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. 3. ffiafle & Co/s lEtiucational Series*

CANi^DIAN READERS.

BOOK 11.

BASED ON THE SERIES PREPARED BY

J. M. D. MEIKLEJOHN, M.A.,

PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS,

AND EDITED BY CANADIAN EDUCATIONISTS FOR USE IN THE

SCHOOLS OF CANADA.

W. J. GAGE AND COMPANY.

TORONTO AND WINNIPEG.

L III/

Entered, according to Act of Parliament, in the Office of the Minister
of Agriculture, in the year of our Lord 1881, by W. J. Gage: He Co.,
Toronto.

The Second Reader is one step in advance of
the First. The words are longer; the sentences arc
a little longer; and the number of literary plirases
lias been increased. The exercises are more numer-
ous; and simple exercises in grammar have been
introduced.

These exercises are mainly intended to be done
in school, and in some cases may profitably be ex-
tended by the teacher. They will aid the teacher
very much in the difficult task of keeping the pupils
employed while in their seats.

All the extracts have been made with the view of
interesting the pupils, and at the same time giving
them a large fund of useful information concerning
the world around them.

The type has in all cases been made open and

pleasant to the eye, so that at least no mechani-
cal difficulty may come in the way of the
learner. The aim has been, quality before

^,;m quantity. The pictures continue, as i»

X^^iy.. the Primers, to be a notable feature.

CONTENTS.

Page

Birds 9

The Cow 13

An Ice Hill 15

Food . 17

Bosk AND Sam 20

THB MOTUEKS .22

Tbades 28

The Squirrel 32

The two Sensible Goats 34

The Little Snow-Shoveller .... Our Little Ones . . 36

May T.D.Miller . . . 38

Flying Kites 39

The Bee 42

Harold's Squirrel Our Little Ones , . 45

The Mother-Bear and her Two Cubs 48

The Children's Hour Longfellow ... 53

Dogs 56

The Four Sunbeams St. Nicholas ... 59

Good Night AND Good-Morning . . . Lord Houghton . . 64

The Cat and her Kittens J. G. Carlisle. . . 67

The Starving Foxes , . 71

The Donkey and the Boy A.F.Day .... 77

Brave Little Dimple Little Folks* Reader y 80

How a Butterfly Came Our Little Ones . . 85

The Arrow and the Song Longfellow ... 88

The Foolish Mouse 89

The Crow and the Fox 93

The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass 96

CONTENTS,

The "Winds E. C. SUdman .... 99

Lena's Letter 101

The Cat and the Fox .... J. C. Carlisle .... 102

Look not upon the Wink . . . Willis 105

Pussy and her Elephant . . . H. M. Johnston . . . 106
The Brook and the Wave . . Longfellow .... ,, 109

No Crown for Me McGuffy*9 Tliird Rio^hii^^mn

The Husband who was to Mind the House, G. W. DQmiii^^,
A Night with a "Wolf

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THE SECOND READER.

BIEDS.

Thril'-ling, that goes through one. i Swoops, comes down suddenly,
Bplend'-id, very grand. | Din'-^gy, dull and dirty-colored.

1. There are many kinds of birds — some
very big, and some very very little. There

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are birds with sweet voices, and birds with
very little voice; birds of all colors; birds
that can fly out of sight, and birds that

cannot fly a yard.
Some birds can
swim and fly and
walk ; some can
both walk and fly;
and some can only
walk.

2. Birds have only two legs; but then
they have also two wings, with which they
can fly very fast.

Some of them can fly
faster than a railway
train can run.

3. The tomtit and
the wren are very
small ; the turkey,
the swan, and the
eagle ar^ very large. ^

4. The nightingale has a very sweet voice,
and he sings in the evening. The lark has

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a thrilling note; and he fills the morning air
with his glad song.

8. The ostrich has hardly any voice; and
like the swan can only make a hoarse kind
of sound.

6. The parrot has s]^lendld and hright
colors: and so have all birds in warm coun-
tries. Bur, birds with bright colors of'^cn
cannot sing; and the sweetest songsters we
have are dressed in the plainest and most
homely colors. The feathers of the night-
ingale and the lark are of a dingy brown.

7. The eagle flies very high in the an*;
and when he sees a bird or a rabbit, he
swoops down upon it in th(^ twinkling of
an eye.

8. The swan can swim; and he can also
fly. He can also walk; but his legs are
placed so far back, that when he walks, he
waddles and hobbles about in a very
clumsy way.

9. Birds that swim have webs between
their toes, with which they push themselves

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SECOND READER.

along. The duck, the goose, the swan, and
the sea-gull can all swim.

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10. The ostrich, which is the largest bird,
cannot fly; but he can run very very fast.
When hunted he can run as fast as a race-
horse. The ostrich lives in Africa.

SECOND HEADER,

Questions. — 1. Some birds have three ways of going —
whLt are they? 2. How fast can some birds fly? 3. Tell
me two of the smallest birds. 4. Three of the largest.
5. What is the sweetest song-bird ? 6. Wlien does he sing ?
7. Wlien does the lark sing ? 8. What kind of voice has the
ostrich ? 9. The swan ? 10. What bird has splendid plumage ?

11. What kind of song have birds with bright plumage?

12. How are the nightingale and the lark dressed ? 13. AVliat
bird flies very high ? 14. Why does the swan walk so badly ?
15. What kind of toes have swinnning birds? 10. Tell me
three birds that swim in fresh water. 17. One that swims in
the sea ? 18. How fast does the ostrich run ? 19. Where does
he live ?

ExEKCiSES. — 1. Write the line :

2. Pronounce and learn to spell :

Voic'-es Rail'-way Thril'-ling Clum'-sy
Col'-ors Tur'-key Bright Af'-ri-ca

3. Say something about each of the following : The tomtit;
the wren ; the eagle ; the swan ; the nightingale ; the lark ; the
parrot; the turkey; the sea-gull; the ostrich.

4. Write down all the words that have in them an ca ; an
al ; an oa ; and an oL

THE COW.

Bank, strong and very coarse.

1. The cow likes to eat grass in the fields
in the warm snnshine. She quietly crops
the sweet grass until she thinks she has

SECOND READER.

had enough ; and then she lies down on
the grass, and chews it over again.

2. She gives nice, warm, rich milk; and
her breath is always as sweet as the breath
of violets.

3. Of milk we make butter and cheese.
Butter is made of the cream; and cheese is
made of the curdled milk, which is pressed
very hard in a press.

4. Thank you, pretty cow, that gave
!Nice sweet milk to soak my bread,
Ev jry morn and every night,
Warm and fresh, and rich and white.

SECOND READER.

6. Do not chew the weeds so rank,
Growing there upon the bank ;
But the grass and clover eat,
They will make it nice and sweet.

6. Where the pretty daisy grows,
Where the clearest water flows,
Where the grass is fresh and fine,
Pretty cow, go there and dine.

Questions. — 1. What does the cow give? 2. What kind
of milk is it ? 3. What is the cow not to eat ? 4. What does
the child want her to eat ? 5. Where is the cow to go and dine

— where what flow^er grows ? 6. Wliere the water is ?

7. Where the grass is ? 8. What line rliymes with : Every

mom and every niyhl ? (Other lines may be given.)

ExEBCisiss. — 1. Write the line :

Ci?^l^i

iji /in^e^e ^^^-^ ^

i^-n^.

AN ICE HILL.

Bun'-ners, the wood or iron upon which a sleigh moves.

1. The snow lay on the ground more than
a foot deep; and every night there had been
hard frost. Not far from a little village was
a hill covered with snow; and a number of

SECOND BEADS n.

little boys thought they would like to go
and slide down.

2. So they made little sleighs of wood, with
wooden runners, cut round in front so as
to let them glide smoothly and rapidly over

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the snow. They trailed their sleighs to the
top of the hill, set them on the edge, sat
down upon them, gave themselves a little
push, and then away they went down to the
foot.

3. Then they walked up again, trailing their
sleighs after them by a string: then sat down

SECOND READEB.

and oflf once more to the foot of the hill.
And all of them looked like rosy-cheeked
apples — their eyes, too, bright with fun and
glee and high spirits.

4. Sometimes one tumbled off, and away
his sleigh shot without him; sometimes the
sleigh turned right round, and both tumbled
into the deeper snow; sometimes one sleigh
knocked against another, and both turned
over and pitched off their riders. This has
just happened in the picture ! One boy has
fallen on his fixce, and the other is trying to
jump out of the way.

FOOD.

Cbi'-na, a large country in the east

of Asia.
In'-di-a, a country in the south of

Asia.
Cey-lon',an island south of India.

E'-gypt, a country in the north-
east of Africa. The Nile dows
through it.

It'-a-ly, a country in the south of
Europe.

1. Bread is made of flour; and flour is
made from Avheat. When the wheat is i-ipe
it is thrashed, and then it is ground down
into flour by the miller.

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2. Cheese is made from the milk of the
cow. The milk is first made into curds;
the curds are squeezed and pressed; and
the pressed curd is called cheese.

3. Butter is made by churning cream.

The curdled milk we press and squeeze,
And so we make it into cheese ;
The cream we skim, and shake in churns,
And then it soon to butter turns.

4. Beef is the flesh of the ox, which is
made ready for eating by being roasted oi-
boiled. The flesh of the pig is called pork.

5. Potatoes are the underground branches
of a plant which was taken to Europe from
South America more than two hundred
years ago.

6. Tea is made of the leaves 'of the tea-
plant which grows in China and the East
Indies. Coffee, which comes to us from the
West Indies, Ceylon, and Arabia, is the
berry of the coffee-plant. The berry is
first roasted, then ground. The ground
coflfee is boiled in a pot and strained.

SECOND READER,

he
is;

7. Sugar is the juice of a tall, thick cane,
which grows in the West Indies. The juice
which is left over, after the sugar is made,
is called treacle or molasses.

8. Rice is the seed of a tall grass ; and the
seed is like wheat, only whiter and harder.
It grows in many parts of the world, such
as India, America, Egypt, and Italy.

Questions. — 1 What is bread made of ? 2. What is flour
made of? 3. Who grinds tlie wheat? 4. How do we make
cheese ? 5. How do we malce butter ? 6. What is beef ?

7. What three names do we give to the flesh of the pig?

8. WTiat is tlie difference between them ? 9. Wliat are pota-
toes ? 10. What is tea ? 11. Where does it come from ? 12.
What is coffee ? 13. How is coffee made ? 14. Wliat is sugar ?
15. What is the refuse of sugar called? 16. What is rice?
17. Where does rice come from ?

Exercises. — 1. Write the line :

€e ^2A€dd^et/ c^4/tt^ td ct^^e^/ €^e€de.

Cof'-fee
Su'-gar

•ound

2. Pronounce and learn to spell :

Wheat Churn'-ing Ba'-con

Squeezed Cur'-dled Po-ta'-toes

3. Say something about the following words : Bread ; cheese ;
butter ; beef ; potatoes ; tea ; coffee ; sugar ; treacle ; rice.

4. Write out all the words that have in them an ou; an ow ;
an oa : and an ea.

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SECOND BEADER.

BOSE AND SAM.

1. Bose lived at Squire Horton's on the
hill. He was a large, gray dog. Sam was
a small terrier, and his home was in the
village.

2. One day Bose was near Sam's house,
when he all at once grew sick.

3. Little Sam came up, and I think he
asked Bose how he felt, for soon Bose rose
up and tried to walk home.

4. Sam ran by his side, and now and then
jumped and barked as if to help poor Bose

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to bear his pain. Bose lay down to rest
two or three times, and Sam lay down with

him.

