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The Little Lame Prince

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Little Lame Prince is here in full — 820 sentences across 164 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Dinah Maria Mulock Craik • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Did Prince Dolar become a great king?

Was he, though little more than a boy, “the father of his people,” as all kings ought to be?

Did his reign last long--long and happy? and what were the principal events of it, as chronicled in the history of Nomansland?

Why, if I were to answer all these questions I should have to write another book.

And I'm tired, children, tired--as grown-up people sometimes are, though not always with play.

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The Little Lame Prince

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Little Lame Prince is here in full — 820 sentences across 164 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/164 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Did Prince Dolar become a great king?

Line 2

Was he, though little more than a boy, “the father of his people,” as all kings ought to be?

Line 3

Did his reign last long--long and happy? and what were the principal events of it, as chronicled in the history of Nomansland?

Line 4

Why, if I were to answer all these questions I should have to write another book.

Line 5

And I'm tired, children, tired--as grown-up people sometimes are, though not always with play.

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a

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all

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always

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and

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another

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answer

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are

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as

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be

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become

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book

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boy

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children

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chronicled

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Did

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Dolar

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events

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father

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great

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grown-up

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happy

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have

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he

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his

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history

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I

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I'm

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if

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in

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it

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king

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kings

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last

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little

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long

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more

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Nomansland

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not

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of

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ought

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people

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play

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Prince

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principal

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questions

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reign

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should

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sometimes

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than

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the

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these

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though

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tired

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to

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Was

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were

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what

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Why

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with

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write

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Chapter 10 of The Little Lame Prince by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik holds 820 sentences, grouped into 164 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 Little Lame Prince contain?

Chapter 10 holds 820 sentences of The Little Lame Prince, unabridged, divided into 164 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of The Little Lame Prince by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 820 sentences, grouped into 164 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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Vocabulary met early in The Little Lame Prince

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Little Lame Prince, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Beautiful: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Little Lame Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Prince: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Little Lame Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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