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Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories
Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.
You here,” he said, Ha, ha, revenge is mine!
I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”
Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.
These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.
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Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/3 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.
Line 2
You here,” he said, “Ha, ha, revenge is mine!
Line 3
I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”
Line 4
Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.
Line 5
These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

All words in this reading · 50

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a

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From this reading I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”

again

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From this reading These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

and

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From this reading Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.

As

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From this reading As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.

back

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From this reading I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”

Bill

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From this reading As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.

Blinky

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From this reading As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.

child

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From this reading Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.

delighted

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From this reading As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.

for

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From this reading I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”

from

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From this reading Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.

get

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From this reading I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”

going

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From this reading These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

gold

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From this reading Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.

Ha

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From this reading “You here,” he said, “Ha, ha, revenge is mine!

he

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From this reading As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.

here

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From this reading “You here,” he said, “Ha, ha, revenge is mine!

him

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From this reading These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

his

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From this reading As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.

home

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From this reading These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

I'll

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From this reading I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”

in

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From this reading These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

is

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From this reading “You here,” he said, “Ha, ha, revenge is mine!

mine

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From this reading “You here,” he said, “Ha, ha, revenge is mine!

my

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From this reading I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”

place

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From this reading These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

put

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From this reading These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

recognised

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From this reading As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.

revenge

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From this reading “You here,” he said, “Ha, ha, revenge is mine!

reward

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From this reading I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”

safe

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From this reading These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

said

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From this reading “You here,” he said, “Ha, ha, revenge is mine!

shaver

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From this reading I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”

soon

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From this reading As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.

sovereigns

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From this reading Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.

taking

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From this reading I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”

the

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From this reading Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.

Then

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From this reading Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.

These

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From this reading These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

three

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From this reading Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.

tidy

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From this reading I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”

till

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From this reading These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

took

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From this reading Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.

unresisting

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From this reading Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.

visitor

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From this reading As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.

was

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From this reading As soon as Blinky Bill recognised his visitor, he was delighted.

watch

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From this reading Then from the unresisting child he took a gold watch and three sovereigns.

would

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From this reading These he said he would put in a safe place for him, till he was going home again.

You

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From this reading “You here,” he said, “Ha, ha, revenge is mine!

young

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From this reading I'll get a tidy reward for taking you back, my young shaver.”

Chapter 4 of Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson holds 19 sentences, grouped into 4 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.

What does chapter 4 of Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories contain?

Chapter 4 holds 19 sentences of Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 4 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 19 sentences, grouped into 4 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.

How do I study chapter 4 of Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories?

Work through the 4 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 4 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.

Can chapter 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.

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About 12 minutes of reading across 30 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories

Words and structures a reader meets early in Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Algernon
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Montgomery
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Smythers
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Merchant
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