5. At last they reached Squire Horton's,

and Sam barked till Jane came to the door
and took care of Bose. Then Sam ran
home.

6. The day after he came to see Bose and
cheer him up. He came again the next day,
and ran about the house and the barn, but
could not find his friend.

7. Poor Bose was dead. After a time
Sam found his grave, and there he lay down
and howled. But soon he went back to his
home, and he did not go to Squire Horton's
any more.

Our Little Ones.

Exercises. — 1. Pronounce and spell:

Jump'-ed Vil'-lage Grew Reached

Ter'-ri-er Squire A'gain Friend.

2. Say something about /iowie, barn, grave, hill, village,

friend.

SECOND HEADER.

THE MOTHERS.

A SONG FOR CHILDTIEN.

Nim'-ble, very quick and active, l Ex-ceed'-inf?-ly, very much.
Dote on, be very foud of. I liamb'-kin, a young lamb.

Sped, hurried.

1. 1 was walking on the green hills one
line summer day ; and the sheep were happy
and feeding all around me. I heard a
mother-sheep say :

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2. " There is nothing so sweet in all the
world as my little lamb. He has nimble
feet, bright eyes, and such pretty white
wool. The robin has four children, and I
liave only one; but I love my one better
than she loves all her four."

3. And she lay down with her lamb on the
hill-side; and the two went to sleep close
together in the warm sun.

4. When I got home, I saw our old gray
cat with her three kittens. And she too
was saying something to herself.

5. It was this: ^^My three kittens are the
prettiest little things in the whole world.
Their fur is so soft, and their tails are so
pretty, that I cannot love them enough. I
cannot tell which is the prettiest."

6. And she lay down with them by the
fireside; and the mother and her three
kittens all went to sleep together.

7. Then I went out to the farm-yard, and
there I saw an old hen with ten chickens.
She was looking about for corn and seeds;

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and when slic found one, she cried " chick,
cluck, cluck," and tlic chickens came run-
ning up.

8. I heard her, too, talking; and this was
what she said: "The sun, which sees every-
thing, nevei* saw anything so pretty as my
chickens. The ewe loves her lamh; the cat
loves her kittens; but I love my chickens
better than they love their children.

9. "Come, my sweet little chickens, come
and nestle snugly under my wings; and
there you will be safe and warm." So all
the chickens i*an up to their mother, and
went to bed under her wide, soft wings, and
fell asleep.

10. As I walked over the hills one day,

I stopped, and heard a mother-sheep say :
"In all the green world there is nothing

so sweet
As my little lamb with his nimble feet,

With his eyes so bright,

And his wool so white:
Oh I he is my darling, my heart's delight,

SECOND HEADER.

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11. " The robin, she
That sings in the tree,

May dearly dote on her darlings four;
But I love my one little lambkin more."
And the mother-sheep and her little one
Side by side lay down in the sun,
And they went to sleep) on the hill-side

warm,
As a child goes to sleep on its mother's

arm.

12. I went to the kitchen, and what did I see?
But the gray old cat with her kittens

three,

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13.

I heard her softly whisper — said she:
" My kittens with tails all so nicely curled,
Are the prettiest things i i the wide, wide
world.

^^ The bird on the tree,

And the old ewe, she
May love her baby exceedingly;
But I love my kittens with all my might,
I love them by morning, by noon, and by
night/'

14. I went to the yard and saw the old

hen
Go clucking about with chickens ten.
She clucked, and she scratched, and she

talked away;
And what do you think I heard the hen

<=;ay?
I heard her say: ^^ The sun never did

shine
On anything like these chickens of mine.

16. The cat loves her kittens, the ewe loves
her lamb;

SECOND READER.

But they do not know what a proud

mother I am;
Nor for lambs nor for kittens will T part

with these,
Though the sheep and the cat should go

down on their knees:
No, no! not though
The kittens could crow,
Or the lammie on two yellow legs could

go.

1(5. "My own dear darlings! my sweet little
things !
Come, nestle now cosily under my wings."
So the hen said,
And the chickens all sped
As fast as they could to their nice feather

bed;
And there let them sleep, in their feathers

so warm,
While my little chick nestles here snug
on my arm. auntmaky.

Questions. — 1. What did the mother-sheep say about her
lamb ? 2. What dia she say he was better than ? 3. Where

SECOND READER.

did they lie down to sleep ? 4. How many kittens had the old
gray cat ? 5. What kind of tails had they ? 6. Which of them
did she love best ? 7. How many chickens had the old hen ?
8. What did she say about them? 9. What would she not
exchange them for? 10. Where do the chickens nestle?
11. What line rhymes with : As I walked over the hills one
day? (Other lines may be given.)

Exercises. — 1. Write the line :

(3^^/tC'l^ -T^'l-Cd^l^Ce

f^ ^-^^-^ /?ye

'U'l

'Zi^'^^ .

2. Pronounce and learn to spell :

Nim'-ble Kitch'-en Pret'-ti-est

De-light' Speak'-ing Chick'-ens

Lamb'-kin Ex-ceed'~ing-ly Talked

3. Write down all the words that rhyme in the first and
second verses.

4. Write do\vn all the words that have in them an ay ; an

Yel'-low
Cos'-i-ly
Feath'-ers.

ow ; and an ou.

TRADES.

1. A baker is a man who bakes bread. He
makes it out of flour; and flour is made of
wheat. — A grocer is a man who sells tea,
sugar, coffee, rice, and spices. — A butcher
is a man who sells beef, mutton, pork, and
veal.

2. A shoemaker is a man who makes boots
^nd shoes. Boots and shoes are made of

SECOND READER,

leather. — Leather is the skm or hide of an
ex or sheep, which has been steeped in
water along with lime and pieces of the
bark of a tree.

3. This is called tanning; and the man who
tans a hide into leather is called a tanner.

For lime and bark the tanner takes,
And of the skin he leatlier makes ;
And this the shoemaker will use
To make us good strong boots and shoes.

4. A tailor makes our clothes. The warm
cloth that we wear is made from the wool of
the sheep. — The wool is spun into thread,
and the man who weaves the threads of
wool into cloth is called a weaver.

5. The man who makes tables and chairs,
and boxes and doors, is called a carpenter.
He is also called a joiner, because he joins
pieces of wood together. He joins them
together with nails or with glue.

6. The man who puts lead on the roofs
of our houses, or brings in pipes for water
or for gas, is (jailed a plumber, meaning
a man who works in lead.

SECOND BEADEH.

7. The man who cuts and trims and
smooths stones, and builds them one on
the top of another, is called a mason. — A
bricklayer lays bricks one upon another, to
make the wall of a house,

8. The man who hauls up and takes down
the sails of a ship, and takes every care of
the ship when it is sailing, is called a sailor.

9. A glazier is the man who glazes a
window-frame, or puts glass into it. When
a window-frame has had glass put into it,
it is called a window.

10. The man who ploughs the fields, sows
them with seed, cuts the crops when they
are ripe, thrashes the seed out of them, and
sends the seed to market, is called a farmer*
11. The man who digs down very deep
into the ground, and goes down into the
low dark parts of the earth for coal, or
iron, or lead, or tin, is called a miner.

Questions. — 1. Of what does a baker make bread ? 2. Of
what is flour made ? 3. What does a grocer sell ? 4. What
does a butcher sell ? 5. Of what are boots and shoes made ?
6. Of what is leather made ? 7. What is the man who makes
leather called? 8. What is tanning? 9. Of what is cloth

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made ? 10. Who makes the wool into cloth ? 11. What does
a carpenter make ? 12. What is a plumber? 13. What does
a mason do ? 14. Wlr ', does a bricklayer do ? 15. What does
a sailor do ? 16. What is a glazier ? 17. What does a farmer
ik) ? 18. What is a miner ?
he digs up.

Exercises. — 1. Write the line :

10. Tell me some of the things

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2. Pronomice and learn to spell :

Gro'-cer Leath'-er Car'-pen-ter Ma'-son
Spic'-es riec'-es Plumb'-er Win'-dow.

3. Say something about each of the following : A baker ; a
(jrocer ; a butcher ; a shoemaker ; a tanner ; a tailor ; a loeaver ;
a joiner ; a plumber; a mason; a bricklayer; a sailor; a
glazier ; a farmer ; a miner.

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THE SQUIRREL.

1. The squirrel is a very pretly little
animal. He lives in the woods, ^nd runs
about from tree to tree, and from branch
to branch, and is full of fun and romp.

2. When a squirrel sees any one, 'he often
runs to the other side of the tree and takes
a peep at him. Then he runs up as high as
he can.

3. His nest is built in the fork of a high
branch of a tree; and rain cannot get into
U, nor can the wind blow it away.

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4. The young ones, of which there are
three or four, are born in midsummer, and
stay with their father and mother until next
spring. Then they go away and find a tree
for themselves.

5. The squirrel's chief food consists of
nuts, acorns, fruits, and seeds.

6. It is very nice to see a squirrel eating a
nut. He sits up, holds the nut prettily
between his fore-paws, bites off the tip with
his sharp fore-teeth, then strips off the shell,
peels the brown husk off — and then, pop it
goes into his little mouth.

7. He lays up stores of nuts and acorns in
all kinds of nooks, and holes, and corners;
and these he never forgets. Even when
snow is on the ground, he goes straight to
his stores, scratches away the snow, and
brings out his nuts.

8. His color is reddish brown; but in a
very cold winter his fur turns grayish.

Exercises. — 1. Write the line:

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THE TWO SENSIBLE GOATS.

1. Two kind goats lived together, always
lived in peace, and tried to helj) each other.
When one goat was ill, the other brought
him green herbs, from a field far off; and
the sick goat ate the herbs, and they cured
him.

2. The other goat had a pretty little kid,
which she loved dearly. One day, when the
goat had gone out, a rude boy came to take
the kid: but the goat which h;ad been ill,
and had got better, poked the boy with his

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horns, drove him away, and took care of the
kid till its mother came home.

3. Once, when the two goats were travel-
ling, they met on the middle of a very
narrow bridge, but they did not push one
another into the water. No! They stood
still a moment, to try whether they could go
back safely.

4. When they found they could not, one of
them went down on his knees on the bridge,
and let the other walk over his back.

The goat which had to walk over the
other, took care to walk softly, and not to
hurt so kind a friend.

And so they both got safely over ; and all
who knew them loved the two kind groats.

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Questions. — 1. When one of the two kind goats was ill,
what did the other do ? 2. What happened to the kid of one
of the goats ? 3. AVhat did the other goat do ? 4. Where did
these two goats meet? 5. What did they do first? 6. When
they found they could not go back, what did they do ? 7. What
did the goat who had to walk over the other take care to do ?

Exercise. — Pronounce and learn to spell:
Trav 'el-ling An-oth'er

Al'ways
Dear'-ly

lll'-nat-ured

Mo'-ment

. Safely
Soft'-ly

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THE LITTLE SNOW-SHOVELLER.

Merrily whistling along the street,
With his little nose, his hands and feet
Sharply bitten by old Jack Frost,
His curly hair by the rude wind tost,

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Armed with his shovel, goes INed Magee;
In search of some work, of course, is he.

2. Brave little chap ! 't is little he cares
For old Jack Frost; and the storm he

dares
"With a merry face and a merry song,
As through the snow he paddles along —
This blue-eyed lad — o'er the slippery

street,
Hoping the chance of a job to meet.

3. Give him ten cents and see him work:
Ned is not a bit of a shirk;

In goes his shovel with might and main,
Making the snow fly off like rain, —
Here, there, and everywhere, in a trice,
Till your walk is made all clean and nice.

