Announcer: Now, the weekly Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story today is called "To Build a Fire."It was written by Jack London. Here is Harry Monroe with the story.(MUSIC)Storyteller: The man walked down the trail on a cold, gray day. Pure white snow and ice covered the Earth ...
Announcer: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story this week is "Keesh."It was written by Jack London. Here is Shep O'Neal to tell you the story.(MUSIC)Storyteller: Keesh lived at the edge of the polar sea. He had seen thirteen suns in the Eskimo way of keeping time. Amon...
Announcer: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story today is called "Luck."It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story.(MUSIC)Storyteller:I was at a dinner in London given in honor of one of the most celebrated English military men of his time. I do no...
Announcer:And now, the weekly Special English program of AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story today is called, "The Return of a Private. " It was written by Hamlin Garland. Here is Harry Monroe with our story.(MUSIC)Narrator: The soldiers cheered as the train crossed the border into the state of Wiscon...
ANNOUNCER: Now, the VOA Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story is called "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story.(MUSIC)STORYTELLER: A friend of mine in the East asked me to visit old Simon Wheeler, to ask...
Announcer: Now, the weekly Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story today is called "The Line of Least Resistance."It was written by Edith Wharton. Here is Larry West with the story.(MUSIC)Storyteller:Mister Mindon returned home for lunch. His wife Millicent was not at home. The se...
Announcer: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story today is called "Rappaccini's Daughter."It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. We will tell the story in two parts. Here is Kay Gallant with the first part of our story.(MUSIC)Storyteller:Many years ago, a young man named...
Announcer: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Today, we complete the story "Rappaccini's Daughter."It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Kay Gallant with the second and final part of "Rappaccini's Daughter."(MUSIC)Storyteller:Many years ago, a young man named Giovanni...
Thank asdf38881@hotmail.com for providing the script of dictation!Our story today is called The Cask of Amontillado. It was written by Edgar Allan Poe. Here is Larry West with the story.Fortunato and I both were members of very old and important Italian families. We used to play together when we wer...
Announcer: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC)Our story today is called "The Diamond Lens. " It was written by Fitz-James O'Brien. We will tell the story in two parts. Now, here is Maurice Joyce with part one of "The Diamond Lens."(MUSIC)Storyteller: When I was ten years o...
Announcer:Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story is called "The Diamond Lens. " It was written by Fitz-James O'Brien. Today we will hear the second and final part of the story. Here is Maurice Joyce with part two of "The Diamond Lens."(MUSIC)Storyteller: When I was a chi...
Announcer:Now, an American short story in Special English.(MUSIC)Our story today is, "The Devil and Tom Walker. " It was written by Washington Irving. Here is Shep O'Neal with our story.(MUSIC)Storyteller:Before we begin our story, let us go back three hundred years to the late sixteen hundreds. In ...
Announcer: The Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Today's story is called "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.It is about something strange that happed long ago in a valley called "Sleepy Hollow".It was written by Washington Irving. The story is told by Doug Johnson.(MUSIC)Narrator: The valle...
Announcer: An American short story in Special English.(MUSIC)Today's story is called, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. " It was written by Ambrose Bierce.The occurrence, or event, in our story takes place during the war of the eighteen-sixties between the American states of the north and the stat...
ANNOUNCER: Now, the VOA Special English program, American Stories. (MUSIC) Our story today is called "Paul's Case." It was written by Willa Cather. "Paul's Case" will be told in two parts. Here is Kay Gallant with part one of the story. Storyteller: Paul hated school. He did not do his homework. H...
ANNOUNCER: Now, the VOA Special English program, American Stories. (MUSIC) Today we complete the story "Paul's Case." It was written by Willa Cather. Here is Kay Gallant with the story. (MUSIC) Storyteller: Paul was a student with a lot of problems. He hated school. He didn't like living with his f...
Announcer:Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story today is called, "A Horseman in the Sky."It was written by Ambrose Bierce. Here is Roy Depew with the story.(MUSIC)Narrator: Carter Druse was born in Virginia. He loved his parents, his home and the south. But he loved his...
(MUSIC)ANNOUNCER: Today we tell a traditional American story called a "tall tale." A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated 鈥?much greater than in real life. Long ago, the people who settled in undeveloped areas of America first tol...
ANNOUNCER: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)ANNOUNCER: Today we tell a traditional American story called a "tall tale." A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated 鈥?much greater than in real life. This makes t...
ANNOUNCER: Now, the V.O.A. Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Our story today is called Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. We tell the story in three parts. Here is Shep O'Neal with part one of Benito Cereno. (MUSIC) STORYTELLER: Captain Benito Cereno hurried aboard hi...
