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The fairy babies
The fairy babies

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of The fairy babies is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The
Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway
Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails
Said the Fairy Ink-Bottle Babies, “What do you think?
We all came out of a bottle of ink!
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The fairy babies

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of The fairy babies is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The
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Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway
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Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails
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Said the Fairy Ink-Bottle Babies, “What do you think?
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We all came out of a bottle of ink!
/wiː ɔːl keɪm aʊt ʌv ə ˈbɑːtəl ʌv ɪŋk/

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.

Drills noun US /drɪlz/

plural of “drill” — a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)

From this reading “Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway”

Eskimo noun US /ˈeskəmoʊ/

a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (“eaters of raw flesh”) but they call themselves the Inuit (“the people”)

From this reading “Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway”

Grizzly noun US /ˈɡrɪzli/

powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

From this reading “Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The”

Hiawatha noun US /ˌhaɪəˈwɑːθə/

a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century)

From this reading “Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway”

Primary adjective US /ˈpraɪmeri/

of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

From this reading “Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway”

Primer noun US /ˈpraɪmər/

an introductory textbook

From this reading “Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The”

Runaway noun US /ˈrʌnəweɪ/

an easy victory

From this reading “Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway”

Tippy adjective US /ˈtɪpi/

(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

From this reading “Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails”

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 out verb + adjective counted as “come out”

appear or become visible; make a showing

In this reading “We all came out of a bottle of ink!”

All words in this reading · 67

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.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading We all came out of a bottle of ink!

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 We all came out of a bottle of ink!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

BabiesnounUS /ˈbeɪbiz/

plural of “baby” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

BearverbUS /ber/

have

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

BearsnounUS /berz/

plural of “bear” — massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws

From this reading Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails

BooknounUS /bʊk/

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

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 We all came out of a bottle of ink!

BoynounUS /bɔɪ/

a youthful male person

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

Bright-Eyes

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From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

BunnynounUS /ˈbʌni/

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

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

cameverbUS /keɪm/

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

From this reading We all came out of a bottle of ink!

Candy-Shop

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From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

Children's

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From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

CircusnounUS /ˈsɜːrkəs/

a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

Cotton-Tail

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From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

Cotton-Tails

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From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

DaysnounUS /deɪz/

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Said the Fairy Ink-Bottle Babies, “What do you think?

DrillsnounUS /drɪlz/

plural of “drill” — a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

EskimonounUS /ˈeskəmoʊ/

a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (“eaters of raw flesh”) but they call themselves the Inuit (“the people”)

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

FairynounUS /ˈferi/

a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

FavoritenounUS /ˈfeɪvərɪt/

something regarded with special favor or liking

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

FirstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

GamesnounUS /ɡeɪmz/

plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

GoosenounUS /ɡuːs/

web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

GrizzlynounUS /ˈɡrɪzli/

powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

Hawk-Eye

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From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

HiawathanounUS /ˌhaɪəˈwɑːθə/

a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century)

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

inknounUS /ɪŋk/

a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing

From this reading We all came out of a bottle of ink!

Ink-Bottle

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From this reading Said the Fairy Ink-Bottle Babies, “What do you think?

JuniornounUS /ˈdʒuːnjər/

term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

LandnounUS /lænd/

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

LanguagenounUS /ˈlæŋɡwədʒ/

a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

LessonsnounUS /ˈlesənz/

plural of “lesson” — a unit of instruction

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

LittleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

MerryadjectiveUS /ˈmeri/

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

MothernounUS /ˈmʌðər/

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

NosenounUS /noʊz/

the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

From this reading Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails

outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading We all came out of a bottle of ink!

PatrioticadjectiveUS /ˌpeɪtriˈɑːtɪk/

inspired by love for your country

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

PlaysnounUS /pleɪz/

plural of “play” — a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

PrimaryadjectiveUS /ˈpraɪmeri/

of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

PrimernounUS /ˈpraɪmər/

an introductory textbook

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

ReadernounUS /ˈriːdər/

a person who enjoys reading

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

Roly-Polynoun

a rotund individual

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

RunawaynounUS /ˈrʌnəweɪ/

an easy victory

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

SaidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading Said the Fairy Ink-Bottle Babies, “What do you think?

SeventeenadjectiveUS /ˈsevənˈtiːn/

being one more than sixteen

From this reading Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails

Snubby

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From this reading Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails

SongnounUS /sɔːŋ/

a short musical composition with words

From this reading Drills and Plays for Patriotic Days Fairy Babies, The Games and Plays Hawk-Eye and Hiawatha Language Lessons from Every Land Little Bear Little Eskimo Merry Little Cotton-Tails, The Mother Goose Stories Primary Song Book Roly-Poly Book, The Runaway

StoriesnounUS /ˈstɔːriz/

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

TalenounUS /teɪl/

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

thinkverbUS /θɪŋk/

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading Said the Fairy Ink-Bottle Babies, “What do you think?

ThreenounUS /θriː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails

TippyadjectiveUS /ˈtɪpi/

(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

From this reading Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails

ToesnounUS /toʊz/

plural of “toe” — one of the digits of the foot

From this reading Bunny, The Seventeen Little Bears Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail, The Three Little Cotton-Tails

Toyland

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From this reading Bunny and Bear Book, The Bunny Boy and Grizzly Bear Bunny Bright-Eyes Bunny Cotton-Tail Junior Candy-Shop Cotton-Tails, The Children’s Favorite Stories Circus Book, The Circus Cotton-Tails, The Cotton-Tail First Reader, The Cotton-Tail Primer, The Cotton-Tails in Toyland, The

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We all came out of a bottle of ink!

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Said the Fairy Ink-Bottle Babies, “What do you think?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Said the Fairy Ink-Bottle Babies, “What do you think?

Chapter 1 of The fairy babies by Laura Rountree Smith holds 118 sentences, grouped into 24 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 fairy babies contain?

Chapter 1 holds 118 sentences of The fairy babies, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 1 of The fairy babies by Laura Rountree Smith exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 118 sentences, grouped into 24 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 fairy babies?

Work through the 24 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 24 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 1 be read aloud to me?

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.

Questions about reading The fairy babies

Common questions about reading The fairy babies by Laura Rountree Smith on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The fairy babies?

Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The fairy babies is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The fairy babies take to read?

About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The fairy babies section by section

How to work through The fairy babies section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 0 chapters of The fairy babies to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in The fairy babies

Words and structures a reader meets early in The fairy babies, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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