4. Then, cheeks as red as the reddest rose,
Shouldering his shovel, off he goes;
Merrily whistling on his way.

His boyish heart so happy and gay.
That neither for wind nor frost cares he, —
This little snow-shoveller, Ifed Magee.

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MAY.

1. "Welcome, wel-
come, lovely
May!

Breath so 'Aveet,
and cmiles so

Sun, and dew,
and gentle
showers.

Welcome, wel-
come, month
of flowers 1

2. Welcome, vio-
lets, sweet and
blue.

Drinking - cups
of morning
dew I
Welcome, lambs
so full of glee!
Welcome, too, my busy bee I

3. Birdies sing on every spray,
"Welcome, sunshine! welcome, May! '^
Many a pretty flower uncloses,
And the garden smellg of roses.

T. D. MlLLB«.

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FLYING KITES.

1. It is a fine breezy day ; and Tom and
Harry arc setting off to fiy a kite which
their father has made for them. Another
boy has his kite up ah'cady; and the little
boy on the ground is preparing his for flying.

2. A kite is generally made of strong
brown paper — sometimes of light calico or
cotton cloth^ and sometimes of linen. It

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must be strong, or the wind would tear it;
and it must be light, or it would fall to the
ground. Every kite has a strong, upright
piece of wood, nicely rounded, in the mid-
dle: this is its back-bone.

3. Then it has another piece of wood across
this ; and over the top is a bow — generally
made out of the half of a barrel-hoop, the
ends of which are tied to the ends of the
cross-bar. When the framework has been
carefully made and strongly tied together,
the paper is pasted over, and the kite is
placed somewhere to dry.

4. But the kite, like the bird, must have a
tail to steady it. This tail is very long, and
is made of string. At the end is a tuft of
grass, to give it weight; and at short dis-
tances along the string, are tied pieces of
paper, to give it liveliness.

6. Let us hope that the boys will have a
pleasant day, that the kite will fly very high,
and behave well when it gets up to its high-
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a good account of its conduct to their
father.

6. The Chinese are very fond of kites.
Old men and middle-aged men fly them, and
show the greatest joy when they behave well
in the air. Chinese kites are of very odd
shapes; they are made like big bats, butter-
flies, owls, hawks, and other birds. Nothing
seems to give a Chinaman so much delight
as a kite that flies very high in the air.

Questions. — 1. Tell me all you see in the picture. 2. Tell
me how a kite is made. 3. What kind of tail has it ? 4. Of
what, shapes are the Chinese kites ? 5. What Chinamen are
fond of flying kites ? 6. Where is China ?

Exercises. — 1. Write the line :

2. Pronounce an<I learn to epell :

Pre-par'-ing Care'-ful-ly Be-have' Con'-duct
A-cross' Dis'-tan-ces Ac-count' De-light'.

8. Say something about each of the following : Little boys ;
their kites ; the making qf a kite ; ita tail ; Chinese kites ; Chi'
new kite-fiyera.

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THE BEE.
1. The honey
bee is a very use-
ful and curious insect. It
is useful because it provides
us with honey, and curious
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work.

2. Bees live in this country in
a wooden box called a hive, and
they pass in and out through a
very small opening in it. They
keep their honey, after they
gather it, in cells made of wax,
which they supply from their own
bodies. These cells are six-sided

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and are packed close together. In some of
them the eggs are laid by the queen bee,
and the young ones, after they are hatched,
are fed by the older bees with honey.

3. There are three kinds of bees, the
queen, the drone, and the worker. There
is usually only one queen in a hive, and she
lays all the eggs. The workers are females
and the drones are males. The workers
gather tlie honey from flowers, and when
it becomes scarce they drive away the
drones and leave them to starve to death.

4. If the queen of a hive dies, the workers
take a very young bee, and, by feeding it in
a certain way, raise it up to be a queen.
"When the bees in a hive become too
crowded, a number of them take a queen
with them and swarm off to another place.
Sometimes the bee-keeper takes a number
of the bees out and puts them along with
a queen in a new hive, where they at once
go to work.

6. Bee-keeping is carried on very largely

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in Canada, and new kinds of bees have
been brought from Cyprus, Palestine, and
other Eastern countries. Those from Pal-
estine are often called " holy bees."

6. Bees often die in winter because they
have not enough to eat, and to keep them
alive the bee-keeper feeds them with melted
sugar. If bees are well cared for, it pays
to keep them, for honey always brings a
good price. The place where bee-hives are
kept is called an apiary.

Questions. — 1. How are bees kept in this country?

2. Where do they keep their honey after tliey gather it ?

3. How many kinds of honey bees are tliere ? 4. Wliat do bees
of each kind do? 5. How is a new queen got when an old
one dies ? 6. Wliai do the bees do wlien they become too much
crowded in a hive ? 7. From what countries are bees some-
times brought ? 8. How are bees fed in winter when honey is
scarce ?

Exercises. — 1. Pronounce and learn to spell:

Cu'-ri-ous

In'-sect

Work'-ers

Cy'-prus

Ptil'-es-tine

Ca'-na-da

E-nough

Su'-gar

A'-pi-ar-y

2. Find out from the map wliere Cyprus and Palestine are,

3. Write out from memory all you know about bees.

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HAROLD'S SQUIRREL.

1. Harold caught a young gray squirrel
in the woods. He brought him home, and
named him Bobby. He put him into a

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cage. Bobby ran to the farther comer and
seemed to be frightened.

2. Harold tried to coax him to eat some
sweet apple, but Bobby would not eat a
mouthful. Harold put some peanuts into
the cage, but Bobby would not eat one.

3. His mother told him to leave Bobby
alone for a while, and he would feel better;
so Harold did not go near the cage again
that night.

4. The next morning Bobby was hungry.
Harold gave him a good breakfast. In a
few days he was quite tame. He soon
began to turn the wheel, and he made it
go very fast.

6. He had a little room in the top of hi^
cage to sleep in, and he had a piece of
flannel for his bed. When he was fright-
ened, or the boys teased him, he would run
up into his chamber and hide.

e. After a little while Harold let him out
of the cage every day. " He would follow
Harold ^11 about the house. He would sit

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on his shoulder and eat nuts. When Bobby
had eaten all the nuts he wanted, he would
hide the rest under the door-mat, and pat
them down with his feet.

7. Harold could hug him and pet him, and
Bobby was never cross. Harold never for-
got to feed him. He cleaned out his cage
every morning, and gave him fresh water.

8. Harold had a number of other pets. He
had a dog and a cat and a large flock of
hens and chickens. But Bobby always had
his breakfast first. Bobby is still alive, and
I think he must be the happiest squirrel
that was ever shut up in a cage.

OuB Little Onss.

Exercises. — 1. Pronounce and learn to spell:

Fright'-ened Squir'-rel Break'-fast Mon'-ey
Pea'-nnts Car'-ried Hap'-pi-est Shoul'-der.

2. Draw Harold and his squirrel.

3. Say something about the things you see in the picture in
this lesson.

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THE MOTHER-HEAR, AND HER TWO CUBS.

Hold, iuside of a ship. Fleas'-ure, fun.

1. In a far-oif northern land, where there
is nothing but ice and snow, lived a white
she-bear very happily with her two young
ones. The ice covered the sea most of the
year, and floated about in great masses,
which are called icebergs or ice mountains,
of all kinds of odd shapes ; some like
steeples, some like large churches, and
some like floating towns.

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2. But, though the sea was covered with
ice, this white bear often found holes in it,
or pieces of open sea; and then she man-
aged to <3atch some fish to feed her young

ones and herself. And the young cubs
were the prettiest little playful things you
ever saw.

3. Into these cold and icy seas, sailed, one
day in spring, a ship from Scotland. The
ship had come to catch whales and seals*

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It sailed bravely among the ice, for it was
manned by bo^d and hardy sailors, who had
often and often faced the dangers of the
deep.

4. They caught several whales, and stored
away the fat or blubber in the hold; and
they killed a great many seals, and took
their skins to be made into jackets, and
muffs, and caps, and waistcoats. They
were just on the ix)int of going back to
Scotland, when one evening, in the quiet
light, they saw this she-bear and her two
young ones.

5. The two little cubs were playing with
each other in the prettiest way, — patting
each other in fun on the side of the head,
knocking; each other down, and rolling over
and over, — while their mother sat beside
them, enjoying their pleasure. Presently
she caught sight of the ship, and turned
her head.

6. Then she growled to the cubs to come
along with her, and to get away from the

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ship. But one of the sailors had been too
quick for her, and had got a rifle, and stolen
upon the young bears in their pla3^ When
he thought he had got near enough, he fired,
and killed first the one, and then the other.

7. The mother-bear raised such a cry of
pain and grief to the skies, that it might
have touched the heart of the dullest person
in the whole ship. But the sailor loaded
and with a third ball he laid the poor

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Questions. — 1. Where did the mother-bear live ? 2. How
many young ones had she ? 3. What did she feed them with ?
4. How did she get tlie fish ? 5. Wliere did tlie sliip come
from ? 6. Wliat had it come to get 1' 7. Wliat is done with
the seal-slcins ? 8. Wliat were the cnl)s doing one evening ?

9. What did the mother try to do when she saw the ship ?

10. What did the sailor do ? 11. What did the mother do when
she saw her young ones shot? 12. What did the sailor do
next?

Exercises. — 1. Pronounce and learn to spell :

North'-em Ice'-berg Sail'-ors Dull'-est

Hap'-pi-ly Stee'-ples Pleas'-ure Moth'-er.

2. Say something about each of the following : The white
bear ; her cubs ; a Scotch ship ; icebergs ; the cubs at play ; the
aailor; the mother' a yri^; the mother* s death.

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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.

1. Between the dark and the daylight,

When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the ""ay's occupations.
That is known as the Children's Hour.

2. 1 hear in the chamber above me
The patter of little feet,
The sound of a door that is opened,
And voices soft and sweet.

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3. From my siiid}' I sec in the lamplight,

Descending the broad hall stair,
Grave Alice and laughing Allegra,
And Edith with golden hair.

4. A whisper, and then a silence:

Yet I know by th(nr merry eyes
They arc plotting and planning together
To take me by surprise.

6. A sudden rush from the stairway,
• A sudden raid from the hall I
By three doors left unguarded
They enter my castle wall!

6. They climb up into my turret

O'er the arms and back of my chair;
If I try to escape, they surround me;
They seem to be everywhere.

T. They almost devour me with kisses,
Their arms about me entwine,
Till I think of the Bishop of Bingcn
Tn bis Mouse-Tower on the Bhiuc!

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8. Do you think, O blue-eyed banditti,
Because you have scaled the wall,
Such an old mustache as I am
Is not a match foi- you all!

.». I have you fast in my fortress,
And will not let you depart,
But put you down into the dungeon
In the round-tower of my heart.

10. And there will I keep you forever.
Yes, forever and a day.
Till the walls shall crumble to ruin,
And moulder in dust away I

Longfellow.

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DOGS.

1. There are many kinds of dogs; very
little dogs, and very big dogs. Dogs are
also of all colors, white or black, spotted or
streaked with black or red or brown.

2. The sheep-dog, or collie, looks after the
3heep, and is the best friend of the shepherd.

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3. The Scotch terrier is a little, rough-
haired dog, very brave and full of spirit.
The English terrier is smooth, very brave
also, and fond of hunting rats.

4. The Newfoundland is a large, handsome,
shaggy dog, very fond of the water, and very
kind to little children. It has often been
seen to jump in after a child that has fallen
into the water, to seize him, and to bring
him safe to shore.

8. The pointer is a very fine dog, which has
been trained to stand stock-still when it
smells a bird or a hare or a rabbit. When
it stands stock-still, it sticks out its tail as

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straight as a poker; and then the sportsman
knows there is game very near.

