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Les diagrammes suivants iilustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 .^-^lV^J?J!>' A ttiS^\ pj.,. '' &^^- ^?^^M^is«:: ■ii;4. W\ B4 m • M' 1 \ P ^ ^^^^P^^^^^ ? ^^^ g ^^ j ^ l i^ im?li !♦ o"S^^''" ^■'^^^eque nationals du Canada s- 7 > f E Helen gathering Flowers for her Teacher. m. 3. ffiagt S; ffo.'s liliticational Series. ENGLISH READERS. BOOK II. EDITED HV J. M. I). MKIKLEJOIIX, M.A., PROFKSSOH OK KIHTATION IN TIIK LNIVKKSITV OV ST. ANDREWS, AND ADAl'TliD FdU USK IN CANADIAN SCHOOLS. ****««*■ 'rvta ,■ -twiiir TORONTO: W. J. GAGE AND COMPANY. 1881. 1 1l / i'.'ntoreil, accordii •Kfo Aclof J'aili of Agiicultiiic, in tlio 'J'orcjiito, year ol' our Lord I88I, iinei.t, in IlioOUico oft lie Minister i>y w. J. ciAuii & (J u1 ':i^ ?y ■■m. ^ tl„. First. TI,P „ ri , " """ ""'' '" '"1™"''" "f :' " little longer" Z.,.t'° '"'f '• ""■ »"""■""» aro • l.a, .„i„o.;,"' !^" ■""■'•-■of "ta„ry „|,r«, %. Iiiirocliiced. ^•"""■'ses i„ grainmai- I.avc I,,.,.,, '«"'«. I.; ti. .r.;.; x/^f,,".;,:,"'"'"^ '"' - voi-y iinicl, lntl„.dim,,,lttask„ft ' "'"*'■'■ emi.loy«, while ,„ ..,.1, I'f "' '"•■""'"» "'" P'ipila 'I-" a l„;,J;, **;-;,» "."a."e t„„.. „„iw„g tl.e world aro,„„l tl,o,„ '"f<>n"atio„ concerning piel":n.'r.i',re;: 1z:'t """" ""™ ™" -I tllfflculty nlVco ".r"" '"'■'■'''"'■ %, . ""•?,'■"?• ■'•!.. picture, cj i ! '!'" tlie I '•liners, to be tiires coiit notabl "inc, as II ft'atiu-e. CONTENTS. IJlRDS . . . The Cows . . An Ice Hill . Food . . . IJosE AND Sam The Motheus Trades Onr Little Oneii r. IJ. Miller . Page . 9 . 13 . 15 . 17 . 20 . 22 . 28 The Squirkel The two Sensible Goats The Little Snow-Siioveller May Flyincj Kites .The Donkey . Time Harold's Squirrel Our Little Ones . . The Mother-Bear and her two Cubs The Cii'LUREN's Hour .... Longfellow . . . Dogs The Four Sunbeams . ... St. Nicholas . . . Good-Night and Good-Morning Lord Houqhton . . The Cat and her Kittens . . J. C. Carlisle . . The Starving Foxes The Donkey and the Boy . . A. F. Bay . . . Brave Little Dimple .... Little Folks' Reader, 32 U 30 38 30 42 43 45 48 53 56 59 64 67 71 77 80 CONTENTS. 7 How A BuTTKijFLY CAME . . . Oiir Little Ones . . 85 TiiK Ahkow and thk Song . . Longfellow ... 88 The Foolish Mouse ; . . . 89 The Chow and the Fox 93 The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass 00 The Winds e. C. Stedman . . 99 Lena's Letter jOl The Cat and the Fox . . . J. C. Carlisle ... 102 Look not upon the Wine . . Willis 105 Pussv and her Elephant . . H. M. Johnston . . 100 The Brook and the Wave . . Lomjfelk. ... 109 What Sammy's Monkey did . Our Little Ones . . 110 Wooden Shoes 113 The Husband who was to Mind the House — G. W. Dasent . . 115 A Night with a Wolf 121 The Foolish Harebell 12,3 How Johnnie tried to be Great ....... 120 vei THE 8EC0N1) READER. Ill li I R I) 8. Splend'-id, v..,-v K.an.l Swoops, comos ,U,wn su.McM.Iy. 1. There are many kinds of birds -sonic very big, and .son.e very very little. There 10 SECOND READER. are birds with sweet voices, and birds with very little voice; birds of all colors; bii'ds that can % 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 le-s; but then they have also two wings, which more than make np. Some of them can fly faster than a railway train can run. 3. The tomtit and the wren are very small; the tui-key, the swan, and the eagle are very large. 4. The nightingale has a most sweet voice, and he sings in the evening. The lai'k has SECOND READER. 11 thrilling note; and he a ^ „„,^ with his glad song. 5. The osti'ich has hardly any voice; and like the swan can only make a lioarse kind of sonnd. «. The parrot has splendid and bright colors; and so have all birds in warm conn- tries. Bnt birds with bright colors often 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 air; and when he sees a bird or a rabbit, he swoops down npon it in the twinkling of an eye. s. The swan can swim; and he can also %. He can also walk; bnt his legs are placed so ftir back, that when he walks, he waddles and hobbles abont in a very clumsy way. T'. Birds that swim have webs between their toes, with which they push themselves 12 SECOND RE A DEE. along. The duck, the goose, the swan, and tlie sea-gull can all swim. 3 9 10. ». The ostnch, wliicli is the largest bird cannot fly; but he can .-un veiy very fast' When hunted he can run as f.,.st as a race- horse. The ostrich lives in Africa. '"SECOND READER. 13 -two Of L jiz zrrz''''%'y' ■■''■ ?^'i 2- What is the sweetest song-bi ', . ,3 '^yT 1 '''' ''''''^'''' '• When does the lark sin..^ HwJl'vT '^"'' ^"' «'"«'' "«trich? y. The swan? iO \vL ^ , , ""' "' ^"'^^^ >"*« ^he n. What kind of son. U "'''''"'"'''' ^^'•'"'^^^^' ' i'^. "ow are the night rJir. ";:'\^^'"' ^^^-'gl't phuuage :' '-" «i- very high P f a;',"", "•' '^'•*^--' '^ 1^>- >v!,at i5. ^Vhat kind of toes hav . ■" '™ '^'^^^ «« badly? tJ-ee birds that swim n tl^^T"'t '''"■^ ' '*'• '^'^^" '»« "-sea? IS. Howfas dj^:t;:^:;: , ''- y that swin.s in 1»« live ? """^^ the obtnch run ? ly. 'vvhere does "'•-■'■ 1. Urite the line : -• ^''O'l^'ince and learn to spell : Voie'-es Kail'-wav Tl„.ii' i- THE COW. ..The cow like,, to oat g,a.s ,•„ t,,e fields 2 the wanr. s„„sHi„e. She qui.tly crops 14 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 hreath is always as sweet as the breath of violets. I M I'i i 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. Every morn and every night. Warm and fresh, and rich and white. SECOND DEADER. 15 5. Do not chew the weeds so rank, Growing there u2^on the bank ; Bnt the grass and clover eat, They Avill make it nice and sweet. G. AVliere the pretty daisy grows, Where the clearest water flows. Where the grass is fresh and fine, " Pretty cow, go there and dine. QUESTION'S. — 1. Wliat does the cow give ? 2. What kind of milk is it ? 3. Wliat is the cow not to eat ? 4. What does the oliild want lier to oat '' 5. AVh(>re is tlie cow to go and dine — wliero what flower grows? (i. Wliere tlie water is ? 7. Wliere the grass is ? 8. What line rhymes with : ii'yc,-^ morn and every nvjht f (Other lines may be given. ) ExKKCisES. — 1. Write the line : c^leffy. ^€^^£4^ ^^ /Ac4^c tz-f^ir/ r^i yie. AN ICE HILL. Run'-ners, the wood or iron upon which a sleigh moves. 1. The snow lay on the gronnd 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 Ifi SECOND HEADER. go little hoys thouglit they would like to and .slide down. 2. So they made little skvighs of wood, with wooden i-unners, cut round in front so as to let them We^. erry en the t and ID T. Sugar is the juiee of a tall, thick cane, whieh -rows in the West Indies. The jiiieJ whieh is lU't over, after the sugar is made, is called treaele. ^. Kice is the seed of a tall grass; and the > tc(I ,s like wheat, only whiter and hardei-. ft grows in many parts of the world, sueli as India, America, Egypt, and Italy. QiiKKTioNs. - 1. wi.at Is broad niado of made of ? .•{. Who grinds tin; wl.oat ? 4 elu...soV 5. How do we ,nako l.utter '/ 7. \\ hat threo names do we give to tl.e H. A\hat is the difference between them '^ WrJ-'"-/'f "'"■' ^'-Wberedoe;! What. s coffee? J;}. How is coffee „,ade ? 10. \\ hat is tlie refuse of sugar called ? 17. \\ here does rice come from ? ExEKf!i8Es; — 1. Write the line ; ? 