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The Master Key
An Electrical Fairy Tale
The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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An Electrical Fairy Tale
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Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.
The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.
"That was a narrow escape," he thought, breathing more freely.
"I hated to paralyze that policeman, but he might have sent a bullet after me.
Anyhow, he'll be all right again in an hour, so I needn't worry."
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The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.
Line 2
The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.
Line 3
"That was a narrow escape," he thought, breathing more freely.
Line 4
"I hated to paralyze that policeman, but he might have sent a bullet after me.
Line 5
Anyhow, he'll be all right again in an hour, so I needn't worry."

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a

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From this reading "That was a narrow escape," he thought, breathing more freely.

accidents

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

across

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

afraid

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

after

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again

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From this reading Anyhow, he'll be all right again in an hour, so I needn't worry."

all

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From this reading Anyhow, he'll be all right again in an hour, so I needn't worry."

an

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From this reading Anyhow, he'll be all right again in an hour, so I needn't worry."

and

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

Anyhow

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From this reading Anyhow, he'll be all right again in an hour, so I needn't worry."

at

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

avoid

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

be

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From this reading Anyhow, he'll be all right again in an hour, so I needn't worry."

body

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

breathing

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From this reading "That was a narrow escape," he thought, breathing more freely.

bullet

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From this reading "I hated to paralyze that policeman, but he might have sent a bullet after me.

but

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From this reading "I hated to paralyze that policeman, but he might have sent a bullet after me.

button

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

continued

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

dog

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

escape

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From this reading "That was a narrow escape," he thought, breathing more freely.

fell

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freely

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gracefully

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

hated

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have

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he

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

he'll

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From this reading Anyhow, he'll be all right again in an hour, so I needn't worry."

him

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

hour

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I

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From this reading "I hated to paralyze that policeman, but he might have sent a bullet after me.

in

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

keeled

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

me

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From this reading "I hated to paralyze that policeman, but he might have sent a bullet after me.

might

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more

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From this reading "That was a narrow escape," he thought, breathing more freely.

mount

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

narrow

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From this reading "That was a narrow escape," he thought, breathing more freely.

needn't

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From this reading Anyhow, he'll be all right again in an hour, so I needn't worry."

of

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

out

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

over

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

paralyze

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From this reading "I hated to paralyze that policeman, but he might have sent a bullet after me.

pointed

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

policeman

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

pressed

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

quite

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

red-whiskered

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

right

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From this reading Anyhow, he'll be all right again in an hour, so I needn't worry."

Rob

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

sent

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From this reading "I hated to paralyze that policeman, but he might have sent a bullet after me.

sight

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

so

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

streets

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

That

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From this reading "That was a narrow escape," he thought, breathing more freely.

the

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

those

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

thought

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From this reading "That was a narrow escape," he thought, breathing more freely.

to

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

tube

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

until

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

upward

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

was

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

while

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From this reading The red-whiskered policeman keeled over quite gracefully and fell across the body of the dog, while Rob continued to mount upward until he was out of sight of those in the streets.

worry

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From this reading Anyhow, he'll be all right again in an hour, so I needn't worry."

would

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From this reading Rob was afraid he would; so, to avoid accidents, he pointed the tube at him and pressed the button.

Chapter 3 of The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 3 of The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale contain?

Chapter 3 holds 189 sentences of The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 3 of The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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 3 of The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale?

Work through the 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 38 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 3 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 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 Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale?

Yes. All 1816 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #436 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #436, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale take to read?

About 151 minutes of reading across 364 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Founded
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Mysteries
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Electricity
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Optimism
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