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Bedtime Stories for All

Reading some of the most popular classic literature, providing for a relaxing and calming bedtime. Each Season I will read a new book. Each episode will consist of one chapter. I will try to make sure at least one chapter is uploaded each week. I hope you enjoy my podcast and please, if you do, share with a friend.

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00:07:12

Ch. 17 - Pirates at Their Own Funeral

Bedtime Stories for All ·

2023/01/28

Back in the village, everyone remains in deep mourning. Becky Thatcher regrets her coldness toward Tom, and their schoolmates remember feeling awful premonitions the last time they saw the boys. The next day, Sunday, everyone gathers for the funeral. The minister gives a flattering sermon about the boys, and the congregation wonders how they could have overlooked the goodness in Tom and Joe. Eventually, the entire church breaks down in tears. At that moment, the three boys, according to Tom’s plan,

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00:19:30

Ch 16 - First Pipes - "I've Lost My Knife"

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2023/01/24

The boys find turtle eggs on the sandbar that afternoon and eat fried eggs for supper that night and for breakfast the following morning. They strip naked, swim, and have wrestling matches and a mock circus on the beach. Homesickness mounts, however, and Tom finds himself writing “BECKY” in the sand. Joe suggests again that they return home, and this time Huck sides with him. The two boys prepare to cross the river, and Tom, feeling suddenly lonely and desperate, calls to them to stop. He then tells

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00:10:16

Ch. 15 - Tom's Stealthy Visit Home

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2023/01/09

Tom swims from the end of a sandbar to the nearby Illinois shore and stows away on a ferry to cross back to the Missouri side. At home, Tom finds Aunt Polly, Sid, Mary, and Mrs. Harper sitting together. He hides under a bed and listens to their conversation. With the exception of Sid, they all talk about how much they miss the boys and wish they had been kinder to them. Tom learns that the search crew has found the raft downstream, so everyone assumes that the boys capsized in midstream and

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00:13:01

Ch. 14 - Happy Camp of the Freebooters

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2023/01/05

The next day, the boys wake on Jackson’s Island and find that their raft has disappeared, but the discovery hardly bothers them. In fact, they find relief in being severed from their last link to St. Petersburg. Huck finds a spring nearby, and the boys go fishing and come up with a bountiful and delicious catch. After breakfast, Tom and Joe explore the island and find pirate life nearly perfect. In the afternoon, however, their enthusiasm and conversation fade, and they begin to feel the first

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00:14:44

Ch. 13 - The Pirate Crew Set Sail

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2022/09/26

Feeling mistreated, Tom resolves to act on his earlier impulse to become a pirate. He meets Joe Harper, who is likewise disaffected because his mother has wrongly accused and punished him for stealing cream. They find Huck Finn, always up for a new adventure, and the three agree to slip away to Jackson’s Island, an uninhabited, forested isle three miles downriver from St. Petersburg.That night, the three boys take a raft and pole their way to the island, calling out meaningless nautical commands to

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00:10:41

Ch. 12 - The Cat and the PainKiller - The Adventures...

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2022/06/18

When Tom finds out that Becky Thatcher is ill, he puts aside all of his interests and involvements, as well as his fear of Joe. Aunt Polly notices this drastic change in his behavior and, thinking him ill, gives him a dose from one of her favorite cures. Tom's melancholy disappears, and he perks up immediately. Tom enjoys the medicine so much that he pesters his aunt for another dose. She finally tells him where it is so that he can administer it himself. While doing so, Tom gives the family cat a

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00:09:22

Ch. 11 - Conscience Racks Tom - The Adventures of Tom...

Bedtime Stories for All ·

2022/05/21

The day after Tom and Huck witness Dr. Robinson’s murder, some townspeople discover the doctor’s corpse in the graveyard, along with Potter’s knife. A crowd gathers in the cemetery, and then Potter himself appears. To Tom, Huck, and especially Potter’s shock, Injun Joe describes how Potter committed the crime. Consequently, the sheriff arrests Potter for murder. Tom’s pangs of conscience over not telling the truth about the murder keep him up at night, but Aunt Polly assumes that just hearing about

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00:13:54

Ch. 10 - Dire Prophecy of the Howling Dog - The...

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2022/04/21

The boys run to a deserted tannery and hide, unaware of Injun Joe’s plot to blame Potter for the murder. They decide that if they tell what they saw and Injun Joe escapes hanging, he will probably kill them. Consequently, they decide to swear in blood never to tell anyone what they saw. After taking the oath, they hear the howls of a stray dog, which they interpret as a sign that whomever the animal is howling at will die. Tom and Huck assume the dog’s howls are for them, but when they go outside,

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00:13:25

Ch. 9 - Tragedy in the Graveyard - The Adventures of...