2. What is Hour How do we make «. What is beef? flesh of the pig? 0. What are pota- t come from ? 12, 14. What is sugar? 10. What is rice? 2. Pronounce and learn to spell : Wheat fhurn'-iug Ba'-con Cof'-fee Squeezed Cur'.lled Po-ta'-toes Su'gaT 4 Wrlteonf Ti . V f'^' •""•'"'■' ''■''«^^'^' '•'•'^''• 20 SECOND READER. BOSE AND SAM. . 1. Bose lived at Squire Ilorton'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, w^hen he all at once grew sick. 3. Little Sam came up, and I think he asked Bose how he felt, for soon Bose rose ujj and tried to walk home. 4. Sam ran by his side, and now and then jumped and barked as if to help poor Bose SKCOND REAUKlt. 21 to bear his pain. Bose lay down fo rest two or three times, and Sam lay down with him. 5. At last they reached Squire Horton's, niicl Sam barked till Jane came to the door '^nK\ took care bf Bose. Then Sam ran home. 6. The day after he came to see Bose and cheer him np. 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 lav down and howled. But soon he went back to his home, and he did not go to Squire Horton's any more. Ouu Little Ones. ExKiiciSEs. - 1. Pronounce and spell : Ter'-rier J^.^'^g^ ("'^'W Reached hq.ure A'gain Friend. Jr^J^ -nothing about Ao.e, ,ar., ,ra.e, Mil, uUaye, /=iFt\^S:S^^r^ 22 SECOND READER. THE MOTHERS. A SONG FOR CHILDREN. Nim'-ble, very quick and active. | Ex-ceed'-ing-ly, very much. Dote on, bo very foiiU of. | Lamb'-kin, .1 young lamb. Sped, hurried. 1. I was walking on the green hills one fine snmmer clay; and the sheep were hapi)y and feeding all around me. I heard a mother-sheep say this: i^EVONl) HEADER. 23 2. "ThcM'o is nothing so sweet in all the world as my little lamb. He has nimble feet, bnght eyes, and such pretty white wool. The robin has fonr ehildren, and I J^ave only one; but I love my one better than she loves all her four." 3. And she lay down with her lamb on the J^'ll-sicle; and the two went to sleep close together in the warm sun. '• ^^^'^'^» ^ ^^«t 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 Then- fur is eo soft, and their tails are so pretty, that 1 eannot love them enough I cannot tell whieh is the prettiest." c. And she lay down with them by the jii-eside; and the mother and her three kittens all went to sleep together. T. Then I went out to the farm-yard, and kens. ther Sh was looking about for corn and seeds: 24 SECOND READER. and when she found one, she cried '' chick, chick, cluck," and the chickens came run- ning up. «. T heard her, too, talking; and this was what she said: "The sun, which sees every- thing, never saw anything so pretty as my chickens. The ewe loves her lamb; the cat loves her kittens; but I love my chickens better than they love their children. 0. "Come, my sweet little chickens, come and nestle snugly under my wings; and there you will be safe and warm." So all the chickens ran 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! he is my darling, my heart's delight. SECOND HEADER. 25 Tie riiii- 13. •^- " The robin, she That siiig-s in the tree, May deai-Jy dote on her darlings four; But I love my one little lambkin more." And the mother-sheep and her little one feide by side lay down in the sun, And they went to sleep on the' hill-side warm, As a child goes to sleep o„ its mother's arm. - I went to the kitchen, and what did I see Jiut the gray old eat with her kittens thi'eeV I heard her softly whisper -said she: My kittens with tails all so nicely curled Are the prettiest things in 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. m 26 SECOND HEADER. 14. " Which is the jorettiost, I cannot tell — Which of the three, for the life of me — I love them all so well. Now I'll take up my kitties, the kitties T love. And we'll lie down together beneath the warm stove." 15. 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 say? I heard her say : " The sun never did shine On anything like these chickens of mine. 16. " You may hunt the full moon, and the stars, if you please. But you never will find ten such chickens as these. The cat loves her kittens, the ewe loves her lamb; SECOND READER. 27 But they do not know what a proud mother I am; Nor for Iambs nor for kittens will I part with these, Though the sheep and the cat should go down on their knees : Ko, no! not thou^^h The kittens could crow, Or the lammie on two yellow legs could go. IT. "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. •^ Aunt Mauy. lamb^^^'r W^ 7 \- /?'' ''' "" n^other-shcep say about her iamb? 2. AVhat did she say he was better than? 3. Where i I f Hi! 28 SECOND READER, (11(1 tliey lie down to sleep ? 4. How many kittens had the old gray oat ? o. What kind of tails had they '.' (). Wliieli «f them did she love best ? 7. How many cliiekens had (he old he„ ? 8. What did she say about them ? 0. Wliat would she not exchange them for? lo. Where do the chiekens nestle" 11. What line rhymes with: yl.s / walktd ocn- the hills one dmj ? ( ( )ther lines may be given. ) ExEncisKs. — 1, Write the line : CL/Ary. a2.cd//e i^it'-ti-est De-light' Hpeak'-ing C'hick'-ens Lamb'-kin Ex-eeed'-ing-ly Talked 3. Write down all the words that i-liyme in the first and second verses. 4. Write down all the words that have in them an ay : an ow ; and an uu. "^ ' Yel'-low Cos'-i-ly Feath'-ers. 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, coftee, rice, and spices. — A Initcher is a man who sells beef, mutton, pork, and veal. 2. A shoemaker is a man who makes boots and shoes. Boots and shoes are made of SECOND ItEADEIi. 29 leather. -Leather is the skin or hide of an ox or sheep, which has been steeped in water and 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 aiul 1,ark tlie tanner takes, An 1 of tlio skin lie loatlu-r makes ; ' And tliis tlie slioemaker will use To make us good strong boots and slioes. ^4. A tailor makes onr 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. c. The man who puts lead on the roofs of our houses, or brings in pipes for water or for gas, is called a plumber, meaning a man who works in lead. I 30 SECOND READER. 7. The man who cuts and trims and smooths stones, and builds them one on the top of anothei', is called a mason. — A brickiayei- 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. 0. A glazier is the man who (jlazes 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, oi- 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 arc 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 SECOND HEADER. 31 ims and one on on. — A ' other, to es down care of a sailor. 'lazes a When into it, Is, SOV78 3n they 3m, and farmer. y deep ito the ;oal, or ler. d? 2. Of 4. What es made ? ho makes t is cloth r""-' ''*• ^^'''"""^'<'-th,. wool into Hoth" n w, , . a oarpenter make ■> i>> ui,,,, ,• "'"""• 1I.\\ hat does a mason ,Io :• ,4. Wh.^! do s ■\V;'"""'"'" • ^'■^- "''"^t does ;k>.^ IH. What is a miner ^^.vii n'." '' "•"'-'^ '-n.er I'" (Ii,i;s up. '•'• '• " ""' s«»ne of (!»,. ii,i„gs ExKlicsKs.-i. Write tl... line : ^- I'''onounce and learn to spell • 3. «aysomethin-ahonteael. nf fi. *• n . ^^ '" "*'""'• ^/'-:- . . unuu.- ; : s,J:::;, : : ;:' x; '■ ^' ""'^'- ^ " <^ joiner,' a pUunhn- ; „ mosu , l '^"' ^ "'"""'>' i yl^^-^r ; a farmer ; a uJcr ' /"voA7«,,cr ,• . sailor; a K' 32 SECOND HEADER. w THE SQUIRREL. 