i have to do a stupid summer reading thingn last minute i want to die

How awful. I once stayed in London, lived in rented room, felt safe. But now aftervthis story... I feel very afraid... Now I would not trust any Landlady...

Thank you

That's what you call: Bad and breakfast!

👍 Tim Keller's sermon "Does God Control Everything" brought me here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3XFfHaQpMmnkKssi=B9lS7f199cizufyb

Funny how he does the woman's voice. Makes me picture a bearded guy in drag, high heels and all. Now there's a BnB I'd never check-in to, goodbye Norman Bates 👋

Thank you! That is Awesome! I like your voice! Btw it helps me to improve my English audition skills ❤❤❤

I have some questions about the story. 1. Why can’t Rainsford just take the sea to find another island, ship, or, at the very least, avoid Zaroff? 2. It says "Rainsford had dug himself in in France when a second’s delay meant death. That had been a placid pastime compared to his digging now." What's the context? 3. In these two different sections, Rainsford climbs a tree. I don't really understand why Zaroff doesn't see him. I guess I can't visualize the scenes or the distance between Rainsford and Zaroff. A. "The baying of the hounds drew nearer, then still nearer, nearer, ever nearer. On a ridge Rainsford climbed a tree. Down a watercourse, not a quarter of a mile away, he could see the bush moving. Straining his eyes, he saw the lean figure of General Zaroff; just ahead of him Rainsford made out another figure whose wide shoulders surged through the tall jungle weeds; it was the giant Ivan, and he seemed pulled forward by some unseen force; Rainsford knew that Ivan must be holding the pack in leash." B. "He shinned excitedly up a tree and looked back. His pursuers had stopped. But the hope that was in Rainsford's brain when he climbed died, for he saw in the shallow valley that General Zaroff was still on his feet. But Ivan was not. The knife, driven by the recoil of the springing tree, had not wholly failed." 4. I think technically Rainsford hadn't won the game. See, he confronts Zaroff at 10-ish pm. That was the third day, right? Not midnight yet. If that's right, then the game isn't still on because of Rainsford's choice; it's still on because it's before midnight on the third day. 5. Suppose Rainsford had built a shelter. Would Zaroff have gone in there? It could be a trap.

One helluva horrifying story. Glad it’s very short. Ambiguous ending.

wow 😂

"Going Up?"

Kool...

was the fat lady a ghost?

Vader sounds like General Grievous' cousin.

this was definitely inspired by Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery”

I remember this short story from when I was a young man or a teenager - something about this story was disturbing and haunting

assignment sucks bro :)

I cant read

Wow, I must be the only person in the comments section who didn’t have to read this for English class. I was just doing dishes & wanted something different to listen to. 😂

Dee Bradley Baker and Sam Marin should do a audiobook reading of this for Audible.

I first read this, as well as the other short stories in Ray Bradbury's 'Golden Apples of the Sun'. I always remember it being titled 'The Sound of DISTANT Thunder .. the DISTANT now gone. I also don't remember Travis shooting Eccles.. at the end.🤔 #MandelaEffect ?

Holy Hannah, you redid the whole thing! Or was it, perhaps, "predid"?

I had to read this for a school assignment. So thank you for this audiobook so i do not have to read.

Well done. That was depressing.

Thanks a ton! ❤ I have my Literature exam tomorrow

Thanks need for school

real.

Thank you

Nah this is boring as he'll just like the edger Allen poe stuff

Brilliant. I love it.

nice

thank you i need this for school your saving me

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I know the story through the many retellings but I've never read or listened to the original, until now. I loved it. It was so much to listen to the cat and mouse game. The ending was good, too.

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This goes hard

The ending made me 😱

I have to write a summary on this after 😭

The owl is wize Pineapple wanted to fool the animals They got annoyed at the pineapple or got hungry

Amazing

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I’ve read a lot of stories by William Sleator, and they all end more conclusively than this one. It makes me think he deliberately wrote this one to be used for a class assignment, to challenge people to write their own endings, and hence the open-endedness of the reader not knowing exactly what the fat lady is going to do to the boy. My personal opinion is that the fat lady represents his father. His fear of her represents his fear of falling short of his father’s very high expectations. She pushes the stop 🛑 button, meaning that he is trapped there, and so the next scene is going to involve a lengthy dialogue between the fat lady and the boy. At some point, he is going to realize that she represents his father, and that in order to get free of her he is going to have to confront his fears about his father.

My theory is that the fat lady represents Martin’s greatest fear in life, and that is his fear of disappointing his very judgemental father. So in order to make her go away, he needs to conquer that fear.

That Obi-Wan voice sounds like Palpatine converted to the Jedi Order.

When u dont want to read the book😅

This is a creepy story!

Sorry to say, but you haven't got the voice for narration.