Chapter 1 of Chicken Little Jane is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Chicken Little Jane is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Chicken Little! Chick-en Lit-tle!" The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded. "Chicken Little _Jane_!" The voice was a trifle more insistent.
Chapter 1 of Chicken Little Jane is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/45 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading “"Chicken Little!”
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.”
enclose with a fence
From this reading “The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.”
repetitive and persistent
From this reading “The voice was a trifle more insistent.”
past form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading “The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.”
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
From this reading “The voice was a trifle more insistent.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “The voice was a trifle more insistent.”
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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 The voice was a trifle more insistent.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
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From this reading Chick-en Lit-tle!"
the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading "Chicken Little!
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
enclose with a fence
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
repetitive and persistent
From this reading The voice was a trifle more insistent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Chicken Little _Jane_!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Chick-en Lit-tle!"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Chicken Little!
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The voice was a trifle more insistent.
not any; not one
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
past form of “respond” — show a response or a reaction to something
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
From this reading The voice was a trifle more insistent.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The three little girls in the fence corner looked up but no one responded.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The voice was a trifle more insistent.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The voice was a trifle more insistent.
Chapter 1 of Chicken Little Jane by Lily Munsell Ritchie holds 229 sentences, grouped into 46 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 1 holds 229 sentences of Chicken Little Jane, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Chicken Little Jane by Lily Munsell Ritchie exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 229 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.
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