1. The squirrel is a very pretty little animal. He lives in the woods, and runs about I'rom 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 it, nor can the wind blow it away. SRdoNii in: A It Eli, .'^.T 4. The young- ones, of which tncre are three or fbiir, are born in midsuinnier, and Htay wltii tlieir father and inotiier until next sirring. Then they yo away and llnd a tree i'ov themselves. r.. The squiirefs chief food consists of nuts, acorns, fruits, and seeds. 0. It is very nice to see a squirrel eatin^- a nnt. He sits up, hokls the nut prettily bctweei; his fore-paws, bites olf the tip with hisshai'p fore-teeth, then strips olflhe shell, peels the brown husk off— and then, pop it goes into his little mouth. V. He lays up stores of nuts and acorns in all kinds of nooks, and holes, and corners; and these he never for^-ts. 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 vary cold winter his fur turns gray. ExEm r.SKs. — 1. Writo the liiu- ice. 34 SECOND READ Ell 2. Pronounce and learn to spell : Squir'-rel Ha'-zel Buikl'-ing Sup'-pers Bough Jol'-ly Break'-fasts Win'-ter. i r THE TWO SENSIBLE GOATS. 1. Two kind goats lived together, always lived in peace, and tried to help each other. When one goat was ill, the other brought him green herbs, from a field far otf; 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 who had been ill, and had got better, poked the boy with his horns, drove him away, and took care of the kid till its mother came home. 3. Once when the two goats were ti-avel- ling, they met on the middle of a very narrow bridge, but they did not push one another into the water. No! They s ood SECOND READER. 35 still a moment, to try whetlier 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 who had to walk over the othei-, 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* goats. QuESTioxs.-l. When one Of U.e two kind goats was ill, Uiat (lul he other do ? 2. What happened to the ki.l of one of the goats? ;j. What did the other goat do? 4. Where did these two goats meet? 5. AVhat did they do first ? (!. When hey found they could not go back, what di.t they ,lo ? 7 AUat did Uie goat who had to walk over the other take care to ExEKCisKs. — 1. Write the line : 2. Pronounce and learn to spell : Al'-ways Trav'-el-ling An-oth'-er Saf..'-ly Uear'-ly Ul'-nat-ured Mo'-nient Soft'-ly. ;}. Say something about each of th(. following : Two kind lioids; akUl: a rude boy; a morow lmd>/c ; soft steps; love unU kindness. 3r> SECOND HEADER. THE LITTLE 8N0\V-SII0VELLEli. MeiTily 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, HNCONJJ UEADEJl. .67 Armed with his shovel, goes Ts^ed Magee; In search oi'soine work, of course, is he. ' 2. Brave little chap! 't is little he cares For old Jr.ck Frost; and the storm he dares With a merry face and a meri-y 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: ^ed is not a bit of a shirk; In goes his shovel with might and main, Making the snow ily off like i-ain,— Here, there, and everywhei-e, in a trice, Till your walk is made all clean and nice. 4. Then, cheeks as red as the reddest rose, 8houldei-ing his shovc^l, off he goes; Mei'rily whistling on his way. His boyish heju-t so happy and gay, That neithei- for wind nor frost cares he — This little snow-shoveller, N^cd M tiii'ee. (>i I! LrnxK 0.\i;.s. 38 SECOND READER. M A Y. 1. Welcome, wel- come, lovely JVIay ! lireath so sweet, and sjiiilcs so Sun, and dew, and gentle showers, Welcome, wel- come, month of flowers! 2. Welcome, vio- lets, sweet and bl ue. Drinking - cnps of m o r n i n g dew! Welcome, lambs so fall of glee! Welcome, too, my busy bee ! Birdies sing on evei-y spray, "Welcome, sunshine! welcome. May! " Many a pretty flower uncloses, ' And the garden smells of roses. T, J). MiLLFR. SKCOND UK A DEB. 39 3, wel- lovely :> sweet, liles so I dew, [gentle s, , wel- monlh ers! , vio- eet and - Clips [' n i n g lambs 'f glee! ^y f " FLYING KITES. 1. It is a fine breezy day ; and Tom and Harry are setting off to fly a kite which their father has made for them. Another boy has his kite up ah'eady; 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 VIlLLFR. 40 SECOND liEADEIi. must be Strong, or tlio Aviiul would tear it; aiul it must be light, or it would fall to the' ground. Every kite has a strong, upright piece of wood, nicely rounded, in the mtl- (lle: this is its back-bone. •'. 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 togethei-, the paper is pasted over, and the kite is' placed somewhere to d)y. 4. But the kite, like the bird, must have a tail to steady it. This tail is very loj g, ard is made of string. At the end is a tu'ft of grass, to give it weight; and at short dis- tances along the string, are tied pieces of paper, to give it liveliness. r- Let us hope that the boys will have a pleasant day, that the kite will % xevy high, and behave well when it gets up to its high- ebl; and that the boys will come home with SECOND llEADIill. 41 a good acco„nt of i,., e<„ul„.t t„ tl,ei, latlier. .^ The Chinese are very fo„,l of kites. Ol.l niei, ;„Kl middle-aged men lly tl,e,„, a,.,! si.ow tl,e greatest joy when they behave well "' the ai,-. Chinese kites are of ve.-y odd shapes; they are made like big bats, bntter- Hifs, owls, hawks, and other birds. Xothin.r «oems to give a Chinaman so nuu^h deli-hl as a kite that flies very high in the air. " foml ot tljing kites » 0. „„o,,. ^, c'luna " """" "'" E.XEKUI.SE.S.-1. Write the line : 2. Pionoimcf and loain to spell : A-croas' iii.- , "t "a\e Con'-Jiict Acioss Dis-lan-ees Ac-eou„f l,e.|igl,t' <>■ Saysometlilngalwiiieaci] rif il,„ f..ij • . their kite.; ike .naUny of Tu^" tt^^rr^ ' ^""^ '"^^ ' 42 tiKCOND HKADKR. ^M^^^JO^ THE DONKEY. 1. The donkey is a good fi'iend to men and boys; but they are not often veiy good friends to hin\. They often strike and kick him. 2. The donkey is strong and sure-footed, and he will live on very poor and coarse food. He will eat coarse grass and even thistles. a. Once, a cruel man set a fierce bull-doir on a poor donkey. But the donkey i-an at him, got him between his teeth, carried him to the I'iver, plunged him under water, lay down upon him, and waited quietly until the bull-dog was dead. tiECOND READER. 43 Th The T I M K. ore are sixty inimites i"c are also sixty (second ill .Mil liour. « in one minute. A second is the time we take to say one or a clock takes to say tick. T/d-, //d- tide - that takes thi-ee seconds. ^'- We go to scliool foi' six hours. There are three school-hours iii the mo.-ning; and three m the afternoon. 3. But there are twenty-four hours in a whole day and night. Sometimes the day IS longer than the night; and sometimes the nig^ht is longer than the day. In summer the day is longest; in winter the nio-ht is longest. ^ 4. Thei-e are seven days in r week. The first day is called Sunday, because long a^^o the people used to worship the sun on thm clay. The last day of the week is Saturday 5. There are about four weeks in a month, months have thii-f.. ri..,,... ggy^^^j Fou of them have thirty-one days; and them has only twenty-eight days. one of 44 I ux- twolvo months in rt year The first month is January; tho h.st is Dooember. The first of January is .alled Now Year's Day; the twenty-fifth of IJecember is Christmas Day. .