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X ^ 1 2 1 3 *• \ .{, ■"" 1 ' 1 . ^ '' > 4 5 6 • \i Ci ■ f • . ^ mq tOCOfi MSOUITION TBt CNAIT , (AN$I and ISO T^ST CHART He>^) ./: 7 ^ /APPLIED IN/HGE he 1653 East Main StrMt RochMtar, Ntw York 14609 (716) 482 - 0300 - Phona (7lis) 288- 5989 -Fox USA -- -■ , t. .• N f*'- -4 . I: dKiSSsiiCi ■;;=:■ ::? -riiHs anal :|i^||^ip||||iJ ^'■■-•3 GIFTS OF FLOWERS. if. ■ V' ■ Hew Srunewich 1?ea&er0; ,-v-l THE READER. l^-^ Preactibed bp the BoqrU of Education for use in the -Sisals of New Brdmwich 4 U:*.-flP* ' ^ '' ^ C; FLOOT> A SONS pictures^ and the occasional exercises thereon, are designed to train the imagination, and cultivate fluent, pral expression : ' ' •, ■.-.It is assumed:-^ .:':;■'■■;.' v-'.. ■•■':■■"■ -^^■• (1) That the needs of the pupils will determine the order in which the lessons shall be read, . . (2) That the pronunciation of difficult words will be indicated on the blackboard by diacritical marks in order that the pupils may be prepared to use the dictionary in subsequent study. •V T '^^ (3) That dofecU in articulation and enunciation will Ik, corrected by .ystematic, dally and often indi- vidual drill on the ^lementary sounds. (4) That t^e una and moaning of difficult words •nd phrases will !«, inferred hy the pupils from ■uitable sentences or illustrations, and that these, words and phrases will he used by them in Sentences" of their own composition. (5) That the pupils' intelligent appreciation of the thoughts in each lesson will be secu^ by question- ing or otherwise before oral reading is permitted. (6) That the teacher will supplement the sugges- tive exercises in the Reader by such others as the nature of the lesson to be studied and the needs of his pupils may require. '-' ■ •■■■■;■■ : ■■ ■:'■'. \ '■'-:'.* --...-X- ■• V '■;■■■ V 'Vj OOJSfTEIiTS. »•• •••••( •lat •■»• 81 Pack. About Mb. C^Ati , . » I) A l.i-nTKH Fiu)M U()Mi» . . .... . . .\. .........; 11 Ok What Umb akk Fi-ikm * ' 17 Hakry's Ri.kd.... ...... ...... ..»..!.. 2» Her TiiiMiiLis ,, 25 Tub Yoiwo Lkttkr-wuiter. .-. ■. 20 TiiK Lost Hat. . . . , . . . ..... . , ....2d WoNOKRLANU This Lion and thk Mousb Thk Wax Dollar . .,...; . . . . ,^.. ... ... 88 UUR XjION ••••••5« •••••••••* ##•••• .fi't. •••«•• t«;*» »• 8o Drive OenTlv .*..............,...... ^ f. 88 Thr Oratefdl Cat ......;... ..'!....... ...... 89^ Teddy .. 42 ' Beino Obhoino.... ........'.........■.,...:. ..,;., 44 School Time .... . . .... . I \ ... '. ......... .'. ......... 47 The Two Phis, (A Truo Story). . . .... . .V. . . 47 ,j}oAT-8AiLiNq ...... . ..;...., — .... .,..............;. "62 oEt\ Iriu • « • • ^ •••■*••••• ^ r « • • • • .^v • • a f • « i ., » * • • . ,^ •••••• . Oo .Tames' Bad Habit... .......„......;..,... . w.i ........ 65 Mrs. Blossom.... ..... ..... . . . .;. .,......'., v..;.. .'cj, 57 4^i^i^OUAOE. ........ ...... .... ...... ...... .. »i ..... . , .. , OO •• The Bee Babies ...^i..^. ........................ ..^.. 60 The Story of a SnoW-*laKe ......,....;.,.. ...7, w... 62 Beautiful Flakes op Snow I'. .... ... f if. ■ 63 ^.The Storm at Sea. .......... .... .. i..... v. .....:, 64 •Frank AND Tiifc Boat. ............ . ..:..^.... ..'.... i^ ^ JrUIili TUB W £EPS • • • • • • i • • >.• • • • • • • • • . . • , *,• • • • • DO «J i« • • • • • • • # • t • • • • • ». • • • « • .• • # • • t'*' • •['•"■f*'*' '• WM • • • 9 9 9 • 9 9 • 9 9 9 T)f > . fign} K % C0NTENT8, :.■ t. ' A C11RI8TMA8 CUkol ;..... ...\ Tub- Cats T^AT went to Law . The f!HICKADBB-DBB . ..... . . The Pet Lamb..,.;...... Mamma's Bibthdav ........ The Bied Set Free.. ......" Daisy Miu^.............;_ Do YoueBest....... .....;.... The NAroHTY Chicken .... •. The Ply...... ...]'^' Pretty Polly... ...........^;: The Story of a. Bdtterfly .... The ITail-stone's Story. ..... A Child Saved by a Doo The Mission of the Briars ...! Thb Broken Window . ,.' .....!. !^ LiTTUB MocsiB Gray .......... . , The DaruhoHttlb Girl Nero .J................. ;;;;;; Stealing...... ^ SuaiPYHARRY.. ...v.........;; The EAiNBow^^ftRiEs Little ThiiTgs,,.. ....... ...... Mice in the Meal-Chest ..... The Cam* that went to School Habits...^...:..:...... ;.^,_. The Donkey.;, ...........:,. FARMEk Bent's Cows Morning Prayer. ... ......... Evening Prayer. . . .' ."•.-» .... --■-,■ A . ^ • . . •■ I Paob. ...,., 70 • • • « ,1, i 4t * ..., 74 > 75 • . . i . i.f • • . . . 78 ..... " %S\j •*...■ ox • .. ■ .-. 0* .... So ..... 87 • . . .'. • 91 .... 93 .... 94 .... 99 • .... 100 .... 105 . .. 106 .... 109 ^•..110 . ... 112 . ... 114 ... 115 ... 119 ■ '..'. 120 ..: 121 ' ...123 ... 127 ... 128 1 - ■ >-— ,■ . .;. • J «-^ <^^ ^i^ r>-=r ■ ■ - i. ■ < ' • ^.•— 1 ^P— ** \ ■■ *^ 1 • V ' " t * <« ■ ■ ■ ''/'■ • f 4 9 ' _ \ : • «► \ \t « *''/ ^ • .' ■ ■ J f ;#;■ * •. m ■ ^^ ^^^ C 4.,..i^ Y FIEST READER <* • »»■ ABOUT MR. GRAB. inside breathe carries .A-- either/ spare notch again frame armor 1. I could, for a year j- tell y6u" queer tilings about Mr. Crab. :'% Wbere are your bones? • 3. They are inside your body.' 4. Your bones are- a * frame to bold up your soft flesh. ; ' 6. Mr; Crab's bones are on the out- side of hiis body. G. His bones are his arriior, to keep him from being hurt. 7. The crab can live and breathe cither in water or on land. 8. You can live only on land. 9. He can both walk and swim, la Mrs, Crabb lays eggs. la FfRST RBADEIL ■Ai -n. A hen, you know, lays eiggs, erne " by one^ in a nest. ^ irShe keeps them warm till the chicks come out. * ^^ - 18. The crab's eggs are put in a long tube or sack. ' St; xiest. 'r--' :'"'■■■: :'■ 16. She carries them tied on her long legs, or under her body, ie. When the small crabs come out wof the eggs, they grow very fast. : 17. When you catch a crab by his arm or leg, if yoii do not let go, he ' d^ps off his arm or leg, and runs. 18. He will^rst pinch you if he can with his bigclaw. w Couldyourun with one leg gone ? 20. The^ab has legs to spare. 2i.'Then,too,his legs will gi-owagain. 22, Yours would not, 23. A crab's leg, or hand, will grow again very soon, when one has been t' FIRST READER. 11 A LETTER FROM ROMP. kitteii piazza ■*;■ % people saucer climbed breakfast 1. I am a little brown kitten, six months old. People call me Romp because I p^ay so much. ?, It is true that I have no brother or sister kitten to play with, but then I can have lots of fun playing with a little string, or a stick, pr running after my own tail, . 12 FIRST READER, If- ^3. My little mistress' hams is kitty , ^ too and she gives me a saucer full of milk every morning. I drink it all up, every drop. That is the reason why I am sofet. ^ ^> Buf I am going lx) tell you of a ^^dreadful thing that happened to me ,\iast week. ;■; ... ;■ ■, ». Monday' morning, after I had eaten my breakfast and washed my face, I went out into tlie garden for ■ -a Avalk. ■;•■■.■' . ■ •■■' e.^hen I came around to the back of the house, I saw two men at work- - piling up wood. 7. Our house has a wide piazza all ^ around it, and they were piling the wood underneath the piazza, so as to keep it from the rain this c i ' ^' V\ 14 FIHST READER. (• . i-y- is; I scratched and pulled at the %pod with my claws, but that did not do any good, • 18. ''Oh I what shall I do?" thought"^ I to myself, "^hat will Kitty say when she cannot find me any more?" 17. After a while I heard my Mttle mistress out doors playing. She was singing, and drawing along her doll's carriage. ' r 18. r mewed as Ibud as I could, but y she was singing so happily that she did not hear me. ; I 19. By and by she stopped siiiging, and then I mewed verjfloudr 2o.^'Kitty, kitty," called she. h- ' 21..-" Miaw," cried^ 1.;. , ///-.,^v- s>n:-^^; '^^ ;,' :■ ' - ' ■ ' 22. ' Pussy, , where are ybu?" she "called.---- ,..•■; ; i 23. -'Mifiw, naiaw," said I, which meant in cat language, ''Here] I am' und^the wood." / ^i^ little mistress came running to -Stie wood-pile, / t-^: /y ■v^ f FIRST READER. 15 'f- 28. "O Eomp!" sai^ she, "you're in that wood, I know you are. Con;ie out and play with me. Don't hide any longer."" 28. "Miaw," said I, just as loud as I eould, which meant, ''I ban't get o\it.'^ 27. She understood me\thi& titrie, top, and she tried with all her strength to pull away the sticks of wood. But I was away inside the pile, and she was too little to help me out. She began to cry out loud. 28. "O my dear kitty," said she, "I can't help you." M.,She vcried so Ibud that iBridget caCme to the do6r.V 30. " What's the matter, darling? " ■/■■said' she.