Wild Nature Won by Kindness
Elizabeth Brightwen
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This is a delightful collection of stories about a few of the birds, puppies, ant-lions, spiders and other assorted bugs this lady either rescued or found and then observed carefully as they made their way to maturity. She is the most careful as well as compassionate observer of their tiny struggles to live and grow in the real world. Picking up abandoned bird chicks, digging for worms, turning over rocks, this amazing lady shows in every sentence that she loves the entire world of living creatures and then she has a knack of describing it plain language yet entertainingly. Ant-lions, butterflies, baby chicks, puppies, spiders, beetles, earwigs and even snails all fall under her descriptive spell. If you love animals and love to hear about the habits of even the tiniest of them, these short tales are tailor made for you. - Summary by Phil Chenevert (3 hr 59 min)
Chapters
| Introduction | 9:03 | Read by Logan Lorenz |
| REARING BIRDS FROM THE NEST | 2:37 | Read by Ross Klatte |
| DICK THE STARLING | 4:20 | Read by Logan Lorenz |
| RICHARD THE SECOND. | 23:15 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| VERDANT | 7:08 | Read by Logan Lorenz |
| THE WILD DUCKS | 9:04 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| THE JAY. | 4:08 | Read by Logan Lorenz |
| A YOUNG CUCKOO | 2:25 | Read by jsouder |
| THE TAMING OF OUR PETS | 9:54 | Read by jsouder |
| BIRDIE | 7:00 | Read by jsouder |
| ZÖE, THE NUTHATCH | 13:37 | Read by Michele Fry |
| TITMICE. | 8:03 | Read by Michele Fry |
| BLANCHE, THE PIGEON | 4:50 | Read by BettyB |
| GERBILLES. | 9:52 | Read by Michele Fry |
| WATER SHREWS. | 5:36 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| SQUIRRELS. | 5:50 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| A MOLE. | 5:42 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| HARVEST MICE. | 4:04 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| THE CALIFORNIAN MOUSE. | 3:33 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| SANCHO THE TOAD. | 2:28 | Read by tamzy |
| ROMAN SNAILS. | 6:12 | Read by Piotr Nater |
| AN EARWIG MOTHER. | 5:10 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| THE SACRED BEETLE. | 7:13 | Read by BettyB |
| SPIDERS. | 11:34 | Read by Michele Fry |
| TAME BUTTERFLIES. | 6:16 | Read by BettyB |
| ANT-LIONS. | 5:43 | Read by Adam Wolf |
| ROBINS I HAVE KNOWN. | 5:17 | Read by BettyB |
| ROBERT THE SECOND. | 8:23 | Read by BettyB |
| FEEDING BIRDS IN SUMMER | 8:26 | Read by BettyB |
| RAB, MINOR. | 4:37 | Read by tamzy |
| A VISIT TO JAMRACH. | 8:34 | Read by BettyB |
| HOW TO OBSERVE NATURE | 19:49 | Read by Logan Lorenz |