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Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Frances Jenkins Olcott • Curated US English Learning Edition

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“I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring,” answered the youth.

“I breathe, and flowers spring up in the meadows and woods.”

“I shake my locks,” said the old man, “and snow covers the land.

The leaves fall from the trees, and my breath blows them away.

The birds fly to a distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold.”

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LEARNER DICTIONARY

Archivist

/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter VIII Reading 1/40

Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1

“I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring,” answered the youth.

Line 2

“I breathe, and flowers spring up in the meadows and woods.”

Line 3

“I shake my locks,” said the old man, “and snow covers the land.

Line 4

The leaves fall from the trees, and my breath blows them away.

Line 5

The birds fly to a distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold.”

All words in this reading · 42

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

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a

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From this reading The birds fly to a distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold.”

am

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From this reading “I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring,” answered the youth.

and

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From this reading “I breathe, and flowers spring up in the meadows and woods.”

animals

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From this reading The birds fly to a distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold.”

answered

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From this reading “I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring,” answered the youth.

away

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From this reading The leaves fall from the trees, and my breath blows them away.

birds

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From this reading The birds fly to a distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold.”

blows

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From this reading The leaves fall from the trees, and my breath blows them away.

breath

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From this reading The leaves fall from the trees, and my breath blows them away.

breathe

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From this reading “I breathe, and flowers spring up in the meadows and woods.”

cold

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From this reading The birds fly to a distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold.”

covers

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From this reading “I shake my locks,” said the old man, “and snow covers the land.

distant

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From this reading The birds fly to a distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold.”

fall

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From this reading The leaves fall from the trees, and my breath blows them away.

flowers

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From this reading “I breathe, and flowers spring up in the meadows and woods.”

fly

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From this reading The birds fly to a distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold.”

from

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From this reading The leaves fall from the trees, and my breath blows them away.

hide

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From this reading The birds fly to a distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold.”

I

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From this reading “I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring,” answered the youth.

in

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From this reading “I breathe, and flowers spring up in the meadows and woods.”

land

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From this reading “I shake my locks,” said the old man, “and snow covers the land.

leaves

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From this reading The leaves fall from the trees, and my breath blows them away.

locks

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From this reading “I shake my locks,” said the old man, “and snow covers the land.

man

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From this reading “I shake my locks,” said the old man, “and snow covers the land.

meadows

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From this reading “I breathe, and flowers spring up in the meadows and woods.”

my

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From this reading “I shake my locks,” said the old man, “and snow covers the land.

of

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From this reading “I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring,” answered the youth.

old

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From this reading “I shake my locks,” said the old man, “and snow covers the land.

said

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From this reading “I shake my locks,” said the old man, “and snow covers the land.

Seegwun

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From this reading “I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring,” answered the youth.

shake

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From this reading “I shake my locks,” said the old man, “and snow covers the land.

snow

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From this reading “I shake my locks,” said the old man, “and snow covers the land.

Spirit

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From this reading “I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring,” answered the youth.

Spring

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From this reading “I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring,” answered the youth.

the

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From this reading “I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring,” answered the youth.

them

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From this reading The leaves fall from the trees, and my breath blows them away.

themselves

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From this reading The birds fly to a distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold.”

to

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From this reading The birds fly to a distant land, and the animals hide themselves from the cold.”

trees

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From this reading The leaves fall from the trees, and my breath blows them away.

up

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From this reading “I breathe, and flowers spring up in the meadows and woods.”

woods

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From this reading “I breathe, and flowers spring up in the meadows and woods.”

youth

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From this reading “I am Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring,” answered the youth.

Chapter 8 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for by Frances Jenkins Olcott holds 204 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 8 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for contain?

Chapter 8 holds 204 sentences of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 8 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 204 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 8 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 8 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 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.

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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.

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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.