-. The. names of the montlis are Jannary, I'ebruary, Mareh, April, May, J„ne, July Augnst, .Sei,teinber, October, November,' and December. .. Sw::::;;™:;j:;;:r:^.;":"''n;:™ ?'"■'" »- '■"-^ ".any „, a ,c.„„„U,ay •. „. ,n,..„ H U,e ,1a, ,„„^ ' ^mZ "■ IMiat IS llio lirst day ealleil ? lliwiiv ri „''"'^"'" yta. . 1.3. ^v hat ,s the first n.onth called ? 14. And the last ? ExEKcisEs. - 1. AVrite the line : a^uf^ ^.tt-^lH/^J- ^^^ ^^^ ^ •^/^if'^. 2. Pronounce and learn to spell : Soc'-onds Some'-times Be-canse' Morn'-ing San'-», , a week; a n,ontk ; a year; a Urthday ; a school- an t^:: '""" ^" "'^ "^^^^ ^^^^ ^-- - "-- - - ; an Jan'-u-a-ry Feb'-rii-a-ry De-cem'-ber. SECOND READEU. 45 ^ .year. ! last is is callocl fifth of raniiai'j, 0, July, »veiiibei', n ail hour ? i a second ? t' 5. How 7. When I a week? low many nths in a I the last ? '^(^ft^. -ii-a-ry •ru-a-ry eni'-ber. minute; :i achool- 1 ou ; an HAROLD'S SQUIKREL. . _Ha..oIcl cansht a yonng g,,,^ .q,,,,,^,, '" ••"; "'"'"'^- "<^ l^'ought hin, ho,n , a,ul named hi.„ Bobby. Ho put hi. „ ^ 4<; SECOND HKADEli. ! I cage. Wohhy i-an to the I'aither conior and seemed to he iViohtened. 2. Harold tried to coax him to eat some sweet apple, hut Hohhy would not eat a mouthful. Harold put some peanuts into the cage, but l^ohby would not eat one. 3. His mother told him to leave Hohhy 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 hungi-y. 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. r.. He had a little room in the top of his 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. c. Aftei' a little while Ilaiold let him out of the cage every day. He would follow Ilai'old all about the house. He would .sit HKCOND llliADER. 47 on h,s shonldor and eat lu.ts. Who,, ({ol.lw had cat.,, all ,he „.,t, ,„. „,,,„,^,^,^ ,,^, ^^.^^^^^-^ hule the ,.est u„de,- the doo,-„,„t, and pat them down with liis feet. '_ ""'-oW co,dd hug hi„, and ,,et him, and iJohby was nevei- e,'o«s. IIa,.„l(l m.ve. Ibi- got to feed Inn.. He eleaned ont his ca^e eve>-y ,non,i„o., ,„„i ^^^^ ,,5,,^ ,..^.^^ ^^_^^^_ » «■ IIa,-old had a „n,nbe,- of othe,- j,et« He had a dog a„ 2. Draw Ilarol.I ami l.is ,s,,„i,.rel. •3. ^ay soniethln'' about Hip thi„„„ this lesson. """»' y"" «<^« '» "le picture in 48 SECOND REAItEH. THE MOTHER- Hold, inside BEAR, AXD HER TWO CUBS. of a sliip. Pleas'-ure, lun. K In a fai'-off iiorthci-ii land, where there is nothing but ice and snow, lived a white she-bear very happily with her two youiio- ones. The ice covered the sea most of the * year, and floated about in great masses, which are called icehergs or ice mountains, of all kinds of odd shapes; some like steeples, some like large churches, and some like floating towns. ) CUBS. ii there I white young of the nasses, ntaiiis, e like i, and tiKCOND READEli. 49 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 nian- ng:ed to catch some fish to feed her youno- ""es and herself. And the young cub« were the prettiest little playfnl things you ever saw. ^ .^. Into these cold and icy seas, sailed, one ' ''y '" ""l'™'^^ ^ Bhij) from Scotland. Tl ship had come to catch whales and le seah 50 SUC'ONU ItliAUHU. It sailed bravely among the ice, for it was manned by bold and hardy sailors, who had often and often faced tl,e dangers of the '■ They caught several whales, and stored away the fat or blubber in the hold; and they killed a great many seals, and took then- skins to be made into jackets, and muffs, and caps, and waistcoats. They were just on the point of going back to Scotland, when one evening, in the quiet light, they saw this she-bear and her two young ones. «. 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. c. Then she growled to the cubs to come along with her, and to ^^i away from the HEaONI) HEADER. 51 ['or it was who had •s of the kI stored old; and md took :ets, and They back to he quiet her two ng with patting le head, tig over beside esently turned > come >m the ship. But one of the sailors had been too quick for her, and had got a rifle, and stolen upon the young bears in theii- play. When he thought he had got near enough, he fired aud killed first the one, and then the other ' T. The mother-bear raised such a cry of pain and grief to the skies, that it inio-ht have touched the heart of the dullest per.^)n ui the whole ship. But the sailor loaded again, and with a third ball he laid the poor mother-bear dead upon the ice. 52 SECOND HE ADR n. th." sPiU-skins '^ S U-i..r ,^ '• ^M'.'it IS (lono with ». What .i^rt,,/;J : ;;;'i";;':,,;'"7='' -- ;»"i"«v 1«. Wl,at ,li,l ll,„ sail..,- .1., •' n « ' , M '","■ '"" ""P •'' s.,c. ,„„ uer y„„„« one sho ;. :Nt'':,,7;r'''","''r next? Hiiat (lid the sailor do ExEKcisKs. _ ]. Pronounce and learn to spell : N'orth'-ern Ire'-liP.-o- c -ir Hap'-n- Iv ir r^ '^^'' -°''« Dull'-est liap p ly Stee'-ples Pleas'-ure Moth'-er B( 2. I ]] SECOND READEli. r>3 e? 2. How them with ? '■ sliip come s done with I' V the sliip 1» ler (h) wlien >o sailor do lU'-est th'-er. The white Vluy ; the THE CIJILDKEX'S HOUR. 1. Between the dark and the dayli^'ht, When the night is l)eginning to lower, Comes a ])anse in the day's oecnpations, ' Tliat is known as the Childi'en\s Hour. 2. I hear in the ehambei- above me The i)attei- of little feet, The sound of a door tliat is opened, And voices soft and sweet. 54 Fi om SECOND RKADKli. my study I see in the lamplight, Descending- the broad hall stair Grave Alice and langhing AllegrI, And Edith with golden hair. 4. A whisper, and then a silence: Yet I know by their meny eyes They are plotting and planning together lo take me by surprise. 5. A sudden rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall! By three dooi-s left unguarded They enter my castle wall ! '• "^^cy climb up into my turret O'er the arms aiul back of my chair; If I ti-y to escape, they sun-onnd me; ' They seem to be everywhere. They almost devour me with kisses, Their arms about me entwine, Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen In his Mouse-Tower on the Rhine I 10 SECOND READER. s. 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 9. I have you fast in jny fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon In the round-tower of my heart. • And there will I keep you forever, Yes, foi-ever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away! 55 Longfellow. 56 SECOND HEADER. DOGS. ^ There are many kinds of dogs; very little dogs, and y^vy big dogs. Dogs are also of all colors, white or black, spotted or streaked with black or i-ed or bi-own. ^«t^*«-v i'. The sheep-dog, or collie, looks after the slieep, and is the best friend of the shepherd. SECOND READER. 57 3. The Scotch terrier is a little hairv doo- very brave and full of spirit. T1h> English terrier is smooth and white, very br^ve also, and very Ibnd of hunting rats. 4. The Kewfoundland is a large, handsome shaggy dog, very fond of the water, and w^vy 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 brin- hmi safe to shore. ^ ^^»-'0',:,:i""-' ?.. 5. 