LITTLE BOOK 
 
 ABOUT 
 
 LITTLE BIRDS, &c- 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 PRINTED AND SOLD BY J. & C. EVANS, 
 LONG LANE, WEST SMITHFIELDJ SOLD 
 ALSO BY E. FRY, 73, HOUNDSDITCH. 
 
 Prwe One Halfpetmy. 
 
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 SINGING BIRDS. 
 
 When it is spring, the little 
 birds build their nests. 
 
 Then they lay their eggs, 
 and sit upon them. 
 
 Then you know in time the 
 young birds come out of the 
 eggs. 
 
 And while the hen bird sits 
 on the eggs, the cock bird 
 sings. 
 
 So th'ey pass the time away 
 and are very glad and happy. 
 
 Spring is a pleasant time, 
 when the sun shines, and the 
 birds sing. 
 
 1 like to hear them when 
 
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 they can bop and fly about 
 where they please. 
 
 But I do not like to see 
 poor birds shut up in little 
 
 cages. 
 
 They do not seem happy, 
 they are in prison. 
 
 I think that if I were a 
 
iittle bird, I should not like 
 to be shut up in a cage. 
 
 And yet little birds that 
 have been hatched in a cage, 
 do not know how pleasant it 
 is to i3y about. 
 
 They would not know how 
 to get any thing to eat 
 abroad, and they seem con- 
 tent in their prison. 
 
MILKING THE COWS. 
 
 Can yoQ milk the cows? 
 
 We try to do it sometimes, 
 but we cannot do it well. 
 
 Betty can do it very well. 
 
 And we can fetch the cow 
 out of the field, and put her 
 back when ske is milked. 
 
 And we can feed the pigs 
 too. 
 
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 Then you can help a little. 
 
 It is pleasant to be useful, 
 and to bel[> fatiier and mother. 
 
 Milk is very nice to drink. 
 
 Bread and miik are a good 
 supper. 
 
 And so is boiled rice. 
 
 Who gives us this nice 
 milk and nice bread ? 
 
 Who makes the corn to 
 grow ? who makes the rice 
 to grow ? 
 
 It is GOD our Heavenly 
 Father who gives us all these 
 good things. 
 
 Surely he is very good. 
 
 Let us try to thank HimV 
 
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 THE BALL. 
 
 Where has the ball gone to? 
 
 It is hid somew4iere. 
 
 That little girl has hid it, 
 I think. 
 
 Little John must look for it. 
 
 Where can it be ! 
 
 It is not here behind me. 
 
 You mav believe me, I 
 never cheat you. 
 
 |t 'is wrong to cheat and 
 tell lies even iu play. 
 
 Oh ! there it is, novr you 
 have found it. 
 
 Shall we hide it again 
 
 Yes, as often as you please. 
 
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 I like to see little folks at 
 play, when they take care to 
 do no harm. 
 
 SCHOOL TIME. 
 
 How do you like school ? 
 Oh, pretty well. 
 
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 Do you not think it is a very 
 pleasant thing to read in a 
 book ? 
 
 Yes ; very well, then take 
 pains to learn to read well. 
 
 You cannot learn any thing 
 without taking pains. 
 
 Have you a little brother or 
 sister at home ? 
 
 Yes, we have a little sister. 
 
 Can she run about as you 
 do ? 
 
 N05 she cannot, she sits on 
 mother's lap. 
 
 Why cannot she run about? 
 
 She has not learned to 
 walk yet. 
 
 How will she learn ? 
 
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 I suppose she will try, and 
 try, and try, a g:r0^t many 
 times till she can go alone. 
 
 And if you wish to read 
 well, or do any thing else 
 well, you must try and try 
 till you can doit. 
 
 Then remember you must 
 take pains to learn. 
 
 And behave well to those 
 who teach you, 
 
 THE ASS. 
 
 I often look at that poor asg, 
 and wish he had a kind master. 
 
 What useful creatures asses 
 are. 
 
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 We ought not to load them 
 bevond their strencrth. 
 
 Nor make them work too 
 long at a time. 
 
 But let them leave off when 
 they have done enough. 
 
 And feed them well, and 
 give them clean water to 
 drink. 
 
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 I have heard that asses do 
 not like dirty water. 
 
 I have seen little boys and 
 girls ride very nicely on an ass. 
 
 It is pleasant to ride when 
 we are tired. 
 
 We ought to be kind to the 
 creatures who carry us, and 
 work for us. 
 
 Good boys and girls do not 
 like to give pain to any thing ; 
 they had rather give pleasure. 
 
 Good boys and girls are 
 kind to each other 
 
 It is naughty boys and girls 
 who fight, and curse, and 
 swear, and tell lies, and steal, 
 and are proud and crueL. 
 
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 Children are not happy 
 when they are naughty, be- 
 causeGoD is angry with them. 
 
 But good children are hap- 
 py. Yes, because the Almigh- 
 ty loves them, and helps them 
 to be good. 
 
 BREAD. 
 
 Do you know what bread 
 is made of ? 
 
 It is made of corn, and 
 corn grows in the fields. 
 
 Shall 1 tell you all about 
 U? 
 
 Yes, J should liks to know. 
 
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 Corn of all sorts will grow 
 when it is put in the ground. 
 
 So the farmer ploughs up 
 the ground. 
 
 Then he sows the corn. 
 
 The corn grows «p and 
 ripens. 
 
 At first it looks like grass. 
 
 Then comes the stalk, at 
 the top of this is the ear, with 
 the grains in the husk. 
 
 You know you can rub 
 them out in your hands. 
 
 When the corn is ripe, the 
 reaper cuts it down. 
 
 Then the man in the barn 
 thrashes it out, pnd winnows 
 ihe chaff from it.— Then the 
 
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 miller grinds it to flour. — 
 The flour is kneaded with 
 water, and salt, and yeast. — 
 Then it is baked in the oven, 
 and makes a loaf of bread. 
 
 So we can make bread and 
 eat it, but none of us could 
 make a grain of corn, or 
 cause it to grow. 
 
 God Almighty made the 
 corn at first, and has caused 
 it to grow ever since for our 
 use, thus are we fed by his 
 goodness. — Let us try to be 
 good— and do His will, that 
 we may pJease Him. — For He 
 is our Father in Heaven who 
 gives us our daily bread. 
 
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