker 1: Hood and Little Bear got the sun ready, and they
• 57:01
  Speaker 1: waited and waited and waited, and still Papa and Mama
• 57:08
  Speaker 1: did not come. Pretty soon a knock was heard, and
• 57:14
  Speaker 1: there stood two old pedlars at the door. The pedlars
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  Speaker 1: had caps pulled over their faces, and they cried pans
• 57:24
  Speaker 1: to sell, dishes, to sell, laces to sell. They came
• 57:29
  Speaker 1: into the house, and all the little bears danced about them.
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  Speaker 1: Then one of the pedlars took off his cap, and
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: the little bears cried, oh pa. And the other pedlar
• 57:43
  Speaker 1: took off her cap, and the little bears cried, oh ma.
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: Wasn't it funny for Papa and Mama Bear to dress
• 57:53
  Speaker 1: like pedlars. They brought all sorts of presents to the bears.
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  Speaker 1: They brought care and toys and seventeen little red caps.
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  Speaker 1: The little bears put their caps on and danced and
• 58:08
  Speaker 1: capered around the room. Mama Bear brought a new cape
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  Speaker 1: for Red Riding Hood, and Papa Bear brought her a
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  Speaker 1: new hood. Where is Red Riding Hood, asked Mama Bear.
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  Speaker 1: Where is Red Riding Hood, asked Papa Bear. All look
• 58:27
  Speaker 1: for her. Where is Red Riding Hood, asked all the
• 58:31
  Speaker 1: little bears. They looked everywhere, but Red Riding Hood was gone.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps she is gone to find the sleeping beauty, said
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: Papa Bear. Perhaps she has gone to see her old
• 58:46
  Speaker 1: grandmother again. Said curly Bear. Little Bear said, I will
• 58:52
  Speaker 1: go and find Red riding Hood tomorrow. Grandpa grumbles in
• 58:58
  Speaker 1: the woods is growing old and gray. He is a
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  Speaker 1: very lonesome bear. He grumbles every day. End of the
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  Speaker 1: Two Pedlars, Chapter eleven. Grandpa Grumbles of Little Bear by
• 59:22
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  Speaker 1: Francis Little Bear by Laura Rontree Smith. Grandpa Grumbles, Little
• 59:51
  Speaker 1: Bear said, I will go and find Red riding Hood.
• 59:55
  Speaker 1: Papa and Mama Bear and all the other bears hug
• 59:59
  Speaker 1: little Bear and kissed him good bye, and shouted, don't
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 1: get lost in the woods. Don't get lost in the woods.
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  Speaker 1: Little bear was happy. He went off whistling a merry tune.
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  Speaker 1: He wandered about in the woods all day, and when
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 1: night came, he saw a light and followed it. The
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  Speaker 1: light came from a very little window in a very
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  Speaker 1: little house. Little Bear went up to the door of
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  Speaker 1: the house and knocked an old bear stuck his head
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  Speaker 1: out of a window and called, who is there? Little
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  Speaker 1: bear said, I am little Bear. I am lost in
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 1: the woods. May I come in please? The old bear said,
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  Speaker 1: I'm called Grandpa Grumbles. What is your name? Then little
• 1:00:52
  Speaker 1: Bear began to cry and howl and scream, and he
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  Speaker 1: made such a dreadful noise that Grandpa Grumbles had to
• 1:01:01
  Speaker 1: come down and let him in. Grandpa Grumbles was such
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  Speaker 1: a cross old bear that none of the animals would
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  Speaker 1: live with him. He always grumbled about something. He said
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  Speaker 1: it was too hot or too cold, or too wet
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  Speaker 1: or too dry, and he was never happy unless he
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  Speaker 1: was grumbling. Little Bear limped along into the house. His
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 1: feet were sore and tired. He said, I haven't any name.
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  Speaker 1: Grandpa Grumbles took little Bear into the dining room and
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  Speaker 1: let him sit up in a high chair at the table.
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  Speaker 1: He said, as he passed little Bear some cake. You
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 1: can't eat your cake and have it too Eat some cake.
