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Rolf in the Woods

Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton is available here as the complete text, split into 1087 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Ernest Thompson Seton40 chapters

Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1088.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Rolf in the Woods

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  1. Chapter I The Wigwam Under the Rock 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Rolf Catches a Coon and Finds a Friend 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Good-bye to Uncle Mike 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Rolf Works Out with Many Results 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Rolf Works Out with Many Results 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Hunting the Woodchucks 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Life with the Dutch Settler 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Animal Life Along the River 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Trappers' Cabin 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Beaver Pond 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Otter Slide 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Sick Dog Skookum 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Snowshoes 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI A Song of Praise 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Snaring Rabbits 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Silver Fox 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Rarest of Pelts 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Lost Bundle of Furs 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Nursing Hoag 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Rolf's Lesson in Trailing 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Marketing the Fur 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Travelling to the Great City 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI The Rescue of Bill 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Rolf and Skookum at Albany 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Van Cortlandt's Drugs 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Rolf Learns Something from Van 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX The Redemption of Van 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI The Grebes and the Singing Mouse 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII War 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Scouting Across Country 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Van Trumper's Again 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI The Duel 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Rumours and Papers 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII The Battle of Plattsburg 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX The Last of Sir George Prevost 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL The Hospital, the Prisoners, and Home 41 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #1088, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 452 minutes of reading across 1087 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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