read built-in will not read inside while loop

[Tony Thedford]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' -DC
uname output: Linux tony 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 #14 Thu Sep 29 03:19:53 CDT 
2005 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP  3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Lin
Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 3.0
Patch Level: 16
Release Status: release

Description:

When a 'read -p "line of text."' built-in is placed inside a while loop 
which has redirected input to another read built-in, the read command 
inside the while loop does not execute. I know this sounds vague, but 
see the example and it will make more sense.

Repeat-By:

#!/bin/bash

read -p "hello press a key."

while read a b c ; do

 echo $a

 read -p "Looping.. press a key."  <--- This 'read' will not execute.

 echo $b
 echo $c

done < <(ls -al ~/)

exit 0