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The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King
The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC
PUBLISHED, SEPTEMBER, 1912.
One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.
He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.
Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC
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PUBLISHED, SEPTEMBER, 1912.
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One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.
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He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.
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Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

Learner Dictionary

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.

blankets noun US /ˈblæŋkəts/

plural of “blanket” — bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

From this reading “Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.”

Bunny noun US /ˈbʌni/

a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit

From this reading “One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.”

cayenne noun US /ˌkaɪˈen/

plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

From this reading “Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.”

headache noun US /ˈhedeɪk/

something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

From this reading “He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.”

Italic noun US /aɪˈtælɪk/

a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right

From this reading “Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC”

nibbles noun US /ˈnɪbəlz/

plural of “nibble” — a small byte

From this reading “Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC”

pepper verb US /ˈpepər/

add pepper to

From this reading “Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.”

text noun US /tekst/

the words of something written

From this reading “Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

came home verb + noun counted as “come home”

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

In this reading “One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.”

All words in this reading · 59

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.

1912

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading PUBLISHED, SEPTEMBER, 1912.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

AUTHORnounUS /ˈɔːθər/

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

bednounUS /bed/

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

blanketsnounUS /ˈblæŋkəts/

plural of “blanket” — bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

bottlenounUS /ˈbɑːtəl/

a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES

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From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

Bunnikins-Bunny

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.

BunnynounUS /ˈbʌni/

a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

cameverbUS /keɪm/

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.

CAMPnounUS /kæmp/

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

cayennenounUS /ˌkaɪˈen/

plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.

displayedverbUS /dɪˈspleɪd/

past form of “display” — to show, make visible or apparent

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

ETC

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

feelingnounUS /ˈfiːlɪŋ/

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.

gaveverbUS /ɡeɪv/

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.

headachenounUS /ˈhedeɪk/

something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

From this reading He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

homenounUS /hoʊm/

where you live at a particular time

From this reading One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.

hot-water

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

ItalicnounUS /aɪˈtælɪk/

a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

keepverbUS /kiːp/

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

MrnounUS /ˈmɪstər/

a form of address for a man

From this reading One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.

MrsnounUS /ˈmɪsɪz/

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/

to a great degree or extent

From this reading One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.

NIBBLESnounUS /ˈnɪbəlz/

plural of “nibble” — a small byte

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

OnepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.

outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.

pepperverbUS /ˈpepər/

add pepper to

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

POPPELTY-POPPETT

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

PUBLISHEDadjectiveUS /ˈpʌblɪʃt/

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading PUBLISHED, SEPTEMBER, 1912.

putverbUS /pʊt/

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

SEPTEMBERnounUS /sepˈtembər/

the month following August and preceding October

From this reading PUBLISHED, SEPTEMBER, 1912.

shivery-shivers

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.

someadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

sortsnounUS /sɔːrts/

plural of “sort” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.

teanounUS /tiː/

a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

textnounUS /tekst/

the words of something written

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Italic text displayed as: _italic_ AUTHOR OF “NIBBLES POPPELTY-POPPETT,” “THE BUNNIKINS-BUNNIES IN CAMP,” ETC

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

toe-toes

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

toothachenoun

an ache localized in or around a tooth

From this reading He had a headache, a toothache, and the shivery-shivers all over.

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/

precisely as stated

From this reading One day Mr. Bunnikins-Bunny came home feeling very much out of sorts.

warmadjectiveUS /wɔːrm/

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

welladverbUS /wel/

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

wrappedadjectiveUS /ræpt/

covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

From this reading Mrs. Bunny gave him some cayenne pepper tea, and then put him to bed well wrapped up in blankets, and with a hot-water bottle to keep his toe-toes warm.

Chapter 1 of The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King by Edith B. Davidson holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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.

What does chapter 1 of The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King contain?

Chapter 1 holds 134 sentences of The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 1 of The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King by Edith B. Davidson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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.

How do I study chapter 1 of The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King?

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 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.

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