Category: Children’s Literature
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 3: More Money Troubles
Chapter 3: More Money Troubles And soon now the Doctor began to make money again; and his sister, Sarah, bought a new dress and was happy. Some of the animals who came to see him were so sick that they had to stay at the Doctor’s house for a week. And when they were getting…
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Chapter 2: Animal Language Vocabulary Veterinarian: A person qualified to treat diseased or injured animals.Spectacles: Glasses.Plow-horse: A horse used to pull a plow, a large bladed farming implement used to turn soil over in preparation for the planting of seeds.Polynesia: A subregion containing 1000 southern Pacific Ocean islands.Acre: A unit of land area.
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Chapter 2: The Open Road Vocabulary Words
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Chapter 2: The Open Road Vocabulary Words Fitments: Fixed item of furniture.Voluble: Talkative.Paddock: A small field or enclosure where horses are kept.Nosebags: A strong canvas or leather bag containing grain, fastened over a horse’s muzzle for feeding.Wayfarers: A person who travels on foot.Henceforth: From this time on.
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 2: Animal Language
Chapter 2: Animal Language It happened one day that the Doctor was sitting in his kitchen talking with the Cat’s-meat-Man who had come to see him with a stomach-ache. “Why don’t you give up being a people’s doctor, and be an animal-doctor?” asked the Cat’s-meat-Man. The parrot, Polynesia, was sitting in the window looking out…
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The Wind in the Willows Chapter 2: The Open Road
Chapter 2: The Open Road Ratty,’ said the Mole suddenly, one bright summer morning, ‘if you please, I want to ask you a favour.’ The Rat was sitting on the river bank, singing a little song. He had just composed it himself, so he was very taken up with it, and would not pay proper…
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 1: Puddleby Vocabulary Words
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting Chapter 1: Puddleby Vocabulary Words Housekeeper: A person who manages the running of a household, often including cooking, cleaning, and other tasks.Hedgehog: A small mammal with a spiny coat and short legs, able to roll into a ball for self-defense.Parrot: A brightly colored tropical bird with a raucous voice. Many can…
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The Wind in the Willows Chapter 1 Vocabulary Words
Chapter 1: The Riverbank Vocabulary Wind: The perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.Willows: A tree or shrub of temperate climates that typically has narrow leaves, bears catkins, and grows near water.Cellarage: Cellars collectively.Bijou: Small and elegant (residence).Sculls: A pair of small oars used by a single…
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 1: Puddleby
Chapter 1: Puddleby Once upon a time, many years ago-when our grandfathers were little children-there was a doctor; and his name was Dolittle-John Dolittle, M.D. “M.D.” means that he was a proper doctor and knew a whole lot. He lived in a little town called, Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. All the folks, young and old, knew him well…
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Chapter 1: The Riverbank
The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an…
