UC-NRLF LANGUAGE R E A D ER SERIES I 1 BAKER CARPENTER 'DULOM I I I f// EDUCATION DEFT. PRIMES THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON BOMBAY CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO A MOTHER GOOSE PARTY. PRIMER LANGUAGE READER SERIES BY FRANKLIN T. BAKER i PROFESSOR OP THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN TEACHERS COLLEGE GEORGE R. CARPENTER LATE PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND JULIE T. DULON TEACHER IN PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. 151 NEW YORK CITY ILLUSTRATED VY RUTH S. CLEMENTS gorfe THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1909 All rights reserved or pwn c mnato Sle of CaHfBrt,,. CODETH00SE DISTRICT TDT> COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published June, 1909. EDUCATION DEPT. '. ' ; ' . NortoooU J. S. Gushing Co. Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. PEEFACE THIS Primer is added to the Language Reader Series, in accordance with the original plan of the Series, to fur- nish material for simpler and better graded instruction than can be had through the First Reader alone. Its material is of the same general sort as the earlier readers of the Series. Type and illustrations have been made in accordance with the latest and most accepted theories of the laws of the eye and mind of the child. Special acknowledgment is here made to Professor Edward L. Thorndike, of Teachers College, for very mate- rial help in the preparation and criticism of the book. No feature in it has been included without his advice and approval. M39T93 This is a boy. Jack is a boy, Dick is a boy. This is a girl. Mary is a girl. Jill is a girl. Mary Jill Jack Dick i 2 Jack is a good boy. Jill is a good girl. Mary is a very good girl This is Mary. She has a curl. She has a curl on her forehead. She has curl on her This is a little girl. She is not good. She is bad, She has a very little curl, And the curl is in the middle of her forehead. This is her forehead. the very bad ittle This is a little girl. She has a little curl. And the curl is in the middle of her forehead. When she is good, she is very, very good, and when she is bad, she is horrid. When And and This is a bird. Jill sees the bird. Jack sees the bird see the bird. see bird g Here is one bird. Here are two birds, The birds fly. Fly, birds! Fly up! Fly down ! bird fly up down see a blackbird. Mary sees a blackbird, Dick sees a blackbird. Fly away, fly away, blackbirds, This is a hill. Go up the hill, Jack. Go down the hill, Mary, Go up the hill, Dick Go down the hill, Ji Go away blackbird You go hill I go up the hill You go down. Mary is sitting on a hill, Dick is sitting on a hill. Jack is sitting on a hill. You are sitting down. I am sitting down. Two blackbirds are sitting on a hill. Are sitting you 10 J There are two boys. This is one boy. This is the other boy. There are two girls. You see one girl. The other girl is down in the corner. One girl is named Mary, The other is named Jill. One boy is named Dick. The other is named Jack, There other named one two 11 There are two blackbirds sitting on a hill. The one is named Jack, The other is named Jill Fly away, Jack. Fly away, Jill. Come back, Jack, Come back, Jill. come back 12 can dance. You can dance. Jack and Dick can dance Mary can dance alone. This is Bumpkin. Bumpkin can dance, See the merry-men. The merry-men can dance Dance, merry-men. Dance, boys and girls. can dance alone -m 13 Dance, Bumpkin, dance. Dance, you merry-men, every one. For Bumpkin, he can dance alone. Bumpkin, he can dance alone. Dance, Foreman, dance. Dance, you merry-men, every one. For Foreman, he can dance alone, Foreman, he can dance alone. For he every 14 n This is Middleman. Can Middleman dance alone? This is Ringman. Can Ringman dance alone? Ringman can not dance alone. Dance, Littleman, dance. Dance, you merry-men, every one. For Littleman, he can dance alone. Littleman, he can dance alone. Middleman Ringman Littleman man not 16 This is a pail. The pai is for water. Jack, get water. Jill, get water. Jack went up the hill. Jill went up the hill. Mary and Dick went up the Jack fell down. Jill fell down. Jack came tumbling, came tumbling. get water pai went fell 17 When Jack fell down, he broke his crown. This is his crown. His head is his crown. Dick went up the hill. He fell down and came tumbling after Jack Do not tumble, Mary. Do not tumble, Jill. Get up, Jack, and get the pail of water. Do his broke S 19 Jack and Jill went up the hill to get a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after. Do you see the pai ? Do