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Inflating a Dog
Listen Online (read by Eric Kraft)
Here is the entire text of Inflating a Dog, complete and unabridged, read by Eric Kraft.
The total time of the reading is nine hours. Times for each portion are given below. Click the title of any portion to hear it read aloud.
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Dedication and Epigraphs (3:13)
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The Story of Ella’s Lunch Launch (27:31)
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On Being a Bastard (6:08)
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Dudley Beaker, a Hypothetical Father (6:07)
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Martinis with the Merry Widow (10:14)
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A Lot to Learn (6:03)
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The Cynical Detective (7:36)
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One Handy Package (9:00)
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A Bubble Bursts (7:09)
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You’ve Got to Ask for What You Want (6:50)
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An Aside (Afflatus, Part 1) (8:25)
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Testing the Hypothesis, Part 1 (15:16)
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An Aside on the Sidecar (8:10)
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Not That Kind of Boy (or Girl) (5:55)
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The Nut and the Slut, Together at Last (6:02)
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An Aside on Blow (8:23) |
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Afflatus, Part 2 (10:34)
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To-Do, Undone (5:47)
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Persuading Captain Mac (6:22)
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Oo, Oo, Oo, What a Little Moonlight Can Do (6:51)
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Morphology and Aesthetics of Clam Boats (6:36)
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Inflated by Beauty (11:18)
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Porky Darling (10:24)
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My Father Bets on My Mother’s Horse (11:48)
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The Fate of Fledglings (Afflatus, Part 3) (10:50)
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Testing the Hypothesis, Part 2 (6:16)
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Take Me Away; Take Me with You (10:25) |
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Traveling by Balloon (8:12)
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A Quiet Family Dinner, On the Eve (13:22)
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“No Harm Done, Most Likely” (12:19)
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Trouble Down Below (6:55)
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An Act of Sabotage, in Reverse (13:19)
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Night Walker, Night Bailer (11:21)
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In Which I Swallow My Pride (10:35)
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Pride, Vanity, and Folly (9:01)
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Arcinella, All Fixed Up (7:38)
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My Confidante (11:36)
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The Night Bailer Gets Some Help (10:01)
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The Mysteries of the Jet Pump Revealed (9:43)
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A Brief Aside on Hope (3:14)
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The Art of Starter-Whacking (9:51)
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The Shakedown Cruise (11:32)
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Testing the Hypothesis, Part 3, in Which I Discover
Certain Magic Words of Great Value to a Seducer of Young Girls (14:35)
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Splash! Flash! Ella’s Opening Night (18:03)
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The Morning After (13:13)
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Six Days (17:18)
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My Mother Aphorizes (5:38)
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A Dead Dog, Beached (Afflatus, Part 4) (12:01)
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The Common Touch (3:27)
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Launching Ella’s Lunch Launch (3:24)
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When You Dance (Doo Wop a Wadda Wadda) (9:22)
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The Son of Second Best (Testing the Hypothesis, Part 4) (6:18)
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Chance Brings an Opportunity (9:10)
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Moderne Stylizing (4:16)
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Selling Arcinella (16:07)
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Goodbye, Old Boat (5:14)
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And Then . . . (8:43)
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The End (8:28)
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