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BANOEOFT'S 
 
 SECOND READER. 
 
 BY 
 CHAS. H. ALLEN, 
 
 Principal California State Normal Scliool. 
 
 JOHN 8WETT, 
 
 Principal Girls' High and Normal Scliool, San Francisco; 
 Ex-State Sup't of Public Instruction, California. 
 
 JOSIAH ROYCE, Ph. D. 
 
 Instructor in Philosophy in Harvard CoUego. 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO: 
 
 A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY. 
 
Copyright by 
 
 A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY 
 
 1883. 
 
SECOND READER. Ul 
 
 A FEW WORDS TO THE TEACHER. 
 
 In preparing this book to succeed the first book of 
 the series, the authors have had in mind a certain stand- 
 ard of proficiency to be attained by the pupil before 
 his promotion to this Reader. To secure the best work, 
 the standard which is here briefly outlined, must have 
 been reached. 
 
 1. The pupil should be able to pronounce readily, at 
 sight, all words used in the First Reader. 
 
 2. To read easily and naturally the simple stories in 
 Part II of that Reader. 
 
 3. To spell by sounds all words given in the phonic 
 exercises of the First Reader, and any similar words 
 given by the teacher. 
 
 4. To spell by letter — not all, but aU the more com- 
 mon words used in the preceding Reader. 
 
 Pronouncing Exercises.— The more difficult words 
 are printed, with diacritical marks, at the beginning of 
 each lesson, and, as in the First Reader, should be care- 
 fully pronounced before the reading lesson is studied. 
 
 Phonic Spelling.— This exercise is systematically con- 
 tinued, and in this book no pains should be spared to 
 train the voice so as to secure pleasant tones, fuU enun- 
 ciation, and distinct articulation. This is, indeed, the 
 proper time to secure the best results from vocal exer- 
 cises. Be careful to see that the "school tone," so often 
 found among pupils of this grade, is avoided. 
 
 Script Work and Language Lessons.— A Reader is 
 not the book from which to teach penmanship or gram- 
 mar, but writing and language exercises should be made 
 to assist in the comprehension of the reading, and in 
 adding interest to it. 
 
IV SECOND READEK. 
 
 The script exercises in this book will give abundant 
 practice in copying, and if the teacher mil always 
 demand the best the pupil can do, excellent results will 
 follow. 
 
 The Language Lessons will familiarize the pupil with 
 the use of words, increase his vocabidary, enable him 
 to construct easily, simple sentences, and may be so 
 taught as to be intensely interesting. These lessons 
 have been carefully graded, and, in each case, are 
 meant to be rather suggestive than exhaustive. 
 
 Supplementary Reading —The teacher should secure 
 as much supplementary reading as possible. In this 
 grade, no difficulty will be found in getting suitable 
 books. A pupil rarely reads well who has read from 
 his school reader only. 
 
 Model Questions— To some of the lessons model 
 questions have been appended. These are designed to 
 be suggestive of questions to be asked on other lessons. 
 They should not, generally, be such as require only 
 verbal memory, but such as call for thoughtful study, 
 compeUing the pupil to observe and compare, to reflect 
 and judge. In all cases, to secure proper study, they 
 should be asked before the lesson is read in the class. 
 
 Spelling.— Pronouncing exercises are not always the 
 best spelling lessons. To most of the reading lessons, 
 therefore, groups of words selected for spelling are 
 specially added. From the "Pronouncing Exercises" 
 such words only are taken as are most desirable for 
 the purpose. 
 
 Conclusion.— As the end to be secured is good read^ 
 ing, the pupil should be trained to read each lesson 
 tvelL Let the standard be such reading as would be 
 acceptable around the fireside, at home. 
 
CONTTKNTS. 
 
 
 
 • 
 
 
 1. 
 
 Learning to Spin a Top .... 
 
 
 7 
 
 2, 
 
 Lily and Her Pet Lamb .... 
 
 
 10 
 
 3. 
 
 Tlie Little Hay-maker .... 
 
 « 
 
 12 
 
 4. 
 
 Learning to Walk on Stilts 
 
 
 15 
 
 5. 
 
 Bees 
 
 . 
 
 17 
 
 6. 
 
 Out for a Drive 
 
 . 
 
 19 
 
 7. 
 
 A Race on the Sands 
 
 . 
 
 22 
 
 8. 
 
 What Does Little Birdie Say? . 
 
 Tennyson 
 
 24 
 
 9. 
 
 How Blue-eyes Sold her Doll 
 
 
 26 
 
 10. 
 
 Count Ten 
 
 
 29 
 
 11. 
 
 Blue-bird, Bonny Bird E. 
 
 H. Miller 
 
 31 
 
 12. 
 
 Keep Trying 
 
 
 32 
 
 13. 
 
 Puss in the Garden 
 
 
 34 
 
 14. 
 
 How a Butterfly Came .... 
 
 
 37 
 
 15. 
 
 The Clucking Hen . " . 
 
 
 39 
 
 16. 
 
 Paul at the Piano 
 
 
 42 
 
 17. 
 
 The Quarrelsome Kittens .... 
 
 
 44 
 
 18. 
 
 Playing Horse 
 
 
 47 
 
 19. 
 
 One Thing at a Time )/. 
 
 A. Stvdart 
 
 49 
 
 20. 
 
 Blowing Soap -Bubbles .... 
 
 
 51 
 
 21. 
 
 Frank's Dog Story 
 
 
 53 
 
 22. 
 
 A Flower for Mother 
 
 
 55 
 
 23. 
 
 Making a Racket 
 
 
 58 
 
 24. 
 
 Flying Squirrels 
 
 
 61 
 
 25. 
 
 The Stork and the Snake .... 
 
 
 64 
 
 26. 
 
 How Pete Got a Lesson .... 
 
 
 66 
 
 27. 
 
 Two Men on the Ice . ; . . . 
 
 
 69 
 
 28. 
 
 What the Boys Would Be . 
 
 
 71 
 
 29. 
 
 The Little Orphans 
 
 
 74 
 
 30. 
 
 Mrs. Daisy and Dr. Don .... 
 
 
 76 
 
 
 James's Letter to his Mother. — Script 
 
 
 80 
 
 31. 
 
 The Wise Old Horse 
 
 
 81 
 
 32. 
 
 The Humming-bird and the Butterfly 
 
 
 84 
 
 33. 
 
 The Caterpillar 
 
 
 85 
 
VI SECOND KEADEE. 
 
 34. The Brown Bear 87 
 
 35. Spring 90 
 
 36. '^I Am Old, Now" 91 
 
 37. Fre^ng 95 
 
 38. Partnership Margaret Vandegrift 96 
 
 39. Words that Deceive 98 
 
 40. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 100 
 
 41. How Roy Went A-Fishing 102 
 
 42. Never Loiter 106 
 
 43. Willie's Carrier-Pigeon 108 
 
 44. The Little Home School ....... 112 
 
 45. Speak Gently 113 
 
 46. Willie and Henry . .114 
 
 47. The Child and the Swallow . . . . . .117 
 
 48. Who Stole the Bird's-Nest? . . X. Maria Child 119 
 
 49. The Eagle that Made a Mistake 124 
 
 50. The Drink for You . . . . . . . .126 
 
 51. Ships and Boats 127 
 
 52. The Harvest Mouse . . ■ 131 
 
 53. The Brave Little Hollander . . . . . .133 
 
 54. The Little Snow Shoveler . . . Mary D. Brine ^36 
 
 55. The Robin's Visit 138 
 
 56. Seven Times One Jean Ingelow 141 
 
 The Mother's Reply to James. — Script .... 143 
 
 57. The Spider 144 
 
 58. Harold's Squirrel 147 
 
 59. The Old Kitchen Clock . . Aunt Effie's Rhymes 150 
 
 60. "A Merry Christmas, Grandpa" 152 
 
 61. The Boy's Triumph 155 
 
 62. The Child's World .... Lillijmt Lectures 158 
 
 63. Reviews and Supplementary Reading .... 159 
 
 Table op Elementary Sounds 160 
 
1. 
 
 LEARNING- 
 
 TO 
 
 SPIN A 
 
 TOP. 
 
 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 
 learned 
 
 struck 
 
 
 liieir 
 
 €Ould 
 
 stopped 
 
 ground 
 
 
 quite 
 
 game 
 
 laughed 
 
 smooiii 
 
 
 warm 
 
 strings 
 
 The questions at the end of this lesson^ and all questions 
 upon any reading lesson, should he asJced after the lesson 
 has been studied, and before it is read in the class. 
 
 1. ''Come, boys/' said Ned, "let us have 
 a game of top. Jt is a fine, warm day." 
 
 2. So the boys took their tops and 
 strings and went out to a smooth, hard 
 place, and made a ring with chalk. 
 
 3. Ned could do best, for he had 
 
8 SECOND REABEK. 
 
 learned to spin a top when quite a 
 small boy: so "he threw firit. 
 
 4. How his top did hum when it struck 
 the ground! He picked it up in his 
 hand and threw it down two or three 
 times, but at last it stopped. 
 
 5. George tried next. He was not so 
 old as Ned, and did not know how to 
 make his top spin well. The first time 
 it spun on its head, and the boys laughed 
 at him. 
 
 6. The next time he tried, it went all 
 right, and he was glad. '^See it spin 
 now/' he cried. 
 
 7. James now tried it, but his top did 
 not spin at all. It rolled off on the 
 ground out of the ring. He tried two 
 or three times, and at last it went quite 
 well. 
 
 8. In a short time, the two boys learned 
 to throw a top as well as Ned could, 
 and their tops would hum too. 
 
 9. If they will try as hard to learn 
 to read as they try to learn their games, 
 they will soon be the best in their class. 
 
SECOND READEK. 9 
 
 10. All boys should have some fun, 
 but I hope you will all try to learn, 
 too, Avhile you are young. If you do, 
 you will some day be glad of it. 
 
 Questions. 1. How many boys are mentioned in 
 this piece? 2. Which do you think is the oldest? 3. 
 Why do yon think so? 4. What kind of a day was 
 it? 5. Where did the boys go? 
 
 Aiisiver these questions orally in complete sentences, 
 thus: Three boys are mentioned in this piece. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 their, chalk, stopped, tried, should, smooth, learned, 
 laughed, cried, could. 
 
 Before spdUng, it will he a good plan in each case, to 
 require pupils to write the tvords and mark the accented 
 syllables. 
 
 I. CONCERT PHONIC BRILL. 
 
 
 The teacher will spell the words of these lessons 
 
 by sound, and require the class to repeat 
 
 the phonic 
 
 spelling in concert. To show the sound of long a it 
 
 is marked by a macron, thus — a. 
 
 
 a-le - ai-m d-ay 
 
 n-a-me 
 
 a-te ' ai-d m-ay ^ 
 
 p-a-ge 
 
 a-ge- p-ai-1 n-ay 
 
 m-a-ne 
 
 Slate Work. After the phonic spelling, let pupils 
 copy the above table with the vowel markings. Require 
 all similar lessons in Concert Phonic Drill to be copied 
 in the same way. 
 
10 
 
 SECOND READER. 
 
 2. LILLY AND HER PET LAMB. 
 
 The pupilj before he studies the reading lesson, should 
 pronounce as many of these words as possible, unaided 
 
 by the teacher. 
 
 PBONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 inis'tress foWow knew- larg'er 
 
 wherev'er pi^t'ure - field reached 
 
 for got'ten - mo'inent Dai'^y - mofii'er 
 
 1. Lilly has a pet lamb that is all her 
 own, for her father gave it to her. 
 
 2. She is very kind to it; and wher- 
 
SECOND BEADED. 11 
 
 ever she goes, the lamb is sure to follow 
 her. 
 
 3. She has named it Daisy; and when- 
 ever she calls ''Daisy," the lamb runs 
 to her, 
 
 4. Lilly had once been away from 
 home for some weeks, with her mother. 
 
 5. While she was away, Daisy was 
 put into a field to feed with some other 
 lambs. ^ 
 
 6. When Lilly went home, almost the 
 first thing she did was to run to the 
 field to see if the lamb knew her. 
 
 7. ''Daisy! Daisy!" cried the little 
 girl; and in a moment the lamb began 
 to jump and to run to her. 
 
 8. It had grown much larger while 
 Lilly was away; but it had not forgotten 
 its little mistress. 
 
 9. It soon reached Lilly, and she put 
 her arms around its neck, as you see 
 in the picture. 
 
 Words for Spelling. Dictate from the lesson : 
 Lilly, lamb, own, very, grown, sure, once, forgotten, 
 field, almost. 
 
12 
 
 SECOND EEADEK. 
 
