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Tales of Laughter

by Kate Douglas WIGGIN (1856 - 1923)

The Seven Swabians

Time to exercise your funny bone. This fun collection of stories from around the world will make children of all ages smile and chuckle. A LAUGHING SONG When the greenwoods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it; When the meadows laugh with lively green, And the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene; When Mary and Susan and Emily With their sweet round mouths sing “Ha, ha, he!” When the painted birds laugh in the shade, Where our table with cherries and nuts is spread; Come live and be merry and join with me To sing the sweet chorus of “Ha, ha, he!” William Blake. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

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Listen next episodes of Tales of Laughter:
A Dreadful Boar , A Son of Adam , Battle of the Monkey and the Crab , Belling the Cat , Bruin and Reynard Partners , Bruno's Story , Chin-Chin Kobamama , Father Bruin in the Corner , Gudbrand on the Hillside , Harisarman , Henny Penny , Hereafterthis , How Reynard Outwitted Bruin , How the Sun, the Moon, and the Wind Went Out to Dinner , How to Tell a True Princess , How Two Beetles Took Lodgings , It is Quite True , Johnny-Cake , King Wren , Little Tuppen , Manabozho and his Toe , Master of All Masters , Nanny Who Wouldn't Go Home to Supper , One's Own Children Always Prettiest , Pork and Honey , Reynard and Chanticleer , Reynard Wants to Taste Horse-Flesh , Scrapefoot , Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals , Sir Gammer Vans , The Alligator and the Jackal , The Blind Man, the Deaf Man and the Donkey , The Bluebottle Who Went Courting , The Box with Something Pretty in it , The Cat and the Mouse , The Cock and the Crested Hen , The Cock, the Cuckoo and the Black-Cock , The Cub's Triumph , The Darning-Needle , The Death of Chanticleer , The Elves and the Shoemaker , The Farmer and the Money-Lender , The Farmer and the Troll , The Five Servants , The Fox Turned Shepherd , The Giant's Shoes , The Greedy Cat , The Happy Family , The Hare and the Fox , The History of the Seven Families of Lake Pipple-Popple , The Lad and the Fox , The Ladle that Fell from the Moon , The Lambikin , The Magpie and Her Children , The Magpie's Nest , The Money-Box , The Moon-Cake , The Most Frugal of Men , The Old Man and the Devils , The Old Woman and Her Pig , The Old Woman and the Fish , The Old Woman and the Tramp , The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings , The Pancake , The Princess Whom Nobody Could Silence , The Race Between Hare and Hedgehog , The Selfish Sparrow and the Houseless Crows , The Seven Boys and the Monster , The Shreds , The Silly Jelly-Fish , The Story of Little Black Mingo , The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World , The Story of the Three Little Pigs , The Story of Zirac , The Three Goats , The Three Sillies , The Tongue-Cut Sparrow , The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse , The Wee, Wee Mannie , The Wise Men of Gotham , The Wolf and the Seven Kids , The Wonderful Mallet , The Wonderful Tea-Kettle , The Young Head of the Family , Three Ways to Build a House , Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse , Tom Tit Tot , Wee Robin's Yule-Song , Well Done: Ill Paid , Why the Bear has a Stumpy Tail , Why the Fish Laughed , Why the Sea is Salt