Chapter 2 of Uncle Wiggily's Story Book is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Uncle Wiggily's Story Book is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying: "Oh, dear! How my ear aches! Oh, what a pain! Can't you do something to stop it, Mother?"
Chapter 2 of Uncle Wiggily's Story Book is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “ache” — a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
From this reading “How my ear aches!”
possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:”
a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
From this reading “Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:”
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “How my ear aches!”
inflected form of “hop” — jump lightly
From this reading “Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:”
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading “Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “Oh, what a pain!”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “Can't you do something to stop it, Mother?"”
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 “Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:”
In this reading “Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
plural of “ache” — a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
From this reading How my ear aches!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can't you do something to stop it, Mother?"
dearly loved
From this reading "Oh, dear!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Can't you do something to stop it, Mother?"
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading How my ear aches!
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
inflected form of “hop” — jump lightly
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How my ear aches!
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
and nothing more
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Can't you do something to stop it, Mother?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How my ear aches!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, dear!
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Oh, what a pain!
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Can't you do something to stop it, Mother?"
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading Can't you do something to stop it, Mother?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Can't you do something to stop it, Mother?"
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Oh, what a pain!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Now it happened that, just as Uncle Wiggily was hopping under the window of the bad boy's house, the bunny heard a voice inside saying:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Can't you do something to stop it, Mother?"
Chapter 2 of Uncle Wiggily's Story Book by Howard Roger Garis holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 2 holds 443 sentences of Uncle Wiggily's Story Book, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Uncle Wiggily's Story Book by Howard Roger Garis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
Work through the 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 89 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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