Billy Mink
Billy Mink by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess is available here as the complete text, split into 282 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Billy Mink by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #65308.
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Billy Mink
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- Chapter I Billy Mink Becomes Suspicious
- Chapter II Billy Finds a Trap
- Chapter III Billy Outwits the Trapper
- Chapter IV Billy Finds Some Queer Fences
- Chapter V A Moonlight Visit
- Chapter VI Billy Warns Bobby Coon
- Chapter VII Bobby and Billy Put Their Heads Together
- Chapter VIII What Bobby Coon and Billy Mink Did
- Chapter IX Bobby Coon Gets a Fright
- Chapter X Billy and Bobby Warn Their Friends
- Chapter XI Billy and Little Joe Decide to Go Visiting
- Chapter XII Billy Has the Wandering Foot
- Chapter XIII Billy Makes Himself at Home
- Chapter XIV Billy Has Good Hunting
- Chapter XV A Den of Robbers
- Chapter XVI A Robber Meeting
- Chapter XVII The Robbers Decide to Fight
- Chapter XVIII The Rats Plan to Kill Billy Mink
- Chapter XIX The Danger Signal
- Chapter XX Why the Plans of the Rats Failed
- Chapter XXI Billy Mink’s Surprise
- Chapter XXII Billy Hunts in Vain
- Chapter XXIII Where the Rats Were
- Chapter XXIV The Farmer and His Wife Are in Despair
- Chapter XXV The Rats Start a Fire
- Chapter XXVI Billy Is Discovered
- Chapter XXVII The Farmer Guesses the Truth
- Chapter XXVIII The Farmer Makes Friends with Billy
- Chapter XXIX Billy Lives High
- Chapter XXX Billy Trails His Breakfast
- Chapter XXXI Billy Makes a Discovery
- Chapter XXXII The Farmer Sees a Strange Sight
- Chapter XXXIII Billy Goes Home
- Chapter XXXIV Billy Mink Is Quick
- Chapter XXXV A Heap of Snow Comes to Life
- Chapter XXXVI Jumper the Hare Has a Bad Hour
- Chapter XXXVII Jumper Is in a Dreadful State of Mind
- Chapter XXXVIII An Enemy Proves a Friend
- Chapter XXXIX Something Billy Mink Didn’t Know
This edition of Billy Mink by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #65308, divided into 39 chapters and 282 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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Billy Mink is presented in 39 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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Is this the complete text of Billy Mink?
Yes. All 1407 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #65308 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Billy Mink is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #65308, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Billy Mink take to read?
About 117 minutes of reading across 282 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Billy Mink
Words and structures a reader meets early in Billy Mink, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Billy
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- Becomes
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- Suspicious
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- Stranger
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