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Sickly and sheltered, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann is horrified to hear she must be sent away to live with the "Putney cousins." According to Aunt Harriet, these mysterious relations are cold-hearted,...
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Sickly and sheltered, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann is horrified to hear she must be sent away to live with the "Putney cousins." According to Aunt Harriet, these mysterious relations are cold-hearted, stiff-necked, as well as heavy-handed when it comes to the delegation of children's chores. But what will life at the Putney farm truly have in store for Betsy? (Summary by Twinkle88)Cast List: Narrator: MaybeCordeliaBetsy: Nancy HalperAbigail Putney: Maria KasperHenry Putney: Larry WilsonAnn Putney: Joanna Michal HoytAunt Frances: Kim LambAunt Harriet: thestorygirlLittle Molly: LilyEllen Peters: Jenn BrodaStashie Monahan: JayKitty76Eliza: Laura RileyRalph: Philip‘Lias Brewster: David PurdyMiss Benton: Mariah Martin Shein Additional characters voiced by Andrew Gaunce, April H, Carol Pelster, Dave Aery, David Purdy, Drue, Greg Giordano, Jake Malizia, Joanna Michal Hoyt, Laura Riley, Lauren-Emma Blake, Michelle Purdy, thestorygirl, ToddHW, and Zach Hoyt Audio edited by Erin Stone, Guster, KevinS, KHand, MaybeCordelia, and Mira Williams Additional proof-listening by likagorskaia, rraudales, and YANGXU
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Understood Betsy (version 3 Dramatic Reading)
Understood Betsy (version 3 Dramatic Reading)
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Sickly and sheltered, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann is horrified to hear she must be sent away to live with the "Putney cousins." According to Aunt Harriet, these mysterious relations are cold-hearted,...
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Sickly and sheltered, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann is horrified to hear she must be sent away to live with the "Putney cousins." According to Aunt Harriet, these mysterious relations are cold-hearted, stiff-necked, as well as heavy-handed when it comes to the delegation of children's chores. But what will life at the Putney farm truly have in store for Betsy? (Summary by Twinkle88)Cast List: Narrator: MaybeCordeliaBetsy: Nancy HalperAbigail Putney: Maria KasperHenry Putney: Larry WilsonAnn Putney: Joanna Michal HoytAunt Frances: Kim LambAunt Harriet: thestorygirlLittle Molly: LilyEllen Peters: Jenn BrodaStashie Monahan: JayKitty76Eliza: Laura RileyRalph: Philip‘Lias Brewster: David PurdyMiss Benton: Mariah Martin Shein Additional characters voiced by Andrew Gaunce, April H, Carol Pelster, Dave Aery, David Purdy, Drue, Greg Giordano, Jake Malizia, Joanna Michal Hoyt, Laura Riley, Lauren-Emma Blake, Michelle Purdy, thestorygirl, ToddHW, and Zach Hoyt Audio edited by Erin Stone, Guster, KevinS, KHand, MaybeCordelia, and Mira Williams Additional proof-listening by likagorskaia, rraudales, and YANGXU
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