--'' ■■;■■.:■■:•:; U -j- 31. "Kitty is in the wood -pile, and I; can't get her put," sobbed my mis- \ tress. .. ■■ , -^ -..^ y ■ ■;. ■ V "■ ■■'■■;; ;:!f-y. , :\ • - 32. Bridget- called the two men that had fastened me in there, and they took down'; their great wood-pile, •A f"'»''S"''T»'7SWj 16 ■>•. FIRST RBADBtt, and at 1^, they found me covered with dust, sitting in a little hole •a. My little mistress wm so glad to get me again that she kissed mfe overhand over, and afterwards sh^ brushed the dust off my white coat. M.JS-0W, I hope tliat this will be a warning to all little kitteUs to keep away from wood-piles Vhere men are at work. Jour friend; Eomp. :; '■. ; Mart E. Bamt-ord^' v lell Romp's story in your own words. : ' '«^^>^^ iiyt. ^..0,.,^.^ II I ' - ■ FIRST HEADER. OF WHAT tfSB i^RE PLIERS t IT people numbers enou^ worthy animals insects- p health decay ' trouble 1. How often people cry out, "Oh, I wish there were no flies I What is the use 61?i fly ? " / / a. But ^ things that God has made have their uses. And all God^s works are worthy of study. | ^ 8. You have learned that worms are of great use. I^et tis see if Mrs. Fly does any good in the world. 4 Mrs. Fly is of great tise to man. She helps to keep him in tiealth. Do you think that very strange ? 6. Peoj^e say, "9^, these dirty flies!" And yet these dirty flies" help to keep the world clean ! # 6. Kow, you know tbat all over the world great numbe^Fof animal^ die each minute, and miiaiiy -of their bodies lie on the ground and decay. i f \: •■ ■ . . 1 FIRST READER^'W:'. 1 ■■ ;:. •■'■<. ^■' vt. theee are yet big enough to hurt us if we should get them into our lungs. 18. Ask your teacher to tell you a little about your lungs. ;- / 14. In and about our homes many bits of things drop, and might decay and mould. This would make the air foul. But the busy and greedy fly drinks up all the soft pai*t oiN;hese things. IB. So we see that what we call the ^' dirty flies" help to clean away^ much dirt. w. Then, too, the fly serves for food for mjiny birds, and lish, and frogs, and some insects. # Some of these things we use for our food. Others are full of beauty, or are of use vo us, each in its own way. / :i7. Thus, though the fly is often a trouble to us, we find it is not without Its uses. Look at one of these little xjreatures through a glass that will magnify . it. You will see that the * poor insect has really much beauty. ■•'f ;-»Ui= J 'I editing- lonesi so soft soaked heart persuaded ^""^"^ J ^as a cunning chick ; ^ /^-^^^^^ ^^^ such blight, l)l£fcf'' eyes I Polly thought him the very nicest little thing in •all the eWorld. She had sucli a tender little heart, that when Pip's mother was riin over by the farm wagon she- begged her grandpa for it. i?-: #« fr*** ■ ■f'-' • ,«-"' ^[RST READER, J| a.^T will ho his mothor,^' who bat(t j.^'ip Hoou loiirnod to kiipw tiiat ho had only to ciy ^'Poep, peep; peep!" and Polly would run to him jih fjust as she could. Ihi wjis vory nauglity about it, too, and would wakcj Polly at nl&ht very often, to give him some bread soaked in water. . 4. Polly would rub he i* sleepy ^yt^, and say: — • ■■♦' i. '^Pii), dear^ if you just wouldn't get hungry at night''; but she al- I ' ^^1^ go-ve him his bread-crumba: - plljii; i%hen Polly's little friends came to ask her to go out to play, she would shako her head and say : — 7/^1 can't go, 'cause Pip gets so lonesome." ^ ^ ; «• One day grandma persuaded Polly to leave Pip long enough to go with her to visit a sick friendv ^ fl. " Take good care of Pip, mamma," said Polly; and mamma promised to ^e ^ earef uL — — ^ — ^— — •"■f 22 :\^ /' FIRST READER. 10. Pip sat on her hand while she wrote a letter, and pecked at her fin- geis until he grew^ tired. . Then he tried to put his little head under his wing to gb to sleepi, 11. Mamma soon forgot all abput ' him ; and when she came to look for him found that be had slipped down into the folds of her dress and was^ dead. ■ :--:■':■•- • "■■■.". ■*"■-■■■■.,..■■_ . . ■ - . ^ M2. When Pollj: came Home she ran into the house^ crjring: ^'Where's my dear Pip ? " But poor Pip lay^ in mamma's hand, on his baoi:; with his^ littlei claws curled up^ and his little eyes tightly closed. 13. Then^ Polly cried until Uhcie Bob t^ok her on his knee and told her he would carve her a beautiful stone to put on Pip's ^rave; ♦ • 14. Polly dried her eyes and put Pip in a little box lined with cotton. Aunt Pan gave her a bunch of flowers tied with white ribbon. '^--*v- / PinST HEADEn, After the stone was finished, Polly printed on it, in her yeiy best let- ■ters,: — ■„. /■ '' • .-^ ■ '■■!.■■■■'.' :'■ • ^■■:--;€ ■■ MT BEAR PIP. 15. "I loved Pip ever so mueh,^' said Polly, af Stewards, to heir raamina; fVbut I am real glad thiat I can go out to |>lay Avitjli the kirls again; and then, we had sucn a beautiful fuiieral. /louiba t. brooks. ;;■■# y- -•o«- coasting spied sparkling HARRY'S y^t ED. presents /^wishful * splendid - I^eauty .bright Christmas ji. His Aunt had given i^ to him.^ It was a; real beauty- It was painted black, with bright flowers on it, and on the side in gilt letters was its name,— FLY-AWAY. if '11 i u ' I l' 'I' FIRST READER, a. This sled wai one of Harry ^' Christmas presents, and he liked it the best of all. 8. The first good day for coasting he went out to try it, " 4. He thought it had just the right name, for it did ^' fly away ^' down the hill, sure enough. 6. Pretty soon he spied /Fred Cole ' looking at his present with wishful eyes. " ■•...■■-..■./";•''■:■ ■/. ;.;.'•,,,■ e. >' Here, Fred; don't you want to try my new sled? "said Ha^ny. ■ 7. "Yes, indeed^ if I may,^' said Fred.;- ,r . . .:.;;;,:-' ;::,;:--■ ;.:,;^' ■; 8. ''l^ell, then, jump on and see how you like my FLY'AWArj cc 9. It's splendid !'V said Fred, with sparkling eyes, a^ he eame up the _hiii.; ;;■■,■-;:. 10. After Fred had a good matiy coasts, Harry took the sled again. '!' FIRST READER. 25 u. 1 think the reason, he had such a good time the rest of the day was because he was so kind to poor Fred, wlio hgui ]^ sled o^^^ ■ ■' Zbi;erQise.-^Why -was Harry's sled rightly named? Why did Fred's eyes, sparkle? What was Harry's reward |or his kindness to Fred Cole? Ju/nxl^yU/A^ ^yyWuXa KjuaxxA^, I. *< » HER THIMBLE. '^ 1. She hunted in the closet, She hunted on the stair, She hunted round the door-step, She hunted everywhere. '■■'■'-•■'■ ■■■■■■ '■^^-- ■ ' ' •■■'■'■.■ . , * . 2. She hunted thro' the twilight, . But, when the dark had eome. She paused to wipe her tears away, And found it on her thumbi 26 FIRST READER. i I . > / ■/ , • i! I ^ i^ f , ■ THE YOUNQ XETTER^EITER. 1. She thought She'd write a lettei^- ■But, then, she didn't thifiS / FIRST READER. t tHJ^ She'd be so very careless With her sist^ei^s purple mic 2. She got it on her fingers; ". She got it on her dress; ;| And a sorry little creature '^ Was our pretty little Bess.:! 8. She scribbled and she folded > And she pasted on a stamp, And dried it on her apron,— -i The roguish little scamp P y 4. She saw the others writing, , ^ As easy as could be ; And why s/^e shouldn''t also She really didn't see. 6. She's a darling * little Bessie, ; Although she didn't think She'd be so very careless IVjjbh hei- sister's pen and ink. 'OU. exDud/u- oA (yoAAJUL i>^. j&' f I ♦If ,»! i> ^.v. • •."■■■*-■'.'■ • " ■.■'■■ THE LOST HAX;^ a^swerec *-Mv. ,v«»- among; branches school J"^<\ trusted cherries becau^er ■ . ^^^^ is xr^ hat, mother P» said Johnny, one day. .■■l...::<^(^: 2. ^^I don't know," answered his mother.' ;■;■;./: V •■/:-■-•:,■■.■■■ "^ 8, mil, how ean I go to school wittiout my hat?" he said. * Qh, I will let you weai- my hat '" «^ his toother • " I Imow wheJe that IS. ■ .,.■■: if '^But I don't>anfr t5>^ear your^ hat, mother.*! should be ashamed to^|ar your hat to school "said J olmiiy, almost cryihg.' (v *: ""^s," answered v^is mother "l ^PPose you would. But it seems to me you. aught to be ashamed, Jw, not to know where youi- own Jpat IS." »■ "I am sorry^that I don't know," ( ^ f "SF^.'+J'^' ■/\ riRST READER, 29 said Johniij ; " but I don't /see why I should be ashamed.''' 1 8. " Becaaise," answered his mother, "it shows that you cannot be trusted to take care of your own things. If you cannot take care of a hat now, w]^at ai*e you going to do when you are a man, and have a great many things to take care "Oh,'' said Johnny,, " I shall learn 9. t^ take care of things before I grow to be a rnan." ^ ' >^. "lirot if you don't begin to learn now," answered his mother. n. Ju^ then, Johnny happened to look tip in^ the cheiTy-tree by the door, and there was his hat among the branches. ; ^ la.