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Thsc First RrAdrr haa been issued in response to a
demand for additional reading matter for the lower
classes in the schools of the Province. The lessons
chosen will, it is believed jjiyd' the voluntary atten-
tion of the pupils, incre^ considerably their stock
of word-forms, and aid in securing correct and effec
tive reading. The illustrations, apart from their use
at> pictures^ and the occasional exercises thereon, are
designed to train the imagination, and cultivate fluent,
pral expression : ' ' •,
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(1) That the needs of the pupils will determine the
order in which the lessons shall be read, . .
(2) That the pronunciation of difficult words will
be indicated on the blackboard by diacritical marks
in order that the pupils may be prepared to use the
dictionary in subsequent study.
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will Ik, corrected by .ystematic, dally and often indi-
vidual drill on the ^lementary sounds.
(4) That t^e una and moaning of difficult words
•nd phrases will !«, inferred hy the pupils from
■uitable sentences or illustrations, and that these,
words and phrases will he used by them in Sentences"
of their own composition.
(5) That the pupils' intelligent appreciation of the
thoughts in each lesson will be secu^ by question-
ing or otherwise before oral reading is permitted.
(6) That the teacher will supplement the sugges-
tive exercises in the Reader by such others as the
nature of the lesson to be studied and the needs of
his pupils may require.
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A l.i-nTKH Fiu)M U()Mi» . . .... . . .\. .........; 11
Ok What Umb akk Fi-ikm * ' 17
Hakry's Ri.kd.... ...... ...... ..»..!.. 2»
Her TiiiMiiLis ,, 25
Tub Yoiwo Lkttkr-wuiter. .-. ■. 20
TiiK Lost Hat. . . . , . . . ..... . , ....2d
WoNOKRLANU
This Lion and thk Mousb
Thk Wax Dollar . .,...; . . . . ,^.. ... ... 88
UUR XjION ••••••5« •••••••••* ##•••• .fi't. •••«•• t«;*» »• 8o
Drive OenTlv .*..............,...... ^ f. 88
Thr Oratefdl Cat ......;... ..'!....... ...... 89^
Teddy .. 42 '
Beino Obhoino.... ........'.........■.,...:. ..,;., 44
School Time .... . . .... . I \ ... '. ......... .'. ......... 47
The Two Phis, (A Truo Story). . . .... . .V. . . 47
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Mrs. Blossom.... ..... ..... . . . .;. .,......'., v..;.. .'cj, 57
4^i^i^OUAOE. ........ ...... .... ...... ...... .. »i ..... . , .. , OO ••
The Bee Babies ...^i..^. ........................ ..^.. 60
The Story of a SnoW-*laKe ......,....;.,.. ...7, w... 62
Beautiful Flakes op Snow
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^.The Storm at Sea. .......... .... .. i..... v. .....:, 64
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Tub- Cats T^AT went to Law .
The f!HICKADBB-DBB . ..... . .
The Pet Lamb..,.;......
Mamma's Bibthdav ........
The Bied Set Free.. ......"
Daisy Miu^.............;_
Do YoueBest....... .....;....
The NAroHTY Chicken .... •.
The Ply...... ...]'^'
Pretty Polly... ...........^;:
The Story of a. Bdtterfly ....
The ITail-stone's Story. .....
A Child Saved by a Doo
The Mission of the Briars ...!
Thb Broken Window . ,.' .....!. !^
LiTTUB MocsiB Gray .......... . ,
The DaruhoHttlb Girl
Nero .J................. ;;;;;;
Stealing...... ^
SuaiPYHARRY.. ...v.........;;
The EAiNBow^^ftRiEs
Little ThiiTgs,,.. ....... ......
Mice in the Meal-Chest .....
The Cam* that went to School
Habits...^...:..:...... ;.^,_.
The Donkey.;, ...........:,.
FARMEk Bent's Cows
Morning Prayer. ... .........
Evening Prayer. . . .'
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ABOUT MR. GRAB.
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1. I could, for a year j- tell y6u" queer
tilings about Mr. Crab.
:'% Wbere are your bones? •
3. They are inside your body.'
4. Your bones are- a * frame to bold
up your soft flesh. ; '
6. Mr; Crab's bones are on the out-
side of hiis body.
G. His bones are his arriior, to keep
him from being hurt.
7. The crab can live and breathe
cither in water or on land.
8. You can live only on land.
9. He can both walk and swim,
la Mrs, Crabb lays eggs.
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-n. A hen, you know, lays eiggs, erne
" by one^ in a nest. ^
irShe keeps them warm till the
chicks come out. * ^^ -
18. The crab's eggs are put in a long
tube or sack. '
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16. She carries them tied on her long
legs, or under her body,
ie. When the small crabs come out
wof the eggs, they grow very fast. :
17. When you catch a crab by his
arm or leg, if yoii do not let go, he '
d^ps off his arm or leg, and runs.
18. He will^rst pinch you if he can
with his bigclaw.
w Couldyourun with one leg gone ?
20. The^ab has legs to spare.
2i.'Then,too,his legs will gi-owagain.
22, Yours would not,
23. A crab's leg, or hand, will grow
again very soon, when one has been
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A LETTER FROM ROMP.
kitteii
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breakfast
1. I am a little brown kitten, six
months old. People call me Romp
because I p^ay so much.
?, It is true that I have no brother
or sister kitten to play with, but
then I can have lots of fun playing
with a little string, or a stick, pr
running after my own tail, .
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^3. My little mistress' hams is kitty
, ^ too and she gives me a saucer full of
milk every morning. I drink it all
up, every drop. That is the reason
why I am sofet.
^ ^> Buf I am going lx) tell you of a
^^dreadful thing that happened to me
,\iast week. ;■; ... ;■ ■,
». Monday' morning, after I had
eaten my breakfast and washed my
face, I went out into tlie garden for
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e.^hen I came around to the back
of the house, I saw two men at work- -
piling up wood.
7. Our house has a wide piazza all ^
around it, and they were piling the
wood underneath the piazza, so as to
keep it from the rain this c<i£riinff
^nter. I sat down and watched
them vrork for a while. .
; ^ By and by the men went away
mto t^e field. After they had goi^
i went over to see the wood l
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climbed under the piazza, and sat
down on one of the sticks in the pile.
9. Sitting so long in the sun had
made jne sleepy, and I curled down
in a hole and began to dream about
a' mouse, - ■■•:■;■■.'■ '--i- ■'■::',
10. After a long tirn^e I woke up, but
everything was all dark around me.
11. To be sure, I can see in the
dark, but I did not like my fix
very well, for, when I tried to get
out of my hole, I could not move.
12. Then I knew what had hap-
pened. The men must have come
back with some more wood when
I was asleep, and piled it all uj)
and fastened me in, so that I could
not get out.
18. What a dreadful thing to hap-
pen to a cat!
14. 1 felt very badly, for I thought
I should have to stay inside of that
great pile of wood and starve to
death.
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%pod with my claws, but that did
not do any good, •
18. ''Oh I what shall I do?" thought"^
I to myself, "^hat will Kitty say
when she cannot find me any more?"
17. After a while I heard my Mttle
mistress out doors playing. She was
singing, and drawing along her doll's
carriage. '
r 18. r mewed as Ibud as I could, but
y she was singing so happily that she
did not hear me. ;
I 19. By and by she stopped siiiging,
and then I mewed verjfloudr
2o.^'Kitty, kitty," called she. h- '
21..-" Miaw," cried^ 1.;. , ///-.,^v- s>n:-^^; '^^ ;,' :■ ' - ' ■ '
22. ' Pussy, , where are ybu?" she
"called.---- ,..•■; ;
i 23. -'Mifiw, naiaw," said I, which
meant in cat language, ''Here] I am'
und^the wood." /
^i^ little mistress came running
to -Stie wood-pile, /
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28. "O Eomp!" sai^ she, "you're in
that wood, I know you are. Con;ie
out and play with me. Don't hide
any longer.""
28. "Miaw," said I, just as loud as I
eould, which meant, ''I ban't get o\it.'^
27. She understood me\thi& titrie, top,
and she tried with all her strength
to pull away the sticks of wood. But
I was away inside the pile, and she
was too little to help me out. She
began to cry out loud.
28. "O my dear kitty," said she, "I
can't help you."
M.,She vcried so Ibud that iBridget
caCme to the do6r.V
30. " What's the matter, darling? "
■/■■said' she.--'' ■■;■■.:■■:•:; U -j-
31. "Kitty is in the wood -pile, and
I; can't get her put," sobbed my mis-
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had fastened me in there, and they
took down'; their great wood-pile,
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and at 1^, they found me covered
with dust, sitting in a little hole
•a. My little mistress wm so glad to
get me again that she kissed mfe
overhand over, and afterwards sh^
brushed the dust off my white coat.
M.JS-0W, I hope tliat this will be a
warning to all little kitteUs to keep
away from wood-piles Vhere men
are at work. Jour friend; Eomp.
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lell Romp's story in your own words. : '
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OF WHAT tfSB i^RE PLIERS t
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people numbers enou^
worthy animals insects- p
health decay ' trouble
1. How often people cry out, "Oh, I
wish there were no flies I What is
the use 61?i fly ? " / /
a. But ^ things that God has made
have their uses. And all God^s works
are worthy of study. | ^
8. You have learned that worms are
of great use. I^et tis see if Mrs. Fly
does any good in the world.