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  Speaker 1: Then little Bear stopped crying and ate some cake, and
• 1:01:54
  Speaker 1: pretty soon he said in a whisper, couldn't you find
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  Speaker 1: a name for me? Me? Grandpa began to grumble and say,
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  Speaker 1: your ma ought to find you a name. If I
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 1: find you a name, you won't like it, you know.
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  Speaker 1: You won't like it. Then a gentle rap was heard
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 1: at the door, and in walked Red Riding Hood. She
• 1:02:20
  Speaker 1: had a basket of cookies and a pot of butter.
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  Speaker 1: Grandpa began to grumble in a very fierce way, and
• 1:02:28
  Speaker 1: Little Bear was afraid he was going to eat Red
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  Speaker 1: Riding Hood, so he jumped up on the table and cried,
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  Speaker 1: eat me, Grandpa, eat me, Grandpa, I am young and tender.
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  Speaker 1: Then they all laughed, and Grandpa forgot to grumble, and
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  Speaker 1: Red Riding Hood took off her cape and hood and
• 1:02:48
  Speaker 1: she ate supper with them. Red Riding Hood came often
• 1:02:53
  Speaker 1: to visit Grandpa Grumbles, as they were old friends. You
• 1:02:58
  Speaker 1: have been gone along time, said Grandpa Grumbles. Little Bear
• 1:03:04
  Speaker 1: tried to say something, but his mouth was full of
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 1: buttered toast and he could not speak. He is trying
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 1: to talk with his mouth full, grumbled Grandpa. I would
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 1: like some more cakes, said Red Riding Hood. Then Grandpa
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  Speaker 1: Grumbles shouted, pass me the vinegar. I must have vinegar
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  Speaker 1: on my cakes. Red Riding Hood passed the vinegar and
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 1: smiled so sweetly that Grandpa Grumbles forgot what he was
• 1:03:35
  Speaker 1: grumbling about. Then Little Bear said, Red Riding Hood came
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  Speaker 1: to our house, and Bushytail came and stole the cookies.
• 1:03:47
  Speaker 1: Then Grandpa Grumbles grew very angry indeed and shouted, ha ha,
• 1:03:54
  Speaker 1: Bushytail stole the cookies. Well, well, he is no relative
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 1: of mine. Some one ought to box his ears. Someone
• 1:04:03
  Speaker 1: ought to box his ears. Then Red Riding Hood laughed,
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 1: and Little Bear laughed, and Grandpa Grumbles laughed and chuckled
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  Speaker 1: and said, I will fix Bushytail. I will punish Bushytail.
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  Speaker 1: I have a present for him in my grab bag.
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  Speaker 1: Little Bear was so tired he fell asleep. Red Riding
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  Speaker 1: Hood said he is the prettiest little bear I have
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  Speaker 1: ever seen. Grandpa Grumbles said, it is a pity he
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 1: hasn't any name. Bushytail is fond of cookies, so I've
• 1:04:43
  Speaker 1: heard it said. He eats many every day and carries
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  Speaker 1: some to bed. End of Grandpa Grumbles. Twelve Little Rabbit,
• 1:05:01
  Speaker 1: Boohoo of Little Bear by Laura Rontree Smith. This is
• 1:05:07
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  Speaker 1: Little Rabbit, boohoo. Next morning, Grandpa Grumbles heard a tap
• 1:05:34
  Speaker 1: on his door. Too early to get up, he grumbled,
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 1: don't wake me up, don't wake me up. Little Bear
• 1:05:44
  Speaker 1: heard a tap on his door, and he cried, see
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 1: the sunshine. He dressed and hurried downstairs. Little Bear never
• 1:05:54
  Speaker 1: liked to be late to breakfast. Breakfast was on the table,
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  Speaker 1: and Red Riding Hood said, we will sit down and
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  Speaker 1: have breakfast little Bear. Pretty soon a great grumbling was heard,
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  Speaker 1: and Grandpa Grumbles came downstairs, one step at a time.