- -I see my. hat!" he cried out, "I Remember no:w that I took it off when I was lip getting cherries, and then I forgot all about it." WkSo Johnny climbed up in the "^'ffW^^f fr? ■K 80 FIRST READER. ti'ee, got his hat, aiid ran off to school as fast as he could run. Bacef cite. — What was the trouble with Johnny ?. What answer did his mother make him? Why ought Johnny to have been ashamed? -. lyaS he ashamed? '. ' . t ■ ■.-■■■■■ ■■'■■:'■' . J. ■ ■ - * ^ .■ V Where was his hAt? ^, Where do cherries grow? .; '' ; What is the seed like? « •oa- ■WONDERLAND. (f^i^ 1. Above in the tree sings a robing I lie here on the ground; ^ 1 wonder how he learned that song^ '^^^^^^^ : 4^ his wings he found. a, If I could become a robin, Ahdsing the livelong day, I wonder if things that puzzle me Ifo^ld r^ the clouds awary^^ 8. What is it makes/the stars oo ;;/■■:?; ■ bright P,^:;-..:- '- ■iy^:;0'^^^^ ^ W^ the sl^y'so blue? 1 v..r .r->:,#:;P»s^^^- rmaT JiEAPEH. 'V 81 Do th^ angels, I woiidur, up in th^ir homes, See-iie a& they look through? 4.^And the bnlliant rainbow colors, f After the shower is o'er^ W Puzzle my brain with a wonder, Making me wish for more^ / .■■■'■ '■ ■'' ■■•'■." V.6. But God is up in heaven, And the robin sings for joy; «^ He knows why He made all things, ^ j^ a boy. Pabkkb Haydbm. •-•»•■ / THE LION AND THE MOUSE. spared roaming chanced angry ; roared ; gnawed iv One daj^ a tiuge lion was taking a nap; A mouse, not seeing it was a Hon, ran over his back and waked him/'; ■■■./■>.;-- v, ■■ ■ -■'■•' ?: This naade the lion angry, and he was going to kill the mouse. ■■■\- : >■■ "W^^^^ PI Hi •■'fii' ^■ mi '^'pI'- !j,fc,,jj- iii :' BJIJI Iii -^v V FinST READER. .1. ; a. But the mouse said, Oh, pmy don't kill mo, good lion I I am only a little thing. Some time I may help you,, if you let me live.'^ So the lion let him go. 4. One day, when this same lion was roaming about' in thef woods he fell into a net. It was at and held him fast. B. In his rage and fear he roared loudly. Just then the little mouse Whose life he had spareji chanced, to be near at hand. H.e raij^ to help him, quickly gnawed the ropes with his sharp teeth, and set the big liW ■loose./; '•■.•■■ .. ...:■.■■.■:;•;■.■/ -. :V- e. Then the mouse said, "l^ow are*, you . not glad that you didn't kill - Bzeroise. — What is a nap ? . Why was the lion angry? What does roaming mean ? What does ^natotfc? mean? "" Use gnawed conrectly in a sentence of your own. How did the mouse repay the kindness of the lion ? ■^ •..J ■ / ■ ■ V • ■- ■f. \ ■fk. A ' It*. PinST READER. ' i -A THE "WAX DOLLiVR. 1. When Grandma Babcock went to visit A^nt Ada she took Trotty with W. ' FIRST READER, t <- - I J , i ..X her. Trotty was three years old, and was very fond of good things. She found out very soon thtit there waa a grocery and pi-o vision store near the house where Aunt Ada lived. a. In front of the store hung two^ big bunches of bananas. Trotty liked •bananas very much. 8. One day, when Trotty was play- ing out on the front steps, her aunt, who was very fond of her, leaned out of the window and threw down a little package. 4. "There, Trotty," she said, "go; aaid buy a banana." /^ '^ ; 6. Trotty unwrapped the package and found two cents. She went to the store feeling as if she hq,d gvow^ to be a very big girl. 6. After that she wanted to go every day to get bananas, and she soon spent all the pennies her aunt had._ ■- y- ■-::''■ ::■'''"[ '■■^'.':''' ■ -^ ■':■'■ 7. " ni have to spend my penny # f:- ;./ FIRST READBfU tiow," she said. "I found it in the ee wiag-machine drawer, and IVe heeif-'ittTlng it." ■.:"■--•■., -...^f •'.•'■'•■■- 8. She went to her baby honib^ picked up a little box, and tl^un started for the store. • ' - ; •, I, The grocer took down the big- gest banana he had, and gave it' to her; but he laughed when ho looked at the money Trotty put in his hand. 10, "See what tha^ child gave me," he said to Aunt JVda, when she was in the stoi-e the next day. n. Aunt Ada looked, and saw that it was a big wax dollar that she had., made years before when she was taking lessons in wax- work. " 18. And Trotty had thoixght it wjeis a penny, and had bought a banana Witll-it. ••■■■ . ■■;;\.:*:^' ' ' '. • » i* "^ ! 'i 1 W FIRST READER, LLu/Kbt (X*. ■' i. It had climbed up a tree that :-ew agaijist the house, axid, when fhe window apened, it came in and laid the mouse at the, lady's feet. ^It rubbed against hei^ and purred loudiy,as -if it said,. "Seq, what a flne^inouse I have broUglit youl'^ \ ...I .IV ■■ii S4 FIRST READKR. 41 '7. The cat thought a mous6 the best .of all things; and this best it gave up for itself, and brought to its best friend, the lady. ; 8. This it did for a long time every day, and when, afterwards, it . caught mice- for its kittens, one mouse was * laid aside for the lady. • If the kittens tried to eat this, "it gave them a little pat, as if it said, "*Th^t is not for you." ^j %it^t a while the lady would take the mouse, and thank puss with a pleased look and a kind tone, and then give it to the kit- tens, the cat JLpoking on well pleased while they ate it. ^ s i* ■ Bkerdae. T- Give the meaning of distress, pitiful, relieve^ enough. ' ^ ' , Use each of these word9 in a senjbence of your own. Why is this^lesson called " The Grateful Cat ",? Tell this story in your own words. *^All mat you doj do with your might'; < ' Things done by Aa/t;««, are never done right,'* 42 PTRST READEn. ,•/■■, Ft i *t ■ September Oetober November December J f.--: /; I'- ■ t "-. N-. J Teddy in September T^ the ga yde n bed, i^ates dreams 71 ■■ FIRST REAPER. •# . :t . . Feels the; sun a-slu^^ On his little head;: . 9. Te^dy in Qctobef x:x' ; r • "Finds the breezes cbol, ■ . Thinks hell take his little coat When he goes to school/ ^^^^^^/'^ 8. Teddy in November ' Says^ "My hiands are blue^'' Stuffs ttiem in his pockets— -'^vish Feet woiild go there tool" ; 4. Teddy in September - ?r Finds a ruddy peach.. ^ ^ See, the grapes are gettiiigriije, Bed or j)urple — each ! v 6. Teddy in October ; ' ; Hastens out to play. ^ ^ > It is lovely out of dpors ; ; Hurry books away. > : \ • 6. Teddy in Koyember / ^^^^^^^^^; v Finds his skates and sled. : : Dreams about Old Santa Claiis . ythQTi he goe§ to biedl ^^^^ jj-^' v.: ..vt;*- >: '■ m m *.'-''■. BEma oBtroiNa ■■>.■ mailed broken ; oblige tipstairs . supper comforted surprised - answered . spool / 1. One day, when little Arthiir^^ making miit-pies in the front yard he heard some one caH him. It was his Aunt Jane, who was standing on the front porch, with a letter in her .■■.'hanil.^/.' .':..;>■•■•'"■ .;.■;■■.■■: . *■-,.■■,;■; a. cc Bun across the street and put this' letter in the box, Arthur, pleasej" she said. ^ V ' 8. "Kb, I don't want to," answered Arthur, wlio did not like to be dis- ■■turbed. ^ ^ -. /:-■■ ""^ \--'^'".;---.;"; ; ■• :: 4. So Aunt Jane w-ent across the street herself and mailed the letter. 6.^ot long after this Arthur's raother asked him to take a ^ootW silk to Aunt Jane, who was upstairs. e. " Ho, I don't want to,'^ answered Arthur again. "s. ."'>S:.. 4t ?; Hia ^fftiother said noticing, but when she went upstadraher^lf with v the siik she had a little ta% with ' Aunt Jane about Arthur* *8. An hour later Arthiir rai]{ tq j|aint Jane with a broken whip./^ %; : , J. "Please mend this, ^nt Janl^'' ^ . he 'cried..' V- • ,/r;: ■-;;:, :-.;U;-.:. •■;■:,;. ^;; 10. "Ko,I don't want to," said Aunt Jane, continuing her se^^ing. ' > 4i. Arthur seemed surprised for a moment, then hung his head and turned away. 12. When jmpper^^/^qvef, Arthur carried a book of |airy tales to his / maninia*':;-^'-----;' "■;■ 7 ://■'■ : 18. " Please rea^ me a story, mam-^- ma," he said. 14. "Ko, I dq^'t want to,^ said his mother, who was knitting. 16. Arthur's/lip quivered, akd his eyes were full of tears as he/sat ' down on a cushion in a c^^rner to look at the pictures in the book. Ji' i ' . . , " ;i :• li-' ! i; ^ m} m h i . ■'■ 46 ^//?57' READER, ■\ le. But he fof^got hia trouble when his papa came in. % 17. papal" he said, running to him; "please make me a whistle." •18. ^''^Qyl don't wantvto," said his ■,'papa. ':■;:■•;■"',■.,,;;:'■■.•:■■-,' ''..