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Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Frances Jenkins Olcott • Curated US English Learning Edition

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“AND THAT'S TWOPENCE!”

cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

“The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

“AND THAT'S FOURPENCE!”

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Chapter XIII

Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

“AND THAT'S TWOPENCE!” cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances. The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before. “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.” “AND THAT'S FOURPENCE!”

Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

“AND THAT'S TWOPENCE!”

Line 2

cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

Line 3

The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

Line 4

“The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

Line 5

“AND THAT'S FOURPENCE!”

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a

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

all

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

AND

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From this reading “AND THAT'S TWOPENCE!”

are

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

as

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

be

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

before

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

body

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

boiled

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

burnt

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

chimney

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

come

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

cried

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

dirty

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

discontented

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

dogs

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

for

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

FOURPENCE

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From this reading “AND THAT'S FOURPENCE!”

from

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full

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

going

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good

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

grievances

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

had

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

her

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

housewife

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

in

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it

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

left

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

like

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

milk

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

minutes

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

must

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

muttered

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

not

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

of

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

old

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

over

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

pan

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

quarts

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

saucepan

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

seemed

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

smoked

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

some

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

that

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

THAT'S

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From this reading “AND THAT'S TWOPENCE!”

the

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

there

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

thrown

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

to

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

tone

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

two

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

TWOPENCE

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From this reading “AND THAT'S TWOPENCE!”

vexation

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

voice

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

was

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

when

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From this reading The housewife had not left the saucepan for two minutes, when the milk boiled over, and it was all burnt and smoked as before.

whining

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From this reading cried a voice that seemed to come from the chimney, in a whining tone, like some discontented old body going over her grievances.

woman

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From this reading “The pan must be dirty,” muttered the good woman in vexation, “and there are two full quarts of milk as good as thrown to the dogs.”

Chapter 13 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for by Frances Jenkins Olcott holds 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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.

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Chapter 13 holds 210 sentences of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 13 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 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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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