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  Speaker 1: He was talking to himself. Oh dear, oh dear, he said,
• 1:06:18
  Speaker 1: have to get breakfast for my visitors. When he came
• 1:06:22
  Speaker 1: into the dining room, he was so surprised to see
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  Speaker 1: breakfast on the table that he forgot to grumble. He
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  Speaker 1: sat down and drank his coffee without saying a word.
• 1:06:34
  Speaker 1: Suddenly a crash was heard, then another and another. I
• 1:06:40
  Speaker 1: am being robbed, cried Grandpa Grumbles. Wow, Wow, I am afraid,
• 1:06:46
  Speaker 1: cried little Bear. Red Riding Hood started for the cellar.
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  Speaker 1: Get a candle, she called. Grandpa Grumbles said, I haven't
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  Speaker 1: any candle. Little Bear said, I am afraid to carry
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 1: a lamp. While they stood there talking. Bushytail came bounding
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  Speaker 1: up the cellar stairs. He had a bottle of cider
• 1:07:09
  Speaker 1: under each arm. I broke some. He said, it is
• 1:07:14
  Speaker 1: too dark in your cellar. Grandpa Grumbles got a switch
• 1:07:19
  Speaker 1: and ran after Bushytail. But Bushytail jumped on a sofa
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 1: and shouted, great news, great news. Of course, they all
• 1:07:29
  Speaker 1: stopped to listen. Little Bear said, tell us the news,
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 1: tell us the news. Bushytail said, Susan Cottontail has lost
• 1:07:40
  Speaker 1: her glasses. Then Grandpa began to grumble, and Little Bear
• 1:07:45
  Speaker 1: rolled over on the floor and laughed until he cried,
• 1:07:50
  Speaker 1: have you any cookies for me today? Asked Bushytail. Red
• 1:07:55
  Speaker 1: riding Hood said why do you want cookies? She had
• 1:08:00
  Speaker 1: hardly gotten the words out of her mouth before Bushytail
• 1:08:04
  Speaker 1: had started into the pantry and helped himself. Then whisk
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 1: he was out through the window and away as fast
• 1:08:13
  Speaker 1: as his long legs could carry him. Just at that minute,
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 1: Little Bear heard a sound, and he said, hush, listen,
• 1:08:24
  Speaker 1: what is it? They heard a wee voice say, I
• 1:08:29
  Speaker 1: am here, I am lost. Boo hoo. Grandpa Grumbles went
• 1:08:36
  Speaker 1: to the door and there sat the funniest little rabbit
• 1:08:40
  Speaker 1: you have ever seen too many visitors. Don't come in,
• 1:08:45
  Speaker 1: said Grandpa Grumbles. The little rabbit said, boo hoo, please
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 1: let me in. Grandpa Grumbles looked over his spectacles and said,
• 1:08:56
  Speaker 1: what is your name? The cry baby rabbit said, boo hoo.
• 1:09:03
  Speaker 1: That seems a rather bad question to ask around here,
• 1:09:06
  Speaker 1: said Grandpa Grumbles. Red Riding Hood, are you sure you
• 1:09:10
  Speaker 1: have a name? Red Riding Hood said, I know this
• 1:09:15
  Speaker 1: little rabbit. She's a good little rabbit, but she cries
• 1:09:19
  Speaker 1: so much they call her boo hoo. Too many visitors,
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 1: Too many visitors, said Grandpa Grumbles. Again, little Bear went
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 1: up to the rabbit and said, don't cry any more.
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 1: I haven't any name either. Then the little rabbit dried
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 1: her eyes on a pocket handkerchief, and Grandpa Grumbles shouted,
• 1:09:43
  Speaker 1: give them all some cookies, can't you hear me? Give
• 1:09:46
  Speaker 1: them all some cookies? Hush, cried Red Riding Hood. Bushy
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  Speaker 1: tails stole them all. Then they all shouted, oh ho,
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 1: bushytail stole all the cookies. Oh ho, bushytail is a
• 1:10:03
  Speaker 1: sly old fellow. Off to bed, every one of you,
• 1:10:07
  Speaker 1: shouted Grandpa Grumbles. And look under your pillows. Be sure
• 1:10:12
  Speaker 1: to look under your pillows. Then they all scampered off
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  Speaker 1: to bed quickly, you may be sure, And each looked
• 1:10:20
  Speaker 1: under his pillow. Now what do you suppose was under
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 1: each pillow? Red riding Hood found a cookie frosted with
• 1:10:30
  Speaker 1: red sugar. Little Bear found a cookie frosted with blue sugar.
