The Morgan trail

Chapter IV · Sorrowing Cowboys

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Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

In fact, the evening was still young when Bert became almost maudlin in his grief.

He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

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Chapter IV

Sorrowing Cowboys

Chapter IV of The Morgan trail, “Sorrowing Cowboys,” is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town. Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride. He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful. In fact, the evening was still young when Bert became almost maudlin in his grief. He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

The Morgan trail

Chapter IV · Sorrowing Cowboys

Chapter IV of The Morgan trail, “Sorrowing Cowboys,” is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

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Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

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He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

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In fact, the evening was still young when Bert became almost maudlin in his grief.

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He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

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After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

all

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

almost

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From this reading Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

back

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

became

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From this reading He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

Ben

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From this reading He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

Bert

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

best

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

blows

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

Bowen

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

bunked

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From this reading He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

Cahill

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

come

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

cowboy

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From this reading Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

Dell

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

drinks

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From this reading He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

evening

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From this reading In fact, the evening was still young when Bert became almost maudlin in his grief.

fact

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From this reading In fact, the evening was still young when Bert became almost maudlin in his grief.

fat

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From this reading Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

few

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From this reading He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

friend

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

grief

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From this reading In fact, the evening was still young when Bert became almost maudlin in his grief.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading In fact, the evening was still young when Bert became almost maudlin in his grief.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

just

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

Leach

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From this reading He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

man

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

maudlin

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From this reading In fact, the evening was still young when Bert became almost maudlin in his grief.

model

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

Morgan

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

now

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

paragon

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

Peter

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

quarreled

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

ride

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From this reading Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

Roddy

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

rode

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

roly-poly

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From this reading Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

sort

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From this reading Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

Spike

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

stayed

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

still

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From this reading In fact, the evening was still young when Bert became almost maudlin in his grief.

tearful

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From this reading He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

times

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

too

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From this reading Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

town

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

virtues

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

walk

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From this reading Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Bert was a roly-poly sort of a cowboy, too fat to walk and almost too fat to ride.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading In fact, the evening was still young when Bert became almost maudlin in his grief.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading He had bunked with Ben Leach, and after a few drinks he became tearful.

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From this reading Peter Morgan and Dell Bowen rode back to the 6X6, but Spike Cahill and Bert Roddy stayed in town.

year

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From this reading He and Ben had quarreled for over a year, and at times they had almost come to blows; but just now Ben had been his best friend, a model young man, a paragon of all the virtues.

young

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From this reading In fact, the evening was still young when Bert became almost maudlin in his grief.

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