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Tom Sawyer Abroad
Tom Sawyer Abroad

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Tom Sawyer Abroad is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about em somewheres, and he had to shove em aside.
So at last he was about in despair.
Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.
But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.
He wasn’t going to have Nat Parsons coming back bragging about seeing the balloon, and him having to listen to it and keep quiet.
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Tom Sawyer Abroad

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Tom Sawyer Abroad is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots aboutem somewheres, and he had to shoveem aside.
Line 2
So at last he was about in despair.
Line 3
Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.
Line 4
But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.
Line 5
He wasn’t going to have Nat Parsons coming back bragging about seeing the balloon, and him having to listen to it and keep quiet.

Learner Dictionary

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Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.”

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a

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

about

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

after

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

all

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

allowed

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

and

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

another

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

ASCENSION

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

aside

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

at

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From this reading So at last he was about in despair.

back

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From this reading He wasn’t going to have Nat Parsons coming back bragging about seeing the balloon, and him having to listen to it and keep quiet.

BALLOON

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

begun

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

bragging

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From this reading He wasn’t going to have Nat Parsons coming back bragging about seeing the balloon, and him having to listen to it and keep quiet.

but

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

chance

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

coming

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From this reading He wasn’t going to have Nat Parsons coming back bragging about seeing the balloon, and him having to listen to it and keep quiet.

couldn't

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

course

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

deal

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

decided

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

despair

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From this reading So at last he was about in despair.

didn't

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

down

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

em

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

Europe

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

ever

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

found

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

go

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

going

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

good

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

got

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

had

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

have

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

having

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From this reading He wasn’t going to have Nat Parsons coming back bragging about seeing the balloon, and him having to listen to it and keep quiet.

he

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

him

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

his

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

if

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

in

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From this reading So at last he was about in despair.

it

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

keep

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From this reading He wasn’t going to have Nat Parsons coming back bragging about seeing the balloon, and him having to listen to it and keep quiet.

last

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From this reading So at last he was about in despair.

like

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

listen

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From this reading He wasn’t going to have Nat Parsons coming back bragging about seeing the balloon, and him having to listen to it and keep quiet.

looked

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

Louis

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

make

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

maybe

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

mightn't

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

Nat

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

next

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

of

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

on

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

one

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

out

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

papers

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

Parsons

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

quiet

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From this reading He wasn’t going to have Nat Parsons coming back bragging about seeing the balloon, and him having to listen to it and keep quiet.

sail

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

see

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

seeing

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From this reading He wasn’t going to have Nat Parsons coming back bragging about seeing the balloon, and him having to listen to it and keep quiet.

shove

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

So

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From this reading So at last he was about in despair.

somewheres

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

sort

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

spots

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

St

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

talk

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

talking

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

tender

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

that

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

THE

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

Then

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

they

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

thing

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

thought

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

to

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

Tom

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

up

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

wanted

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

was

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From this reading So at last he was about in despair.

wasn't

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From this reading He wasn’t going to have Nat Parsons coming back bragging about seeing the balloon, and him having to listen to it and keep quiet.

Well

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From this reading THE BALLOON ASCENSION Well, Tom got up one thing after another, but they all had tender spots about ’em somewheres, and he had to shove ’em aside.

went

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From this reading But the papers went on talking, and so he allowed that maybe if he didn’t go he mightn’t ever have another chance to see a balloon; and next, he found out that Nat Parsons was going down to see it, and that decided him, of course.

what

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From this reading Then the St. Louis papers begun to talk a good deal about the balloon that was going to sail to Europe, and Tom sort of thought he wanted to go down and see what it looked like, but couldn’t make up his mind.

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Reckon
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Sawyer
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Satisfied
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Adventures
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