Chapter 2 of The Singing Mouse Stories is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Singing Mouse Stories is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse. "Do you see the little lake? Do you know this place of the oaks? Behold it now!" It waved a tiny hand.
Chapter 2 of The Singing Mouse Stories is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.”
see with attention
From this reading “Behold it now!"”
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading “"Do you see the little lake?”
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading “"Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.”
plural of “oak” — the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading “"Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.”
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading “"Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.”
very small
From this reading “It waved a tiny hand.”
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “It waved a tiny hand.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It waved a tiny hand.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.
see with attention
From this reading Behold it now!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading It waved a tiny hand.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Behold it now!"
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Do you know this place of the oaks?
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading "Do you see the little lake?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Do you see the little lake?
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading "Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Behold it now!"
plural of “oak” — the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading "Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Do you know this place of the oaks?
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Do you know this place of the oaks?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading "Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Do you know this place of the oaks?
very small
From this reading It waved a tiny hand.
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading It waved a tiny hand.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you see the oaks?" asked the Singing Mouse.
Chapter 2 of The Singing Mouse Stories by Emerson Hough holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
Chapter 2 holds 405 sentences of The Singing Mouse Stories, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Singing Mouse Stories by Emerson Hough exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
Work through the 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 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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About 101 minutes of reading across 244 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Singing Mouse Stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Singing Mouse Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
