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Good Stories for Great Holidays
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Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Gather them quickly, Marouckla,” said June.
Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.
Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.
Wherever did you find them?”
asked Helen crossly.
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Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Gather them quickly, Marouckla,” said June.
Line 2
Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.
Line 3
Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.
Line 4
Wherever did you find them?”
Line 5
asked Helen crossly.

All words in this reading · 37

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

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and

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

apron

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

asked

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From this reading asked Helen crossly.

at

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

crossly

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From this reading asked Helen crossly.

delicious

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

did

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From this reading “Wherever did you find them?”

filled

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

find

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From this reading “Wherever did you find them?”

fragrance

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

Gather

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From this reading “Gather them quickly, Marouckla,” said June.

happily

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

having

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

Helen

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

her

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

home

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

house

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

Joyfully

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

June

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From this reading “Gather them quickly, Marouckla,” said June.

Marouckla

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From this reading “Gather them quickly, Marouckla,” said June.

Months

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

mother

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

quickly

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From this reading “Gather them quickly, Marouckla,” said June.

ran

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

said

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From this reading “Gather them quickly, Marouckla,” said June.

seeing

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

she

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

strawberries

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

thanked

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

the

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From this reading Joyfully she thanked the Months, and having filled her apron ran happily home.

their

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

them

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From this reading “Gather them quickly, Marouckla,” said June.

Wherever

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From this reading “Wherever did you find them?”

which

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

with

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

wondered

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From this reading Helen and her mother wondered at seeing the strawberries, which filled the house with their delicious fragrance.

you

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From this reading “Wherever did you find them?”

Chapter 3 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for by Frances Jenkins Olcott holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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 Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for contain?

Chapter 3 holds 203 sentences of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 3 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for by Frances Jenkins Olcott exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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 Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for?

Work through the 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 41 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 Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Common questions about reading Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for by Frances Jenkins Olcott on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for?

Yes. All 5667 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #359 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #359, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for take to read?

About 472 minutes of reading across 1134 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for section by section

How to work through Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

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  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 Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Words and structures a reader meets early in Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Produced
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lough
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Stories
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Great
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.