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The Mucker

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Mucker is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Edgar Rice Burroughs • Curated US English Learning Edition

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“'WE KEPT a-rambling all the time.

I rustled grub, he rustled rhyme,'” quoted Billy Byrne, sitting up and stretching himself.

His companion roused and came to one elbow.

The sun was topping the scant wood behind them, glinting on the surface of the little creek.

A robin hopped about the sward quite close to them, and from the branch of a tree a hundred yards away came the sweet piping of a song bird.

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Chapter XXI Reading 1/38

The Mucker

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Mucker is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

“'WE KEPT a-rambling all the time.

Line 2

I rustled grub, he rustled rhyme,'” quoted Billy Byrne, sitting up and stretching himself.

Line 3

His companion roused and came to one elbow.

Line 4

The sun was topping the scant wood behind them, glinting on the surface of the little creek.

Line 5

A robin hopped about the sward quite close to them, and from the branch of a tree a hundred yards away came the sweet piping of a song bird.

All words in this reading · 56

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A

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a-rambling

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From this reading “'WE KEPT a-rambling all the time.

about

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all

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From this reading “'WE KEPT a-rambling all the time.

and

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away

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behind

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Billy

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bird

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branch

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Byrne

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came

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close

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companion

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creek

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elbow

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from

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glinting

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grub

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he

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himself

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His

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hopped

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hundred

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I

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KEPT

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From this reading “'WE KEPT a-rambling all the time.

little

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of

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on

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one

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piping

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quite

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quoted

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rhyme

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robin

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roused

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rustled

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scant

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sitting

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song

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From this reading A robin hopped about the sward quite close to them, and from the branch of a tree a hundred yards away came the sweet piping of a song bird.

stretching

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sun

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surface

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sward

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sweet

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the

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From this reading “'WE KEPT a-rambling all the time.

them

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From this reading The sun was topping the scant wood behind them, glinting on the surface of the little creek.

time

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From this reading “'WE KEPT a-rambling all the time.

to

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From this reading His companion roused and came to one elbow.

topping

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tree

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From this reading A robin hopped about the sward quite close to them, and from the branch of a tree a hundred yards away came the sweet piping of a song bird.

up

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was

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WE

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From this reading “'WE KEPT a-rambling all the time.

wood

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From this reading The sun was topping the scant wood behind them, glinting on the surface of the little creek.

yards

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From this reading A robin hopped about the sward quite close to them, and from the branch of a tree a hundred yards away came the sweet piping of a song bird.

Chapter 21 of The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 21 of The Mucker contain?

Chapter 21 holds 191 sentences of The Mucker, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 21 of The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 191 sentences, grouped into 39 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 Mucker

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

Billy: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Mucker; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Byrne: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Mucker; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Product: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Mucker; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Streets: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Mucker; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.