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 58 SECOND liEADEli. «tr,nVht ns a poker; and then the sportsman knows there is game yavy neai*. G. The greyhound is the 8vvifte.st of all dogs. It has a very lean body, with long, strong, thin legs, and a long tail. It is trained to ehase hares. The fox-hound is trained to hunt the fox. 7. The mastiff is a large, splendid dog, with a mouse-eolored skin, and is the best wateh-dog we have. H. There are big dogs and little dogs — some, like the Newfoundland, as big as a pony; others, like the Mexiean lap-dog, as small as i^ rat. BECONI) HEADER. 59 oitsnian t of all th long, It is J unci is id dog, tie best of Uo«s? 8. Which is llu. 1 : , ; ''"^'' '" ^'^^ "^■'"•'M -t..,a^esta;:^u::::;s::;;:;;-^'"«->-ep . what ExKKcsEs.-i. AVrite the line; 2. Pronounce and h-arn to spoil . Stroakod Ol)'-.sti-nate 11 i- 3gS — : as a 5g. as THE VOVU SUNBEAMS '■ F...!,' little suiibeama c„,no em-tl>,varcl one day, Slnnlnj, and rtanein,^ along on their way Kesolved that their course should be blest. "■Let ns try," they all whispered, "some Kindness to do, ^ot seek our own pleasuring all the day through, Then meet in the eve at the west." 60 SliVOND UK AD EH. •^. One sunbeam ran in at a low cottage door, And played "hide-and-seek " with a child on the floor, Till babv langhed lond in his Hee SICaON/} UEADEIi. «1 And chased with (h'light his strange pluy- niato HO hri<>:ht, The little hands grasping in vain lor the light That ever before them would flee. 3. One crept to a couch where an ir.'nlid lay, And brought him a drea n of a bi'ight summei" 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 in the dreariest spot, And lightens all labor and pain. 62 SECOND READER. r ^>- And one, where a little blind -irl sat alone ]S-ot sharing the mirth of her play-fellows, shone On hands chat wei-e folded and pale, .3. 4. SECOND HE AD EH. 63 And kissed the poor eyes that had never known sight, That never would ga.e on the beautiiul light Till angels had lifted the veil. "• At last, when the shadows of eveuin.. 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. in tt^Sr" ~^" ^"'' "" "'"'"' "^ ^" "»« t'^ngs you see a. P'-onounce and learn to spell: .Siiin'-lng Through mv^ u i -"^-'- scene/ [--, -a.,.. 4 Sr;;,r„r:";:::;;rr"'''"'*''"^™- '--'■• 64 SECOND READER, I GOOD-NIOHT AND GO()D-MORNi^(. Cu' ri-ous, odd. mark of respect to the sun. Courte'-sied. .naJeaaeep bow. as a""'""*''''' ''''^'"'"• '• A fair little girl sat under a tree, Sewing as long as her eyes conld see: Then smoothed hei- work, and folded it right. And said: " Dear work, good-night, c,ood- night." fivl sat as hei- d hel- led it good- flECdXl, hi: A UK II. p5 - «M,.|, a ,„„„|,,, „,. ,.„„|^.^ ^.^_^_^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ lit'ad, C.Tii.o"(;au',(.au!'N>n their way to bed- '^l> ' said as .she watehed their curious ili^^^hr: "J^ialo l.lack things, good-night, good- iiigiit." ■'■ ^l','"' '"•'■'^^■« "^■!»h«d and the oxen lowed; ^ Ihe sheep's "Bleat, bleat! " came over the I'oad ; All seeming to say, with a ' she knew he had God's time to keep All over the world, and never oonld sleep. ■ The tall snn-flower bowed his head; The violets eourtesied a„,l went to bed- And good little Lney tied up her hair, ' And said, on her knees, her eveiiino* prayer 6fi SECOND HEADER. c. And while on her ,,illow she softly lay, She knew nothing more till again it'wa. day; And all things said to the beantitnl sun- " G^ood-niorning, good-morning; o,n> work is begun." LOHI) HOfGHTO.V. Questions. -1. Where was the little ^irlsittinc.0 , ,,-, . «•« she sav when tliP rinv „r..„ 1 • . =>'" ^'""'g • 2. V\hat riwi .1 <''iy was hcsmn n-r to close '> ? \ri. * did she see over her head'.' 4 WI,.,. ,7n . ^ ''''' 5. What did the Ijorses cJu ' '^^ ^" ^''^"^ • did they seem to t^r rw;,;t, s^' '" ' "• ^^'"^^ night" to the sun ^ s Wh V ' • "^ ""' '*^'^>' " ^'«""- violets do:^ O.^When I n. v f J ' «">'-«ouer and the tiding say to the ^^-lu^ L:f ^^.^S^'," ^"", "" "^^''■>- DicTATiox. - Learn to spell and write out : EXKUC.SES. -1. Learn to spell the following words- bew-,ng Cu'-ri-o„s De-li-d.' v T ■ Smoothed Nei-hel ir- , ^^ «»'te'-sied i>ei„ncvl Vr-o-lets Pil'-lovr ^. Point out the nouns in the first fun vn 'X 'p-.ii 41 "^'' I'^^o verses son,eM,i„s to t "m " | ' ' ""'^ "■•""'■ '•""" "^ "Wing li"i« to keep. (■>) The vl, i. ,. '. '° """ ''»» tiod's -ti,tag ,„„„' ,„, It Lm,;:*,',:. """"'"'■ "• «"' ""-^ SECOND h'KADEIi. 67 fVly lay, •ain it was it'll 1 sun: our work D HOIGHTO.V. ig? 2. What «^? -r Wliat iay to them ? >■•' 'i. Whiit siiy ''Good- wer and tlic; It (lid cvcry- rhyines with 'ly begivvn.) ■^t^e^, / )rds ; o'-sied vv. 'Ids. l^y adding oiu Iheni : •ay. has God's Slie knew a Make sentenms about : .1 mu, ,,;rl ■ rook.- horne. - J'Zf- "'^'^*'^;";"»^'^' '^-^^v^"'" •• •^V.r/., and .owinr, ; clear K 1 he following words have several n.eanings ; give two of them : Fair ; fold ; hall ; mtv. 0. Write the nar.es of six different parts of a bird. THE CAT AND HER KITTENS. De-ter'-mined. fixed in her purpose. Ru«h .an very fa«t. StrUK'-gle, strife and quarrel. 1. There was once a cat called Kitty. She had three little kittens; and she kept them in fi8 fiECOXB READER. J' nice wai'in comcM- in the cellar. But inoi'iiing it struck he t that the cell little damp; and th (Mie ar was .1 health of her darl IS was not ,<.'(;o(| joi- th- mind to can-y them t mgs. 80 slic Hjade v_\) he honse to a littl Jue vci V i()|) (,f the of the servants slept. e garret bedroom wh «.re one And haek of th >n';s t yhe earned one kitten by the the e MecK, up stair after st, nr n anothe)' ilid 1 1 1 < Mrs. 1' ieii the third. nss, what do yon want here with uid Hollo ! small family? I can't have eats says tLie servant. ^^Baek to the must go -- you and your three ehi she can-ied them back to the eelL Vudi- in my room. eel I Id ar you But Kitty was not of iiuren, So th e sauie mind Avith the servant- was determined to h better sleeping-plaee for them them u]) again. Once more th turned them out and took the Eive a and carried the cellar. () u p Jo tl nee more Pu 1.' ,^ arret. Thev w out; but Puss carried thcMU uj e servant ni back to earried them ere again turned ss ' ''iii'ani, ■ifeo.vij HKAiii:/!. i)!i ■■ i^voy timo I'„s. took th,.,n „|,, the s,,- ;;'"' '*•'' f''^'-" ''-»•" '>«-^'in. Tl,is won, on '"•-, ro.,r, live, .six- and .n.ont,,t..„ times. At l«st poo,. PUS.S was ,,„itx. wea,-io,l out >>!ie foiild eairy them ,10 lo„j.e,.. ' ^''"*'"''^ «'« '«" file house; and „o one could tell whe,-e she had gone to. Had ^hen,,, away and left her poor little kittensV ^o She. came back h, a short time. a,„l with her she brought a big black cat. Then she showed this black geutle.nan her kittens, and told him the whole story. ». At once the strange .at flew at one of the ktttens, got it tight in his u.outh. and n.sl.ed upstairs with it. Then he carri.Hl u,, the other; and then the third- while the determined mamma led the way with a low mew." 