 3. THE LITTLE HAY-MAKER. 
 PRONOUNCING EXEliCISE. 
 
 bot'tom- 
 
 ^at'tle 
 
 piege 
 
 bu§y 
 
 big'gest- 
 
 spread 
 
 bright 
 
 drie§ 
 
 sum'mer- 
 
 armost 
 
 -elo§ed 
 
 game§ 
 
 hon day 
 
 rak'ing 
 
 kiiow§ 
 
 tise'ful 
 
 1. I am a little hay-maker. 
 My name is Jane. I am 
 busy raking hay. 
 
 2. How hard 
 I work! Look 
 at the heap 
 I have by 
 my side. 
 It is al- 
 most as 
 big as T 
 am. 
 
 3. My 
 father of- 
 ten takes 
 me with 
 him to the 
 hay-field; 
 
SECOND HEADER. IH 
 
 for he knows that I am fond of playing 
 in the hay. 
 
 4. The school is closed now, and we 
 have a holiday during the long, bright 
 summer days. ^ 
 
 o. How hot the sun is, and how brown 
 it will make my face! 
 
 (). When I am tired, T shall go into 
 the field and sit down under a tree; 
 and father will give me a piece of bread 
 and some nice sweet milk. ^ 
 
 7. What fun we shall have when the 
 hay is all made, and the hay-makers 
 have gone to the next field! <_ 
 
 8. We can have games among the hay, 
 tossing it about, and playing at hide- 
 and-seek behind the biggest heaps. ^^ 
 
 9. Some boys and girls, who live in 
 towns, have never seen a hay-field. Do 
 you know what hay is, and for what it 
 is used? I will tell you. 
 
 10. The grass in the fields grows very 
 high. Then it is cut down and spread 
 out on the ground. 
 
 11. The hot sun dries the grass; then 
 
14 SECOND KEADEE. 
 
 the hav-makers turn it over and over; 
 and when it is dried, it is called hay. 
 12. Hay is used as food for horses, 
 cattle, and sheep. It is useful in Avinter 
 when there is not much grass in the 
 fields for the cows and the sheep to 
 eat. y 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from tlie lesson: 
 little, busy, heap, often, face, tired, piece, bread, eat, 
 biggest, used, dried, grows, called. 
 
 Slate Work. Pupils may select, and wi-ite in sepa- 
 rate columns, all words having the sound of e as in 
 me, and of e as in when. 
 
 By reading the lesson carefulhj, you xvill he ahle to write 
 these sent&nceSj and j^ut the i^roper ivords in the hJanJc 
 spaces. 
 
 /. ^J-tZtf^_ yCd yO^. 
 
 '1^2^?^ 
 
 
 3. C^y^^i^ Ju7€l__ yC^U^ /^A^ 
 
 2^^^/ 
 
 ya<^t^ /^A^e<^^ /Ut^^ .^€>€^^ y€^^ 
 
SECOND EEADEH. 
 
 15 
 
 4. LEARNING TO WALK ON STILTS. 
 
 FRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 blocks — a gainst' " armg ^ straight 
 Ben'nie ^^ thinks — bam -. George 
 
 1. Little Bennie has seen his brother 
 George walk on stilts, and. thinks he can 
 learn to walk on them too. 
 
 2. See, he has found 
 the stilts, and is try- 
 ing to get upon them. 
 He has leaned them 
 up against the house, 
 with his arms around 
 them, and his feet 
 against the blocks. , 
 3. Do you think he 
 fs^l^ will get upon 
 them m this 
 
 
 way 
 
 He looks a 
 
 little as if he were afraid of getting a 
 fall. 
 
 4. He does not know how to get them 
 up straight so as to walk. If the bottom 
 
16 SECOND READER. 
 
 of the stilts should slip out, down he 
 would go, and tear his clothes.,^ 
 
 5. I think he will have to wait until 
 George comes and helps him. George 
 would tell him to set the bottom of the 
 stilts nearer the wall, so as to push 
 them up straight with his back. 
 
 6. He Avill have to look out not to 
 fall over in front and bump his head, j 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson : 
 walk, too, trying, against, getting, straight, would, 
 tear, nearer, clothes. 
 
 Slate Work. Copy the first paragraph on slates. 
 Exchange slates, compare with the book^ and correct 
 errors in spelling, pnnctuation, and capitals. ^- 
 
 
 11 
 
 . CONCERT 
 
 PHONIC DRILL. 
 
 
 
 Sec directions on imge 9. 
 
 1 
 
 The sound 
 
 of Italian 
 
 a is marked 
 
 >)Y two dots 
 
 over it, thus — a. 
 
 
 1 
 
 a-r-m 
 
 
 h-a-lf 
 
 b-a-tli 
 
 f-a-r-ni 
 
 a-r-t 
 
 
 <i-a-lf 
 
 p-a-th 
 
 b-a-r-n 
 
 a-re 
 
 
 1-au-gh 
 
 h-au-n-t 
 
 h-ea-r-t 
 
 h-a-r-ni 
 
 
 a-lm-§ 
 
 au-n-t 
 
 ■e-a-r-t 
 
 p-a-r-t 
 
 
 ^-a-lm 
 
 d-au-n-t 
 
 h-ea-r-th 
 
 Word Game. Let pupils name all the additional words 
 they can think of, having the sound of a. 
 
SECOND HEADER. 
 
 17 
 
 haste 
 hon'ey 
 
 5. BEES. 
 I'RONO UKCIXa EXERCISE. 
 
 liive§ 3^119© 
 
 min'ute thrtists 
 
 spring 
 tongue 
 
 1. Look at that bee on the flower. 
 See how it shakes its wings^ and works 
 its little feetT\ Ah ! it is off to another 
 flower. 
 
18 SECOND READER. 
 
 2. Now it is ofif to another! How 
 busy it is ! It does not rest a minute 
 in one place. It seems to have a great 
 deal of work to do. 
 
 3. Now let us go to the other end 
 of the garden. ^-^ 
 
 4. Do you see those little houses, with 
 no windows, and only a very small door ? 
 
 5. They are the houses in which the 
 bees live, and are called hives. 
 
 6. A great many bees live in each 
 hive. See how many are going in ! 
 
 7. AVhen spring comes, and the flowers 
 begin to bloom, the bees come out of 
 the hives and fly away to gather the 
 SAveet juice out of the flowers. 
 
 8. The bee has a long tongue, which 
 it thrusts into the flower, to suck up 
 the juice. Then it carries the juice to 
 the hive, and makes it into honey. ^^^ 
 
 Questions. 1. What do bees make! 2. Where do they 
 get the honey! 3. What are the little houses in which 
 bees live called! 4. How many wings has a bee? 
 
 5. What else has it that you are sometimes afraid of? 
 
 6. Do all bees make honey? 
 
 ITVi^e ihe answers to these questions in a little story. 
 
SECOND HEADER. 
 
 19 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 flower, works, ofl", another, one, minute, deal, those, 
 only, they, many, does, gather, juice, tongue, which, 
 carries, honey. 
 
 6. OUT FOKi A DRIVE. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 Spot drive speaks be hind' 
 
 Al'ige wag'on €6m'ing plea§'ant 
 shakes fright pleaded wheel'bar rOwv 
 
 1. Mary and Alice are playing in the 
 
20 SECOND HEADER. 
 
 garden. They have got into the big 
 wheelbarrow. How happy they look! 
 
 2. Mary says, ''Let us play at going 
 for a drive." They have puss and their 
 two dolls with them. 
 
 3. When they were nicely seated, and 
 Mary was saying that she would drive, 
 their little dog came running up to them. 
 He began to bark as soon as he saw 
 that they did not ask him to jump in 
 
 4. Do you see how puss looks at the 
 dog ? She is afraid of him, and seems 
 to say: ''Be off, sir; there is no room 
 for you here." 
 
 5. Spot — for that is the name of the 
 dog — is not quite pleased. He says, 
 ^'Bow! wow! wow!" and he wants to get 
 in too. 
 
 6. Mary shakes her head and speaks 
 to Spot. Would you like to hear what 
 she is saying to him? If you listen I 
 think this is what you will hear: 
 
 7. "Now, Spot, don't bark! it is not right; 
 For should our horses both take fright, 
 Why, they would run away so fast 
 You would be left behind at last. 
 
SECOND KEABEK. 21 
 
 8. ""We two, with babies iiiee and clean — 
 By babies, our two dolls I mean — 
 And puss, you know to niake up five, 
 Are going for a pleasant drive." 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 playing, happy, nicely, seated, saying, niuniug, two, 
 seems, afraid, there, speaks, pleased, listen, know, 
 don't. 
 
 Read your lesson carefully, and write these sentences 
 on your slates, putting in words where they are left out. 
 
 UM-yCJ. 
 
 
 ///. CONCERT PHONIC DRILL. 
 
 
 Spell the words hij sound 
 
 
 The broad 
 
 sound of a is marked by two dots under 
 
 it, thus — a.. 
 
 
 
 a-U 
 
 X)-aw aw-1 
 
 h-au-l 
 
 b-a-11 
 
 1-aw l>aw-l 
 
 m-au-1 
 
 «-a-U 
 
 s-aw 4^-r-aw-l 
 
 €-au-glit 
 
 Slate Exercise. Write all the words you can find 
 that have the sound of a. 
 
22 
 
 SECOND HEADER. 
 
 7. A RACE ON THE SANDS. 
 
 
 PRONOUNCING 
 
 EXERCISE. 
 
 
 spray 
 
 Car'lo 
 
 
 sel'dom 
 
 brought 
 
 wave§ 
 
 par'ent 
 
 
 €6v'er 
 
 dis'taiiye 
 
 breatiie 
 
 alVayg 
 
 
 builds 
 
 €reep'ing 
 
 sea' 
 
 -side ver 
 
 took' stock'ins^s 
 
 1. Here are Willie and his dog Carlo. 
 How happy they are ! They are running 
 a race on the sands by the sea. 
 
 2. Willie's home is in a large town. 
 
SECOND READER. 23 
 
 far away from the sea. He seldom gets 
 to the sea-side. 
 
 3. When Willie is at home he goes /i 
 to school; but now, it is holiday time, 
 
 and his parents have brought him to 
 breathe the fresh sea-air, and to play 
 on the sands. 
 
 4. Boys and girls who have been to 
 the sea-side know that the waters of 
 the sea are never still. They are always 
 moving. 
 
 5. Sometimes the waves roll up the 
 shore a great distance, and cover all 
 the sands. In the picture you may see 
 how the water comes creeping up the 
 shore. ^ 
 
 6. Willie knows that they will have 
 to run out of the way before the sea 
 covers the sands. 
 
 7. One day the waves overtook them. 
 Willie's boots and stockings were made 
 verv wet, and Carlo had to swim. 
 
 8. Now they are having a race along 
 the sands, close to the waves. Willie 
 had been sitting upon a rock; but by- 
 
24 SECOND READER. 
 
 and-by the waters reached his feet, and 
 then he started off with Carlo. 
 
 9. What fun they are having! for 
 sometimes one Avave bigger than the rest 
 comes dashing along, and covers them 
 both with spray. 
 
 10. Willie's flag is called the Union 
 Jack. When he builds a house on the 
 sand, he places this flag on the top of 
 it. Every one knows Willie's pretty flag. / 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 here, sea-side, goes, school, holiday, breathe, moving, 
 who, been, shore, water, creeping, close, by-and-by, 
 brought, builds. 
 
 8. WHAT DOES LITTLE BIRDIE SAY? 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 peepi^ bird'ie ^ lon'ger stron'ger 
 
 Let each pupil memorize one stanza and recite it 
 
 1. What does little birdie say 
 In her nest at peep of day? 
 Let me fly, says little birdie, 
 Mother, let me fly away. 
 
SECOND READER. \^ 25*-^-^ 
 
 Birdie, rest a little longer, 
 Till the little wings are stronger. 
 So she rests a little longer, 
 Then she flies away. 
 
 2. What does little baby say, 
 In her bed at peep of day? 
 Baby says, like -little birdie, 
 Let me rise and fly away. 
 Baby, sleep a little longer, 
 Till the little limbs are stronger. 
 If she sleeps a little longer. 
 Baby too shall fly away. 
 
 Tennyson. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson 
 what, birdie, s<ays, mother, flies, rise, till. 
 
 
 
 IV. CONCERT 
 
 PHONIC DRILL. 
 
 To 
 
 show 
 
 the short 
 
 sound of a it 
 
 is 
 
 marked by a 
 
 hreve^ 
 
 thus- 
 
 -a. 
 
