Chapter 24 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind. --Whitefoot. Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't. Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest. Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
Chapter 24 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.”
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading “Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.”
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading “Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't.”
plural of “neighbor” — a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.”
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading “Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.”
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading “Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.”
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.”
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading “Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't.”
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 Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
(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 Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
From this reading Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't.
plural of “neighbor” — a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
not any; not one
From this reading Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
the season of growth
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Every one was happy, Whitefoot no less so than his neighbors at first.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --Whitefoot.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading Winter had gone and sweet Mistress Spring had brought joy to all the Green Forest.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading Whitefoot the Wood Mouse should have been happy, but he wasn't.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Unhappiness without a cause you never, never find; It may be in the stomach, or it may be in the mind.
Chapter 24 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 37 sentences, grouped into 8 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.
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