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On New Year's Eve, an elderly ticket porter, Toby "Trotty" Veck, a hardworking but poor man, is disillusioned with the state of the world. He is appalled by newspaper reports of crime and immorality, and fears for the future prospects of his daughter, Meg, who is to be married on New Year's Day. Trotty has always fancied that the bell chimes of the nearby church offer him encouragement when he is most in need. On this particular night, he is drawn to the church tower, where he is greeted by the spirits of the bells and their goblin attendants who show him a vision of the future.

Searching for some good riddles to play with your children? Feels like your brain can do some stretching? If that's what is playing on your mind, have a look at our daily podcast show, "Clever Clogs: Riddles for kids", and check out our daily riddles. Play the podcast below to listen to the answers to the riddles. Riddles in themselves are simple questions or statements that are cleverly phrased and required ingenuity to find their answer. These short brain teasers help kids develop the ability to think laterally and out of the box by connecting the words in a non-obvious way besides helping ...

We all have grown up listening to short English poems like Twinkle Twinkle, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Johnny Johnny, and others that have been passed on from generation. And you must have noticed the excitement and delight on a child’s face when they listen to nursery rhymes and musical poems. To help modern parents bring the joy of literature into their kid’s life, we bring to you this special short poem podcast “Let’s Read a Poem”. We pick classic short poems for kids and read the selected poems emphasizing different words and phrases to help our young listeners understand its deeper ...

The English language originated from West Germanic dialects around 550 AD. From being the language of England, it is now spoken in significant parts of the world. Over the centuries English has become a flexible language by nature. It has developed through the years by adding words to enrich the vocabulary and creating various idioms, metaphors, and figures of speech which help in expressing what one wishes to say in a unique manner. Talking specifically about idioms, these are a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words used in ...

Gauri and Anjali are two young girls who happen to visit their cousin Pooja during summer break. Since the kids have nothing much to do during hot afternoons, they devise a game to listen to a Hindi Varnmala story each day and note down all the words which come from that Hindi Varnmala letter. Hence start this journey of easy-to-follow stories which will bring a smile to the audience's face while also teaching young ones a few new words. Want to plan a game? Listen to the entire story and note down all the words that come with the word in the story title and compare it with Anjali and Gauri at...

The perfect English language podcast to help you learn new words daily and expand your vocabulary. Narration is done in a crisp and clear accent which will help you learn like a native English speaker. As a child grows, it is important to develop their vocabulary skills. as it is connected to both the reading and writing skills for children. Vocabulary or Vocab is a wordstock or set of words that are usually developed with age and developing a great vocab needs discipline and practice. In this podcast, we help our audience learn new words and also provide their spellings and multiple ways to ...

From your bedroom to your garden or balcony, this book will help you craft amazing projects, including lamps, vases, glasses, and planters to add beauty, functionality, and charm to your home. The reuse of objects found around your home is a great way to add some creative interior decor that’s unique and tailored to your taste. In this book, we’re going to discuss how you can create superb works of art using old glass bottles that may be lying around.

Word Book is an entertaining and educational English language learning podcast. The hosts, Ria and Alisha - both native speakers of the English language, select a random word, talk about its definition and talk about its different forms like nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. And the best part is the engaged, and often funny, creative storytelling where the listener gets to learn how to use the word in day-to-day conversation in various forms. And did we mention the small quiz we play in each episode? It is a weekly podcast that not only helps expand your English vocabulary but also makes...