The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse
Arthur Scott Bailey
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"All the four-footed folk in the neighborhood agreed that Dickie Deer Mouse was well worth knowing. Throughout Pleasant Valley there was no one else so gentle as he . . . He was always tastefully dressed in fawn color and white. And except sometimes in the spring, when he needed a new coat, he was a real joy to see. For he both looked and acted like a well-bred little person."
In one of Bailey's "Sleepy-Time Tales", we follow a polite little mouse called Dickie as he hunts for a summer home, finds food, and avoids various predators. But winter is coming, and Dickie must look for a cozy place to sleep. He then makes a slight mistake, with results that could be disastrous -- or not. In this recording the voice of Dickie is read by five-year-old SuperCoconut, while her older sister narrates and reads the other characters. (Summary by Rachel) (1 hr 11 min)
Chapters
A Little Gentleman | 3:09 | Read by Rachel |
Hunting a Home | 3:15 | Read by Rachel |
A Startled Sleeper | 3:49 | Read by Rachel |
The Blackbird's Nest | 3:28 | Read by Rachel |
Dickie's Summer Home | 2:44 | Read by Rachel |
A Warning | 3:24 | Read by Rachel |
Noisy Visitors | 3:24 | Read by Rachel |
In the Cornfield | 3:20 | Read by Rachel |
Fatty Coon Needs Help | 3:07 | Read by Rachel |
A Bit of Advice | 3:15 | Read by Rachel |
A Search in Vain | 4:17 | Read by Rachel |
A Little Surprise | 3:29 | Read by Rachel |
The Feathers Fly | 3:16 | Read by Rachel |
Making Ready for Winter | 3:07 | Read by Rachel |
A Plunge in the Dark | 2:54 | Read by Rachel |
A Lucky Find | 2:55 | Read by Rachel |
A Slight Mistake | 4:10 | Read by Rachel |
Too Many Cousins | 3:09 | Read by Rachel |
The Wrong Turn | 4:23 | Read by Rachel |
Bedfellows | 3:11 | Read by Rachel |
One Way to Keep Warm | 3:51 | Read by Rachel |
Queer Mr. Pine Finch | 3:32 | Read by Rachel |
A Feast at Last | 5:16 | Read by Rachel |
Reviews
WOW!
blackhole37
the reader does a really good job at reading for a kid
Beautiful, soothing,a sweet story for young and old.
Gran
Beautiful, soothing,a sweet story for young and old.
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