Chapter 2 of The tale of Frisky Squirrel is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The tale of Frisky Squirrel is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Frisky Squirrel was annoyed. He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have. But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled. He wasn't frightened. Oh, no!
Chapter 2 of The tale of Frisky Squirrel is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading “Frisky Squirrel was annoyed.”
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading “But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.”
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.”
made afraid
From this reading “He wasn't frightened.”
playful like a lively kitten
From this reading “Frisky Squirrel was annoyed.”
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading “But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.”
having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention
From this reading “But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.”
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
From this reading “Frisky Squirrel was annoyed.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading Frisky Squirrel was annoyed.
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.
made afraid
From this reading He wasn't frightened.
playful like a lively kitten
From this reading Frisky Squirrel was annoyed.
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.
the act of departing
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.
and nothing more
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.
not any; not one
From this reading Oh, no!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, no!
having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention
From this reading But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
From this reading Frisky Squirrel was annoyed.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Frisky Squirrel was annoyed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He wasn't frightened.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He had just been thinking what a good time he was going to have.
at the time that
From this reading But when that dog started to bark Frisky knew that his fun was spoiled.
Chapter 2 of The tale of Frisky Squirrel by Arthur Scott Bailey holds 504 sentences, grouped into 101 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 504 sentences of The tale of Frisky Squirrel, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The tale of Frisky Squirrel by Arthur Scott Bailey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 504 sentences, grouped into 101 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 101 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 101 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 83 minutes of reading across 202 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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