6. The greyhound is the swiftest of all
dogs. It has a very lean body, with long,
strong, thin legs, and a long tail. It is
trained to chase hares. The fox-hound is
trained to hunt the fox.

7. The mastiff is a large, splendid dog,
with a mouse-colored skin, and is the best
watch-dog we have.

8. There are big dogs and little dogs —
some, like the Newfoundland, as big as a
pony; others, like the Mexican lap-dog, as
small as a rat

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Questions. — 1. AVhat is the slieplierds'-dog here called?
2. What kind of dog is tlic Scotcli terrier ? 3. And the Eng-
lish terrier? 4. What is tlie Newfoundland very fond of?
5. What will he do when he sees a child in the water ? 0. What
has the pointer been trained to do ? 7. Which is the swiftest
of dogs ? 8. AVhich is the best watch-dog we have ? 9. What
are the largest and the smallest dogs ?

Exercises. — 1. Write the line :

2. Pronounce and learn to spell: %, •

Streaked Ob'-sti-nate Hand'-some Sports'-man

Shep'-herd New'-fonnd-land Point'-er Mas'-tiff.

3. Say something about each of the following: The collie ;
the Scotch terrier ; the EivjUsh terrier ; the Nexqfoundland ;
the pointer ; the greyhound ; the mastiff.

THE FOUR SUNBEAMS.
1. Four little sunbeams came earthward one
day,
Shining and dancing along on their way,
Resolved that their course should be
blest.
^* Let us tiT," they all whispered, *^ some

kindness to do,
Not seek our own pleasuring all the day
through,
Then meet in the eve at the west**

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One sunbeam ran in at a low cottage door,
And played ^^ hide-and-seek " with a child
on the floor,
Till b^by laughed loud in his glee,

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And chased with delight his strange play-
mate so bright,
The little hands grasping in vain for the
light
That ever before them would flee.
3 One crept to a couch where an invalid lay,
And brought him a dream of a bright
summer day,
Its bird-song and beauty and bloom;
Till pain was forgotten and weary unrest,
And in fancy he roamed through the
scenes he loved best,
Far away from the dim, darkened
room.
4. One stole to the heart of a flower that was
sad.
And loved and caressed her until she was
glad.
And lifted her white face again.
For love brings content to the lowliest lot.
And finds something sweet m the dreariest
spot,
And lightens all labor and pain.

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6. And one, where a little blind girl sat alone
Not sharing the mirth of her play-fellows,
shone
On hands that were folded and pale,

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And kissed the poor eyes that had never

known sight,
That never would gaze on the beautiful

light
Till angels had lifted the veil.

6. At last, when the shadows of evening
were falling,
And the sun, their great father, his chil-
dren was calling,
Four sunbeams sped into the west.
All said: ^' We have found that in seeking

the pleasure
Of others, we fill to the full our own
measure," —
Then softly they sank to their rest.

Exercises. — 1. Write the names of all the things you see
in the picture.

2. Pronounce and learn to spell :

Shin'-ing Through In'va-hd Drear'-i-est

De-light' Scenes Ca-**essed' Beau'-ti-ful.

3. Commit to memory the lesson the Sunbeams learned.

4. Name the nouns in verso 2.

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GOOD-NIGHT AND GOOD-MORNING.

Ou'-ri-ous, odd. De-liffhf, pleasxire.

Coorte'-sied. made a deep bow, as a mark of respect to the sun.

I. A fair little girl sat

under a tree,
Sewing as long as her

eyes could see;
Then smoothed her
work, and folded it
right,

And said: " Dear work, good-night, good-
night."

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2. Such a number of rooks came over her
head,
Crying '' Caw, caw I " on their way to bed :
She said as she watched their curious

flight:
"Little black things, good-night, good-
night."

8. The horses neighed and the oxen lowed ;
The sheep's -^ Bleat, bleat ! " came over the

road;
All seeming to say, with a quiet delight :
" Good little girl, good-night, good-night."

4. She did not say to the sun, " Good-night,"
Though she saw him there, like a ball of

light;
For she knew he had God's time to keep
All over the world, and never could sleep.

5. The tall pink fox-glove bowed his head ;
The violets courtesied and went to bed;
And good little Lucy tied up her hair.
And said, on her knees, her evening

prayer.

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6. And while on her pillow she softly lay,
She knew nothing more till again it was

day;
And all things said to the beautiful sun:
*^ Good-morning, good-morning; our work
is begun."

Lord Houghton.

Questions. — 1. Where was Hob little girl sitting ? 2. What
did she say when the day was beginning to close ? 8. What
did she see over her head ? 4. What did she say to them ?
5. What did the liorses, oxen, and sheep do? 6. What
did tliey seem to say ? 7. Why did she not say " Good-
night" to the sun? 8. What did the fox-glove and the
violets do ? 9. When Lucy woke up again, what did every-
thing say to the beautiful sun ? 10. What line rhymes with
A fair little <jirl nat under a tree I (Other lines may be given.)

Dictation. — Learn to spell and write out:

Exercises. — 1. Learn to spell the following words:

Sew'-ing Cu'-ri-ous De-light' Courte'-sied

Smoothed Neighed Vi'-o-lets Pil'-low.

2. Point out the nouns in the first two verses.

8. Tell the names of six different beasts in the fields.

4. Make nouns out of the following words, either by adding
something to them or by taking something away from them :
Smooth ; crying ; good ; delightful ; sunny ; tall ; pray.

5. Explain the following phrases : (1) The sun has God's
time to keep. (2) The violets courtesied. (3) She knew
nothing more till it was day again.

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6. Make sentences about : A tittle girl ; rooks ; horses ;
oxen ; sheep ; Lxiaj ; the flowers.

7. Tell the difference between : Sewhirf and sowlnr/ ; dear
and deer ; load and lowed ; ball and batol ; hair and hare.

8. The following words have several meanings ; give two of
them : Fair ; fold ; ball ; saio.

0. Write the names of six different parts of a bird.

THE CAT AND HER KITTENS.

De-ter'-mined, fixed in her purpose. Rushed, ran very fast.

Strug' -gle, Htrife and quarrel.

1. There was once a cat called Kitty. She
l^ three little kittens j and she kept them in

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a nice warm corner in the cellar. But one
morning it struck her that the cellar was a
little damp; and this was not good for the
health of her darlings. So she made up her
mind to carry them to the very top of the
house to a little garret bedroom where one
of the servants slept.

2. And first she carried one kitten by the
back of the neck, up stair after stair; and
then another, and then the third. '^ Hollo !
Mrs. Puss, what do you want here with your
small family? I can't have cats in my room,"
says the servant. ^' Back to the cellar you
must go — you and your three children.'" So
she carried them back to the cellar.

8. But Kitty was not of the same mind
with the servant — was determined to have a
better sleeping-place for them, and carried
them up again. Once more the servant
turned them out and took them back to
the cellar. Once more Puss carried them
up to the garret. They were again turned
out; but Puss carried them up again.

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Int

Ito

. 4. Every time Puss took them up, the ser-
vant took them down again. This went on
three, four, five, six — and even to ten times.
At last poor Puss was quite wearied out.
She could carry them no longer.

5. Suddenly she left the house; and no
one could tell where she had gone to. Had
she run away and left her poor little kittens?
No! She came back in a short time, and
with her she brought a big black cat. Then
she showed this black gentleman her kittens,
and told him the whole story.

6. At once the strange cat flew at one of
the kittens, got it tight in his mouth, and
rushed upstairs with it. Then he carried up
the other; and then the third — while the
determined mamma led the way with a low

*^ mew."

7. The servant, seeing that Kitty had made
up her mind that it was for the good of her
family that they should all sleep in her room,
MTe up the struggle, and allowed the cat
kittens to take up their abode with her.

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Kitty mewed her best thanks to the black
cat; and the kind stranger, making a low
bow and a gentle purr, went away and was
never seen again. j. c. carusle.

Dictation. — Learn to spell and write out :

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Exercises. — 1. Learn to spell the following words :

Cel'-lar De-ter'-mined Wear'-ied Al-lowed'
Car'-ried Gar'-ret Strug'-gle Stran'-ger.

2. Point out all the nouns in paragraph 7.

3. Write down the name of six animals that people keep as
pets.

4. Make nouns out of the following words, either by adding
something to them or by taking something away from them :
Stranc/e ; toimiost ; childish ; sleeping/ ; roomy ; black.

5. Explain the following phrases : { 1 ) It struck her that the
cellar was damp. (2) Kitty was not of the same mind with the
servant. (3) The mamma led the way. (4) The servant gave
up the struggle.

6. Make sentences about : Kitty ; the three kittens ; the
servant ; a stramje cat ; a damp cellar ; a light yarret.

7. Tell the difference between : One and won ; maid and
made ; where and were ; your and ewer ; Utne and thyme ; hole
and whole.

8. The following words have several mornings ; give two of
them : Top ; back ; l^t ; want ; dof/ ; lead.

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THE STARVING FOXES.

Sigm, mark.
Por'-tune, good luck.
A-void'-ing, keeping away from.
Snuffii, smells.

Muz'-zle, the nose and mouth of

an animal.
Din, great noise.
Heads, gets in front of.

1. It was bitterly cv Id weather and every-
body was shivering. Reynard's children
were shivering with cold — and with hunger,
too, for they had had nothing to eat for some
time. The snow lay deep upon the ground ;
and the cold north wind almost blew through
the very bones of man and of beast. The
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was to be seen; and Father Reynard could
not catch even a rat or a mouse to leed his
starving family.

2. The wind whistled through the forest,
and now and then a r rotten branch fell
crackling to the ground ; but no sound else
broke the stillness of the wood, and no bird
or beast stirred in the cold, cold air. Even
the crows had left the spot; and far and
wide there was no sign of a dinner.

3. No sign or sound of a dinner: except
one! The clear crowing of a cock broke
the frosty stillness of the morning; and the
hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Reynard and family
went pit-a-pat with new hope. They pic-
tured to themselves a big fat cock, a nice
plump hen, and a lot of tender chickens;
and this made their hunger still more bitter
to them.

4. The unhappy mother drew her children
close to her side to warm and to comfgut
them; but they could not forget ftieir
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crying and screaming for a little food. The
wretched father could bear it no longer.
Up he jumped. "Anything rather than
this!" he cried. "I will face death itself
rather than bear it a moment longer."

5. The cock crew agaia, and louder and
more cheerily than ever. Where was the
cock ? Not a quarter of a mile off, in the
farm-yard at the edge of the forest. " Good-
by, my dear; good-by, my children. I am
off to the farm. Death or a dinner! Keep
up your courage!" ^'Go!" said Mrs.
Reynard, " and may fortune be kind to you
and Ving you back safe to us with a nice
fat chi%ken. But, alas! there are dogs and
men, there are snares and traps, there are
guns and hunters. Be very careful, dear;
and oh! Renny, Renny, come back soon."

6. So, with kisses all rounQ, Reynard
leaves his home. He steals his way quietly
through the woods, avoiding the high-road;
»nd now he is but a stone's throw from the
firiiPi. The farm-yard gate is shut; biit

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Reynard looks and snuffs between the bars.
There is the cock — the glory of the farm-
yard, the trumpeter of the morning, bright
and many-colored in the midst of his five-
and-twenty hens.

7. But, alas ! on the other side of the yard
are two strong fierce dogs lying in front of
their kennels; and at the barn-door stands
the farmer's boy with a pitch-fork in his
hand. The ^danger is great; his enemies
are under his Very nose. But Reynard
thinks of his wife and his little ones, and
their hunger and their cries. A hen leaves
the yard, and — looking for grains and
seeds — passes and repasses under the very
muzzle of Reynard.

