The Wishing-Stone Stories

Thornton W. Burgess (1874 - 1965)

“Tommy scuffed his bare, brown feet in the grass … A scowl, a deep, dark, heavy scowl, had chased all merriment from his round, freckled face. It seemed as if the very freckles were trying to hide from it. Tommy didn’t care. He said so. He said so right out loud. He didn’t care if all the world knew it. He wanted the world to know it. It was a horrid old world anyway…”
Soon, Tommy finds the “wishing stone.” His wishes transform him into a mouse, and then a succession of animals of the forest giving him a new perspective and exciting adventures, including times with Peter Rabbit and other forest friends. What will he finally learn about himself and the world?
- Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Animals & Nature

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Tommy and the Wishing-Stone Nan Dodge
00:20:56
Play 02 How Tommy Learned to Admire Thunderer the Ruffed Grouse Ritu Aarcee
00:23:48
Play 03 What Happened When Tommy Became a Mink Jvisi
00:21:49
Play 04 Tommy Becomes a Very Humble Person Dessa Dixon
00:22:22
Play 05 Why Peter Rabbit Has One Less Enemy Lynnette Rose
00:20:24
Play 06 Why Tommy Became a Friend of Red Squirrels Nan Dodge
00:24:42
Play 07 The Pleasures and Troubles of Bobby Coon Anjanette Barr
00:20:25
Play 08 How Tommy Envied Honker the Goose Ritu Aarcee
00:21:36
Play 09 How It Happened that Reddy Fox Gained a Friend Peter Davies
00:30:45
Play 10 Tommy Becomes a Furry Engineer mleigh
00:23:55
Play 11 Why Tommy Took Up All His Traps Dessa Dixon
00:25:16
Play 12 Tommy Learns What It Is Like to Be a Bear Kathleen Moore
00:21:55