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 THE ROYAL READERS. 
 
 PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 
 FOR NEW BRUNSWICK. 
 
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 LONDON: 
 
 T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW; 
 EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK. 
 
 1872. 
 
 
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 Province of New Brunswick. 
 
 Frbdericton, April 25, 1872. 
 
 The Board of Education, under ihe authority of The Common Schools 
 Act 1871, has prescribed this edition of No. I. of ike Royal Readers, 
 as a Text-book for use in the Schools of this Province. 
 
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 This Reading-Book is intended to follow immediately 
 after " The Eoyal Primer" It begins with lessons 
 as easy as those in the later part of that book. 
 
 The Prose lessons in Part I. are wholly in words 
 of one syllable. Though the spelliifig of some of these 
 words is more difficult than that even of polysyllables, 
 yet for reading purposes monosyllables have the 
 great advantage of j^resenting to the child only single 
 sounds. 
 
 In Part II. words of two svUables are first gradu- 
 ally and afterwards freely introduced. The principle 
 of arrangement has been to place latest those lessons 
 which are most difficult in subject-matter as well as 
 in style. 
 
 The whole book, like the other books in the Series, 
 has been constructed with a view to induce children 
 to take a real interest in what they read, and to 
 make them delight to exercise their power of reading. 
 
 Great use has therefore been made of the objects 
 of Natural History, and of the incidents and common 
 things of daily life, by which children are most likely 
 to be attracted. 
 
IV 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 The Illustrations in which the book abounds will 
 be an important aid to the teacher, in quickening the 
 interest of the children in their work. To bring out 
 their full educational value, however, these pictures 
 .should be made the subject of special questioning after 
 the lesson has been read. For example, the first 
 picture in the book (p. 8) suggests such questions as 
 the following : — What animal is this 1 A cat. Where 
 is it 'i On the hratwh of a tree. Is it going up, or 
 coming down 1 Coming down. What has it in its 
 paw 1 A bird. Is the bird alive ? iVa, it is dead. 
 
 ttc. 
 
 As a speci£d lesson in Pronunciation, the more dif- 
 ficult words are divided into syllables, and accentuated. 
 Teachers will find that, when their pupils have learned 
 to pronoiince woi*ds correctly in syllables, the dif- 
 ficulty of spelling them has been gi-eatly reduced. 
 
 The Spelling lessons consist of two parts,— words 
 iji columns for oral spelling, followed by a line of 
 words for dictation. The latter are printed in a very 
 simple and bold character, giving merely the essential 
 body of each letter without any attempt at ornament. 
 The use of this character is strongly recommended, 
 both for spelling practice on the slate, and as a first 
 step towards ordinary writing. The Script Alpha- 
 ])ets, in the usual form, arc given at the end of the 
 book. It is left to the discretion of the teacher when 
 to begin the use of this character. 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 The See-Saw, . . 
 
 . 7 
 
 The Pet Goat, 
 
 . 19 
 
 The Cat on the Tree, .. 
 
 . 8 
 
 The Storm, 
 
 . 20 
 
 The Bird's Song, 
 
 . 9 
 
 Nursery Rhymes, 
 
 . 22 
 
 The Old Man and the Dog, . 
 
 . 10 
 
 The Great Jump, 
 
 . 23 
 
 Morning and Night, . . 
 
 . 11 
 
 Frisk and Ned, 
 
 . 20 
 
 The Pet Bird, 
 
 . 13 
 
 I will not Hurt my Little Dog, 
 
 27 
 
 The Bird in the Woods, 
 
 . 14 
 
 The Lark, 
 
 . 28 
 
 Little Pusfjl, 
 
 . 15 
 
 The Brown Bird, 
 
 . SO 
 
 My Pvf^y, 
 
 . 15 
 
 One Thing at a Time, . . 
 
 . 31 
 
 A Week at the Farm, 
 
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 niio Taught the Bird to Build 
 
 The Owl 
 
 . 17 
 
 her Neitf 
 
 . 32 
 
 
 PAET II. 
 
 
 Count Ten, 
 
 . 33 
 
 Fads for Little Folks, . . 
 
 . 40 
 
 My Dog Dash, 
 
 . 35 
 
 The Last Cross Word, 
 
 . 6) 
 
 Good Night, 
 
 . 37 
 
 Summer, 
 
 . 51 
 
 The Moments, . . 
 
 . 37 
 
 Autumn, 
 
 . 53 
 
 The Boy that liked Play. 
 
 . 38 
 
 Mice, 
 
 . 55 
 
 Foi^ive, 
 
 . 42 
 
 What the Clock sa/ys, . . 
 
 . 60 
 
 Spring, 
 
 . 43 
 
 Do Justly, 
 
 . 6(> 
 
 Rain, 
 
 . 45 
 
 Winter, 
 
 . 57 
 
 North, South, East, West, . 
 
 . 4G 
 
 Quite a Man, . . 
 
 . 59 , 
 
 " Waste Not, Want Not," . 
 
 . 47 
 
 Evening, 
 
 . 60 
 
 A Visit to the Blacksmith 
 
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 Morning, 
 
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 Shop, 
 
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 Be/ore Meat, 
 
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 THE SEE-SAW. 
 
 Look at me ! I am ud in the air. See, 
 I let go both hands, and yet I do not falL 
 
 Now, John, do you try. You go up, 
 and I go down. 
 
 * Take care, and hold fast while you are 
 up in the air. 
 
 See-saw ! Up and down. It is great 
 fun to ride on the see-saw. 
 
 are 
 
 fun 
 
 let 
 
 try 
 
 faU 
 
 hold 
 
 now 
 
 yet 
 
 fast 
 
 John 
 
 see 
 
 you 
 
 Hold fast See-saw. 
 
 It is not advisable at this stage to include in the spelling- 
 lesson the most difficult words of the reading-lesson. Reading 
 is easier to the child than spelling. The spelling of difficult 
 words is iiiUoduced step by step in the subsetiueiit lettsOuti. 
 
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THE CAT ON Till:: THKI'!. 
 
 
 THE OAT ON THE TREE. 
 
 Look at that cat high up on the tree. 
 
 Good cats stay in the house. They 
 catch mice and rats. 
 
 But this cat climbs trees, to catch birds. 
 It kills and eats them. 
 
 There are wild cats, which live in the 
 woods. They spend most of their time on 
 trees, where they catch birds and rob their 
 nests. This cat is like one of them. 
 
 cats 
 
 
 
 mice 
 
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 rats 
 
 
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THE bird's song. 
 
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 THE BIRD'S SONG. 
 
 Look at that bird. It sits on the branch 
 of a tree near its nest. Hark ! do you 
 hear its song? How sweet it is ! 
 
 The branch swings to and fro in the 
 air, but still the bird sings on. 
 
 It does not fear that it will fall, for it 
 knows it has wings. 
 
 Siug, bird, sing a song to me; 
 One there is vrho cares for thee. 
 Day by day His strong right arm 
 Keeps both thee and me from harm. 
 
 arm 
 
 cares 
 
 near 
 
 song- 
 
 bird 
 
 day 
 
 one 
 
 there 
 
 both 
 
 look 
 
 sits 
 
 wings 
 
 Song. Nest Day. 
 