'The servant, seeing that Kitty had made up her mind that it was for the goo.l of her family that they should all sleep in her room =-•■ ..1. .he struggle, and allowed the cat and kittens to take up their abode with her. 70 SKri)S'I) liKADEH. Kitty mewed her best thanks to the black eat; and the kind stranger, making a low bow and a gentle purr, went away and was never seen again. Dictation. — Learn to spell and write out : ^, Exercises. — 1. Learn to spell the following words : Cel'-lar De-ter'-mined Wear'-ied Al-lowed' ^ Car'-ried Gar'-ret Strug'-gle Strau'-ger. 2. Point out all the nouns in paragraph 7. ^ Write down the name of six animals that people keep as 4. Make nouns out of the following words, either by adding sc.meth.ng to them or by taking something away from them • Sinuviv ; Upmost ; vhiUU^h ; sleepiuf, ,• room,/ ; black. •'. Explain the following pnrases : (1) It struck her that the .vliar was damp. (2) Kitty was not of the same mind with the servant. (:!) Tlu- mamma led the way. (4) The servant gave up the struggle. *' . ^^'rite down the names of six things we wear. SSCOXD HEADER. n THE STARVIXG FOXES. Sig^n, mark, ^or'-tune, goo-l luck. A-void-ine, keei.ii,{j,avav fmni. Snuffs, smells. Muz'-zle, the nose and mouth of an .nnimal. Din, great noise. Heads, gets ill front of. .. It was bittoHy cold woatho, and every- body was shivori,,., Reynard's ehildren were shivering with eold - and with hnno-er too, for ,lK.y l,,,d had nothing to eat for some' time. The snow lay deep njion the ground • is way straight to the forest. But the y'i -^^ 'Ui[^»'2,C^ ^^a^/^U-^t / /. ^^U^i^^n^. 7fi SECOND HE A DEB. ExKKcisEs. -1. Learn to spell the following words • Sh.v'-.r-ing Pic'-tnrod Cour'-age Muz'-zle htillMKss Cheer -,-ly Tnnnp'-et-er Wor'-ried. 1.. 1 oint out the nouns in section 1 :i Write * \r * "^ pK-tured to themselves a nee a n fanl t r "" ^^'"^''•\ ••''^l'''^"^'*'"^ in the midst of the >ai . ((,) I ho tarm-yard is full of din. <>• lell the ditfcieaee botucpn • if.,„.,t i / .'«•^■ »'«;a,„ua„^'.^. ;:;:,;,t;,;,,''"''' """ '""■'■■ """ -i them •'^PiM"."'"'"'' T" ""■" ''■™"" "'^""'8" ; e'« '"■» "f tuem . i^itdi ; crew ,• /r«/^ ,• Jwar. 8. Draw the following picture : — S/'JCOKD HEADER. 77 THE DONKEY A.Vd THE BOY. Mis-take', to ,ak,. for sometliing Lunr-h' o. else. " ■L'Unch -eon, a small moai ,„ ,i„. Orate'-ful, tu„.kf., for a Kin.l- , Des' o'laL" '"*' ""• ne.ss. I -"es -o-Iate, i< rsakon by his friends. .;, '^;r' l""""-^ «•'* «"' ^r school o,k. dav. w>th h,,, |,ooks ,„„Ior his a™, and a I,i.. « i» of h,ea„ and hutte. in his pocket. O^ tH. voad i,e met a donkey with a heavy loa,l of -iKl upon his baek; and the poo. donkey looked very tired ni),1 .-,■,• - ■ ' — '■• '^U luucn out ol heart. 78 SECOND READER. '« r? Cheer up, old geiitlemaii," said Tom lere IS a piece of bread I'oi- you and the donkey took the sliee of bread and butte_ from his hand and ale it with -reat pleasure. 1 as wide as sang out "Hee-ha! Then he opened his bi<,^ nioutl he could open it, and hee-hj t " Th Tom Willis. IS was his way of than! km 2" Tom said to himself pf r should like mv «s such a mother to know this donkey; he h "ice way of saying- Thank "you yery nnich': nobody could mistake it. \ sometimes for- get to say ^ Thank you' myself. How grateful poor jVed is! ?» ^. Tom Willis trudged along to school one day With luncheon in his pocket. On the way He met, within a space of open ground, A poor old ass with heavy burden bound, And such a desolate, dreary look, the boy Offered the hungry ass his bread with joy fiECOND READER. 79 d Tom; and the 1 butter 'leisure, wide as [lee-ha ! lanking like mv such a 111 11 eh ': le.s fV)r- How - The d«„kovato;„,u, lifting.,,, his lH.acl Hee-ha!h™-lm!hee-ha!"i„ thanks he said. Willis was pleased. "Mother, I think" said he, ' "Would like you well, you thank so prettily." A. F. I>AV. ^. ->. What ,ii,| Ton/. V , ■,,,;,, ?"'.r! ^^^« donkey carrying, ;. thank Tom:' t/uC , T ' ' I' ""^^ ""' the donkey rhymes with : T<^, ^ ' Z 1 '; '"'"''" ' ^'' ^^'^^^ ''-' (Other lines „.ay be gviV ' '" ''''''' '"' ^"^^ )ol one )n the und, Jound, le boy h joy. ^0 SECOX/J lil-ADER. BRAVE LITTLE DLMPLE. .. Dimple lived in the city of Halifax. Slic had a very pleasant home, and kind i)arcnts. She Ava.s only and was in most respects a very sensihh <-hild, bnt she had one weakness. She u a (raid in the dark. 1'. One niyht Dimple went down with the sei-vant to get some fi-esh water for her very y mistake. Oh, .how Dimph She made so nnich le gas ont screamed ! the honse ran to see what noise that evei-ybody in was the matter llei- mamma w^as ashamed of her •■.. Another night she cried for nearly a hour because hei- mamma asked her to into the next room for n ii'O ff SI a j)air of scissor K' must be cured of this habit said hci" mamma. Yes, indeed," said hei- ])a[)a, oi- iiie will gi'ow \^^ a great cowai'd Tlicn he look Dimple on his knee, and i. liked (o her verv kindl y. He thought that Halifax, md very iars old, sensible She was kvith the Ibi" her gas out reamed ! body in matter. arly an r to go eissors. Jiid hei' pa, ''or ee, and ht that 82 SECOND KEADKE. was miK'li better than to scold her oi- to laugh at her. H3 told her that it was liis house, that he had lived in it a long time, and that there was nothing in it to hurt his little daughter. He told her that mamma and he loved her too much to send her into a dark room if there was 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. What do you suppose Dimple did that dark boy. '"FECUND HE A DEB. M" Of to VV:ls liis llg tillK', hurt his mamma her into there to od was ;11 as in low any Dimple parents ot to be )ut the le more ason to ^ill cure iple did all day. at dark 83 ^lay? She went all alone up to a dark attic She had been there with mamma before, but then they had a lamp At first she could not see wher She moved about careful! Hu old cradle, ft was the e to 5tep. y until she came to or papa was I'ocked when h cradle in which hoy. J3iii)p|e sat dow e was a little , - " hi it, and tried to look aro.,„cl. She eouUl see a little better «oon, an.l ,W. .saw «„ne .,uee,.-lookinff t'"ngs tt.at ,.ade her feel ve.y tin.id a" nvst, but when «he conl.l «eo them propeHv they turned out to be only old eoats, and trunk., and boxes, with son.e bundles, and an old spinninjj-wheei. •She .soon felt yery eomfortable, and began to sing on., of the songs she had learned at school. Then she ootnue.l the '••••Mwlrops, and at Ins, she fell aslee,,. •• When pa,.a .an,,. h„n,e to .li„„er no l'''^.|.le oonid K. tbnnd. Thev looke.l all over the h^nc- *•-- i IP .-o„^.- ,„,- i,er (.xcej)t in the attic and the cellar " ff in a ist to a per lay nbei- he id then It had pes (>r black, like coi-ds, on them, and a feathery Cringe of white for each stripe. .:. On the edges of the wings were white and yellow dots. The head was black, and also had white and yellow dots on it. The inside of the wings was darker; it was like orange-tinted velvet. All these changes were in less than two months. "OuB Little Ones." Questions. -1. Where do all caterpillars come from? -. U hat do they change to? 3. How are butterflies produced ? ExERcjsEs. — 1. Learn to pronounce and spell ; Car'-ried Guest Cat'-er-pil-lar But'-ter-fly Stitch'-es Sewed Feath'-er-y Ilam'-mock. 2. Give tin meanings of other words sounded like two : all • one ; seen ; neio ; and made. ' IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET {MT-3) 1.0 I.I ^1^ lEi t 40 IL25 ■ 1.4 2.0 1.8 1.6 Photographic Sciences Corporation S: '^ iV \ :\ % \ ^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 4 ? .r4i y ..^ t/j ^ iS> ^ 88 SECOND READER. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. 1. I shot an arrow into 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, I know not where • For who hath sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of sono-? 