Chapter 9 of Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again. “Ha! The boy didn’t need to do that!” thought the little squirrel. “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.” The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
Chapter 9 of Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.”
firmly closed or secured
From this reading “SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.”
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.”
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
From this reading “The boy didn’t need to do that!” thought the little squirrel.”
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.”
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading “SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.”
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading “SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.”
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In this reading “SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.”
In this reading “The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.”
In this reading “SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.”
In this reading ““I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.””
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.
anew
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
a youthful male person
From this reading The boy didn’t need to do that!” thought the little squirrel.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The boy didn’t need to do that!” thought the little squirrel.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The boy didn’t need to do that!” thought the little squirrel.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
firmly closed or secured
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading “Ha!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The boy didn’t need to do that!” thought the little squirrel.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
a condition requiring relief
From this reading The boy didn’t need to do that!” thought the little squirrel.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
above and across; more than
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
in the near future
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
From this reading The boy didn’t need to do that!” thought the little squirrel.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The boy didn’t need to do that!” thought the little squirrel.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The boy didn’t need to do that!” thought the little squirrel.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The boy didn’t need to do that!” thought the little squirrel.
the upper part of anything
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
plural of “trick” — a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
up to a particular time
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
in or at the place that
From this reading The boy and his sisters went to where their mamma had called them, and soon they came running back again.
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I won’t run away--at least not until I see my new house.”
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading SLICKO DOES SOME TRICKS Slicko was put back into the wooden box, and Bob fastened the wire over the top again.
Chapter 9 of Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel by Richard Barnum holds 136 sentences, grouped into 28 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.
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