Trapping Rabbits

By: John Isaac Jones

Narrated by: James H Kiser

Length: 18 mins

Publisher's summary

This short story is a testimony to the depths of parental love.

One day in June of 1951, Billy Johnson's father delayed plowing long enough to teach his son how to trap a rabbit. In the past, he had never seen his father delay plowing for any reason, especially when he was using black hired hands.

Over the years that followed, he always assumed the motive for the lesson was nothing more than a father who was an avid sportsman teaching his son to trap a rabbit. After his father died, he learned differently.

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I almost cried! Soooo good!

Here is a short punchy story that sold me in about two sentences.

Written well, narrated excellently. Potent little mystery story. It might make you almost cry unless you are a robot.

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More than I was expecting

I'm never sure what to expect from a story this short, but this one had far more impact than I was expecting.

Story of love and survival this is worth listening to, probably more than once.

The narration was delivered well with a smooth and natural sounding pace.

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Good read

Going Home by John Isaac Jones was a good quick read. Archie is preparing for his death in the electric chair. They were about to pull the switch when he remembered that there were some things he wanted to take care of.

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A great little short story. Well worth a listen. I found the narrator a tad monotone so it wasn’t my favorite. But still I loved the story.

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A generational passing of values.

This is a short story of the passing down of values, both spoken and unspoken, from father to son. It's a brief glimpse of a memorable day in the life of a young boy farming along side his father. It tells of the strength of the fathers practical example to his son as well as the imparting of a bit of training which takes the son a couple of decades to fully understand the significance of.

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Importance of Trapping Rabbits

Fabulous short story in which a dad takes time out of his work day to show his son how to trap rabbits. The son enjoyed the time with dad, but was a little confused about why this lesson happened. As with all short stories there is more than meets the eye (or ear, this is audio!) and the son learns just why this was a skill his dad wanted to pass down to him.
Family relationships, family history, love and survival are all themes to be found here. Great story!
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Cherish your memories 😢

This is a sentimental tale about the lessons passed from a father to his son. When Billy's father taught him how to trap a 🐇 he had no idea what a valuable lesson his father was giving him. After his father's death, Billy speaks with his aunt and the conversation brings to light the importance of this passed on knowledge.
I love book's with hidden meanings in them. This one makes you revisit your own childhood and value the wisdom you took for granted as a child. I voluntarily requested a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

short but good!

This is my 3rd book by Mr Jones. I have really come to I Appreciate his writing and his stories. I think you should definitely give them a try. I'm hoping at one point to see a book with all this short stories in it! Hint Hint
this is a great book about family family lessons and values.

James H Kiser did a fine job telling this story.

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Trapimg Rabbits

A good story about a lesson learned. James H. Kiser was godd for this reading.“I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Life changing, life lessons; with age comes wisdom

Another short, simple, yet thought-provoking story by this author. I think we all have one or two of these life lessons that we never fully comprehended until the rest of the story was revealed to us in our latter years. Generation to generation fathers have passed these sort of lessons (often seemingly out of place at the time) to their sons with the hope that, one day, the light will go on and the story will serve to make the son a better man. 'll stop here simply because the further I go the more thoughts this story brings out . . . the exact point of the work, I imagine.

I highly recommend this listen; the narrator does a wonderful job with the voices which pulls you right into the setting. Short, but sweet. Don't miss out on it!

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