you see the water? You can see Jill tumbling after Jack down the after tumbling boy boys girl girls see sees hills pails crowns 20 This is a see-saw. The see-saw goes up and down. Two boys are sitting on this see-saw When one boy goes up, the other boy goes down. You can play see-saw with your two feet. This is the way to play see-saw. One foot goes up. The other foot goes down. U 21 See-saw, up and down. This is the way to London town. One foot up, the other foot down. This is the way to London town, 1. goes sees plays towns 2. sitting tumbling playing see seeing fly flying dance dancing come coming 3. down town crown 22 I saw an old, old woman. Her home is under a hill. Here is her home. She lives alone in her home. You live in your home. Jack has gone home. Have you gone, Jill ? Dick was there. Mary is there still. The bird was sitting on the hill. Is it there still? old woman lives home an at under ^^ w 23 There was an old woman lived under a hill. And if she's not gone she lives there still, My home is a 'house. n my house is a cupboard. In my cupboard is a cat. In my cat is an a. Big A, little a, bouncing b, The cat is in the cupboard, and can not see me. can cat cupboard Jill hill still 24 X My merry-men My Merry-men Mary come home tumble m M an man other mother cat mat bad mad way may see seem an am lives little Lives Little fell hill pail girl curl alone fly old tumble I L \ . and land get let way lay was wall back black y 25 merry-men Mary horrid r an ran at rat middle riddle r is in the middle of- bird, There are two r's in the middle of horrid. I and m are in middle. There are two m's and two r's in merry-men, 26 z an and after are a bad bird boy broke b curl come came crown c do dance Dick down d every e fell foot feet fly f get good girl goes g he has his hill h is in it if I i Jack Jill j k little lives I merry-men middle Mary m named not n A 27 o of on old other p pail play q r ran rat s see saw sitting still t town tumbling two u under up v very w way water went with x y you your 28 B boys cat bad girls bird good you men hill little your woman home old he Dick middle one his Jack pail other she Jill water two her Mary town still this back a very it foot an alone feet the here C is broke in was get on has fell under go fly up went lives to gone dance down come play with comes sitting of came sit and see can when saw do not 29 30 D See the well. There is water in the well Put the pail into the well. Get water in the pail. Pull up the pail. Pull, pull, pull! Here is another boy. Who is he? He is named Johnny. Who has a bell? Ding dong, bell, ding dong. Put the bell down. bell well put pull who ding, dong long song 31 Oh! Oh! Oh! Pussy is in the well. Pull her out, Johnny. Ding dong bell, Pussy is in the well. Who put her in? Little Johnny Green. Who pulled her out? Little Johnny Stout. 1. out Stout <& " 2. pull pulled dance danced 3. tumble tumbled play played 32 One, two, three, four, five, six Six little mice sitting down to spin your threads; with six little heads, and six long tails, and six very long threads. Pussy likes you, little mice. She likes you to eat. If puss came in, she might bite your heads off, and bite your tails off, and eat you up. The little mice say: "She shall not." "She shall not. G 33 Six little mice sat down to spin. Pussy came by and put her head in Shall I come in and bite your threads off? "Oh, no, kind puss, . you might bite our heads off! 1. Six sit sat spin 2. head thread bite eat 3. if off in on by 34 H I see the moon. The moon sees me. God bless the moon, and God bless me. moon God bless The moon shines at night. It shines on the sea. The stars shine on the sea. Way down deep in the sea are two little fish. The stars peep at the 'ittle fish in the deep sea. shines night sea stars deep peep fish at Who is at the window? It is a dear baby, She looks at the stars. She looks at the deep sea. The moon sees baby dear. The stars see baby dear. Two frogs see baby dear. The two stars say: "Go to sleep," "Go to sleep. 11 The two fish say : "Go to sleep," "Go to sleep." The two frogs say : 1 Neap, neap, go to sleep. 1 Neap, neap, go to sleep. dear baby say sleep frogs 36 J V Come to the window, My baby, with me, And look at the moon That shines on the sea. There are two little stars That play at bo-peep, With two little fish Far down in the deep. And two little frogs Say, ' Neap, neap, neap ! I see a dear baby Who is going to sleep. " Who window 38 L Father says, : ' Good-night/' Mother sings to baby. This is the song she sings. Sleep, baby, sleep. Your father is watching the sheep. The little stars are the lambs, I guess, And the great white moon their shepherdess. Sleep, baby, sleep. It is morning now. The sunshine comes in at the window. Wake up, baby. M 39 Good night. Sleep tight. Wake up bright, In the morning light, ,o do what is right With all your might. 