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The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Mark Twain • Curated US English Learning Edition

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It were a weariness to follow in detail the leaps and bounds the Foster fictitious finances took from this time forth.

It was marvelous, it was dizzying, it was dazzling.

Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

Five millions--ten millions--twenty--thirty--was there never to be an end?

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The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

It were a weariness to follow in detail the leaps and bounds the Foster fictitious finances took from this time forth.

Line 2

It was marvelous, it was dizzying, it was dazzling.

Line 3

Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

Line 4

Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

Line 5

Five millions--ten millions--twenty--thirty--was there never to be an end?

All words in this reading · 57

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a

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Aleck

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From this reading Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

along

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

an

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From this reading Five millions--ten millions--twenty--thirty--was there never to be an end?

and

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be

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bounds

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dazzling

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detail

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dizzying

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From this reading It was marvelous, it was dizzying, it was dazzling.

end

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Everything

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From this reading Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

fairy

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From this reading Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

fictitious

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finances

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firmament

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From this reading Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

Five

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flowed

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

follow

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forth

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Foster

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from

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glittering

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From this reading Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

gold

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From this reading Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

heaped

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From this reading Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

in

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increased

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

It

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its

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

itself

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From this reading Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

leaps

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From this reading It were a weariness to follow in detail the leaps and bounds the Foster fictitious finances took from this time forth.

marvelous

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From this reading It was marvelous, it was dizzying, it was dazzling.

mighty

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

Millions

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

never

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From this reading Five millions--ten millions--twenty--thirty--was there never to be an end?

poured

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

still

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

stream

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

ten

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From this reading Five millions--ten millions--twenty--thirty--was there never to be an end?

the

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From this reading It were a weariness to follow in detail the leaps and bounds the Foster fictitious finances took from this time forth.

there

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From this reading Five millions--ten millions--twenty--thirty--was there never to be an end?

thirty

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this

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From this reading It were a weariness to follow in detail the leaps and bounds the Foster fictitious finances took from this time forth.

thundering

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

time

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From this reading It were a weariness to follow in detail the leaps and bounds the Foster fictitious finances took from this time forth.

to

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From this reading It were a weariness to follow in detail the leaps and bounds the Foster fictitious finances took from this time forth.

took

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touched

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From this reading Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

toward

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From this reading Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

turned

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From this reading Everything Aleck touched turned to fairy gold, and heaped itself glittering toward the firmament.

twenty

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From this reading Five millions--ten millions--twenty--thirty--was there never to be an end?

upon

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

vast

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

volume

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From this reading Millions upon millions poured in, and still the mighty stream flowed thundering along, still its vast volume increased.

was

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From this reading It was marvelous, it was dizzying, it was dazzling.

weariness

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From this reading It were a weariness to follow in detail the leaps and bounds the Foster fictitious finances took from this time forth.

were

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From this reading It were a weariness to follow in detail the leaps and bounds the Foster fictitious finances took from this time forth.

Chapter 6 of The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories by Mark Twain holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories contain?

Chapter 6 holds 112 sentences of The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 6 of The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories by Mark Twain exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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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Work through the 23 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Vocabulary met early in The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories

Words and structures a reader meets early in The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Lakeside: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Little: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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