 
 
 
 
 a-t 
 
 
 a-n-d 
 
 
 m-a-u 
 
 
 f-l-a-t 
 
 a-n 
 
 
 b-a-t 
 
 
 '•e-a-n 
 
 
 Ih-a-t 
 
 a-5 
 
 
 h-a-t 
 
 
 r-a-n 
 
 
 m-a-t 
 
 Slate Exercise. "Write all the words you can find 
 that rhyme with -eatj with -ean. 
 
26 
 
 SECOND READEK. 
 
 9. HOW BLUE-EYES SOLD HER DOLL. 
 
 yon'der 
 
 be long§' 
 
 moil ey 
 
 rib' boil 
 
 1. There was once a little girl whose 
 mother called her Blue-eyes; and she 
 had a doll Avhose name was Belle. 
 
 2. Blue-eyes wore a string of amber 
 beads round her neck; and her yellow 
 curls were tied with a blue ribbon round 
 her head. 
 
 3. She was so fond of her doll that 
 she took her with her wherever she 
 
SECOND EEADEK. 27 
 
 went. One day she took her to a fair 
 which some kind ladies were giving to 
 help some poor children who had lost 
 their father and mother.^' 
 
 4. Blue-eyes laid her doll down on 
 one of the tables. An old lady came 
 up, and thinking that the doll Avas for 
 sale, said: ''Here is just the kind of a 
 doll I want to buy for my little niece. 
 I will give five dollars for it." 
 
 5. "That doll is not for sale/' said 
 the lady who kept the table. "It be- 
 longs to little Blue-eyes yonder." 
 
 6. "But the poor children want the 
 five dollars more than I want the doll/' 
 said Blue-eyes. "I will run and ask my 
 mother if I may sell the doll.V,-- 
 
 7. So she ran and asked her mother; 
 and her mother said, if she wanted to 
 get the money to help the poor children, 
 she might sell the doll. 
 
 8. So Blue-eyes sold it, and with the 
 money she bought three pretty dresses 
 which she gave to the children; "for," 
 said little Blue-eyes, "the children need 
 
28 SECOND KEADER. 
 
 their warm dresses much more than I 
 
 want Belle." 
 
 9. I should not wonder if Blue-eyes 
 
 were to wake on Christmas morning, 
 
 and find a new doll, much prettier than 
 
 Belle, in the stocking she will hang up. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 whose, fair, niece, need, beads, ladies, dollars, much, 
 curls, were, yonder, every, ribbon, laid, said, money, 
 story, head, sale, buy. 
 
 Study your reading lesson so that you can copy these 
 sentences and put the proper words in the hlanh spaces. 
 
 / C^U^/^'.i^^^J .'^?^^^ 
 
 
 
 6) 
 
SECOND BEADEB. 
 
 29 
 
 10. COUNT TEN. 
 
 PliONOVNCINa EXERCISE. 
 
 aunt 
 
 €or re^t' 
 
 watch 
 
 de light' 
 
 spade 
 
 mshed 
 
 hast'y 
 
 ^•are'less 
 
 vexed 
 
 an'giy 
 
 blade§ 
 
 plant 'ed 
 
 1. Fred had a new spade from his 
 aunt. She sent it to him one day with 
 a small box of seeds. 
 
 2. As soon as he got it, he went out 
 to dig with it, in his own bit of ground, 
 at the back of the house. 
 
 3. Jane went with him; and as he 
 
30 SECOND EEADEH. 
 
 dug, she stood near him, and talked to 
 him. She held the box of seeds in her 
 hand. 
 
 4. Fred did his work with a will, and 
 he did it well, too. 
 
 5. As Jane stood and talked, she let 
 the box of seeds fall on the ground. 
 The lid of the box came off, and all 
 the seeds fell out. 
 
 6. Poor Jane was a good, kind girl. 
 She was much vexed, and said so to 
 Fred. But Fred did not speak to her. 
 
 7. ''O Fred," cried she, ''why dont 
 you speak to me?" 
 
 8. ''I wished," said Fred, ''to wait till 
 I could count ten." 
 
 9. "Count ten!" said Jane, "what 
 do you mean? Why do you wish to 
 count ten?" 
 
 10. "Oh," said Fred, "aunt once told 
 me to count ten before I spoke, if ever 
 I felt angry. I know that I am often 
 hasty to you, Jane, and I want to cor- 
 rect myself" 
 
 11. "0 Fred, how good you are! It 
 
SECOND BEADEli. 31. 
 
 was very careless of me to let the box 
 of seeds fall; but see, I have picked 
 them all up again, and here they are, 
 ready to be put into the ground." 
 
 12. The seeds were planted, and at last 
 a lot of small green blades peeped above 
 the ground, and soon grew up, with 
 pretty flowers, greatly to the delight of 
 the children. 
 
 Questions. 1. What was Fre^l doing? 2. Why was 
 he digging in the ground? 3. What careless thing did 
 Jane do? 4. Why did he count ten before he spoke 
 to her? 5. Would it not be well if we should try this 
 plan when we get vexed? 
 
 Write a story which shall answer all these questions. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson : 
 aunt, count, ready, seeds, mean, greatly, told, work, 
 talked, delight, correct, wail, careless. 
 
 11. "BLUE-BIRD, BONNY BIRD." 
 
 1. Blue-bird, bonny bird, up in the tree, 
 
 Show me your speckled eggs, one, two, three! 
 Why do you hide them under your breast? 
 Just let me peep in the little, round nest. 
 Blue-bird laughed as she sat in her nest, 
 Hiding her pretty eggs under her breast; 
 One sunny morning, up in the tree. 
 Chirped the new hirdies, one, two, three! 
 
 E. H. MlLL£B. 
 
32 SECOND KEADER. 
 
 12. KEEP TRYING. 
 
 moxouNCTxa exercise. 
 strike might i'rong sii^ 9ess' 
 
 aright' gaz'ing ^Jimb stum'ble 
 
 Beqtiire pupils to learn fJtis l>y heart. 
 
 
 ^4i^/^^^/^/^i^2^ 
 
 
SECOND READER. 33 
 
 e^./<w^ly, yC^tn^d. 
 
 ^^^^*'^^^:>i^2^^/^>'^.^^^#^ 
 
 C^j^rn^r yCi^^^^^^^y2/-c>^^,^^ 
 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 nail, you've, succeed, aright, reach, might, though, 
 climb, iron. 
 
 Slate Work. Write from memory the fii'st stanza j 
 exchange slates, and correct errors in spelling, punctu- 
 ation, and capitals. 
 
 Oral Spelling Match. Let the class choose sides. 
 Dictate words from all previous lessons. 
 
34 
 
 SECOND BEADEE. 
 
 13. 
 
 fright'ened 
 
 ^reat'ureg 
 
 thoughts 
 
 PUSS IN THE GARDEN. 
 PRONOUNCING EXEECISE. 
 
 soft'ly h'ong •€iu''raiit 
 
 tfgerg prey roar'ing 
 
 flow'er§ fierce qui'et ly 
 
 1. Puss is out in the 
 garden. Do you see her 
 lying under the flowers ? 
 
 2. She often hes there 
 for hours at a time, in 
 the bright sunny days, y 
 
 3. When she is hun- 
 . gry, she goes slyly off to 
 
 the end of the garden 
 to watch for little birds. 
 
 4. One day as I sat 
 on the garden 
 seat, I saw some 
 birds hopping in 
 and out of the 
 currant bushes. 
 
 5. In a little 
 
 while I saw Puss 
 
 i:li rise from her 
 
SECOND EEADEK. 35 
 
 place under the flowefs, and steal quietly 
 away. ^ 
 
 6. She did not go down the garden 
 walk^ but crept softly behind the flowers 
 and under the trees. _,^^^^,^^ 
 
 7. When she 
 came to the spot 
 she hid herself 
 under a thick 
 bush, and sat 
 watching for the 
 birds. 
 
 8. By-and-by, one of the birds flew 
 down on the grass and hopped off for 
 a crumbj quite at its ease. ^ 
 
 9. In a moment, out sprang Puss, 
 and I thought the poor bird had been 
 caught. 
 
 10. But Puss, for once, Avas too late, 
 and the bird, very much frightened, flew 
 away. 
 
 11. All animals of the cat kind are 
 beasts of prey. They generally take their 
 prey by stealth, creeping up and spring- 
 ing upon it. 
 
36 > SECOND READER. 
 
 12. Lions and tigers are the largest 
 creatures of the cat family, and when 
 wild they are very much feared by man. 
 
 13. If you ever see a lion, look 
 closely, and you will see that it acts 
 very much like a large cat. You will 
 seOj also, that the tiger looks Hke a cat. 
 
 "Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 lying, watch, caught, lies, hopping, thought, currant, 
 sunny, bright, steal, slyly, crumb. 
 
 Gopy^ and fill the hhnds with the proper words. 
 
 1. Puss is under the . 
 
 2. Sh(f often there for , on 
 
 a day. 
 
 3. Puss tried to the little - 
 
 1. The birds soo'n away and 
 
 did not catch . 
 
 
 7'. 
 
 CONCERT 
 
 PHONIC niULL. 
 
 
 To show 
 
 the 
 
 sound of 
 
 a 
 
 as in care, 
 
 it 
 
 is marked 
 
 by a circiunflex 
 
 , thus— a. 
 
 
 
 
 
 €-a-re 
 
 
 ai-r 
 
 
 b-ea-r 
 
 
 b-a-re 
 
 b-a-re 
 
 
 p-ai-r 
 
 
 p-ea-r 
 
 
 p-a-re 
 
 f-a-re 
 
 
 s-t-ai-r 
 
 
 w-ea-r 
 
 
 s-t-a-re 
 
SECOND READER. 
 
 37 
 
 14. HOW A BUTTERFLY CAME. 
 
 1. Late ill September, 
 worm upon a willow leaf. 
 
 
 "^^:^m^^<$^^^^^ 
 
 a lady saw a 
 It was about 
 two iii(rti&s in 
 length, and al- 
 most as big as 
 her little fin- 
 ger. Strjpes^f 
 black, green, 
 and yellow 
 went around 
 its little body. 
 
 2. The lady carried leaf anfl sleeper 
 home. She took willow leaves for it to 
 eat, put them all in a glass dish, and 
 tied lace over it. i 
 
 3. In just one week her guest 
 was gone. All the leaves were 
 gone; only a lovely green bag 
 was left. It was just one inch 
 long, and Avas made very neatly, 
 and looked much like a little 
 bed or cradle, if" No stitches could be seen, 
 and the seams had an edge like gold cord. 
 
38 
 
 SECOND BEADEK. 
 
 4. It had on it gold and black dots 
 like tiny buttons. The caterpillar had 
 
 His old clothes were 
 near by. He 
 
 sewed himself in 
 
 >^ 
 
 had pushed 
 them off in a 
 hurry. The 
 new home was 
 made fast to 
 a bit of cloth. 
 5. Almost 
 six weeks the 
 little sleeper lay in his silken cradle. 
 In Novefhber he burst the pretty green 
 hammockj and the old home turned white. 
 G. A lovely butterfly came out. It had 
 brown and golden wings^ with stripes of 
 black, like cords, on them, and a feathery 
 fringe of white for each stripe. 
 
 7. On the edges of the wings were 
 white and yellow dots. The head was 
 black, with white and yellow dots on it. 
 
 "Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson : 
 leaf, button, body, sewed, guest, hurry? neatly, edge, 
 stitches, caterpillar, yellow, tiny. 
 
SECOND READEB. 
 
 39 
 
 15. THE CLUCKING- HEN. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 hatched vers'es roost'er 
 
 be neath' bar'ley hal loo' 
 
 ^luck 
 
 1. ^'Mother/' ;5 
 said a boy, ''I 
 heard the children at school to-day read- 
 ing the verses about the Clucking Hen. 
 What is a cluckiilg hen?" 
 
 2. '^A hen is called a clucking hen 
 while she sits on her eggs. The name 
 is taken from the noise she then makes. 
 
40 SECOND KEADER. 
 
 She makes the same noise when she 
 calls her chickens. I should like to hear 
 the verses. Do you know them?'' 
 
 3. ''Yes, I know them by heart; I 
 must tell you that an old rooster is the 
 one to speak first.^ 
 
 4.« "'Will you take a walk with me^ 
 My little wife to-day? 
 There is barley in the barley field, 
 And hay seed in the hay.^ 
 
 5. "'Thank you/ said the clucking hen, 
 
 'I have something else to do; 
 I am busy sitting on my eggs, 
 I cannot walk with you. 
 
 6. "'Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck,' 
 
 Said the clucking hen-, 
 'My little chicks will soon be hatched, 
 I will think about it then.' 
 