1. bright light might night right sight tight 2. deep peep sheep sleep 3. wake make 4. singing sleeping waking going 40 N night not in an on Night not alone shines moon n N moon noon might night go no \ mice nice cat can see seen f F father fish foot four if off Father Fish Foot Four at fat can fan hill fill pull full like life night fight O 41 six sat spin see Six Sat Spin See s S and sand old sold eat seat moon soon night sight go so pussy put pail peep Pussy Put Pail Peep up sleep spin P P pan pat pin Dick pick four pour say pay cat cap she sheep 42 Who is this boy up in the corner? He is Jack Horner. What is he doing? He is eating a pie, a great big pie. It is Christmas morning. It is a Christmas pie. Merry Christmas, Jack Horner Do not eat that great big pie all up. corner pie great big Christmas eat Q 43 Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie. He put in his thumb And pulled out a plum And said, "What a great boy am I. II 1. thumb plum sat 2. Sat mat fat rat pat 3. Sight might fight right 4. sand man fan ran 44 R Here is a great wall. Here are the king, and the king's men, and the king's horses. t Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses, and all the king's men Could not put Humpty together again. king horses together s 45 Humpty Dumpty is an egg Do not break, Humpty-egg If you broke an egg you could not put it together again. All the king's horses and all the king's men could not put Humpty-egg together again. You and I like Humpty. We like to eat him. We break him and eat what is in him. Good-by, Humpty Dumpty. egg we him again 46 T Mother has a -garden. It is a pretty garden. Do you like it? Flowers grow in the garden. We all love flowers. Every one loves flowers. Dick has a garden. Flowers grow in Dick's garden. His flowers are very pretty. Jill loves pretty flowers. She shall have a garden. garden grow pretty love has shall 48 V Here is Mary's garden. What is there in it? I see pretty maids in it. I see silver bells in it. I see cockle shells in it. Where are the flowers, Mary? Mistress Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, And cockle shells, And pretty maids All in a row. does iii W 49 Dick's cap is red. Jack's cap is red, too. Jack has a stick in his hand. Dick has a stone in his hands. Dick went through Mary's garden. He let the stone fall. The stone broke a shell. Do not let it fall again, Jack. Mary will not like you. She will not let you go through her garden. through stone hand cap stick red will 50 X Jill should go to the garden Jack should go up the hill. John should go home. Mary will give you a silver bell. She will give me a cockle shell. I'll give her a red flower. Whom should I give the other flowers to? Whom should I let come through my garden? should give whom let 52 As I went through the garden gap, Whom should I meet but Dick Red Cap! A stick in his hand, A stone in his throat. If you tell me this riddle, give you a groat. Can you tell this riddle? 53 1. back black pack sack 2. Dick stick pick sick 3. king sting ring sing 4. wall stall fall all 1. way stay play say 2. stick stone stand stamp 3. break bright bring brick 4. well tell fell sell 5. will till fill . 6. spin span spun spot 7. spell spill 8. thick thing still stray 9. mother brother 54 a 1 at am an you by are the he can and she in come after it do if not my of does there your off eat till his on has very her out have when who to let where whom up was what this under will some over shall away 55 get baby bell bite ' mother well another bit mice sea far sat fish song gap say frogs long gave way put Pussy deep nice wake pull heads green peep ran tails stout trap like night dear then looks morning three thank spin moon four time shines stars five threads sleep sea six wants 56 long milk some tail There was a mouse with a long, long tail. Mouse went to play with Pussy cat, and Pussy bit off Mouse's tail. Mouse said : ' Pussy, Pussy, Give me my tail/' Pussy said; "Get me some milk. Then I will give you your tail again." Mouse went to the cow. Mouse said: : 'Cow, Cow, give me some milk. 57 Pussy bit off my tail. I will give Pussy the milk. Pussy will give me my tail again." Cow said: "Get me some water, Then I will give you some milk." So Mouse went to the well. She said: "Well, Well, give me \ some water. Cow wants water. Then cow will give me milk. I will give Pussy the milk. Pussy will give me my tail again." Well said: "Get me a pail. Then I will give you water." 