■■■■: '■'■ ■■. • : . >.,■ 19. This was too much for Arthtir. and he burst into tears. But no one comfortea him, and nurse came and took him off to bed. . • ao. While she undressed him she told him that no one could love a little boy who never wanted to do favors, and if he were not ready to oblige others he must not e:^pect others to ■ oblige „him.;'';,v;v^^'- ■■;. >■!■::: '-■-::'-■: a The next nribmiiig;Aiint Jane came out again with a letter. As soon as A.rthur saw her he left his :mud -cakes and ran to her. 82. " Let me put the" letter in the box, Aunt Jane," he said. A as. Aunt Jane smiled and kissed him as she gave him the letter. RhB >qw I ► -" FIRST READER, •* 47 n. ihat Arthur had learned a good les- 6on, , and he never again refused to' do a favor. ' florbncb b. Hallowblu r ; -•«•- ^ ■ ; SCHOOL-TIME. J ■■■■ '•■'^'•■- ■•■.w' /^•'' ■■• '■ I 1. Lagging feet, hoir slow they go, ^- Heigh ho! heigh ho! ^ / I On their way to school, you know^ I Heigh ho ! heigh ho I gt . 5 kBy and hy they'll swiftly run, I Sing oh! sing oh I V - V HomeT again, for school: is done. ; Sing oh! sing ohi Kay Bbb. x.>-k«0*> THE TWO PIOS. country d^lared * ■ . surprised .summer appetites trouble scolded ■ :r\ : ;■',. '-'rK TRUE STORJ., ■■ '■- \ '/^- ■'■''::,.] -, _ 1. 'VVlien Madge wa^ seven years old* and Edith live they went to the : ■V- "#.-;;^' : FIRST RBADKR. country to spend the summer on their Grandpa Mason's {bAd. U«7~ ing' lived in the city, all' their lives they were ve j y happy to b o able to I ■,«1 FJHST HKAHSR, ruft in the fleldk piojl^ wild-flowerH, and ride iii thu nay-cart. Tlitjy had such hig apj)otitcH that grandma do- Mared they wquIu eat her out of ^Oiouse^^d homei ^^r':^'. ■ ''■■■^^■''': ■:m'/-.^4..'.;'; t- ^ ■/ ^y '■■■■: :y^'' ■ •' ■ ' ■.. ■ ■'■■ ■ ■■■ * 2, But they were very good little giii8, and tried so hard not to give their grandma any trouble that one day Grandpa Mason made each of them a present 6f a little white pig. 8. "the little girls had neirer before had any pets, and they became very fond of the pigs. One was named Snowball and the other Frisky, and they soon learned to come when/ the children called them j They were good little pigj5, and very taiiie, and did not make a f uss :when they Were washed. They had to be washed very often., for they were fond of lying in mud-puddles^ and playing in the farmyard with their dirty little brothers, and they didn't mind be- ing Bcol(Jed... ' ':,■■■■'■,'■:{■ :'--v.-'-: ■'■■v.,-,-^'-^'-/-^^:--'^ i ^,: /-■' I • * ■" 50 FIRST READER^ :. ^ r ri r^ 4. But the little girls loved^^^em, / dirty or cleaUy. and were sorry to leave them in September, when they went back to the city. They did not forget them,' and When summer came again, and they went to the farm in June, they asked for Frisky and Snowball before they had even taken off their Jiats. 6. "They're alive, and will bp glad to see you, I haven?t a doubt^ saidT grandpa. " Come out to the bj . 6< "The darling little things I" said M&dge. " I wonder if they will • know us.*" ^ '■■" '■'/-■\':'U,:_^.- ''■^^'^■. 7. But it was the little girls who didn't kuQw the jags, fer^ Snowbfill , and Frisky had grown into hogs, and grandpa had them in a pen; f£^^tening them to kill in the -faU.■■';;;.^.:;■^.>c:/,■: V. \ -■■-■■ :\V.'rv^:/^// ;,::;,.;■ - 8. How he did laugh when he saw how surprised and sorry Madge and |]dith werel But after a while he FIRST READER, '•';; -\ 6t took them into the loft of the bam and showed them two flying-squir- i*els in a tin cage^ ». " Here are some new pets,'' he said; "you wili like these asVwell as ■the pigs.''/'-- -■■::"\'''''-/'-''^ ' ^■■- '^■: v-;-' 10. But it was a long timie before the little girls ceased to mourn over the loss of' Frisky and Snowball. I ^ F. B. Gebhell. MlUOilLGEOi-' ;i:.,.ii:i;"l *»*. If- ! I ». 52> FtkST READEil. :# BOAT SAILING. boats ocean answered U ' ,'l sailing float . again earth little sound 1. Charlie and Willie" were sailing their boats on a little pond of water which the higl^ tide had left on the beach. r 2. After a while Charlie said, " I am going to sail my boat on the ocean. I don't like this little pond." 8. "Why, Charlie," answered Willie, " if you put youf boat on the ocean, it will float away, and you will never •see it again." 4. "Well," said Charlie, "perhaps it will float away rdund the world, and some boy who lives on th^ other side of the world may get it." 6. " Tl;ien the boys on the otl^er side will find out what nice boats the boys on this side of* the earth can ' makke, woft't they?" asked Willie. FIRST READER, V SEWXNa. 68 disappoint careful thimble stitches hemming * pleasure 1. " ^o^ I g^ quite too busy To g(tttt|-<^oors and play, This helRmig will keep me work- ing' ' Ab hard as I can all day. a. "I'd rather play in the sunshine Than sit in the hoiise. and sew, But people must think of duty - Before their pleasure, you know. 8. "To-mptTOW will be the party^ And Dorothy cannot go ^ Unless I finish this for her. ) ^ (I can't disappoint her sol) 4. " Sometimes I forget which finger Goes under the little hem. Or Vhich one should have the thimble,^ , It fits either one of them. € I'll! |H It \ I ' J I ■IP' f ► - -< » 54 FIRST RSADBH. 14 ' • . •» *\ 0. Sometimes Dciy thread gets td;n- . gled, ; V .Or slips from the little eye; Sometimes I prick my finger • ' 'Till I -^w^Jl:— almost cry.' " . ,* ' ' ' '* j. *«. And'how^ makes my neek ache To bend \;^y„ down so low, '^ •. ^ndi beso careful— Oh, dear m^t It is.dje^dful work tb sew. »» j^ut there i-T do you see the* stitches • . All in a- little rb\^? My darling dolly's hajn^rchief Is finished, and she can go." Stdnbt Datbb. * * * — . B^eroise. — What ia the meftning of tangled^ hemming, disappoint f Us^oMh word in .a sentence, •eo^ think of What should yeoipl before pleasure?, OO/Cf- .'4/OA/UM>U- UMAyb it. V. v \^ FIRST ^BADEH^ 55 • i •■ useful thought * habit JAMES^ BAD HABIT, Joved father , reproof who » went sick tieok something • ^ » f > t»' M P' ■ » ,11 > I' .^.; ■ . ' r I m riRST jRBAPBR. - 1. James was a good boy, but he had one veiy^^^^^b If he was asked to do jaiiything when h^ was at play, he Vbnld asij^ " I don't want ,2/ I^ow, James had a kind and gentle mother who lovBd him very much. 8, One dayy when she was busy doing something for hitn, she asked hinr tdf bring h6r some water. " I don?t want to,'^ said he. 4.^- Are you sick, James?" asked his mother. * 6* "Oh, no," said he, "what makes you think 'l^a^ . ^ i. —I thought my bcyy could not be well if he did not want to help his another in any way he oould. T^^I do not Uke to Arork when r ^ ain sick or tired ; but nay boy must be fed and plothed, I love him so much that f^^ver say to him, ' I don't want to,' whe^J can do any- thing to make him ha^^." ^ ■ :;-'-■ .■■^.. ■■-■■:•. J: ■ ;■ ■ ; ■,. ■-■,.■ 41 k . -i^->9«n»?w^^5!«r PinST RSADSR, 61 -<\ % 8. James went to his mother, put his arms round her neck, and said, v(I will never. sajrti don't want ta"* ; 9. He i&. now a good and useful imain, and say^ he will never foi:^et i his mother's reproof ; " h I; 10. Boys and girls; wheii your fatKei: or your mother asks you to-do any- thing, never say, "I don't want to." Ezerdiae. — >VhAt' was James' bad habit ? dp liZ-^u/vu oA^U/cL' to-' dL/o--/U/-twt. " MRS. BLOSSOM. people 'happiest ^ - flowers cottage wfimajk hahiep I. Old Mrs. Blossom lives in a pretty cottage. Everybody in the town 'u / If? It J iJ 08 FIRST RE A DEB. loves Mrs. Blossom, for she is a^oc^d woman, and she has taken care of sick people and little babies for many years; ^ 2^ "Now she is too old to work any ^^ 4 jnore, hut she is one of the happiest old ladies in the X2P^« v J : 8. The old folks and ' the young folks always remember Mrs. Blos- som's birthday, and' from morning > f^ll night her cottage is full of peo- ple, who come with flowers and gifts to wish her a happy day. /^ . LAITOUAGE. \ w :>W' '3\ *e» *, FIRST liEADHH. 69 •\i J^io-u^- dU>- >tju>->ti4jt UyQj\yY\^ AAxx/yyh^^ ■.• «x •nxx/M. it. j4t- <5''5'-t It. S ilt i/ Jl. • • ll/a^ a ^i J'fxitA/i h^y-xjUo- .h-wVL^ . J ' ♦■ m1 i-' CJ I ^ 60 f/J?5r READER, /;;.■;*,..