Now, the weekly Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called The Wide Net. It was written by Eudora Welty. Here is Larry West with the story. William Wolas Jameson's wife Hazel was going to have a baby. But this was October and...
Now, the VOA Special English program American Stories. Our story this week is called Papa's Straw Hat. It was written by Fread Gibson. Here is Shep O'Neal to tell you the story. Papa was a rancher. He worked with horses. He was proud of the way he dr...
Our story today is adapted from a novel for young people called Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly. Crazy Lady is a Newbery Honor Book, one of the highest awards for children's literature in the United States. The story is told by 14-year-old Vernon Deb...
Our story today is called The Line of Least Resistance. It was written by It was written by Edith Wharton. Here is Larry West with the story. Mr. Mindon returned home for lunch. His wife Millicent was not at home. The servants did not know where she...
Now the Special English program American Stories. Our story this week is The Listener. It was written by John Berry. Here is Shep O'Neal to tell you the story. Once there was a Czechoslovakian violin player who lived in Sweden. His name was Rudolf. S...
Our story today is called Many Moons, it was written by James Thurber. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. Princess Lenore loved cakes. She once ate so many that she became sick. And the king's doctor could do nothing to help her. The king promised h...
Now the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called To Those Who Wait. It was written by E. M. Here is Larry West with our story. I have got my job back. Jeff Miller said to himself over and over again that morning. He had bee...
Now the Special English program American Stories. Our story this week is called Bartleby. It was written by Herman Melville, one of America's best-known writers. Here is Shep O'Neal to tell you the story in Special English. I am an old lawyer and I h...
Our story today is called A Girl for Walter. It was written by Theodore Jason. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. We never knew what Walter was, but we called him an idiot. We called him that without knowing if he really was as foolish and as stupid...
Our story today is called Rain Babies. It was written by Laura Cross Melment. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. An old woman and her husband lived in a small house in a green field. They had plenty of food and a good roof over their heads and the...
