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Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Frances Jenkins Olcott • Curated US English Learning Edition

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And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

ECHO AND NARCISSUS

BY OVID (ADAPTED)

Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

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Archivist

/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter IX Reading 1/39

Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 199 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

Line 2

ECHO AND NARCISSUS

Line 3

BY OVID (ADAPTED)

Line 4

Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

Line 5

An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

Learner Dictionary

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Ancient adjective US /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading “Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.”

All words in this reading · 57

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a

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

ADAPTED

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From this reading BY OVID (ADAPTED)

age

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

ago

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

An

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

And

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

as

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

at

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

away

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

be

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

beautiful

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

birth

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

blossom

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

blue-eyed

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

born

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

boy

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

BY

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From this reading BY OVID (ADAPTED)

called

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

does

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

drives

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

ECHO

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From this reading ECHO AND NARCISSUS

foretold

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

fresh

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

good

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

grass

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

green

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

happy

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

he

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

himself

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

his

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

Hyacinthus

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

if

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

in

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

Liriope

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

live

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

Long

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

NARCISSUS

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From this reading ECHO AND NARCISSUS

never

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

Nymph

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

oft

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

old

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

oracle

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

OVID

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From this reading BY OVID (ADAPTED)

saw

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

she

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

should

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

so

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

spring

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

that

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From this reading An oracle foretold at his birth that he should be happy and live to a good old age if he “never saw himself.”

the

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

there

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

to

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

was

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

whom

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

winter

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From this reading And as oft as the spring drives away the winter, so oft does Hyacinthus blossom in the fresh, green grass.

world

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From this reading Long ago, in the ancient world, there was born to the blue-eyed Nymph Liriope, a beautiful boy, whom she called Narcissus.

Chapter 9 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for by Frances Jenkins Olcott holds 199 sentences, grouped into 40 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 9 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for contain?

Chapter 9 holds 199 sentences of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 9 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 199 sentences, grouped into 40 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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Work through the 40 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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