•;•;;., 'THE bee . babies. ■.;'■■ ■.:'^-.;:: V- ■;. i. A bee doeis not live more than three or four years. The work b^es know that some of the grubs must grow to be queens, others to be drgnes, and others work bees. They make for t^e baby queen bee a large, round cell. 2. In each hive there are five or six cells for these baby queqns. Then the nurse bees feed, the grubs. . They give the baby queens all they can ea^t of very nice food, v^ 8. The baby work^bees get on^ plaipr bee bread, The work babies ai-^ in small cells. The grub of tfiQ new queen bee grows large, and ^eats as ^nichriia It^ wa^ta ~~] * V ^' J^^i-V'i'^ "-k'i. tr^^- '¥jy. 4? '% J^JRST TtJ^ADER, ei 4. ThQ grub bf the work bee gets little food, and is then ^hut in its tight cell, to turn into a bee. After a time the grubs shut in the big cells turn into queen t^ees. They begin to sing a song. v . ] v * 6. The queen bee hears it. She knows that more queen bees will come out. Then she gets cross. , | - s:#^ e/She runs at the qells, tip try to kill the new queens. The work bees all stand in her way. They will not let her kill the new queens. V ^ 7. But there can be only one queen in a hive at one time. So the old queen says, /^ Come I I will go away! I will not live here any more!'' 8. Many of the old bees say, " We will go' with our queen." Then they fly out of the hive in a cloud. They wish to find a new home. > : .0. Bid you ever see bees swarm? They may fly far away, or they may -4i ght near by. t s^ \.. u ill ■ '•I :0 li'v 1^ -/. |fc#^ 68 FIRST HEADEn, f 10. They hang on a vine, or branch, or stick, like a bunch of grapes. Can you put them into a new hive ? Yes. 11. Drop them softly intQ a new hive where there is a piece of honey-comb. In a few hours they are calm. Then they go to work. ' . ; « ^ w. The work bees begin to make cells. They spread wax. They build walls. 18. If a young bee lays a bit of wax wrong, some old one takes it up and ■ -lays it right. :- :.- .'^;;;-- ■;'" •' •• -■■f\::\ ^. ■:'.,/]■. r T^E STORY OF A SNOW-FLAKR ' I. Not long ago I was floating in water whi^h was drawn from a well to filt^ a tea>.kettle. The kettle was: placed over a fire, and in a short time ; the water beg^ to boil. I, with many other drops o^ water, was changed to ' stekm, which passed out of the nose of the kettle into the air. We then floated awaJjr through the open win- Any u t \ Y \ -k- n. ^/Ni-t-> 4-\^'^ ^T^^^j- — — — -T— -— dow up to join the clouds. <^-^ ":-^:'i-i ' r ■'■':■ :^k^ -J- .i \ iiged lie changed beautiful, FIRST REAltsR, ^1. One day as wo clouds were chasing one another about in tj^Slii^j^^ a freez- ing wind caught us into ice-dust. After we we fell to the earth fedtheiy flakes of snow. ' s. We cannot stay long with you, for soon the sun or the rain will come and change us into water again. Some of us will help to make the rivers larger, and will take a long journey, before returning to Oloudlandi Others will soon be vapor again, and go baci our home in the clouds. -•o*- m '> : .BEAUTIFUL FLAKES OF SNOW. " O beautiful flakes of snow, Falling so softly around, I wonder what good you do ♦ By covering all the ground ! " " Dear children," the little flakes said, "We have our work to do ; By covering the roots and plants, We keep them the winter t h rough." «s \. ^isr^tfr^ 64 FIRST READER. THE STORM AT SEA. \^ vr- i- 1. "a little ship waa on the sea, .« It was a pretty sight ; . It sailed along so pleasantly, ° While all was calm and bright ^. "But, lol a storm .began "to rise; The wind was loud and strong. It bljew the clouds across the skies, It blew the w^ves along. 8. And. all, save One, were sore :.;;-;\' ::^- ■afraid- '.;.^v'-: Of sinking in the deep:** - His head was on a piHgw laid, B V 3^ ^^ fast asleep. i. "^Master, we perish: Master, save!' ;^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^i T^ • The Master heardv Hi6 rose, rebuked the winds and ■ V v; '■'-■. waves,, ' ' ■ ' t ■ # And stilled them with a wordP' ^^ "■.■.-"■■ * • * ■ ^ Bxeroi«e.-r- Who was the Master of the ship? ^« On what sea was the ship? A. •If'Tl -i> • FIRST HBADEH, » • FRANK AND THE BOAT. ^ " - ■'■' ■'■: ■ roll teil waves dashed coat papa captain learned boat wind blows ■ beach • X ■ M A ■ # I.. Papa, I want to sail in- the new boat. Will you take me dyt ? '' 2.," It is pretty cold, Fmnk. See nowi the wind blows, and how the . •^aves^roil on the beach." 8. "I know it is cold, papa, but I ' have on a warm coat." 4. " Well, come on. I will hold the boat while you get in." 6. So Frank and his papa got into the boat and put up the sail. ^n 6. The waves were very high, Wft Frank was not ^afraid. Tlie Isoat was strong, and his papa could sail it well. \ '^ ^ ' ' y^ 7. The w\a^es gashed over the side of the boat, but the*more they dashed, ,the more fun it w£^ for Fi-ank. 8. When Frank got to be a man^ he ^ 1^ / / IK, 'I* J*' " < » ;V"»<^ » ^HSI^"^"' If I 66 FmST READER. X \\ -v was so fond of the wafer tHat he went to sea m a large ship;:; 9. He learned how to sail tfee ship, and after a while he was. made cap- tain of it; * ^^. ;;io. He is an old man now, an4 lij^es "to .tell little boys and girls all he learned and saw isrhile he was e^p tain of a ship. ^ ' ■N> . •«•- -akf PU^iL THE "WEEDS. w«- 1. Pull the weeds, my little maiq, That's good wotk to do ; Better drop the u§\.j spade,— ^^ It's too big for you. In the onion bed, you see^*^ ' Weeds with onions don't agree ; Pull the weeds and set tJiem frefe.> • OnioniS then will grow. a. Do you wahtto help-me, dear; ^ "Very, very much? Careful walk along right here, A ■ - •. - ./ -/ . FIRST READER. 6T And you must not touch ; / You must learn to keep the row; Pull the weeds where'er they grow ; \ ^ Soon you'll learn to use the hoe, Bake^ and spade, and such. m; e..mcKeb. * " - ' "^ . * • .• Ot [KJo^iAJb /4/o-^yu ^/rvoJruArb qS oJU^aL \. JIP. (. pleasaijt ;- running thought frightened : afraid' ^ stones hubgry suppose /enture 1. One pleasant * morning, Jip, a pretty4ittle white dog^ said %o his mother, " Mother, I ,w^t to go and 'iv'^nr^^^^ N 1 1 '%'' 68 PIEST RBADER. take a run alone this^ morning. I have never been out of the yard yet, without you." 2. His mother said, " I am afraid you could not find your way home with- out me." 8, But littl6 Jip thought h« could. 4. So off he started, running along, and barking at all the boys he saw. ^ * , 6. Some of the boys threw stones at him when he barked at them^ and that frightened him, and made him run' faster.^ ■■.:^^- /■V-^'; ;;•.■. ■■';■■•-. ^"' ■. ■■ 6. At last, poor little JijH found he had got so far away from home, that he couldn't tell vhow to get back again. t 7. He sat down by an old fence, and began to cry, very sadly^ " Bow-w^Wy Ibow-wow." '■['■■■■-':''. '■\^' '--'.-■ -y ■■:-'■' ■::-y '^■'' - 8. But no one took the least notice ^him.'-::''v.:--': ^'■>'^ 8. By and by'he began to get hun-^ "wrippi ■^' 1 .41 mnST READEH. 69 gry:^,2i,nd he said to himself, "I don't knoSiv' what I^^shall do. I^obody will' give me a bone. I suppose I .shall starve." ■ . \ ' . 10. Then he .went slowly acrbss.the ^ street, and looked in through an open gate; but eeeii^ two boy 5 at play in the yard, and remembering their treatment of him, he did- not vent- ure in. ' 11. As he turned to go' tiack, he saw his old friend, Prince, copaing. 12. |Ie rushed t^owngpjthe street to meet him ; and said, w|th a glad bark, "Oh, Prince, pleasq^ake me home again. ' I don't know the wa^ijlj^ and I am very hmigry." * * 13. So Prince, being a very good- natured dog, showed him the way to go. ^ . *^ 14. "Wlhen he got home, his mbtKfer . ^said, " Weil, my little* Jip, you must wait till you are older, before you take another trip iaioiie.''' . » ^ ■1 J- ■■ / i ^4 u% •- I 70 ti. '. Klil te^ ' ' 1 rw ^ ,-■ i'^'y; ^>^,^f®i*,,«^tft 4 little tdj. ' .!''• itHS^ ^ 4, 1. J'tt V « A CHRISTMAS CAROL; We're little lads and lassies gay,; -^ft^7 tcTDur song give ear]~ T b' .. < . '« -.v. e.n Mf^^"' ■a PinST READER, n \ t "We Ve CQine a long and snowy Way To sing*. of Christmas cheer. i There's no day half so dear and glad, , " ' . « -^ / Alike to young and old ; 4^x ^^ We pray that np oile may be sad^x Or want for lack of gold* «. That each may have a merry heart To greet this merry day, » , > And pass a happy greeting on To afU who come their way. - . '4 For Christmas is no time for woe, 'Tis a day for joy and cheer; It come|j|J^;^||^ greens , ^n^.slRw \*4, Y^ -'^^ To riund the^ happy yaar^^ « t.* /'' . . *. 'x. A. tu?rt»'' itHW M.. *f Bxeroipa.— How many syllables in^ach line 1^ t^ ' w/^"' ;he same number of syllables? > v^., ' ' . a. it Cmi^lAx^ ^~ Which lines have the What are the children in the picture doing 7 ^ / *' Give each qiiII|a^^I^ and' then tell a^ij^^icji««9be ^^Aoture suggests. I iNh **r o^vu. cL^y\4>Xy\JUl. . \ } ^ ^m^ , heavier trial lawyer trouble a,gree justice cheese- ^ I. Two cats stole some cheese, but icould not agree about dividing it. So they went to law about it before Judge Monkey. '''-^zy\'--'--''.