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The Wavy Tailed Warrior

The Wavy Tailed Warrior by John Breck is available here as the complete text, split into 241 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

John Breck13 chapters

The Wavy Tailed Warrior by John Breck. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #64298.

13 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 13 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

The Wavy Tailed Warrior

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0 of 235 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I Stripes Turns a Trick on Tad Coon 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Sweetness of Harmony and Honey 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Tommy Would a-Fishing Go 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Of the Tick in Tommy’s Pocket Which Wasn’t a Bug After All 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Battle of the Potato Bugs 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The Birds Enlist in the War 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Secret of the Snake Guard 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Field Mice Protest 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI War to the Tooth 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Mice Defeat Themselves 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Where, Oh Where, Is Tad Coon? 16 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Wavy Tailed Warrior by John Breck carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #64298, divided into 13 chapters and 241 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 Wavy Tailed Warrior is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #64298 and divided into 241 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Wavy Tailed Warrior by John Breck, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #64298, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 1201 sentences across 13 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 Wavy Tailed Warrior divided for reading?

The Wavy Tailed Warrior is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Wavy Tailed Warrior as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 241 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 13 chapters.

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Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Wavy Tailed Warrior can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of The Wavy Tailed Warrior 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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Common questions about reading The Wavy Tailed Warrior by John Breck on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Wavy Tailed Warrior?

Yes. All 1201 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #64298 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Wavy Tailed Warrior is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #64298, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Wavy Tailed Warrior take to read?

About 100 minutes of reading across 241 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Wavy Tailed Warrior section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Wavy Tailed Warrior

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Wavy Tailed Warrior, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Scritch-scratch
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Wavy Tailed Warrior; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Noise
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Wavy Tailed Warrior; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Woods
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Wavy Tailed Warrior; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Where
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Wavy Tailed Warrior; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.