Chapter 3 of The adventures of Twinkly Eyes the little Black Bear is here in full — 520 sentences across 104 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The adventures of Twinkly Eyes the little Black Bear is here in full — 520 sentences across 104 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk. What could it be? He climbed a log and sniffed again. It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree! He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.
Chapter 3 of The adventures of Twinkly Eyes the little Black Bear is here in full — 520 sentences across 104 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/104 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
From this reading “It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!”
reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
From this reading “He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.”
any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
From this reading “He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.”
plural of “nose” — the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.”
any property detected by the olfactory system
From this reading “There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.”
past form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading “He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.”
past form of “sniff” — perceive by inhaling through the nose
From this reading “He climbed a log and sniffed again.”
arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach
From this reading “There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.”
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.
In this reading “He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.”
any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
In this reading “It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!”
In this reading “It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!”
In this reading “It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!”
In this reading “He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.”
on everybody's mind
In this reading “There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
anew
From this reading He climbed a log and sniffed again.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He climbed a log and sniffed again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What could it be?
any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
From this reading It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.
reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
From this reading He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
past form of “climb” — go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading He climbed a log and sniffed again.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading What could it be?
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He climbed a log and sniffed again.
any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
From this reading He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What could it be?
staying power
From this reading He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.
enter into a log, as on ships and planes
From this reading He climbed a log and sniffed again.
plural of “nose” — the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
any property detected by the olfactory system
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.
past form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
past form of “sniff” — perceive by inhaling through the nose
From this reading He climbed a log and sniffed again.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.
arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading He stood on his hind legs and peered through the budding branches.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!
the upper part of anything
From this reading It seemed to come from the top of that old beech 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 It seemed to come from the top of that old beech tree!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was certainly a tantalizing odor in the air,—for those that have noses as sharp as have the Forest Folk.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What could it be?
Chapter 3 of The adventures of Twinkly Eyes the little Black Bear by Allen Chaffee holds 520 sentences, grouped into 104 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 3 holds 520 sentences of The adventures of Twinkly Eyes the little Black Bear, unabridged, divided into 104 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The adventures of Twinkly Eyes the little Black Bear by Allen Chaffee exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 520 sentences, grouped into 104 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 104 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 104 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 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.
Common questions about reading The adventures of Twinkly Eyes the little Black Bear by Allen Chaffee on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The adventures of Twinkly Eyes the little Black Bear section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 0 chapters of The adventures of Twinkly Eyes the little Black Bear to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The adventures of Twinkly Eyes the little Black Bear, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
