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When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry

When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry by Charles Neville Buck is available here as the complete text, split into 1068 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry by Charles Neville Buck. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #34057.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 28 chapters

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When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry

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  1. Chapter I 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Yes. All 5339 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #34057 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #34057, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 444 minutes of reading across 1068 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry

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Creaking
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Complaint
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Loose
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Rattling
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