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Indian Why Stories

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Indian Why Stories is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.
Ho!
But the Antelope stumbled and fell down among the rocks.
He couldn't man called to the Antelope to come back to him, and the Antelope did come to him.
Then he called to the Big-Horn, and said:
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Indian Why Stories

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Indian Why Stories is here in full — 174 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.
Line 2
Ho!
Line 3
But the Antelope stumbled and fell down among the rocks.
Line 4
He couldn't man called to the Antelope to come back to him, and the Antelope did come to him.
Line 5
Then he called to the Big-Horn, and said:

All words in this reading · 38

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among

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From this reading But the Antelope stumbled and fell down among the rocks.

an

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

and

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

Antelope

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

back

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From this reading He couldn't man called to the Antelope to come back to him, and the Antelope did come to him.

Big-Horn

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

But

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From this reading But the Antelope stumbled and fell down among the rocks.

called

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From this reading He couldn't man called to the Antelope to come back to him, and the Antelope did come to him.

come

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From this reading He couldn't man called to the Antelope to come back to him, and the Antelope did come to him.

couldn't

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From this reading He couldn't man called to the Antelope to come back to him, and the Antelope did come to him.

did

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From this reading He couldn't man called to the Antelope to come back to him, and the Antelope did come to him.

do

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

down

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From this reading But the Antelope stumbled and fell down among the rocks.

fell

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From this reading But the Antelope stumbled and fell down among the rocks.

free

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

he

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

high

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

him

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

Ho

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From this reading Ho!

in

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

made

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

man

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From this reading He couldn't man called to the Antelope to come back to him, and the Antelope did come to him.

mountains

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

OLD-man

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

rocks

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From this reading But the Antelope stumbled and fell down among the rocks.

said

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From this reading Then he called to the Big-Horn, and said:

see

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

set

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

stumbled

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From this reading But the Antelope stumbled and fell down among the rocks.

the

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

Then

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From this reading Then he called to the Big-Horn, and said:

to

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

waiting

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

was

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

what

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

While

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

with

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

would

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From this reading "While OLD-man was waiting to see what the Big-Horn would do in the high mountains, he made an Antelope and set him free with the Big-Horn.

Chapter 9 of Indian Why Stories by Frank Bird Linderman holds 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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 Indian Why Stories contain?

Chapter 9 holds 174 sentences of Indian Why Stories, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 9 of Indian Why Stories by Frank Bird Linderman exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 174 sentences, grouped into 35 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 9 of Indian Why Stories?

Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 35 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 9 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 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.

Questions about reading Indian Why Stories

Common questions about reading Indian Why Stories by Frank Bird Linderman on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Indian Why Stories?

Yes. All 1617 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #606 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Indian Why Stories is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #606, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Indian Why Stories take to read?

About 134 minutes of reading across 324 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Indian Why Stories section by section

How to work through Indian Why Stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 9 chapters of Indian Why Stories to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Indian Why Stories

Words and structures a reader meets early in Indian Why Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Great
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Indian Why Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Northwest--that
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Indian Why Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Wonderful
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Indian Why Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Frontier
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Indian Why Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.