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The Tale of Timothy Turtle

by Arthur Scott Bailey (1877-1949)

One of Bailey’s “Sleepy-Time Tales,” this is the story of Timothy Turtle, a grumpy old turtle trying to live his life alongside Black Creek. Timothy’s adventures lead him to encounters with other Black Creek creatures, Fatty Coon, Mr. Crow, Brownie Beaver, Peter Mink, Ferdinand Frog, and even the local boy, Johnnie Green. (Summary by Robin Cotter)

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• Gutenberg e-text
• Wikipedia – Arthur Scott Bailey
• M4B format available
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• Zip file of the entire book (42 MB)
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Total running time: 1:27:23
Read by Robin Cotter

mp3 and ogg files

• Chapters 01-02 – 00:08:04
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.4MB]
• Chapters 03-04 – 00:08:08
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.5MB]
• Chapters 05-08 – 00:14:59
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 14.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.2MB]
• Chapters 09-12 – 00:13:12
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.3MB]
• Chapters 13-16 – 00:15:12
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 14.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.3MB]
• Chapters 17-18 – 00:06:55
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 6.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.8MB]
• Chapters 19-21 – 00:12:55
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.1MB]
• Chapters 22-23 – 00:07:58
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.3MB]

Cataloged on May 20, 2007