4 Mrs. Fly is of great tise to man.
She helps to keep him in tiealth. Do
you think that very strange ?
6. Peoj^e say, "9^, these dirty flies!"
And yet these dirty flies" help to
keep the world clean ! #
6. Kow, you know tbat all over the
world great numbe^Fof animal^ die
each minute, and miiaiiy -of their
bodies lie on the ground and decay.
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~^ decay tjduse^ disease and death to
men. In wihter, and in cold places,
such things do not decay so fast, and
BO do not make these bad odors. ,,
•.Biit in hot days, if such dead
things lie about^ they will poison the
air. Soon we $hould all be ill.
•.The work, of Mrs. Fly is to lay
many eggs in these dead bodies. In a
few hours these eggs turn to grubs,
and these grubs t» little live worms'
Whi begin to 6^ b& fast as they can!
10. Soon they l^ave only dry bones,
which can do no harm, changing the
dead stuff into their own fat bodies.
iL You know that the crab*^ are
amcttig the street-cleaners of the sea;
So the flies are aniong the street-
cleaners of the air afi(i laiid.
12. Did/ you evei^watch flies dart
about, here and there, with a flight
like hawks ? They are eating up evil
tJhiiigs, too small for us to see. But
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theee are yet big enough to hurt us if
we should get them into our lungs.
18. Ask your teacher to tell you a
little about your lungs. ;- /
14. In and about our homes many bits
of things drop, and might decay and
mould. This would make the air foul.
But the busy and greedy fly drinks
up all the soft pai*t oiN;hese things.
IB. So we see that what we call the
^' dirty flies" help to clean away^
much dirt.
w. Then, too, the fly serves for food
for mjiny birds, and lish, and frogs,
and some insects. # Some of these
things we use for our food. Others
are full of beauty, or are of use vo us,
each in its own way. /
:i7. Thus, though the fly is often a
trouble to us, we find it is not without
Its uses. Look at one of these little
xjreatures through a glass that will
magnify . it. You will see that the *
poor insect has really much beauty.
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^as a cunning chick ; ^
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blight, l)l£fcf'' eyes I Polly thought
him the very nicest little thing in
•all the eWorld. She had sucli a tender
little heart, that when Pip's mother
was riin over by the farm wagon she-
begged her grandpa for it.
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a.^T will ho his mothor,^' who bat(t
j.^'ip Hoou loiirnod to kiipw tiiat ho
had only to ciy ^'Poep, peep; peep!"
and Polly would run to him jih fjust
as she could. Ihi wjis vory nauglity
about it, too, and would wakcj Polly
at nl&ht very often, to give him some
bread soaked in water. .
4. Polly would rub he i* sleepy ^yt^,
and say: —
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get hungry at night''; but she al-
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plljii; i%hen Polly's little friends came
to ask her to go out to play, she
would shako her head and say : —
7/^1 can't go, 'cause Pip gets so
lonesome." ^ ^ ;
«• One day grandma persuaded
Polly to leave Pip long enough to
go with her to visit a sick friendv ^
fl. " Take good care of Pip, mamma,"
said Polly; and mamma promised to
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10. Pip sat on her hand while she
wrote a letter, and pecked at her fin-
geis until he grew^ tired. . Then he
tried to put his little head under his
wing to gb to sleepi,
11. Mamma soon forgot all abput
' him ; and when she came to look for
him found that be had slipped down
into the folds of her dress and was^
dead. ■ :--:■':■•- •
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^ M2. When Pollj: came Home she ran
into the house^ crjring: ^'Where's my
dear Pip ? " But poor Pip lay^ in
mamma's hand, on his baoi:; with
his^ littlei claws curled up^ and his
little eyes tightly closed.
13. Then^ Polly cried until Uhcie Bob
t^ok her on his knee and told her he
would carve her a beautiful stone to
put on Pip's ^rave; ♦ •
14. Polly dried her eyes and put Pip
in a little box lined with cotton.
Aunt Pan gave her a bunch of
flowers tied with white ribbon.
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printed on it, in her yeiy best let-
■ters,: — ■„. /■ '' • .-^ ■ '■■!.■■■■'.' :'■
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15. "I loved Pip ever so mueh,^' said
Polly, af Stewards, to heir raamina;
fVbut I am real glad thiat I can go
out to |>lay Avitjli the kirls again;
and then, we had sucn a beautiful
fuiieral. /louiba t. brooks.
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presents
/^wishful
* splendid
- I^eauty
.bright
Christmas
ji. His Aunt had given i^ to him.^
It was a; real beauty- It was
painted black, with bright flowers
on it, and on the side in gilt letters
was its name,—
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a. This sled wai one of Harry ^'
Christmas presents, and he liked it
the best of all.
8. The first good day for coasting
he went out to try it, "
4. He thought it had just the right
name, for it did ^' fly away ^' down
the hill, sure enough.
6. Pretty soon he spied /Fred Cole
' looking at his present with wishful
eyes. " ■•...■■-..■./";•''■:■ ■/. ;.;.'•,,,■
e. >' Here, Fred; don't you want to
try my new sled? "said Ha^ny. ■
7. "Yes, indeed^ if I may,^' said
Fred.;- ,r . . .:.;;;,:-' ;::,;:--■ ;.:,;^' ■;
8. ''l^ell, then, jump on and see
how you like my
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9. It's splendid !'V said Fred, with
sparkling eyes, a^ he eame up the
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coasts, Harry took the sled again.
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u. 1 think the reason, he had such
a good time the rest of the day was
because he was so kind to poor Fred,
wlio hgui ]^ sled o^^^
■ ■' Zbi;erQise.-^Why -was Harry's sled rightly named?
Why did Fred's eyes, sparkle?
What was Harry's reward |or his kindness to Fred Cole?
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1. She hunted in the closet,
She hunted on the stair,
She hunted round the door-step,
She hunted everywhere.
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But, when the dark had eome.
She paused to wipe her tears away,
And found it on her thumbi
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1. She thought She'd write a lettei^-
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She'd be so very careless
With her sist^ei^s purple mic
2. She got it on her fingers; ".
She got it on her dress; ;|
And a sorry little creature '^
Was our pretty little Bess.:!
8. She scribbled and she folded >
And she pasted on a stamp,
And dried it on her apron,— -i
The roguish little scamp P y
4. She saw the others writing, ,
^ As easy as could be ;
And why s/^e shouldn''t also
She really didn't see.
6. She's a darling * little Bessie,
; Although she didn't think
She'd be so very careless
IVjjbh hei- sister's pen and ink.
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branches
school
J"^<\
trusted
cherries
becau^er ■ .
^^^^ is xr^ hat, mother P»
said Johnny, one day. .■■l...::<^(^:
2. ^^I don't know," answered his
mother.' ;■;■;./: V •■/:-■-•:,■■.■■■ "^
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mil, how ean I go to school
wittiout my hat?" he said.
* Qh, I will let you weai- my hat '"
«^ his toother • " I Imow wheJe that
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if '^But I don't>anfr t5>^ear your^
hat, mother.*! should be ashamed
to^|ar your hat to school "said
J olmiiy, almost cryihg.'
(v *: ""^s," answered v^is mother "l
^PPose you would. But it seems
to me you. aught to be ashamed,
Jw, not to know where youi- own
Jpat IS."
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said Johniij ; " but I don't /see why
I should be ashamed.''' 1
8. " Becaaise," answered his mother,
"it shows that you cannot be
trusted to take care of your own
things. If you cannot take care of
a hat now, w]^at ai*e you going to
do when you are a man, and have
a great many things to take care
"Oh,'' said Johnny,, " I shall learn
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t^ take care of things before I grow
to be a rnan." ^ '
>^. "lirot if you don't begin to learn
now," answered his mother.
n. Ju^ then, Johnny happened to
look tip in^ the cheiTy-tree by the
door, and there was his hat among
the branches. ; ^
la.- -I see my. hat!" he cried out,
"I Remember no:w that I took it off
when I was lip getting cherries, and
then I forgot all about it."
WkSo Johnny climbed up in the
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ti'ee, got his hat, aiid ran off to
school as fast as he could run.
Bacef cite. — What was the trouble with Johnny ?.
What answer did his mother make him?
Why ought Johnny to have been ashamed? -.
lyaS he ashamed?
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Where do cherries grow? .; ''
; What is the seed like? «
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1. Above in the tree sings a robing
I lie here on the ground;
^ 1 wonder how he learned that song^
'^^^^^^^ : 4^ his wings he found.
a, If I could become a robin,
Ahdsing the livelong day,
I wonder if things that puzzle me
Ifo^ld r^ the clouds awary^^
8. What is it makes/the stars oo
;;/■■:?; ■ bright P,^:;-..:- '- ■iy^:;0'^^^^
^ W^ the sl^y'so blue?
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Do th^ angels, I woiidur, up in
th^ir homes,
See-iie a& they look through?
4.^And the bnlliant rainbow colors,
f After the shower is o'er^ W
Puzzle my brain with a wonder,
Making me wish for more^ /
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V.6. But God is up in heaven,
And the robin sings for joy; «^
He knows why He made all things,
^ j^ a boy.
Pabkkb Haydbm.
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spared roaming chanced
angry ; roared ; gnawed
iv One daj^ a tiuge lion was taking
a nap; A mouse, not seeing it was
a Hon, ran over his back and waked
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was going to kill the mouse.
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; a. But the mouse said, Oh, pmy
don't kill mo, good lion I I am only
a little thing. Some time I may
help you,, if you let me live.'^ So
the lion let him go.
