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Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter XXVII · Chapter 27

Chapter 27 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.
Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.
I can close one eye and watch with the other,” he thought.
So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.
Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for

Chapter XXVII · Chapter 27

Chapter 27 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.
Line 2
Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.
Line 3
I can close one eye and watch with the other,” he thought.
Line 4
So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.
Line 5
Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

Learner Dictionary

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.”

Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.”

All words in this reading · 75

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a

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

all

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

and

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

asleep

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

at

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

away

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

bade

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

bed

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

before

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

bird

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

birds

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

both

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

but

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

can

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From this reading “I can close one eye and watch with the other,” he thought.

carefully

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

close

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From this reading “I can close one eye and watch with the other,” he thought.

closed

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

day

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

eye

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From this reading “I can close one eye and watch with the other,” he thought.

eyes

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

fast

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

flew

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

for

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

forgot

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

found

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

from

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

he

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From this reading “I can close one eye and watch with the other,” he thought.

him

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

hole

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

home

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

I

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From this reading “I can close one eye and watch with the other,” he thought.

in

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

it

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

keep

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

knew

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

little

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

lonely

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

Master

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

mouse's

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

name

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

night

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

one

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From this reading “I can close one eye and watch with the other,” he thought.

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

other

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From this reading “I can close one eye and watch with the other,” he thought.

out

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

owl

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

Owl's

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

peeped

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

saw

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

shut

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

sitting

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

slipped

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

So

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

stared

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

staring

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

steadfastly

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

that

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From this reading So he closed one eye and stared steadfastly with the other; but before he knew it he forgot to keep that one open, and both eyes were fast asleep.

the

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

Then

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

they

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

thought

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From this reading “I can close one eye and watch with the other,” he thought.

tight

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

tired

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

to

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

two

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

up

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

very

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

watch

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From this reading So they shut up the little bird in the mouse's hole, and bade the owl watch him carefully night and day.

wearisome

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

went

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

were

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From this reading Then all the birds went home to bed, for they were very tired; but the owl found it lonely and wearisome sitting alone staring at the mouse's hole.

when

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

with

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From this reading “I can close one eye and watch with the other,” he thought.

without

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From this reading Then the little bird without a name peeped out, and when he saw Master Owl's two eyes tight shut, he slipped from the hole and flew away.

Chapter 27 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for by Frances Jenkins Olcott holds 207 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.

What does chapter 27 of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for contain?

Chapter 27 holds 207 sentences of Good Stories for Great Holidays Arranged for, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 27 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 207 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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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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Project Gutenberg eBook #359, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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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
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Lough
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Stories
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Great
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