10 
 
 THE OLD MAN AND THE DOG. 
 
 THE OLD MAN AND THE DOG. 
 
 Look at that poor old man. He sits at 
 the tree by the side of the road. 
 
 He has come a long way, and now he 
 wants rest and food. 
 
 His dog sits by his side, and waits for 
 a share of the poor man's food. 
 
 Come, old man, take some bread and 
 meat out of your bag, and eat. Then give 
 a bit of meat to your poor dog. 
 
 The old man once had a son, and this 
 dog was his. But the son is dead, and 
 now the dog lives with the old man. 
 
 The old man is kind to the dog, and 
 says that as long as he has bread and 
 meat the dog shall get its share. 
 
 Let us go and ask the old man to come 
 in. Jane will bring him some warm 
 
 food. 
 
 Come in, old man, and sit by the fire 
 
 and rest. 
 
 bread 
 
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 meat 
 
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MORNING AND NIGHT. 
 
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 MORNING AND NIGHT. . 
 
 See how bright it is ! The sun is up. 
 The birds are up. Hark ! do you hear 
 them sing ? 
 
 The bees are at work. They have been 
 up a long time. 
 
 Make haste, that we may go and watch 
 them near the hive. 
 
 It is good for you and for me to rise 
 with the sun, and the birds, and the bees. 
 
 Now, kneel down, and thank God hat 
 
 H.O Vine Irpnf. vmi nil throuP'h the nio'ht. 
 
 Ask Him to bless you, and keep you 
 safe all day long. 
 
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15 MORNING AND NIGHT. 
 
 See, now, the sun is down. Look how 
 red the sky is in the west. It will soon 
 be dark. 
 
 The birds are at rest in the trees. See 
 how each one hides its head in its wing. 
 It is time, too, for you to say ''Good 
 night," and to go to bed. But do not go 
 to rest till you have knelt down to pray 
 to God, and to thank Him for all His 
 love and care. 
 
 Ask Him to watch you in the night. He 
 sees you, and will keep you safe from harm. 
 
 " I will not fear, for God is near, 
 
 Through the dark night, as in the light; 
 And while I sleep, safe watch will keep. 
 Why should I fear, when God is near?" 
 
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THE PET niRD. 
 
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 THE PET BIRD. 
 
 Jane had a bird that she kept in a cage. 
 
 It was so tame that it would come to 
 be fed from her hand. 
 
 Now and then she would let it out; and 
 it would sit on the top of the cage or fly 
 round the room. 
 
 As she liked best to feed it, no one else 
 fed the bird but her. 
 
 One day her aunt sent her a box of new 
 
 she played all day with them. That day 
 Jane did not feed her bird. 
 
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 THE PET BIRD. 
 
 Next day a friend came to see Jane, 
 and once more the poor bird got no 
 
 food. 
 
 Jane and her friend played all day with 
 
 the box of toys. 
 
 On the third day Jane did not care so 
 much for the toys, and she went once more 
 to play with her bird. 
 
 She went up to the cage with some nice 
 seed to give to it. 
 
 But the poor bird lay dead in the cage. 
 It had died for want of food. 
 
 Oh, what pain it must have felt ! 
 
 Boys and girls, keep this sad tale in 
 your minds, and be kind to your pets. 
 
 aunt 
 
 dead 
 
 give 
 
 pain 
 
 })ird 
 
 died 
 
 new 
 
 tame 
 
 cage 
 
 feed 
 
 once 
 
 toys 
 
 
 The pet bird. 
 
 
 THE BIRD IN THE WOODS. 
 
 I WOULD not in a cage be sluit, 
 Though it of gold should be ; 
 
 [ love best in the woods to sing. 
 And fly from tree to tree. 
 
MY PUSSY. 
 
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 LITTLE PUSSY. 
 
 I LOVE little pussy, her coat is so warm ; 
 And if I don't hurt her, she'll do me no harm. 
 So I'll not pull her tail, nor drive her away, 
 But pussy and I very gently will play. 
 She'll sit by my side, and I'll give her some food ; 
 And pussy will love me, because I am good. 
 
 MY PUSSY. 
 Oh 1 here is Miss Pussy ; she's drinking her milk; 
 Her coat is as soft and as glossy as silk. 
 She sips the milk up with her little lap-lap ; 
 Then, wiping her whiskers, lies down for a nap. 
 My kitty is gentle, she loves me right well ; 
 How funny her play is I'm sure I can't tell. 
 Now under the sofa, now under the table. 
 She runs and plays bo-pccp as weL as she s abiC. 
 Oh, dearly I love her! You never did see 
 Two happier play-mates than kitty and me. 
 
16 
 
 A WEEK AT THE FAll^f. 
 
 A WEEK AT THE I' ARM. 
 Jane has been for a week at the farm where 
 her aunt hves. Now she has come back ; 
 and she has much to tell of what she saw. 
 Each day she went to see the maid milk 
 the cows ; and the maid gave her a drink 
 of the nice warm milk. 
 
 She saw the ducks swim in the pond ; 
 and she used to throw in bits of bread to 
 
 them. 
 
 It was a fine sight for Jane, to see how 
 fast they would swim to get the bread. 
 
 Each day, too, Jane went with her aunt, 
 and helped her to feed the hens. 
 
THE OWL. 
 
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 The hens had no fear. They came 
 close up ta her, and picked up the crumbs 
 as fast as she let them fall on the 
 ground. 
 
 She went to the grass park, too, and 
 there she saw the sheep and the snow- 
 white lambs as they played on the soft, 
 green grass. 
 
 It was the first time Jane had been at 
 the farm. Next time she goes, Tom and 
 
 Fred are to go with her. 
 
 aunt 
 
 bread 
 
 crumbs 
 
 ducks 
 farm 
 
 grass 
 
 maid 
 milk 
 next 
 
 saw 
 
 sight 
 
 week 
 
 At the farm. 
 
 THE OWL. 
 
 The owl is called the ''bird of night." 
 The light of day is too strong and too 
 
 bright for his eyes. 
 
 So he sits all day long hid in a tree, or 
 
 in a hole of a wall, out of sight. 
 
 As soon as it is night he comes out, 
 
 and flies round and round, in search of 
 
 mice, or small birds. 
 
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 THE OWL. 
 
 When he flies, his wings do not make 
 a noise. So the mice and birds do not 
 hear him till he is quite near. 
 
 The birds know him well, and are in 
 great fear of him. 
 
 When they find him out by day, they 
 come and peck at him with all their might. 
 
 He is then half blind, and he does not 
 see how to fight with them. Look how 
 they pev?k at him ! 
 
 Poor owl ! fly back to your hole as fast 
 
 as you can. 
 
 bright 
 fight 
 
 light 
 might 
 
 OwL Night 
 
 night 
 noise 
 
 owl 
 sight 
 
 Mice. 
 
THE PET GOAT. 
 
