Upload Music Files – Play Audio – Pearls Of Wisdom “Yoo hoo! Grandma! It’s only me!” Rosa called, bustling into the light and warmth of the only room in the small stone cottage. “Mum’s sent you some beef stew,” she dumped her basket on the solid oak table, hung her red cloak on the back […]
ur story today is called “The Line of Least Resistance.” It was written by Edith Wharton. Here is Larry West with the story. Storyteller: Mr. Mindon returned home for lunch. His wife Millicent was not at home. The servants did not know where she was. Mr. Mindon sat alone at the table in the garden. […]
Embed Music Files – Embed Audio Files – The Boy on Graves-End Road (… I’m Pat Bodnar. October thirty-first is Halloween. In the spirit of this ancient holiday, we present a story written by Special English reporter and producer Caty Weaver. It’s called “The Boy on Graves-End Road.” Kelly Ryan was making dinner. Her ten-year-old […]
Upload Music – Embed Audio – The Celebrated Jumping Frog … Our story is called “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.” It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O’Neal with the story. A friend of mine in the East asked me to visit old Simon Wheeler, to ask about my friends friend, […]
Listen Music Files – Listen Audio – Luck (By Mark Twain) Our story today is called “Luck.” It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O’Neal with the story. Storyteller: I was at a dinner in London given in honor of one of the most celebrated English military men of his time. I do […]
Free Music – Listen Audio – A Piece of Red Calico (By Fr… I was going to town one morning when my wife gave me a little piece of red calico cloth. She asked me if I would have time, during the day, to buy her two and a half meters of calico cloth like […]
Upload Music – Embed Audio Files – The Lady, or the Tiger (By … We present the short story “The Lady, or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. Long ago, in the very olden time, there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were progressive. But others […]
Listen Music – Play Audio – The Lady in Black (By Eleano… Our story today is called “The Lady in Black.” It was written by Eleanor H. Porter. Here is Faith Lapidus with the story. The house was very still. In the little room over the porch, the Lady in Black sat alone. Near her, […]
Upload Music Files – Download Audio – The Tell-Tale Heart (By Edga… Today we present the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. Here is Shep ONeal with the story. True! Nervous — very, very nervous I had been and am! But why will you say that I am mad? The disease had […]
Embed Music – Free Audio – The Purloined Letter (By Edg… One evening in Paris, during the autumn of 1845, I went to visit a friend, Auguste Dupin. We were smoking our pipes and talking when the door of his apartment opened. Mr. Germont, the head of the Paris police force, came into the room. […]