On Hope - Audiobook Sample
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (US Midwest- Chicago, Great Lakes)Transcript
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The monkey leaped on the man's shoulder. The man shuddered for he knew who it was. He knew exactly which monkey of the 10,000 that roam about on the rock of Gibraltar tame and free his pigeons walking around in streets and parks. It was a demon monkey. It was the one he trained to bring him necklaces who brought him pearls, garnets and amber from the moonlit bedrooms of big hotels from women sunk and snoring. The monkey dangled before his eyes, the largest diamond in the world. The whole thing began several days previously, when all on Gibraltar went into an uproar, the rock of Gibraltar was visited by royalty, by the queen, mother and the princess, a battleship, brought them in their entourage and with them, the famous necklace, the largest stone of which was the diamond of hope, which the princess was to wear at some great state occasion. There's a curse on the neck casino and misfortune had followed it and come to whomever possessed it until it became part of the British crown jewels in the middle of the 19th century. On the very first night, the royal party was in the monkey returned to his gypsy master with the necklace. The necklace of course was valueless. It couldn't possibly be sold. Gibraltar would be swarming with police searching for it. The gypsy was annoyed with the monkey irritated at its genius and terrified of being caught by the police with the gem. And besides, although he had no particular regard for the government being a gypsy, he liked the idea of the princess and wouldn't dream of stealing her necklace. So he quickly wrapped it up and addressed the package to her and dropped it in an ordinary mailbox. He enclosed a note to her saying something like you really ought to guard this more carefully. The next night, the monkey returned again with the necklace.