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 THE PET GOAT. 
 
 Ann had a pet goat. It had a long beard, 
 and long horns. Ann liked to feed the goat. 
 
 Nan, Nan, she would call ; and at once 
 the goat would come to her. 
 
 It would look up in her face, as if to 
 thank her for the good food she had 
 brought to it. 
 
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 When Ann had no work to do in the 
 house, she would go out and play with the 
 
 goat. 
 
 The goat liked to play with Ann. It 
 
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 THE STOIUT. 
 
 would go to her Avhen it would go to no 
 
 one else. 
 
 The goat knew who was kind to it. 
 
 Keep this in mind, boys and girls. Be 
 kind to your pets, and you will find that 
 they will soon learn to love you. Love wins 
 love. 
 
 boys 
 
 face 
 
 feed 
 
 food 
 girls 
 ofoat 
 
 house 
 
 kind 
 
 learn 
 
 love 
 pets 
 thank 
 
 Goat Beard. Horns. 
 
 THE STOEM. 
 
 There has been a wild storm, and the 
 good ship is a wreck. 
 
 Do you see how the men cling to the 
 mast of the ship? 
 
 The life-boat has been sent out to save 
 them ; and some of them are in it. Th ey 
 try to reach the shore. Eow, mm ; row 
 for your lives ! 
 
 See, the boat seems to sink in the waves! 
 
 Down, down it goes. Oh, the poor men ! 
 
 But see, there it is once more ! It is 
 
 on the top of a wave. Now it comes 
 
 near the shore. Pull men, pull ! 
 
THE STORM. 
 
 21 
 
 THE WRECK. 
 
 Here it comes ! The boat is on the 
 shore, and the men are safe ! 
 
 The boat goes out once more to the wreck. 
 And at last all the poor men are saved. 
 
 Kneel down, men, and thank God, who 
 has saved vou in the storm. 
 
 boat 
 
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 ship 
 
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 mast 
 
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 shore 
 
 waves 
 
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 wreck 
 
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 NURSERY RHYMES. 
 
 NURSEEY RHYMES. 
 
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 THERE was im old woman 
 Who lived in a shoe ; 
 She had so many children, 
 
 She didn't know what to do : 
 She gave them some broth 
 
 Without any bread : 
 She whipped them all soundly 
 And sent them to bed. 
 
 II. 
 
 ONCE I saw a little bird come hop, hop, hop ; 
 So I cried, "Little bird, will you stop, stop, stop?"^ 
 And was going to the window to say, "How do you do?" 
 But he shook his little tail, and aw\iy he flew ! 
 
 III. 
 
 DANCE, little baby, dance up high ; 
 Never mind, baby, mother is nigh ; 
 Crow and caper, caper and crow — 
 There, little baby, there you go ! 
 TTrs +o +h<^ ef^ilino- down to the ground. 
 Backwards and forwards, round and round ! 
 Dance, little baby, and mother will sing 
 Merrily, merrily, ding, dong, diug ! 
 
 
THE GREAT JUMP. 
 
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 THE GREAT JUr/IP. 
 
 Ben and May were twins; that means 
 that they were of the same age. May 
 was not so tall as Ben w^as, and she 
 was not so strong; but May thought 
 more, learned more, and did more than 
 Ben. 
 
 Ben could jump downi one step of the 
 stair at a time. When he held by the 
 top of the rail, he could jump two steps at 
 a time. Ben was proud that he could 
 jump more than May could. 
 
 "When Ben and May w^ere just four 
 years old, Ben thought that he w^ould 
 soon be a big boy, fit for school. He 
 loved to talk, and he loved to boast, and 
 so Ben said things which no wise boy 
 would ha\e said. 
 
 '' I can jump — I can jump a great 
 way ! " cried Ben. '' Now that I am four 
 years old I can jump down four steps at a 
 time, and not hold at all by the top of the 
 
 rail ! " 
 
 '' Oh no, dear Ben," said May ; " we 
 must not try such a great jump as that. 
 
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 THE GREAT JUMP. 
 
 We must wait till we are tall and strong." 
 For May was too wise to boast. 
 
 " I can jump four steps at a time — I 
 am sure that 1 can ! " cried proud Ben. 
 '' I can do much more than you can , for 
 you are but a girl, and I am a boy — a big, 
 strong boy. Just look now how I can 
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 Ben ran up the four steps, and looked 
 down from the high place on May with a 
 smile. '' Just look how I jump ! " he cried 
 once more. 
 
 Ben jumped down the four steps, but, 
 as you may think, he came down on his 
 nose, and not on his feet ! Oh, how his 
 nose was hurt ! how fast it bled ! 
 
 Poor Ben roared with the pain. He 
 
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 lan to help him up; and so did Aunt Jane, 
 
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 vith a 
 5 cried 
 
 }, but, 
 3n his 
 ►w his 
 
 He 
 
 May 
 Jane, 
 
 who had heard his loud roar, though she 
 Avas in her own room, with her dopr shut. 
 She could have heard him through two 
 or three doors. 
 
 Aunt Jane washed Ben's poor nose, and 
 bound up his face, when she had put some 
 oil on it to make it well. But it did 
 not get well for a long time. The poor 
 nose was nearly as big as a pear, and as 
 red as the comb of a cock, for more than a 
 week ! 
 
 Do you not hope that the pain taught 
 Ben to boast less, and to think more ? 
 You see that he was not yet a wise boy, 
 though he was four years old. We may 
 hope that poor Ben got more sense in his 
 head by the time that he came to be five. 
 
 Love not to talk, 
 Love not to boast ; 
 
 Grief comes to him 
 Who brags the most. 
 
 A. L. 0. £. 
 
 aunt 
 comb 
 cried 
 doors 
 
 Nose. 
 
 heard 
 jumped 
 looked 
 2:)ain 
 
 Loud. 
 
 pear 
 roared 
 sense 
 taught 
 
 though 
 through 
 washed 
 wise 
 
 Talk Boast 
 
£6 
 
 FRISK AND NED. 
 
 FRISK AND NED. 
 
 Nbd has been at play till he is quite worn 
 
 out. 
 
 He sits down on the step at the door, 
 and soon goes to sleep. His dog Frisk 
 comes and sits by him. 
 
 The good dog is as brisk as a bee. Look 
 at him as he sits there with his ears np. 
 
 He seems to say, '' I'll sit and keep 
 watch while Ned sleeps. No one will 
 dare to touch him as long as I am here.' 
 
 Ned sleeps for half an hour ; and when 
 te wakes, he rubs his eyes, and has a 
 good laugh as he sees Frisk at his side. 
 
'1 
 
 I WILL NOT HURT MY LITTLE DOG. 
 
 27 
 
 Now he goes into the house, and brings 
 out a bit of bread for Frisk. 
 Then 
 
 On his two hind legs 
 Frisk sits up and begs, 
 While Ned, on his knee, 
 Counts one, two, three. 
 Then Frisk from his nose 
 The bit of bread throws, 
 
 and Ned has a laugh as up it goes. 
 
 bread 
 brisk 
 
 door 
 house 
 
 play 
 throws 
 
 wakes 
 watch 
 
 Keep. Watch. Sleep. Knee. 
 
