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The Road to Oz

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of The Road to Oz is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum • Curated US English Learning Edition

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It isn't a noise that you hear, But Music, harmonic and clear.

My breath makes me play Like an organ, all day-- That bass note is in my left ear.

"How funny!" exclaimed Dorothy; "he says his breath makes the music."

"That's all nonsense," declared the shaggy man; but now the music began again, and they all listened carefully.

My lungs are full of reeds like those In organs, therefore I suppose, If I breathe in or out my nose, The reeds are bound to play.

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Chapter VI Reading 1/34

The Road to Oz

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of The Road to Oz is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

It isn't a noise that you hear, But Music, harmonic and clear.

Line 2

My breath makes me play Like an organ, all day-- That bass note is in my left ear.

Line 3

"How funny!" exclaimed Dorothy; "he says his breath makes the music."

Line 4

"That's all nonsense," declared the shaggy man; but now the music began again, and they all listened carefully.

Line 5

My lungs are full of reeds like those In organs, therefore I suppose, If I breathe in or out my nose, The reeds are bound to play.

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a

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again

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all

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From this reading My breath makes me play Like an organ, all day-- That bass note is in my left ear.

an

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From this reading My breath makes me play Like an organ, all day-- That bass note is in my left ear.

and

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From this reading It isn't a noise that you hear, But Music, harmonic and clear.

are

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From this reading My lungs are full of reeds like those In organs, therefore I suppose, If I breathe in or out my nose, The reeds are bound to play.

bass

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From this reading My breath makes me play Like an organ, all day-- That bass note is in my left ear.

began

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bound

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breath

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breathe

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But

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carefully

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clear

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day

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declared

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Dorothy

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ear

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exclaimed

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full

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funny

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harmonic

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he

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hear

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his

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How

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I

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If

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in

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From this reading My breath makes me play Like an organ, all day-- That bass note is in my left ear.

is

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isn't

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It

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left

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From this reading My breath makes me play Like an organ, all day-- That bass note is in my left ear.

Like

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From this reading My breath makes me play Like an organ, all day-- That bass note is in my left ear.

listened

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From this reading "That's all nonsense," declared the shaggy man; but now the music began again, and they all listened carefully.

lungs

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makes

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man

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me

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Music

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From this reading It isn't a noise that you hear, But Music, harmonic and clear.

My

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From this reading My breath makes me play Like an organ, all day-- That bass note is in my left ear.

noise

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From this reading It isn't a noise that you hear, But Music, harmonic and clear.

nonsense

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nose

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From this reading My lungs are full of reeds like those In organs, therefore I suppose, If I breathe in or out my nose, The reeds are bound to play.

note

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now

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of

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or

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organ

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From this reading My breath makes me play Like an organ, all day-- That bass note is in my left ear.

organs

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From this reading My lungs are full of reeds like those In organs, therefore I suppose, If I breathe in or out my nose, The reeds are bound to play.

out

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From this reading My lungs are full of reeds like those In organs, therefore I suppose, If I breathe in or out my nose, The reeds are bound to play.

play

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reeds

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From this reading My lungs are full of reeds like those In organs, therefore I suppose, If I breathe in or out my nose, The reeds are bound to play.

says

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From this reading "How funny!" exclaimed Dorothy; "he says his breath makes the music."

shaggy

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From this reading "That's all nonsense," declared the shaggy man; but now the music began again, and they all listened carefully.

suppose

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From this reading My lungs are full of reeds like those In organs, therefore I suppose, If I breathe in or out my nose, The reeds are bound to play.

that

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From this reading It isn't a noise that you hear, But Music, harmonic and clear.

That's

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From this reading "That's all nonsense," declared the shaggy man; but now the music began again, and they all listened carefully.

the

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From this reading "How funny!" exclaimed Dorothy; "he says his breath makes the music."

therefore

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From this reading My lungs are full of reeds like those In organs, therefore I suppose, If I breathe in or out my nose, The reeds are bound to play.

they

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those

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From this reading My lungs are full of reeds like those In organs, therefore I suppose, If I breathe in or out my nose, The reeds are bound to play.

to

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From this reading My lungs are full of reeds like those In organs, therefore I suppose, If I breathe in or out my nose, The reeds are bound to play.

you

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From this reading It isn't a noise that you hear, But Music, harmonic and clear.

Chapter 6 of The Road to Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 6 of The Road to Oz contain?

Chapter 6 holds 172 sentences of The Road to Oz, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 6 of The Road to Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 6 of The Road to Oz?

Work through the 35 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 35 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.

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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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How long does The Road to Oz take to read?

About 181 minutes of reading across 435 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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