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A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Beatrix Potter • Curated US English Learning Edition

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The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures.

Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

Cottontail had seen Tommy Brock passing in the distance.

Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

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Chapter III

Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures. Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown. Cottontail had seen Tommy Brock passing in the distance. Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him. He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Line 1

The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures.

Line 2

Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

Line 3

Cottontail had seen Tommy Brock passing in the distance.

Line 4

Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

Line 5

He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

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about

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and

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Asked

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at

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away

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

be

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Benjamin

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black

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Brock

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From this reading Cottontail had seen Tommy Brock passing in the distance.

brown

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

Bunny

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

Come

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cooking

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

Cottontail

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

distance

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From this reading Cottontail had seen Tommy Brock passing in the distance.

doorway

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doubled

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five

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

four

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

had

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From this reading Cottontail had seen Tommy Brock passing in the distance.

Half

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

half-grown

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He

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

her

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

hill

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From this reading The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures.

him

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From this reading Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

home

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husband

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From this reading Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

in

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

laughing

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

little

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

nodded

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

on

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From this reading The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures.

one

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

or

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

others

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

passing

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From this reading Cottontail had seen Tommy Brock passing in the distance.

pastures

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From this reading The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures.

Peter

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

playing

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

pointed

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

quicker

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

rabbits

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

replied

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From this reading Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

rested

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From this reading Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

sack

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

said

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

seemed

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

seen

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From this reading Cottontail had seen Tommy Brock passing in the distance.

she

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From this reading Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

sitting

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

slanting

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From this reading The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures.

still

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From this reading The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures.

sunshine

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From this reading The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures.

that

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From this reading Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

The

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From this reading The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures.

them

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

to

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

Tommy

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From this reading Cottontail had seen Tommy Brock passing in the distance.

twice

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From this reading Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

up

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

warm

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From this reading The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures.

was

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From this reading The sunshine was still warm and slanting on the hill pastures.

watched

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From this reading Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

way

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

whether

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From this reading Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

while

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From this reading Asked whether her husband was at home she replied that Tommy Brock had rested twice while she watched him.

will

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From this reading He had nodded, and pointed to the sack, and seemed doubled up with laughing.--"Come away, Peter; he will be cooking them; come quicker!" said Benjamin Bunny.

with

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From this reading Half way up, Cottontail was sitting in her doorway, with four or five half-grown little rabbits playing about her; one black and the others brown.

Chapter 3 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories by Beatrix Potter holds 253 sentences, grouped into 51 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.

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Chapter 3 holds 253 sentences of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.

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