 I WILL NOT HURT MY LITTLE DOG. 
 
 I WILL not hurt my little dog, 
 But stroke and pat his head ; 
 
 I like to see him wag his tail, 
 I like to see liim fed. 
 
 Poor little thing, how very good. 
 
 And very useful too ; 
 For don't you know that he will mind 
 
 What lie is bid to do? 
 
 Then I will never huii my dog. 
 
 Nor ever give him pain ; 
 But treat liim kindly every day, 
 
 And he'll love me again. 
 
28 
 
 THE LARK. 
 
 THE LARK. 
 
 Three boys, Dick, Sam, and Ned, went 
 out to play in the fields, and fine fun they 
 
 had. 
 
 As they sat down to rest for a short 
 time, they heard a lark sing. 
 
 "How well he sings!" said Dick. 
 " He must be quite close to us, I think," 
 said Sam. " I should like to see him," 
 
 said Ned. 
 
 "There he is, then," said Sam; ''so 
 you can soon have your wish." 
 
 " Where?" said Dick; and up he sprang, 
 just in time to see the lark as he rose once 
 
THE LARK. 
 
 2» 
 
 ?» 
 
 more high in the air. See, there he is, as 
 he sings his sweet song to the boys. 
 
 Just then Dick saw that Ned had a small 
 stone in his hand. Dick thought that he 
 meant to throw it at the poor lark. So 
 he said, '' Ned, do you mean to throw that 
 stone at him ? " 
 
 "Yes; why not? What harm would 
 there be ? " said Ned ; "I want you to 
 see how well I can aim." 
 
 " For shame, Ned ! " said Dick. " Throw- 
 down the stone. Why should you want 
 to kill the poor bird, that sings so sweet 
 a song to us ? If you like, I will soon- 
 show you that I can aim quite as well as 
 you can. But I should not like to aim to^ 
 do ilV This made both Ned and Sam 
 laugh; and Ned threw down the stone. 
 
 The lark went on with his song. Ned 
 said, '^ I do like to hear the lark sing ; how 
 glad I am that I did not try to kill him." 
 
 fields 
 heard 
 laugh 
 
 mean 
 
 meant 
 
 quite 
 
 should 
 
 thought 
 
 three 
 
 threw 
 throw 
 where 
 
 Lark. Song, Boys. 
 
^0 
 
 THE BROWN BIRD. 
 
 Ml 
 
 •i 
 u ■ f 
 
 THE BROWN BIRD. 
 
 " Oh dear ! what shall I do ? I have 
 killed the brown bird ! " cried Ben. 
 
 He had let It out of its cage to fly 
 round the room. When he tried to catch 
 it, he hurt it so, that it soon lay still and 
 dead in his hand. 
 
 May cried when she saw the poor bird. 
 She ran and brought some tea in a spoon, 
 and put it to the bird's beak, in the hope 
 
 that it was not quite dead. But the red 
 
 J. 
 
 beak was fast shut ; it would peck up 
 seeds or sip drops no more. 
 
 " Oh, aunt will be so vexed with me ! " 
 cried Ben. '^ Shall I put the bird back 
 in its cage, and shut the door fast, and 
 tell no one how the poor pet was killed ? " 
 
 May, with tears in her eyes, looked 
 down on the bird, and then she looked up 
 at Ben. '^Oh no, dear Ben," said she; 
 *'2:o and tell the truth to Aunt Jane. 
 Has she not taught us that it is the right 
 thing, and the brave thing, when we have 
 done wrong, to own it at once ? " 
 
 I am glad to say that Ben did the right 
 
 (•■' 
 
! ' 
 
 ONE THING AT A TIME. 
 
 81 
 
 thing, and the brave thing. He ran up 
 to the room of his aunt, and told her 
 all ; how he had let the bird out of the 
 cage, and how his hard squeeze had 
 killed it. 
 
 Aunt Jane was sad at the loss of her 
 poor brown bird; but she kissed Ben, and 
 told him that she would not for the sake 
 of ten such birds have had her dear boy 
 not speak the truth. 
 
 beak 
 
 bird 
 
 brave 
 
 brown 
 
 cage 
 
 door 
 
 peck 
 room 
 seeds 
 
 A. L. 0. £. 
 
 speak 
 
 tears 
 
 truth 
 
 Bird, Peck. Speak. Truth. 
 
 t 
 
 
 ONE THING AT A TIME, 
 
 Work while you work, play while you play; 
 That is the way to be cheerful and gay. 
 All that you do, do with your might ; 
 Things done by halves are never done right. 
 
 One thing at a timie, and that done well, 
 Is a verv ffood rule, as manv can tell. 
 Moments are useless, trifled away ; 
 So work while you work, play while you play. 
 
 M. A Stodabt. 
 
32 
 
 ON INSTINCT. 
 
 • ' -7. f ■«"' 
 
 T ■ 
 
 !-■ 
 
 
 ON INSTINCT. 
 
 Who taught the bird to build her nest, 
 Of wool, and hay, and moss ? 
 
 Who tauo^ht her how to weave it best, 
 And lay the twigs across ? 
 
 Who taught the bus}^ bee to fly 
 Amongst tlie" sweetest flowers ; 
 
 And lay her store of honey by, 
 To eat in winter hours ? 
 
 Who taught the little ants the way 
 
 Their narrow holes to bore, 
 And through the pleasant summer day 
 
 To gather up their store ? — 
 
 'Twas God who taught them all the way, 
 
 And gave their little skill ; 
 And teaches children, when they pray. 
 
 To do his holy will. 
 
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 i 
 
 I r 
 
 i). 
 
 I' 
 
 % 
 
! 
 
 COUNT TEN. 
 
 38 
 
 I. 
 
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 i). 
 
 PAET II. 
 
 INTEODUCING WORDS OF TWO SYLLABLES. 
 
 COUNT TEN. 
 
 Fred had got a new spade from lils aunt. 
 She had sent it to him one day with a 
 small box of seeds. 
 
 As soon as he got it, he went out to dig 
 Avith it in his own bit of ground at the 
 back of the house. 
 
 Jane went with him ; and as he dug, she 
 stood near him and talked to him. She 
 held the box of seeds in her hand. 
 
 Fred did his work withj a will, and he 
 
 did it well, too. 
 
 As Jane stood and talked, she let tlie 
 box of seeds fall on the ground. The lid of 
 the box came off, and all the seeds fell out. 
 
 Poor Jane was a good, kind girl. She 
 was much vexed, and said so to Fred. 
 But Fred did not speak to her. 
 
 '' Fred," cried she, *' why don't you 
 speak to me ? " - 
 
84 
 
 COUNT TEN. 
 
 '' I wished," said Fred, '' to wait till I 
 could count ten." 
 
