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A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!
Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.
He took a wrong turn--several wrong turns, and was quite lost.
It grew dark, the wind whistled, the trees creaked and groaned.
Pigling Bland became frightened and cried "Wee, wee, wee!
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A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories is here in full — 230 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!
Line 2
Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.
Line 3
He took a wrong turn--several wrong turns, and was quite lost.
Line 4
It grew dark, the wind whistled, the trees creaked and groaned.
Line 5
Pigling Bland became frightened and cried "Wee, wee, wee!

All words in this reading · 47

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a

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Alexander

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From this reading Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.

Alexander's

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

and

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

another

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

back

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From this reading Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.

became

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From this reading Pigling Bland became frightened and cried "Wee, wee, wee!

Bland

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From this reading Pigling Bland became frightened and cried "Wee, wee, wee!

cold

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

creaked

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From this reading It grew dark, the wind whistled, the trees creaked and groaned.

cried

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From this reading Pigling Bland became frightened and cried "Wee, wee, wee!

dark

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From this reading It grew dark, the wind whistled, the trees creaked and groaned.

felt

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

frantically

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From this reading Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.

frightened

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From this reading Pigling Bland became frightened and cried "Wee, wee, wee!

grew

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From this reading It grew dark, the wind whistled, the trees creaked and groaned.

groaned

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From this reading It grew dark, the wind whistled, the trees creaked and groaned.

hand

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

He

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

his

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

hoping

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From this reading Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.

in

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

It

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From this reading It grew dark, the wind whistled, the trees creaked and groaned.

lost

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From this reading He took a wrong turn--several wrong turns, and was quite lost.

other

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

overtake

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From this reading Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.

paper

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

Pigling

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From this reading Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.

pocket

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

policeman

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From this reading Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.

put

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From this reading He put his cold hand in his pocket and felt his paper, he put his other hand in his other pocket and felt another paper--Alexander's!

quite

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From this reading He took a wrong turn--several wrong turns, and was quite lost.

ran

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From this reading Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.

several

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From this reading He took a wrong turn--several wrong turns, and was quite lost.

squealed

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From this reading Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.

the

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then

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to

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From this reading Pigling squealed; then ran back frantically, hoping to overtake Alexander and the policeman.

took

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From this reading He took a wrong turn--several wrong turns, and was quite lost.

trees

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From this reading It grew dark, the wind whistled, the trees creaked and groaned.

turn

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From this reading He took a wrong turn--several wrong turns, and was quite lost.

turns

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was

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From this reading He took a wrong turn--several wrong turns, and was quite lost.

Wee

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From this reading Pigling Bland became frightened and cried "Wee, wee, wee!

whistled

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From this reading It grew dark, the wind whistled, the trees creaked and groaned.

wind

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From this reading It grew dark, the wind whistled, the trees creaked and groaned.

wrong

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From this reading He took a wrong turn--several wrong turns, and was quite lost.

Chapter 7 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories by Beatrix Potter holds 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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.

What does chapter 7 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories contain?

Chapter 7 holds 230 sentences of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 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 230 sentences, grouped into 46 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.

How do I study chapter 7 of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories?

Work through the 46 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 46 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 7 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories?

Yes. All 1654 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #582 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #582, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories take to read?

About 137 minutes of reading across 331 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories

Words and structures a reader meets early in A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Titles
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Indicates
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Included
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Peter
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