58 So Mouse went for a pail. Then she ran back to Well. Well gave Mouse some water. Mouse said: 'Thank you." Then she ran to Cow. She said : ' Here is some water. So Cow gave Mouse some milk. Mouse said: 'Thank you." Then she ran to Pussy. She said : ' Pussy, Pussy, here is some milk." Pussy gave Mouse her long tail again. Then away ran Mouse. 59 time trap which eye A Riddle Old Mother Twite hett had but one eye ; And a long tail which she let fly. And every time she went over a gap, She left a bit of her tail in a trap, Can you tell me this riddle? 60 The sea is deep. My house is high. The well is deep. The mountain is high. A mountain is a high hill mountain high Four children are playing by the sea. They are Jack and his sister, and Dick and his sister Mary. Jack wades in the water. Dick wades in the water. All children like to wade. children play wade sister 61 I have a little sister. They call her Pretty Peep, She wades in the waters, Deep, deep, deep. She climbs the mountains, High, high, high. My poor little sister, She has but one eye Can you tell me this riddle? They poor 62 Jack and Jill are playing on the seashore. Jack has a spade. He digs with the spade. He digs holes in the sand. Jill has a pail. She fills the pail with sand. She makes cakes of sand, Jack has made four holes side by side. Jill has made a cake beside every hole in the sand. make cake made spade digs side beside 63 When I was down beside the sea, A wooden spade they gave to me, To dig the sandy shore. My holes were empty like a cup. In every hole the sea came up, Till it could come no more. shore more up cup no so could should would pail tail sail 64 Can you catch me? Catch Jack, Mary! Catch me, Jill ! See little Robin Red-breast Fly away, Robin ! What can Robin do? Robin can sing. Robin can fly. Robin can jump. Robin can chirp. Can you sing, Mary? Can you fly, Jill? Can you chirp, Jack? Can you jump, Dick? catch jump chirp 65 Little Robin Red-breast Sat upon a tree. Up went pussy cat And down went he. Down came pussy cat And away Robin ran; Says little Robin Red-breast, "Catch me if you can!' Little Robin Red-breast jumped upon a wall. Pussy cat jumped after him, and almost had a fall. Little Robin chirped and sang, And what did Pussy say? " . f~ Pussy cat said, ' Mew, j^ VfT)and Robin flew away. "M^l a almost did 66 Where is Mary? Mary is in her garden. Do you see the mouse? The mouse is in a trap. What did Robin do? Robin flew away. What did mother give you ? Mother gave me a wooden spade. Where did you play? I played beside the sea. What did you do there? I dug holes in the sandy shore. Mary dug holes, too. < A^2 4 dug 67 What do you eat? eat bread. Jack eats bread and butter. T^l "^.We eat bread and butter for supper. i Mother cuts the bread. She cuts it with a knife. Csn you cut bread with a knife? We have milk for supper, too. Little Tommy Tucker is coming for supper. Jack Horner will be there, too. cut knife bread butter Here is Tommy Tucker. He is a good boy. He will have supper here shall white marry wife Little Tommy Tucker Sings for his supper. What shall he eat? White bread and butter. How shall he cut it without any knife? How shall he marry without any wife ? 69 Sometimes we have porridge for supper. Jack likes oorridge hot. Jill likes porridge cold. hot cold porridge Pease porridge hot, Pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, Nine days old. Some like it hot. Some like it cold. Some like it in the pot, Nine days old. nine days pease please 70 1. Tommy Tucker to tell till hot pot cut butter little t T Tick tack tall tin 2. Tit tat toe, three in a row Fitter patter, up they go. 3. trap trip tray tree 4. b B bad big bell make lake tall ball bat 5. cold bold told fold sold 6. cake bake take rake make 7. hot not pot spot trot tail 8. dig day Dick Ding dong d D dot dog Dan deep dish such sport laughed spoon 9. Hi, diddle, diddle! The cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon, such much 10. moon soon spoon noon 72 Here is a lion. He is a good lion. I will tell you about him. He was asleep. There were five little mice. They were playing about him. They were playing hide and seek One little mouse hid under his foot. The lion awoke. He wished to eat the mouse hid lion wished awoke hide seek 73 The mouse said, 1 Do not eat me ! I will help you some day.' The lion said, 'How can you help me? How can a little mouse help a great lion ? But I will let you go." The mouse was happy. He said, ' Thank you ! Then he ran away to