Chapter 11 of Hans Brinker is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Hans Brinker is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Now, Henry,” said the teacher, nodding to the next little reader. “Suddenly the boy looked around him in dismay. He had not noticed that the sun was setting. Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished. It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Chapter 11 of Hans Brinker is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading “Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished.”
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Suddenly the boy looked around him in dismay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Suddenly the boy looked around him in dismay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Suddenly the boy looked around him in dismay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had not noticed that the sun was setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had not noticed that the sun was setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, Henry,” said the teacher, nodding to the next little reader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Suddenly the boy looked around him in dismay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Suddenly the boy looked around him in dismay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, Henry,” said the teacher, nodding to the next little reader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Suddenly the boy looked around him in dismay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, Henry,” said the teacher, nodding to the next little reader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, Henry,” said the teacher, nodding to the next little reader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had not noticed that the sun was setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had not noticed that the sun was setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, Henry,” said the teacher, nodding to the next little reader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, Henry,” said the teacher, nodding to the next little reader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, Henry,” said the teacher, nodding to the next little reader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had not noticed that the sun was setting.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Suddenly the boy looked around him in dismay.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had not noticed that the sun was setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, Henry,” said the teacher, nodding to the next little reader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had not noticed that the sun was setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, Henry,” said the teacher, nodding to the next little reader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now, Henry,” said the teacher, nodding to the next little reader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He had not noticed that the sun was setting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray.
Chapter 11 of Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge holds 205 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.
Chapter 11 holds 205 sentences of Hans Brinker, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 205 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.
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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 11 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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