Chapter 2 of The Story of a Stuffed Elephant is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Story of a Stuffed Elephant is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MAN AND THE ELEPHANT "Catch me! Save me! Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse. "Don't be afraid! I'm right here!" trumpeted the Stuffed Elephant.
Chapter 2 of The Story of a Stuffed Elephant is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
five-toed pachyderm
From this reading “THE MAN AND THE ELEPHANT "Catch me!”
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 “Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.”
plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
From this reading “Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.”
uttered with a trill
From this reading “Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.”
A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.
From this reading “Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.”
past form of “squeak” — make a high-pitched, screeching noise
From this reading “Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.”
filled with something
From this reading “I'm right here!" trumpeted the Stuffed Elephant.”
past form of “trumpet” — proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
From this reading “I'm right here!" trumpeted the Stuffed Elephant.”
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.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "Don't be afraid!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MAN AND THE ELEPHANT "Catch me!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Don't be afraid!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.
terminate
From this reading Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading THE MAN AND THE ELEPHANT "Catch me!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't be afraid!
five-toed pachyderm
From this reading THE MAN AND THE ELEPHANT "Catch me!
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I'm right here!" trumpeted the Stuffed Elephant.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm right here!" trumpeted the Stuffed Elephant.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading THE MAN AND THE ELEPHANT "Catch me!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE MAN AND THE ELEPHANT "Catch me!
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 Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.
plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
From this reading Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I'm right here!" trumpeted the Stuffed Elephant.
uttered with a trill
From this reading Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.
except for; apart from
From this reading Save me!
A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.
From this reading Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.
past form of “squeak” — make a high-pitched, screeching noise
From this reading Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.
filled with something
From this reading I'm right here!" trumpeted the Stuffed Elephant.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAN AND THE ELEPHANT "Catch me!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Catch me before I fall off the shelf and break to pieces!" squeaked the Rolling Mouse.
past form of “trumpet” — proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
From this reading I'm right here!" trumpeted the Stuffed Elephant.
Chapter 2 of The Story of a Stuffed Elephant by Laura Lee Hope holds 161 sentences, grouped into 33 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 161 sentences of The Story of a Stuffed Elephant, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Story of a Stuffed Elephant by Laura Lee Hope exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 161 sentences, grouped into 33 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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