The Wishing-Stone Stories
Thornton W. Burgess
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
“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 (4 hr 37 min)
Chapters
| Tommy and the Wishing-Stone | 20:56 | Read by Nan Dodge |
| How Tommy Learned to Admire Thunderer the Ruffed Grouse | 23:48 | Read by Ritu Aarcee |
| What Happened When Tommy Became a Mink | 21:49 | Read by Jvisi |
| Tommy Becomes a Very Humble Person | 22:22 | Read by Dessa Dixon |
| Why Peter Rabbit Has One Less Enemy | 20:24 | Read by Lynnette Rose |
| Why Tommy Became a Friend of Red Squirrels | 24:42 | Read by Nan Dodge |
| The Pleasures and Troubles of Bobby Coon | 20:25 | Read by Anjanette Barr |
| How Tommy Envied Honker the Goose | 21:36 | Read by Ritu Aarcee |
| How It Happened that Reddy Fox Gained a Friend | 30:45 | Read by Peter Davies |
| Tommy Becomes a Furry Engineer | 23:55 | Read by mleigh |
| Why Tommy Took Up All His Traps | 25:16 | Read by Dessa Dixon |
| Tommy Learns What It Is Like to Be a Bear | 21:55 | Read by Kathleen Moore |