 7. "The clucking hen sat in her nest, 
 
 She made it in the hay; 
 And warm and snug beneath her breast, 
 A dozen white eggs lay. 
 
 8. "Crack, crack, went all the eggs; 
 
 Out came the chickens small. 
 
SECOND HEADER. 41 
 
 ^ Cluck/ said the clucking hen, 
 ^Now I have you all. 
 
 9. ^'^Come along, my little chicks, 
 
 I will take a walk with you ; ^ 
 ^ Halloo ! ^ said the rooster proud — 
 ^ Cock-a-doodle-doo ! ^ " 
 
 10. ''Very pretty verses/' said the boy's 
 mother. '^A clucking hen cares for noth- 
 ing but her Httle ones."^ 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 verses, to-day, clucking, cannot, noise, dozen, crack, 
 reading, first, chicks. 
 
 1 
 
 LANGUAGE LESSOX. 
 Copy, filling hlanhs with the right tvords, selected from 
 the three at the head of the lesson. 
 
 too, to, two. 
 
 1. I saw boys who were 
 
 lazy study. 
 
 2. much cake is apt make 
 
 one ill. 
 
 3. dollars are much 
 
 give for hours' work. 
 
 4. Jane is going school, and I 
 
 am going . 
 
42 SECOND BEADEE. 
 
 ri. 
 
 CONCERT FHOXIC DRILL 
 
 
 To show the 
 
 ) sound of intermediate a 
 
 as in ask; it 
 
 is marked by 
 
 a single dot 
 
 over it, thus- 
 
 -a. 
 
 a-s-k 
 
 p-a-ss 
 
 p-a-s-t 
 
 d-a-n-ge 
 
 t-a-s-k 
 
 g-l-a-ss 
 
 1-a-s-t 
 
 a-n-t 
 
 f-1-a-s-k 
 
 m-a-ss 
 
 f-a-s-t 
 
 m-a-s-t 
 
 Write five tvords witli a, five with a, five ivitJi a. Mayiy 
 errors occur in the i)rominciatio)i of words ivith these 
 sounds. 
 
 16. PAUL AT THE PIANO. 
 PRONOUXCINa EXERCISE. 
 
 tip'ping bump re'al toe§ 
 
 him self' pi a'no tune half 
 
 vi§'i^ org thumb hour -eomb 
 
 e noiigh' touch Paul tl'dy 
 
 1. Now here is Paul, the dear boy; 
 how could he climb up on this tall stool, 
 without tipping over and giving his head 
 a bump? 
 
 2. He cannot touch his toes to the 
 floor, so must curl them around the 
 stool to hold himself on. 
 
 3. His little visitors, James and Eose, 
 
SECOND READEE. 
 
 ^ 43 
 
 have come in to hear him play his 
 tunes. He is singing, too. Do look at 
 his mouth, wide open. 
 
 4. Rose has her doll in her hand, 
 and has come to stay half an hour with 
 Paul. ^ 
 
 5. When he is older, he will learn to 
 play real tunes, and will comb his hair, 
 before going to the piano to show what 
 he can do. 
 
44 SECOND KEADER. 
 
 6. His mamma likes to see her little 
 boy neat and tidy, so she bought him a 
 knife to clean his nails. 
 
 7. The first thing he did was to cut 
 his thumb. Next, he stuck his knife- 
 blade into his knee. 
 
 8. Papa said: ^^Paul is not old enough 
 to have a sharp knife, so you must give 
 him scissors, or a very dull knife, until 
 he is older and more careful. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 dear, visitors, knife, tipping, tunes, thumb, giving, 
 halt, enough, toes, hour, scissors, touch, comb, hair, 
 until. 
 
 17. THE QUARRELSOME KITTENS. 
 Let each pupil memorize one stanza, and recite it 
 
 1. Two little kittens, 
 
 One stormy night, 
 Began to quarrel. 
 And then to fight. 
 
 2. One had a mouse, 
 
 The other had none; 
 And that's the way 
 The quarrel begun. 
 
SECOND HEADER. 
 
 45 
 
 3. "Fll have that mouse/' 
 Said the bigger cat. 
 ^' You'll have that mouse? 
 AVe'll see about that!" 
 
 i. • I will have that mouse," 
 Said the eldest son: 
 '' You sha-n't have the mouse/' 
 Said the Httle on^. 
 
 5. The old woman seized 
 
 Her sweeping broom, 
 And swept both kittens 
 Right out of the room. 
 
 6. The ground was all covered 
 
 With frost and with snow: 
 
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 The two little kittens 
 Had nowhere to go. 
 
 7. So they lay and shivered 
 
 On a mat at the door, 
 While the old woman 
 Was sweeping the floor. 
 
 8. And then they crept in, 
 
 As quiet as mice, 
 All wet with the snow, 
 And as cold as ice. 
 
 9. And found it much better, - 
 
 That stormy night. 
 To lie by the fire 
 
 Than to quarrel and flght. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 kittens, quarrel, I '11, sweeping, fight, you '11, snow, 
 mouse, nowhere, none. 
 
 Pronouncing Review. 
 
 Require the pupils to write 
 
 and pronounce the following 
 
 words : 
 
 Silent (jh. 
 
 
 Silent J). 
 
 high fright 
 
 
 climb lamb 
 
 straight delight 
 
 
 thiimb comb 
 
 bright right 
 
 
 crumb limb 
 
I 
 
 SECOND KEADER. 
 
 47 
 
 18. PLAYING- HORSE. 
 
 PBONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 cliaii- turned un less' 
 
 door§ stepped sure'ly 
 
 world feri5w§ Hen'ry'§ 
 
 €ar'pet 
 
 puiring 
 
 wearing 
 
 1. These little fellows think they are 
 having the best time in the world. 
 
 2. Their mother is away from h^me 
 and they are playing herse @n her fine 
 carpet. 
 
48 SECOND READER. 
 
 3. Willie has hold of Henry's feet, 
 and is pulling him around in a chair. 
 
 4. Henry is the driver, Willie is the 
 horse, and the chair is for the wagon. ^ 
 
 5. See, they have turned the stool 
 over, and it is right in the way. Willie 
 stepped over it, but I am much afraid 
 Henry will get hurt. ..^ 
 
 6. The chair legs are caught in the 
 carpet, and, unless Willie stops at once, 
 the wagon will tip over, and down Henry 
 will go. 
 
 7. If he should fall on the stool, it 
 would surely hurt him. How frightened 
 he looks ! I think AVillie knows that the 
 chair is caught, and if he does, he will 
 stop. 
 
 8. I think their mother will tell them 
 that when they want to play horse, 
 they should go out of doors. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 these, stepped, fellows, unless, world, surely, chair, 
 wearing, wagon, pulling. 
 
 Slate Work. Copy the fifth and sixth paragraphs 
 on your slate, and bring them into the class. 
 
SECOND KEADEll. 49P 
 
 VI L CONCERT FHONIC DRILL. 
 To show tlie sounds of e, it is marked as follows: 
 long e by a macron^ short e by a hreve; e as in 
 her^, with a tvave or tilde, thus — e; and e when it. 
 has the sound of long a, by a line under it, thus — e. 
 Follow directions at close of first exercise. 
 e-ve e-iid li-e-r tli-ey 
 
 ni-ee-t b-r-ea-d e-rr v-ei-1 
 
 ui-ea-t th-r-ea-d ea-r-n ei-glit^ , 
 
 19. . ONE THING AT A TIME. 
 
 1. Work while yoii work, 
 
 Play while you play: 
 This is the way 
 
 To be cheerful and gay. 
 
 2. All that you do 
 
 Do with yoiu- might: 
 Things done by halves 
 . Are never done right. 
 
 o. One thing each time, 
 And that done well. 
 Is a very good rule, 
 As many can tell. 
 
 4. Moments are useless, 
 Trifled awav: 
 
50 SECOND BEADEK. 
 
 So work while you work, 
 And play while you play. 
 
 M. A. STODART. 
 
 
 VIII. 
 
 CONCERT PHONIC 
 
 DRILL 
 
 . 
 
 To show the 
 
 long 
 
 sound of i it 
 
 is marked by a 
 
 macron; 
 
 short i 
 
 by a 
 
 hreve; the sound of 
 
 i as in sir. 
 
 equal to 
 
 e as in her, 
 
 with a wave 
 
 and 
 
 i equal to 
 
 long e, 
 
 by two 
 
 dots 
 
 over it, thus- 
 
 -i". 
 
 
 i-^e 
 
 i-n 
 
 
 s-i-r 
 
 Y-a 
 
 1-i-se' 
 
 1-ie 
 
 i-n- 
 
 ■ch 
 
 th-i-r-d 
 
 in-a 
 
 9h-i-ne' 
 
 d-ie 
 
 p-i-n 
 
 b-i-r-d 
 
 p-o 
 
 1-i-ce' 
 
 2 
 LANGUAGE LESSON. 
 Put the following words into the sentences, copying all 
 on your slates. 
 
 g-ood small every think 
 
 pears eat which 
 
 4 
 
SECOND READEE. 
 
 20. 
 
 BLOWING- SOAP- 
 
 ■BUBBLES. 
 
 : 
 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 
 blow'ing 
 
 oflE 
 
 
 €6ror§ 
 
 beau'ti ful 
 
 tak'en 
 
 
 thrown 
 
 bub'ble§ 
 
 wa'ter 
 
 
 bot'tom 
 
 1. Here is little Johnnie blowing soap 
 bubbles. How happy he looks ! 
 
 2. He has just come from school. He 
 has thrown his bag of books down on 
 the walk, and is as busy as a bee. 
 
SECOND HEADER. 
 
 3. It is a warm day, and he has taken 
 his hat and coat off, and thinks he will 
 have a good time. 
 
 4. Look at the dish of soap-suds. He 
 has been l)lowing into that, and it is 
 running over with hubbies.^ 
 
 5. What a large one he has now! 
 See the little drop of water on the bot- 
 tom of it. It Avill soon break, and there 
 will be nothing left but a foAV drops of 
 water. 
 
 6. Did you ever blow soap-bubbles? 
 When you do, if you will look close, 
 
 'you will see on a large one, all the colors 
 of the rainbow.^ 
 
 7. Sometimes you ca^i see small pict- 
 ures of the houses and trees near by, 
 just as they appear in a looking-glass, 
 only smaller and more beautiful. 
 
 8. When the bubbles are just the 
 right size, if you hold the pipe high, 
 you can shake them off, and blow them 
 up in the air, or let them fall upon a 
 cloth or carpet, and they will roll some 
 time before they break. 
 
I 
 
 SECOND READER. 58 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 soap, few, bubble, colors, thrown, glass, cojit, bottoin, 
 beautiful, hi^h. 
 
 JX. CONCERT PHONIC DRILL. 
 
 i 
 
 To show the long sound of o, it is marked by a | 
 
 macron ^ the short sound of o hy a hreve-, o 
 
 equal to 
 
 long 6b, by two 
 
 dots under it, thus — o; 
 
 equal ! 
 
 to short }f, by one 
 
 dot over it, thus — o. 
 
 i 
 
 o-l-d o-n 
 
 m-o-ve 6-1* 
 
 s-6-n 
 
 •e-oa-t o-dd 
 
 p-r-o-ve ii-6-r 
 
 d-6-ne 
 
 43-oa-l p-o-d 
 
 l-o-§e f -6-r ^ 
 
 t-6-ii 
 
 21. FRANK'S DOG- STORY. 
 
 PRONOUNcma exercise. 
 fore'head ^ud'dle sto'rie§ olh'er tight 
 wniik'le§ riihhed chiib'by a long' meant 
 
 1. Frank and I used to lovo oach 
 other dearly; f()r, Avhen I was tired, he 
 would put his arms around my neck and 
 give iTie a kiss. 
 
 2. When he was tired, I would cuddle 
 him close up to me, and tell him stories, 
 till his eyes would shut tight, and I 
 knew he was fast asleep. 
 
54 SECOND HEADER. 
 
 3. One day I said to him, ''Frankie, 
 I have told you so many stories^ that I 
 cannot think of another. I should think 
 you might tell me a story." 
 
 4. ''I will/' said my little four-year-old. 
 So he stuck his chubby fists into his 
 eyes, rubbed his curly hair all into a 
 friz, and made his forehead full of 
 wrinkles, as some men do when they 
 try to think. 
 
 5. Then he began: ''Once upon a 
 time, a man had two little black doggies; 
 then a great, big black dog came along; 
 and then there was a wow!" 
 
 6. I thought that was a good story 
 for so small a boy to tell; but what do 
 you think he meant by a ''wow?" Did 
 he mean a row such as bad boys have 
 when they fight, or only a pleasant bow- 
 wow? j 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 love, meant, stories, pleasant, tight, asleep, forehead, 
 four, rubbed, year. 
 
