Opa Reads
307 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBook selections read to my children and grandchildren.
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TFoH Chapter 23: The Colt and I Become Friends
January 21, 2022 03:22 - 13 minutes - 4.97 MBRalph survives on eggs and burned food, and he shares some apples with the Yella Colt.
TFoH Chapter 22: Homecoming
January 19, 2022 03:30 - 14 minutes - 5.47 MBRalph arrived home to an empty house, but is grateful to be back with Grandfather, to see Annie, and to work the Yella Colt. The food is burned, the flies overwhelm things, and the calves are skinny.
TFoH Chapter 21: Grandfather’s War, and Mine
January 14, 2022 03:37 - 25 minutes - 9.7 MBUncle Levi finds Ralph at his elevator job, then he wrestles out what has been bothering Grandfather all these years.
TFoH Chapter 20: The Screen Door Bangs
January 13, 2022 03:52 - 13 minutes - 5.31 MBTragedy strikes as Grandfather continues to suffer from anger and has wrongful outbursts. Ralph and Millie both depart the farm after Ralph had finally built Millie her screen door.
TFoH Chapter 19: The Stone Rake
January 12, 2022 03:27 - 18 minutes - 7.05 MBRalph invents another implement, Millie is plagued by flies, and Grandfather goes to auctions.
TFoH Chapter 18: I Meet Annie
January 06, 2022 03:24 - 13 minutes - 5.06 MBRalph takes time away from grandfather’s cross attitude and gets a glimpse of the beauty of Annie Littlehale.
TFOH Chapter 17: Grandfather Finds the Bees
December 29, 2021 03:34 - 21 minutes - 8.08 MBRalph helps Grandfather find and then gather the black belts home.
TFoH Chapter 16: I Learn To Draw a Temper
December 16, 2021 03:29 - 18 minutes - 7.1 MBRalph returns to help grandfather and there comes a change in their relationship when Ralph admits fault.
TFoH Chapter 15: Grandfather Sends Me Home
December 12, 2021 03:44 - 13 minutes - 5.19 MBRalph and Millie get in trouble for losing bees, but especially for making a dressing spreader.
TFoH Chapter 15: Grandfather Send Me Home
December 12, 2021 03:44 - 13 minutes - 5.19 MBRalph and Millie get in trouble for losing bees, but especially for making a dressing spreader.
TFoH Chapter 14: Trouble With Bees
December 10, 2021 03:17 - 17 minutes - 6.81 MBGrandfather left for his reunion and will be back in a week, but when the bees left for a new home, Ralph and Millie suffered from stings and from the lost days of spreading dressing.
TFoH Chapter 13: The Horsefork Works
December 09, 2021 03:26 - 13 minutes - 5.13 MBRalph and Millie get all the hay in so that grandfather can go to his reunion.
TFoH Chapter 12: Millie Agrees to Help
December 08, 2021 03:28 - 12 minutes - 4.96 MBGrandfather vents his fury and ends up sick in bed. Ralph sees an opportunity to get half of the hay in from the field…but he needs to use the horsefork.
TFoH Chapter 11: The Horsefork Disaster
December 07, 2021 03:35 - 21 minutes - 8.09 MBRalph loses his temper and then learns to keep it in the face of grandfather’s verbal attacks. A fine contraption is lost when it breaks and grandfather sends Uncle Levi home
TFoH Chapter 10: Slow And Easy Goes Far in a Day
December 06, 2021 03:21 - 18 minutes - 7.07 MBGrandfather makes a powerful good trade which allows Uncle Levi and Ralph to repair the rake uninterrupted. Ralph also learns to let grandfather be the best at hay pitching.
TFoH Chapter 9: Uncle Levi Teaches Me To Swing a Scythe
December 02, 2021 03:38 - 21 minutes - 8.14 MBRalph helps mend the teeth of the hay rake and then he learns to cut hay steadily with Uncle Levi coaching him.
TFoH Chapter 8: New Tricks
December 01, 2021 03:19 - 17 minutes - 6.76 MBUncle Levi begins to discern some of the cause for tension with grandfather, and then he places himself squarely in Ralph’s court by helping plan the repair of a rake.
TFoH Chapter 7: Uncle Levi
November 30, 2021 03:34 - 13 minutes - 5.24 MBRalph decides he can’t abide grandfather’s antagonism any longer, so he plans to go to Colorado the same day that Uncle Levi shows up.
TFoH Chapter 6: I Currycomb the Yella Colt
November 28, 2021 03:32 - 16 minutes - 6.45 MBRalph reaches an understanding with the Yella Colt and Millie accepts Ralph a bit more.
TFoH Chapter 5: Snath and Scythe
November 26, 2021 03:54 - 15 minutes - 5.84 MBHaying begins with a disastrous day and Ralph is ready to leave for Colorado as soon as the hay gets in.
TFoH Chapter 4: The Mowing Machine
November 25, 2021 03:56 - 12 minutes - 4.98 MBRalph learns what a snath is and he receives a verbal assault from his grandfather as they begin their first work together.
TFoH Chapter 3: The Yella Colt
November 24, 2021 03:27 - 8 minutes - 3.35 MBRalph makes the transition to grandfather’s farm by realizing that not all is as it seems to be.
TFoH Chapter 2: Grandfather’s House
November 23, 2021 03:33 - 16 minutes - 6.26 MBRalph gets bowled over by a hog and then is talked to distraction by his grandfather.
TFoH Chapter 1 From Colorado to Maine
November 22, 2021 03:14 - 13 minutes - 4.97 MBRalph gets sent away from Boston and must now spend time with his grandfather.
