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P.2

Queen Victoria looked out at the sea .[si]

It was blue, it was cool, it was nice as could be. [bi]

The day was so hot; the sun was so bright.[braɪt]

Her petticoats itched and her corset was tight.[taɪt]

She whispered a wish, it was only a whim.[wɪm]

"How grand it would be to go for a swim.''[swɪm]

P.4

Her lady-in-waiting collapsed on the floor.[flɔr]

“I’ve never heard such nonsense before.[bɪˈfɔr]

Impossible," she cried. "It would be a disgrace [dɪsˈgreɪs]

to see more of the queen than her hands and her face.[feɪs]

How would she get from the beach to the water [ˈwɔtər]

without showing more of herself than she ought to?[ɔt]

The queen sighed a sigh. "I’ll give up the notion. [noʊʃən]

I'll never be allowed to enter the ocean. [ˈoʊʃən]

For how can I swim if I wear all my clothes, [kloʊðz]

my petticoats and dresses, my shoes and my hose? [hoʊz]

They'd get drippy and slushy and soggy and sodden,[ˈsɑdən]

and down I would sink right to the bottom.”[ˈbɑtəm]

P.6

"My dear," said Prince Albert, "if it is your wish [wɪʃ]

to dabble and splatter and swim like a fish,[fɪʃ]

there must be a way to transport you with ease,[iz]

while keeping the populace from glimpsing your knees.[niz]

I'll give all my genius and all my attention [əˈtɛnʃən]

to devise a device, to invent an invention.”[ɪnˈvɛnʃən]

P.8

Albert was learned, Albert was bright,[braɪt]

Albert was nearly always right.[raɪt]

He’d been everywhere from Denmark to Munich,[ˈmjuːnɪk]

he’d studied old wars both Spartan and Punic.[ˈpju;nɪk]

His knowledge of battles no one could fault.[fɔlt]

He’d read dozens of books on the catapult.[ˈkætəˌpʌlt]

P.9

It hurled heavy rocks into the air,[ɛr]

chucking them easily from here to there.[ðɛr]

"Victoria, dear, it might be romantic [roʊˈmæntɪk]

to be launched from your window into the Atlantic.[ətˈlæntɪk]

Moving so quickly you never would show [ʃoʊ]

as much as a peek of your royal toe.”[toʊ]

P.10

But, Albert, the English, you know how they shoot [ʃut]

partridge and pheasants, mergansers and coot.[kut]

Whatever is up in the air they bring down [daʊn]

and roast it and toast it to a crispy brown,[braʊn]

to have for their breakfast, to have with their tea.[ti]

I'm sure you don't wish that to happen to me.”[mi]

P.11

Just after midnight [ˈmɪdˌnaɪt]

Albert sprang from the bed. [bɛd]

A brilliant idea.[aɪˈdɪə]

had come into his head. [hɛd]

"Wake up, dear Victoria,

your worries are over[ˈoʊvər]

You can swim all the way

from Osborne to Dover."[ˈdoʊvər]

P.12

They waltzed, they mazurkaed, they danced a polka or two, [tu]

then collapsed on their bed with their nightcaps askew. [əˈsku]

P.13

First thing in the morning Albert got busy.[ˈbɪzi]

His imperial demands made everyone dizzy.[ˈdɪzi]

"I must have some wood, quick, cut down a tree.[tri]

Dig up some stones and send them to me.[mi]

Get me a wheelwright, get me a mason.[ˈmeɪsən]

Victoria's splashing shan't be confined to a basin." [ˈbeɪsən]

P.15

Albert sawed lumber, he pounded some nails.[neɪlz]

He ordered four wheels, he laid down stone rails.[reɪlz]

He constructed a room with nary a frown.[fraʊn]

He fashioned a porch with steps to climb down.[daʊn]

P.17

When all was completed, it was fit for a queen. [kwin]

“Victoria! I’ve made you a bathing machine! [məˈʃin]

P.19

“Let me tell you, my dear, what I propose.[proʊz]

You enter the back door wearing all of your clothes.[kloʊz].

Off comes your dress, off come your rings,[rɪŋz]

off come all those unmentionable things.[θɪŋz]

You put on your suit as quick as can be [bi]

and the bathing machine will roll into the sea.[si]

P.20

"Once out on the porch the curtain will hide you ,[haɪd]

while your lady-in-waiting hovers beside you .[bɪˈsaɪd]

You climb down the steps in perfect repose, [rɪˈpoʊz]

into the ocean right up to your nose. [noʊz]

No one will get so much as a peep, [pip]

except for the creatures down in the deep''[dip]

P.21

"You're a genius, dear Albert, I'm truly excited. [ɪkˈsaɪtɪd]

We'll have all the workmen feted and knighted. [ˈnaɪtɪd]

She entered the bathing machine by the door.[dɔr]

Off came her corset, ten petticoats, and more.”[mɔr]

P.22

The windows were shuttered from prying spies,[spaɪz]

and her lady-in-waiting covered her eyes.[aɪz]

P.23

Good-bye to the land, good-bye to the turf.[tɜrf]

Victoria rode the waves and dove into the surf.[sɜrf]

P.24

Dog paddle, butterfly, sidestroke, and crawl,[krɔl]

the buoyant Victoria attempted them all.[ɔl]

She plunged and she pitched, she rolled and she wallowed,[ˈwɑloʊd]

with water all around her, some of it swallowed.[ˈswɑloʊd]

P.26

Two sailors on a frigate were having a tiff,[tɪf]

one said a flatboat, one said a skiff.[skɪf]

“It might be a schooner that has hoisted a sail.[sel]

If it gets closer, we’ll give it a hail.[hel]

“It’s taking the shape of a soup tureen.[təˈrin]

Belay and avast, I believe it’s our queen!”[kwin]

P.29

Victoria, unaware of her subjects’ surprise,[sɚˈpraɪz]

carried on with her watery exercise.[ˈɛksɚˌsaɪz]

Tuna and turtles and salmon and flounder[flaʊndɚ]

tickled her toes and swam all around her.[əˈraʊnd hɚ]

With a splash and a skitter and a final rinse,[rɪns]

the grateful Victoria returned to her prince.[prɪns]