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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Chapter IX · Chapter IX The Queen of the Field Mice

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Chapter IX The Queen of the Field Mice “We cannot be far from the road of yellow brick, now,” remarked the Scarecrow, as he stood beside the girl, “for we have come nearly as far as the river carried us away.” The Tin Wo

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Chapter IX
The Queen of the Field Mice
We cannot be far from the road of yellow brick, now,” remarked the
Scarecrow, as he stood beside the girl, for we have come nearly as far
as the river carried us away.”
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Chapter IX · Chapter IX The Queen of the Field Mice

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Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Chapter IX
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The Queen of the Field Mice
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We cannot be far from the road of yellow brick, now,” remarked the
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Scarecrow, as he stood beside the girl, “for we have come nearly as far
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as the river carried us away.”

Learner Dictionary

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Stood verb US /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading “Scarecrow, as he stood beside the girl, “for we have come nearly as far”

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as

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away

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From this reading as the river carried us away.”

be

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beside

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brick

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cannot

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carried

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From this reading as the river carried us away.”

Chapter

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From this reading Chapter IX

come

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far

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Field

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for

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from

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girl

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have

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he

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IX

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Mice

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nearly

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now

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of

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Queen

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remarked

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river

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From this reading as the river carried us away.”

road

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Scarecrow

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stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

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The

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us

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From this reading as the river carried us away.”

We

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yellow

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Chapter Quiz

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What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Chapter IX The Queen of the Field Mice?

Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?

According to the text: "Chapter IX...", what tone does the author establish?

Shadowing Practice

Repeat the selected source lines aloud to practice rhythm, stress, and clear US English pronunciation.

Narrator: Chapter IX
Narrator: “He says so himself,” answered the Scarecrow, “and he would never hurt