• 1:10:36
  Speaker 1: The Rabbit found a cookie frosted with white sugar. And
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 1: they all cried hurrah for Grandpa Grumbles. Three cheers for
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 1: Grandpa Grumbles. Too many visitors, he answered, with a chuckle.
• 1:10:51
  Speaker 1: Too many visitors. Go to bed, every one of you.
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  Speaker 1: Then they all went to bed and had pleasant dreams.
• 1:11:00
  Speaker 1: Red riding Hood dreamed that her basket was full of
• 1:11:04
  Speaker 1: frosted cookies. Little Bear dreamed that he had a very
• 1:11:08
  Speaker 1: fine blue cookie, as big as a fan. The Little
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 1: Rabbit dreamed that she saw cookies growing in a farmer's field.
• 1:11:18
  Speaker 1: Grandpa Grumbles lay awake a long time. I will surprise
• 1:11:25
  Speaker 1: them all tomorrow, he said, I have many surprises in
• 1:11:29
  Speaker 1: my house. End of Little Rabbit Boohoo, Chapter thirteen, The
• 1:11:42
  Speaker 1: Magic Cap of Little Bear by Laura Rontree Smith. This
• 1:11:49
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• 1:12:09
  Speaker 1: The magic Cap Grandpa Grumbles in the woods has a
• 1:12:14
  Speaker 1: grab bag. You know you will find it there some
• 1:12:18
  Speaker 1: day if to his house you go. Next morning, little
• 1:12:23
  Speaker 1: Bear got up to get breakfast, and he crept downstairs
• 1:12:27
  Speaker 1: very softly, for he wanted to surprise the rest. When
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 1: he got to the kitchen door, he met Red Riding
• 1:12:36
  Speaker 1: Hood and old Grandpa Grumbles and the little Rabbit. Each
• 1:12:41
  Speaker 1: one had gotten up early to get the breakfast. Grandpa
• 1:12:46
  Speaker 1: Grumbles began to shake his head and grumble, and Red
• 1:12:49
  Speaker 1: Riding Hood laughed, and Little Bear waved his red handkerchief.
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 1: Then they all shouted, Hurrah, we will get breakfast together.
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 1: The cry baby rabbit said, boo hoo, I have never
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 1: gotten breakfast in my life. Grandpa Grumbles looked at her
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  Speaker 1: and said, I will give you a better name if
• 1:13:12
  Speaker 1: you will be still. Boo hoo, boo hoo, said the
• 1:13:17
  Speaker 1: little rabbit. I don't know whether I want a better
• 1:13:20
  Speaker 1: name or not. Little Bear danced up and down and
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 1: he cried, give me a name, Give me a name.
• 1:13:29
  Speaker 1: Grandpa Grumbles said, no, no, look in the garret in
• 1:13:33
  Speaker 1: my grab bag. They were all pleased at this, and
• 1:13:37
  Speaker 1: they scampered up into the garret. There. Sure enough, on
• 1:13:41
  Speaker 1: a nail hung the grab bag. Time to grab, said
• 1:13:46
  Speaker 1: Grandpa Grumbles. Every one of you must grab. Red riding
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  Speaker 1: Hood put in her hand and drew out a gold watch.
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  Speaker 1: Keep it, keep it, shouted Grandpa grumbles. It won't run,
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 1: it won't keep time, but keep it, keep it. Little
• 1:14:05
  Speaker 1: Bear put in his paw and drew out a silk purse.
