In our Tapestry of Grace Studies (Year2, Unit 4) we briefly covered Phillis Wheatley. Today my DD read a short book about her and did a narration of it. We thought we'd share the audio file. Nothing fancy, it's short and to the point.

Here is the MP3 file. Click to listen.

(Recorded into a Zire 72, later typed up by mom.)

Isaac’s sons went home and they found the money  they had to pay for the food. Isaac said to them, “Go back with twice as much money to repay for what you have already gotten and to get more food.” (Because they had a big family.)

But the sons said that they needed to take Benjamin, otherwise they wouldn’t get the food, because that is what the person in charge of all the food in Egypt said to them.

Isaac said “No.” But his sons said they really needed Benjamin or they would probably starve. So Isaac said “Yes” the second time and they left and went to Egypt.

When the person in charge of the food (Joseph) saw them coming he said to the manager of his house to bring them to his house and give them some food. He wants them to eat with him at noon. And so he did.

But the sons of Isaac were afraid. They thought they were going to be slaved [enslaved] because of the money that was sent back with them.

(Narrated today into the nifty Zire 72 PDA, my good buddy Kay sent my daughter this spring, while I listened. I typed it up this evening to share here and print off.)

**Note: This narration contains a clever deception that transpired today (in yellow highlight) then continues on to the actual narration. Read more about the deception after the narration.

There was this prince and he wanted to see where the Garden of Eden was. So he was walking along but it began to rain. And he saw a cave that had a big fire so he went in there. It was pretty cold but there was still a fire. He found out that was where the Four Winds lived – The North Wind, The South Wind, The West Wind, and The East Wind. The East Wind told him that he was going to the Garden of Eden. And so the prince asked if he could go with the East Wind. And so they went and they had to go through this very dark passage and they came into a big valley. It had sparkling rivers, and rainbows, fish, and a lot of flower, and a lot of fruit, and stuff. The prince was really happy because he wanted to stay in the Garden of Eden, but The East Wind told him he couldn’t. He should go back to his family. So the prince said he wanted to take something home. He decided to take a red flower. It was a very pretty flower and he gave it to his mother. She planted it and it made a pretty tree. They lived happily ever after. The end.

They entered the garden and they went across a marble bridge to the most blooming place in the Garden of Paradise. They met the garden fairy. She took them into her palace. The prince looked out of the window and saw Adam and Eve in a picture. He asked why they were in the picture. The fairy said that over time it carved itself into her windows. Then she took the prince into another room and it had the Tree of Noleg [sic. Knowledge.] She said, “Why don’t we get into a boat and we can find some good food.” And so they did. And when they came back the prince asked if he could live there always. She said, “If you can resist not to come to me when I beckon then you may stay all you want.”

She slept under the Tree of Knowledge. So that night she asked him to come and he did because he completely forgot. When he did the Garden of Paradise sank into the ground. He ended up next to the cave. Then Death came and it said, “If you sin again then I shall place you into a coffin and see if you go up or down.”  (Whispered, “That’s all I can think of.”) The end.