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The Ransom of Red Chief

By: O. Henry
Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
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In the first tale, we follow two workmen on an intriguing journey to Coney Island, where the heartsick and disgruntled Tobin has his palm read. Who knew that palmistry could be so unpredictable? Secondly, a tale of kidnapping gone awry. A little boy, self proclaimed "Red Chief", is taken from his home, and has so much fun he never wants to go back, much to the chagrin of the kidnappers.

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You might want to think twice before kidnapping Red Chief it might not be gratifying.

Beware of Red Chief.

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Well done. A new old story with a twist and a classic. Loved both. Great narration on Red Chief.

O. Henry

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this was a very cute story. This is good for any age. It has a cute and funny ending. I enjoyed the way the narrator read it.

cute story

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Oh, go ahead, spend the 60c. It's worth it. You will have a good laugh.

That was fun

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The family listened to this as we were driving to an outing. We loved the descriptive words and laughed at the self inflicted torture these men got themselves into. I love the big descriptive words that painted a beautiful picture of insanity :)

Husband, wife and 2 kids laughed out loud :)

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Besides The Ransom of Red Chief -- one of the best-known stories by O. Henry (The Gift of the Magi is another) -- this title also includes Tobin's Palm. Both are amusing, well-written, and extremely well narrated by Mr. Harrison. I enjoyed them both, probably more than if I had simply read the stories.

Two O. Henry stories

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The story is very clever and fun to listen to. The narration is adequate for the story I feel that maybe a better narrator could bring this story to life more

I knew a kid like that.

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I really only listened to this because of a sketch I seen on an old episode of SCTV Network 90, they had done an I Henry parody.

O boy

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I've never read O. Henry. But this was a good introduction and B.J. accentuated the stories with great characterization.

2 Stories That Will Entertain.

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The concept of The Ransom of Red Chief was amusing. The actual story, however, was not clever and definitely not funny. Lame ending.

Terrible

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