Chapter 5 of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No, no!" said Tangle. "I don't want to leave you, please, Grandmother." "You must go with him, Tangle. I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you. Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.
Chapter 5 of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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absence of light or illumination
From this reading “Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.”
plural of “fish” — any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading “Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “"I don't want to leave you, please, Grandmother."”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “"I don't want to leave you, please, Grandmother."”
metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
From this reading “Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.”
a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
From this reading “"No, no!" said Tangle.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I don't want to leave you, please, Grandmother."
divisible by two
From this reading Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.
plural of “fish” — any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "You must go with him, Tangle.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading "I don't want to leave you, please, Grandmother."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You must go with him, Tangle.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I don't want to leave you, please, Grandmother."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.
go away from a place
From this reading "I don't want to leave you, please, Grandmother."
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "You must go with him, Tangle.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, no!" said Tangle.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "I don't want to leave you, please, Grandmother."
metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
From this reading Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "No, no!" said Tangle.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.
a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
From this reading "No, no!" said Tangle.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Even the fishes, you see, have to go into the pot, and then out into the dark.
a special situation
From this reading I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I don't want to leave you, please, Grandmother."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "I don't want to leave you, please, Grandmother."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I am sorry to lose you, but it will be the best thing for you.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "You must go with him, Tangle.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I don't want to leave you, please, Grandmother."
Chapter 5 of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories by George MacDonald holds 425 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 5 holds 425 sentences of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories by George MacDonald exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 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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