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A Christmas Memory - Part 2/2

In the woods, Buddy and his elderly best friend Miss Sook search for a tree of a particular size. Read by Kerry Shale. From December 2013.

The second part of 'A Christmas Memory', one of Truman Capote's favourite stories.

In the woods, Buddy and Miss Sook search for a tree. '"It should be" muses my friend, "twice as tall as a boy. So a boy can't steal the star." The one we pick is twice as tall as me.'

Read by Kerry Shale

Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.

15 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
ReaderKerry Shale
ProducerJane Marshall
AbridgerJane Marshall
AuthorTruman Capote

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