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The Emerald City of Oz

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

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"Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."
She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.
"But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."
"Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.
"Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"
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The Emerald City of Oz

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of The Emerald City of Oz is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."
Line 2
She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.
Line 3
"But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."
Line 4
"Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.
Line 5
"Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

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adventures

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

after

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

again

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

all

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

and

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

any

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

anything

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

are

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From this reading "Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.

astonished

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

at

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

Aunt

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

be

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

been

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

both

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

but

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

common

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From this reading "Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.

country

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

Cuttenclips

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

day's

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

diffidently

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From this reading "Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.

do

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

down

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

Em

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

first

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

folks

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From this reading "Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.

Fuddles

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

Henry

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

her

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

here

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From this reading "Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.

I

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

I've

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

in

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

isn't

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

like

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From this reading "Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.

Man

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

may

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

much

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

next

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

not

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

Now

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

observed

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

on

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

one

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

only

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From this reading "Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.

ordinary

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From this reading "Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.

ought

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

ourselves

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From this reading "Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.

party

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

path

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

rejoined

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From this reading "Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.

related

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

remarked

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

replied

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

reunited

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

sat

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

seeing

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

Seems

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From this reading "Seems like the only common and ordinary folks here are ourselves," rejoined Aunt Em, diffidently.

Shaggy

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

she

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

story

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

strange

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

sure

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

that

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

the

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

then

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

this

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

to

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

together

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

Uncle

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

Utensia

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

we

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

we're

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

went

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

were

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

what

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From this reading "Now that we're together again, and one reunited party," observed the Shaggy Man, "what are we to do next?"

which

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

Why

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From this reading "Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which isn't on any path at all."

wonder

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From this reading "But after seeing the Cuttenclips and the Fuddles," remarked her uncle, "we ought not to wonder at anything in this strange country."

you

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From this reading She then sat down and related the day's adventures, and you may be sure Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were much astonished at the story.

Chapter 14 of The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum holds 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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 14 of The Emerald City of Oz contain?

Chapter 14 holds 173 sentences of The Emerald City of Oz, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 14 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 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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 14 of The Emerald City of Oz?

Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 35 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.

Can chapter 14 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 14 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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Is this the complete text of The Emerald City of Oz?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #517, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Emerald City of Oz take to read?

About 272 minutes of reading across 654 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Emerald City of Oz

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Emerald City of Oz, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Author
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Dorothy
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Wizard
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Author's
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