The Great Nap!
In a hidden glen of the Catskill mountains, lazy Rip Van Winkle stumbles onto strange, solemn old men bowling at Nine Pins. He makes the mistake of sampling some of their liquor and wakes up to find himself a great deal farther along in his life!
Masterfully told by Washington Irving, this is one of the best known of the great tales in American literature.
To hear this week's reading, do this:
1. RIGHT-click (using the right-hand button on your mouse) on the link below.
2. Select "Save Target As" (or it may be "Save Link As," or "Download Linked File...," etc.) and save the file to the directory of your choice.
3. Once the file is downloaded, use Windows Media Player, Winamp, iTunes, or any other MP3 player on your system, to play the story.
Because the audio file for this particular story is larger than usual, I've cut it into two part, for those whose computer systems need to take smaller bites.
Right-click here to download "RIPVANWINKLE" - the WHOLE story at once
This file is about 11 MB in size.
Right-click here to download "RIPVANWINKLE" - first half
Right-click here to download "RIPVANWINKLE" - second half
These two files are about 5.5 MB each.
Yours for good stories and well-educated children,
Robert Green
rgreen@greencreative.net