4. One day, when this same lion
was roaming about' in thef woods
he fell into a net. It was at
and held him fast.
B. In his rage and fear he roared
loudly. Just then the little mouse
Whose life he had spareji chanced, to
be near at hand. H.e raij^ to help him,
quickly gnawed the ropes with his
sharp teeth, and set the big liW
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e. Then the mouse said, "l^ow are*,
you . not glad that you didn't kill -
Bzeroise. — What is a nap ? .
Why was the lion angry?
What does roaming mean ?
What does ^natotfc? mean? ""
Use gnawed conrectly in a sentence of your own.
How did the mouse repay the kindness of the lion ?
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1. When Grandma Babcock went to
visit A^nt Ada she took Trotty with
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her. Trotty was three years old, and
was very fond of good things. She
found out very soon thtit there waa
a grocery and pi-o vision store near
the house where Aunt Ada lived.
a. In front of the store hung two^
big bunches of bananas. Trotty liked
•bananas very much.
8. One day, when Trotty was play-
ing out on the front steps, her aunt,
who was very fond of her, leaned
out of the window and threw down
a little package.
4. "There, Trotty," she said, "go;
aaid buy a banana." /^ '^
; 6. Trotty unwrapped the package
and found two cents. She went to
the store feeling as if she hq,d gvow^
to be a very big girl.
6. After that she wanted to go
every day to get bananas, and she
soon spent all the pennies her aunt
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tiow," she said. "I found it in the
ee wiag-machine drawer, and IVe
heeif-'ittTlng it." ■.:"■--•■., -...^f •'.•'■'•■■-
8. She went to her baby honib^
picked up a little box, and tl^un
started for the store. • ' - ; •,
I, The grocer took down the big-
gest banana he had, and gave it' to
her; but he laughed when ho looked
at the money Trotty put in his hand.
10, "See what tha^ child gave me,"
he said to Aunt JVda, when she was
in the stoi-e the next day.
n. Aunt Ada looked, and saw that
it was a big wax dollar that she had.,
made years before when she was
taking lessons in wax- work. "
18. And Trotty had thoixght it wjeis
a penny, and had bought a banana
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puppk
haJriiess
nickel
stable \
market
butchers
whine \
basket
cousin
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1. Our dogy name is Lion. WhyJP
Because he i^bold, — bold as a /^'ot^.
We have had him ever since Jie was*
a puppy a weib^ old, and he has
grown m) to be liot only bold, but
good and kind and} wise.
8. If I want to take my sister ]^ell
to ride, I harness lion to a little car-
riage, and he will trot off as fast as
a pony.
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9. Somjgtimes I say to Lion, " JjBt us
go to market." ; Then he will run
and take the basket in his mouth
and follow me. \i V ■ ^
4. Sometime^ 1 say to him, "Lion,
1 have no dinner for you to-day l"
Then he will/Mvhine and look un-
happy.
6. But
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Lion, here is a
nickel; go to the buteher's and buy
your dinner," he shows great joy.
He will take the coin in his mouth,
trot off to the butcher's, and get a
slice of meat with it.
6. Lion takes great cai^e of the chil-
dren. One day baby waa)in the stable,
and crept near the horsel'^ feet.. Ldon
saw that the horse might kick baby:
so he took hold of her dress with his
teeth, and pulled her away where
she would be safe.
r; He is kind to other dogs. One
day he found a little dog that had
been hfein the leg by a stone
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thro\vTi by a cniel boy. Lion licked
the wound, gave bim some of his
Qwn dinner, aiid took care of the dog
till he got well.
8. Then he brought his friend to
our house. I think he nxeant that
we should keep him. But we had
dogs enough; so we gave him to
Cousin Dick. ,
9. This dog's name is Carlo. He has
grown up to be a good <rog, but he is
not equal to Lion. In the whole
world there are very few dogs like
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Hoi Master Driver, if you will,^
Please to go gently down the hill,
And do not pull |^e reins too tight,
fiut just enough to keep him right.
Speak to him kindly, and I know
That down the hilX you'll safely go.
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VjDon't use your whip, and you will
'Tis always better to be kind.
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THE GRATEFUL CAT.
nearly
relieve
though
distress country
, ' enougli always
pitiful mewig
V'l. A lady tells this i)retty story of
how a cat showed its thanks to a
kind friend who had helped it in
distress: ^ C
2. While liviiig in a country place,
one day the cat ate some rat-poison,
but not- enough to kill it. It was
Very ill, and cried like a little child.
Its pain and heat were so great that
it would dip its paws in water to
cool them, though cats nearly always
keep away from the water.
, 8. At last it went ^ th§ lady, and,
mewing and looking up. to her in a
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most pitiful way, seemed to agj^ f<ixr
help. The lady took the poor thing
in her arms, aiidi^ried in all ways
she could, think of to relieve it.
: 4. She *bound it up in- cool, wet
cloths, and gM)Ve it medicine and
gruel, and took care of it all day
and night. The cat was soon better, '
and after a day or two it was as well
as eyp; and was the way it
took Jbo* show how thankful it was
to the lady V for her kindness :
)ne. nig;ht, after she had gone
^tip^^tairs,- she heard a mew at the
Avih^ opening it, there
was the cat with a mou^e in its
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:-ew agaijist the house, axid, when
fhe window apened, it came in and
laid the mouse at the, lady's feet.
^It rubbed against hei^ and purred
loudiy,as -if it said,. "Seq, what a
flne^inouse I have broUglit youl'^
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'7. The cat thought a mous6 the best
.of all things; and this best it gave
up for itself, and brought to its best
friend, the lady. ;
8. This it did for a long time
every day, and when, afterwards, it .
caught mice- for its kittens, one
mouse was * laid aside for the lady.
• If the kittens tried to eat this, "it
gave them a little pat, as if it said,
"*Th^t is not for you."
^j %it^t a while the lady would
take the mouse, and thank puss
with a pleased look and a kind
tone, and then give it to the kit-
tens, the cat JLpoking on well pleased
while they ate it. ^
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enough. ' ^ ' ,
Use each of these word9 in a senjbence of your own.
Why is this^lesson called " The Grateful Cat ",?
Tell this story in your own words.
*^All mat you doj do with your might'; < '
Things done by Aa/t;««, are never done right,'*
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Oetober
November
December
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T^ the ga yde n bed,
i^ates
dreams
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Feels the; sun a-slu^^
On his little head;: .
9. Te^dy in Qctobef x:x' ; r
• "Finds the breezes cbol, ■ .
Thinks hell take his little coat
When he goes to school/ ^^^^^^/'^
8. Teddy in November '
Says^ "My hiands are blue^''
Stuffs ttiem in his pockets— -'^vish
Feet woiild go there tool" ;
4. Teddy in September - ?r
Finds a ruddy peach.. ^ ^
See, the grapes are gettiiigriije,
Bed or j)urple — each ! v
6. Teddy in October ; ' ;
Hastens out to play. ^ ^ >
It is lovely out of dpors ; ;
Hurry books away. > : \
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Finds his skates and sled. : :
Dreams about Old Santa Claiis .
ythQTi he goe§ to biedl ^^^^
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tipstairs . supper comforted
surprised - answered . spool /
1. One day, when little Arthiir^^
making miit-pies in the front yard
he heard some one caH him. It was
his Aunt Jane, who was standing on
the front porch, with a letter in her
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Bun across the street and put
this' letter in the box, Arthur,
pleasej" she said. ^ V '
8. "Kb, I don't want to," answered
Arthur, wlio did not like to be dis-
■■turbed. ^ ^ -. /:-■■ ""^ \--'^'".;---.;"; ; ■• ::
4. So Aunt Jane w-ent across the
street herself and mailed the letter.
6.^ot long after this Arthur's
raother asked him to take a ^ootW
silk to Aunt Jane, who was upstairs.
e. " Ho, I don't want to,'^ answered
Arthur again.
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when she went upstadraher^lf with v
the siik she had a little ta% with '
Aunt Jane about Arthur*
*8. An hour later Arthiir rai]{ tq j|aint
Jane with a broken whip./^ %; :
, J. "Please mend this, ^nt Janl^'' ^
. he 'cried..' V- • ,/r;: ■-;;:, :-.;U;-.:. •■;■:,;. ^;;
10. "Ko,I don't want to," said Aunt
Jane, continuing her se^^ing. ' >
4i. Arthur seemed surprised for a
moment, then hung his head and
turned away.
12. When jmpper^^/^qvef, Arthur
carried a book of |airy tales to his
/ maninia*':;-^'-----;' "■;■ 7 ://■'■ :
18. " Please rea^ me a story, mam-^-
ma," he said.
14. "Ko, I dq^'t want to,^ said his
mother, who was knitting.
16. Arthur's/lip quivered, akd his
eyes were full of tears as he/sat
' down on a cushion in a c^^rner to
look at the pictures in the book.
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le. But he fof^got hia trouble when
his papa came in. %
17. papal" he said, running to
him; "please make me a whistle."
•18. ^''^Qyl don't wantvto," said his
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19. This was too much for Arthtir.
and he burst into tears. But no one
comfortea him, and nurse came and
took him off to bed. . •
ao. While she undressed him she told
him that no one could love a little
boy who never wanted to do favors,
and if he were not ready to oblige
others he must not e:^pect others to
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a The next nribmiiig;Aiint Jane
came out again with a letter. As
soon as A.rthur saw her he left his
:mud -cakes and ran to her.
