item: #1 of 23 id: 11703 author: Wyss, Johann David title: The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island date: None words: 123708 flesch: 78 summary: If you do, said my pert little Jack, I will be contented to be roasted in the place of the first chicken taken. How did you catch him? He is very ugly, said little Francis, who was almost afraid of him. keywords: animals; boys; brothers; canoe; children; cloth; cut; day; dear; difficulty; dogs; end; ernest; family; father; feet; fire; francis; fritz; fruit; god; good; grotto; hand; head; home; house; island; jack; leave; left; life; mamma; morning; mother; new; night; pinnace; place; rest; return; river; rocks; round; savages; saw; sea; set; shore; sons; sort; tent; thought; time; tree; vessel; water; way; wife; wood; work cache: 11703.txt plain text: 11703.txt item: #2 of 23 id: 11997 author: Stables, Gordon title: Crusoes of the Frozen North date: None words: 15027 flesch: 94 summary: The boat pulled away and soon touched the ice; Tom sprang nimbly on shore, and before long he could be seen only as a little black dot on that dazzling plain of snow. poor Tom! keywords: aralia; briton; children; day; flossy; frank; night; pansy; professor; round; ship; time; tom; veevee cache: 11997.txt plain text: 11997.txt item: #3 of 23 id: 21552 author: Marryat, Frederick title: Masterman Ready; Or, The Wreck of the "Pacific" date: None words: 100900 flesch: 81 summary: Excellent old man! thought Mr Seagrave. Mr Seagrave called and waved his hat, and Juno and William came down to them. keywords: beach; board; boat; captain; children; cocoa; come; day; good; house; island; juno; left; little; look; man; morning; mother; mr seagrave; mrs; night; nut; poor; ready; round; ship; shore; sir; time; tommy; trees; vessel; water; way; william; wind; work cache: 21552.txt plain text: 21552.txt item: #4 of 23 id: 33660 author: Jones, Raymond F. title: The Year When Stardust Fell date: None words: 63919 flesch: 87 summary: Jed had not dismounted, but held Ken prisoner in the recess with the rearing, impatient horse. In Mayfield, Ken Maddox walked slowly along Main Street, avoiding collisions with other people whose eyes were fixed on the object in the sky. keywords: air; art; college; comet; day; days; dust; eyes; father; fire; food; good; group; head; hilliard; home; house; johnson; ken; know; larsen; maddox; man; maria; mayfield; mayor; meggs; men; morning; new; nomads; people; power; professor; right; saw; science; scientists; sheriff; snow; thing; thought; time; town; try; way; work; world cache: 33660.txt plain text: 33660.txt item: #5 of 23 id: 34009 author: Lynde, Francis title: Stranded in Arcady date: None words: 47697 flesch: 86 summary: We must do something, Mr. Prime. It surely does, he admitted frankly; and so, for that matter, does 'Mr. Prime.' keywords: away; bark; birch; camp; canoe; course; day; donald; eyes; fire; forest; going; good; grider; half; hands; head; know; lake; left; life; lucetta; men; millington; money; morning; new; night; prime; river; saw; sleep; things; thought; time; water; way; woman cache: 34009.txt plain text: 34009.txt item: #6 of 23 id: 34495 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: Rob Nixon, the Old White Trader: A Tale of Central British North America date: None words: 25107 flesch: 80 summary: The young especially are surprised to hear that old men have forgotten what they learned in their youth, that they neglect to pray, to read the Bible, to think about God and their own souls; but let them be assured that if once they give up the habit of praying, of studying God's holy Word, of obeying His commands, there is one ever ready to persuade them that there is no harm in this neglect; that it will save them much trouble; and that it is far more manly to neglect prayers, to be irreligious and profane, than to love, serve, and obey their Maker. Outside the enclosure were numerous persons, chiefly women and old men and boys, the latter armed with bows and arrows, and the former having cloaks or boughs. keywords: day; distance; friend; god; good; ground; horse; hunter; indian; life; man; men; nixon; people; peter; rifle; time; tom; way; young cache: 34495.txt plain text: 34495.txt item: #7 of 23 id: 34808 author: Wyss, Johann David title: The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures on a Desert Island date: None words: 124416 flesch: 74 summary: Do you mean to keep this great