Tag: travel
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 32
Chapter 32 The trees which I had chosen for my farmhouse were about a foot in diameter in the trunk. They formed a long square; the long side facing the sea. The dimensions of the whole were about twenty-four feet by sixteen. I cut deep mortices in the trees, about ten feet distant from the…
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Swiss Family Robinson Chapter 3
Chapter 3 At break of day I was waked by the crowing of the cock. I summoned my wife to council, to consider on the business of the day. We agreed that our first duty was to seek for our shipmates, and to examine the country beyond the river before we came to any decisive…
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The Mystery of Roanoke Colony
Learn the Mystery of Roanoke Colony Lost Colony of RoanokeThe Roanoke Colony was England’s first attempt to establish a settlement in the Americas. Sadly, the effort failed when the settlers vanished under mysterious conditions, earning it the nickname “The Lost Colony.” Where was the colony located? The Roanoke Colony was situated on Roanoke Island, just…
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Facts about Ghana for Children
The Republic of Ghana (once known as the Gold Coast) is a country in West Africa. About 34.6 million people live there. Its capital city is Accra. Ghana is located in West Africa, next to the Gulf of Guinea, between Côte d’Ivoire and Togo. Because Ghana is close to the Equator, it has a very…
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The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad Chapter 8: Old Mr. Toad’s Babies
Old Mr. Toad’s Babies The Smiling Pool’s a nurseryWhere all the sunny dayA thousand funny babiesAre taught while at their play. Really the Smiling Pool is a sort of kindergarten, one of the most interesting kindergartens in the world. Little Joe Otter’s children learn to swim there. So do Jerry Muskrat’s babies and those of…
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The Tale of Jolly Robin chapter 16 JEALOUS JASPER JAY
JEALOUS JASPER JAY The feathered folk in Pleasant Valley were all aflutter. They had heard a strange tale–the oddest tale, almost, that had ever been told in their neighborhood. It was Jolly Robin who had started the story. And since he was not in the habit of playing jokes on people, everybody believed what he…
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Pilgrim Stories chapter: Chapters 9 and 10
ON THE CANAL audio NEXT morning, the pretty blue and white dishes washed, the kettles scoured, and fresh white sand sprinkled on the kitchen floor, Patience took baby Love and went out on the doorstep to watch the boats on the canal. There were many of these boats passing to and fro. Some carried fuel…
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The Boy’s Life of Edison: Chapter 27
Audio EDISON’S WORK DURING THE WAR With the shattering of the world’s peace by the great conflict which commenced on July 28, 1914, there came a universal disturbance of industrial conditions. The Edison industries were not exempt. Edison’s activities during the years of the war were of the same intensely vigorous and energetic nature so…
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CHAPTER 6: WHAT COLUMBUS DISCOVERED
A little over three hundred years ago there was a Pope of Rome whose name was Gregory XIII. He was greatly interested in learning and science, and when the scholars and wise men of his day showed him that a mistake in reckoning time had long before been made he set about to make it…
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Chistopher Columbus: CHAPTER 4: HOW THE ADMIRAL SAILED AWAY.
The agreement made between Columbus and the king and queen of Spain was signed on the seventeenth of April, 1492. But it was four months before he was quite ready to sail away. He selected the town of Palos as the place to sail from, because there, as you know, Captain Pinzon lived; there, too,…