82. " Let me put the" letter in the
box, Aunt Jane," he said. A
as. Aunt Jane smiled and kissed him
as she gave him the letter. RhB >qw
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ihat Arthur had learned a good les-
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do a favor. ' florbncb b. Hallowblu r ;
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I 1. Lagging feet, hoir slow they go,
^- Heigh ho! heigh ho! ^ /
I On their way to school, you know^
I Heigh ho ! heigh ho I gt . 5
kBy and hy they'll swiftly run,
I Sing oh! sing oh I V -
V HomeT again, for school: is done.
; Sing oh! sing ohi
Kay Bbb.
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country
d^lared
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surprised
.summer appetites
trouble scolded
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1. 'VVlien Madge wa^ seven years old*
and Edith live they went to the
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country to spend the summer on
their Grandpa Mason's {bAd. U«7~
ing' lived in the city, all' their lives
they were ve j y happy to b o able to
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ruft in the fleldk piojl^ wild-flowerH,
and ride iii thu nay-cart. Tlitjy had
such hig apj)otitcH that grandma do-
Mared they wquIu eat her out of
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2, But they were very good little
giii8, and tried so hard not to give
their grandma any trouble that one
day Grandpa Mason made each of
them a present 6f a little white pig.
8. "the little girls had neirer before
had any pets, and they became very
fond of the pigs. One was named
Snowball and the other Frisky, and
they soon learned to come when/ the
children called them j They were
good little pigj5, and very taiiie, and
did not make a f uss :when they Were
washed. They had to be washed very
often., for they were fond of lying
in mud-puddles^ and playing in the
farmyard with their dirty little
brothers, and they didn't mind be-
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4. But the little girls loved^^^em,
/ dirty or cleaUy. and were sorry to
leave them in September, when they
went back to the city. They did not
forget them,' and When summer came
again, and they went to the farm in
June, they asked for Frisky and
Snowball before they had even taken
off their Jiats.
6. "They're alive, and will bp glad
to see you, I haven?t a doubt^ saidT
grandpa. " Come out to the bj
. 6< "The darling little things I" said
M&dge. " I wonder if they will
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7. But it was the little girls who
didn't kuQw the jags, fer^ Snowbfill
, and Frisky had grown into
hogs, and grandpa had them in a
pen; f£^^tening them to kill in the
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how surprised and sorry Madge and
|]dith werel But after a while he
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took them into the loft of the bam
and showed them two flying-squir-
i*els in a tin cage^
». " Here are some new pets,'' he
said; "you wili like these asVwell as
■the pigs.''/'-- -■■::"\'''''-/'-''^ ' ^■■- '^■: v-;-'
10. But it was a long timie before
the little girls ceased to mourn over
the loss of' Frisky and Snowball.
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BOAT SAILING.
boats
ocean
answered
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sailing
float .
again
earth
little
sound
1. Charlie and Willie" were sailing
their boats on a little pond of water
which the higl^ tide had left on the
beach. r
2. After a while Charlie said, " I am
going to sail my boat on the ocean.
I don't like this little pond."
8. "Why, Charlie," answered Willie,
" if you put youf boat on the ocean,
it will float away, and you will never
•see it again."
4. "Well," said Charlie, "perhaps it
will float away rdund the world, and
some boy who lives on th^ other
side of the world may get it."
6. " Tl;ien the boys on the otl^er side
will find out what nice boats the
boys on this side of* the earth can '
makke, woft't they?" asked Willie.
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disappoint
careful
thimble
stitches
hemming
* pleasure
1. " ^o^ I g^ quite too busy
To g(tttt|-<^oors and play,
This helRmig will keep me work-
ing' '
Ab hard as I can all day.
a. "I'd rather play in the sunshine
Than sit in the hoiise. and sew,
But people must think of duty -
Before their pleasure, you know.
8. "To-mptTOW will be the party^
And Dorothy cannot go ^
Unless I finish this for her. ) ^
(I can't disappoint her sol)
4. " Sometimes I forget which finger
Goes under the little hem.
Or Vhich one should have the
thimble,^ ,
It fits either one of them.
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*\ 0. Sometimes Dciy thread gets td;n-
. gled, ; V
.Or slips from the little eye;
Sometimes I prick my finger •
' 'Till I -^w^Jl:— almost cry.'
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j. *«. And'how^ makes my neek ache
To bend \;^y„ down so low, '^
•. ^ndi beso careful— Oh, dear m^t
It is.dje^dful work tb sew.
»» j^ut there i-T do you see the*
stitches • .
All in a- little rb\^?
My darling dolly's hajn^rchief
Is finished, and she can go."
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B^eroise. — What ia the meftning of tangled^ hemming,
disappoint f Us^oMh word in .a sentence,
•eo^ think of
What should yeoipl
before pleasure?,
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JAMES^ BAD HABIT,
Joved father , reproof
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- 1. James was a good boy, but he
had one veiy^^^^^b If he was
asked to do jaiiything when h^ was
at play, he Vbnld asij^ " I don't want
,2/ I^ow, James had a kind and gentle
mother who lovBd him very much.
8, One dayy when she was busy doing
something for hitn, she asked hinr tdf
bring h6r some water. " I don?t
want to,'^ said he.
4.^- Are you sick, James?" asked
his mother. *
6* "Oh, no," said he, "what makes
you think 'l^a^ . ^
i. —I thought my bcyy could not be
well if he did not want to help his
another in any way he oould.
T^^I do not Uke to Arork when r ^
ain sick or tired ; but nay boy must
be fed and plothed, I love him so
much that f^^ver say to him, ' I
don't want to,' whe^J can do any-
thing to make him ha^^." ^
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8. James went to his mother, put
his arms round her neck, and said,
v(I will never. sajrti don't want ta"* ;
9. He i&. now a good and useful
imain, and say^ he will never foi:^et
i his mother's reproof ; " h
I; 10. Boys and girls; wheii your fatKei:
or your mother asks you to-do any-
thing, never say, "I don't want to."
Ezerdiae. — >VhAt' was James' bad habit ? dp
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" MRS. BLOSSOM.
people 'happiest ^ - flowers
cottage wfimajk hahiep
I. Old Mrs. Blossom lives in a pretty
cottage. Everybody in the town
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loves Mrs. Blossom, for she is a^oc^d
woman, and she has taken care of
sick people and little babies for
many years; ^
2^ "Now she is too old to work any ^^
4 jnore, hut she is one of the happiest
old ladies in the X2P^« v J
: 8. The old folks and ' the young
folks always remember Mrs. Blos-
som's birthday, and' from morning
> f^ll night her cottage is full of peo-
ple, who come with flowers and gifts
to wish her a happy day. /^
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i. A bee doeis not live more than
three or four years. The work b^es
know that some of the grubs must
grow to be queens, others to be drgnes,
and others work bees. They make for
t^e baby queen bee a large, round cell.
2. In each hive there are five or six
cells for these baby queqns. Then the
nurse bees feed, the grubs. . They give
the baby queens all they can ea^t of
very nice food, v^
8. The baby work^bees get on^ plaipr
bee bread, The work babies ai-^ in
small cells. The grub of tfiQ new
queen bee grows large, and ^eats as
^nichriia It^ wa^ta ~~]
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4. ThQ grub bf the work bee gets
little food, and is then ^hut in its
tight cell, to turn into a bee. After a
time the grubs shut in the big cells
turn into queen t^ees. They begin to
sing a song. v . ] v *
6. The queen bee hears it. She knows
that more queen bees will come out.
Then she gets cross. , | - s:#^
e/She runs at the qells, tip try to kill
the new queens. The work bees all
stand in her way. They will not let
her kill the new queens. V
^ 7. But there can be only one queen
in a hive at one time. So the old
queen says, /^ Come I I will go away!
I will not live here any more!''
8. Many of the old bees say, " We
will go' with our queen." Then they
fly out of the hive in a cloud. They
wish to find a new home. > :
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They may fly far away, or they may
-4i ght near by.
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10. They hang on a vine, or branch, or
stick, like a bunch of grapes. Can you
put them into a new hive ? Yes.
11. Drop them softly intQ a new hive
where there is a piece of honey-comb.
In a few hours they are calm. Then
they go to work. ' . ; « ^
w. The work bees begin to make cells.
They spread wax. They build walls.
18. If a young bee lays a bit of wax
wrong, some old one takes it up and
■ -lays it right. :- :.- .'^;;;-- ■;'" •' •• -■■f\::\ ^. ■:'.,/]■.
r T^E STORY OF A SNOW-FLAKR '
I. Not long ago I was floating in
water whi^h was drawn from a well
to filt^ a tea>.kettle. The kettle was:
placed over a fire, and in a short time ;
the water beg^ to boil. I, with many
other drops o^ water, was changed to '
stekm, which passed out of the nose
of the kettle into the air. We then
floated awaJjr through the open win-
Any u t \ Y \ -k- n. ^/Ni-t-> 4-\^'^ ^T^^^j- — — — -T— -—
dow up to join the clouds.
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^1. One day as wo clouds were chasing
one another about in tj^Slii^j^^ a freez-
ing wind caught us
into ice-dust. After we
we fell to the earth
fedtheiy flakes of snow. '
s. We cannot stay long with you, for
soon the sun or the rain will come and
change us into water again. Some of
us will help to make the rivers larger,
and will take a long journey, before
returning to Oloudlandi Others will
soon be vapor again, and go baci
our home in the clouds.
