Chapter 1 of The Insect Folk is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Insect Folk is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC. DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them. Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new. Books will help you, but you must watch, too. Look more than you read.
Chapter 1 of The Insect Folk is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.”
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “Books will help you, but you must watch, too.”
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.”
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.”
plural of “insect” — small air-breathing arthropod
From this reading “DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.”
plural of “wanderer” — someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading “AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.”
look attentively
From this reading “DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.”
at any time that; every time that
From this reading “Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Books will help you, but you must watch, too.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Books will help you, but you must watch, too.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
dearly loved
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Books will help you, but you must watch, too.
plural of “insect” — small air-breathing arthropod
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look more than you read.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Look more than you read.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Books will help you, but you must watch, too.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Look more than you read.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Look more than you read.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Books will help you, but you must watch, too.
precisely as stated
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
plural of “wanderer” — someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading AUTHOR OF "SEED-BABIES," "FLOWERS AND THEIR FRIENDS" "LITTLE WANDERERS," ETC.
look attentively
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading DEAR CHILDREN,--The very best way to know the insects is to go and watch them.
at any time that; every time that
From this reading Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Watch them whenever you can, and each time you will find out something new.
Chapter 1 of The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 1 holds 421 sentences of The Insect Folk, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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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