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The Safety First Club and the Flood

The Safety First Club and the Flood by William Theophilus Nichols is available here as the complete text, split into 1000 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Safety First Club and the Flood by William Theophilus Nichols. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #64566.

22 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 22 chapters

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The Safety First Club and the Flood

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  1. Chapter I 1 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Varley Gets Acquainted 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Uncomfortable Glory 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Sam’s Counsellor 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Poke’s Mystery 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Sam Gets a Reminder 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Blow Descends 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Great Mince Pie of Sugar Valley 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Exploring the Valley 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI The House of Refuge 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Blind Trails 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Rising Flood 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Through the Long Night 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX What Befell Poke and Step 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Prize Snatched from the Flood 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Poke Out of Bondage 20 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #64566, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Safety First Club and the Flood take to read?

About 416 minutes of reading across 1000 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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