 Oral Expression. Ask your pupils to tell you some- 
 thing about their own dogs, or to tell some story they 
 have heard about a dog. 
 
SECOND BEADER. 55 
 
 22. A FLOWER FOR MOTHER. 
 PRONOUNCINa EXERCISE. 
 
 Mp'ping lived ^oiin'tiy beati'ty 
 
 scorching sprang €ot'tage re geive' 
 for' ward €ra'dle hedg'e§ bon'net 
 
 1. Lilly lived in the country. All 
 around her father's cottage there were 
 green fields and pretty lanes. 
 
 2. Under the hedges, a great many 
 flowers grow in summer, and Lilly was 
 never so happy as when she was picking 
 them. 
 
 3. One bright morning, Lilly's mother 
 told her that she might go into the 
 fields and pull some flowers. 
 
 4. Putting on her bonnet to keep the 
 hot sun from scorching her head and 
 face, Lilly gave her mother a kiss and 
 bade her good morning. P 
 
 5. Then she went to the cradle, where 
 her baby brother was kicking up his 
 heels, and kissing him, told him to be 
 a good boy, for she would bring him a 
 pretty flower. 
 
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 SECOND liEADEH 
 
 6. Tripping lightly out of the house 
 with a basket on her arm^ she ran up 
 the lane singing: 
 
 ^^Buttercups and daisies, 
 Oh, the pretty flowers!" 
 
 7. Through the gate she went into 
 a field, and began to pick the flowers, 
 singing to herself all the time. 
 
 8. When she had filled her basket, 
 she sat down under a tree to rest. 
 
SECOND READER. 57 
 
 9. On her Avay home she saw one 
 flower larger and prettier than any she 
 had seen that day. 
 
 10. *'0h, what a beauty!" she cried^ 
 as she sprang forward and carefully 
 pulled it. 
 
 11. ''I will take this to mother." And 
 away she ran, holding it up, as you may 
 see in the picture. 
 
 W^ORDS TO BE Spelled. Dictate from the lesson : 
 cottage, herself, filled, hedges, basket, bade, lightly, 
 heels. 
 
 Slate Work. Copy verses ten and eleven on yonr 
 slates, observing all the marks carefully. 
 
 I 
 
 A'. roxcEirr phoxic duill. 
 To show the sounds of u, it is marked as follows: 
 long n by a macron; short u by a hreve ; u as in 
 urge b}' a circumflex, thus — li; n, with the sound 
 of long 00^ as in m()r)n, by two dots under it, thus u; 
 and n when it has the sound of short oo as in b(K)k, 
 by one dot under it, thus — u; as pull. 
 
 Spell Itfi soinul, (ind ropff with markinys. 
 
 vi-se ii-p r-ii-](: u-r-ge p-u-11 
 
 ni-u-te -t'-u-p t-r-ue h-u-r-t p-u-t 
 
 m-u-s-t s-u-ii s~ch-<X)-l u-r-ii p-u-sh 
 
58 
 
 SECOND KEADER, 
 
 23. MAKING- A RACKET. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 gi*um'ble jack'et emp'ty ^oiip'le 
 
 triimp'et rack'et ^hor'us whack 
 
 rend'ing skiir'ry ^lat'ter pSck'et 
 
 What does it take to make a racket? 
 Two small boys in pants and jacket; 
 An empty room and a bare wood floor; 
 A conple of sticks to bang the door; 
 A chair or two to break and to swing ; 
 A trumpet to blow and a bell to ring; 
 
I 
 
 SECOND READEB, 59 
 
 2. 
 
 A stamp and a tramp like a great big man, 
 And when 3'ou can get it, an old tin pan; 
 A flight of stairs for a climb and a tumble j 
 A nursery maid to growl and to grumble; 
 A chorus of howls, and a cry, and shriek, 
 To disown your voice if you try to speak; 
 
 3. 
 
 A dozen good blows on knees and back, 
 
 Each one coming down with a terrible whack; 
 
 A couple of falls, rending buttons and thread; 
 
 And one good bump on the back of the head; 
 
 A rush and a skurry; a tear and a clatter; 
 
 A mamma to cry, "Now what is the matter?" 
 
 /'^'^ 
 
 4 
 
 You take these, 
 And shake these. 
 And put in a packet. 
 And you '11 have just the j oiliest kind of a racket! 
 
 5. 
 
 Of course, I am bound to confess. 
 You can manage to make it with less, 
 And still have a very good show. 
 By the plan which is given below: 
 
 6. 
 You can leave out the room and the floor, 
 The bumps and the bangs on the door; 
 
60 SECOND liEADER. 
 
 The bellj and the sticks^ and the stah's; 
 The trumpets, the howls, and the chairs; 
 The whack, and the fall, and the rise; 
 The shrieks, and the groans, and the cries ; 
 
 7. 
 
 Mamma, and the pan, and the tramp; 
 The nurse, and the growl, and the stamp; 
 But one thing you must have, however you get it, 
 (Or else if you do n't, you Avill sadly regret it — 
 For remember my words — if you happen to lack it, 
 You never can have the least bit of a racket), — 
 And that is, Uvo small hoys in pants and in jacJiet ! 
 
 LA NG UA aE LESSON. 
 
 
 Copy the sentences and fill the hianhs wi 
 
 th the 2)i"02)er 
 
 worlds from this list. 
 
 
 
 good bad 
 
 cold 
 
 warm 
 
 larg-e small 
 
 light 
 
 heavy 
 
 1. Gold is very 
 
 , but 
 
 feathers 
 
 are . 
 
 
 
 2. In summer it 
 
 is ; ] 
 
 m winter 
 
 it is . 
 
 
 
 8. A book is often better than 
 
 a one. 
 
 
 
 4. Who would n 
 
 ot be a — 
 
 child 
 
 rather than a 
 
 one? 
 
 
SECOND KEADER. 6\ 
 
 XI. coxrEirr phoxic, niriLL. 
 To sliow the sound of loug oo it is marked by a 
 macron J thus — oi)) short oo by a hvevej thus — 06. 
 The sound of as in move is an equivalent of long 
 60; and u as in fiUl of short 06. 
 
 Spell hy sound and cojJf/ with marhhujs. 
 
 m-oo-n m-o-ve b-oo-k p-ii-t 
 
 s-p-00-11 l-o-§e l-oo-k p-u-U 
 
 b-60-t p-r-o-ye t-06-k p-ii-sh 
 
 24. FLYING- - SQUIRRELS. 
 
 
 riioxouxcixa 
 
 EXERCISE. 
 
 
 A m&-l 45a 
 
 squir'rel 
 
 snug 
 
 Iii'di a 
 
 stretch'ecl 
 
 for' est s 
 
 twg^ 
 
 formed 
 
 ^^om'moii 
 
 guard' ed 
 
 a mid' 
 
 dis'tange 
 
 4J0in plete'ly 
 
 sup ply' 
 
 a'-eorn.^ 
 
 Eu'rope 
 
 1. Do you see these squirrels sitting 
 on the branch of a tree ? They are called 
 "flying- squirrels." Do you know why? 
 
 2. They are called flying - squirrels 
 because they can leap through the air a 
 
 I distance of twenty or thirty feet at a 
 time. Look at the picture, and you will 
 see them flving from the branch to the 
 r 
 
62 
 
 SECOND KEADER. 
 
 3. The flying -squirrel does not have 
 wings, hke a bird ; but its body is so formed 
 that when stretched out, the Uttle thing 
 
 can make a short 
 journey through 
 the air without 
 any fear of falUng, 
 or of being hurt. 
 
 4. The flying -squirrel is found in the 
 forests of the far North, both of Europe 
 and of America. There is also a kind 
 found in India. 
 
 5. Like the common squirrel, it lives 
 on nuts and acorns; and like it, also, it 
 
SECOND BEADEK. 63 
 
 stores away in some safe spot a supply 
 of food for winter. 
 
 6. It builds a nest, too; but it is not 
 a small nest like a bird's. It is a large 
 and airy place. One curious thing about 
 the flying- squirrel is, that it is not con- 
 tent Avith one nest. It builds both a 
 summer and a winter house. 
 
 7. Both are built of twigs and dried 
 grass, but the winter nest is made much 
 stronger, and is better guarded from 
 wind and rain. It is completely covered 
 in and made water-proof, so that the 
 little creature lies snug and cozy amid 
 the storms of winter. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 squirrels, twenty, supply, flyiug, thirty, curious, leap, 
 because, stretched, both, journey, guard, air, forest, 
 airy, complete. 
 
 Slate Work. Copy all the words to he spelled in the 
 last four lessons, on your slates. 
 
 ABBREVIATED EXPRESSIONS. 
 
 I 'd — used for I would. O'er — used for over. 
 He 'd — used for he had. Do n^i— used for do not. 
 I 'm — used for I am. They 're — used for they are. 
 
64 
 
 SECOND KEADEK. 
 
 25. THE STORK AND THE SNAKE. 
 
 An old mother stork that was marching aronnd. 
 Saw a snake, crawling slowly along on the ground ; 
 She gazed on her children with motherly jjride, 
 Then bade the poor snake from her presence to 
 hide. 
 
 2. 
 
 ^'You vile -looking creature! 
 
 how dare you come near, 
 To fill my poor children with 
 
 trembling and fear ? 
 A thing without legs, craivl- 
 
 ing low in the dirt ! 
 I'd crush you, but know that 
 
 your biting would hurt." 
 
 3. 
 
 -9 
 
 tail. 
 
 The snake curled his 
 and lifted his head 
 From the sun-heated sand 
 where he'd chosen his 
 bed; 
 
 '^Grood lady on stilts there, 
 I wish you good cheer, 
 Though I 'm sure that no- 
 body invited you here.'' 
 
SECOND KEADEB. 
 
 65 
 
 "Now don't you stand gazing, but just run along 
 And see to your children — they 're not very strong; 
 Do n't fall, or 't will hurt you, you stand up so high, 
 But falls do not hurt those who walk low, or lie." 
 
 The very next day, met the 
 stork and the snake: 
 
 What wonderful changes a 
 short time can make ! 
 
 With leg badly broken, 
 the stork hopped around, 
 
 While the snake nimbly 
 slipped o'er the grass- 
 covered ground. 
 
 6. 
 "Ha! ha! Mrs. Stork," then 
 
 he laughed, " may I beg 
 To know what has injured 
 
 your beautiful leg!" 
 "A cruel young fellow threw 
 
 at me a stone, 
 And striking my leg, it broke 
 
 the frail bone." 
 " Ha ! ha ! the same boy 
 
 threw at me," said 
 
 the snake; 
 "But you see, Mrs. 
 Stork, I had no legs 
 
 to l)reak." 
 
 ^ 
 
66 SECOND READER. 
 
 26. HOW PETE GOT A LESSON. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 buy 
 
 par'rot 
 
 nar'row 
 
 frisk'ing 
 
 ^AtYj 
 
 hab'it 
 
 bark'ing 
 
 mis' chief 
 
 po lite' 
 
 pood'le 
 
 mis' tress 
 
 per mit'ted 
 
 own'er 
 
 rib'bon 
 
 perched 
 
 Kew Or'le an§ 
 
 1. Bessie Berry was the proud and 
 happy owner of a small, white, curly 
 poodle dog named Pete. 
 
 2. He was a favorite with all who 
 knew him, for he was as gentle and 
 loving as a child, and in many ways 
 quite as wise. 
 
 3. However, he had one bad habit, of 
 which his little mistress, who Avas a very 
 polite child, had tried in vain to break 
 him. 
 
 4. When visiting with her, he would 
 not lie quietly at her feet, until he had 
 examined everything in the room which 
 he could touch with the tip of his nose. 
 One day Bessie was sent to the store to 
 buy some ribbon for her mamma. ^^ 
 
SECOND BEADEB. 67 
 
 T). Pete as usual went with her, show- 
 ing his pleasure at being permitted to 
 share in the errand, by barking and frisk- 
 ing all the w^ay. 
 
 6. No sooner had they entered the 
 store than Pete, as usual, began running 
 around and putting his nose into every- 
 thing he could reach. 
 
 7. '^Here Pete, come and stand still 
 beside me," cried Bessie to him, afraid 
 that he might do some mischief and get 
 scolded. ^/ 
 
 8. But Pete refused to hear her: he 
 had trotted behind a counter in the back 
 part of the long room, and was, at that 
 moment, the busiest dog in the city. 
 