• 1:14:09
  Speaker 1: Keep it, shouted Old Grandpa grumbles. It hasn't a cent
• 1:14:13
  Speaker 1: in it. Then the cry baby rabbit put in her
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 1: paw and drew out a piece of pasteboard, to which
• 1:14:21
  Speaker 1: was fastened a tiny bell. She was so disappointed she
• 1:14:26
  Speaker 1: was ready to cry when old Grandpa Grumble said, keep it,
• 1:14:30
  Speaker 1: keep it. It has your name on it. Sure enough
• 1:14:35
  Speaker 1: on the pasteboard was written in very large letters, Bonnie Bell.
• 1:14:41
  Speaker 1: Little Bear tied the bell around the rabbit's neck, and
• 1:14:45
  Speaker 1: she never was known to cry boohoo again in her life.
• 1:14:50
  Speaker 1: May we grab again, asked Red riding Hood. Grandpa Grumble said,
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  Speaker 1: if I let you grab again, what shall I have
• 1:14:59
  Speaker 1: left for all my grandchildren? Just then, patter, patter, patter
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 1: was heard, and Bushytail came creeping upstairs. Oh ho, grab bag,
• 1:15:12
  Speaker 1: he shouted, Let me grab, Let me grab. Before anyone
• 1:15:17
  Speaker 1: could say a word, that sly, old Fox put his
• 1:15:21
  Speaker 1: paw in the bag and drew out a little red cap.
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  Speaker 1: Put it on. Put it on, shouted Grandpa Grumbles. Bushytail
• 1:15:31
  Speaker 1: put the cap on and it began to pinch his ears.
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 1: He cried, oh oh, take it off, Take it off.
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 1: Grandpa Grumbles chased him out of the house and down
• 1:15:45
  Speaker 1: the road. Little Bear said he will keep out of
• 1:15:49
  Speaker 1: mischief for a while. Grandpa Grumbles came back, chuckling to himself.
• 1:15:55
  Speaker 1: What kind of cap did you give him, asked Red
• 1:15:59
  Speaker 1: Riding Hood. Grandpa Grumbles said, it is a magic cap.
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  Speaker 1: It will not come off for a year. Oh oh,
• 1:16:09
  Speaker 1: cried Little Bear. How funny Bushy Tail looked in the cap.
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 1: Bonnybell said, I am glad you didn't give me a cap.
• 1:16:19
  Speaker 1: Red Riding Hood said I would rather wear a hood
• 1:16:23
  Speaker 1: than a magic cap. It is a fine grab bag,
• 1:16:26
  Speaker 1: said Grandpa Grumbles. Then Red Riding Hood kissed Grandpa Grumbles
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 1: on his right cheek, and Little Bear kissed him on
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  Speaker 1: his left cheek, and Bonnybell kissed him on both cheeks.
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  Speaker 1: Grandpa Grumbles was so pleased, he said, softly, nice little visitors,
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  Speaker 1: come again. Please. They all laughed and kissed him again.
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  Speaker 1: End of the Magic Cap, Chapter fourteen. The Pot of
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  Speaker 1: Gold of Little Bear by Laura Rontree Smith. This is
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  Speaker 1: Recording by Caroline Francis. Little Bear by Laura Rontree Smith.
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  Speaker 1: The Pot of Gold. Littlebar is happy now the secret
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  Speaker 1: he has told, for he has found the rainbow end
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  Speaker 1: and the pot of gold. Next day, Red riding Hood said,
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  Speaker 1: I must go and see my grandmother. Littlebear said, I
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  Speaker 1: must go home. Bonny Bell said, I will stay with Grandpa.
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  Speaker 1: Grandpa Grumbles was so pleased to think that Bonny Bell
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  Speaker 1: wanted to stay that he forgot to grumble. Red riding
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  Speaker 1: Hood put on her hood and cape, and Little Bear
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  Speaker 1: carried her basket, and they went merrily down the road.
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  Speaker 1: Soon it began to rain, patter, patter, patter fell the
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  Speaker 1: big drops. We shall get very wet, said Little Bear.
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  Speaker 1: We shall see the rainbow, said Red riding Hood. Sure enough,
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  Speaker 1: pretty soon there came a beautiful rainbow in the sky.
