Chapter 2 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea. Where have you looked for him?" "All over the house! The rats are too many for me. What a thing it is to have an unruly family!" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
Chapter 2 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/49 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
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From this reading "All over the house!
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From this reading What a thing it is to have an unruly family!" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
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From this reading The rats are too many for me.
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From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
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From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a thing it is to have an unruly family!" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
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From this reading Where have you looked for him?"
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From this reading Where have you looked for him?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where have you looked for him?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All over the house!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a thing it is to have an unruly family!" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a thing it is to have an unruly family!" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where have you looked for him?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rats are too many for me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rats are too many for me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a thing it is to have an unruly family!" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All over the house!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rats are too many for me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a thing it is to have an unruly family!" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All over the house!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a thing it is to have an unruly family!" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best bonnet last time I came to tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rats are too many for me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a thing it is to have an unruly family!" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a thing it is to have an unruly family!" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What a thing it is to have an unruly family!" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where have you looked for him?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Where have you looked for him?"
Chapter 2 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories by Beatrix Potter holds 246 sentences, grouped into 50 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 2 holds 246 sentences of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories by Beatrix Potter exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 246 sentences, grouped into 50 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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About 137 minutes of reading across 331 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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