Queen Zixi of Ix
Queen Zixi of Ix by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum is available here as the complete text, split into 401 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Queen Zixi of Ix by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55737.
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Queen Zixi of Ix
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II The Book of Laws
- Chapter III The Gift of the Magic Cloak
- Chapter IV King Bud of Noland
- Chapter V Princess Fluff
- Chapter VI Bud Dispenses Justice
- Chapter VII The Wings of Aunt Rivette
- Chapter VIII The Royal Reception
- Chapter IX Jikki Has a Wish Granted
- Chapter X The Counselors Wear the Magic Cloak
- Chapter XI The Witch-Queen
- Chapter XII Zixi Disguises Herself
- Chapter XIII Tullydub Rescues the Kingdom
- Chapter XIV The Rout of the Army of IX
- Chapter XV The Theft of the Magic Cloak
- Chapter XVI The Plain Above the Clouds
- Chapter XVII The Descent of the Roly-Rogues
- Chapter XVIII The Conquest of Noland
- Chapter XIX The Bravery of Aunt Rivette
- Chapter XX In the Palace of the Witch-Queen
- Chapter XXI The Search for the Magic Cloak
- Chapter XXII Ruffles Carries the Silver Vial
- Chapter XXIII The Destruction of the Monsters
- Chapter XXIV The Sailorman’s Return
- Chapter XXV The Fairy Queen
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- Queen
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- Story
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- Magic
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- Cloak
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