Mostrando resultados por narrador "Gale Van-Cott" en Todas las categorías

The Tale of Pigling Bland is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The story describes the adventures of the pig of the title and how his life changes upon meeting a soul mate. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format.

There was an emperor of Persia named Kosrouschah, who, when he first came to his crown, in order to obtain knowledge of affairs, took great pleasure in night excursions, attended by a trusty minister. He often walked in disguise through the city, and met with many adventures, one of the most remarkable of which happened to him upon his first ramble, which was not long after his accession to the throne of his father.

There was an old, poor fisherman who cast his net four times a day and only four times. One day he went to the shore and cast his net. When he tried to pull it up, he found it to be heavy. When he dove in and pulled up the net, he found a dead donkey in it. Then he cast his net again and netted a pitcher full of dirt. Then he cast his net for a third time and netted shards of pottery and glass.

The original story of Aladdin is a Persian folk tale. It concerns an impoverished young ne'er-do-well named Aladdin who is recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb. The sorcerer persuades young Aladdin to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave. After the sorcerer attempts to double-cross him, Aladdin finds himself trapped in the cave. Fortunately, Aladdin retained a magic ring lent to him by the sorcerer. When he rubs his hands in despair, he inadvertently rubs the ring, and a jinni appears, who takes him home to his mother.

Ali Baba and his elder brother Cassim are the sons of a merchant. After the death of their father, the greedy Cassim marries a wealthy woman and becomes well-to-do, building on their father's business - but Ali Baba marries a poor woman and settles into the trade of a woodcutter. One day Ali Baba is at work collecting and cutting firewood in the forest, and he happens to overhear a group of forty thieves visiting their treasure store. The treasure is in a cave, the mouth of which is sealed by magic.

There formerly reigned in the city of Harran a most magnificent and potent sultan, who loved his subjects, and was equally beloved by them. He was endued with all virtues, and wanted nothing to complete his happiness but an heir.

There was, in olden time, and in an ancient age and period, in the land of the Persians, a king named Shahzeman, and the place of his residence was Khorassan. He had not been blest, during his whole life, with a male child nor a female; and he reflected upon this, one day, and lamented that the greater portion of his life had passed, and he had no heir to take the kingdom after him as he had inherited it from his fathers and forefathers. So the utmost grief befell him on this account.

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The story follows the six bunny children of Benjamin and Flopsy Bunny as they search for food and unwittingly become the victims of Mr. McGregor in the process. They are saved by Thomasina Tittlemouse, a wood mouse. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format.

The Tale of Tom Kitten is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The tale tells of three kittens and the mischief they wreak the day of their mother's tea party. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format.

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit is a children’s book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The book tells of a bad little rabbit who is fired upon by a hunter and loses his tail and whiskers. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format and includes original illustrations synchronized with the narration.

The Pie and the Patty-Pan is a children's book written by Beatrix Potter. The story is about a cat named Ribby and a tea party she holds for a dog named Duchess. Complications arise when Duchess attempts to replace Ribby's mouse pie with her own ham and veal pie. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced Audio Book format and includes original illustrations synchronized with the narration.

> The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher is a children's book written by Beatrix Potter. The story's origins lie in a letter sent to a child in 1893 that tells of the misadventures of a frog as he fishes for his dinner. his version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format and includes original illustrations synchronized with the narration.

The Tale of Two Bad Mice is a children's book written by Beatrix Potter. The story is about two mice vandalizing a doll's house. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format and includes original illustrations synchronized with the narration.

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny is a children's book written by Beatrix Potter. The story follows cousins Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit as they enter Mr. McGregor's garden to retrieve the clothes Peter lost there in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. This version is published in the Audible Enhanced audiobook format and includes original illustrations synchronized with the narration.

I was a king, and the son of a king; and when my father died, I succeeded to his throne, and governed my subjects with justice and beneficence. I took pleasure in sea-voyages; and my capital was on the shore of an extensive sea, interspersed with fortified and garrisoned islands, which I desired, for my amusement, to visit; I therefore embarked with a fleet of ten ships, and took with me provisions sufficient for a whole month.

The Turn of the Screw, a novella written by Henry James, is often considered the prototypical ghost story. The story begins: “The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be, I remember no comment uttered till somebody happened to say that it was the only case he had met in which such a visitation had fallen on a child.”