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" O beautiful flakes of snow,
Falling so softly around,
I wonder what good you do ♦
By covering all the ground ! "
" Dear children," the little flakes said,
"We have our work to do ;
By covering the roots and plants,
We keep them the winter t h rough."
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1. "a little ship waa on the sea, .«
It was a pretty sight ;
. It sailed along so pleasantly, °
While all was calm and bright
^. "But, lol a storm .began "to rise;
The wind was loud and strong.
It bljew the clouds across the
skies,
It blew the w^ves along.
8. And. all, save One, were sore
:.;;-;\' ::^- ■afraid- '.;.^v'-:
Of sinking in the deep:** -
His head was on a piHgw laid,
B V 3^ ^^ fast asleep.
i. "^Master, we perish: Master, save!'
;^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^i T^ • The Master heardv
Hi6 rose, rebuked the winds and
■ V v; '■'-■. waves,, ' ' ■ ' t
■ # And stilled them with a wordP'
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^« On what sea was the ship?
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teil
waves
dashed
coat
papa
captain
learned
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I.. Papa, I want to sail in- the new
boat. Will you take me dyt ? ''
2.," It is pretty cold, Fmnk. See
nowi the wind blows, and how the .
•^aves^roil on the beach."
8. "I know it is cold, papa, but I
' have on a warm coat."
4. " Well, come on. I will hold the
boat while you get in."
6. So Frank and his papa got into
the boat and put up the sail. ^n
6. The waves were very high, Wft
Frank was not ^afraid. Tlie Isoat was
strong, and his papa could sail it
well. \ '^ ^ ' ' y^
7. The w\a^es gashed over the side of
the boat, but the*more they dashed,
,the more fun it w£^ for Fi-ank.
8. When Frank got to be a man^ he
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was so fond of the wafer tHat he
went to sea m a large ship;:;
9. He learned how to sail tfee ship,
and after a while he was. made cap-
tain of it; * ^^.
;;io. He is an old man now, an4 lij^es
"to .tell little boys and girls all he
learned and saw isrhile he was e^p
tain of a ship. ^ '
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1. Pull the weeds, my little maiq,
That's good wotk to do ;
Better drop the u§\.j spade,— ^^
It's too big for you.
In the onion bed, you see^*^
' Weeds with onions don't agree ;
Pull the weeds and set tJiem frefe.>
• OnioniS then will grow.
a. Do you wahtto help-me, dear; ^
"Very, very much?
Careful walk along right here,
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And you must not touch ;
/ You must learn to keep the row;
Pull the weeds where'er they grow ;
\ ^ Soon you'll learn to use the hoe,
Bake^ and spade, and such.
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pleasaijt ;- running
thought frightened
: afraid'
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stones
hubgry
suppose
/enture
1. One pleasant * morning, Jip, a
pretty4ittle white dog^ said %o his
mother, " Mother, I ,w^t to go and
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take a run alone this^ morning. I
have never been out of the yard yet,
without you."
2. His mother said, " I am afraid you
could not find your way home with-
out me."
8, But littl6 Jip thought h« could.
4. So off he started, running along,
and barking at all the boys he
saw. ^ * ,
6. Some of the boys threw stones at
him when he barked at them^ and
that frightened him, and made him
run' faster.^ ■■.:^^- /■V-^'; ;;•.■. ■■';■■•-. ^"' ■. ■■
6. At last, poor little JijH found he
had got so far away from home, that
he couldn't tell vhow to get back
again. t
7. He sat down by an old fence, and
began to cry, very sadly^ " Bow-w^Wy
Ibow-wow." '■['■■■■-':''. '■\^' '--'.-■ -y ■■:-'■' ■::-y '^■''
- 8. But no one took the least notice
^him.'-::''v.:--': ^'■>'^
8. By and by'he began to get hun-^
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gry:^,2i,nd he said to himself, "I don't
knoSiv' what I^^shall do. I^obody will'
give me a bone. I suppose I .shall
starve." ■ . \ ' .
10. Then he .went slowly acrbss.the
^ street, and looked in through an open
gate; but eeeii^ two boy 5 at play
in the yard, and remembering their
treatment of him, he did- not vent-
ure in. '
11. As he turned to go' tiack, he saw
his old friend, Prince, copaing.
12. |Ie rushed t^owngpjthe street to
meet him ; and said, w|th a glad
bark, "Oh, Prince, pleasq^ake me
home again. ' I don't know the wa^ijlj^
and I am very hmigry." * *
13. So Prince, being a very good-
natured dog, showed him the way to
go. ^ . *^
14. "Wlhen he got home, his mbtKfer .
^said, " Weil, my little* Jip, you must
wait till you are older, before you
take another trip iaioiie.''' .
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We're little lads and lassies gay,;
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"We Ve CQine a long and snowy Way
To sing*. of Christmas cheer.
i There's no day half so dear and
glad, , " ' . « -^ /
Alike to young and old ; 4^x ^^
We pray that np oile may be sad^x
Or want for lack of gold*
«. That each may have a merry heart
To greet this merry day, » ,
> And pass a happy greeting on
To afU who come their way. -
. '4 For Christmas is no time for woe,
'Tis a day for joy and cheer;
It come|j|J^;^||^ greens
, ^n^.slRw \*4, Y^ -'^^
To riund the^ happy yaar^^ « t.*
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;he same number of syllables? > v^., ' ' . a.
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What are the children in the picture doing 7 ^ / *'
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^^Aoture suggests.
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THE 9ATS THAT VTENT TO LAWf
4ue^^^^^^^^^^^>^ ^m^ , heavier
trial lawyer trouble
a,gree justice cheese-
^ I. Two cats stole some cheese, but
icould not agree about dividing it.
So they went to law about it before
Judge Monkey. '''-^zy\'--'--''.-l'-^['A--:\i-
8. WJien the case came to trial, the
judge took a pair of scales^ and put a^
part of the cheese in each scale.
• 8. " jLet nae see," said he. ".This*
lump is heavier tlian the other." So
lie bit off a large V piece from ^t to
make the shares equal.
<: But now the pi^ce in the other
scale was the heaviek and the judge
was just going to bite another piece
from that. A
6. ''stop! stop!" said the two cats,
who feared they should lose it all.
Give each of US our share of what
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inonkey^ "justice is not. The lawf
my friends, must ^ke its course,— ^
must? take its course, I say*" I
7. ^ l^e kept nibbling^/ first one
piece and t^ toother, til| the
(riieese was nearly all ^one. j ,; ;
^i; "the cats tli^ix begged the ttionkey
'not to giva himself any further
trouble. ■••■•■ „■.-;':;;:;! ;.'.;.,:■ '.■■':,:,■ -/-..i ^<.:-'\ ■/;• V/f'.-:
0. " Ha! hal hal; not so fast, good
ladies," said -the monkey ; " ^ye owe
justice to ourselves as well as to you.
What remains is due to me 'as thd
lawyer.":-'/ &^ ■ ' ; '• '•''
10. Sp h0 cramrned the whole into©
his mdutli «||ice, and, looking very
wi^ broke 1^) the court I
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Baeertiacl.
In what wayslE a cat different from a mftnkey?
Is selfiahness really profitable^? 'i
M«tl£ the souiids of a in case, trial, all.
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TH9 CHICKADEE-
1, Little darling G
Oarejpss how tL^ ._^„ .^^^ „
Happy a# a bird qai^SI, . ^%
Singing;^ oh, so cheerily, ^
Cl^ckad^e-dee I QhickadeAe^
a. Whence skies ^re^ cold s$d gray,
5^et|^|5e trills ^is happiest lay,
Throu|:h the clouds he seems to see
* Hidden things ^o you and me. ^
Ohic^pdeei'dee I ohickadee-dee I
I Tery likely Mttle birds ' /
Have their thoughts toa deep f6r
words.
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But we kno-vy, and all a^ree,
That the world would%reary be
(^ Without birds^ dear chickadee I
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Thfi|hickadee-d« -^ .
He J^r — when the skies are cold and gray.
^"^ Littleb|^ hAv\ their ■> ^
ji Birds faiflll in trees.
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X. Some children had a pet lamb
called Baisv. Their mother was so
poor that at-last she had nothing left
to sell but the pet lamb. , .
' 2. So she went to the butcher and
asked him to buy the lamb. The
butcher said, "Here js five dollars,
and I will come for the lamb to-
morrow.''
8. When he came the next day, the
^hlldrenr^ere ^layisg with Daisy:
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"Ihatne (iome fbrth6 lamb,^^ said the .
man. When they he|^-d this, the
children cried out, '^ Oh, mother;
you wi!! not sell our Iambi" ' J-
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I mw^^ sell it." The children all came ■
about her, and begged her not to
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/ «. Then the mother, wltti tears, giaye
back the money to the butcher, say-
ing, "I will keep the lamb a^ little
longer." But the butcher was a kind f
man, and said,/' Keep both the lamb
and the money." '' %
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; a. She livfes in a cottage beyond the
trees\ and she is so swe^ and good
that I am sure you would love her
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a. She often coni^es dut' in the field
to keep Eobby company; Bobby is
her brother, and he fwatches the
sheep. Daisy picks flowfers and sings
songs, and talks t<^ the birds and
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4. She loyes play as Well asjitny|5
#hild, but wh6n hei* niothei* riiJI th#
%ell at the cottage door, theh ^aisy
knows the^ is work^ f or Jiffc to do,
and away she runs, just^ w^^^
to work ^s she is. glad to pl^yv Do
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ii'Bp yoijr best, youiyyery best^
!A.hd dq it everjF; day ;
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At liom^, or at your school,
J>o your best with right good- will;
It is a golden rule. V
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Yoii join the ir^rry jing;
Or if you play at battledore; '
Or if you skip, or ^Wiugi " ^
l| Or if you write your' copy-book,
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Or if you seam, qr hem, or knit —
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slats Were nailed on true and' even.
