In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," the mad narrator explains in detail how he kills the old man, who screams as he dies. After being alerted by a neighbor, the police arrive, and the madman gives them a tour through the house, finally halting in the old man's bedroom, where he has buried the man beneath the floor planks under the bed. As he is talking, the narrator hears what he thinks is the old man's heart beating loudly, and he is driven to confess the murder.
Kipper is everyone's favourite puppy! It is a very hot day, a paddling pool kind of day. Kipper finds the pool in the cupboard. It's hot work blowing it up. Then he hears a tiny hissss. Will Kipper find a way to keep cool?
Trapped in a tower with no door, Rapunzel is allowed to see no one but the sorceress who has imprisoned her-until the day a young prince hears her singing to the forest birds. . . .
Clifton Adams’ The Desperado was one of the earliest Westerns in the Gold Medal roster. Published in 1950. The novel is set immediately after the end of the Civil War, when carpetbaggers and the Yankee army are overrunning Texas. Talbert Cameron, also known as “Tall,” is only nineteen, but already he is on the run. After taking a few swings at a Yankee, he and his friend Ray Novak find themselves hitting the trails to avoid the work gang. But when Tall hears word that the Yankees are roughing up his family and friends, he must decide whether to keep running, or to risk being captured or killed in the name of vengeance.
Mickey who hears pretty well except when he can't remember what his mom told him to do embarks on a journey of imagination and discovery. Not only will children learn how their ears work but they'll also be prompted with the importance of listening. So Mickey did what we Really all want to do Just shrunk himself down Much smaller than me or you. And then he went in Right into his ear Because he wanted to know Just how his ear hears.
