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GoodLiterature

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A podcast featuring literature from the present and the past.
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"The Ant and the Dove" by Aesop

"The Ant and the Dove" by Aesop Listen to more GoodLiterature at iTunes, Stitcher and GooglePlay Music. -------------------------------------- "The Ant and the Dove" by Aesop A Dove saw an Ant fall into a brook. The Ant struggled in vain to reach the bank, and in pity, the Dove dropped a blade of straw close beside it. Clinging to the straw like a shipwrecked sailor to a broken spar, the Ant floated safely to shore. Soon after, the Ant saw a man getting ready to kill the Dove with a stone. But j...

Jul 25, 2018•48 sec

"Belling the Cat" by Aesop

Listen to more GoodLiterature at www.GoodLiterature.org. -------------------------------------- “Belling the Cat” by Aesop The Mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free themselves of their enemy, the Cat. At least they wished to find some way of knowing when she was coming, so they might have time to run away. Indeed, something had to be done, for they lived in such constant fear of her claws that they hardly dared stir from their dens by night or day. Many plans were discussed, but...

Jul 20, 2018•1 min

"The Boy & the Filberts" by Aesop

“The Boy & the Filberts” by Aesop Listen to more GoodLiterature at www.GoodLiterature.org. -------------------------------------- “The Boy & the Filberts” by Aesop A Boy was given permission to put his hand into a pitcher to get some filberts. But he took such a great fistful that he could not draw his hand out again. There he stood, unwilling to give up a single filbert and yet unable to get them all out at once. Vexed and disappointed he began to cry. "My boy," said his mother, "be sat...

Jul 18, 2018•52 sec

“The Cock & the Jewel” by Aesop

Listen to more GoodLiterature at www.GoodLiterature.org. -------------------------------------- “The Cock & the Jewel” by Aesop A Cock was busily scratching and scraping about to find something to eat for himself and his family, when he happened to turn up a precious jewel that had been lost by its owner. "Aha!" said the Cock. "No doubt you are very costly and he who lost you would give a great deal to find you. But as for me, I would choose a single grain of barleycorn before all the jewels...

Jul 17, 2018•45 sec
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