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Little Miss Dorothy
Little Miss Dorothy

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of Little Miss Dorothy is here in full — 13 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 1 of Little Miss Dorothy by Martha James holds 13 sentences, grouped into 3 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 1 of Little Miss Dorothy contain?

Chapter 1 holds 13 sentences of Little Miss Dorothy, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 1 of Little Miss Dorothy by Martha James exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 13 sentences, grouped into 3 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 1 of Little Miss Dorothy?

Work through the 3 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Is this the complete text of Little Miss Dorothy?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #66119, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Little Miss Dorothy take to read?

About 218 minutes of reading across 525 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Little Miss Dorothy

Words and structures a reader meets early in Little Miss Dorothy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Story
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Wonderful
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Adventures
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Little
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_The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.
PREFACE.
O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!
And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.
Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.
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Little Miss Dorothy

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of Little Miss Dorothy is here in full — 13 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/3 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.
Line 2
PREFACE.
Line 3
O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!
Line 4
And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.
Line 5
Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.”

Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.”

Until preposition US /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.”

All words in this reading · 67

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

Adventures

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From this reading _The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.

away

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

Blue

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From this reading And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.

boats

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

Boy

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From this reading And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.

Captain

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

children

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

clime

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

day

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

dear

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

DOROTHY

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From this reading _The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.

dreamland

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From this reading And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.

drowsy

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

ev'ry

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

fair

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From this reading And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.

fairy

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

fleet

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

float

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

friends

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

Heroes

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

Hill

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.

journeys

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

lake

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

lands

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

Little

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From this reading _The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.

magic

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

Meeting

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

MISS

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From this reading _The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.

O

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

o'er

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

once-upon-a-time

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

People

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From this reading _The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.

Playthings

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

PREFACE

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From this reading PREFACE.

reach

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

road

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From this reading And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.

safely

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

scenes

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

shore

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

show

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From this reading And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.

slumber

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

Snore

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

Story

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From this reading _The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.

sunset

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

take

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From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

there

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From this reading And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.

Topsy-turvy

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From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

Two

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From this reading _The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.

untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading Over the road they float away, Meeting their friends of every day, Heroes of “once-upon-a-time” And magic scenes of ev’ry clime; Playthings and friends the same until They reach dear Topsy-turvy Hill.

waiting

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From this reading And Little Boy Blue is waiting there To show them the road to dreamland fair.

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading O the wonderful journeys the children take In fairy boats o’er sunset lake: A drowsy fleet with Captain Snore, Who lands them safely on slumber shore!

Wonderful

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From this reading _The Story of the Wonderful Adventures of Two Little People_ LITTLE MISS DOROTHY.