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. ■I. I 'ifc- Lo>'OFELLOW. SECOND READER. 89 THE FOOLISH MOUSE. Dain'-ties, nice things. Pro-vid'-ed, supplied. Re-sid'-ed, lived. Se-oure'-ly, safely. Snujf, comfortable. Lot, fortune. Hoam, wander about. Ex-cur'-sion, trip. Se-date', grave. Ex-pressed', showed. Convinced , quite sure. Con-struct', build. Re-quires', needs. Cran'-niea, small cracks. Ex'-qui-8ite, perfect. En-treat', beg earnestly. En'-tered, went in ■• In a crack near the cupboard, with dain- ties provided, w '!l II i> .90 SECOND HEADER. 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 d.iy 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. 3. " 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 been at such pains to con- struct us a dwelling. J-.ra. ':1i|!:i SECOND READEt. 91 ' mother ig, quiet e wished iich was ^ay from li joy in :pressed folks of ill to a always to con- The floor is of wood, and are r IS or w of wires — Exactly the size that one's comfort re- quires ; And I 'm sure that we there shall have nothing to fear If ten cats, with kittens, at cnce should appear. '."And then they have made such nice holes in the wall, One could slip in and out, with no trouble at all; But forcing one through such rough cramiies as these, Always gives one's poor ribs a most terrible squeeze. 6. " 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, come and fetch you M duty 'in II il ' i: I ji Pi 92 SECOND READER. 7. ?r 1, chikl," 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. 8. "Thus they've caught and killed scores, and I never could learn That a mouse who once entered did ever return." Ltt young people mind what the old jyeojjie say ; And when danger is near them, keep out of the luay. Exercises. - Ciii)'-l)oard Dain'-ties Ex-eur'-sion Se-date' Be-lieve Cheat Caught. 1. Learn to spell the following words: Ex-piessed' Ke-quires' Ex'-qui-site Ton-vinced' Troub'-le Con-struct' Cran'-nies Ex-act'-ly Squeeze 2. PoinC out the noinis In verse 3. ••{. Make nouns out of the following woi-ds. either by adding souietlung to then, or !,>■ taking something away from them- 4. .Some of the following words have several meanin"-s- o-ive two of them: Sj,ot ; mbjht ; lot: wood; ^ize ; .sllj, .- n-Jl. ' " )elieve, I e are a ley took ill there, Sh'CuX/j lit: AD EH. TflE C^ROW AND THE FOX. 93 De-vour', eiit t'ree.lily. Flat'-ter-iea, falne praises, Si'-dled, moved side foremost. Match'-less, without any equal. Ut'-tered, sent out. Di8-ai>-peared', went out of sight. scores, iid ever ^ceep out •ds: ■qui-site ieve at gilt. by adding mil th^in: '.rprcsKi'i]. ings: give 'cIl. 1. A crow one day stole a piece of cheese and flew away with it to the branch of a tree, 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 iiOVvii ilWuy >it*:BC/' long before J>4 si: CUM) liEADKU. IB the fox conJd have got near him. Being unable, then, to get the eheese 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 a-n elegant twist, opened his deceitful mouth, and began to talk with the crow. " What a lovely bird you are? " he said. " 1 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 j^ou — 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 sing? If your voice is equal to your lovely color and elegant shape, you are matchless —you are the wonder of SKCu.\/j /;/;j/v/.,7.._ !)r> the world. Will ^vou not Ihvor me with a little song? " i- The crow at once opened his bill and uttered a loud caw. Down fell the cheese to the ground; uj. jumped the fox, spran.^ "pon it, and ate it up. And, as he di.apt peared into the wood, the stu,,id crow hoar,; tl.e echoes of a chuckling langh that told liim what a goose he had been. .MoKA,.._Do not flatter yourself, but be thankful for what yon have and for what you have not; and never permit other people to flatter you. Exp„c-.»E,. -I Point „„, „„ ,^, 2- « "'eiloivn the names of si\ birds ll„,]r,. .»,'""■ 3. Make nouns out „f .i.e folilVi ,g t !, i , ',■ t 'r'^' would. '""''' • '"' ""'" '■'■»''' •■ »•"»'' illKl 'm .!!'^ 96 HECOND HEADKH. THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS. Whisk'-ing, moving quickly. «. 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. E ASS. riiucli pleased. in, a fox, ler in the e brnsh- his loud e hares, leir hind ;o where SECOND HBAmu. 97 «_ The Hon stood at a gap in the hecW • a"<,as each deer or hare rushed throng ; 1.0 la,dh,„ dead with a single stroke oft,' powerful paw. At last the ground wa covered thick with game of all kinds; an tlK. hon ordered his two companions to .top » "Now," ,„ij th^ ^ donkey, "divide the game." The donkey was q„,te simple and just; he divided thi gumo mto three equal parts, and begged the k"'g of beasts to choose for himself ' '■ The lion, with a deep roar of rage, lifted hi: 7:'' r; """ ""'• "''^ <'->^e/dead a h.s feet. "Now, you divide," he said, tnrn„,g to the fc The cunning Reynard >"ak.ng a low bow, at once set to work made a heap of all the game, placed thj body of the donkey on the top, and pointing to the heap, said to the lion: "O mighty your share now lies before yout" ;"." J^'l ''•^"S^'''«d, and wagged his tail to show how pleased he was. kin Th( rovj Il jit ' I 98 SECOND HEAVER. 6. " Where did you learn your good sense, 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, from the poor gentleman on the top of the heap." Moral. — Never keep company with the unjust or the cruel. ExEKCisKs, — 1. Learn to spell the following words : Don'-key Frlglit'-en-ing Rey'-nard Whisk'-ing To-geth'-er Com-pan'-ions Knowl'-edge Re-spect'-ful-ly, 2. Point out all the nouns in paragraph 1. 3. Write out the names of ten animals that live in the woods. 4. Make sentences ahout : A lion ; a fox ; a donkey ; the woods ; the deer ; the hares ; the rabbits. 5. Tell the ditference between : Bear and deer ; hair and hare ; roe and row ; made and viaid ; tale and tail ; tjreat and grate. 6. The following words have several meanings ; ^ive two of them : Fine ; drove ; roiv ; (jume. 7. Write the names of ten things we wear. :)d sense, idge how the fox. : his tail arned it, lemaii on with the ^ords : isk'-ing 3pcct'-ful-ly. in the woods. donkey ; the ir ; hair and I ; (jreat and ; 'Tlve two of SECOND READEIi. THE WINDS. Soam'-per, run m Jmrd Of) Mthoyean. Red'-den, gn. w red. ■■ Which is the wind that bn„.« the eoldP The no,.th w,„d, F,,„d,; ,„,, ,„ ^,^ snow; A.Kl the sheep will .scamper into the fold When the North begins to blow. 2. Which is the wind fV.of k • Thp «. .u ^""^' *h^ heat? J-ne south wind ICMfv o ^ ^' ^^'^^y, and corn will A -. 1 grow. x^nu ehei-ries redden for When the South be you to eat, i»s to biow. 100 SECOND EEADEli. .!. Which is tli^ wind that brhigs the rain? The east wind, Tommy; and farmers know Tliat cows come shivering up tlie kine, When the East begins to blow. 4. Which is tlie 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. E. C. Stedman. I rain? fai-mers lane, flowers? and low ours. Stkdman. tiEVONl) liEADKR. 101 7€iT^ C^. (y$^-^^r^^^^^ ^^^ y^^^^ '^^-f-z^te. C7lf^. 1:11 102 SECOND READER. THE CAT AND THE FOX. : ilJiK. ifll Vis'-it3, calls at a place. Made off, ran away. Ad-ven'-tures, thinj;s that had happened to them. Snarl'-inK> showing their teeth. Bay'-ing, deep barking. Cop'-pice, a little wood of shrubs and underwood. 