 9. He w^as just in the act of touching 
 what looked like a narrow wooden box, 
 painted white, when a strange, harsh 
 voice above him cried, " Get out, you dog, 
 get out. You 're black, you 're black." 
 
 10. Quickly looking up, he saw a large 
 bird covered with bright red, blue, green, 
 and yellow feathers, sitting a-top of a 
 high perch which the box held in place. 
 
68 
 
 SECOND READER. 
 
 11. Pete was so scared at hearing a 
 bird talk, that with one long how], he 
 
 rushed into the street and fled for home 
 as fast as his little legs could carry him. 
 Bessie could never coax Pete to enter 
 that store again. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 owner, errand, busiest, behave, habit, sooner, polite, 
 city, reach, wooden, everything, mischief, painted, 
 usual, trotted, scared. 
 
 Composition. Write a little story about a dog, and 
 bring it into the class to read. 
 
SECOND READER. 
 
 69 
 
 27. TWO MEN ON THE ICE. 
 
 spa9e 
 sig'iial 
 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 loose a ware' dan'ger 
 
 slip'per J no'ti^ed 
 
 drifting 
 
 1. Once two men were hunting on 
 the ice for seals. They got upon a large 
 piece of ice near the shore, and walked 
 about with guns in their hands, ready 
 to kill any poor seal they could find. 
 
 2. After many hours they killed a 
 large fat seal, and were preparing to re- 
 turn home. Suddenly they became aware 
 that the ice on which they were, was 
 moving, and was carrying them away out 
 to sea! ^ 
 
 3. They found that there was a large 
 space of clear water betAveen them and 
 the shore. The ice had broken loose, 
 and had been drifting away for some 
 time, although they had not noticed it. 
 Already they Avere too far from land to 
 get back. 
 
 4. They became greatly frightened, as 
 
70 
 
 SECOND READER. 
 
 they had no boat with them. They knew 
 not what would become of them, and 
 began to fear that they should die from 
 hunger and cold. 
 
 5. The ice was so very slippery, that 
 
 when it began 
 1 moving up and 
 
 down with the waves, they were in great 
 danger of sliding into the sea. 
 
 6. The poor men were driven about 
 for many days, thinking every day would 
 be their last. They had lost all hope, 
 when one morning, to their great joy, 
 
SECOND READER. 71 
 
 they saw a ship in the distance. One 
 of them held up his coat as a signal, 
 and a boat was sent to bring them off. 
 They w^ere so weak, from want of food, 
 that thev were hardly able to stand. 
 
 LANGUAGE LESSOX. 
 Copy this on your slate, making a little story of it. 
 Try to put in the missing words. 
 
 Two boys were playing 
 
 right in the of the street. A 
 
 which was running came 
 
 very running over . But 
 
 they to the side of the , 
 
 climbed over the . out of danger. 
 
 28. WHAT THE BOYS WOULD BE. 
 PRONOUNCiyG EXERCISE. 
 
 yarn do^'tor law'yer com'forts 
 
 plead justice wid^owg stoop'ing 
 
 of fi(;e hon'est shab'by black'smith 
 
 1. Four or five little boys were talk- 
 ing one night about what they would 
 
72 SECOND READER. 
 
 do when they grew up. One asked the 
 tallest of them: — 
 
 2. '^What are you going to be when 
 you become a man, Willie?" ^^A lawyer/' 
 said he; ^^what should we do if there 
 were no one to give us justice?" 
 
 3. ^'Yes; but lawyers don't always do 
 what is right. I have heard that some 
 of them plead for those who can give 
 them most money/' said Charlie., 
 
 4. ^'Well, but I'll not do that," said 
 Willie. ''I'll look out for widows and 
 orphans, and help them, and see that 
 nobody cheats them. But what are you 
 going to be, Charlie?" 
 
 5. ''Oh, I'm going to be a doctor, so 
 that I may ride day and night. I'll 
 keep four nice fresh horses, — not like 
 Dr. Gray's shabby ones." At this, little 
 Jamie sprang up and cried: "Please, 
 brother Charlie, let me shoe all your 
 horses, for I'm going to be a black- 
 smith;: 
 
 6. The boys laughed; and Willie said, 
 "I shall never be ashamed of you, Jamie, 
 
SECOND KEADER. 73 
 
 if you are a good, honest blacksmith; 
 but you must always wash your face 
 and hands before you visit me at my 
 oflSce." 
 
 7. ^'Oh yes, I will," said little Jamie, 
 quite pleased. ''Well, then," said Willie, 
 ''it is settled that papa is to have a 
 lawyer, a doctor, and a blacksmith in 
 his family." 
 
 8. All this time grandma was busy 
 with her stocking, and at her feet sat 
 Harry, the pet, sticking pins into her 
 ball of yarn. "Here," said grandma, "is 
 one who has not told what he is going 
 to be." 
 
 9. "Oh no," said Willie, stooping down 
 and taking Harry up in his arms. 
 " What are you going to be when you 're 
 a big man like papa?" Harry put his 
 arms around Willie's neck, and said: 
 "When I'm a big man, I'll be— I'll be 
 — I'll be * kind to my mother." 
 
 10. "Darling boy," said his grandma, 
 "that is best of all. Willie and Charlie 
 may be great men, and yet be no com- 
 
74 SECOND READER. 
 
 fort to their parents, unless they are 
 also loving and kind." 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 asked, nobody, grandma, lawyer, cheats, plead, shoe, 
 stooping, windows, office, orphans, honest, papa. 
 
 
 XII. CONCERT 
 
 PHONIC DRILL 
 
 
 
 The sound of long 
 
 y is 
 
 the equivalent 
 
 of 
 
 1 ; short 
 
 ij, of 1. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^2)ell by 
 
 sound and 
 
 copij 
 
 the inarMngs. 
 
 
 
 m-y 
 
 m-i-ne 
 
 
 li-y-mn 
 
 1-i 
 
 -nib 
 
 d-ye 
 
 d-ie 
 
 
 1-y-n-x 
 
 w 
 
 -i-n-k-s 
 
 Ih-y 
 
 tia-i-ne 
 
 
 m-y-th 
 
 p- 
 
 i-t'h 
 
 29. THE LITTLE ORPHANS. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 emp'ty dowii'y .chick'en§ home'less 
 reply' o' -elock' queer'est feaih'er§ 
 eld'est fern'ery brood'ed mo'ment 
 
 Require each 2)upU to memorize a stanza or more of 
 this, for recitation, until it is all learned. 
 
 1. 
 Six downy chickens, standing in a row, 
 Homeless little orphans, knew not where to go. 
 Who had killed their mother ? That I cannot say. 
 But I know they found her, at five o^clock that day. 
 
SECOND KEADER. 
 
 75 
 
 I 
 
 *'Peep/' said the eldest, ^^peep," the other cried, 
 And to find theii* mother, all in vain they tried. 
 Susie heard them calling, ran to ask them why. 
 But her eyes that moment made their own reply. 
 
 Tender-hearted Susie tried to hide a tear. 
 Saw her mother's fernery, standing empty near, 
 In it placed the chickens, and above them spread 
 A nice warm feather duster, when they went to bed. 
 
 4. 
 
 Six little chickens, fast asleep and warm, 
 Underneath the feathers, safe from every harm. 
 There each night they brooded, until almost grown ; 
 That was the queerest mother, I have ever known. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 o'clock, vain, spread, queer, feather. 
 
76 SECOND READER. 
 
 
 XIII. 
 
 CONCERT PHONIC DRILL. 
 
 
 I. 
 
 Breathing 
 
 Exercise 
 
 
 > 
 
 II. 
 
 Sound a, 
 
 a, a, a. 
 
 (1) Whisper. (2) Low 
 
 (3) 
 
 Loud. 
 
 (4) Yer^ 
 
 i loud. 
 
 
 
 III. 
 
 Inhale slowly; tli 
 
 ten give the sound of 
 
 long 
 
 0, prolonging it 
 
 as long 
 
 as possible; the sound of a; 
 
 of e. 
 
 
 
 
 
 30 MRS. DAISY AND DR. DON. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 •eloud'y anx'ioiis mam ma' ti'ny 
 
 fev'er shaking bow'ing grave'ly 
 
 ^ar'riage cd6k'ie§ nod'ded nap'kin 
 
 swariow§ dressed knocked replied' 
 
 1. Don and Daisy Dingle were play- 
 ing with dolls one cloudy morning. 
 Daisy was mamma, and Don was the 
 doctor. 
 
 2. Two of Daisy's dolls wore long night- 
 dresses; one lay in the cradle, and one 
 she held in her lap. Little mamma 
 looked very anxious, while Dr. Don felt 
 the pulse, holding a tiny watch in his 
 hand. 
 
I 
 
 SECOND READER, 
 
 77 
 
 3. -'0, Doctor," said Daisy, ^^are my 
 babies very sick?" ''Very," replied Dr. 
 Don, '^I shall have to give them pills 
 every hour." 
 
 I 
 
 4. '^0, my poor babies! Is it fever. 
 Doctor?" asked Daisy. Dr. Don looked 
 wise, and shaking his head, slowly said: 
 ''Both your babies, Mrs. Daisy, have red 
 fever bad. I will bring you some pills." 
 Bowing gravely, Dr. Don went off for 
 the pills. >^ 
 
 5. Betty, the cook, was kind to the 
 children, and gave Don some bread and 
 
78 SECOND liEADEK, 
 
 helped him roll some pills. Don said 
 they must be rolled in sugar, or the 
 sick babies could not take them. 
 
 6. Betty gave him some cookies too, 
 which the little doctor rolled up in a 
 napkin. The pills he put in a box. 
 
 He then knocked at the nursery door. 
 
 «/ 
 
 Mrs. Daisy opened it quietly. Dr. Don 
 asked: ^'Are the babies asleep?'' Mrs. 
 Daisy nodded her head. 
 
 7. Dr. Don opened the napkin and 
 gave Daisy a cooky, saying: '^I fear you 
 will take the fever, Mrs. Daisy, if you 
 do n't eat this medicine. I may take the 
 fever; so we will both eat some." 
 
 8. '^0," says Mrs. Daisy, ^^my babies 
 are awake." Dr. Don at once opened 
 his pill-box, and gave Mrs. Daisy a pill 
 for each. The babies seemed to take 
 them, but I think Mrs. Daisy swallowed 
 them. 
 
 9. Dr. Don said: ^'They must take a 
 drive at once." Babies were quickly 
 dressed, helped into the doll-carriage, 
 and taken to grandpa Dingle. 
 
SECOND KEADER. 79 
 
 10. Daisy told grandpa that Don Avas 
 a good doctor, for his pills had cured 
 her babies of "red •fever/' Grandpa said 
 that next time he was sick he should 
 send for Dr. Don, and Mrs. Daisy must 
 be his nurse. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 cloudy, helped, doctor, sugar, quietly, cradle, napkin, 
 opened, knocked, fever, gravely, nursery. 
 
 5 
 
 LANGUAGE LESSON. 
 ^ he copied on the slate, the hlanlfs to he filled from 
 the words given in the list helow. 
 
 need friend company quarrels lig^ht 
 
 
 ^i^^^^%^^^;J%^i^^ _ ^ x/J.^^ y/^^^^/^^^^. 
 
80 
 
 SECOND READEK, 
 
SECOND HEADER. 
 
 81 
 
 xrr. coxcEiiT rnoxic drill. 
 Uevietv vowels, first gidng clearly the sound of the letter 
 alone, then pronouncing the words forcibly. 
 
 a 
 
 a-le, 
 
 ai-m i 
 
 1 ' 
 
 i-ii, 
 
 p-i-11 
 
 a 
 
 ii-mi. 
 
 ji-i't 
 
 I 
 o 
 
 11-6, 
 
 o-ld 
 
 a 
 
 a-11, 
 
 1-aw 
 
 () 
 
 n-o-t, 
 
 0-11 
 
 a 
 
 a-t, 
 
 a-iid j 
 
 
 
 in-o-ve. 
 
 in-oo-n 
 
 a 
 
 4i-a-re, 
 
 ai-r 1 
 
 ' 11 
 
 ii-se, 
 
 m-u-te 
 
 a 
 
 a-sk, 
 
 t-a-sk : 
 
 u 
 
 ii-p, 
 
 t-ii-1) 
 
 e 
 
 m-e. 
 
 ea-t ! 
 
 11 
 
 u-r-ge, 
 
 b-u-rii 
 
 e 
 
 e-nd, 
 
 iii-e-t 1 
 
 11 
 
 p-ii-t, 
 
 f-oo-t 
 
 e 
 
 h-e-r, 
 
 ea-rn 
 
 oi 
 
 01-1, 
 
 b-oy 
 
 I 
 
 i-ce, 
 
 m-i-ne 
 
 ou 
 
 ou-t, 
 
 ll-OW 
 
 •31. THE WISE OLD HORSE. 
 