 '' Count ten ! " said Jane. '' What do you 
 mean ? Why do you wish to count ten ? " 
 
 ''Oh," said Fred, ''aunt once told me 
 to count ten before I spoke, if ever I felt 
 angry. I know that I am often hasty to 
 you, Jane, and I want to correct myself" 
 
 " O Fred, how good you are ! It was 
 very careless of me to let the box of seeds 
 fall ; but see, I have picked them all up 
 agaui, and here they are, ready to put into 
 the ground." 
 
MY DOG DASH. 
 
 85 
 
 H» 
 
 The seeds were planted, and day by day 
 Fred and Jane came to watch them grow up. 
 At last a lot of small green blades peeped 
 above the gromid, and soon grew up, with 
 pretty flowers, greatly to the delight of the 
 children. 
 
 Before yon speak a hasty word,— Count ten ; 
 And if still you angry be,— Count again. 
 
 aunt 
 
 count 
 
 cried 
 
 green 
 grew 
 gi'ound 
 
 mean 
 
 picked 
 
 speak 
 
 Pronounce in Syllal)les :— ' 
 
 ~/ 
 
 an -gry 
 
 care'-less 
 
 cliil'-dren 
 
 cor-rect' 
 de-light' 
 great'-ly 
 
 has'-ty 
 
 my-seir 
 
 oft'-en 
 
 spoke 
 vexed 
 watch 
 
 phcnt'-ed 
 
 pret'-ty 
 
 read'-y 
 
 Count ten. Spade. Seeds. 
 
 MY DOG DASH. 
 
 My little dog was once stolen from me. 
 
 After being away for some months, he 
 one day came back with a long string tied 
 round his neck. 
 
 He had broken away from the man who 
 had stolen him. Oh, how glad I was to 
 see my good dog back p^gain 1 
 
 The thief was taken to the court. 
 
86 
 
 MY DOG DASH. 
 
 ^i^: 
 
 % 
 
 He swore that the dog was his ; and I 
 Avas asked if I could give any proof that 
 the dog was mine. 
 
 I put my mouth to the dog s ear, and 
 said something known only to us two. 
 
 Dash at once stood up on his hind legs, 
 and went through some tricks I had taught 
 him. 
 
 I guided him with my stick, and set the 
 w^hole court in a roar with the fun. 
 
 The thief was asked to make the dog do 
 the same thing ; but Dash shrunk away, 
 and would not go near him. 
 
 The judge saw that the dog was mine. 
 
 The thief was sent to prison, and Dash 
 was set free. 
 
 Amid the cheers of the people who stood 
 outside the court, Dash and I bounded 
 merrily home. 
 
 court 
 
 known 
 
 months 
 
 he'-ino" 
 
 - - _j 
 
 bro'-ken 
 
 mouth 
 
 neck 
 
 piison 
 
 round 
 
 shrunk 
 
 stood 
 
 Pronounce in Syllables :— 
 
 onid'-od 
 fit'-tle 
 
 / • 1 
 
 out'-side 
 
 taught 
 
 thief 
 
 tied 
 
 sto'-len 
 
 String. Neck. Mouth. Judge. 
 
THE MOMENTS. 
 
 37 
 
 and I 
 ►f that 
 
 r, and 
 
 o. 
 
 1 legs, 
 iaugfht 
 
 et the 
 
 log do 
 away, 
 
 dine. 
 Dash 
 
 stood 
 .mded 
 
 it 
 
 
 « 
 
 i 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 i 
 i 
 
 GOOD-NIGHT. 
 
 Little baby, lay your head 
 
 On your pretty cradle-bed ; 
 
 Shut your eyes, for iioW the day 
 
 And the light are gone away ; 
 
 All the clothes are tucked in tight, — 
 
 Little baby dear, good-night. 
 
 Yes, my darling, well I know 
 How the bitter wind doth blow ; 
 And the winter's snow and rain 
 Patter on the window pane : 
 But they cannot come in here, 
 To my little baby dear. 
 
 For the window is shut fast, 
 Till the stormy night is past ; 
 And the curtains warm are spread 
 Eound about your cradle bed : 
 So, till morning shineth bright. 
 Little baby dear, good-night. 
 
 
 THE MOMENTS. 
 
 The moments fly, — a minute's gone ; 
 The minutes fly, — iui hour is run ; 
 The day is fled,— the night is here ; 
 Thus flies a week, — a month, — a year 
 
38 
 
 THE BOY THAT LIKED PLAY, 
 
 ri 
 
 THE BOY THAT LIKED PLAY. 
 
 I. 
 
 One fine day in summer, a very little 
 boy was sent to school by his mother. 
 But she knew that he was fond of play, 
 and so she told his sister to go with hinh 
 
 It was very warm, and the boy said to 
 his sister that it would be much nicer to 
 play with him by the river-side, than go 
 to school. 
 
 '' ]Sl o, no," said she, *' I have not time 
 to play. After I have seen you to school, 
 I must go over all the town, to buy 
 wool, and worsted, and needles, and a 
 lot of other things, for mother She and 
 I must work, and get money to buy food." 
 
 Then the boy saw 
 a bee flying from 
 flower to flower, and rr.^ 
 said, ^* I should like ^' 
 to be a bee, and h.d^\Q^::mf^^'"( 
 nothing to do, — no ^ []{ "^f 
 lessons or spellin^r" to ^Sk ^ 
 learn." ^ ^ 
 
 ** Ah ! " said his s«s 
 
 
 not 
 
THE BOY THAT LIKED PLAY. 
 
 Zi^ 
 
 little 
 ofchei'. 
 
 hini. 
 ;aid to 
 icer to 
 
 an go 
 
 t time 
 school, 
 buy 
 and a 
 Lie and 
 food," 
 
 I is not 
 
 I 
 
 idle ; it is getting honey and wax, to lay 
 up store for winter, when there will be no 
 flowers." And the bee soon flew away to 
 its hive with its honey and wax. 
 
 In a little they heard a bird singmg ; 
 and the boy said, " I am sure the bird 
 has nothing to do. I should like to 
 stay here all day, under the trees, and 
 
 hear its sweet song." 
 
 But his sister said, 
 
 '^See, the bird has 
 
 flown down and picked 
 
 up some bits of straw, 
 
 and it is now taking 
 
 ^^ them to its nest. It 
 
 has k) build a n^^t with straw and feathers 
 
 and moss, and so it has no time to be idle.' 
 
 build 
 
 buy 
 
 tiown 
 
 feath'-ers 
 
 fly'-ing 
 hon'-ey 
 
 heard 
 knew 
 learn 
 
 school 
 
 stay 
 
 straw 
 
 Pronounce in Syllables :— 
 
 les'-sons 
 
 nee'-dles 
 ni'-cer 
 
 noth'-ing 
 
 otli'-er 
 
 sis'-ter 
 
 things 
 
 work 
 
 would 
 
 spell'-ing 
 sum'-mer 
 worst'-cd 
 
 Boy. Bee. Bird. 
 
40 
 
 THE BOY THAT LIKED PLAY. 
 
 THE BOY THAT LIKED PLAY. 
 
 II. 
 
 They had not gone far when they saw 
 a dog lying by the road-side ; and the boy 
 said, " May I not play with the dog 1 for 
 it seems to have nothing to do.'' 
 