-l'-^['A--:\i- 8. WJien the case came to trial, the judge took a pair of scales^ and put a^ part of the cheese in each scale. • 8. " jLet nae see," said he. ".This* lump is heavier tlian the other." So lie bit off a large V piece from ^t to make the shares equal. <: But now the pi^ce in the other scale was the heaviek and the judge was just going to bite another piece from that. A 6. ''stop! stop!" said the two cats, who feared they should lose it all. Give each of US our share of what \ \ \ \ is left, e shall be satisfied." v- '^- ■^.■•.■' «- ■' if v,^- Y: FJHsr READSR. - ■','■... • ' ■ f 78 4i- .-l. / ^i- '' -.-Si'" |4* i -^l^ 3^ou are Satisfied," said the ^^ inonkey^ "justice is not. The lawf my friends, must ^ke its course,— ^ must? take its course, I say*" I 7. ^ l^e kept nibbling^/ first one piece and t^ toother, til| the (riieese was nearly all ^one. j ,; ; ^i; "the cats tli^ix begged the ttionkey 'not to giva himself any further trouble. ■••■•■ „■.-;':;;:;! ;.'.;.,:■ '.■■':,:,■ -/-..i ^<.:-'\ ■/;• V/f'.-: 0. " Ha! hal hal; not so fast, good ladies," said -the monkey ; " ^ye owe justice to ourselves as well as to you. What remains is due to me 'as thd lawyer.":-'/ &^ ■ ' ; '• '•'' 10. Sp h0 cramrned the whole into© his mdutli «||ice, and, looking very wi^ broke 1^) the court I -X M ^8^ Ate the story of the two cats- Baeertiacl. In what wayslE a cat different from a mftnkey? Is selfiahness really profitable^? 'i M«tl£ the souiids of a in case, trial, all. \\.. , t > 1 ■ I I- ^■ i^ ,-*r- I!' 'i ^ijST READER. J TH9 CHICKADEE- 1, Little darling G Oarejpss how tL^ ._^„ .^^^ „ Happy a# a bird qai^SI, . ^% Singing;^ oh, so cheerily, ^ Cl^ckad^e-dee I QhickadeAe^ a. Whence skies ^re^ cold s$d gray, 5^et|^|5e trills ^is happiest lay, Throu|:h the clouds he seems to see * Hidden things ^o you and me. ^ Ohic^pdeei'dee I ohickadee-dee I I Tery likely Mttle birds ' / Have their thoughts toa deep f6r words. •* > ■ * -ty- "wf '• C FIRST RBADBR, /,^-- ■,■■■•:;',."..■■ . ■ '■ • "iai But we kno-vy, and all a^ree, That the world would%reary be (^ Without birds^ dear chickadee I 75 EusABBTU A. DatIi. 4k > BbnoroiM.'— Copy, and put in right ^ords for the blanks. Thfi|hickadee-d« -^ . He J^r — when the skies are cold and gray. ^"^ Littleb|^ hAv\ their ■> ^ ji Birds faiflll in trees. |U « Don't ittl the That About your door. th| pretty birds. •- THE PET liAkB. X. Some children had a pet lamb called Baisv. Their mother was so poor that at-last she had nothing left to sell but the pet lamb. , . ' 2. So she went to the butcher and asked him to buy the lamb. The butcher said, "Here js five dollars, and I will come for the lamb to- morrow.'' 8. When he came the next day, the ^hlldrenr^ere ^layisg with Daisy: \i >• I. .,1'' : ,' Hli^ h i. ii .'Bt fi! f l.i Kr A : "Ihatne (iome fbrth6 lamb,^^ said the . man. When they he|^-d this, the children cried out, '^ Oh, mother; you wi!! not sell our Iambi" ' J- -4. Said the mother, "I have no lood; v I mw^^ sell it." The children all came ■ about her, and begged her not to 'sell. it ■■-■■■'■■;■; * . ^'' ■;•■ /-'.-A^ ':],:: / «. Then the mother, wltti tears, giaye back the money to the butcher, say- ing, "I will keep the lamb a^ little longer." But the butcher was a kind f man, and said,/' Keep both the lamb and the money." '' % o/u-o-uX- HJu^^ n/<]l KAj^YXAJiAA 4 • ''■■t t \ Q> FIRST READER. 77 ■ .'. r ,,/■ ■■■ ;'■ ■ MAMMA'S BIRTHDAY.. i. "The latch is so l^igh On this great, big door, Q O) I'M n k 'U FIRST. READ&R. And I've so many apples . In my jmxarfore [ > Mi V ii ■ 'if' !>#'*' . .ill'' 11'.--,, . » ii, )■ lOT'^lii » ■•■ " ■. » , m: K ' J- V ■ ,■■•. ■'^ ■M a. V I go^ them for mamma^--^ " - ; This is hetbirtliday\,i^^^^^^^^^^^^.; And I kno^ when she sees thern eTust what she will say^ ' *-Gh, what ahall I do?^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ * Hark! a step in the hall. . .^^ Hurry, 43li, fiuiry I "!" :y- My apples ^^^jIl^^^ xwllie- (door opens wide, — ^ : 'Tis rpainma herself, . ' ■ . ^^ tl^^pnks, w^h sweet kissep, ;: Her dear little bI^ ^ < .« .;:-:;.,: ■■7JS • »>^' ■ '•■•"». . .V ■t 1' ' v^l^_- - . .'■.-.■■'-■ ;' >,'•*•'» S " 'v ■■■:■-•■,.' . •>.^ '':S-:r «■■ *■**•» ^ ■:?^^':^v A,^- ■ * 7 ti ■,■.■■ ■ .-,•:»- . ■ . ; . 1 ■ -■■/ J* V ■..,■- /■ '■.-■-."f #'-f? *i' ■ . • ■ «■ ..>■ .■ ■. ■ ■- ■, ■.'d.*'* "•■■.'" ■*■ ■• .■ . v !" . i ' '? ■•■"• 'j.ia ■ . .145 M.- v:!^ ^ ■'<>•" > • ■. • ■•V» ■•■:«V.,' / N ■•i'^ ,.a' '■ '..U. 1. V THE «IHD ^ET FREEi IWS' ■+:-j •' ^''' • '■■■ '" ■' • •■ ;<* . *- ■'«■«• •vW 1 "A-^- a f : I. '■ilk •■•M ■fi'rX ^ FIRST mAJ^i^n, y.e-a ■ . /I.:'" '*'■■.■'■'.■ ,, ■-'-' '-''i. '■':-'„ • ../■ ■■■■ J '■'mii^' -;,"v''.« .■•>',•■ .-■■.. y:^^. ,*n- ■ i!^.::*"' I- #iA|f^. ■ • hj^ /|^"i ='•-■#; ?,-*»' '* •*■' «i' ; .,:!p«-eA^> f'm !^ 1 ■ ■'■■■ .f'. ' / .:«: ./: .-'•■";,.K •'■■^ J. .■.>■■•.;.. >^^ V--/; '^'^ ■]■■ ^^": ;;'''■ xr \ fl ■ > ^*^ ■* 5'i OAJiy bwL. ^C vCk6^ . 'Kva^ ;" ol^iM/vi/ 'IJm^ . 9r^^^^, % - '5 ■■■- * '. ■: '■■1' '•• '■■'■ i- :■■■%' '- ■■/■■ U/yiut^ * *a^»'■■ » " , f ■ ..la-..-. •>■;.:; ■.'*^., ?;--;.:^ .■.„"; -:;;.■; ■ ■•' ■ ■ «"■■-'■-'.. ■ .0 '■ ■■.."■, •' . ."fV- A'[ ' ■ViH' m K W^ ■ mm ■ : !^!-. .■ ! * i ■■ :'■ ».'&£ S-i «l 1 * h ■'if: Ft ■'■■.; PlRS^ RBADEJt, ^ ... DAISY VtlLLS. • ."•• . company , O^wers cottages 4 . ^watqhes, dearly sweet ' V ' 1. Daisy Mills is tb /■■ 'r' « a; .;/■ «t :^ — ^ l^^^r READEM. I, IV'hateVer work conies to your .liand, At liom^, or at your school, J>o your best with right good- will; It is a golden rule. V >. Still do your best, if tot,,at taW Yoii join the ir^rry jing; Or if you play at battledore; ' Or if you skip, or ^Wiugi " ^ l| Or if you write your' copy-book, , Or if you read, or spell,. Or if you seam, qr hem, or knit — -,^ Be sure you do it well. , " ; ;^ "^'' ./'■>,^ -W •■■; '■■■^"-•'^ Tft« l^ITOHTY CHICKEN. dripping beautifjil between ^ rogue/ ^'^^ o naughty -fierce V "'( '"" ' • ' ' ■■ " fence ', . gartkii (mrrakt • VI 'r 1. The Chickity Fluffs Uve4 in the finest coop in Currant Bush Row."' t. It h^ a real door ,^ith lea^fe^i^ ► !' 't^ - ~H If. .' ; (K |V« " ; A' •p ..•'■»/,•■ . t. » ' c , '.y* / ..' ". ftf"i3 " a '■SM ..pS^ '•<■« ■ m^-^r .f FIRST READER. «8 hinges, and a button, an^ p,ll the slats Were nailed on true and' even. 8. There .were ten of the Ohickity Fluffs, and nine were good, ahd one was naughty — the black chicken. 4. BCe ,. tt,.,^;vs^«$s\, Wlm>^'-pki^iiky'n "ho|/p^ i^^'tfie w^^^ tod upset It; 'i^wb^.^ ,/''■■ ■■im y ' Of. r '0 ii< " lb r •1 ill . 1 ll I ■I) I ^1 r 84 FIRST RBAPsn: • * all th^^j^ot^^erljiam liated him,, and wishe^jfrs. OliiGkity Fliiff, had lived ' ^^'UpP ^P' ^^y chfldren properly. " ^^IP^J^ere.waa 'ri^ |>lei^ty to eat iriSTOurrattt Buah Row -grain, I ; crumbs, :and meal tl;f-ee times a day,' Ja^d' there were gbod scratching- , . places all about. " • ^ 6. But -one morning ' the blacjc chipken, who^ had been goije ever y^ : since suni^se, c^me back to the coop, , dripping ^ with dew; and a bright . light ih his ey^^ ah^ ^.Ij'hat was" a -. . ^ .rogue^s eye if eyer there Vei?e one I /'"" ,x ■'' 7. I . have found' a beaiitiful country P said he, ",^;^.country full of lovely soft seratcMng;-:pi^cesf wit ,.; paths .betw6€^and\ "l * •* •• • ", „ « ^THE FLY. v; iSraWls '^ watch rainbows believe \. „ tickling choose , ^ shoe^ :, ... spread spider 1. fiatiy-by^',* - Here's a fly; . ' jbet AX& watch him, you and I. ; ^ ; . ,"' Hqw he crawls \,'.:Vy'''% the walls, • Ye„t he ne^c6r falls I «vv.n' 1, I believe with six such and I could walk on eggs. There he goes ' -. On; his -toes, ' ;. /. :.g', ' Tickling Baby's noi&e. I ^ f 4: Spotj^ Qf red ' Dot his h^atd ; ■Jl^ % 1 » lit'.- :-:^::M ^-^ ,>.p ■ ^l^^fly^^^' ^iuse.^ ffTiiH J it [{ y^. !# 1 i) * m Ml' I 86 FIRST READEJt. "'X: \ ■ f t Eaiiibows on hia back are spread; ; That small speck ' Is his neck ; ; ^ See him nod and beck I • ^4. I can show you, if you choose, Where to look for his shoes^ ■ Three small pairs, / .--'^ Made of hairs; \ These he always wears, ir Flies call see ^ More than we ; y ^ - "" So how bright their eyes must be! Little fly, Ope^ your eye ; Spiders are near by. 6. For a secret I can tell, Sniders -never use flies well; Then away, , Do not stay. | Little fly- good day. . Bxercis^. — How many wings has a iBy? ' I How many legs, has a fly? " » • ' la it right to kill a fly? ' •*- ( ■X rmST RSADER, ^ •/ ^■M \.,« ^-1 ;. » i 'A ■ 1 PEBTTY POLLY. ■^^fea < •» « Detroit .parrofe ^""^1^ ■ . ■■:.:,..■■ > q^^- ^^-^^■:■'g \ ■..'■ ; '.'