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[ { "id": "large/10245/primaryreader_1605_librivox_64kb_mp3/primaryreader_07_smythe_64kb_36", "recording_id": "large/10245/primaryreader_1605_librivox_64kb_mp3/primaryreader_07_smythe_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 26.6, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "10245", "custom": { "texts": [ "said the Frost Giants. Loki said, \"Yes, she is very thirsty. She was so glad to come. She did not drink anything for eight days.\" * * * * * kiss stepped whirled lifted shone lap Old Thrym said, \"I had every thing I wanted but Freyja. Now I have Freyja.\"", "SAID THE FROST GIANTS LOKI SAID YES SHE IS VERY THIRSTY SHE WAS SO GLAD TO COME SHE DID NOT DRINK ANYTHING FOR EIGHT DAYS KISS STEPPED WHIRLED LIFTED SHONE WRAP OLD THRIM SAID I HAD EVERYTHING I WANTED BUT FREYA NOW I HAVE FREYA" ], "pre_texts": [ " way we can get the hammer back.\" Thor said, \"I do not like to dress like a girl, but I will do it.\" Then they dressed Thor up like Freyja. They put on Freyja's dress, necklace and vail, and braided his hair. Loki said, \"I will dress up too, and be your servant.\" They got into Thor's goat wagon and went to the Giants' home. [Illustration: THOR AND LOKI APPROACH THE HOUSE OF THE GIANTS] * * * * * dinner salmon mead whole thirsty barrels When the Frost Giants saw them coming, they said, \"Get ready, here comes the bride! We will sit down to the table as soon as they come.\" The dinner was ready on time. The table was full of good things. All sat down. The bride ate a whole ox and eight salmon before the others had a bite. \"She must be very hungry,\" the Frost Giants said. \"Yes,\" Loki said, \"she was so glad to come. She hasn't eaten anything for eight days.\" Then they brought in the mead. [Illustration: THOR AND LOKI MET BY THRYM] The bride drank three barrels of mead. \"How thirsty she is!\" ", "YOU MUST DRESS LIKE FREYA YOU WILL HAVE TO PLAY YOU OR THE BRIDE THOR SAID I WON'T DO IT YOU WILL ALL LAUGH AT ME I WON'T DRESS UP LIKE A GIRL THEY SAID WELL THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET THE HAMMER BACK THOR SAID I DO NOT LIKE TO DRESS LIKE A GIRL BUT I WILL DO IT THEN THEY DRESSED THOR UP LIKE FRERE THEY PUT ON FRERE'S DRESS NECKLACE AND VEIL AND BRAIDED HIS HAIR LOKI SAID I WILL DRESS UP TOO AND BE YOUR SERVANT THEY GOT INTO THOR'S GOAT WAGON AND WENT TO THE GIANT'S HOME DINNER SALMON ME OH THIRSTY BARRELS WHEN THE FROST GIANTS SAW THEM COMING THEY SAID GET READY HERE COMES THE BRIDE WE WILL SIT DOWN TO TABLE AS SOON AS THEY COME THE DINNER WAS READY ON TIME THE TABLE WAS FULL OF GOOD THINGS ALL SAT DOWN THE BRIDE ATE A WHOLE OX AND ATE SALMON BEFORE THE OTHERS HAD A BITE SHE MUST BE VERY HUNGRY THE FROST GIANTS SAID YES LOKI SAID SHE WAS SO GLAD TO COME SHE HASN'T EATEN ANYTHING FOR EIGHT DAYS THEN THEY BROUGHT IN THE MEAD THE BRIDE DRANK THREE BARRELS OF MEAD HOW THIRSTY SHE IS " ], "begin_byte": 33209, "end_byte": 33461 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/10361/revolutions_time_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/revolutionsoftime_06_dunn_64kb_3", "recording_id": "large/10361/revolutions_time_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/revolutionsoftime_06_dunn_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 30.359, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "10361", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"Exactly, upon disinterested examination one finds the theater of human history to be one defined by a ludicrous melodramaticy, the soap opera of the gods,\" he answered. \"But we digress far from our point, Jehu, which is a discussion concerning the implementation of our plans of action formed in preparation of our current situation.\" \"So I had surmised,\" I smiled at the reminder, \"But tell me, what are your plans, and what is the current situation?\"", "EXACTLY UPON DISINTERESTED EXAMINATION ONE FINDS THE THEATRE OF HUMAN HISTORY TO BE ONE DEFINED BY LUDICROUS MELODRAMATISCY THE SOAP OPERA OF THE GODS HE ANSWERED BUT WE DIGRESS FAR FROM POINT JEHO WHICH IS A DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PLANS OF ACTION FORMED IN PREPARATION OF OUR CURRENT SITUATION SO I HAD SURMISED I SMILED AT THE REMINDER BUT TELL ME WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AND WHAT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION" ], "pre_texts": [ "layers in their battles, like a game of chess, actually. Come to think of it, chess did originate in the realm of the gods after the laws. Things were quite a mess back then, though, with a whole horde of demi-gods walking the earth, and it ended up snuffing out the first flames of democracy and leaving monarchies for the longest time.\" \"Homer's stories were true, then?\" I asked. \"Very much so, but after the laws of physical abstinence were adopted things mellowed out considerably, and men went back to their self-obsession, their material minds weren't yet weaned from the physical realm.\" \"So the very men who claimed mental superiority because they were free from superstitions and divine disillusionment were themselves victims of their own sophism, and while they thought themselves crowned with enlightenment, it was naught but the Phrygian caps of their prejudices toward the material state?\" I asked, with more than the average dose of irony and feeling, both for my subjects and myself.", "ENT AT IT USING HUMANITY AS PLAYERS IN THEIR BATTLES LIKE A GAME OF CHESS ACTUALLY COME TO THINK OF IT CHESS DID ORIGINATE IN THE REALM OF THE GODS AFTER THE LAWS THINGS WERE QUITE A MESS BACK THEN THOUGH WITH A WHOLE HORDE OF DEMI GODS BALKING THE EARTH AND ENDING UP SNUFFING OUT THE FIRST FLAMES OF DEMOCRACY AND LEAVING MONARCHIES FOR THE LONGEST TIME HOMER STORIES WERE TRUE THEN I ASKED VERY MUCH SO BUT AFTER THE LAWS OF PHYSICAL ABSTINENCE WERE ADOPTED THINGS MELLOWED OUT CONSIDERABLY AND WHEN WENT BACK TO THEIR SELF OBSESSION THEIR MATERIAL MINDS WEREN'T YET WEANED FROM THE PHYSICAL REALM SO THE VERY MEN WHO CLAIMED MENTAL SUPERIORITY BECAUSE THEY WERE FREE FROM SUPERSTITIONS AND DIVINE DISILLUSIONMENT WERE THEMSELVES VICTIMS OF THEIR OWN SOPHISM AND WHILE THEY THOUGHT THEMSELVES CROWNED WITH ENLIGHTENMENT IT WASN'T NAUGHT BUT THE PHRYGIAN CAPS OF THEIR PREJUDICE TOWARDS THE MATERIAL STATE I ASKED WITH MORE THAN THE AVERAGE DOSE OF IRONY AND FEELING BOTH FOR MY SUBJECTS AND MYSELF" ], "begin_byte": 83689, "end_byte": 84142 } } ]

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