MEC Chapter 24: A May Basket For Mary Emma
October 27, 2021 02:30 - 11 minutes - 4.54 MBThe laundry business goes over the hill, and two May baskets are delivered by the Moody boys.
MEC Chapter 23: Every Little Bit Helps
October 18, 2021 02:11 - 13 minutes - 5.18 MBRalph’s partnership with his siblings, along with the help of the Medford Fire Department, leads to a hopeful outlook for the family finances.
MEC Chapter 22: The Law of Salvage
October 14, 2021 02:58 - 20 minutes - 7.94 MBRalph and his buddies successfully gather and salvage timber and blocks from the mud flats back to their homes.
MEC Chapter 21: Fire!
October 08, 2021 00:00 - 15 minutes - 5.79 MBRalph and Grace watch a fire on the big river bridge and it turns into an idea of salvaging wood from the planking and blocks that got tumbled into the Mystic River.
MEC Chapter 20: Never Pick on an Alderman’s Son
September 28, 2021 01:56 - 13 minutes - 5.23 MBRalph rescued his younger brother and sister from bullies, but his name ends up in the bad boy book once again.
MEC Chapter 19: New Customers
September 26, 2021 02:06 - 10 minutes - 3.98 MBThe laundry’s growing business requires new equipment, and the new business eases Ralph’s mother’s concerned mind.
MEC Chapter 18: Daredevil Grace
September 20, 2021 03:06 - 16 minutes - 7.52 MBGrace demonstrates her sledding skills and the kids all enjoy a turn at the clay pit.
MEC Chapter 17: Another Mark Against Me
September 14, 2021 02:18 - 12 minutes - 4.74 MBRalph bumps a girl while matching time in line, yet he does a great job getting good straight boards from the lumberman.
MEC Chapter 16: Housewarming
September 13, 2021 03:00 - 17 minutes - 6.84 MBUncle Levi shows up with groceries and tools, and a housewarming commences.
MEC Chapter 15: A Mite O’ Dickerin’
September 07, 2021 02:49 - 13 minutes - 5.81 MBRalph and Grace buy irons from a laundryman and Uncle Levi takes them to dinner.
MEC Chapter 14: What An Ambitious Boy
September 02, 2021 02:22 - 11 minutes - 4.58 MBThe plan to buy irons and build basement capacity leads to a zealous scrubbing of the downstairs.
MEC Chapter 13: Tricks of the Trade
August 30, 2021 02:26 - 14 minutes - 5.56 MBGrace takes lessons from Sam Lee and Ralph delivers their first completed load of laundry.
MEC Chapter 12: Full Speed Ahead
August 29, 2021 02:22 - 15 minutes - 7.2 MBFurnace and plumbing all repaired, but the fledgling laundry service has trials right from the start.
MEC Chapter 11: The Furnace Expert
August 27, 2021 02:22 - 17 minutes - 7.82 MBMother’s first laundry order comes at the expense of frozen pipes and several bags of coal.
MEC Chapter 10: Sunday In Our New Home
August 26, 2021 02:10 - 22 minutes - 8.63 MBIt was a good thing that mother decided to try and light the furnace on Sunday since the disaster that followed could not have been dealt with while guests or laundry were in the house.
MEC Chapter 9: Not a bit Professional
August 23, 2021 02:36 - 17 minutes - 6.85 MBThe trial of learning how to hang wallpaper and get the house cleaned up were worth it as they got to move in before Sunday.
MEC Chapter 8: A Bigger Chunk Than We Can Chew
August 19, 2021 02:55 - 13 minutes - 5.14 MBA survey of the new Moody home shows just how much work needs to be done to get it cleaned up.
MEC Chapter 7: A Pretty Reasonable Fellow
August 18, 2021 03:01 - 21 minutes - 8.08 MBRalph will never try a chew of tobacco again, and Mother gets a whole houseful of furniture.
MEC Chapter 6: “Pop Goes The Weasel”
August 17, 2021 03:03 - 20 minutes - 7.84 MBRalph scrubs the store ceiling, Uncle Levi visits, Mother improves at the laundry, and a potential house for rent comes to their attention.
MEC Chapter 5: Molasses on the Loose
August 16, 2021 02:25 - 14 minutes - 5.4 MBRalph begins to clean the store ceiling and Mother gets her laundry job.
MEC Chapter 4: A Pleasant Little Walk
August 15, 2021 02:19 - 11 minutes - 4.54 MBMrs Moody gets a business idea in her head and won’t let the prospect of running a hand laundry seem too hard.
MEC Chapter 3: The Bad-Boy Book
August 13, 2021 03:07 - 18 minutes - 7.08 MBRalph starts a new job at the grocery store and also has his first day at school.
MEC Chapter 2: Breaking In a Bike
August 10, 2021 02:36 - 13 minutes - 5.06 MBRalph lands a job and the bike lands him.
MEC Chapter 1: A Look Around
August 09, 2021 03:09 - 10 minutes - 4.17 MBRalph goes looking for a job with horse.
MOTF Chapter 29: We Start a New Adventure
August 05, 2021 03:16 - 16 minutes - 6.48 MBRalph, Grace, and Mother carry out their final pieces of work in order to depart Littleton without suspicion.
MOTF Chapter 28: The Sheriff Serves a Soupeeny
August 03, 2021 19:53 - 22 minutes - 10.6 MBMother is brought before the Grand Jury and then must decide how to save Mr. Loediker’s life.