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School Days

From: Vinyl Cafe
Series: Vinyl Cafe
Length: 13:56

Morley’s failed attempt to create a happy memory for Sam by scattering coins through the school yard, prompts Dave to fill the school playground with live frogs—with unpleasant results. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

This story is from The Vinyl Cafe - a Canadian radio show. The fictional stories feature the misadventures of Dave, owner of the Vinyl Café – the world’s smallest record store where the motto is “We May Not Be Big, But We’re Small.” The Show also features Dave’s wife, Morley, their two children Sam and Stephanie and assorted friends and neighbours. The programme is hosted by Stuart McLean, Canada’s answer to Garrison Keillor. This story is an excerpt from the radio program. The full weekly radio program is also available on PRX. In this story Morley’s failed attempt to create a happy memory for Sam by scattering coins through the school yard, prompts Dave to fill the school playground with live frogs—with unpleasant results: ten dozen leopard frogs in a school yard full of screaming children.

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problems with this link. http://www.prx.org/pieces/5349-school-days#

http://www.prx.org/pieces/5349-school-days#
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actually it would be nice to listen to gefire it gets rated. - might consider putting a button to report PROBLEMS on the page

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