8. A rush, a snatch, a click of the jaws,
and the fox is off with the hen. Shrieks,
cries, fluttermgs, running to and fro, bark-
ing, shouting — and the whole farm-yard is
full of din. The farmer lets loose the dogiEl;
off go the dogs, followed by the farmer and
his boy, after the daring robber.

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0. Eun, Reynard, run! the dogs are at
your heels; and they will not spare you!
Rejuard, with the hen in his mouth, jumps
across ditches and fallen trees, and makes
his way straight to the forest. But the
dogs are swifter than he; one heads and
turns him; the other makes a rush and
jeizes him; and poor Keynard lies shaken
and bleeding and worried and dead, at the
very edge of the forest which he hoped
would have been his shelter, -

J. C. Cabusle.

Questions. — 1. Why were Reynard's children shivering
and wretched ? 2. What kind of birds and beasts were about?
3. What was the only sound that broke the stillness of the
wood ? 4. What was the only sign of a dinner that the foxes
heard ? 5. When the children cried, what did Father Reynard
do ? 6. Where is the cock that is crowing ? 7. What did the
fox say when he bade them good-by? 8. What did Mrs.
Reynard say? 9. Where does Mr. Reynard go? 10. What
does he see when he gets to the farm-yard ? 11. Who are
guarding the farm-yard fowl ? 12. What keeps passing and
repassing under Reynard's nose? 13. What does he all at
once do ? 14. Who run after him ? 16. Where does Reynard
make for ? 16. What happens in the end ?

Dictation. — Learn to spell and write out : ^

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Exercises. — 1. Learn to spell the following words :

Shiv'-er-ing Pic'-tured Cour'-age Muz'-de

Rey'-nard VVretch'-ed A-void'-ing Shout'-ing

StlU'-ness Cheer'-i-ly Trump'-et-er Wor'-ried.

2. Point out the nouns in section 1.

3. Write down the names of six barn-door fowls.

4. Malce nouns out of tlie following words, either by adding
something to them or by taking sometliing away from them :
Frosty ; hunyry ; dine ; still ; pictured ; motherly ; screaminr/ ;
walking ; wooded.

5. Explain the following phrases : (1) No sound broke the
stillness of the wood. (2) They pictured to themselves a nice
phmip hen. (i^) May fortune be kind to you! (4) He avoids
tlie liigh-road. (5) He stands resplendent in the midst of the
farm-yarJ. (0) The farm-yard is full of din.

(}. Tell the difference between : Heart and hart ; steal and
xteel ; wood and would ; too and two,

7. The following words have several meanings ; give two of
them : ^itch ; crew ; trap ; bear.

8. Draw the following picture ; —

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THE DONKEY AND THE BOY.

Luuoh'-eou, a nmall meal in the

middle of the day.
Des'-p-lat9» foiMikeD by his

Mis-take% to take for something
else.

Grate'-fUl, thankful for a kind-
ness.

1. Tom Willis set out f^m!iti^0m day,
with his books under bi$|r^4^^ big

slice of bread and butlisr b|J^ On

the road he met a donkey |pj^^h^avy load
of sand upon his back; an$^^|N9# donkey
looked very tired and vei^\||^($^^ of

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2. ^* Cheer up, old gentleman," said Tom;
*^here is a piece of bread for you; " and the
donkfiy took the slice of bread and butter
fromhis hand and ate it with i^i^eat pleasure.
Then he opened his big mouth as wide as
he could open it, and sang out^Hee-hal
hee-ha!" This was his way of thanking

•Villis.

3. Tom said to himself: '^ I should like my
mother to know this donkey; he has such a
nice way of saying ^ Thank you very much':
nobody could mistake it. I b metimes for-
get to say ^ Thank you' myself. How
grateful poor Ned is!"

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4. Tom WUUb tridged along to school one
With luxi#»p|i in his pocket. On the

He met^jll|iB& it space of open ground,
A pob# oii'lkisi^ with heavy burden bound,
And sudh a desolate, dreary look, the boy
the baagry ass his bread with joy.

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6. The donkey ate; and lifting up his head
"Hee-hal hee-ha! hee-hal" in thanks he

said.
Willis was pleased. "Mother, I think,"

said he,
'^ Would like you well, you thank so

prettily." a. f. day.

Questions. —1. Where was Tom Wi'lis going? 2. Wliat
had he got under his arm and what in hks pocket ? 3. Whom
did he meet on the road ? 4. What was the donkey carrying ?
5. What did Tom give the donkey ? 6. How did the donkey
tliank Tom ? 7. What did Tom say to himself ? 8. What line
rhymes with : Tom Willis trudged along to school one day f
(Other lines may be given.)

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BRAVE LITTLE DIMPLE.

1. Dimple lived in the city of Halifax.
She had a very pleasant home, and very
kind parents. She was only six yeai's old,
and was in most respects a very sensible
child, bnt she had one weakness. She was
afi'aid in the dark.

2. One night Dimple went down with the
servant to get some fresh water for her
mamma, and the servant tnrned the gas ont
by mistake. Oh, how Dimple screamed!
She made so mnch noise that everybody in
the house ran to see what was the matter.
Her mamma was ashamed of her.

3. Another night she cried for nearly an
hour because her mamma asked her to go
into the next room for a pair of scissors.
'^ She must be cured of this habit," said her
mamma. " Yes, indeed,'' said her papa, ^^ or
she will grow up a great coward."

4. Then he took Dimple on his knee, and
talked to her very kindly. He thought that

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was much better than to scold her or to
laugh at her. He told her that it was his
house, that he had lived in it a long time,
and that there was nothing in it to hurt hie
little daughter. He told her that mamma
and he loved her too much to send her into
a dark room if there^as anything there to
injure her.*^

5. Her mamma told her that God was
everywhere, in the darkness as well as in
the light, and that He would not allow any
harm to come to her in the dark. Dimple
was greatly comforted by what her parents
said to her, and she said, " I '11 try not to be
so foolish any more."

6. She thought a good deal about the ^
matter, and the more she thought the more
clearly she saw that there was no reason to
be afraid. She said to herself, '^ I will cure
myself; I will not be a coward."

7. One day it rained hard, and Dimple did
not go to school. It was very dark all day.
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day? She went all alone up to a dark attic.
She had been there with mamma before, but
then they had a lamp.

8. At first she could not see where to step.
She moved about carefully until she came to
an old cradle. It was the cradle in which
her papa was rocked when he was a little
boy. Dimple sat down in it, and tried to
look around. She could see a little better
soon, and she saw some queer-looking
things that made her feel very timid at
first, but when she could see them properly
they turned out to be only old coats, and
trunks, and boxes, with some bundles, and
an old spinning-wheel.

0. She soon felt very comfortable, and
began to sing one of the songs she had
learned at school. Then she counted the
rain-drops, and at last she fell asleep, y

10. Wheii papa came home to dinner no
Dimple could be found. They looked all
over the house for her except in the attic
the cellar. *' She is such a coward," her

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papa said, ^^ I am sure she would not go
where it is dark."

11. ^^ Her cloak and hood are here," said
mamma; *^she has not left the house." At
last Dimple's dog found her. The attic
door was open a little way, and he pushed
it open with his nose and ran up-stairs.
Dimple's papa followed him with a lamp.
He found Dimple in the old cradle fast
asleep.

12. "Dimple, my little girl," said he, *^why
did you hide up here? " "I came to try to
like the dark," said Dimple; "I do not
mean to be a coward." . .

13. She had been there three long hours.*
Her mamma and papa were very much
pleased. They said she was a brave little
girl. She was never afraid in the dark any
more.

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ExKKCisKs. — 1. Write tlieUiie :

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Learn to pronounce and spell :

Sen'-si-ble Scis'-sors Com'-fort-ed At'tlc

Cow'-ard Spln'-nlng Cra'-dle Tim'-id.

Find out where Halifax is.

Give tliree reasons for rot being afraid in tlie darlc.

Tell the meaning of otlier words pronounced like: Olhtr :

one ;

some; made; pair: sec; f/reut; told; there; too; and no.

HOWt^ butterfly came.

H<^

1. Late in September a lady saw a worm
1^ upon a willow leaf. It was about two
j inches long, and almost as large as her little
'\ finger. Stripes of black, green, and yellow
- went around its little body.

L-^. The lady carried leaf and sleeper home.

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She took willow leaves for it to eat, put
them all in a glass dish, and tied lace
over it.

3. In just one week her guest was gone.
All the leaves were gone; only a lovely
green bag was left. It was just one inch

long, was made very neatly, and
looked much like a little bed or
cradle. No stitches could be seen,
and the seams had an edge like
gold cord.

3. Gold and black dots like tiny
buttons were on it. The caterpillar had
sewed himself in. His old clothes were
near by. He had pushed them off in a ♦
hurry. The new home was made fast to a
bit of cloth.

4. Almost six weeks the little sleeper lay
in his silken cradle. Early in November he
burst the pretty green hammock, and then
the old home turned white.

5 A lovely butterfly came out. It had
brown and golden wings, with stripes of „ ,^

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black, like cords, on them, and a feathery
fringe of white for each stripe,

6. Cii the edges of the wings were white
and )/©llow dots. The head '/Vas black, and

also had white and yellow dots on it. The
inside of the wings was darker; it was like
r orange-tinted velvet. All these changes
jwere in less than two months.

"Our Little Owes."

Questions. — 1. Where do all caterpillars come from?
2. What do they change to ? 3. How are butterflies produced ?

ExFBCiSES. — 1. Learn to pronounce and spell :

Car'-ried Oims^ Cat'-er-pil-lar But'-ter-fly
Stitch'-es ^wed Feath'-er-y Ham'-mock.

^ Give the meanings of other words sounded like two ; all ;
one ; seen ; new ; and made.

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THE ARROW AM) THE SOxNG.

i.T^Otan arrow {nlQ the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where ;
For so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

2. I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, T know not where ;
For who hath sight so l;een and

strong.
That it can follow the flight of song?

3. Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.

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THE FOOLISH MOUSE.

Dain'-ties, nice tbingu
Pro-vid'-ed, suVplied.
Re-sid'-ed, lived.
Se-curo'-ly, safely.
Snug, comfortable.
IiOt, fortune.
Roam, wander about.
Bx-our'-8ion, trip.

Se-date', grave.
Ex-presaed', sbuwed.
Convinced', quite sure.
Construct', build.
Re-quires', needs.
Cran'-nies, small crackH.
Ex'-qui-site, perfect.
' En-treat', beg earnestly,
tered, went in.

1. In a crack near the cupboard, with dain-
ties provided,

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A certain young mouse with her mother

resided;
So securely they lived, in that snug, quiet

spot,
Any mouse in the land might have wished

for their lot.

2. But one day the young mouse, which was

given to roam,
Having made an excursion some way from

her home.
On a sudden returned, with such joy in

her eyes.
That her gray, sedate parent expressed

some surprise.

8. *^ O mother," said she, ^' the good folks of
this house,

I 'm convinced, have not any ill-will to a
mouse;

And those tales can't be true you always
are telling.

For they Ve be^ at such pains to con-
struct us a dwelling.

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4. ^^ The floor is of wood, and th« walls are
of wires — ^

Exactly the size that one^s comfort re-

And r'nt sure that we there shall have

nothing to fear
If ten cats, with kittens, at once should

appear.

