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Buttered Side Down: Stories

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Buttered Side Down: Stories is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Edna Ferber • Curated US English Learning Edition

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At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

There was no hay in his hair.

The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

Don't you believe them.

The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

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Buttered Side Down: Stories

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Buttered Side Down: Stories is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Line 2

There was no hay in his hair.

Line 3

The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

Line 4

Don't you believe them.

Line 5

The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

All words in this reading · 58

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about

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

and

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

are

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

as

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

At

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

August

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

believe

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From this reading Don't you believe them.

boots

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

boy

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

brothers

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

by

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

came

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Chicago

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

city

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

comic

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

country

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

Don't

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From this reading Don't you believe them.

eleven

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

fastidious

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

first

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

from

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

greased

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

hair

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From this reading There was no hay in his hair.

hat-brim

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

have

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

hay

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From this reading There was no hay in his hair.

heels

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

height

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

high-water

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

his

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From this reading There was no hay in his hair.

in

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From this reading There was no hay in his hair.

insisted

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

Iowa

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

is

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

known

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

long

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

Louie

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

morning

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

no

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From this reading There was no hay in his hair.

o'clock

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

of

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

on

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

one

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Oskaloosa

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

pants

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

papers

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

roll

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

shift

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

small-town

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

stripe

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From this reading The small-town boy is as fastidious about the height of his heels and the stripe of his shift and the roll of his hat-brim as are his city brothers.

that

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

The

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

them

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From this reading Don't you believe them.

There

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From this reading There was no hay in his hair.

to

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From this reading At eleven o'clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa.

visit

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From this reading The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants.

was

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From this reading There was no hay in his hair.

you

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From this reading Don't you believe them.

Chapter 4 of Buttered Side Down: Stories by Edna Ferber holds 206 sentences, grouped into 42 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 4 of Buttered Side Down: Stories contain?

Chapter 4 holds 206 sentences of Buttered Side Down: Stories, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of Buttered Side Down: Stories by Edna Ferber exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 206 sentences, grouped into 42 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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Vocabulary met early in Buttered Side Down: Stories

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Story: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Buttered Side Down: Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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