Chapter 4 of Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children is here in full — 480 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children is here in full — 480 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I, too, am powerful, and I am young! I do not fear you. When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm. Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men. When I speak, the sleeping sun awakes.
Chapter 4 of Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children is here in full — 480 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.”
plural of “bee” — any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading “Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.”
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.”
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm.”
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading “"I, too, am powerful, and I am young!”
the state of being asleep
From this reading “When I speak, the sleeping sun awakes.”
plural of “stir” — a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
From this reading “Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.”
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading “When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I, too, am powerful, and I am young!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I, too, am powerful, and I am young!
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When I speak, the sleeping sun awakes.
plural of “bee” — any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not fear you.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading I do not fear you.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I, too, am powerful, and I am young!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
the force of workers available
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not fear you.
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading "I, too, am powerful, and I am young!
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
the state of being asleep
From this reading When I speak, the sleeping sun awakes.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm.
express in speech
From this reading When I speak, the sleeping sun awakes.
plural of “stir” — a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading When I speak, the sleeping sun awakes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm.
a special situation
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "I, too, am powerful, and I am young!
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Every living thing stirs in its sleep,--birds and bees, flowers and trees, animals and men.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm.
at the time that
From this reading When I touch the earth, it grows soft and warm.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I do not fear you.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "I, too, am powerful, and I am young!
Chapter 4 of Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children by Mabel Powers holds 480 sentences, grouped into 96 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.
Chapter 4 holds 480 sentences of Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children by Mabel Powers exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 480 sentences, grouped into 96 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.
Work through the 96 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 96 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.
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