large/4273/my_fathers_dragon_0909_librivox_64kb_mp3/myfathersdragon_09_gannett_64kb_14
large/4273/my_fathers_dragon_0909_librivox_64kb_mp3/myfathersdragon_09_gannett_64kb
English
4273
"Oh, no thank you," said my father. "I never swim after sundown, but I do have something sweet to offer you. Perhaps you'd like a lollipop, and perhaps you have friends who would like lollipops, too?" "Lollipops!" said the crocodile. "Why, that is a treat! How about it, boys?" A whole chorus of voices shouted, "Hurrah! Lollipops!" and my father counted as many as seventeen crocodiles with their heads just peeping out of the water. OH NO THANK YOU SAID MY FATHER I NEVER SWIM AFTER SUNDOWN BUT I DO HAVE SOMETHING SWEET TO OFFER YOU PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE LOLLYPOP AND PERHAPS YOU HAVE FRIENDS WHO WOULD LIKE LOLLYPOPS TOO LOLLYPOP SAID THE CROCODILE WHY THAT IS A TREAT HOW ABOUT IT BOYS A WHOLE CHORUS OF VOICE SHOUTED HURRAH LOLLYPOPS AND MY FATHER COUNTED AS MANY AS SEVENTEEN CROCODILES WITH THEIR HEADS JUST PEEPING OUT OF THE WATER
 a life for a baby dragon! My father knew that if he called to the dragon to come across the river, the gorilla would surely hear him, so he thought about climbing the pole and going across on the rope. The pole was very high, and even if he could get to the top without being seen he'd have to go all the way across hand over hand. The river was very muddy, and all sorts of unfriendly things might live in it, but my father could think of no other way to get across. He was about to start up the pole when, despite all the noise the monkeys were making, he heard a loud splash behind him. He looked all around in the water but it was dusk now, and he couldn't see anything there. "It's me, Crocodile," said a voice to the left. "The water's lovely, and I have such a craving for something sweet. Won't you come in for a swim?" [Illustration] A pale moon came out from behind the clouds and my father could see where the voice was coming from. The crocodile's head was just peeping out of the water. HER CHOKE TO DEATH OR FLY BACK TO HIS SIDE WHAT A LIFE FOR A BABY DRAGON MY FATHER KNEW THAT IF HE CALLED TO THE DRAGON TO COME ACROSS THE RIVER THE GORILLA WOULD SURELY HEAR HIM SO HE THOUGHT ABOUT CLIMBING THE POLE AND GOING ACROSS THE ROPE THE POLE WAS VERY HIGH AND EVEN IF HE COULD GET TO THE TOP WITHOUT BEING SEEN HE'D HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY ACROSS HAND OVER HAND THE RIVER WAS VERY MUDDY AND ALL SORTS OF UNFRIENDLY THINGS MIGHT LIVE IN IT BUT MY FATHER COULD THINK OF NO OTHER WAY TO GET ACROSS HE WAS ABOUT TO START UP THE POLE WHEN DESPITE ALL THE NOISE THE MONKEYS WERE MAKING HE HEARD A LOUD SPLASH BEHIND HIM HE LOOKED ALL AROUND IN THE WATER BUT IT WAS DUSK NOW AND HE COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING THERE IT'S ME CROCODILE SAID A VOICE TO THE LEFT THE WATER'S LOVELY AND I HAVE SUCH A CRAVING FOR SOMETHING SWEET WON'T YOU COME FOR A SWIM A PALE MOON CAME OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUDS AND MY FATHER COULD SEE WHERE THE VOICE WAS COMING FROM THE CROCODILE'S HEAD WAS JUST PEEPING OUT OF THE WATER
large/4273/my_fathers_dragon_0909_librivox_64kb_mp3/myfathersdragon_09_gannett_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/4273/my_fathers_dragon_0909_librivox_64kb_mp3/myfathersdragon_09_gannett_64kb.flac