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The Jay Bird Who Went Tame

The Jay Bird Who Went Tame by John Breck is available here as the complete text, split into 240 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

John Breck10 chapters

The Jay Bird Who Went Tame by John Breck. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #64586.

10 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 10 chapters

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The Jay Bird Who Went Tame

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  1. Chapter I Chaik and Tad Make Themselves at Home 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chaik Makes Discoveries About the Holes Men Live In 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Doctor Muskrat’s Adventures in the Barn 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Further Doings of the Woodsfolk at the Barn 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A Hungry Villain Fills Himself--but Only with Fright 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Killer Finally Reaches Mouse-Heaven 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Mrs. Tabitha Puss-Cat’s Secret 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Many Things Thrashed Out 22 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Jay Bird Who Went Tame by John Breck carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #64586, divided into 10 chapters and 240 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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The complete text of The Jay Bird Who Went Tame is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #64586 and divided into 240 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Jay Bird Who Went Tame by John Breck, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #64586, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1197 sentences across 10 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

How is The Jay Bird Who Went Tame divided for reading?

The Jay Bird Who Went Tame is presented in 10 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Jay Bird Who Went Tame as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 240 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 10 chapters.

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Every sentence of The Jay Bird Who Went Tame can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

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Is this the complete text of The Jay Bird Who Went Tame?

Yes. All 1197 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #64586 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Jay Bird Who Went Tame is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #64586, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Jay Bird Who Went Tame take to read?

About 99 minutes of reading across 240 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Jay Bird Who Went Tame

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Jay Bird Who Went Tame, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Wondering
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Jay Bird Who Went Tame; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Happened
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Jay Bird Who Went Tame; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Chaik
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Jay Bird Who Went Tame; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Began
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Jay Bird Who Went Tame; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.