6. ^^ And then thoy have wiadc such nice

holes in the wall,
One could slip in and out, with no trouble

at all;
But forcing one through such rough

crannies as these,
Always gives one's poor ribe a most

terrible squeeze.

e. '^ But the best of all is, they 've provided,

as well,
A large piece of cheese, of most exquisite

smell;
'Twas so nice, I had put in my head to go

through.
When I thought it my duty to come and

fetch you,

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7. '* Ah, child," said the mother, " believe, I

entreat, "^

Both the cage and the cheese are a

terrible cheat;
Do not think all that trouble they took

for our good —
They would catch us, and kill us all there,

if they could.

«. '^ Thus they Ve caught and killed scores,

and I never could learn
That a mouse who once entered did ever

return."
Let young 'people mi7td what the old people

say ;
And when danger is near them, keep out

of the way.

ExEKCisEH. — 1. Learn to spell the following words:

Cup'-board Ex-pressed' Re-quires' Ex'-qul-site

Dain'-ties Con-vinced' Troub'-le Be-lleve

Ex-cur'-slou Con-struct' Cran'-nies Cheat

Se-date' Ex-act'-ly Squeeze Caught.

2. Point out the nouns in verse 3.

8. Make nouns out of the following words, either by adding
something to them or by taking something away from them :
Provided ; resided ; aecvrely ; lived ; quiet ; given ; expresned.

4. Some of the following words have several meanings; give
two of them: Spot; might; lot; wood; size; slip; weUf

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THE CROW AND THE FOX.

De-vour', eat gree-lily.
Flat'-ter-iea, false praises.
Si'-dled, iuuve<l side foremost.

Matoh'-lesB, withoui aii.\ equal.
Ut'-tered, sent out.
Dis-ap-peared', went out of sight

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1. A crow one day stole a
pi ace of cheese and Hew away
with it to the branch of a t?'ce,
where he could devour it in
peace. A fox saw him, and
made up his mind to get the
cheese from him. But he
could not climb the tree,
and, even if
he could,

the crow
would have
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the fox could have got near him. Being
unable, then, to get the cheese by open
force, he thought he would try a trick.

2. So he stole up quietly to the foot of the
tree, sat down there, crossed his arms, gave
his tail an elegant twist, opened his deceitful
mouth, and began to talk with the crow.
" What a lovely bird you are? " he said. " I
never saw such a glossy jet black; and then
your back and neck have such bright blue
tints. Your wings are beautifully shaped,
and your whole figure is grace itself. No
bird in the sky, no bird on tree or rock or
bush can be compared with you — you are
the finest of birds."

3! The crow was delighted with these
flatteries, sidled about with pleasure, and
thought what a nice, good, clever gentleman
the fox was. The fox went on : '* You are
all I have said and more; but, do you know,
I never heard you siiig? If your voice is
equal to your lovely color an4 elegant shapei
re matchl^ — y0tt are tJie wonder m

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the world. Will you not favor me with a
little song?"

4. The crow at once opened his bill and
uttered a loud caw. Down fell the cheese
to the ground; up jumped the fox, sprang
upon it, and ate it up. And, as he disap-
peared into the wood, the stuped crow heard
the echoes of a chuckling laugh that told
him what a goose he had been.

6. Moral. — Do not flatter yourself, and
never permit other people to flatter you.
Men seldom flatter without having some
selfish end to gain.

Exercises. —1. Point out all the nouns in paragraph 1.

2. Write down the names of six birds that live in the woods.

3. Make nouns out of the following words, either by adding
something to them or by taking away something from them :
Forcible ; tricky ; lovely ; flattering ; sidle ; clever ; sing.

4. Explain the following phrases : (1) He was unable to
get the cheese by open force. (2) Your whole figure is grace
itself. (3) The crow sidled about with pleasure.

5. Tell the difference between : Piece and peace / tail and
tale ; blew and blue ; hole and whole ; ate and eight ; wood and
would.

6. The following words have several meaning! ; give two of
them : Qoo9e , crow ; bill y wood.

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THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS.

Hor'-ri-ble, dreadful. i De-light'-ed, very much pleased.

Pow'-er-ful, very strong. | Just, fair.

Whisk'-ing, moving quickly.

1. One fine summer morning, a lion, a fox,
and a donkey set out to hunt together in the
forest. The donkey ran about in the brush-
wood, making a horrible noise with his loud
bray, and frightening the deer, the hares,
and the rabbits. The fox flew at their hind
legs, bit at them, and drove them to where
the lion was standing.

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2. The lion stood at a gap in the hedge ;
and, as each deer or hare rushed through,
he laid him dead with a single stroke of his
powerful paw. At last the ground was
covered thick with game of all kinds; and
the lion ordered his two companions to stop.
So they stopped the chase, and came up
with the lion.

8. ^^ IfoW,^' said the lion, turning to the
donkey, ^' divide the game." The donkey
was quite simple and just; he divided the
game into three equal parts, and begged the
king of beasts to choose for himself.

4. The lion, with a deep roar of rage, lifted
his mighty paw and laid the donkey dead at
his feet. "Now, you divide," he said,
turning to the fox. The cunning Reynard,
making a low bow, at once set to work,
made a heap of all the game, placed the
body of the donkey on the top, and pointing
to the heap, said to the lion: "O mighty
king, your share now lies before you I"
JThe lion was delighted, and wagged his
^ioyal tail to show how pleased he was.

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6. '^ Where did you learn your good «€nse,
and where did you get your knowledge how
to make a just division?" he asked the fox.
Bowing three times and whisking his tail
respectfully, the fox replied : " I learned it,
O mighty king, fi'om the poor gentleman on
the top of the heap."

Moral. — Never keep company with the
unjust or the cruel.

Exercises. — 1. Learn to spell the follo^wing words :

Don'-key Fright '-en-ing Rey'-nard Whisk'-ing
To-geth'-er Corn-pan '-ions KnowV-edgiB Re-spect'-ful-ly.

2. Point out all the nou?is in paragraph 1.

C. Write out the names of ten animals that live in the woods.

4. Make sentences about : A lion ; a fox ; a donkey ; the
woods ; the deer ; the hares ; the rabbits.

5. Tell the difference between : Dear and deer ; hair and
hare ; roe and row ; made and maid ; tale and tail ; great and
grate.

6. The following words have several meanings ; give two of
them : Fine ; drove ; row ; game.

7. Write tlie names of ten things we wear.

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THE WTNDi^

Boam'-per, run as hard as they can. Bed'-den, grow red.

1. Which is the wind that brings the cold?
The north wind, Freddy; and all the

snow;

And the sheep will scamper into the fold,
When the North begins to blow.

2. Which is the wind that brings the heat?
The south wind, Katy; and corn will
grow.
And cherries redden for you to eat,
When the South begikis to blow.

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3. Which is the wind that brings the rain?
The east wind, Tommy; and farmers
know
That cows come shivering up the lane,
When the East begins to blow.

4. Which is the wind that brings the flowers?
The west wind, Bessy; and soft and low
The birdies sing in the summer hours,
When the West begins to blow.

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THE CAT AND THE FOX.

Vis'-its, calls at a place.
Made off, ran away.
Ad-ven'-tures, things that had
happened to them.

F-iarl'-iug, showing their teeth.
Bay'-ing, deep barlcing.
Cop'-pioe, a little wood of shrubs
and underwood.

I. One fine sum-
mer morning, a cat
and a fox who were
old friends started
off on a journey
together. On the
road they paid little
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pass, and picked up whatever they could
find. They made off with hens and chick-
ens, with ducks and ducklings, bits of
cheese and scraps of bacon — and, indeed,
everything they could lay their paws on.

2. On the way they amused themselves
with stories of their adventures; and each
told the other of the funny tricks he had
played. At last they began to quarrel.
^^You think yourself very sharp," said the
fox; "but I am a great deal more cunning
than you — I know more than a hundred
tricks."

3. " Well, that is a great many," replied
the cat; "I for my part know only one; but
I would rather have that one trick than a
thousand." The fox was angry, and would
not agree with his companion. They kept
on arguing and snarling, until they had
almost got to fighting.

4. Suddenly an odd noise broke upon their
ears. ''What is it?" ''The barking and
baying of fox-hounds." "Surely not."

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^^Let US listen." '^It is, it is I let us be
off." '^ Where are your hundred tiicks
now?" said the cat; "as for me, this is
mine;" and he climbed into a tree in a
moment.

0. There he was safe; and he could see
his friend the fox galloping along the road
as fast as his legs could carry him. Away,
over field and ditch, through hedge and
coppice, turning here, twisting there; but
it was all in vain, the hour ds were always
after him. At last they were upon him, and
he was caught and worried to death.

J. C. Caulislb.

Exercises. — 1. Learn to spell the following words :

Vis'-its Sto'-ries Quar'-rel Field

Cot'-tag-es Ad-ven'-tures Com-pan'-ion Cop'-plce
Jour'-ney Played' Gal'-lop-ing Wor'-ried.

2. Point out the nouns in the first paragraph.

3. Write down the names of six more beasts of prey.

4. Make nouns out of the following words, either by adding
something to them or by taking something away from them:
Funny ; fjreat ; f/alloping ; turning ; fishiny ; hunting.

5. Tell the difference between: Paws and pause ; told and
tolled ; their SLnd there. ^^

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"LOOK NOT UPON THE WINE."

Beak'-er, a drinking-cup.
Brim'-ming, flUed to the edge.
Slug'-gish, Imving little motion.

Spell, a form of magic words;

power to bring about.
Bos'y, color of the rose.

1. Look not upon the wine when it

Is red within the cup I
Stay not for pleasure when she fills

Her tempting beaker up!
Though clear its depths, and rich its glow
A spell of madness lurks below.

2. They say 'tis pleasant on the lip,

And merry in the brain;
They say it stirs the sluggish blood,

And dulls the tooth of pain.
Ay — but within its glowing deeps
A stinging serpent, unseen sleeps.

3. Then dash the brimming cup aside.

And spill its purple wine;
Take not its madness to thy lip —

Let not its curse be thine.
'Tijs red and rich — but grief and woe

Are in those rosy depths below.

Willis.

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PUSSY AND HER ELEPI^NT

1. Have you

little Pussy, in that

country o'er the sea,
How the dogs came

out to chase her,

and she had to

climb a tree?
You have not?

Then I '11 tell you

how tim-
id Pussy

Gray
Climbed

quickly

up, hand over hand, and safely got away.

2. But then the strangest trouble came ! The

tree began to shake!
A tremendous giant soinething took Pusisy

by the neck
And tossed her oflf ! And there agai

among the dogs was she.

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And what could frightened Pussy do, but
climb the same old tree?

3. But then the strange thing came again,

and, swinging high in air,
Pounced right on little Pussy, as she sat

trembling there;
But when it touched her fur it stopped;

as though its owner thought:
" 'Tis nothing but a pussy-cat that trouble

here has brought.

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4. 1 'U let her make herself at home." And

Pussy, safe once more,
Folded her paws contentedly and viewed

the country o'er.
And purred a meek apology: ^^ Excuse

me, friend, I see
I've climbed a broad-backed elephant; I

meant to climb a tree ! "

6. Whatever else she said or sung that you

would like to hear,
She must have whispered coaxingly into

the giant ear;
For often afterward, 't is said. Miss Pussy

Gray was seen
To ride the broad-backed elephant as

proud as any queen!

Hannah Mokb Johnson.

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THE BROOK AND THE WAVE.

1. The brooklet came from the mountain,

As sang the bard of old,
Running with feet of silver
Over the sands of gold !

2. Far aw^ay hi the briny ocean

There rolled a turbulent wave,
Now singing along the sea-beach,
Now howling along the cave.

3. And the brooklet has found the billow,

Though they flowed so far apart.
And has filled with its freshness and
sweetness
That turbulent, bitter heart!