play with the others. happy help 74 One day the lion was caught by a rope. He growled and growled and growled. The little mouse ran to him. The little mouse said, "I will help you. 55 He bit the rope. The rope broke. The lion could get away. The lion was happy. The lion said, ; Thank you." A little mouse could help a great lion. 75 A glass of milk, And a slice of bread ; And then good night, We must go to bed. 76 To-day it is raining. The rain falls on the trees. The rain falls on the fields. The rain falls on the umbrellas. Little Johnny has no umbrella. He can not go out. He says : "Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. Little Johnny wants to play. The rain is raining all around It falls on field and tree. It rains on the umbrellas here And on the ships at sea. 77 By and by April will come. May will come after April. We have showers in April. They bring sweet flowers. I love sweet flowers. I love the showers. The showers help us. Sister loves flowers. Mother loves flowers, too. April May showers sweet April showers Bring May flowers. 78 The world is so full of a number of things, I am sure we should all be as happy as kings. The world is full of wonderful things. Flowers are wonderful Birds are wonderful. Seeds are wonderful. Trees are wonderful. All plants are wonderful. Raindrops help the little seeds. Sunshine helps the little seeds. wonderful seeds raindrops plants 79 Here is a little seed. Let us bury the seed in the ground. What is in the seed? A little plant is there. The little plant is fast asleep, The sunshine will wake it. The rain will wake it. The little plant will grow, It will creep to the light. fast bury creep us 80 heart voice rose heard The Seed In the heart of a seed, Buried deep, so deep, A dear little plant Lay fast asleep. Wake," said the sunshine, And creep to the light." 'Wake," said the voice Of the raindrop bright. it The little plant heard And it rose to see What the wonderful Outside world might be. 81 school Now Tick tock, six o'clock, the children are fast asleep. Seven o'clock, wake up bright, Climb out of bed. Nine o'clock. Time for school. Do what is right to-day with all your might. Tick tock, five o'clock, Now it's time for supper. Porridge hot, in the pot, And nice bread and butter. Bed time. Good night. 82 1. he has help hide how He Has Help Hide How hat hot hall hay hill Humpty hid hide hold 2. fly flower flat fling flake 3. sleep slice slip slipper sling 4. creep crack cry tumble crumble t 5. peep deep asleep steep keep 6. ship shower she sheep shot 7. hide ride side tide 83 1 . wake went water we awoke well will wall water want wish wing wide wet west 2. ground growled grow great 3. Sweet swing swell 4. wade made spade fade 5. when men pen ten 6. wet get met pet let 7. little bit sit lit 8. fish dish shake flake 9. tree try mice nice rice 84 The wind blows. Blow, wind, blow. This is a mill. The wind blows and the mill goes. The wind makes the mill go. The miller grinds corn. The miller grinds the corn in the mill. He makes the corn into flour. The baker makes the rolls. He makes the rolls of flour. We eat the rolls. blow wind mill grind corn flour 85 Blow, wind, blow, And go, mill, go. That the miller may grind his corn. That the baker may take it, And into rolls make it, And bring them in hot in the morn 86 Do you see the trees? The wind is blowing the trees. The wind makes the leaves tremble The wind makes the trees bow down their heads. Can you see the wind? Neither Jack nor Jill can see the wind. Neither Tom nor Dick can see it. Neither you nor I can see it. No one can see the wind. blowing leaves tremble neither nor 87 Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you ; But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I ; But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by hang passing How do you do, little Nancy Etticoat? Will the wind blow out your light? Let me see your white petticoat. It grows shorter. Little Nancy Etticoat, In a white petticoat and a red nose. The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. shorter longer Who can tell this riddle? 89 The wind is blowing. It is raining, too. See the little drops of water! They make the brooks. They make the sea. They make the mighty ocean. Have you seen the ocean ? Do you like the ocean? mighty ocean brooks i Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean, And the pleasant land. 90 The Wind and the Sun The wind and the sun had a quarrel. 'I am stronger than you," said Wind. 'I ami stronger than you," said Sun. 