animals

The Bear and the Bees

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This story is called “The Bear and the Bees.” This is a LibraryCall adaptation and recording. Once there was a bear who woke up from his winter slumber cold and hungry. He wanted something sweet, so he went straight to the beehives. When he arrived, he saw that the bees were selling their honey. Giraffes, sheep, rabbits, and cows all stood in line waiting to buy the golden syrup, but the bear was not in the mood to wait in line, and he did not want to pay for the honey.

La zorra y el gato

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Este cuento se llama La Zorra y El Gato, un cuento folclórico Ucraniano seleccionado por Robert Nisbet y publicado por Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk-Tales en 1894. Está es una adaptación y grabación de LibraryCall. En un bosque tupido en el Este de Europa, en un país ahora conocido como Ucrania, érase una vez vivía una pequeña zorra roja. Cerca de la zorra vivía un hombre con un gato llamado Señor Pelos. El gato en sus tiempos fue muy bueno en su trabajo de atrapar ratones que entraban a la casa o al jardín, pero ahora estaba viejo y un medio ciego.

Los tres cerditos

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Este cuento se llama Los Tres Cerditos, de Katharine Pyle. Esta es una adaptación y grabación de LibraryCall. [chime] Había una vez tres cerditos que vivían con su mamá en un bosque. Eran felices juntos, buscando en el bosque raíces, hongos e insectos para comer. Pero a medida que se acercaba el invierno, la comida se hacía escasa. Un día, mamá cerda reunió a sus hijos y les dijo: "Mis dulces cerditos, ya les he enseñado a buscar comida y a construir un hogar seguro. Ahora es el momento de que salgan al mundo y utilicen las habilidades que yo les he enseñado.

Winnie-the-Pooh and the North Pole Adventure

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The story you are about to hear is called Winnie-the-Pooh and the North Pole Adventure, written by A.A. Milne and read by Madeline Walton-Hadlock. This story comes from Milne’s first Winnie-the-Pooh collection , published in 1926. This is a LibraryCall adaptation and recording. [chime and intro music] One fine day, Winnie-the-Pooh stumped up to the top of the Forest to see if his friend Christopher Robin was feeling interested in Bears. At breakfast that morning (a simple meal of marmalade spread lightly over a honeycomb or two) he had suddenly thought of a new song.

Louie & Lily and the Case of Time to Rhyme

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It was Monday morning, and there was a hustle and bustle in the Williams' house. While the Williams' kids rushed around getting ready for school, Louie the turtle swam happily around in his tank. 8-year-old Charisse soon arrived to feed him his breakfast of floating fish pellets. Lily, the bulldog, wagged her tail, following Charisse into the bathroom. Lily knew that it would be time for her morning walk and talk as soon as Charisse finished brushing her teeth. That's when they stopped to talk to their neighbors.