8. There .were ten of the Ohickity
Fluffs, and nine were good, ahd one
was naughty — the black chicken.
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all th^^j^ot^^erljiam liated him,, and
wishe^jfrs. OliiGkity Fliiff, had lived
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" ^^IP^J^ere.waa 'ri^ |>lei^ty to
eat iriSTOurrattt Buah Row -grain, I
; crumbs, :and meal tl;f-ee times a day,'
Ja^d' there were gbod scratching- ,
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6. But -one morning ' the blacjc
chipken, who^ had been goije ever y^
: since suni^se, c^me back to the coop, ,
dripping ^ with dew; and a bright
. light ih his ey^^ ah^ ^.Ij'hat was" a -.
. ^ .rogue^s eye if eyer there Vei?e one I /'""
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country P said he, ",^;^.country full
of lovely soft seratcMng;-:pi^cesf wit ,.;
paths .betw6€^and<ihBy;a^e;;^^^^^ a^'f,
.full a^ they can be:o^ a)l kiji^s 'of "''^
seeds, and all Jtinds of bugs and "
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^4. I can show you, if you choose,
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Made of hairs;
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ir Flies call see ^
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Little fly,
Ope^ your eye ;
Spiders are near by.
6. For a secret I can tell,
Sniders -never use flies well;
Then away, ,
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Little fly- good day.
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I How many legs, has a fly? "
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owned by a lady in Detroit.
i.The lady lived in a house with
high, stone steps, on one of the wide
streets. The cage .for the parrot stood
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str^t knew and loved Polly.
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house to go to school. The^always
looked to see ^ the window was open^
or if Polly was out of her cage.
6. If she was; she would hop down
to the post to see them. And they
'would give/ her a bit of cake, or a
\cracker, or some other nice thing,
7. Polly was sure to pay them with
some of her wise look! or qu^aer say-
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would sometiiiies drawl out, " Good
m-o-r-n^i-n-g ; PoUy^s sleepy I "
«, To the next she might say, "Good
morning; don't bother a bird.-' :
10. The children are very fo^d
Polly. They are sometimes late at
school, because they stop too long to
talk to her. ^\ J|
11, The one who sees the bird first
calls^ out, " Look, look, Polly is out
pfher^agei'^
la; May is the one who can make
her talk best. She goes behind her
and holds out a Bit of cake. ^^Ilere,
Pplly," she says, you know me."
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ybu. YouVe good children.'^ That
makes them laugh, an)i Polly does
not like that. " Don't laugh," says
14. When Polly has all she wants, she
will say, '^Go to school now, children,
^P) to school."
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15. Then off they run as fast as they
can, for they know it inust be time.
.Iff. This will all he said over agj^
the next day, hut each time* it seems
just as funny as before.
17. Sometimes the children used to
talk about her strong, stout legs: '
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18. Hpw her toes point, — two
straight in front, and two ■fiack I "
they would say. *
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and how funny she looks when she
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20. But Polly did not seem to like it.
»; -^ I don^t blame her," said May;
"we shouldn't like to have /any one
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22. They hope she will say sortie new
thing; but she has only thr^e sayings
for them : "I like you," " You're good
children," and " Go to school."*
, 23. Polly has one bitter enemy, and
that is Jim, the black cat.
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THE STORY .or A BUTTERFl-Y.
i: Oiie wjirxn day in summer there .
"was bom a babjr caterpillar, and a
/queer little roll lie wsfe. His coat was
made of t)l9.ck, brown, and yellow fur.
He had ten short legs and^ strong
little mouth. On each side of his head
he had three shining black eyes.
2 He lived in a tree, and how big the
world about him seemed to be! He
V ate tender green leaves and little
buds for breakfast. Often, fo^inner,
he nibbled a large green l^^vpiece
by piece^ until he had eaten it aH.;:
3. One day somerhing whispe^d to
him that by and by a great change
would come to him, and that he
would be able to fly instead of crawl,
and that his eyes would be able t^o
see lovely things far away.
4. Afterawhilehegrewyery'Sleepy,
his briglit eyes becajne dim, and he
^ faint and chilly. So he made
x ^ himself a little bed, fastened it to a
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leaf, slipiped off his worn-outi clothes,
and cr^pt into it. The breeze rocked
him to and fro till he fell asleep.
6. A Ibng time he slept, but one
morning the sun shining brightly on
his little bed roused him, and made
him ©pen his drowsy eyes. Then he,
began to creep slowly forth, putting
his head out and then his body.
e. Whaf^a surprise he wasto l^ji^elf 1
Instead of his old fur coat, h^JHp on
the finest velvet suit he hM ever
seen. Instead of ten feet, he had six^
and on his shoulders/^ere a pair of
beautiful wings, dotted with gold
and edged with black and yellow.
His eyes ^re like diamonds.
7. He spread his bright wings .and
flitted from flower to flower the
who^le day long, sipping honey from
the sweet blossoms. At night he
folded his wings, rested in a lily cup,
and the wind rocked him to sleep.
How glad he was to be no longer a
caterpillar, but s^ beautiful butterfly.
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HAIL-STONE'S STC5rY.
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i. "Tap! Tap! Tap! Why don^t you
let me come iiito yoiH^ warm room ? " .
said a little hail-stone as it struck
the window pane. "I have been on
a long journQy and am very cold.," ^
a. "Where did you come frpm?" I
asked.' - :■ ;■ "-■•;/^' ■,'"-:' "' - • ,
' 8. " Froni*^ Cloudland, of course ;
that wasmy home.
' 4. " I was part of a heautiful, fleecy
.cloud until a chilling wind blew
u^n it. He did not hurt the cloud
much at fir^t, for he only blew hard
enough to change it into Water-
drops ; theix he said, ' Let us run " a
r$»ce and se# whicli can reach "the
earth first.' He got a little ahead at
-l^he start, and when we rain-drops,
dtaght UB with him, hq blew a chill- '
ing breath which ftpze^^aa^into these
ice-drops. w"^
* 5. " Oh, 1 am so cold ! '' said the poor
little hail-stone as it melted away..
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A CHILD SAVED BY A DOG.
autumn ^ servants 'quickly
carried minutes soundly
1. About six o'clock one aiituinn
evening there was an alarm of fire
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2. The N^amps quickly spread, and
all the seWakats ran out i^ a f rights
just as dinn'ei- was gpiiig to 1 be served
to the jnistreBs of th^ house. s, '
8. Litiie Beiltie had been put to bed
about iten nlinut^s befop the fire
broke clit, as he was not very well.
4. The nurse forgot all about the
child, sip eager was she to save her-
sfelf froih being burnt, and so did all
tie rest of the people that lived in
the hoiise, except the lady whose
ants had run away so quickly.
6.Vghe was the mother of Bertie, —
his fattiqr was awaiy from home that
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evening.
,h-and she made haste to hei/
little boy's room and took him in her
a^fiis, but she was so frightened, and
:dci bliilded and choked with the
smoke, that sh6 fell and dropped
'Bertie and staggered out into the
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e. Bruce, a large STewfotindlaiid dog,
who was little BeHie's playmate,
seeing ;iier come out without th^
boy, and knowing that she should
have brought out his little master,
dartjed into the dark snioke, and soon
Cfbundhim. 1
A 1 Taking him by the dress, he
pk)u!dly carfi<?d him 'out of the
burning house. J
8. Bertie was carried to the house
pf a friend, where he was soon safe
in bed ^am, and slep.t soundly till
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will ever forget brave Bruce or fail to
treat him kindly R -
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What is meant by autumnl^ eager^ alarm f
Where was the burning house?
What is a heath ?
How did the servants act ?
How should they have actei}]|
Who remembered the little boy?
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Went into the meadows
To nibble and play ;
And, jumping too gaily,
He happened xfco fall
Against a rongh thorn -bush
Thiat grew by the wall.
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If * 8. "Oh, What ugly briars,"
1 i r . He cried, with a pull,
1 1 "To tangle mo up so,
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Ij / Through themeadOAlsrs around.
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wM Game hopping along
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Bni On the thorn she espied
HB V ' Some locks.fi-om the fleece ;
Hp Of the lambkin^ she cried : —
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Rp . To get wool for me!"
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hE^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ old apple-tree.
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1. George and James Were playing
together, ar^L^ Creorge^s ball went
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through the^Slindow of a ho\as0.
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not do such a mean thing. I broke
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the window, and I am going to owftv^
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it, and pay for it." '
4. " Well," said James, "FsuppqjSe
that is the best way to do. I didn-t
think how mean it woiild be to run
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caught tho ball, it would not have
broken the window."
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lbi«rol««. — What would running away hare shown
these l)oy8 to be? , / i - , '
^Vhat (lid they decide to do?
Tell a story like this about "A Bommed Kniff."
