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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

By T.S. Eliot

Progressive morse code format: The first poem is at 20 WPM, each following poem increases by 1 WPM. There are 14 poems, so the final poem is at 33 WPM. A significant challenge for head-copy practice with odd names and places!

Information

Read_Me_Darn_It.txt

Audio Files

14 poems (20-33 WPM)

01.mp3 (Poem 1 - 20 WPM)
02.mp3 (Poem 2 - 21 WPM)
03.mp3 (Poem 3 - 22 WPM)
04.mp3 (Poem 4 - 23 WPM)
05.mp3 (Poem 5 - 24 WPM)
06.mp3 (Poem 6 - 25 WPM)
07.mp3 (Poem 7 - 26 WPM)
08.mp3 (Poem 8 - 27 WPM)
09.mp3 (Poem 9 - 28 WPM)
10.mp3 (Poem 10 - 29 WPM)
11.mp3 (Poem 11 - 30 WPM)
12.mp3 (Poem 12 - 31 WPM)
13.mp3 (Poem 13 - 32 WPM)
14.mp3 (Poem 14 - 33 WPM)

Text Files

cats.txt (Complete text)

Individual poems:

01.txt 02.txt 03.txt 04.txt 05.txt 06.txt 07.txt 08.txt 09.txt 10.txt 11.txt 12.txt 13.txt 14.txt