Longfellow.

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NO CROWN FOR ME.

1. " Will yoii come with us, Susan? " cried
several little girls to a school-mate. " We
are going to the woods; do come, too."

2. ^^I should like to go with you very
much," replied Susan, with a sigh ; " but T
cannot finish the task grandmother set me
to do."

8. " How tiresome it must be to stay at
home to work on a holiday I " said one of

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the girls, with a toss of her head. ^^ Susan's
grandmother is too strict."

4. Susan heard this remark, and, as she
bent her head over her task, she wiped
away a tear, and thought of the pleasant
afternoon the girls would spend gathering
wild flowers in the woods. ^

5. Soon she said to herself, ^^ What harm
can there be in moving the mark grand-
mother put in the stocking? The woods
must be very beautiful to-day, and how I
should like to be in them ! "

6. " Grandmother," said she, a few minutes
afterwards, ^^ I am ready, now." " What,
so soon, Susan?" Her grandmother took
the work, and looked at it very closely.

7. " True, Susan," said she, laying great
stress on each word; ^^true, I count twenty
turns from the mark; and, as you have
never deceived me, you may go and amuse
yourself as you like the rest of the day."

8. Susan's cheeks were scarlet, and she
jj^ not say, ''Thank you." And as she

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left the cottage, she walked slowly away,
not singing as usual.

9. '^ Why, here is Susan I " the girls cried,
when she joined their company; "but what
is the matter? Why have you lefl your dear
old grandmother?" they tauntingly added.

10. "There is nothing the matter." As
Susan repeated these words, she felt that
she was trying to deceive herself. She had
acted a lie. At the same time she remem-
bered her grandmother's words, " You have
never deceived me."

iL "Yes, I have deceived her," said she
to herself. "If she knew all, she would
never trust me again."

12. When the little party had reached an
open space in the woods, her companions
ran about enjoying themselves; but Susan
sat on the grass, wishing she were at home
confessing her fault.

13. After awhile Rose cried out, "Let us
make a crown of violets, and pui it on the
head of the best girl here."

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It will be

asy enough to make the
crown, but not so easy to decide who is to
wear it," said Julia^

15. ^^ Why, Susan is to wear it, of course,"
said Rose: ^Ms she not said to be the best
girl in school, and the most obedient at
home?"

16. ^^ Yes, yes ; the crown shall be for Su-
san," cried the other girls, and they began
to make the crown. It was soon finished.

17. ^^ Now, Susan," said Rose, " put it on
in a very dignified way, for you are to be
our queen."

18. As these, words were spoken the
crown was placed on her head. In a mo-
ment she snatched it off, and threw it on
the ground, saying, ^^l^o crown for me;
I do ilot deserve it."

19. The girls looked at her with surprise.
"I have deceived my grandmother," said
she, while tears flowed down her cheeks.
^^I altered the mark she put in the stock-
ing, that I might join you in the woods."

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20. "Do you call that wicked?" asked one
of the girls.

" I am quite sure it is ; and I have been
miserable all the time I have been here."

21. Susan now ran home, and as soon as
she got there she said, with a beating heart,
"O grandmother! I deserve to be pun-
ished, for I altered the mark you put in the
stocking. Do forgive me; I am very sorry
and unhappy."

22. "Susan," said her grandmother, "I
knew it all the time; but I let you go out,
hoping that your own conscience would tell
you of your sin. I am so glad that you
have confessed your fault and your sor-

row.

23. " When shall I be your own little girl
again?" "I^'ow," was the quick reply, and
Susan's grandmother kissed her forehead.

McGuFFY's Thibd Reader.

Exercise. — Pronounce and learn to spell:

Sev'-er-al Scar'-let Dig'-ni-fied Vi'-o-lets

Tlre'-some Taunt '-ing-ly Mis'-er-a-ble O-be'-dl-ent

Pleas'-ant Re-peat'-ed Con'-science Con-fess'ed

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THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND

THE HOUSE.

Soold'-inK, blaming angrily. ITp'-roar, great noise.

Cap'-i-tal, very good.

1. There was once a man who was so cro^s
and surly that he thought his wife neyer did

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anything right in the house. So one even-
ing — it was in haymaking time — he came
home scolding, and grumbling, and making
a great uproar,

2. ^^ Dear husband, don't be so angry," said
his wife. " I have been thinking, and I have
thought of a capital plan. To-morrow let
us change work. I'll go out with the
mowers and mow, and you shall stay at
home and mind the house." The husband
thought that would do very well. He was
quite willing, he said.

3. So, early next morning, the wife took a
scythe and went out into the hayfield with
the mowers, and began to mow ; but the man
was to mind the house, and to do the work
at home.

4. First of all, he wanted to churn the
butter; but, when he had churned a while
he found it very dry work, and he got thirsty,
and went down to the cellar to tap a barrel
of cider. When he had just knocked in the
bung, and was putting the tap into the cask,

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he heard overhead the pig come trotting
into the kitchen.

I. Then off he ran up the cellar steps, with
the lap in his hand, as fast as he conld, to
look after the pig, lest it should upset the
churn; but, when he got up, and saw the
pig had already 'tMrinKl the churn over,
and stood there rooting and grunting
^©ngst the creain, which was running all
over the floor, he got so wild with rage that
he quite forgot the cider-barrel, an.d ran at
the pig as hard as he could.

6. He caught it, too, just as it ran out
of doors, and gave it such a kick, that it
lay for dead on the spot. All at once he
remembered that he had the tap in his hand ;
but, when he got down to the cellar, every
drop of cider had run out of the cask.

7. Then he went into the dairy, and found
enough cream left to fill the jchurn again,
and so he began to churn, for) they must
have MNIff. When he had Lchurned for
0ome time, h^ remembered thai their milk-

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ing-cow was still shut up in the cow-house,
and had not had anything to eat or a drop
to drink all the morning, though the sun
was high in the heavens.

8. Then all at once he thought it was too
far to take her down to the meadow, so he
would just get her up to feed on the house-
top; for the house, you know, was thatched
with sods, and a fine crop of grass was
growing there. NowJ^ieir Jaouse lay close
up against a s^eep hill, and he thought
that if he laid a plank across to the thatch
at the back, he'd easily get the cow up.

9. Yet he could not leave the churn, for
there was the little baby crawling on the
floor; '^ and if I leave," he thought, " the child
is sure to upset the churn." So he took the
churn on his back, and went out with it ; but
then he thought he had better first water
the cow before he turned her out on the
thatch. So he took up a bucket to draw
water out of the well ; but as he stooped
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out of the chum over his shoulders, and

_down into the well./\
^^. Kow it was near dinner-time, and he
had not yet got even the butter; so he
thought he had best boil the porridge, and
he filled the pot with water, and hung it by
a chain over the fire. When he had done
that, he thought the cow might perhaps fall
off the thatch and break her legs or neck.

ifk% So he got up on the house to tie her up.

^ One end of the rope be made fast to the
cow's neck, and the other he slipped down
the wide citjimney, and tied round his own
thigh; and he had to make haste, for the
water now began to boil in the pot, and he
had still to grind the oatmeal.
Iff So he began to grind away; but while
he was hard at it, down fell the cow off the
house-top after all, and as she fell she
dragged the man up the chimney by the rope.
There he stuck fast; and as for the ccv , she
hung half-way down between the thatch
and the ground — for she could neither get
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13. And now the wife had waited long for
her husband to come and call them to
dinner. At last she thought she had waited
long enough, and went home. But when
she got there and saw the cow hanging in
such an ugly place, she ran up and cut the
rope in two with her scythe.

14. But, as she did this, down came her
husband out of the chimney; and so, when
his old dame came inside the kitchen, there
she found him standing on his head in the
porridge-pot.

G. W. Dasent.

Exercises. — 1. Spell the following words:

Up'-roar Dai'dky Shoul'-ders

Scythe Thatched Chim'-ney.

2. Point out the nouns in faimgraph 12.

3. J9fSRBl'h<ma8 out of the followiiig words, either by adding
something to them or by talcing something away from them :
Croas ; anyry ; churning ; knocked ; forget ; hi^h ; grind ;
stuck.

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A NIGHT WITH A WOLF.

1. Come here, my
daughter, and sit on
father's knee, and he
will tell you a story.
Hark ! how the wind is roaring, and snow
beating against the windows! How pleas-
ant to sit beside the cheerful fire w^hen the
wild storm is raging outside!

^ On just such a November night as this,
daughter, father was lost high up on a lonely
mountain. There were bears in the bushes.

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and wolves in the deep woods; and I had
lost my path and did not know which way
to go.

3 The night came on, and with it came just
such a storm as this. The heavy snow
covered the ground; the strong wind rushed
through the forest; it broke off many a tall,
stiff tree, and bent the rest like grass.

4. 1 crept along in the darkness, trying to
find some place of shelter; but I stumbled
against trees, and fell over logs and stones.
At last, I found a little cave in the side of a
great rock. I crept in, glad to be safe from
the falling timber and the pitiless storm.

5. Soon I heard something creep into the

cave ; then I saw two green eyes shining in
the dark, and a wolf lay down beside me.
Do not be frightened, little one. The wolf
and I lay there side by side all that long,
dark night.

6. The snow fell, the wind roared, the trees
crashed, and the great rock shook in the
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lay side by side. I felt his wet fur press
against me, and we each warmed the other.
7. When the morning came, the wolf crept
out and went his way into the wild woods;
and I crept out and found the path, and
went on my way down the mountain.

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DON'T KILL THE BIRDS.

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1. Don't kill the birds!
the little birds,
That sing about

your door
Soon as the joyous
Spring has come,
And chilling storms are o'er.

2. The little birds 1 how sweet they sing!

Oh, let them joyous live;
And do not seek to take the life
Which you can never give.

3. Don't kill the birds! the pretty birds,

Tha^ play among the trees;
For earth would be a cheerless place,
If it were not for these.

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4. The little birds! how fond they play!

Do not disturb their sport;
But let them warble forth their songs,
Till winter cuts them short.

5. Don't kill the birds! the happy birds,

That bless the field and grove;
So innocent to look upon,
Thev claim our warmest love.

6. The happy birds, the tuneful birds,

How pleasant 'tis to see!
No spot can be a cheerless place
Where'er their presence be.

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THE COURAGEOUS BOY.

Sov'-er-eign, a gold coin worth
twenty sliillings, sterling = to
nearly $4.87.

Brib'ed, persuaded by a gift.
War'rior, one who lights.

1. In England, one day, a farmer at work
in his fields saw a party of huntsmen riding
over his farm. He had a field in which
the wheat was just coming up, and he was
anxious that the gentlemen should not go
into that, as the trampling of the horses
and dogs would spoil the crop.

2. So he sent one of his farm hands, a
bright young boy, to shut the gate of that
field and to keep guard over it. He told
him that he must on no account permit the
gate to be opened.

3. Scarcely had the boy reached the field
and closed the gate when the huntsmen
came galloping up and ordered him to
open it. This the boy declined to do.

4. " Master," said he, '^ has ordered me to
permit no one to pass through this gate,
and I can neither open it myself nor allow
any one else to do so."

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5. First one gentleman threatened to
thrash him if he did not open it; then
another ofiered him a sovereign; but all to
no effect. The brave boy was neither to be
frightened nor bribed.

6. Then a grand and stately gentleman
came forward and said: ^^My boy, do you
not know me? I am the Duke of Welling-
ton — one not accustomed to be disobeyed ;
and I command you to open that gate, that
I and my friends may pass."

