Chapter 2 of The tale of Fatty Coon is here in full — 537 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The tale of Fatty Coon is here in full — 537 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot! Spot!” Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more. He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground. And then he ran toward the woods as fast as he could go.
Chapter 2 of The tale of Fatty Coon is here in full — 537 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an eccentric or undignified rustic
From this reading “Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more.”
a person who operates a farm
From this reading “Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot!”
containing or composed of fat
From this reading “Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more.”
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot!”
possessive form of “green” — green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading “He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground.”
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
From this reading “He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground.”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “And then he ran toward the woods as fast as he could go.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot!
any thing at all
From this reading Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And then he ran toward the woods as fast as he could go.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot!
an eccentric or undignified rustic
From this reading Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And then he ran toward the woods as fast as he could go.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground.
a person who operates a farm
From this reading Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot!
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading And then he ran toward the woods as fast as he could go.
containing or composed of fat
From this reading Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more.
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot!
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading And then he ran toward the woods as fast as he could go.
possessive form of “green” — green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot!
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading And then he ran toward the woods as fast as he could go.
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then he ran toward the woods as fast as he could go.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more.
in the direction of
From this reading And then he ran toward the woods as fast as he could go.
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
From this reading He dropped the turkey he had seized and slipped down to the ground.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot!
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot!
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Fatty Coon did not wait to hear anything more.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Farmer Green’s window flew up; and Farmer Green’s voice called “Spot!
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading And then he ran toward the woods as fast as he could go.
Chapter 2 of The tale of Fatty Coon by Arthur Scott Bailey holds 537 sentences, grouped into 108 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.
Chapter 2 holds 537 sentences of The tale of Fatty Coon, unabridged, divided into 108 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The tale of Fatty Coon by Arthur Scott Bailey exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 537 sentences, grouped into 108 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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