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Puck of Pook's Hill

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Puck of Pook's Hill is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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'Poor Polly!
Did he?' said Una.
'Nay.
She was the ship's bird.
She could call all the rowers by name...
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Puck of Pook's Hill

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Puck of Pook's Hill is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1
'Poor Polly!
Line 2
Did he?' said Una.
Line 3
'Nay.
Line 4
She was the ship's bird.
Line 5
She could call all the rowers by name...

All words in this reading · 18

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

all

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From this reading She could call all the rowers by name...

bird

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From this reading She was the ship's bird.

by

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From this reading She could call all the rowers by name...

call

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From this reading She could call all the rowers by name...

could

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From this reading She could call all the rowers by name...

Did

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From this reading Did he?' said Una.

he

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From this reading Did he?' said Una.

name

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From this reading She could call all the rowers by name...

Nay

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From this reading 'Nay.

Polly

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From this reading 'Poor Polly!

Poor

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From this reading 'Poor Polly!

rowers

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From this reading She could call all the rowers by name...

said

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From this reading Did he?' said Una.

She

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From this reading She was the ship's bird.

ship's

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From this reading She was the ship's bird.

the

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From this reading She was the ship's bird.

Una

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From this reading Did he?' said Una.

was

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From this reading She was the ship's bird.

Chapter 6 of Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling holds 209 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 6 of Puck of Pook's Hill contain?

Chapter 6 holds 209 sentences of Puck of Pook's Hill, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 6 of Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 209 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.

How do I study chapter 6 of Puck of Pook's Hill?

Work through the 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 42 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 6 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 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 Puck of Pook's Hill

Common questions about reading Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Puck of Pook's Hill?

Yes. All 4204 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #557 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Puck of Pook's Hill is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #557, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Puck of Pook's Hill take to read?

About 350 minutes of reading across 841 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Puck of Pook's Hill section by section

How to work through Puck of Pook's Hill section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

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  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

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

Vocabulary met early in Puck of Pook's Hill

Words and structures a reader meets early in Puck of Pook's Hill, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Weland's
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Puck of Pook's Hill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sword
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Puck of Pook's Hill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Puck's
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Puck of Pook's Hill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Young
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Puck of Pook's Hill; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.