 PROXo rx( rxc uxerclse. 
 
 mead'ow Fan'ny perhaps' anofli'er 
 
 arway§ to getli'er jjre teiid§' rairroad 
 
 liitclied past'iire -care'ful her self 
 
 1. Let me toll you a true story of a 
 horse I know, named Ben. When Ben 
 was young, he had black hair, but now 
 he is old, he is gray and homely, and 
 people who do not know how wise he 
 is, think he is only an old farm horse. 
 
82 SECOND READEB. 
 
 2. Ben has a sister named Fanny, 
 and she, too, is old and gray, but, worst 
 of all, she is bhnd. In some way, Ben 
 has found this out, and he takes great 
 care of his poor bhnd sister. 
 
 3. If she goes into a corner of the 
 fence, Ben is afraid she will hurt her- 
 self, so he gets between her and the 
 fence, and crowds her out. 
 
 4. If strange horses are put into the 
 lot with them, Ben will keep between 
 Fanny and the other horses. 
 
 5. If he and Fanny are hitched to- 
 gether to the wagon, he tries to draw 
 the whole load, and Avhen Fanny tries 
 to pull hard, Ben pretends to bite her, 
 as much as to say, ^'You keep back, 
 Fanny ; / am able to draw this load." 
 
 G. But if another horse is hitched to 
 the wagon with Ben, he does not pull 
 well, but seems to say, ''I am old and 
 stiff, so I will not draw more than my 
 share." 
 
 7. If you will think about this story, 
 perhaps you will find some good things 
 
SECOND READER. 83 
 
 that YOU might learn from the old farm 
 horse, Ben. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 people, stranger, together, another, blind, stiff, share, 
 corner, crowds, perhaps, hitched, while. 
 
 6 
 
 LANGUAGE LESSON. 
 
 To he copied on the slate, the blanhs to he filled from the 
 words given in the list helow. 
 
 yourself stitch nine never 
 
 done do tong'ue 
 
 
 AT. CONCERT PHONIC DRILL. 
 
 I. Breathing Exercise. Inhale and exhale slowly, 
 i five times. 
 
 II. Sound the long vowel sounds, a, e, i, o, u, 
 five times in succession. (1) In a whisper. (2) Softly. 
 (3) Loudly. (4) Very loudly. 
 
 Km. In the same manner, the short vowel sounds, 
 ...... 
 
84 
 
 SECOND KEADEB. 
 
 32. THE HUMMINO-BIRD AND THE 
 BUTTERFLY.-A FABLE. 
 
 PBONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 home'ly re mem'ber ^at'er pil lar 
 
 Mt'ter ing friend ex claimed,' 
 
 ful nummini^ 
 a pretty butterfly flut- 
 tering over some flowers in the garden. 
 2. ^'I Avould like to have you for a 
 friend," said the httle bird. ^^But you 
 once caUed me a homely worm/' ex- 
 claimed the butterfly. 
 
SECOND KEADEK. 85 
 
 3. "I am sure I don't remember it," 
 said the humming-bird. "You called 
 me names," replied the butterfly, ^'when 
 I was a dull-looking caterpillar, and now 
 I prefer not to have you for a friend." 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lessou: 
 flowers, remember, prefer, friend, exclaimed, worm, 
 homely. 
 
 33. THE CATERPILLAR. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 bough flit 'ting buz'zmg some 'thing 
 crawl spi'der tiig'ging an'swered 
 
 earn yel'low splen'did btit'ter fly 
 
 Have this memoHzed for recitation ^ it can he used in 
 dialogue. 
 
 1. ''Caterpillar, caterpillar, 
 
 On the apple bough. 
 Tell me how you get your living, 
 Do you earn it, now?" 
 
 2. '-Earn my living!" answers he; 
 "What a thing to ask of me! 
 
 I for work was never made; 
 Spinning is the spider's trade. 
 
86 SECOND HEADER. 
 
 3. ''Tugging ant and buzzing bee, 
 Toiling all the day 1 h{h\ 
 I was born for high(M- tilings; 
 Soon on red and yellow wings. 
 You will see me flitting by, 
 As a splendid butterfly. 
 
 -1. "Work is something, I am sure. 
 That I never could endure; 
 I can crawl, and I can eat 
 Apple leaves, when fresh and sweet. 
 And a pleasant place for me, 
 Is this green, young apple-tree." 
 
 t 
 
 5. ^'Caterpillar, caterpillar. 
 
 On the apple bough. 
 If you only earned your living, 
 I would spare you now. 
 
 6. '' What though apple leaves are sweet, 
 Those who work not, should not eat; 
 And you never more shall be 
 
 On my nice, young apple-tree." 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 apple, trade, bough, earn, toiling, answer, spinning, 
 ant, leaves, buzzing. 
 
SECOND READER. 87 
 
 I. THOmC DRILL. 
 To show that c has the sound of /t, it is marked 
 by a short line through it, thus — e; to show the 
 sliarp sound of s, it is marked by a cedilla^ thus — 9. 
 
 I ^ = k I I g = 8 j 
 
 €-a-r ^;-a-re f-a-ge m-i^e 
 
 €-a-ll €-6o-l l-a-^e s-i-n-^e 
 
 I 
 
 Spelling Match. Let the pupils choose sides. Re- 
 quire each pupil, in turn, to give and sj)ell the name of 
 some article of food. Allow no word to be repeated, 
 and require each pupil that fails to give a word, or 
 misspells a word, to be seated. 
 
 34. THE BROWN BEAR. 
 PROXO UNCIXG EXERCISE. 
 
 -climb'er gnaw§ scoops creeps 
 
 sniig'ly wak'eng -eoats tliick 
 
 blank'ets 
 
 1. The brown bear lives in the woods. 
 He is a good climber, and likes to make 
 his home in a hollow tree. He is very 
 fond of wild fruits, of which he finds 
 plenty in the forest. 
 
88 SECOND READER. 
 
 2. He is also fond of honey, and robs 
 the hives of the Avild bees. The wild 
 bees make their hives in hollow trees, 
 and the brown bear finds them out by 
 the smell of the honey. 
 
 3. When he finds a hive, he climbs 
 the tree, and for hours and hours he 
 gnaws the bark and the wood, till he 
 makes a hole large enough to let his 
 paw in. >^ 
 
 4. There, in spite of the stings of the 
 bees, he thrusts in his paw, and scoops 
 out lumps of the comb with the honey 
 in it. Nor does he stop till he has rob- 
 bed the poor bees of all their store. 
 
 5. When winter comes, the bear creeps 
 into a hole or cave under the thick trees. 
 There he makes for himself a bed of 
 leaves and twigs; and Avhen the snow 
 comes, it covers him, and he lies snugly 
 hid beneath it. He closes his eyes, and 
 sleeps during the rest of the winter. 
 
 6. In spring he wakens up again, and 
 begins once more to roam about the 
 woods. 
 
SECOND llEADEK. 
 
 89 
 
 7. Men no to the forest to hunt the 
 bear. They wish to get his skin to 
 make coats, and blankets, and muffs. 
 They also eat his flesh, and make oil 
 from his fat. 
 
 Wheu the reading lesson has been studied copy these 
 sentences and Jill the hlanJcs tvith the proper ivords. 
 
 The ^^^'/ ^-bear is a good ^^^-A^:^ He 
 
 IS ; ■ ' ' " 
 
 and — 
 
 of honey. He 
 
 the 
 
 until ho makes a 
 
 large 
 
 and then puts 
 
 paw in and 
 
 gets the 
 
90 
 
 SECOND llEADEli, 
 
 3. 
 
 ^\i 
 
 Merry spring, will you bring 
 Back the little birds to sing'? 
 I am sad, make me glad, 
 Grentle, laughing, merry spring. 
 
 Winter's snow soon will go 
 ''' From the hills, and vales below; 
 Then your showers will make the flowers 
 Over all the hill-side grow. 
 
 Mother said they're not dead, 
 Only sleeping in their bed; 
 When spring rain comes again, 
 Each will raise its tiny head. 
 Copy the words that rhyme; as, bring, sing, etc. 
 
SECOND READER, 
 
 91 
 
 36. "I AM OLD NOW." 
 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 rgad'y 
 
 gariop 
 
 stead' i \j 
 
 to geth'er 
 
 field§ 
 
 bis'-cuit 
 
 faVor ite 
 
 cany'ing 
 
 served 
 
 arway§ 
 
 de §erve' 
 
 what ev'er 
 
 seized 
 
 wished 
 
 beat'en 
 
 hand 'some 
 
 \ 1. I am an old dog now, and not of 
 \ much use ; but still my master is very 
 I kind to me, for he knows that I served 
 ■ him well when I was young and strong. 
 2. I remember when he was a very 
 little boy, how we used to play together 
 Kin the fields. Many a gallop we had 
 
92 SECOND READER. 
 
 3. He was always kind to me, and 
 never beat me. He knew that I did not 
 deserve to be beaten, for I was always 
 ready to do whatever my yoUng master 
 wished. 
 
 4. I did my best to learn; and when 
 he was teaching me anything, I looked 
 up into his face, and tried all I could 
 to find out what he wanted me to do. 
 When I once knew a thing, I never 
 forgot it. 
 
 5. I used to trot to school with him, 
 and then run home. He is a big boy 
 now, but I dare say he remembers how 
 I used to run to meet him when I saw 
 him coming^ 
 
 6. He often gave me his bag of books 
 to carry for him; and I was very proud 
 when he did so, and walked home by 
 his side, carrying it steadily all the way. 
 
 7. My master's name is George, and 
 he had a little sister, named Edith. 
 Well, Edith one day was sitting out on 
 the grass. She had a biscuit in her 
 hand, and was busily eating it. 
 
SECOND READER. 93 
 
 8. A large hungry dog saw her, and 
 came running up to seize the biscuit. 
 I was lying behind a bush near Edith, 
 and when I saw the strange dog com- 
 ing, I leaped up to defend her. 
 
 9. He flew at Edith and tried to get 
 the biscuit; but I seized him by the 
 neck and dragged him away. We had 
 a fierce fight, but in the end I con- 
 quered him. 
 
 10. Edith's cries soon brought her 
 mother out; and when she saw that I 
 had saved the little girl from being hurt, 
 she was greatly pleased. 
 
 11. She told George of it when he 
 came home from school, and I became 
 a greater favorite than ever. Since then 
 I have had many happy years with my 
 master. But, as I have told you, I am 
 an old dog now, and cannot serve him 
 as I used to do. /> 
 
 12. George has got a picture of me, 
 and it hangs in his room. From it you 
 may see how I looked when I was 
 young. I was a handsome dog at that 
 
94 SECOND KEADER. 
 
 time. If you had seen me then, you 
 would hardly know me now. 
 
 13. I am very thankful for having so 
 kind a master. It would he well if there 
 
 Avere more masters like mine. Mv mas- 
 
 •J 
 
 ter says he will never forget a faithful 
 old servant like me, though I am only 
 a dog. 
 
 14. Bad boys sometimes throw stones 
 at dogs, and torment them in a variety 
 of ways. A good boy w^ill always be 
 kind to dogs as well as other animals. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 master, forgot, faithful, served, proud, servant, seize, 
 gallop, biscuit, fierce, always, busily, deserve, picture. 
 
 II. PHONIC DRILL.— SOUNDS OF CH. 
 
 To show that cli has the sound of l; it is marked 
 with a short line, thus — eh; to show the sound of 
 sJi, it is marked with a cedilla, thus — gh; when it 
 has the sound as in child, it is unmarked. 
 
 I ch I I ^h - k I I gh = sh | 
 
 ch-I-ld a-ehe 9h-ai-§e 
 
 cli-oo-se s-ch-oo-l m-a-^h-i-iie 
 
 ch-ai-r t-a-ke sh-ee-p 
 
SECOND READER. 95 
 
 37. FRETTING. 
 PR ONO VNCING EXER CISE. 
 
 be €au§e' fret'ting pra^'ti^e gen'tle man 
 
 1. "Now, then, children," a gentle- 
 man once said to a number of young 
 people, '' I have a rule to give you about 
 fretting. 
 
 2. "It is a very short rule, but it is 
 worth your while to remember it. Listen 
 while I' tell you Avhat it is, and then try 
 to practice it: — 
 
 3. " Never fret about what you caiit lielp^ 
 because it tvont do any good ; and never fret 
 about loliat you can help, because if you can 
 help it, you shoidd do so.'' 
 
