The Cheerful Smugglers

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Cheerful Smugglers by Ellis Parker Butler. Read in English by Arnold Saving for the baby's education: how can a young family be disciplined so as to regularly put money in the pig (bank)? Why, put a tarrif on all items coming into the house, just like the U.S. Government does/did for items coming into the country! But the devil is in the details; what about taxing items brought in by visitors? Is the housemaid herself a taxable item? What items really are 'necessaries' versus luxuries? When visitors arrive these guests stoop to either 'smuggling' in their luggage items to avoid having to pay up to 30% of the value, or wear only what they came dressed in. The hosts are equally hypocritical, but all parties accuse the others of cheating. How will the education fund fare? Will the guest leave in a huff? Find out! (summary by Arnold Banner) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (88MB)

Directors & creators

Ellis Parker Butler

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; savings; parenthood; satire

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