Before the old man and old woman could stop it, the basket of babies was swept out of the boat.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

As he handed the basket to his wife, a sudden rush of cool rain put out the fire.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

A crash of thunder sounded as a bolt of lighting struck the ground close to the basket where the rain babies slept.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Her wastepaper basket was full of empty envelopes that had carried invitations to lunches, dinners, and theater parties.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

So the old woman carried the basket of babies to the orchard where the peach trees grew.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

The old woman threw him a fishing pole so he could catch the handle of the basket.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Her wastepaper basket was full of empty envelopes that had carried invitations to lunches,dinners, and theater parties.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

She bent over the basket touching her lips softly to the forehead of each sleeping rain baby.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

She put the basket of babies on a blanket in the shade of a chestnut tree.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

He walked across the room and placed on the table a basket woven from silver.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

So the old man leaped across the barrier of fire and seized the basket.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

"In the basket," she said, "Grandma dressed you and put you in the basket."

VOA: special.2009.02.14

As he lifted the basket from the water, the river immediately became calm.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Flames quickly surrounded the basket in a perfect ring of fire.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

The woman placed the basket at her feet in the boat.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Round and round he swam trying to reach the basket.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

a chance to throw the ball into the basket.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

He bent to pick it up. Just as he was about to throw it into the wastepaper basket, he noticed that the letter was signed by his business partner, Thomas Antrim.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

"He's sleeping in the basket," said the grandmother.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

she had hair like the midnight sky and she smiled up them with shining gray eyes As the old man lifted the little girl in his arms, Mother Moonshower put the rain babies into the silver basket.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

But the government now says the yuan's value will rely on a so-called "basket" of currencies and not just the U.S.dollar.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

Instead of going into a hole on the green, discs are thrown into a raised metal basket that looks a bit like a trash bin covered in chains.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03