Friday, July 20, 2007

Cautionary Tales for Children (excerpt)


Hear the sad tale of Jim who went with his nurse on a fateful trip to the zoo, and learn an important lesson from the boy’s tragic tale. Tom reads the Hilaire Belloc’s poem “Jim, Who Ran Away from His Nurse and Was Eaten by a Lion” from Cautionary Tales for Children.

Cautionary Tales for Children
written by Hilaire Belloc, illustrated by Edward Gorey
published by Harcourt, copyright 2002

Direct link: cautionary.mp3
Total time: 2:37 minutes

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