■■; -• ' "' X^ ' ■ > ^-^ "■-.■';""" .,'vi5^^ ■ •'--'■-♦¥ iA ■ * T \ • „(/ 8^ FinST HEADBH^ ,..,„.«.«-^ ,••»■ '« •■ ,\»- .r V -^^ vTliere are a gi-eat many pretty Pollys in the world. This on© w^ owned by a lady in Detroit. i.The lady lived in a house with high, stone steps, on one of the wide streets. The cage .for the parrot stood ixi,the bay windo^^^g? ■ :!■.■;•• ;•;, ;^.^ '.r^ ' 8. In the moyn i j^^y' cage was open for awhile, ahd^^pr. hopped about outside. v/\: ■-;■ ' '--■■■■'v. ■.■■''';. f[, :'/'■£-,: ^ 4. AU th^ Httle oiiildren on that str^t knew and loved Polly. % Some of them had to go past the house to go to school. The^always looked to see ^ the window was open^ or if Polly was out of her cage. 6. If she was; she would hop down to the post to see them. And they 'would give/ her a bit of cake, or a \cracker, or some other nice thing, 7. Polly was sure to pay them with some of her wise look! or qu^aer say- ings. • ., i^>-^ 8. If older people said, " Good rf.i pioming:, V Mistress Polly y " would sometiiiies drawl out, " Good m-o-r-n^i-n-g ; PoUy^s sleepy I " «, To the next she might say, "Good morning; don't bother a bird.-' : 10. The children are very fo^d Polly. They are sometimes late at school, because they stop too long to talk to her. ^\ J| 11, The one who sees the bird first calls^ out, " Look, look, Polly is out pfher^agei'^ la; May is the one who can make her talk best. She goes behind her and holds out a Bit of cake. ^^Ilere, Pplly," she says, you know me." :^v x . ti,Tes,7 drawls Polly, I know ybu. YouVe good children.'^ That makes them laugh, an)i Polly does not like that. " Don't laugh," says 14. When Polly has all she wants, she will say, '^Go to school now, children, ^P) to school." m -v-r ** \ , '% ^f^l ^*3fv / - . ■■• '^ ■ -.■ ' /■' ■\ ■■ J-s /. ' ■■ ' " " " ■ ' " '^'■-' ■ ■ ,' ■ , '■ -', ■■■■"- . ■M|HM| ■■MBBB^^H ^^^^^^^^H ^^^^^^^^^^^^^H ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^1 ^^H ^^^^^H ^ ^H ^^^H ■ ► •: .'i^^^^^l ^^^^1 ^^^^^^^^1 '.^^'I^^^ in HHH ^ • . ■ . ■ . ■ . . , . - • ,• 1 i# . •^' ■;.'■'■. -■ *' .".■■:■'/'■■ 9 ■ ■ •' •' ■ . . » * '. ' . ■■'.' ' -■■ ■ . '\ '■•■■- • 4 « ■ • ;■ (/; : "■'.'■'■?■ '.■',,' -^ ' '' ■ ; , ^- ■ ■ ■ ' ■ • 1 :" ' ■ b • '-■■■'/■''"■ V J ■■' - ■■:'■■ ■ •■- . ■". ■ n ■■ ; ■ '■■'''^^^■'t- ,.v,:'' "j:-^ ^ . •• / ••• ■ * - ■ 1 ' t ■:'.,'-■ • i\ ■ ,^:' " ■ . '^ ' :.\ ' \ ^"^ \ -J , ■ ■ ■' ' »■;■ . ,,/:.,: **■.-' •, -i ■ ■ . r ■' ■■.' , -f :, ■\ '■'. ^ ■' "'^^ -V ■- -: 1 ■ ' ■ .. ^. • ;■■",.;. • * ^•v';;-;: I .\. ' ■ ■•, ' i ■ , 'r , '■■■dm' -i MICBdOOrv MMiUnON TVr CHAtT (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) . ,«. 1.0 1.1 ittlS tt"" u 2JS 2.2 ■i 20 1.8 ^ im iu ■ 1.6 >^KJEPIMHGE li Inc t6M East Moin StrMt (7t«)2M-aM»-Fa)> ? . .¥' do FIRST READER. r 111 if Ills? i ii: ■■/■ 15. Then off they run as fast as they can, for they know it inust be time. .Iff. This will all he said over agj^ the next day, hut each time* it seems just as funny as before. 17. Sometimes the children used to talk about her strong, stout legs: ' il 18. Hpw her toes point, — two straight in front, and two ■fiack I " they would say. * ; 19. Op, ^^ What a queer bill she has, and how funny she looks when she eats!>%fO' '■■::,■.;■;■;■- ^^■;'^^ 20. But Polly did not seem to like it. »; -^ I don^t blame her," said May; "we shouldn't like to have /any one do it to us. We won't do it any -more."- ■ •\' r ■'■,■■■:[ \ '■■ '• "'*; ' - .-^S', ';/.'' -.-^ 22. They hope she will say sortie new thing; but she has only thr^e sayings for them : "I like you," " You're good children," and " Go to school."* , 23. Polly has one bitter enemy, and that is Jim, the black cat. ^• 'ii^if'-^^^t FIRST HEADER. 91 y..,.. . . ., . THE STORY .or A BUTTERFl-Y. i: Oiie wjirxn day in summer there . "was bom a babjr caterpillar, and a /queer little roll lie wsfe. His coat was made of t)l9.ck, brown, and yellow fur. He had ten short legs and^ strong little mouth. On each side of his head he had three shining black eyes. 2 He lived in a tree, and how big the world about him seemed to be! He V ate tender green leaves and little buds for breakfast. Often, fo^inner, he nibbled a large green l^^vpiece by piece^ until he had eaten it aH.;: 3. One day somerhing whispe^d to him that by and by a great change would come to him, and that he would be able to fly instead of crawl, and that his eyes would be able t^o see lovely things far away. 4. Afterawhilehegrewyery'Sleepy, his briglit eyes becajne dim, and he ^ faint and chilly. So he made x ^ himself a little bed, fastened it to a i^^ I <■■ 1}:^%' (f I :.:'i I ■:^m> 92 FIRST BEADED, leaf, slipiped off his worn-outi clothes, and cr^pt into it. The breeze rocked him to and fro till he fell asleep. 6. A Ibng time he slept, but one morning the sun shining brightly on his little bed roused him, and made him ©pen his drowsy eyes. Then he, began to creep slowly forth, putting his head out and then his body. e. Whaf^a surprise he wasto l^ji^elf 1 Instead of his old fur coat, h^JHp on the finest velvet suit he hM ever seen. Instead of ten feet, he had six^ and on his shoulders/^ere a pair of beautiful wings, dotted with gold and edged with black and yellow. His eyes ^re like diamonds. 7. He spread his bright wings .and flitted from flower to flower the who^le day long, sipping honey from the sweet blossoms. At night he folded his wings, rested in a lily cup, and the wind rocked him to sleep. How glad he was to be no longer a caterpillar, but s^ beautiful butterfly. FinST BEA'BE^. HAIL-STONE'S STC5rY. 98 i. "Tap! Tap! Tap! Why don^t you let me come iiito yoiH^ warm room ? " . said a little hail-stone as it struck the window pane. "I have been on a long journQy and am very cold.," ^ a. "Where did you come frpm?" I asked.' - :■ ;■ "-■•;/^' ■,'"-:' "' - • , ' 8. " Froni*^ Cloudland, of course ; that wasmy home. ' 4. " I was part of a heautiful, fleecy .cloud until a chilling wind blew u^n it. He did not hurt the cloud much at fir^t, for he only blew hard enough to change it into Water- drops ; theix he said, ' Let us run " a r$»ce and se# whicli can reach "the earth first.' He got a little ahead at -l^he start, and when we rain-drops, dtaght UB with him, hq blew a chill- ' ing breath which ftpze^^aa^into these ice-drops. w"^ * 5. " Oh, 1 am so cold ! '' said the poor little hail-stone as it melted away.. u '41 A CHILD SAVED BY A DOG. autumn ^ servants 'quickly carried minutes soundly 1. About six o'clock one aiituinn evening there was an alarm of fire .V- :m ► an ire ?msT READER.' 06 a wide av large] liouse upon heaths \:. •'■ \j ' '.'^:',\- '■ " " ' *■: 2. The N^amps quickly spread, and all the seWakats ran out i^ a f rights just as dinn'ei- was gpiiig to 1 be served to the jnistreBs of th^ house. s, ' 8. Litiie Beiltie had been put to bed about iten nlinut^s befop the fire broke clit, as he was not very well. 4. The nurse forgot all about the child, sip eager was she to save her- sfelf froih being burnt, and so did all tie rest of the people that lived in the hoiise, except the lady whose ants had run away so quickly. 6.Vghe was the mother of Bertie, — his fattiqr was awaiy from home that se evening. ,h-and she made haste to hei/ little boy's room and took him in her a^fiis, but she was so frightened, and :dci bliilded and choked with the smoke, that sh6 fell and dropped 'Bertie and staggered out into the fresh air. . 1^ - •■ 'j n ■ .1 .41 A: I 1 1 •■ I : :: [) 96 PTRST READER, e. Bruce, a large STewfotindlaiid dog, who was little BeHie's playmate, seeing ;iier come out without th^ boy, and knowing that she should have brought out his little master, dartjed into the dark snioke, and soon Cfbundhim. 1 A 1 Taking him by the dress, he pk)u!dly carfi■. ^■.v.^.;. ■/,■.••■.■;■-■'. .v.,:,; -.: 1 Hi ■" ' 'W ■'■■«« ■■-■■ 1 ■ If ■! . 98 j FIRST n/'AhER. If * 8. "Oh, What ugly briars," 1 i r . He cried, with a pull, 1 1 "To tangle mo up so, 1^ And tear out my wool I " ^ i i 4, But ho cleared himself soon ij| \ With-a vigorous bound |i:j And went skipping away Ij / Through themeadOAlsrs around. ^]^^ 1 8. That very same morning, M A thrifty young thrush . wM Game hopping along H^ By th^ veiy same bush; o • Hi e. And when hang^g there Bni On the thorn she espied HB V ' Some locks.fi-om the fleece ; Hp Of the lambkin^ she cried : — HBfi'i^Bi ■■■■■■ '^fci' -- |IBi| 7. Oh, you are good briai-s Rp . To get wool for me!" RE And she caiiied it off hE^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ old apple-tree. |ffl|^ - 8. And lined her nest with it Bit In daintiest wav: ^ " ■ •■ ■ ; • ■. ' ,_. , . ^ .. ■ :"". , ■ . ■ ; . ■ '. ' '• " ,'•'■■■' .. ■ '''■■■'•';■',. .'