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Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog
Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog

Chapter XVII

Chapter 17 of Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.
He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.
Then Toby whinnied with pleasure as he heard the voice of Bunny Brown.
For Toby loved Bunny and Bunny loved Toby.
“We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.
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Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog

Chapter XVII

Chapter 17 of Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.
/ˈpætər ənd ðə kaʊz ˈtoʊbi ðə ˈʃetlənd ˈpoʊniː wɑːz ˈpiːsfəli ˈiːtɪŋ ɪn hɪz ˈsteɪbəl/
Line 2
He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.
/hiː stɑːpt ˈtʃuːɪŋ heɪ tuː ˈlɪsən æz hiː hɜːrd ðə saʊnd ʌv ˈmeni fiːt ˈrʌʃɪŋ ˈɪntuː ðə bɑːrn/
Line 3
Then Toby whinnied with pleasure as he heard the voice of Bunny Brown.
Line 4
For Toby loved Bunny and Bunny loved Toby.
/fɔːr ˈtoʊbi lʌvd ˈbʌni ənd ˈbʌni lʌvd ˈtoʊbi/
Line 5
“We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Bunny noun US /ˈbʌni/

a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit

From this reading “Then Toby whinnied with pleasure as he heard the voice of Bunny Brown.”

chewing noun US /ˈtʃuːɪŋ/

biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

From this reading “He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.”

cows noun US /kaʊz/

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading “PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.”

hay noun US /heɪ/

grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

From this reading “He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.”

patter noun US /ˈpætər/

plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

From this reading “PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.”

peacefully adverb US /ˈpiːsfəli/

in a peaceful manner

From this reading “PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.”

Shetland noun US /ˈʃetlənd/

an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland

From this reading “PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.”

Toby noun US /ˈtoʊbi/

a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat

From this reading “PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.”

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

into the barn preposition + article + noun counted as “into … barn”

In this reading “He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.”

with pleasure preposition + noun

In this reading “Then Toby whinnied with pleasure as he heard the voice of Bunny Brown.”

All words in this reading · 48

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

barnnounUS /bɑːrn/

an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

BrownnounUS /braʊn/

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading Then Toby whinnied with pleasure as he heard the voice of Bunny Brown.

BunnynounUS /ˈbʌni/

a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit

From this reading Then Toby whinnied with pleasure as he heard the voice of Bunny Brown.

chewingnounUS /ˈtʃuːɪŋ/

biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

COWSnounUS /kaʊz/

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading “We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

drivingadjectiveUS /ˈdraɪvɪŋ/

having the power of driving or impelling

From this reading “We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

eatingnounUS /ˈiːtɪŋ/

the act of consuming food

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

feetnounUS /fiːt/

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For Toby loved Bunny and Bunny loved Toby.

haynounUS /heɪ/

grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

heardadjectiveUS /hɜːrd/

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading “We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

listenverbUS /ˈlɪsən/

hear with intention

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

lovedadjectiveUS /lʌvd/

held dear

From this reading For Toby loved Bunny and Bunny loved Toby.

manyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading “We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

PATTERnounUS /ˈpætər/

plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

peacefullyadverbUS /ˈpiːsfəli/

in a peaceful manner

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

pleasurenounUS /ˈpleʒər/

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

From this reading Then Toby whinnied with pleasure as he heard the voice of Bunny Brown.

ponynounUS /ˈpoʊniː/

a range horse of the western United States

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

rushingnounUS /ˈrʌʃɪŋ/

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading “We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

ShetlandnounUS /ˈʃetlənd/

an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

soundnounUS /saʊnd/

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

stableadjectiveUS /ˈsteɪbəl/

resistant to change of position or condition

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

stoppedadjectiveUS /stɑːpt/

(of a nose) blocked

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

takeverbUS /teɪk/

carry out

From this reading “We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

ThenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then Toby whinnied with pleasure as he heard the voice of Bunny Brown.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading He stopped chewing hay to listen as he heard the sound of many feet rushing into the barn.

TobynounUS /ˈtoʊbi/

a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

tricknounUS /trɪk/

a cunning or deceitful action or device

From this reading “We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

voicenounUS /vɔɪs/

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading Then Toby whinnied with pleasure as he heard the voice of Bunny Brown.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading PATTER AND THE COWS Toby, the Shetland pony, was peacefully eating in his stable.

We'll

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

whinnied

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Then Toby whinnied with pleasure as he heard the voice of Bunny Brown.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading “We’ll take Toby out and see if Patter will do the trick of driving him,” said Bunny.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Then Toby whinnied with pleasure as he heard the voice of Bunny Brown.

Chapter 17 of Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog by Laura Lee Hope holds 128 sentences, grouped into 26 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.

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