7. The boy took off his hat to the great
man whom all England delighted to honor,
and answered:

8. ^^ I am sure the Duke of Wellington
would not wish me to disobey orders. I
must keep this gate shut, and permit no
one to pass without my master's express
permission."

9. The brave old warrior was greatly
pleased at the boy's answer, and lifting his
own hat he said:

10. *'I honor the man or the boy who can

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neither be bribed nor frightened into doing
wrong. With an army of such soldiers
I could conquei', not only the French, but
the whole world."

It. As the party galloped away, the boy
ran off to his work, shouting at the top of
his voice, "Hurrah! hurrah for the Duke
of Wellington!"

Questions. — 1. Why is the boy called cowmgeous ?
2. What other good qualities had he ? 3. What is a farm
hand f 4. What is meant by keeping guard f 5. What means
were taken to induce him to leave his post ? 6. Who was the
last to try him ? 7. What was the result? 8. What did each
of them say as they separated ?

Exercises. — 1. Point out all the nouns in the first

paragraph.

2. Tell the meanings of words spelled differently from the
following, but pronounced like them: sent; gate; one; knoio ;
not ; xohole ; would.

3. Give the different meanings of the word saw.

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THE FAITHFUL DOG.

1. Ficlo's master had to go on a long
journey, and he took her with him. He
rode a beautiful horse, and Fido trotted
cheerfully at the horse's heels. Often the
master would speak a cheering word to
the dog, and she would wag her tail and
bark a glad answer. And so they travelled
on and on.

2. The sun shone hot, and the road was
dusty. The beautiful horse was covered
with sweat, and poor Fido's tongue lolled
out of her mouth, and her legs were so
tired they could hardly go any more.

3. At last they came to a cool, shady
wood, and the master stopped, dismounted,
and tied his horse to a tree. He took
from the saddle his heavy saddle-bags:
they were heavy because they were filled
with gold.

4. The man laid the bags down very
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to them, said to Fido, "Watch thv^m."
Then he drew his cloak about him, lay
down with his head on the bags, and soon
was fast asleep.

5. Fido curled herself up close to her
master's head, with her nose over one end
of the bags, and went to sleep too. But
she did not sleep very soundly, for her
master had told her to watch, and every
few moments she would open her eyes and
prick up her ears, to learn if anybody were
coming.

6. Her master was tired, and slept soundly
and long — very much longer than he had
intended. At last he was awakened by
Fido's licking his face.

7. The dog saw that the sun was nearly
setting, and knew that it was time for her
master to go. The man patted Fido, and
jumped up, much troubled to find he had
slept so long.

8. He snatched up his cloak, threw it
over his horse, untied his bridle, sprang

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into the saddle, and, calling Fido, started
off in great haste. But Fido did not seem
ready to follow him.

9. She ran after his horse and bit at his
heels, and then ran back again to the
woods, all the time barking fui'iously.
This she did several times; but her mas-
ter had no time to heed her foolish pranks,
and galloped away, thinking she would
follow him.

10. At last the little dog sat down by the
roadside, and looked sorrowfully after her
master, until he had turned a bend in the
road.

11. When he was no longer in sight, she
sprang up with a wild bark and ran after
him. She overtook him just as he had
stopped to water his horse in a brook that
flowed across the road. She stood beside
the brook and barked so savagely that her
master rode back and called her to him;
but, instead of coming to him, she darted
off down the road still barking.

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think, and began to fear that his dog was
going mad. Mad dogs are afraid of water,
and act sti'angely when they see it. While
the man was thinking of this, Fido came
running back again, and dashed at him
furiously. She leaped up on the legs of the
horse, and even jumped up and bit the toe
of her master's boot; then she ran down
the road again, barking with all her might.

13. Her master was now convinced that
she was mad, and, taking out his pistol,
he shot her.

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14. He rode away quickly, for he loved
her dearly, and did not wish to see her
die; but he had not ridden very far when
he stopped as suddenly as if he had him-
self been shot. He felt quickly under his
cloak for his saddle-bags. They were not
there!

16. Had he dropped them, or had he left
them behind in the wood? He felt sure
he must have left them in the wood, for
he could not recall picking them up or
fastening them to his saddle. He turned
quickly about, and rode back again as fast
as his horse could go.

16. When he came to the brook, he said,
^^ Poor Fido ! " and looked about, but he
could see nothing of her. After he had
crossed the stream he saw some drops of
blood upon the ground; and all along the
road, as he went, he still saw drops of
blood. Poor Fido!

17. Teai's came into the man's eyes, and
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18. Oh, how guilty the man felt, as he
galloped along and saw the drops of blood
by the roodside! At last he came to the
wood, and there, all safe, lay the bags of
gold; and there, beside them, with her nose
lying over one end of them, lay faithful
Fido, dead.

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SCRIPTURE READINGS.

Nearly nineteen hundred years ago Jesiis
Christ, the Son of God, was born of the
Virgin Mary in Bethlehem, a little village
near Jerusalem in Judea. He lived chiefly
at Nazareth, in Galilee, till he was about
thirt}^ years of age, when he began publicly
to teach and to work miracles throue:hout
Galilee and Judea. In his thirty-third year
he was put to death by the Jews, with the
consent of Pontius Pilate, the Roman Gov-
ernor of Judea. The following passageb
of Scripture contain sj^ecimens of his teach-
ings : —

THE SOWER AND THE SEED.

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the
seaside. And great multitudes were gathered together, unto
him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multi-
tude stood on the shore. And he spake many things unto
them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow,
and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the
fowls came and devoured them up. Some fell upon stony
places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they
sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth ; and when
the sun was up, they were scorched ; and because they had no
root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns : and
the thorns sprung up and choked them. But other fell into
good ground, and brought forth fmit, some an hundred-fold,
some sixty-fold, some thirty-fold. Who hath ears to hear, let
him hear. — Matt. xiii. 1-9.

THE WHEAT AND THE TARES.
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The king-
dom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good 8e«d m
his field; but while n^m slept^ his enemy came and sowed tares
among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade iriM
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also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto
him, "Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from
whence tlien. hath it tares ?" He said unto them, ''An enemy
hath done this." The servants said unto him, " Wilt thou then
that we go and gather them up?" But he said, "Nay; lest,
while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with
them. Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the
time of harvest I will say to the reapere, ' Gather ye together
first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but
gather the wheat into my barn.' " — Matt. xiii. 24-39

THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They tbat
were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them. But
the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the
bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at mid-
night there was a cry made, "Behold the bridegroom cometh;
go ye out te meet him." Then all those virgins arose, and
trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise,
•^Give us of your oil; for our Jamps are gone out." But the
wise answered, saying, " Not so; lest there be not enough for
us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for
yourselves." And while they went to buy, the bridegroom
came; and they that were ready went in witli hira to the mar-
riage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other
virgins, saying, "Lord, Lord, open to us." But lie answered
and said, " Verily 'i say unto you, I know ye not." Watch
therefore: for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein
the Son of man cometii. — Matt. xxv. 1-13.

CHRIST AND LITTLE CHILDREN.

And they brought young children to him, that he should
touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said ui.io
them, " Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid
tliem not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say
unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a
little child, he shall not enter therein." And he took them up
in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. —
Mark x. 13-16.

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Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them
diould be greatest. And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their
huktt, took a child, and set him by him. And said unto them,
*^ Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me;
iiKt whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for
to that is least among you all, thb same shall be great. — Luke

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THE MAPLP] TREE.

Ceil'-inf?, covering of the inner

roof.
Bead'-ily, easily.
Sol'-id, hard, flrm.
Flu'id, flowing, as water.

Em'-blem, a sign or figure with a

particular meaning.
Stud'ded, marked as if witli studs

or knobs.

1. The sugar maple tree is a native of
Canada, and it is a tree of which Canadians
may well be proud. In the forest, among
other trees, it grows to a great size. The
wood is hard, but easily worked, and it is,
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ceilings, furniture, and other things about
a house.

2. The sap of the tree is quite sweet at
certain times of the year, and when it is
boiled so as to drive off the water, what
remains turns I'eadily into sugar. For a
long time after Canada was settled the
people made most of their sugar from
maple sap, and therefore it is not won-
derful that the maple tree should be held
by them in high esteem.

3. In order to get sap in large quantities
it is necessary to tap a great mrny trees.
This is done by cutting through the bark,
just into the wood. A small spout is then
put into the cut, and down this the sap
runs into a vessel placed at the root of the
tree. The best time of the year for getting
sap is early in spring, when the heat of the
sun causes it to rise through the trunk of
the tree. It continues to run as long as
there is snow on the gi'ound, and runs
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4. The sap is gatheied and carried to a
camp made in the woods where it is boiled
in large iron vessels. When it becomes
very thick it is set aside to cool, and while
cooling it turns into a solid mass that
takes the form of the vessel in which it is
allowed to stand. The syrup is usually
left for several days in a fluid state, until
enough has been gathered to make a
grand " sugaring off."

6. The leaf of the maple tree is one of
the most beautiful of all leaves in its form>
and it has been very properly selected as
the emblem of Canada. The tree itself,
when allowed to grow up in an open place,
is not tall, and its trunk is studded with
branches. It is one of the finest of shade
trees, and is very hardy and long-lived. In
fall the leaves, when touched with light
frost, take a variety of colors, yellow,
orange, red, and brown. The maple tree
then adds one of its chief beauties to the
Indian summer.

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INDUSTRY.

1. How doth the little busy bee

Improve each shining houi*,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower I

2. How skilfully she builds her cell,

How neat she spreads the wax;
And labors hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes.

3. In books, or work, or healthful play,

Let my first years be past.
That I may give for every day
Some good account at last.

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THE HUMMING-BIRD.

. 1. Humming-birds are
found in all countries
where the summer is
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the West Indies
and South America, than in
colder climates. The bird gets
its name from the soft, hum-
ming sound made by the very rapid motion
of its wings in the air. It flies very fast
from place to place, and when it stops
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alight on its feet, but balances itself in the
air with its wings. It gathers honey by
means of a long, sharp bill, which it thrusts
into the middle of the flower, and it never
remains more than a few moments in one
spot.

2. It is very hard to describe the plumage
of the humming-bird, because the colors
of its head and breast change with every
change of its position. In this respect it
is like a larger bird of the same class
found in Australia, and called, on account
of its great beauty, the bird of paradise.
The humming-bird is often killed and
stuffed to be used as an ornament for
ladies' head -dresses; but it loses, after
death, a great d«al of the brightness which
makes its plumage so beautiful in life.

3. The Jiunaiping-bird car be tamed by
kind and careful treatment. When tame
it Bi|>8 melte<p;8iigar or honey from a ves-
sel instead of gathering the latter for itself
from flowers. Its nest is, like the bird,

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very small, not larger than half the shell
of a small hen's egg. The female hum-
ming-bird fights fiercely in defence of her
nest, and with her long sharp bill tries to
destroy the eyes of any one who may
happen to come too close to her eggs or
her young.

x^QuESTiONS. — Where are humming-birds found? h Where
•re those with the most beautiful plumage to be seen? 3. Why
arc they called humming-birds? 4. What do they use for food?
5. How do they gather it? 6. What other larger bird ii it
like? 7. Where is this other bird fomid? 8. For what purpose
are humming-birds used when dead? 9. When tamed what
food does the little bird use? 10. Describe its nest. 11. How
does the female bird defend her eggs or young ones?

Exercises. — 1. Pronounce and learn to spell:

£-i$ugh'
Coun'-tries
RapVid
Bal'4tn-ce8

Pos-i'-tion
Par^a-dise ■ ^
Or'-na-m«it
Beau'-ti-fta

In-stead'
Gath'-ering
Fierce'-ly
De4«ace'

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America, and Australia are.

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