■•.■ FTIiST REAPE-it, 99 , ' ■■:■'' Ah nai^py at work • • ■■ ■■■'■''''.■ .. As thu lauibkiu ut play. ... M. E. N. JUtllAWAY. , . ■ ■ : ■ • ■ '■...'.' * ■■ ■ • ' , ■ ' " '■ - ■J '■■ t ■ ' \ '■ ■ ,;■■' ■ ■■;..■ ■■- • •.■■■' •:.■■■ ■ , - _ ;■; _;•■,■ • THE BROKEN WINDOW. | M ul. through window suppose 'H together answered caught - il 1. George and James Were playing together, ar^L^ Creorge^s ball went ;■ ' ' _ • through the^Slindow of a ho\as0. .- ■■ * . . * . ■ 1 3. James said, ^' Let ^s run way, and '. '- ' ...» ■ ■« then they will not know who broke .. ■■ .■ ■ . ■ . the window." ' •-: ' ■■ ^ ^ ^^" V ■ ' • ' :. ■[ -f*!^. ■ ?. 'VlE^o," answered George, '^ I would not do such a mean thing. I broke .■■■:■■! the window, and I am going to owftv^ ;:: 7 ! ' -' ■ ■ \ ■ ' ' ' ■ - it, and pay for it." ' 4. " Well," said James, "FsuppqjSe that is the best way to do. I didn-t think how mean it woiild be to run ■' '■ ■ ' ■ . "' ' away I will pay half ; for if 1 had * - - ■ i \ ' ■ ■■ . s ■' ■ . \ \ .,' *t i M' rr I it'' 100 ;!..-•■ \ '^. V, FIRST READIER. .* caught tho ball, it would not have broken the window." -. .■ ■ ■'). ■ '■ ' ^ , ■/ '■-■■■■ •• ■■■ ■■•''■ ' ■ lbi«rol««. — What would running away hare shown these l)oy8 to be? , / i - , ' ^Vhat (lid they decide to do? Tell a story like this about "A Bommed Kniff." ^ITTIiE MOUSIE QRA-Y. corner y ppekmg caugEt nibbled eat naught^ \ cellar hungry frigiitene# ■. T H: FrnST READER. 101 I. T am a little gray mouse named Dick. I live with hiy mother ami big brother in the daik coruor of a^ cellar;. / r ;'. ../.-;■:■ _': ^"^ a. My big brother calls me "Little Pjy." I don't see why, do you? lie says I shall get caught in a trap soipe day. \ , ■' . •■ 1. 1 know ^hat a trap is, for I saw Mary put one near our home one ;day. ■■' •■■^■•■' '^^ "•"■-■ 4.1 heard her say, '^Fow I shall catch the little mouse that-eats our 55ake and pies.'^ B. I knew she meant me, for I am the only little mouse in the house. She did not see me peeking Tit her from behind a big box.- 6. When she went away\ I jumped up and down, and saiid, '^ Kp, Migs Mary, you won't catch me ; for . j am a smart mouse, if I am little."" 7.1 went and looked at the trap. I smelled some cheese in it, and I ., '■ V, .:! ^. vi ;w '•1 W'^: 1 r t ,,*-■■ ■ A' 102 FJBST nsAj^m^ , waiitud it, for I was very hungry; ^ but I was af i-aid to get it. 8.. So I ran iij^ stairs, where Mary keeps her cake. I ate a big piece, ; and it matleine sick. " - 0, My big brother said that if I had brought somQ home to him, I should • not have been sick. ; 10. My big brother is veiy funny. He is always making jokes. : ii;.The next day I saw Mary cbnie afid fix the cheese in the trap. I like Cheese better than you like pie, so 1 madAoip my mind to get it. ; 12, r went round the trap, and found a door open. I went in and nibbled the cheese. It tasted so good ! - li. i thought I would go home and xjall my brother, but L could not find the door. * u. I began to cry peep — peep— ./■peep! 'v^: ;'■'.- ... -V ■ ■' .';■•■'./. L -■.:■;■- 15. Mary must have heard me, for ; she came down the stairs and saidj. ..■,f i *■ ^p^pvf^liiVipy « w.wjAi^l^im^ ,^» -.*' iTT" J^|lW^^4^i^|^|W^*F5ft|pirf .'*-^ FIRST READER, loa "I knew I should catch you some time, you bad little mouse ! " , - : ' le^pl had never been called badr be- fore, and it* made me cry peep — peep I again.:': ;-;■■■ ■;■.■■ '- ■•■; ■ ' '■■;:■' ^7. " Ton would make a nice meal for Tab," said Mary, "if you were not so small." ■1/- nss^x^iTri 104 ^M FIRST READER. 18, Maiy took me up stairs in the trap, and called, '^ Tab, Tab, Tab, here is a nice bit for yoij ! '^ . * 10, When I saw Tab's great eyes I was so f lightened that I got up in a corner of the trap, and tried to hide. 20. '^JSTow catch him!" said Mary, and she opened the tra;p door. * 81. 1 ran out, and I heard Tab after me. ''\: -...■■;■'■■■■■.".. 22. How I did run! I saw the coal- hod in the room, and I junaped into it. I was so little that they did not see me. ..' ■■.■■..•■■■•:'. 28* I J^eard Mary say, " You naughty Tab, !N'ot to (3atch that mouse: J —^ow I can't keep a pie Dr a 6ake in this house." 24. The first time the cellar door was open I ran home. - IVTien I told my brother about the trap and Tab, he said, "I tiold you so." / ■ . . . . %■' ■ ■ • • ♦, FIRST READER. 105 86.1 have not dar6d go out for twb days, but am so hungry I must go and find something to eat. I will never toueh cheese again. • ^ J mean to keep out of Tab's way, too, wouldn't you? . ^ • ■"'» ■ ■ :* THB DARLING LrTTIiE GIRL. "V: everybody thoughts whitest pleasant darling gladness sunny music impart 1. IVho's the darling little girl Everybody loves to see ? She it is whose sunny face Is as sweet as sweet can be. .y V^ FIRST READER, :.y X- a. Who's the aarling little girl ' . ' Eveiy body loves to hear? She it is whose pleasant voice Falls like music on the oar. a/Who's the darling little gii'l Everybody loves to know? >She it is ^ whose ^cts and thoughts Are as pure as whitest snow. • * *-"'.■■ Tl ■ • NERO. kennel curious thieves crawled scratched usual robber gi^Qwling' , ^ though ir!N"ero was a dog that slept in a kennel in the yard to keep watcli in the night, so that no thieves would come about and steal, ■^ a. One night he followed his master up stairs to his bedroom. The ser- .1 9° ./I iHi"^ tj-^^*? T "y^t .y ■ i -i 9' a . n d i,i>.^ ■ /; a' 1 : .•• t mnsT headeb. lift vant turned him out; but he howled and scratched at the door, and when he was driven away^ he soon came .«. At last his master, curious to see what he would do, ordered the door ■• -v , ^ip^wg5^^^^^» 108 FIRST READER, t. ■i^ to be opened. The dog at once rushed into the room, and, giving >; little, short bark, by way of thai3{fes, he crax^led under th^ bed, as if he meant to Stay there. v • |- 4. The master thought th^ dog acted rather strangely ; but he soon forgot all about it, and, at the us\ial time, went to bed. 8. In themiddle of the night k gresJgf noise iri the room Woke the master, and he got up to see what Was the matter. There, on the floor, was a man flat on his back, while l^ero stood over him growling in a way that said, " Lie still if you wish to keep a whole skin." ' y"^ 6. The man was tied and takeiv^ to prison, and he proved to be a robber who had come to steal the master's purse, and perhaps to kill him. 7. What made the dog leave hisNawn bed and go up to the room of his master nobody knew ; but he seemed -•'**», FIRST READER. 109 to think that his master wtis in dan- ger, aiid so he went np to helii liim. ' a. 'jTou may be sure that N^ro was well treated after this, and he conld sleep where he pleased ; but he Went" back to his kennel, as though ho knew it was his piace to keep watch out-of-doors. J • ! : 9i He lived to be a very old dog, and he had the best of care until he died. IbEerolae.-.W!hat is a kennel? What is a robber? What was Nero's work? Tell how he found the robber, . Mark the silent letters in night, great, iiett. :^'V,-.:'''.' ■--.• ^..;\.8TlBALINO. '■.:■".'■ What is medni hy atealingf Stealing is the taking and carrying away of the goods of Another without his knowledge and consent. What desire leads people to steal? Cpvetousness leads people 1o take what does not belong to them. - ' ' What is he called toho steals? . • How tnmh or how little should one steal to be a *hie/t Why? . What does the moral law ^ say about stealing? H saySf *yThou Shalt not steal." ' - ■ 4' m V ]^iasT RBAbSn. ■\ commandment forsake continualJy naughty beggar naked wanders l-oosting foolish I do not like to go to bed," Sleepy lit- tle Hany said. u Go, ■'^. naughty Betty, go a#ayj I will not come at all^Isay." 8. "Ah, silly child, what is he saying? As if he could he always playing; * Then, Betty, you must come and ./^:. carry 'i^^ /-■■\, - • ;' .•; :-/;■ w-V-;'". This very foolish little Ilarry. l\- :..:%- W^pPiPf^'^IW^^ ' V \ '\-y;' FIRST RKADRR, V I. "The little birds are better taught; ' They all go roosting when they ought. V —-And all the ducks and fowls, you ■ ■ know,,., ■,/■. . • V.-. ^ They went tp bed an hour ago. 5. The little beggar in the street, 1^4ho wanders forth with nak< ■. 'feet^;. .;: And has not where to. lay his ■.■■■■ head,^--,', : ■ ■ ■■.&''^-^- ^ Oh, he'd be glad to go to bed." - * ■■■■'• . I . ■ ■-' "' , rri/i>| A