Ada

audiobook

Ada

by Hasse Zetterström

SV·~2 hours·26 chapters

Chapters

26 total

TECKNINGAR - AV - EIGIL SCHWAB

0:02

STOCKHOLM · ALBERT BONNIERS FÖRLAG

0:21

ADA.

7:34

CHAPMANS ÄVENTYR.

13:42

ADOLF.

9:36

LÖVGRODAN.

4:16

BROMSEN.

6:34

CHAPMANS MORMOR.

3:46

KIDNEY AND BACON.

5:51

FJÄRDE MAN.

6:13

Description

Ada is a bright green parrot who spends her days perched on a thick, round perch inside a charming cage at a seaside summer house. With round eyes fixed outward, she greets everyone with a single, urgent cry—“Äda! Äda!”—while nibbling salad and softened bread crusts from a small water dish. The island’s children crowd around her cage, delighted whenever she whistles or performs her favorite trick of dropping a crust into the water.

One warm afternoon Ada manages to coax the cage door open, slips onto the windowsill and bursts into the bright sky, soaring higher over the sea‑sprayed town. Her sudden flight ignites a wave of excitement: locals scramble through forests, fields and even the churchyard, calling her name as she perches on a distant pine branch. The whole community is captivated by the curious, free‑spirited bird, and the mystery of where she will go next keeps the island buzzing with anticipation.

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Language

sv

Duration

~2 hours (137K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Louise Hope, Martin Agren and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2006-08-26

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Hasse Zetterström

Hasse Zetterström

1877–1946

Best known by the signature Hasse Z, this witty Swedish columnist and storyteller helped shape the modern newspaper essay while also reaching readers through novels, satire, and magazine publishing.

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