Chapter 26 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow. --Whitefoot. It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening. Whitefoot was “it” all the time. That is, he was the one who had to do all the hunting.
Chapter 26 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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softly bright or radiant
From this reading “Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.”
exhale hard
From this reading “Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.”
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading “It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.”
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading “That is, he was the one who had to do all the hunting.”
full of or characterized by joy
From this reading “Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.”
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 “It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.”
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading “It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.”
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading “Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.”
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 It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
softly bright or radiant
From this reading Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.
(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 Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.
exhale hard
From this reading Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading That is, he was the one who had to do all the hunting.
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That is, he was the one who had to do all the hunting.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That is, he was the one who had to do all the hunting.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.
a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading That is, he was the one who had to do all the hunting.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is, he was the one who had to do all the hunting.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
full of or characterized by joy
From this reading Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.
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 It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That is, he was the one who had to do all the hunting.
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Whitefoot was “it” all the time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
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From this reading --Whitefoot.
which person or people
From this reading That is, he was the one who had to do all the hunting.
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Joyous all the winds that blow To the heart with love aglow.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading It was a wonderful game of hide-and-seek that Whitefoot the Wood Mouse was playing in the dusk of early evening.
Chapter 26 of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 53 sentences, grouped into 11 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 26 holds 53 sentences of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
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