'Let us see," said Wind. 1 1 can take off that man's coat," said Sun, "I can do that," said Wind. Wind blew and blew and blew. The man held his coat on. Then Sun smiled and smiled and smiled. The man grew hot. He took his coat off. Who was the stronger? stronger quarrel held blew smiled grew took 91 If I'd as much money as I could spend, I never would cry, "Old chairs to mend ! Old chairs to mend! Old chairs to mend!" I never would cry, "Old chairs to mend!" If I'd as much money as I could tell, I never would cry, "Old clothes to sell ! Old clothes to sell ! Old clothes to sell ! " I never would cry, "Old clothes to sell !' mend spend chairs clothes never sell 92 Mother Hubbard Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor dog a bone. But when she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. She went to the- hatter's To buy him a hat. But when she came back He was feeding the cat. She went to the tailor's To buy him a coat. But when she came back He was riding a goat. bone bare feeding tailor's coat goat 93 This is two-legs. This is a stool. / It has three-legs. Here is four-legs. See four-legs run. He jumps on three-legs. Last comes one-leg. It is a leg of mutton. Four-legs would like to eat one-leg. 94 run jump throw Two legs sat upon three legs, t v with one leg in his lap. n comes four legs, and runs away with one leg. Up jumps two legs. He throws three legs at four legs, and four legs brings one leg back to two legs. Who can tell me this story? 95 1. Run, jump, stand still, sit down. 2. Smile, growl, bow down your head, 3. Take the ball ; drop it, and pick it up; give it to me. 4. Come and get the ball ; throw it to me. Take it ; put it in your coat. Pull it out again ; put it on my chair. 5. Creep; play go to sleep; play wake up ; hide in the corner. 6. Play dig a hole ; play climb a tree. 96 1. Put your hand on your head, head eye nose back hand thumb foot leg coat hat cap 2. Put your hand on something red red white black green 3. Put your hand on the chair, chair corner glass plant 4. Play you are a dog. dog cat mouse frog lion 5. Play eat. Play cry. Play fly. 97 1. mend spend lend bend 2. coat goat throat groat 3. blow blew black bless 4. One-leg is long. Four-legs is longer. Two-legs is longest of all Who is strongest of all? 5. Hop! hop! hop! To the baker's shop To buy or beg a bun. 6. You have not a penny And can not get any, _ So stop, stop, stop, my son! 98 1. is was were will be 2. shall should would can could 3. has have had may might 4. do did say said tell told * 5. Who what where when which this that there then some all 6. I you her she it they my your his her its their me you him her it them 7. and but if for very 8. never ever every not so no 99 1. One and one are two. Two and two are four. Three and three are six. One from six leaves five. Two from six leave four. Three from six leave three. 2. home father mother brother sister 3. big little baby dear boy girl 4. man horse cow mouse rat 5. day night sun moon shine 6. sand sea shore pail well 7. in out up down over under after before into out of on off with without 100 icicle hung tongue self young winter The Icicle and the Sun An icicle hung on a red brick wall, And it cried to the sun, "I don't like you at all." Drip drip drip* But the sun said, ' Dear, you've a saucy tongue, And you must remember, I'm old and you're young." Drip drip drip But the icicle only cried the more, Though the good sun smiled on it Just as before, Until at the end of the winter's day It had cried its poor little self away. Drip drip drip. 102 lambs meadow gay skip laugh frolic talk Come, my children, come away, For the sun shines bright to-day. Little children, come with me, Birds and brooks and flowers to see, See the little lambs at play, In the meadows bright and gay. How they leap and skip and run, Full of frolic, full of fun. Bring the hoop and bring the ball. Come with happy faces all. Let us make a merry ring, Talk and dance and laugh and sing. 103 speak spoken behave mannerly able table true Jack speaks when he is spoken to. Jill speaks when she is spoken to. They behave mannerly at table. Do you behave mannerly at table? A child should always say what's true, And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table; At least, as far as he is able. 104 rivers cattle country-side brown roof Did you ever have a swing? Do you like to swing ? Do you ever go up high? Can you see the river? Can you see the cattle? Can you see all over the country-side? Do you look down on the roof? I am up in a swing now. I look down on the garden. I look down on the roof. The roof is brown. I see the brown cattle, too. blue pleasantest air The Swing 105 How