hungry bird Fritz has brought? said my wife, it is another mouth to feed, remember, and provisions are still scarce. Somewhat to my amusement, while we were looking at the curious defense this creature was making, little Jack stepped close up to it, with a pocket pistol in his hand, and shot it dead, making sure of it by a couple of hearty raps on the head, and then giving way to a burst of boyish exultation, he called upon us to help convey his prize to his mother. keywords: air; animals; appearance; away; bay; birds; board; boat; boys; children; close; creature; cut; day; days; dear; distance; dogs; end; ernest; eyes; falconhurst; family; father; feet; fire; fish; franz; fritz; fruit; good; hand; head; home; island; jack; lay; left; length; look; making; moment; morning; mother; new; night; place; rest; return; round; saw; sea; set; shore; shot; skin; tent; thought; time; tree; use; water; way; wife; wood; work cache: 34808.txt plain text: 34808.txt item: #8 of 23 id: 3836 author: Wyss, Johann David title: Swiss Family Robinson date: None words: 129093 flesch: 76 summary: `Do you mean to keep this great hungry bird Fritz has brought?' said my wife. Somewhat to my amusement, while we were looking at the curious defense this creature was making, little Jack stepped close up to it, with a pocket pistol in his hand, and shot it dead, making sure of it by a couple of hearty raps on the head, and then giving way to a burst of boyish exultation, he called upon us to help to convey his prize to his mother. keywords: air; animals; appearance; bay; birds; board; boat; boys; children; close; creature; cut; day; days; dear; distance; dogs; end; ernest; eyes; falconhurst; family; father; feet; fire; franz; fritz; fruit; good; head; home; idea; island; jack; land; lay; left; length; look; making; moment; morning; mother; new; night; place; ready; rest; return; round; saw; sea; set; shore; shot; skin; think; thought; time; tree; use; water; way; wife; wood; work cache: 3836.txt plain text: 3836.txt item: #9 of 23 id: 41659 author: Wyss, Johann David title: The Swiss Family Robinson: A Translation from the Original German date: None words: 129065 flesch: 73 summary: Do you mean to keep this great hungry bird Fritz has brought? said my wife, it is another mouth to feed, remember, and provisions are still scarce. Somewhat to my amusement, while we were looking at the curious defence this creature was making, little Jack stepped close up to it, with a pocket pistol in his hand, and shot it dead, making sure of it by a couple of heavy raps on the head, and then giving way to a burst of boyish exultation, he called upon us to help to convey his prize to his mother. keywords: air; animals; appearance; bay; birds; board; boat; boys; children; close; creature; cut; day; days; dear; distance; dogs; end; ernest; eyes; falconhurst; family; father; feet; fire; fish; franz; fritz; fruit; good; hand; head; home; idea; island; jack; land; lay; left; length; look; making; moment; morning; mother; new; night; place; rest; return; round; saw; sea; set; shore; shot; skin; supper; tent; thought; time; trees; use; water; way; whale; wife; wood; work; wreck cache: 41659.txt plain text: 41659.txt item: #10 of 23 id: 51461 author: Leiber, Fritz title: A Pail of Air date: None words: 6025 flesch: 91 summary: Pa had sent me out to get an extra pail of air. Who wouldn't, knowing everyone on Earth was dead except Pa and Ma and Sis and you? Even at that, I don't suppose I should have been surprised. keywords: air; fire; nest; time cache: 51461.txt plain text: 51461.txt item: #11 of 23 id: 58748 author: Fontenay, Charles L. title: Escape Velocity date: None words: 9295 flesch: 90 summary: At last Jonner stopped. A miracle? I don't feel like talking about it now, said Jonner warily. keywords: gun; heat; jonner; kraag; ship; sphere; stein; time cache: 58748.txt plain text: 58748.txt item: #12 of 23 id: 59150 author: Hawk, G. K. title: Lost Art date: None words: 1918 flesch: 89 summary: The plume of Endicott's frozen breath drifted over Allison's shoulder, merged with the sifting snow. In a moment Endicott said in his soothing voice, Sorry, Allison. keywords: allison; control; endicott cache: 59150.txt plain text: 59150.txt item: #13 of 23 id: 59255 author: Von Wald, E. G. title: Easy Does It date: None words: 7225 flesch: 85 summary: Oooo, Hal groaned. Outlanders are noted for their misplaced pride, of course, Hal commented with