[Complete] Tales of Laughter by Smith and Wiggin - lt

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Tales of Laughter by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856 - 1923) and others.

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/tales-of-laughter-by-kate-douglas-wiggin/
Time to exercise your funny bone. This fun collection of stories from around the world will make children of all ages smile and chuckle.
A LAUGHING SONG
When the greenwoods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
When the air does laugh with our merry wit,
And the green hill laughs with the noise of it;
When the meadows laugh with lively green,
And the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene;
When Mary and Susan and Emily
With their sweet round mouths sing “Ha, ha, he!”
When the painted birds laugh in the shade,
Where our table with cherries and nuts is spread;
Come live and be merry and join with me
To sing the sweet chorus of “Ha, ha, he!”
William Blake.
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    6. Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Kate Douglas Wiggin) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Douglas_Wiggin
    7. Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): ( Nora Archibald Smith) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Archibald_Smith
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    9. Number of sections (files) this project will have: 141
    10. Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
    11. Original publication date (if known): 1908
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carteki
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Post by carteki »

CH 1-4 are pl OK.
The volume for CH 4 is a bit variable and soft if you want to fix that.
Cheers
Kim
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Post by Lynnet »

carteki wrote:CH 1-4 are pl OK.
The volume for CH 4 is a bit variable and soft if you want to fix that.
Cheers
Kim
Thanks, Kim
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Post by carteki »

Ch 5 PL OK.
I wish there was more laughter and less moralising ...
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Post by Lynnet »

carteki wrote:Ch 5 PL OK.
I wish there was more laughter and less moralising ...
I know... it does seem a bit of a misnomer.
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Post by pjcsaville »

May I have sections 23, 27, 46, 52 please?
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Post by Lynnet »

pjcsaville wrote:May I have sections 23, 27, 46, 52 please?
You may
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Post by stoogeswoman »

May I please claim the following?

12 The Fox and the Dove
13 Fox & Hedgehog
14 Disappointed Bear
15 Young Neverfull
22 The Sole's Mouth
34 The Three Sluggards

Thanks! :-)
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Post by Lynnet »

stoogeswoman wrote:May I please claim the following?

12 The Fox and the Dove
13 Fox & Hedgehog
14 Disappointed Bear
15 Young Neverfull
22 The Sole's Mouth
34 The Three Sluggards

Thanks! :-)
Absolutely
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Post by Grothmann »

Hi:
I know I am not doing this correctly, but I have recorded

The Lad and the Fox (Chapter 140)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/talesoflaughter_140_wiggin_128kb.mp3
Read by Dale Greothmann
Time: 1:47

Test at:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/54734/54734-h/54734-h.htm


Next time I will try and follow the instructions as they are written (or at least read them before I start a recording)

Thanks
Dale
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Post by Lynnet »

Grothmann wrote:Hi:
I know I am not doing this correctly, but I have recorded

The Lad and the Fox (Chapter 140)
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/talesoflaughter_140_wiggin_128kb.mp3
Read by Dale Greothmann
Time: 1:47

Test at:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/54734/54734-h/54734-h.htm


Next time I will try and follow the instructions as they are written (or at least read them before I start a recording)

Thanks
Dale
Thank you. You got away with it :D The risk is that if someone else claimed it and I assigned it to them before you submitted... obviously much more of an issue in a 30 minute recording than in a 1:47 file :mrgreen:
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Post by Grothmann »

Hi:

Let me try 141, The Old Woman and the Tramp

(Stone Soup, it was called when first I heard it.)

Dale
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Post by Lynnet »

Grothmann wrote:Hi:

Let me try 141, The Old Woman and the Tramp

(Stone Soup, it was called when first I heard it.)

Dale
Go for it
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