do you like to go up in a swing ? Up in the air so blue? Oh! I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do. Up in the air and over the wall Till I can see so wide; Rivers and trees and cattle and all Over the country-side. Till I look down on the garden green, Down on the roof so brown. Up in the air I go flying again, Up in the air and down, 106 Mother Goose's Party Mother Goose gave a party to the queen. The party was in London. Little Boy Blue was there with his horn. Jack and Jill came with their pail. Pussy came to look at the aueen. Peep Peep brought her light. Jack Horner brought a pie. Dick was there in a bright red cap. 107 Tommy Tucker came, too. He had a knife with him. Mother Hubbard came with her dog. Mistress Mary brought silver bells. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Mother Twitchett came to help Mother Goose. Last of all came Little Bo-Peep. She was crying. She had lost her sheep. Then all the children said, "We will find them for you." 108 Peep Peep lent her light, Boy Blue took his horn. Jack and Jill took water in their pail. Dick Red-Cap took a stick in his hand. The children ran about the fields. Soon Jack and Jill saw the sheep. They called Little Boy Blue, He blew his horn. Bo-Peep ran to the sheep, but their tails were gone. 109 The little mouse soon found their tails. Then Mother Twitchett sewed them on. The sheep ran to Bo-Peep wagging their tails behind them. Bo-Peep was very happy. Then the children ran back to Mother Goose. She was happy, too. She gave the children a good supper of white bread and butter. 110 The queen sat at the table. She gave the children bread and honey. Mother Hubbard gave the children milk. Then came the great Jack Horner pie, Each girl had a silver bell. Each boy had a cockle shell. After supper the boys and girls danced and sang. Then the stars came owt. The sand man came around. The children said:" 'Good-night ! We love you, Mother Goose. JJ Ill people sugar swallowed easily Was it not funny? Hear it, all people! Little Tom Thumb Has swallowed a steeple. How did he do it? | will tell you, my son, It was made of white sugar And easily done. 112 A apple pie, a B bit it, b C cut it, c D dealt it, d E eats it, e F fought for it, f G got it, g \ H had it, h I was ill from it, i J jumped for it, j K knelt for it, k L longed for it, I 113 M mourned for. it, m N nodded for it, n O opened it, o P peeped into it, p Q quartered it, q R ran for it, r S sang for it, s T took it, t U V W X Y and Z Each had a slice and went off to bed. u v w x y z 114 The organ-man has come and the children can dance. They dance and" sing and play, This boy plays that he is a sailor on a ship. What is he singing about? He sings of ropes and things on ships. All sailors sing of ropes and ships. Of what do you sing ? Of what do the birds sing ? The birdies sing of nests and eggs, 115 They sing of speckled eggs. They sing of nests among the trees. They sing of baby birdies. Have you ever seen a bird's nest? Were there speckled eggs in the nest? I have seen blue eggs in a nest. Baby robins ' came from the blue eggs. I have seen baby birds in a nest. Papa bird was singing to them. 116 Singing Of speckled eggs the birdie sings And nests among the trees. The sailor sings of ropes and things In ships upon the seas. The children sing in far Japan. The children sing in Spain. The organ with the organ man Is singing in the rain. 117 sulks smiling This is a very happy boy, one of the happiest in the world. He always has a good time. His face is always smiling. He never sulks for anything. This is what he sings. Play-time The world's a very happy place ; Where every child should dance and sing, And always have a smiling face And never sulk for anything. 118 food orange , dear Here is the boy with the smiling face again. He is eating his dinner. How good his food is! He behaves mannerly at table. His dear mamma will give him an orange. He has been a good boy. His dear papa will be happy. Children like to make papa and mamma happy. So they are mannerly at table, 119 Dick is clean and neat. He is not a naughty boy. He has lots of toys. Mary is always clean and neat. She has not many toys, but she is not naughty. Her dear papa is poor. I am sure that Jill is always neat and clean. But her dear papa is poor. Let us give each an orange. Dick will give them some toys. So will Tommy Tucker. Boy Blue will give them his horn. 120 prayers else Every night my prayers I say, And get my dinner every day, And every day that I've been good, I get an orange after food. 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