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  Speaker 1: One end of the rainbow seemed to come in the
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  Speaker 1: hollow of a tree. Little Bear ran to the tree
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  Speaker 1: and put in one of his paws and drew out
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  Speaker 1: the pot of gold. Hurrah, he shouted, I have the gold.
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  Speaker 1: Then he opened the pot, and sure enough it was
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  Speaker 1: full of five dollar gold pieces. Little Bear poured the
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  Speaker 1: gold all out on the ground, and Red riding Hood
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  Speaker 1: began to count it. Suddenly little Bear set up a shout.
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  Speaker 1: What do you suppose he saw in the bottom of
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  Speaker 1: the pot was written in large letters for little Bear.
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  Speaker 1: He shall have the pot of gold and a new name.
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  Speaker 1: He shall be called Mishi Mokwa, the Great Bear. Little
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  Speaker 1: Bear was so happy he danced up and down and shouted,
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  Speaker 1: and he laughed until he cried, Now I have a name,
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  Speaker 1: a real name. I am Mishi Mokwa the Great Bear,
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  Speaker 1: he cried, and all this gold is mine. Little Red
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  Speaker 1: riding Hood now said good bye, and little Bear and
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  Speaker 1: Curly Bear carried the gold home. What are you going
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  Speaker 1: to do with all this gold, asked Curly Bear. Little
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  Speaker 1: Bear said, I will give some to Mamma Bear, and
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  Speaker 1: some to Papa Bear, and some to all the other bears.
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  Speaker 1: We shall be quite rich, said curly bear. How much
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  Speaker 1: gold will you keep for yourself? I will keep the pot,
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  Speaker 1: said little Bear. And he laughed, and Curly Bear laughed,
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  Speaker 1: and they went trotting merrily homeward. Did you find a name,
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  Speaker 1: asked Curly Bear. Little Bear nodded his head, but he whispered,
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  Speaker 1: don't you tell yet, Curly Bear. It was evening when
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  Speaker 1: they got home. Papa and Mamma Bear and the little
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  Speaker 1: bears were eating supper. I never could tell you if
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  Speaker 1: I wrote all day how those bears hugged one another.
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  Speaker 1: Papa Bear kept saying, where did you find the pot
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  Speaker 1: of gold? And they all talked at once. It was
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  Speaker 1: a merry time, you may be sure. The little bears
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  Speaker 1: all sat down at the table and began to count
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  Speaker 1: the gold. Papa and Mamma Bear and all the little
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  Speaker 1: bears counted. Each had a pile of gold in front
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  Speaker 1: of him. Suddenly some one cried, where is little Bear?
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  Speaker 1: They looked about, but they could not find him. Where
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  Speaker 1: do you suppose he had gone? He had gone upstairs
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  Speaker 1: to hide the pot That the gold came in the
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  Speaker 1: precious pot that held his name. Pretty soon he heard
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  Speaker 1: them all shouting his name, and he came bounding downstairs,
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  Speaker 1: and he cried, let us have a party, a party.
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  Speaker 1: So it was decided that all the little bears should
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  Speaker 1: go out next day and invite the animals to a party.
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  Speaker 1: Little Bear had happy dreams that night. He thought that
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  Speaker 1: the animals made him king of the forest. Once he
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  Speaker 1: woke up, and he was afraid he had no pot
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  Speaker 1: of gold. He was afraid it was all a dream.