^ITTIiE MOUSIE QRA-Y.
corner y ppekmg caugEt
nibbled eat naught^ \
cellar hungry frigiitene#
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I. T am a little gray mouse named
Dick. I live with hiy mother ami
big brother in the daik coruor of a^
cellar;. / r ;'. ../.-;■:■ _': ^"^
a. My big brother calls me "Little
Pjy." I don't see why, do you? lie
says I shall get caught in a trap soipe
day. \ , ■' . •■
1. 1 know ^hat a trap is, for I saw
Mary put one near our home one
;day. ■■' •■■^■•■' '^^ "•"■-■
4.1 heard her say, '^Fow I shall
catch the little mouse that-eats our
55ake and pies.'^
B. I knew she meant me, for I am
the only little mouse in the house.
She did not see me peeking Tit her
from behind a big box.-
6. When she went away\ I jumped
up and down, and saiid, '^ Kp, Migs
Mary, you won't catch me ; for . j am
a smart mouse, if I am little.""
7.1 went and looked at the trap. I
smelled some cheese in it, and I
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, waiitud it, for I was very hungry;
^ but I was af i-aid to get it.
8.. So I ran iij^ stairs, where Mary
keeps her cake. I ate a big piece,
; and it matleine sick. "
- 0, My big brother said that if I had
brought somQ home to him, I should
• not have been sick.
; 10. My big brother is veiy funny.
He is always making jokes.
: ii;.The next day I saw Mary cbnie
afid fix the cheese in the trap. I like
Cheese better than you like pie, so 1
madAoip my mind to get it. ;
12, r went round the trap, and found
a door open. I went in and nibbled
the cheese. It tasted so good ! -
li. i thought I would go home and
xjall my brother, but L could not find
the door. *
u. I began to cry peep — peep—
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15. Mary must have heard me, for ;
she came down the stairs and saidj.
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"I knew I should catch you some
time, you bad little mouse ! " , - : '
le^pl had never been called badr be-
fore, and it* made me cry peep — peep I
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^7. " Ton would make a nice meal
for Tab," said Mary, "if you were
not so small."
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18, Maiy took me up stairs in the
trap, and called, '^ Tab, Tab, Tab, here
is a nice bit for yoij ! '^ . *
10, When I saw Tab's great eyes I was
so f lightened that I got up in a corner
of the trap, and tried to hide.
20. '^JSTow catch him!" said Mary,
and she opened the tra;p door.
* 81. 1 ran out, and I heard Tab after
me. ''\: -...■■;■'■■■■■."..
22. How I did run! I saw the coal-
hod in the room, and I junaped into
it. I was so little that they did not
see me. ..' ■■.■■..•■■■•:'.
28* I J^eard Mary say,
" You naughty Tab,
!N'ot to (3atch that mouse: J
—^ow I can't keep a pie
Dr a 6ake in this house."
24. The first time the cellar door was
open I ran home. - IVTien I told my
brother about the trap and Tab, he
said, "I tiold you so."
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86.1 have not dar6d go out for twb
days, but am so hungry I must go
and find something to eat. I will
never toueh cheese again. • ^
J mean to keep out of Tab's way,
too, wouldn't you?
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THB DARLING LrTTIiE GIRL.
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everybody
thoughts
whitest
pleasant darling
gladness sunny
music impart
1. IVho's the darling little girl
Everybody loves to see ?
She it is whose sunny face
Is as sweet as sweet can be.
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a. Who's the aarling little girl ' . '
Eveiy body loves to hear?
She it is whose pleasant voice
Falls like music on the oar.
a/Who's the darling little gii'l
Everybody loves to know?
>She it is ^ whose ^cts and thoughts
Are as pure as whitest snow.
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NERO.
kennel
curious
thieves
crawled
scratched
usual
robber
gi^Qwling' ,
^ though
ir!N"ero was a dog that slept in a
kennel in the yard to keep watcli in
the night, so that no thieves would
come about and steal,
■^ a. One night he followed his master
up stairs to his bedroom. The ser-
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and scratched at the door, and when
he was driven away^ he soon came
.«. At last his master, curious to see
what he would do, ordered the door
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to be opened. The dog at once rushed
into the room, and, giving >; little,
short bark, by way of thai3{fes, he
crax^led under th^ bed, as if he meant
to Stay there. v • |-
4. The master thought th^ dog acted
rather strangely ; but he soon forgot
all about it, and, at the us\ial time,
went to bed.
8. In themiddle of the night k gresJgf
noise iri the room Woke the master,
and he got up to see what Was the
matter. There, on the floor, was a
man flat on his back, while l^ero
stood over him growling in a way
that said, " Lie still if you wish to
keep a whole skin." ' y"^
6. The man was tied and takeiv^ to
prison, and he proved to be a robber
who had come to steal the master's
purse, and perhaps to kill him.
7. What made the dog leave hisNawn
bed and go up to the room of his
master nobody knew ; but he seemed
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to think that his master wtis in dan-
ger, aiid so he went np to helii liim. '
a. 'jTou may be sure that N^ro was
well treated after this, and he conld
sleep where he pleased ; but he Went"
back to his kennel, as though ho
knew it was his piace to keep watch
out-of-doors. J • ! :
9i He lived to be a very old dog, and
he had the best of care until he died.
IbEerolae.-.W!hat is a kennel? What is a robber?
What was Nero's work?
Tell how he found the robber, .
Mark the silent letters in night, great, iiett.
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What is medni hy atealingf
Stealing is the taking and carrying away of the goods of
Another without his knowledge and consent.
What desire leads people to steal?
Cpvetousness leads people 1o take what does not belong to
them. - ' '
What is he called toho steals? . •
How tnmh or how little should one steal to be a *hie/t
Why? .
What does the moral law ^ say about stealing?
H saySf *yThou Shalt not steal." ' - ■
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naughty
beggar
naked
wanders
l-oosting
foolish
I do not
like to go
to bed,"
Sleepy lit-
tle Hany
said.
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Go,
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naughty
Betty, go
a#ayj
I will not
come at
all^Isay."
8. "Ah, silly child, what is he saying?
As if he could he always playing; *
Then, Betty, you must come and
./^:. carry 'i^^ /-■■\, - • ;' .•; :-/;■ w-V-;'".
This very foolish little Ilarry.
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I. "The little birds are better taught;
' They all go roosting when they
ought. V
—-And all the ducks and fowls, you
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^ They went tp bed an hour ago.
5. The little beggar in the street,
1^4ho wanders forth with nak<
■. 'feet^;. .;:
And has not where to. lay his
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TBS RAINBOW FAIRIEa
I. Ono moonlight night three little
flower fairies were playing under a
large oak tree. Their names were
Buttercup, Forget-me-no1$, and Gera-
nium. Buttercup wore a yellow
dress; Forget-me-not a hlue dress,
and Geranium a red dress. 9.
8. Not far away were three other
fairies who had on old and faded
dresses. Geranium said to them,
"Come and play with us." f
1. " Our dresses are not pretty
enough," said one of them. "To-day
we had some hard work to do, and
wore our old clothes. E'ow we are
on our way home." <-
4. "We shall be glad to have you
play with us iust as you are," said
Forget-me-not?
6. "To mak€f you more happy, we
will try. to hav^ you dressed as well
as we are," said Buttercup.
6. Then Buttercup told them to
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bring lA\y c\\\m with dow in them.
fc)hu dippud tho skiii; of her.dreaa
into a cup of dew, and the dj^w was
dyed yellow. Forget-mo-not dipped
her Hkirt into another cup, and tho
dew.becanie blue. liuttercup mixed
the blue and yellow, and saidj " Kow,
jump in, little fairy." When the
faiiy came out, her faded dress had
become a beautiful green dross.
t "It is my tijirn now," said i&era-
nium. So she dipped her skirt into
another cupi Forget-me-not did the
same, and when they had mixed the
red and blue, tljie second little fairy
jumped in, and behold! hei; dress
became a rich purple. |
8. Next, Buttercup and Geranium
dipped their dresses into two fresh
cups of dew, ar^d when th^ yellow
and red were mixed, they dyed the
third little fairy^s dress th^ color of
an orange. /
a. Then they all laughed, 'clapped
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their hjuulH, daiuuMl iiround the oak | mLi
titje, Jiiid tinjoyiul their gaineH all the^
more because they had marie theii^
Bister faiiiea happy. ^
10. After a while rain came on, and
the fairies hid under the buHheH. In '
the morning, after ^^ rain was over,
the flun flhone bngjjt. The little
fairies canu) out from under the
buHhen, joined liandH, and flew away
• the Hky, whore they formed a
fftittiful rainbow. Ever after that
tney were known as the raij
fairies.
LITTLE THINGS.
ittle drops of water,
grains of sand,
he.jmighty ocean
iX the^picasant land.
a. Little deeds of kindness.
Little words of love.
Make our earth an Eden,
Like the heaven above.
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1U0£ IM THE UCAX^HEan £
thought Momothing uiihwito^
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squirrol hidden
*" running frightonili tliroi*^
I. A little 1110U80 whose tiamo
.Nibbler thought ho would take lb
walk one fine day. So he i-aii out of
his hote and went up to a farui-Jhoufl<
to look for same tiling to eat.
I. On the way, he saw old Tab; the^
xjat that lived at the farm-house.
8. " Ah, 1^ab," said he to himself,
" you would like to have me for yoifr
dinneil I Jmow ; but I don't think
you wfil this time.'V .
