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You Should Worry Says John Henry

You Should Worry Says John Henry by George V. (George Vere) Hobart is available here as the complete text, split into 213 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

You Should Worry Says John Henry by George V. (George Vere) Hobart. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #20584.

10 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Worry
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