The Adventures of Dod

The Audio Pronunciation Guide offers Adventures of Dod fans the opportunity to hear the author, Thomas R. Williams, pronounce names and other words from the book. Also, since this action series has many magical twists in the plot, the words below are meant to highlight people and things that may be important.

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"Look ad you self, puny, ugly worm!" 

~ Dungo, Book 1

"Oh tick-blood!" 

~ Buck, Book 1

"I don't know. It's a massive ball of trouble--its legs flailing, its razor-sharp claws slicing....I know this for sure--it's not meant to be here in Green."

~ Bowlure, Book 2

"Con won't mind.  If he's not here yet, we better eat while we still have a chance--that boy's as big as a barge. I'd pull a frog out my nose if he eats anything less than half-a-cow per day." 

~ Boot, Book 2

"Sorry I didn't get the rest of him."

~ Dod, Book 2

 "E-everything you can see from here to L-Lake Mauj is his, and the l-lake is his, too."

~ Zerny, Book 1

"Come on, boy, settle down. You don't want that putrid thing anyway. I'll find you something better..."

~ Boot, Book 2

"My goodness, son!  The word's not Dossum!" 

~ Higga, Book 1

"She's going to get you one of these days.  You better watch your back...if you prank her wrong, she'll plunk you with her sword...only to discover later that you were kidding."

~ Bowy, Book 2

"Enjoy Driaxom.  I hope you live a long, long, long life!" 

~ Dod, Book 1

“All that intrigue over a couple of notes? Even Sawny doesn’t like books that much.”

~ Buck, Book 1

"Please, please, please be alive."

~ Sawny, Book 2

"Less tads, less swappers....We're down to forty-six, and only three of them are aided by swappers. It's tragic. I suppose we may live to see the day when they'll all be a thing of the past."

~ Pious, Book 2

"I'd like strawberry jam on my toast."

~ Dod, Book 1

"Tooshi-wanna, Tooshi-wanna." 

~ Abbot, Book 2

"How can Bly get wealthy on gadgets like this?  They're way too hard to use--too many instructions."

~ Buck, Book 1

"Everyone deserves a second chance...everyone." 

~ Boot, Book 2

"I cheat!  Let me show you my back patio, it's the secret to my success with plants."

~ Youk, Book 1

" There are only two kinds of people in the world. The kind that do stuff and the kind that always talk about doing stuff. Nobody's in between." 

~ Jack Parry, Book 2

"He's old enough to know what he wants, rich enough to buy what he wants, and powerful enough to win whomever he wants. He's got the tri-trumpous!" 

~ Pone, Book 2

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