Shaggycoat: The Biography of a Beaver
Shaggycoat: The Biography of a Beaver by Clarence Hawkes is available here as the complete text, split into 282 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Shaggycoat: The Biography of a Beaver
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Shaggycoat: The Biography of a Beaver is presented in 17 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #39646, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 117 minutes of reading across 282 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Biography
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- Clarence
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- Hawkes
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