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Chapter 6 of Uncle Wiggily's Airship is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He pointed to a little house made of bark. It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers. “Oh, what a lovely place!” cried Nurse Jane. “I know I shall like it there!” Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
Chapter 6 of Uncle Wiggily's Airship is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a steerable self-propelled aircraft
From this reading “Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.”
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading “He pointed to a little house made of bark.”
sometimes placed in genus Scilla
From this reading “It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.”
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading “It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.”
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading “Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.”
plural of “fern” — any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
From this reading “It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.”
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.”
the brown fur of a muskrat
From this reading “Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.”
In this reading “He pointed to a little house made of bark.”
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 pointed to a little house made of bark.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
a steerable self-propelled aircraft
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
From this reading He pointed to a little house made of bark.
sometimes placed in genus Scilla
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Oh, what a lovely place!” cried Nurse Jane.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
plural of “fern” — any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
in a gradual manner
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He pointed to a little house made of bark.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading He pointed to a little house made of bark.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I know I shall like it there!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, what a lovely place!” cried Nurse Jane.
past form of “jump” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I know I shall like it there!”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “I know I shall like it there!”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He pointed to a little house made of bark.
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading “Oh, what a lovely place!” cried Nurse Jane.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He pointed to a little house made of bark.
the brown fur of a muskrat
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading “Oh, what a lovely place!” cried Nurse Jane.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He pointed to a little house made of bark.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, what a lovely place!” cried Nurse Jane.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “Oh, what a lovely place!” cried Nurse Jane.
having a point
From this reading He pointed to a little house made of bark.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I know I shall like it there!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “I know I shall like it there!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He pointed to a little house made of bark.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was close to the edge of a little brook, and all about it grew ferns and bluebell flowers.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Oh, what a lovely place!” cried Nurse Jane.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Down went the airship as gently as a feather, and out jumped the muskrat lady and Uncle Wiggily.
Chapter 6 of Uncle Wiggily's Airship by Howard Roger Garis holds 448 sentences, grouped into 90 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 6 holds 448 sentences of Uncle Wiggily's Airship, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Uncle Wiggily's Airship by Howard Roger Garis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 448 sentences, grouped into 90 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.
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