Bedtime Stories for All ·

2022/02/09

That night, Tom sneaks out of bed and goes to the graveyard with Huck. They hide in a clump of elms a few feet from the fresh grave of Hoss Williams and wait for devils to appear. After a while, three figures approach the grave. The boys believe with horrified delight that these are the devils, but they turn out to be three adults from the town carrying out a midnight mission of their own. Tom and Huck are surprised to discover the young Dr. Robinson accompanied by two local outcasts, the drunken

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00:12:17

Ch. 8 - A Pirate Bold to Be - The Adventures of Tom...

Bedtime Stories for All ·

2022/01/31

For the rest of the afternoon, Tom wanders about in a forest, first deciding that he will become a pirate, next trying a futile charm to locate his lost marbles, and finally encountering Joe Harper. The boys play Robin Hood and then go home, in agreement that “they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.” *If you'd like to listen to this podcast uninterrupted by ads, or if you would like to support this Podcast, you are now able to subscribe

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00:12:29

Ch. 7 - Tick-Running and a Heartbreak - The...

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2022/01/21

The teacher now places Tom next to Joe Harper. After trying to study for a while, Tom gives up and he and Joe play with the tick, each attempting to keep the bug on his side of the desk by harassing it with a pin. They begin arguing midway through the game, and the teacher again appears behind Tom, this time to deliver a tremendous whack to both boys. During lunch, Tom and Becky sit in the empty schoolroom together, and Tom persuades her to “get engaged” to him—an agreement they render solemn by

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00:23:12

Ch. 6 - Tom Meets Becky - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Bedtime Stories for All ·

2022/01/18

On Monday morning, Tom feigns a “mortified toe” with the hope of staying home from school. When that ploy fails, he complains of a toothache, but Aunt Polly yanks out the loose tooth and sends him off to school. On his way to school, Tom encounters Huckleberry Finn, the son of the town drunkard. Huck is “cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town,” who fear that he will be a bad influence on their children. But every boy, including Tom, admires Huck and envies him for his ability to

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00:13:13

Ch. 5 - The Pinch Bug and His Prey - The Adventures...

Bedtime Stories for All ·

2022/01/13

Chapter 5: After Sunday school comes the church service, which includes a long, tedious sermon. At one point, the minister describes how, at the millennium (the 1,000-year period during which Christ will reign over the earth, according to Christianity) the lion and the lamb will lie down together and a little child shall lead them. Tom wishes that he could be that child—as long as the lion were tame. Bored, Tom takes from his pocket a box containing a “pinch bug,” or a large black beetle. The insect

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00:22:52

Ch. 4 - Showing off in Sunday School - The Adventures...

Bedtime Stories for All ·

2022/01/12

Chapter 4: Sunday morning arrives, and Tom prepares for Sunday school with the help of his cousin Mary. As Tom struggles halfheartedly to learn his Bible verses, Mary encourages and entices him with the promise of “something ever so nice.” Tom’s work ethic then improves, and he manages to memorize the verses. Mary gives him a “Barlow” knife as reward. Tom then dresses for church, and he, Mary, and Sid hurry off to Sunday school, which Tom loathes. Before class begins, Tom trades all the spoils he

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00:13:24

Ch. 3 - Busy at War and Love - The Adventures of Tom...

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2022/01/10

Chapter 3: Aunt Polly is pleasantly surprised to find the work done, and she allows Tom to go out in the late afternoon. On his way, he pelts Sid with clods of dirt in revenge for his treachery in the matter of the shirt collar. He then hastens to the town square, where a group of boys are fighting a mock battle. Tom and his friend Joe Harper act as generals. Tom’s army wins the battle. On his way home for dinner, Tom passes the Thatcher house and catches sight of a beautiful girl. He falls head

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00:12:28

Ch. 2 - The Glorious Whitewasher - The Adventures of...

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2022/01/09

Chapter 2: On Saturday morning, Aunt Polly sends Tom out to whitewash the fence. Jim passes by, and Tom tries to get him to do some of the whitewashing in return for a “white alley,” a kind of marble. Jim almost agrees, but Aunt Polly appears and chases him off, leaving Tom alone with his labor. A little while later, Ben Rogers, another boy Tom’s age, walks by. Tom convinces Ben that whitewashing a fence is great pleasure, and after some bargaining, Ben agrees to give Tom his apple in exchange for

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00:16:50

Ch. 1 - Tom Plays, Fights, and Hides - The Adventures...

Bedtime Stories for All ·

2022/01/09

Chapter 1: The novel opens with Aunt Polly scouring the house in search of her nephew, Tom Sawyer. She finds him in the closet, discovers that his hands are covered with jam, and prepares to give him a whipping. Tom cries out theatrically, “Look behind you!” and when Aunt Polly turns, Tom escapes over the fence. After Tom is gone, Aunt Polly reflects ruefully on Tom’s mischief and how she lets him get away with too much. Tom comes home at suppertime to help Aunt Polly’s young slave, Jim, chop wood

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00:00:39

Bedtime Stories for All (Trailer)

Bedtime Stories for All ·

2022/01/08

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