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 visits to cottages and to farm-houses that they had to SECOND READEH. 103 I)ass, and picked up whatever they could find. They made off with hens and chick- ens, with ducks and duckHngs, 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 shai'p," said the fox; "but I am a great deal moi-e 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 b arking and baying of fox-hounds." "Surely not V 104 SECOND READER. "Let us listen." "It is, it is! let us be off." "Where are your hundred tricks now?" said the cat; "as for me, this is mine;" and he climbed into a tree in a moment. 5. There he was safe; and he cou\l 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 coi^pice, turning here, twisting there; but it was all in vain, the hounds were always after him. At last they were upon him, and he was caught and worried to death. J. C. CvVRLISLE. i^ Exercises. — 1. Learn to spell the following words : Vis'-lts Sto'-rles Quar'-rel Field Cot'-tag-es Ad-ven'-tures Com-pan'-ion Cop'-pfce 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 ; ijreat ; r/alloplng ; (urniny ; fluhiny ; Inintlny. 5. Tell the difference between: Paws and 2ntuse ; told and tolled ; their and there. SECOND HEADER. 105 "LOOK XOT UPOX THE WINE." 1- Look not upon the wine when it Ls red within the cup! ^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; ^^7 TI !,' '''•■' '^'' '^''^^^'^' Wood, And dulls the tooth of pain Ay -- but within its glowing deeps A stnigmg serpent, unseen sleeps. 3. Its rosy lights will turn to fire Its coolness change to thirst : And, by its mirth, within the brain A sleepless worm is nursed. 1 here's not a bubble at the brim 1 hat does not carry food for him And spdl its purple wine; Take not its madness to thy' lip — Let not its cuivse be thine Tis red and rich - but grief and ^re ni those rosy depths below woe Willis. m 106 SECOND READER. PUSSY AND HER ELEPHANT. 1. Have you heard of little Pussy, in that country o'er the sea, How the clogs 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 something took Pussy by the neck And tossed her off! iVnd there again among the dogs was she, SECOND liEADEU. n l,e woul.l ,]„ «o«,c V0.7 ,,nec>- things. Jle would take the spools li'on. Mrs. Brown's work-hasket. He would carry them away and hid(^ them. 4. He would take her thimble and wax, and hide then, too. Sometimes he would brin- them baek again. Sometimes Mrs. Brown would have to find them herself. This "-ave her a good deal of trouble. " .. One morning Mrs. Brown went away to spend the day. She thought the monkey was fastened out of the house. But he -ot m through a window. When Mrs. Brown came home she remembered Billy She opened the door of her pantry. She saw a dreadful sight. She knew at once that Billy- had been there. 0. He had moved the dishes all about, from one shelf to another. He had poured milk and sugar over the floor. He had emptied bottles of medicine into clean dishes. He had broken up a whole loaf of cake and scattered it around. \VJ H/'WONIJ IIKADKR. I il 7. TTo hurl eaton out the middle of a pie, and tinned \l over in the phite. Mrs. Hmvvn could not find lier npoonn and forks any- where. But she found them afterwards in the celhir. 8. Now Mrs. Brown had to go right to work and clean her i)antry. After she had put that in order, she made a fire in the stove. All this time Billy was not seen anywhere. , !». The fire had been burning a few minutes, when Mrs. Brown heard a terrible seratchinir in the oven, and out jumped Billy as spry as ever. 10. He ran out of doors, and was not seen again until the next morning. n. Then Mrs. Brown told Sammy that the monkey had made so much work for her, that she could not have him '.y longer. 12. Sammy saw that his motltuj .vas veij much in earnest, so he sold Billy to a ped- dler who came along the next day. 13. The peddler gave him fifty cents for r a pie, Brown C8 any- arcls in iglit to he had in the t seen SEnoND HEADER. 113 Miy. Sammy was sory to let him ..o out he wanted to please his n.other. ' ^^ ^"'x f^'-"'^' ^-'-^ ■*• •'*^'^K« sejitenpos ahoiif • Tin. ..„ ; n •"■'""L"-"-; ,/,°,;;„„.;."''"""""'- "«■""■""■.■>.■.■ « mutes, itching s spi'y )t seen lat the •r her, 31*. 5 veiy I ped- its for WOODEN SHOES. '. In Holland and some other countries in ^u'-ope t e little children of poor people wear wooden shoes. They are shaped £ a shoe, and the place for the foot is flug ou of the wood. " J. It wonld hurt your feet to wear them They „,ake a g:,.eat noise as the little onrs go clumping along on the floor 3. In I.alv some little girfs wear pattens. Thev nvo mo J *«.tvtv; \Ji soles of youi- shoes. A wooct, and are like the leath er sti ap is 114 SECOND READER. nailed on, which passes over the instep of the foot. 4. It is hard to keep them on, and they clatter when the child walks. Sometimes they stick in the mud, and the little girl loses them off her feet. Our Little Okes. instep of and they Sometimes little girl Little Ones. SECOND liEADEJl. Soold'-ing, blaming angrily. „ , Cap'-i-tal. very ...Ja.^ "''°'*''' ^'""^^ "«'««• rn Thei e was once a 115 and surly that he thou-ht man who was his wife so cross never did 116 SECOND READER. 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 ns 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. SECOND HEADER. 117 he hoard overhead the ,,ig eome trotti,,.. into the kitchen. ° J. Then offhe ran „i, the cellar step., with '- tap in h,., hand, as fast as he conid, to look after the pig, lest it should npset the churn; hnt, when he got np, and saw the P>g had already knocked the churn over «"i« mother, lauc^hin.., tliose are many things even for a cnvit man to do. But did yon c.ver think'how great men come to be great men?" "Ko mamma." ' ^- " AVhat kind of a tree was the elm-ti'ee in the front yard, when it was little?" "An elm-tree, I suppose." ^- "And now, what kind of a boy do you thudv will grow to be a great man?" "A great boy, I think." «■ " Suppose, then, my little Johnnie tries to be a great boy." "How? " ^. "By doing everything he can to make everybody happy." " Tell me something to do mamma." "Well, there is Sarah, who IB busy ironing. 1cm might fill the wood- box for her." «. Johnnie went to work and nilod nn the wood till the box up was full. Then he jjulled "P the weeds in the back yard, to pi ease his i 128 SECOND READER. papa when he came home, and fed the Uttle chickens that had lost their mamma. 9. The next day he did not find it easy to be great, for little sister Maggie was cross. It was hard work to amuse her, when he wanted to play out under the trees. He had a mind to give up ti'ying to be great. 10. He slipped away from her, put on his hat, and i-an out into the grass. There he felt like a coward who had run away from a battle. n. So he gathered a handful of flowers and took them in to the little girl, and showed her how to stand them up against the wall and play^hat she had a garden. 12. Then he took her on his back and played that he was a horse, until she laughed so loud that mamma came to enjoy the fun. the little easy to LS cross, vhen he es. He ^reat. : on his here he ^ from a ers and showed he wall i played jhed so fun.