 Just then a ^_.si 
 
 man gave a loud 
 whistle. The 
 dog started up 
 at once, and ran 
 off to help him 
 with the sheep 
 he was driving 
 to the market. 
 
 Still further on, the boy saw a horse 
 eating, and said, " It can have nothing to 
 do, so I shall go and play with it." But 
 as he went forward, a man went up with 
 a halter, which he put on the horse's head. 
 
 As he did so, he said to the boy, *' My 
 little fellow, my horse must plough and 
 harrow mv fields. I must have oats 
 and barley and wheat to grind and sell, 
 that I may get money." 
 
 \ 
 
 \ 
 
THE BOY THAT LIKED PLAY. 
 
 41 
 
 y saw 
 le boy 
 J? for 
 
 I 
 
 Then, when the boy saw that every bee 
 
 and bird and 
 beast had some- 
 thing to do, he 
 said to his sister, 
 "Well, I shall 
 go to school and 
 learn my les- 
 sons. 
 
 " When I get 
 
 home, mother will allow me a good long 
 time for play with the other boys, before 
 
 I go to bed." 
 
 Saying this, he ran off to school ; and 
 his sister was glad to get away to do her 
 own errands. 
 
 norse ^ 
 
 beast 
 
 gi-ind 
 
 plough 
 
 sheep 
 
 ing to 
 
 fields 
 
 horse 
 
 road 
 
 went 
 
 But ' 
 
 gone 
 
 must 
 
 seems 
 
 wheat 
 
 3 with ' 
 
 
 Pronounce in Syllables :— 
 
 
 J head. 
 
 al-low' 
 
 er-rands 
 
 fur -ther 
 
 mar-ket 
 
 '' My 
 
 bar'-ley 
 
 fel'-low 
 
 haf-ter 
 
 start'-ed 
 
 h and 
 
 eat'-ing 
 
 for'-ward 
 
 ly'-ing 
 
 whis'-tle 
 
 e oats 
 
 
 ^\ f ' * 
 
 
 d sell, ^ 
 
 L 
 
 log. onei 
 
 dp. nOrSi 
 
 ?. 
 
i2 
 
 FORGIVE. 
 
 :d, 
 
 ':^ 
 
 m 
 
 i 
 I 
 
 FORGIVE. 
 
 " Dear Ann," said Jane, '' won't you for- 
 give Fred ? He did not mean to throw 
 your ball in the mud." 
 
 '' He ought to have been more careful," 
 said Ann, with an angry frown on her 
 
 brow. 
 
 '' Ann ! " said Jane, " think how you , 
 offend God by your angry temper. How 
 can you ask him to-night to forgive you 
 your sins, if you do not forgive your little 
 brother now '? " 
 
 Forgive, if you would be forgiven. 
 
 O let us ever humbly pray 
 
 That grace to us be given : 
 May we be ready to forgive, 
 
 That we may be forgiven. 
 
 ball 
 brow 
 
 an'-gry 
 broth'-er 
 
 decar 
 frown 
 
 mean 
 said 
 
 Pronounce in Syllables:— 
 
 care'-ful | for-given' 
 for-give' | lit'-tle 
 
 sins 
 think 
 
 of-feiuV 
 tem'-per 
 
 I 
 
 B 
 
 nil 
 
 Pirn III n Ryniii 
 
 S i \jr w 3 S s 
 
 -_- z/xr w 
 
SPRING. 
 
 43 
 
 SPRING. 
 
 Spuing is come, and every thing is waking 
 from its winter sleep. The fields are 
 dressed in a fresh robe of green. 
 
 There are buds on the trees, and the 
 vdld - flowers once more begin to peep 
 forth. The white snow-drop is one of 
 the first flowers of spring. How lovely 
 
 it is ! 
 
 Birds sing among the trees, an^i ^egm 
 to get ready their nests for summer. 
 
M 
 
 44 
 
 SPRING. 
 
 
 Men begin now to plough and to sow in 
 the fields. The gardener digs the ground, 
 and sows seeds in the garden. 
 
 The days are Avarmer, for brighter sun- 
 shine has come again. Every thing is full 
 of life and joy. 
 
 Soon the soft spring showers will fall, to 
 water the earth and make the seeds to 
 grow. It is by the rain and the sunshine 
 that God makes the corn to grow, and the 
 trees to bear leaves and flowers and fruit. 
 
 God does it all : it is the way 
 
 He gives us corn for bread, 
 Sweet herbs to eat, and pleasant fruit, 
 
 That we may all be fed. 
 
 Then let us never see a plant. 
 
 Or blossom on a tree, 
 But let us think how good God is, 
 
 And ever thankful be. 
 
 i I- 
 
 
 bread 
 
 fields 
 
 leaves 
 
 sleep 
 
 come 
 
 fruit 
 
 plough 
 
 spring 
 
 eartii 
 
 ground 
 
 rain 
 
 white 
 
 
 Pronoimce in 
 
 L SyllaWes!— 
 
 
 blos'-soiii 
 
 gar-den 
 
 show'-ers 
 
 sum'-mer 
 
 briglit'-er 
 
 pleas'-ant 
 
 snow'-drop 
 
 win-ter 
 
 Spring. Seeds, Sow. Rain. 
 
RAIN. 
 
 45 
 
 
 RAIN. 
 
 Rain comes from the clouds. Look, there 
 are black clouds now in the sky. How 
 fast they move along ! See, they have hid 
 the sun. They have covered up the sun, 
 just as you cover up your face when you 
 put something over it. But there is one 
 little bit of blue sky still. 
 
 Now there is no blue sky at all : it is 
 all black with the clouds. It is very dark, 
 like night. It will rain soon. 
 
 Now the rain begins. What large 
 drops ! The ducks are very glad ; but the 
 
 little birds are not glad,— they go and 
 shelter themselves under the trees. 
 
 Now the rain is over. It was only a 
 
;1 
 
 46 NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST. 
 
 shower. Now the flowers smell sweet, 
 and the bright sun shines, and the little 
 birds sing again. 
 
 black 
 blue 
 
 be-gins' 
 
 clouds 
 dark 
 
 drops 
 move 
 
 ram 
 soon 
 
 Pronounce in Syllables:— 
 
 flow'-ers 
 lit'-tle 
 
 shel'-ter 
 sliow'-er 
 
 cov'-ered 
 
 Rain. Clouds. Blue. 
 
 some'-tliing 
 tliem-selves' 
 
 Sky. 
 
 NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST. 
 
 What o'clock is it, Henry ? It is twelve 
 o'clock. It is noon. Come to the garden 
 then. Now, where is the sun? Turn 
 your face towards him. Look at the sun. 
 that is South. Always when it is twelve 
 o'clock, and you look at the sun, your face 
 is towards the South. 
 
 Now turn to your left hand. Look for- 
 ward. That is East. In the morning, 
 when it is going to be light, you must look 
 just there, and you will see the sun get up. 
 Always in the morning look there for the 
 sun ; for the sun risQS in the East. 
 

