Chapter 3 of Old Granny Fox is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Old Granny Fox is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity. —_Old Granny Fox_. Old Granny Fox never said a truer thing than that. It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people. Even Old Granny Fox herself has been known to be led into trouble by it.
Chapter 3 of Old Granny Fox is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading “Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.”
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
From this reading “Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.”
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading “Old Granny Fox never said a truer thing than that.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “—_Old Granny Fox_.”
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.”
showing reason or sound judgment
From this reading “It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.”
comparative of “true” — consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “Old Granny Fox never said a truer thing than that.”
superlative of “wise” — having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading “It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Old Granny Fox never said a truer thing than that.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Even Old Granny Fox herself has been known to be led into trouble by it.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Even Old Granny Fox herself has been known to be led into trouble by it.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Even Old Granny Fox herself has been known to be led into trouble by it.
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
From this reading Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.
divisible by two
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading —_Old Granny Fox_.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading —_Old Granny Fox_.
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even Old Granny Fox herself has been known to be led into trouble by it.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Even Old Granny Fox herself has been known to be led into trouble by it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Even Old Granny Fox herself has been known to be led into trouble by it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading Even Old Granny Fox herself has been known to be led into trouble by it.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Even Old Granny Fox herself has been known to be led into trouble by it.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Old Granny Fox never said a truer thing than that.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading —_Old Granny Fox_.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Old Granny Fox never said a truer thing than that.
showing reason or sound judgment
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Old Granny Fox never said a truer thing than that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Old Granny Fox never said a truer thing than that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.
a special situation
From this reading Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Even Old Granny Fox herself has been known to be led into trouble by it.
a source of difficulty
From this reading Even Old Granny Fox herself has been known to be led into trouble by it.
comparative of “true” — consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading Old Granny Fox never said a truer thing than that.
precisely as stated
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
superlative of “wise” — having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
From this reading It is curious, very curious, how sometimes curiosity will get the best of even the wisest and most sensible of people.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Quacker The Duck Grows Curious The most curious thing in the world is curiosity.
Chapter 3 of Old Granny Fox by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 57 sentences, grouped into 12 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 3 holds 57 sentences of Old Granny Fox, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.
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