1. He kept very still till Tab was
out of sight.' '■■'%'%:■'.
s.Then he said to himrtetf, with a
laugh, ''If old Tab had known there
was a good fat mouse so near, she
wouldn't have gone into the woodis^'
to look for a bird or a^ squirrel." .
e. He had just started on again,
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when he met little Graypaws, a
mouse who lived in the same barn:
with him,' and whom he often went
;to visit. ..' :'\y \---' ■■■-':/ --/.y -■..■■' --^
7. '^ Why, Graypaws," he said, ^' I
am glad to gee you. Where are you ^
going:8^S.y;\ ;■■::.,;■; :v;^^^ :■,,'...,:".;: ■^■: ',
8, ^''I was just taking a walk,^
answei'ed Graypaws. '\and I am glad
to meet ypu too. Are you going up
to the farm-house?"
g." Yes," said 'N'ihbler. "Come on,
W'ill you? Old Tab has just gone
down to the woods to find a squirrel
for h0|r^ d;inner, so we ^sha'n't have to
look out for her. She \went close by
where I was hidden, biit I kept verjTi
still, i can I tell you, till she VwasV
gone, for I dGn''t mean to let her bite \
'off myhead." :•:',,; ':--%f ---^
10. ^'Ko,'' I'eplied Graypaws; "she.
sha'n't eat me, if I can help it. * What
a fierce, ugly-looking creature she ;
is, i^'t she ? I'd rather me^ a ddzea
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boys, any time, fierce as they are,
than to meet her. I can always get
away from a boy, but a cat, oh, dear I
A cat is just terrible!'^ -
it/'That^s a^^^ fact," said Kibbler;
^'bidt if we stand here talking so
long, ol^ Tab will get back, and then
we shali have to go home without a
idiithfui Mt dinner. So, come on ; I
now whel^e they keep their meal,,
and f 11 show you.'^
12. SO; oni they w'eiit, and in a few
minutes reached the farm-house. *
■ 13. They crept quietly in through a
little hole which was xinder the door,
and were soon in the nieal-chest.
u. They' tasted the swset, fresh
:meal, and found it so nice that I *
don't know but tl|py would have
spent the whole af tenloon in the
chest if ^n accident hadn't happened.
16. Graypaw's tail, which was very
long, got covered up iii the meal,
and Kibbler, not seeing it of course,
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gave the end such a sharp little bite,
that Graypaws couldn't help giving
a loud squeial.
16. In ail instant, George^ the
farmer's boy, came running into the
meal-room, calling, "Kitty, kitty,
kitty; I do believe there's a mouse
here! " ■ -""■ ;'--^ ■ ■.^■- ■.■ '• ':: '-^
17. The two frightened little mice
heard him; coming, and, quick as a
flash, they sprang out of the chest,
and down through another open
door, into the yard.
18. And then didn't they set off at
full speed for home ! . ^"
19. They didn't stop once to speak
to each other, or to look behind
' them, till they were safe in theii*
6i^ ^am ; and then Graypaws said,
" Oh dear ! How my heart beats. It
is lucky for "us that Tab Vas not
there, Mbbler." ] ■ '.,
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THE CALF THAT ^OVENT TO SCHOOL.
1. A dozen little boys and girls,
With sun-browned cheeks and
• flaxen curls,
Stood in a row one day, at i^chool.
And each obeved the teacher's rule.
2. i^rigixt eyes were on their open
books.
Outside the sunny orchard nooks
Sent fragrant breezes through the
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To Wtisper of the Summers's bloom.
8. A busy hum of voices rose,
The morning lesson neared its close,
When ^ ■ tap, tap,^ tap,'^ upon the
■■ :V.floor^' .--^ •■■■.;■
Made every eye turn to the door.
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4. A little calf, that wantT^r^^d by.
Had chanced the children there to
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■And trotted in to join the class.
Much to the joy of lad and lass.
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8. Their A B, Ab, and B A, Ba,
It heard, and solemnly did say:
".Baa! Baa!" then scampered to the
"■•:■.. green, . ■
And never since in school has been.
6. Those girls and boys sooii learaed
to spell
And read and write ; but who can
v.teii ^^ '"•;-:;/;■■; ';-:';^ -'■■■..■■"■■ ',;
How great that little calf became ?
It may be, now, a cow of fame !
Or was that "Baa!" all that it
■■■■knew? •■;...■:,-•■■ .\-,\; ■-■■/;;'■■■■'
I think it must have been. Dotft
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ExerciiiiB. — Give the meaning of flaxen, orchard^ nooks,
scampered.
, Name the marks tdiev Baa and you in the last two lines.
What is the use of eacli mark?
..:■/;-; ■•;'\ ;:■■■■■, HABITS.- l.:-- ''^ ; ;■ v' ' ' v';' ■■ -' .;/ '.
What is meant by habitsf
Habits are actons of the m,ind ,or body that have been
learned by practice. •
Good habits are such practkes as tend to make ourselves '
and others happy. : '
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■; : ■ :'. .THE DONKEY. ■■■'■ ;';■'';;.■ :>'
countries queei .^ i^
^ ** gutters xoais€P<^ jwrgatlier ■-'- ^
tinker : thistles faithful ' -J ;
1. Poor old donkey! In some coun-
tries he is made to do Ml kinds of
iiard and dirty worV, and he is
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2. The ragman, in the city, picks iipr
a load for him otit of the gutters; aiid
the tinker, who goes about mending
old pans and kettles, loads hiin down
.-with heavy tools. ■'■■■-'^ ^'^.--f-..^'^^^'''
3. There are people that ha\fe no ,
hpiaies, but rove about and iirive
dc^keys' in queer little carts; and
camp by the wayside, and sleep out-
■ ^ of-doors; ■■ '•' : /'•■■•■'•• ''
4. For them a donkey is better than '
a horse, for he can live upoii coslrse
food. He eats thi^les and w^eds
that a horse wiU not touch ; and he;
will pick up enough to eat where a
horse would stai've. .
5. In nlaces ;%y the seaside, or
among the- mountains, where people
go td stay in hot weather, donkeys
are kept for ladles and childrqg^
ride. . .
6. In tH^ morning, long - rows of
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them Will stand waiting for ladies to
coine and hire them. They are so
kind and steady, *5^^* ^^^^^ i® ^^
danger to the little children who
ride them. '
7. The donkey is very sure-footed,
and will tarry his rider safely over
steep and stony places w^here a horse
can not -go. Poor old donkey I He
looks stupid, and he is slow. But
when treated kindly, he is a very
willing and faithful servant.
». — What peojple use the dbnkpy?
How is he Bomcitimes better than a horse
Describe tiie donkey in the inotare.
What is the name and use of the mark after donkey in
the first Une of the lesson?
FARMER BENTS COWS.
family ^ew teacher
g| • dairy shelves • healthy
,1. Fanrfer Bent keeps two co^s ; and
no cows in the world can have a hap-
pier life than his do.
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a. All the family are fond of thenx
Every day some nice thing that cows
like is- saved for them.
8. The children feed them from a
basket. Little Julie is oiiiy^ fiye
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"ft^y and lets them^at it out of her
hand. ;;■; j . ■; ^- .^ ^"z ' v- v-; ; ,; ■. .■;■;■;; ■■ :•■■;.,-
4; In summer they have a cool shed
to sleep illy and in winter a warm
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bam. Last year each of them had a
blanket huni? on the Cliristmas tree
to^ear at night. . ^./^
6.^rheir pasture is a pretty, green
hillside. Jimmy 33ent says he knows
they like the sunsets and" the pretty
view, they stand looking at them so
long. \ J-..: ;;-h- :,;-.^.: ■:■;••.. :•, :/;■■■- v -■■:'■ .• ■■
6. Down in the hollow between the
hills there is a brook, and a pond" of
clear fresh water,
7. Some trees grow thero too; and
the cows stand in the pond, or lie
down in the qool shade, pjl hot sum-
'inerdays. : :■: i"./''/ '■' -'-:'}: i:-:".\-"' ;..'"'-^
8. They go to the bars at hight Jast
in time for Jimmy, who goes there
torueet them.) . '
ft* Each cow knows her place, and
goes there to be milked. At>^ night
and in the mornink they giye two
full pails of milk f 6^ the /family to
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Farmer Bent's cOiil^ien so healthy .
and rpsjr, the teacher says, " It must:Jt
be the nice rich milk they have."" ^
«; And other children have it too;^^. ,
for they go every day with their
pails to get it. v; ?
12. But even that does not li^ it all.
On the dairy shelves are i»(i^s of
bright pans filled with milk. They
are skimmed every day, and tjie ' *.
cream is put into a churn and made, -
into butter.
18. Then all -who wish can have a
drink of fresh buttermilk. /
u. in the summer cheese Is made.
The children always have a p^ce in
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daily are statnped with a round
stamp. They are so pretty it seems
a pity to cut them when they come
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the chickens, the ducks a^d the pigs,
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Father, help thy little child; ,
Make me truthful, good, and mild,
Kind, obedient, modest, meek,
^Mindful of the words I speak;
V/hat is right may I pursue ;
What is wrong refuse to do;
What is evil seek Jo shnn—
This I ask through Christ thy Son.
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t Ere I sleep, O Lorff of all,
On Thy holy name I <;all; '
Bless me'ere I go to rest, ;
Thou whose love is dearest, best.
2. None can ever love like Thee;^
Saviour, let me thankful be
For Thy goodness ever new.
Falling like the gracious dew.
8 All good gifts around me shed,
f Father, mother, home, and bed^
J Clothes and food, and toys so fair,-^
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