 '' WASTE NOT, WANT NOT." 47 
 
 Now turn your back to the sun. Look 
 straight forward. That is North. 
 
 Now turn to your left hand. Look 
 forward. That is West. When it is 
 going to be night, look for the sun just 
 there. He is always there when he goes 
 down ; for the sun sets in the West. 
 
 North, South, East, West. 
 
 east 
 lio'lit 
 
 al'-ways 
 Hen'-ry 
 
 niglit 
 noon 
 
 north 
 south 
 
 Pronounce in Syllables:— 
 for'-ward 
 
 gar-den 
 
 go'-ing 
 morn-ing 
 
 twehe 
 west 
 
 o'-clock' 
 to'-warda 
 
 North. South. East West 
 
 "WASTE NOT, WANT NOT." 
 
 I MUST not throw upon the floor 
 
 The crust I cannot eat ; 
 For many a hungry little one 
 
 Would think it quite a treat. 
 
 'Tis " wilful waste brings woful want," 
 And I may live to say, 
 " Oh, how I wish I had the bread 
 Which once I threw away 1 " 
 
48 
 
 A VISIT TO THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP. 
 
 A VISIT TO THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP. 
 Come, let us go to the snutli's shop. 
 W hat is he doing ? He has a forge : he 
 blows the fire with a great pair of bellows, 
 to make the iron hot. 
 
 Now he takes it out with the tongs, and 
 puts it upon the anvil. Now he beats it 
 with a hammer. How hard he works! 
 The sparks fly about; pretty bright sparks. 
 What is the blacksmith making ? He 
 is making nails, and horse-shoes, and a 
 great many things. 
 
 What are nails and horse-shoes made of? 
 They are made of iron. Iron is of great 
 use to us. It is used to make ploughs, 
 wheels, ships, steam-engines, and all kinds 
 of things. We could not do without iron. 
 - Steel is mad 3 of iron. Steel is very 
 bright, and sharp, and hard. Knives and 
 scissors are made of steel. 
 
 knives 
 nails 
 
 ships 
 smith 
 
 sparks 
 steel 
 
 tongs 
 wheels 
 
 an 
 
 -vil 
 
 Pronounce in Syllables :— 
 uvva ijiiiii -liiv^i 
 
 i uei 
 
 • t 
 
 CIS -Bors 
 
 Smith. Iron. Nails. Steel. 
 
 » 
 
 i 
 
FACTS FOR LITTLE FOLKS. 
 
 40 
 
 
 FACTS FOR LITTLE FOLKS. 
 
 Tea is prepared from the leaf of a tree ; 
 Honey is gathered and made by the bee. 
 
 Butter is made from the milk of the cow ; 
 Pork is the flesh of the pig or the sow. 
 
 The juice of the apple makes cider so fine ; 
 The juice of the grape makes red and white wine. 
 
 Cork is the bark of a very large tree : 
 
 Sponge gi'ows like a plant in the deep deep sea. 
 
 Oil is obtained from fish and from flax ; 
 Candles are made of tallow and wax. 
 
 Linen is made from the fibres of flax ; 
 Paper is made from straw and from rags. 
 
 Worsted is made from wool soft and warm ; 
 Silk is prepared and spun by a worm. 
 
 bark 
 cork 
 cow 
 flax 
 
 but'-ter 
 can-dies 
 
 grape 
 juice 
 leaf 
 milk 
 
 oil 
 
 pork 
 
 silk 
 
 sow 
 
 Pronounce in Syllables:— 
 gath'-ered lin-en 
 
 hon-ey 
 
 pa -per 
 
 sponge 
 straw 
 tea 
 wool 
 
 pre -pared 
 
 Tea. Grape. Sponge. Cork. 
 
•:M:j 
 
 ■j'i 
 
 I sis 
 
 50 
 
 THE LAST CROSS WORD. 
 
 THE LAST CROSS WORD. 
 
 " Oh," said a little girl, bursting into tears, 
 when she heard of the death of a yonng 
 friend, ''I did not know, when I saw 
 her, that it was the last time I should 
 have to speak to Amy ! " 
 
 The last time they were together she 
 spoke crossly to her, and that last cross 
 word now lay heavy on her heart. 
 
 This points out a good rule about kind 
 words. Speak kindly to your father, to 
 your mother, to your brother, +o your 
 sister, to your play-mates, to e\ery one 
 around you, lest it should be the last time 
 you will have to speak to them. Cross 
 words are very sad to think of. 
 
 Little cliildren, love each other ; 
 
 Never give another pain : 
 If your brother speak in anger, 
 
 Answer not in wrath again. 
 
 cross 
 death 
 
 broth'-er 
 burst'-ino: 
 
 friend 
 heard 
 
 heart 
 points 
 
 speak 
 tears 
 
 Pronounce in SyllaWes:- 
 
 fkth'- 
 
 er 
 
 heav'-y 
 
 moth'-er 
 sis'-ter 
 
 play'-matcs 
 to-seth'-er 
 
 Kind. Word. Speak. 
 
SUMMER. 
 
 61 
 
 SUMMER. 
 
 Now it is summer. The days are long, 
 and the sun is up in the sky hours before 
 
 you are awake. 
 
 The trees are full of leaves, and the 
 garden is gay with flowers. 
 
 The hay-makers are busy in the fields. 
 Do you know what hay is ? It is long grass 
 cut down and driea. me muii »ax<. ^d. .. 
 down are called the mowers. They cut it 
 
i 
 
 62 
 
 SUMMER. 
 
 with long sharp scythes, or with reaping 
 machines. And women and girls toss it 
 about in the field, that the wind and the 
 sun may dry it. How sweetly smells the 
 new-mown hay ! 
 
 When the hay is dry, it is made into a 
 hay-stack. It is now ready to be used to 
 feed horses and cows in winter, when there 
 is no grass in the fields for them to eat. 
 
 'Tis summer, I know, 
 
 By the blue of the sky ; 
 By the trees' deeper greeu, 
 
 As beneath them I lie. 
 
 Now riug the sharp scythes 
 
 Of the mowers all day, 
 And they spread to the air 
 
 The sweet-scented hay. 
 
 O summer, sweet summer, 
 
 Glide slowly away ! 
 Tor I love in your warmth 
 
 And sunshine to play. 
 
 scent 
 
 blue 
 field 
 hay 
 
 flow'-ers 
 
 hours 
 
 mown 
 
 new 
 
 scythes 
 sharp 
 
 Pronounce in Syllalales: — 
 
 scent'-ed 
 
 sum -mer 
 
 smell 
 stack 
 toss 
 
 sweet'-ly 
 wom'-en 
 
 Hoy. Mower. Summ 
 
 er. Scent 
 
AUTUMN. 
 
 53 
 
 AUTXJMN. 
 
 Autumn lias come. The green leaves are 
 fadinc. Some have fallen from the trees. 
 and Tre lying dead on the ground. 
 
 Now is the time for fruit. Apples, pears, 
 plums, and all kinds of fruit are ripe. 
 
