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Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Victor Appleton • Curated US English Learning Edition

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VAL JACINTO "Rather tame, isn't it, Tom?"

"Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

"No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

"When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

"Don't speak of THAT trip.

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Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

VAL JACINTO "Rather tame, isn't it, Tom?"

Line 2

"Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

Line 3

"No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

Line 4

"When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

Line 5

"Don't speak of THAT trip.

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airship

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

all

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

an

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

and

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

at

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

beside

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

Bless

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

blue

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

Caribbean

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

chum

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

conversation

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

Damon

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

deep

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

Don't

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From this reading "Don't speak of THAT trip.

down

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

exactly

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

excitement

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

for

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

gazing

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

going

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

had

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

him

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

his

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

I

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

in

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

interrupted

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

into

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

isn't

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From this reading VAL JACINTO "Rather tame, isn't it, Tom?"

it

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From this reading VAL JACINTO "Rather tame, isn't it, Tom?"

JACINTO

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From this reading VAL JACINTO "Rather tame, isn't it, Tom?"

legs

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

like

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

looked

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

Mr

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

my

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

Ned

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

No

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

of

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

on

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

one

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

over

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

overhearing

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

rail

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

Rather

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From this reading VAL JACINTO "Rather tame, isn't it, Tom?"

Sea

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

speak

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From this reading "Don't speak of THAT trip.

steaming

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

submarine

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

Swift

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

tame

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From this reading VAL JACINTO "Rather tame, isn't it, Tom?"

that

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

the

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

their

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

then

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

think

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

this

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

Tom

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From this reading VAL JACINTO "Rather tame, isn't it, Tom?"

trip

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From this reading "Don't speak of THAT trip.

up

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

VAL

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From this reading VAL JACINTO "Rather tame, isn't it, Tom?"

vessel

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

voyage

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

was

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

water

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

Well

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

went

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

When

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From this reading "When I think of that----" "Bless my sea legs!" interrupted Mr. Damon, overhearing the conversation.

which

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

who

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From this reading "Well, Ned, it isn't exactly like going up in an airship," and Tom Swift who was gazing over the rail down into the deep blue water of the Caribbean Sea, over which their vessel was then steaming, looked at his chum beside him.

your

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From this reading "No, and your submarine voyage had it all over this one for excitement," went on Ned.

Chapter 9 of Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders by Victor Appleton holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 9 of Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders contain?

Chapter 9 holds 129 sentences of Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

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