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  Speaker 1: He crept out of bed softly so as not to
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  Speaker 1: wake the others. He found the pot where he had
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  Speaker 1: hidden it. The moon peeped in through the window, and
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  Speaker 1: Little Bear said, old man in the moon, I am
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  Speaker 1: very happy. I am no longer little Bear. I am
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  Speaker 1: mishy Mogwa. The Great Bear said, all the creatures in
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  Speaker 1: the woods, we are glad we came. Hurrah, hurrah for
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  Speaker 1: little Bear. At last he's found a name. End of
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  Speaker 1: the Pot of Gold, Chapter fifteen, Mishi Mokua, The Great
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  Speaker 1: Bear of Little Bear by Laura Rontree Smith. This is
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• 1:23:38
  Speaker 1: Recording by Carolin Francis. Little Bear by Laura Ron Tree
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  Speaker 1: Smith Mischi Mokua the Great Bear. Next day there was
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  Speaker 1: a great stir in the woods. The little bears went
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  Speaker 1: out to invite all the animals to their party. Mama
• 1:24:01
  Speaker 1: Bear hired sixteen cooks to help her. She had so
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  Speaker 1: much gold now that she was quite rich. The sixteen
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  Speaker 1: cooks baked and stewed and boiled things all day. By
• 1:24:14
  Speaker 1: night all was ready for the party. King Cole, who
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  Speaker 1: lived on Primrose Hill, heard about the party, and he
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  Speaker 1: sent his three fiddlers so that everyone might dance. At
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  Speaker 1: six o'clock, the animals began to come. The cottontail family
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  Speaker 1: and the grizzly bear family, the Furry coon family, and
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  Speaker 1: the fluffy ball family, the redtail family, and the birds
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  Speaker 1: all came. Last of all came old Grandpa Grumbles. He
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  Speaker 1: was grumbling as he came along. This bag is too
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  Speaker 1: heavy for an old fellow to carry. It is a
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  Speaker 1: very heavy bag. But I wouldn't have it lighter, he said.
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  Speaker 1: They all set up a shout when they saw Grandpa Grumbles,
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  Speaker 1: and they ran to help him carry the bag. Now,
• 1:25:12
  Speaker 1: what do you suppose was in the bag. It was
• 1:25:16
  Speaker 1: a grab bag, and there was a present in it
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  Speaker 1: for everyone. How the animals did enjoy that grab bag.
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  Speaker 1: After a while, supper was ready, and they had a
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  Speaker 1: fine supper. Then they danced and sang, and little Bear
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  Speaker 1: told all about his travels and about finding the pot
• 1:25:38
  Speaker 1: of gold. Just at this minute, Bushetail stuck his head
• 1:25:44
  Speaker 1: in at the window. He still wore the red cap
• 1:25:48
  Speaker 1: that pinched his ears, and he felt very cross. He shouted,
• 1:25:53
  Speaker 1: lil bear, what is your name? What is your name?
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  Speaker 1: Then all all the company were very still. They felt
• 1:26:03
  Speaker 1: sorry for little Bear. Then little Bear drew himself up
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  Speaker 1: very tall and shouted at the top of his lungs.
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  Speaker 1: I am Mishy moklaw the great Bear. Here here here,
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  Speaker 1: cried all the company. But Bushytail would not be still.
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  Speaker 1: He cried, how do you know that is your name?
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  Speaker 1: Then little Bear went and got the pot the gold
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  Speaker 1: had been in, and read the words in the bottom.
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  Speaker 1: For little Bear, he shall have the gold and a
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  Speaker 1: new name. He shall be called Mishi mokwah, the great Bear.
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  Speaker 1: The animals were all merry. Then you may be sure,
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  Speaker 1: bunnygottontail cried, my fur and whisk, but that is a
• 1:27:01
  Speaker 1: grand name. They all shouted hurrah for Mishi Mokwah the
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  Speaker 1: Great Bear. We will make him king of the forest.
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  Speaker 1: All the bear family were proud and happy. At last,
• 1:27:17
  Speaker 1: they said goodbye with many hugs and kisses, and all
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  Speaker 1: the little bears were sleepy enough to go to bed.
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  Speaker 1: Mama Bear said, what became of Bushytail? Papa Bear said,
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  Speaker 1: I believe he ran away? What do you suppose Bushy
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  Speaker 1: Till did. He was so surprised to hear that little
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  Speaker 1: bear really had a name, that he ran away and
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  Speaker 1: was not heard of for many years. Did he always
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  Speaker 1: wear the red cap that pinched his ears? I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: for I forgot to ask him. End of Mishi Mokwa
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  Speaker 1: the Great Bear. End of Little Bear by Laura Rountree
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  Speaker 1: Smith