Chapter 7 of Stormy, Misty's Foal is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Stormy, Misty's Foal is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown. They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders. Who minded muddy paws? Who minded the icy-cold nose? Who minded the wet tongue-swipes?
Chapter 7 of Stormy, Misty's Foal is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown.”
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.”
(used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified
From this reading “Who minded muddy paws?”
(of soil) soft and watery
From this reading “Who minded muddy paws?”
plural of “paw” — a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
From this reading “Who minded muddy paws?”
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading “They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.”
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading “Who minded the wet tongue-swipes?”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown.
the father of your father or mother
From this reading Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown.
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who minded the icy-cold nose?
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
(used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified
From this reading Who minded muddy paws?
(of soil) soft and watery
From this reading Who minded muddy paws?
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading Who minded the icy-cold nose?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
plural of “paw” — a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
From this reading Who minded muddy paws?
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
a student who fails to attend classes
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Who minded the icy-cold nose?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They let Skipper come leaping at them, let him put his front feet on their shoulders.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who minded the wet tongue-swipes?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Grandpa and Grandma seemed to forget they were grown.
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading Who minded the wet tongue-swipes?
which person or people
From this reading Who minded muddy paws?
Chapter 7 of Stormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite Henry holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 7 holds 443 sentences of Stormy, Misty's Foal, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Stormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite Henry exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
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