There's a story behind every Google query, for sure. My imagination expands a little each time I look at my referrer logs. Today's best query: "rubber duck sat in dog's stomach for five years" made me scratch my head, smiling.
When I was a little girl I had a record of 'Peter and the Wolf' that I listened to frequently. Vincent Price narrated (could that be true?? it sounds unlikely) and it was squirmy-creepy at the end when he said, "If you listen very closely, you could hear the duck inside the wolf's belly." But he was right -- there was the low strain of the oboe within the music of the hunter's procession.
I wonder if you listened very closely to this poor dog, you could hear the faintest squeak of the rubber duckie....
You and I are about the same age, and I also had a recording of "Peter and the Wolf" as a child. Mine was narrated by Captain Kangaroo.
Posted by: jets | April 19, 2005 at 01:24 PM
I think your guest was looking for this news story:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-04-19T125004Z_01_L19519351_RTRIDST_0_ODD-ODD-SWEDEN-DOG-DC.XML
Personally, I'm partial to Weird Al Yankovic's version of Peter and the Wolf.
Posted by: Frank B | April 19, 2005 at 04:38 PM
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003F6R/qid=1113975371/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/102-2626423-3395343
David Bowie narrates my copy of Peter and the Wolf!
Posted by: Rene | April 20, 2005 at 01:37 AM
I didn't have a recording, but did have the book - with beautiful illustrations in vibrant color. I loved that story.
Posted by: Kelly | April 20, 2005 at 11:10 PM