a mildness that was impelled by fatigue rather than civilized conditioning. keywords: father; hal; lois; man; right; time; treatment; webber; wilderness cache: 59255.txt plain text: 59255.txt item: #14 of 23 id: 60595 author: Wellman, Manly Wade title: Half Around Pluto date: None words: 4464 flesch: 95 summary: We'll just have to get back to Base Camp and wait, said Wofforth grimly. Take it easy, sir, he said as Wofforth began to get up. keywords: base; camp; corbett; jenks; miles; sled; wofforth cache: 60595.txt plain text: 60595.txt item: #15 of 23 id: 60761 author: Reynolds, Mack title: The Good Seed date: None words: 4738 flesch: 93 summary: Raising his head a little and looking around him, Calvin could see the water, risen high around them, so that waves were splashing on all sides, less than the length of his own body away. Actually it had come down just short of the island and floated quickly off, what was left of it, while Calvin was thrashing for the island with that inept stroke of his. keywords: calvin; island; plant; water; wind cache: 60761.txt plain text: 60761.txt item: #16 of 23 id: 61050 author: De Vet, Charles V. title: Lorelei date: None words: 3210 flesch: 90 summary: Kohnke was our lone hope. But Kohnke was insane. keywords: anamorph; andrews; kohnke; man; ship cache: 61050.txt plain text: 61050.txt item: #17 of 23 id: 61242 author: Neville, Kris title: The Winning of the Moon date: None words: 6167 flesch: 91 summary: Major Winship got down and Capt. Wilkins got up. They passed it over to Major Winship, who handed it out to Capt. Wilkins. keywords: capt; chandler; lawler; major; wilkins; winship cache: 61242.txt plain text: 61242.txt item: #18 of 23 id: 61405 author: Panshin, Alexei title: Down to the Worlds of Men date: None words: 11926 flesch: 97 summary: Almost inevitably, it seemed, the policeman raised his pistol and fired directly at Mr. Kutsov, and then again, and as the second report rang Mr. Kutsov slid to the floor. Mr. Kutsov treated the comment with more respect than it deserved. keywords: face; horst; jimmy; kutsov; man; people; right; ship; time; way cache: 61405.txt plain text: 61405.txt item: #19 of 23 id: 61439 author: Carlson, Mary title: The Time of Cold date: None words: 2506 flesch: 88 summary: Number 3: Carry your pistol for protection against liquid scorpions, and always save the last pellet for yourself. Liquid scorpions were enormous masses of clear, jellyish liquid that oozed forward across the rock and sand with remarkable speed. keywords: liquid; sting; xen cache: 61439.txt plain text: 61439.txt item: #20 of 23 id: 61467 author: Dodge, Fremont title: Muck Man date: None words: 6452 flesch: 91 summary: ] I The girl with the Slider egg glittering in her hair watched the bailiff lead Asa Graybar out of the courtroom. This is Asa Graybar. keywords: asa; dorr; egg; helicopter; kershaw; man; muck; mud; slider cache: 61467.txt plain text: 61467.txt item: #21 of 23 id: 62443 author: Peacock, Wilbur S. title: Destination—Death date: None words: 3787 flesch: 90 summary: _] Bart Caxton tossed the gun aside, leaned over, unscrewed the hinged valve on Headley's oxygen tank, then callously dumped the unconscious man into the pool. Headley adjusted his gravity control, then connected himself to Caxton with a ten-foot length of cable. keywords: caxton; headley; oxygen; ship; suit; tom cache: 62443.txt plain text: 62443.txt item: #22 of 23 id: 63048 author: Bond, Nelson S. title: Wanderers of the Wolf-Moon date: None words: 22450 flesch: 90 summary: As one waking from a nightmare dream, Greg Malcolm returned to a world he could recognize. And Greg Malcolm turned from the _perilens_, shaken. keywords: andrews; aunt; bert; breadon; cave; crystal; day; eyes; foster; greg; hannigan; know; life; malcolm; man; maud; moment; right; skiff; space; sparks; time; tina; titan; tommy; voice cache: 63048.txt plain text: 63048.txt item: #23 of 23 id: 6692 author: Wyss, Johann David title: The Swiss Family Robinson, Told in Words of One Syllable date: None words: 26611 flesch: 95 summary: But I dare say we shall know what it all means in good time. Our work took us more time than we thought; and as our store of food got low, we sent Fritz and Jack home to bring us a fresh stock, and to feed the beasts we had left at Tent House. keywords: boys; day; ernest; fritz; good; jack; left; place; set; ship; thought; time; way; wife; work cache: 6692.txt plain text: 6692.txt