Chapter 18 of Bowser the Hound is here in full — 29 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Bowser the Hound is here in full — 29 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHERE WAS BOWSER THE HOUND? A good Hound never barks on a cold trail. _Bowser the Hound._ Where was Bowser the Hound? That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him. Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.
Chapter 18 of Bowser the Hound is here in full — 29 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bark” — tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading “A good Hound never barks on a cold trail.”
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.”
possessive form of “brown” — an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.”
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading “A good Hound never barks on a cold trail.”
a person who operates a farm
From this reading “Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.”
any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
From this reading “WHERE WAS BOWSER THE HOUND?”
not clear to the understanding
From this reading “That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him.”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “A good Hound never barks on a cold trail.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A good Hound never barks on a cold trail.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him.
in addition
From this reading Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.
plural of “bark” — tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading A good Hound never barks on a cold trail.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHERE WAS BOWSER THE HOUND?
a youthful male person
From this reading Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.
possessive form of “brown” — an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading A good Hound never barks on a cold trail.
a person who operates a farm
From this reading Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading A good Hound never barks on a cold trail.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him.
any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
From this reading WHERE WAS BOWSER THE HOUND?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Also it was puzzling Farmer Brown's boy and Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading A good Hound never barks on a cold trail.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A good Hound never barks on a cold trail.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him.
not clear to the understanding
From this reading That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHERE WAS BOWSER THE HOUND?
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading A good Hound never barks on a cold trail.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHERE WAS BOWSER THE HOUND?
in or at the place that
From this reading WHERE WAS BOWSER THE HOUND?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him.
which person or people
From this reading That was the question which was puzzling all the little people who knew him.
Chapter 18 of Bowser the Hound by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 29 sentences, grouped into 6 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 18 holds 29 sentences of Bowser the Hound, unabridged, divided into 6 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of Bowser the Hound by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 29 sentences, grouped into 6 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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