 The corn, too, is ripe. The reapers be- 
 o-in to cut it down.* See how the tall stalks 
 nod and wave in the sunshine! They bend 
 under the weight of the golden gram. 
 
 . Explain to the children that reaping is now mostly done hy 
 reaping machines driven by horses. 
 
54 
 
 AUTUMN. 
 
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 How many loaves of bread will be made 
 from that field of wheat ! How many 
 hungry mouths will be fed from it ! When 
 we eat our food let us not forget to thank 
 Him who causes the corn to grow. 
 
 The autumn winds are sighing, 
 
 Sighing in the trees ; 
 The ripened corn is waving, 
 
 Waving in the breeze. 
 The harvest moon is shining, 
 
 Shining in the night ; 
 Over hill and valley 
 
 In floods of silver light. 
 
 The swallows come together. 
 
 Together from the eaves, 
 Waiting for the falling, 
 
 The falling of the leaves. 
 They know the time is coming, 
 
 The time when they must flee 
 Away to brighter sunshine, 
 
 Far, far across the sea. 
 
 bread 
 
 dead 
 
 Held 
 
 ap'-ples 
 au'-tumn 
 
 fruit 
 
 grain 
 
 sjround 
 
 grow 
 leaves 
 
 pears 
 
 PronoTince in Syllables:— 
 fair-ing 1 gold'-en 
 falV-en 1 liun'-gry 
 
 stalks 
 thank 
 wheat 
 
 ly'-ing ^ 
 sun -shine 
 
 Autumn. Pears. Apples. Plums. 
 
MICE. 
 
 65 
 
 MICE. 
 
 The merry mice stay in tlieir holes, 
 And hide themselves by day;^ 
 
 But when the house is still at night, 
 The roo'iies come out to play. 
 
 They climb upon the pantry shelf, 
 
 And taste of all they please ; 
 They drink the milk that's set for cream, 
 
 And nibble bread and cheese. 
 But if they chance to hear the cat, 
 
 Tlieir feast will soon be done ; 
 They scamper off to hide themselves. 
 
 As fast as they can run. 
 
 bread 
 
 chance 
 
 cheese 
 
 mer-ry 
 
 climb 
 
 cream 
 
 feast 
 
 house 
 night 
 please 
 
 Pronounce in Syllables:— 
 nib'-ble \ pan'-try 
 
 Mice. Bread. Cheese 
 
 rogues 
 
 shelf 
 
 their 
 
 
66 
 
 DO JUSTLY. 
 
 WHAT THE CLOCK SAYS. 
 
 « Tick," the clock says, " tick, tick, tick I " 
 What you have to do, do quick: 
 Time is gliding fast away; 
 Let us act, and act to-day. 
 
 If your lesson you would get, 
 Do it now, and do not fret: 
 That alone is hearty fun 
 Which comes after work is done. 
 
 When your mother says, " Obey," 
 Do not loiter, do not stay; 
 Wait not for another tick; 
 What you have to do, do quick. 
 
 DO JUSTLY. 
 
 Kindness and love to all I owe, 
 No other debt does God allow; 
 Kindness and love, then, I must p .y 
 To every body, every day. 
 And when I borrow, or I buy. 
 Must pay again ; for God will try. 
 By His own law, my works and ways. 
 
 Be always honest, just, and true ; 
 And what I've said, take care to do. 
 
WINTER. 
 
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 WINTER. 
 
 Winter has come at last. There are no 
 flowers now in the garden, and every leaf 
 is gone from the tre^s. 
 
 The snow Hes thick upon the ground, 
 and the poor little birds hop about seek- 
 ing in vain for food. 
 
 Here comes little robin redbreast. Do 
 you see him on the tree ? He is a bold 
 little fellow, ii we pui. suiuo ^lu^^^- -- 
 bread upon the window-sill, he will come 
 
58 
 
 WINTER. 
 
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 and pick them up. But we must be very 
 quiet, or he will take fright and fly away. 
 Pretty robin, come again to-morrow, and 
 we will give you some more nice crumbs. 
 
 In winter we should think of the wants 
 of the poor. Many a child has no fire to 
 warm him, little food to eat, or clothing to 
 shield him from the cold. But God has 
 given all these things to you. Thank Him 
 with all your heart, and try to help the poor. 
 
 Though we do not now see leaves and 
 flowers, still the roots of the plants are 
 safely locked up beneath the snow. Again 
 the voice of Spring will be heard. Again 
 the flowers will burst into beauty, and the 
 trees will put on their robe of green. 
 They are not dead. They are only in 
 their winter sleep. 
 
 child 
 
 crumbs 
 
 dead 
 
 beau'-ty 
 be -neath' 
 
 Snow. 
 
 fright 
 
 gone 
 
 leaf 
 
 roots 
 
 shield 
 
 snow 
 
 Pronounce in Syllables:— 
 
 fel'-low 
 qui'-et 
 
 Winter. Poor. 
 
 rob'-in 
 seek'-ino- 
 
 their 
 thick 
 voice 
 
 win-dow 
 win'-ter 
 
 Sleep. 
 
QUITE A MAN. 
 
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 QUITE A MAN. 
 '' I THINK I shall soon be quite a man," said 
 Tom to a girl whom he knew well, as she 
 sat by the gate of her home. 
 
 "Well," said she, '' some boys think they 
 are men, but they act as boys for all that. 
 If you were a man, Tom, you would not 
 throw plum stones at me. You Avould not 
 tease my dog. You would not put your 
 foot out to make me fall down. You 
 would not laugh when you see rude boys 
 do things which you know are wrong. 
 
 '' You may be a hig boy, and you may 
 be an old boy, but I shall not think you a 
 man till you act as a man. No true man 
 would do a mean thing. A true man is 
 brave and just. He will do what is right, 
 and fear not. Think of that, Tom." 
 
 " Yes," said Tom, '' I will. What you 
 say is quite true. I must try to be a 
 good boy, that I may grow up to be a 
 good man." 
 
 brave 
 fear 
 
 knew 
 laugh 
 
 mean 
 right 
 
 throw 
 true 
 
 Girl. Boy. Gate. Stones. 
 
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60 
 
 VERSES. 
 
 EVENING. 
 
 I. 
 
 This night, when I lie down to sleep, 
 I give the Lord my soul to keep ; 
 If I should die before I wake, 
 I pray the Lord my soul to take. 
 
 II. 
 
 In my little bed I lie. 
 Heavenly Father, hear my cry : 
 Lord, protect me through the night, 
 Bring me safe to morning light. 
 
 MORNING. 
 
 I. 
 
 Now I wake and see the light; 
 God has kept me through the night: 
 Make me good, O Lord, I pray ; 
 Keep and guard me through this day. 
 
 II. 
 
 Lord, my God, to thee I pray, 
 When from my bed I rise, 
 
 That all I do and all I say 
 Be pleasing in thine eyes. 
 
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 BEFORE HEAT. 
 From Thy hand cometh every good; 
 We thank thee for our daily food: 
 O with it, Lord, thy blessing give, 
 And to thy glory may we live Amen. 
 
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