Learn English through classic literature • Five-line readings • Clear US narration
VELMORA ACADEMY
Academy of Archival Languages & Memory Studies
Menu Close
Flower Fables
Flower Fables

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Flower Fables is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Cover illustration for Flower Fables
Context Illustration Reading 1/24 · 5 lines
English subtitles · tap any word to listen 1 / 5
Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.
You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”
Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.
Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.
Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.
0:00 / 0:00
Speed 0.75x
AI-generated narration by OpenAI · Slow US English
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending

A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Flower Fables

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Flower Fables is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.
Line 2
You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”
Line 3
Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.
Line 4
Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.
Line 5
Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

All words in this reading · 130

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.

a

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

all

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

among

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

and

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

are

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

be

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

beautify

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

better

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

birds

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

breeze

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

buds

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

can

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

cheerful

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

cherish

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

chiding

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

child

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

come

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

could

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

die

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

done

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

earth

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

Elves

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

ere

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

Eva

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

Fairy

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

fallen

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

far

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

flower-books

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

flower-leaves

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

flowers

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

for

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

frail

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

from

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

gentle

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

gladden

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

gone

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

groups

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

guard

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

had

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

half

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

hands

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

happy

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

heal

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

heart

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

hills

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

how

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

in

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

insects

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

into

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

it

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

language

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

lay

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

learned

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

leaves

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

life

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

limbs

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

little

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

lonely

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

loving

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

make

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

many

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

not

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

now

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

of

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

off

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

on

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

or

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

other

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

Others

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

place

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

praise

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

Queen

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

rain

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

read

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

received

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

ripening

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

Rose-Leaf

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

said

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

sat

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

see

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

seeds

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

send

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

shatter

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

shelter

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

sisterhood

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

some

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

spot

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

sprang

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

spread

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

studied

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

summer

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

sunlight

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

sweet

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

tales

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

taught

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

tend

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

tender

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

that

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

the

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

their

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

them

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

Then

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

there

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

they

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

this

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

Thus

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

till

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

to

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

told

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

up

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

valleys

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

warm

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

watch

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

we

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

weary

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

went

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

were

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

what

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

when

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

where

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

who

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

whose

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

From this reading Then into a cheerful place they went, where were many groups of flowers, among whose leaves sat the child Elves, and learned from their flower-books all that Fairy hands had written there.

will

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

wind

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

wiser

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

word

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

From this reading Thus they told what they had done, and received from their Queen some gentle chiding or loving word of praise.

would

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

From this reading Some studied how to watch the tender buds, when to spread them to the sunlight, and when to shelter them from rain; how to guard the ripening seeds, and when to lay them in the warm earth or send them on the summer wind to far off hills and valleys, where other Fairy hands would tend and cherish them, till a sisterhood of happy flowers sprang up to beautify and gladden the lonely spot where they had fallen.

wounded

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

From this reading Others learned to heal the wounded insects, whose frail limbs a breeze could shatter, and who, were it not for Fairy hands, would die ere half their happy summer life had gone.

written

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

You

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

From this reading “You will be weary of this,” said little Rose-Leaf to Eva; “come now and see where we are taught to read the tales written on flower-leaves, and the sweet language of the birds, and all that can make a Fairy heart wiser and better.”

Chapter 3 of Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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 3 of Flower Fables contain?

Chapter 3 holds 124 sentences of Flower Fables, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 3 of Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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 3 of Flower Fables?

Work through the 25 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 25 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 3 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 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.

Questions about reading Flower Fables

Common questions about reading Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Flower Fables?

Yes. All 1114 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #163 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Flower Fables is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #163, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Flower Fables take to read?

About 92 minutes of reading across 223 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Flower Fables section by section

How to work through Flower Fables section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 9 chapters of Flower Fables to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Flower Fables

Words and structures a reader meets early in Flower Fables, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Flower
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Flower Fables; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Fables
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Flower Fables; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Frost
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Flower Fables; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Power
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Flower Fables; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.