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The Emerald City of Oz

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Emerald City of Oz is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum • Curated US English Learning Edition

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"Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

"Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

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The Emerald City of Oz L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

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Chapter X

Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Emerald City of Oz is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

"Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy. "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them. Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together. Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight. But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

The Emerald City of Oz

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Emerald City of Oz is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

"Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

Line 2

"Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

Line 3

Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

Line 4

Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

Line 5

But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

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a

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acquainted

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

agreeable

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

along

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

although

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

an

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

and

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

another

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

at

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

became

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

become

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

been

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

being

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

better

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

Billina

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

But

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

by

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

chase

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

decided

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

did

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

dog's

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

dogs

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

Dorothy

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

duty

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

every

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

find

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

first

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

for

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

friendly

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

friends

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

get

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

go

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

grew

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

had

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

Hen

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

I'll

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

idea

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

it

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

joined

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

Just

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

maybe

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

not

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

of

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

on

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

one

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

path

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

quite

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

ran

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

rather

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

said

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

scarcely

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

scolded

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

she

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

sight

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

some

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

spoken

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

suspicious

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

take

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

talked

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

that

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

the

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

them

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

Then

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

they

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

this

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

time

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

to

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

together

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

Toto

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

until

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From this reading But Dorothy had talked to them and scolded them for not being agreeable to one another until they grew better acquainted and became friends.

up

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

walk

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From this reading "Just to take a walk, Billina; and maybe I'll find some path," said Dorothy.

was

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From this reading Billina had been rather suspicious of dogs, and Toto had had an idea that it was every dog's duty to chase a hen on sight.

well

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

when

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From this reading "Then I'll go along," decided Billina, and scarcely had she spoken when Toto ran up and joined them.

Yellow

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From this reading Toto and the Yellow Hen had become quite friendly by this time, although at first they did not get along well together.

Chapter 10 of The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum holds 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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 10 of The Emerald City of Oz contain?

Chapter 10 holds 195 sentences of The Emerald City of Oz, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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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