 4. "When you are tempted, then, to 
 fret about anything, ask yourself, 'Can I 
 help this?' If you can't, don't fret. All 
 children should remember this little rule, 
 and begin to practice it while they are 
 young. 
 
 5. "Everybody in the Avorld has trials; 
 and the only way to be happy is, not to 
 
96 
 
 SECOND EEADER. 
 
 be wishing for what Ave cannot get, but 
 to be content with what God has given 
 us;' 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 rule, fretting, practice, trials, content. 
 
 Slate Work. Write from memory tlie riile in the 
 third parag^raph. 
 
 38. PARTNERSHIP. 
 
 Commit to memory for recitation. 
 
 1. 
 Yon need not be looking round at me so, 
 She's my kitten, as much as your kitten, you kn<nv 
 And I '11 take her wherever I wish her to go ! 
 
SECOND KEADER. 97 
 
 You know very well, that the day she was found, 
 If I hadn^t cried, she'd have surely been drowned, 
 And you ought to be thankful she 's here safe and sound ! 
 
 3. 
 She is only just crying because she's a goose; 
 I'm not squeezing her — look, now! — my hands are quite 
 
 loose ; 
 And she may as well hush, for it's not any use. 
 
 4. 
 And you may as well get right down and go 'way; 
 You're not in the thing we are going to play. 
 And, remember, it isn't your half of the day. 
 
 5. 
 You're forgetting the bargain we made — and so soon ! 
 In the morning she's mine, and yours all afternoon. 
 And xjou could n't teach her to eat with a spoon ! 
 
 G. 
 So don't let me hear you give one single mew: 
 Do you know what will happen, right offj if you dof 
 She '11 be my kitten mornings and afternoons, too !^ 
 
 MARGARET VANDEGRIFT. 
 
 Oral SPELLiN(i. Dic^tate the words that rhyme. 
 
 1 
 
 LITTLE WORDS OFTEN 
 
 MISSPELLED. 
 
 
 Copy these words on 
 
 yo^^r slates 
 
 
 
 very 
 truly 
 
 city 
 pity 
 
 lily 
 
 until 
 
 which 
 much 
 
 there 
 their 
 
98 SECOND READER. 
 
 39. WORDS THAT DECi^IVE. ' 
 FBONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 aii'swered de ^eive' o'clock' a fraid' 
 
 ev'ery thing readier course worst 
 
 1. One day a man gave his son some 
 wood to saw. The boy did not want to 
 do such work; so after his father had 
 gone away, he threw the saw down, and 
 it broke. 
 
 2. ^'I did not break the saw," said the 
 boy to himself; "it broke itself" He 
 tried to deceive himself with words, but 
 he knew in his heart that they were 
 false words, and he was afraid to meet 
 his father. 
 
 3. One day a mother said to her son, 
 who had just returned from school, '^It 
 is six o'clock, and your school closes at 
 four — where have you been, my boy?" 
 
 4. "O mother," said Ned, "when we 
 play at ball, we forget everything else. 
 We do not think of the time, or of 
 coming home. Is tea ready?" 
 
SECOND READER. 99 
 
 5. The boys mother was deceived. 
 Ned's answer led her to think that he 
 had been playing with his mates. But 
 he had not been playing at all. 
 
 6. He had been '^ kept in " by his 
 teacher, because he had not learned his 
 lessons. He did not like to tell his 
 mother that. He wished her to think 
 that he had been playing. 
 
 7. ''What a shame and a sin it is for 
 you to try to deceive your mother," said 
 something in Ned's heart, as he sat down 
 to his tea. 
 
 8. ''I don't care," said the boy to him- 
 self, ''I doii't care. I did not tell a lie — 
 I did not say that I was playing." 
 
 9. '' But," said the voice, '' you used 
 words which make your mother think 
 that you had been playing, and that was 
 the same as if you had said so." 
 
 10. ''I did not tell a lie," said Ned. 
 What do you think, my little reader? 
 
 Did Ned tell a lie, or did he not? I am 
 sure you will say — ''Of course he did." 
 
 11. If we use words which are intended 
 
100 SECOND EEADER. 
 
 to deceive, we tell a lie; and Ned's lie 
 was a very bad one, for it looked so 
 like the truth. A lie that looks like the 
 truth is the worst kind of lie. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 heart, truth, deceive, worst, false, wished, lesson, else. 
 
 Sentence Making. Write a sentence containing the 
 word lie; one with the word truth. 
 
 IIL PHONIC 
 
 DIULL. 
 
 
 To show that g has 
 
 the hard sound, 
 
 it is marked 
 
 by a line over it, thns 
 
 -^o; 
 
 to show the soft sound 
 
 like j, it is marked with one 
 
 dot over it 
 
 thus— g. 
 
 g hard 
 
 
 g SOft=::j 
 
 g-o d-o-g 
 
 
 g-i-11 
 
 a-ge 
 
 g-e-t 1-o-g 
 
 
 g-em 
 
 p-a-ge 
 
 g-o-t m-ti-g 
 
 
 J-oy 
 
 s-a-ge 
 
 40. TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR. 
 
 Let each pupil learn one stanza and write it on the slate 
 or hlacJchoard from memory, observing xmnctuation and 
 capitals. 
 
 1. Twinkle, twinkle, little star; 
 How I wonder what you are! 
 Up above the world so high, 
 Like a diamond in the skv. 
 
SECOND KEADEB. 101 
 
 2. When the glorious sun is set, 
 When the grass with dew is wet, 
 Then you show your little light, 
 Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. 
 
 3. In the dark-blue sky jou keep, 
 And often through my curtains peep; 
 For you never shut your eye, 
 
 Till the sun is in the sky. 
 
 4. As your bright and tiny spark 
 Lights the traveler in the d^rk. 
 Though I know not what you are. 
 Twinkle, twinkle, little star! 
 
 LANGUAGE LESSON. 
 To he copied on the slates, the hianl's to he filled 
 hy the phrases given. 
 
 I in the morning | | up on the shelf | 
 
 ! down by the brook | | out in the field | 
 
 The cows are . 
 
 Do you get up ? 
 
 Put the books . 
 
 I saw some flowers. 
 
102 SECOND READER. 
 
 41. HOW ROY WENT A-FISHING-. 
 PBONOUNCINCr EXERCISE. 
 
 IVe 
 
 worm nib'ble 
 
 pricked 
 
 root 
 
 twine jerked 
 
 coaxed 
 
 trout 
 
 iin'-ele bask'et 
 back 'ward 
 
 fished 
 
 1. Roy had fished in the ditch by the 
 side of the road a great many times; 
 but he had only a bent pin for a fish- 
 hook, and a piece of twine for a fine. 
 
 2. He never caught any fish there. 
 When he was six years old, his uncle 
 James gave him a real fish-hook and a 
 line, and after a great deal of coaxing 
 his mother said he might go down the 
 cow-path to the brook and fish for trout. 
 
 3. Uncle James caught a great many 
 trout in the brook. Alice wanted to go 
 with Roy; and Roy, who is very kind to 
 his sister, asked his mother to let her go. 
 
 4. Alice carried the basket — a pretty 
 large one. Mary, 'the cook, told them to 
 be sure and get it full of fish, so that 
 she could frv them for dinner. 
 
SECOND READEK. 103 
 
 5. HoAV proud and happy they were! 
 Then- mother could see them from the 
 window all the time. 
 
 6. When they reached the brook, Alice 
 sat down on a rock. Roy put a worm 
 on the hook, and dropped the end of 
 the line into the stream. But it was a 
 long time before he got a bite. At last 
 he thought he felt a nibble. ''I've got 
 one, Ally!" he shouted. "0, such a big 
 fellow! You will have to come and help 
 me pull him out!" 
 
 7. They tugged away on the line, and 
 then they both fell backwards. 
 
 8. ''There he is!" cried Roy. But 
 when they got up and looked, it was 
 not a trout at all. It was only a piece 
 of a black root that broke off and gave 
 them a tumble. 
 
 9. Roy tried again, and after a long 
 while he felt another nibble. He jerked 
 the line out so quickly that the hook 
 caught in the back of Alice's dress. It 
 pricked her shoulder so that she had 
 half a mind to cry. 
 
.104 SKOOND READETl. 
 
 10. Eoy could not get the hook out 
 
 JiMiM 
 
 5*^ 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 J^liK 
 
 "9l 
 
 
 
 
 r ' 
 
 1 
 
 
 1^^ 
 
 :4 
 
 ^^.."^^ 
 
 wi 
 
 
 r^* 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 lf*i^ 
 
 ^;'.::^^ 
 
 .^^ 
 
 hm 
 
 ^H 
 
 
 
 
 of her dress/ and they went home for 
 their mother to help them. 
 
 11. Mary laughed at Roy a good deal.- 
 She told his uncle James, at dinner 
 
SECOND READER. 105 
 
 time, that Roy caught the biggest trout 
 she ever saw. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 ditch, stream, uncle, twine, nibble, coaxing, shouted, 
 trout, tugged, dinner, pricked. 
 
 LANGUAGE LESSON. 
 
 Sentences to he copied; the llanJcs filled from phrases 
 given. 
 
 I in his pocket ) — | with a kni fe | 
 
 I with her mother j \ by careful stu dy ^1 
 
 We can improve — 
 George has a knife 
 He cut his thumb - 
 AUce is walking — 
 
 IV. r HON re DRILL. 
 'When s has the sharp sound as in siuij it is un- 
 marked j to show the soft sound like z, it is marked 
 by a bar under it, thus — §. 
 
 I s sharp | | § soft =: z | 
 
 s-ee tii-i-s i-§ n-o-§e 
 
 s-a-y k-i-ss h-a-§ t-o-e§ 
 
 s-a-me s-i-n-^e b-ii-zz eye-§ 
 
106 SECOND READEE. 
 
 42. NEVER LOITER. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 rdling du'ty loi'ter farm'er 
 
 par' gel asked tempt' ed walked 
 
 quick'ly whom stopped washing 
 
 biit'ter flies what ev'er 
 
 1. A little boy, with a parcel in his 
 hand, was one day walking along a 
 country-road. He had five miles to go, 
 and the sun was very bright and warm. 
 It was hard Avalking, and he was weary. 
 
 2. He heard the birds singing in the 
 trees, and saw the butterflies flitting about. 
 Everything tempted him to loiter by the 
 way. Yet he walked along very quickly, 
 thinking that the faster he walked, the 
 sooner he would be at home. 
 
 3. As he went on his way, he heard a 
 cart behind him. When it came up to 
 him, the driver stopped, and, having 
 found out where the boy was going, 
 kindly asked him to jump up beside him. 
 
 4. The boy was very glad to do so; 
 and as they drove along, the driver, a 
 
SECOND HEADER. 107 
 
 good old farmer, began to talk with 
 him. ''Do you know why I asked you 
 to ride with me?" said he. "No/' said 
 the boy. . 
 
 5 "Well, then, my boy, let me tell you. 
 I saw you walking along very fast and 
 doing your duty, and so I asked you to 
 ride. But if I had seen you, with that 
 parcel in your hand, wasting your time 
 playing or idling by the way, I would 
 not have asked you. I like to help those 
 only whom I see doing their duty." 
 
 6. Boys ! think of what the old farmer 
 said. Wherever you may be, whatever 
 you may be doing, never idle or play 
 when you. have work to do. 
 
 7. Whenever you feel like giving up, 
 remember the old song: 
 
 "When a weary task you find it, 
 Persevere and never mind it." 
 
 If you do your work with a will, it is 
 always easier for you, and, as you see 
 from this story, you will be thought 
 better of by others. 
 
108 . SECOND READER. 
 
 * 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 parcel, whom, country? duty, weary, loiter, wasting, 
 idling. 
 
 Model Questions. What does loiter mean? What 
 kind of boys loiter? What kind of a boy was this boy? 
 How long does it take to walk five miles? Name 
 some place that is about five miles away. 
 
 Give anstvers, orally, in complete sentences. 
 
 Oral Expression. Ask your pupils to tell this story 
 to you, in their own language. 
 
 Oral Spelling Match. Let the pupils choose sides. 
 Dictate words selected from all previous spelling lessons. 
 Pupils that fail must ha seated. 
 
 43. WILLIE'S CARRIER PIGEON. 
 
 PBOKOUKCrXG EXERCISE. ^ 
 
 pig' eon •ear'ri er spriiik'le§ sea' -cap tain 
 voy'age sherter neigh'bor^ ^om'fort ed 
 
 1. Willie's father was a sea-captain 
 and sailed all over the world. On his 
 return from a long voyage he brought 
 Willie a carrier pigeon. 
 
 2. This is a bird that looks like the 
 dove that we see in our streets, only it 
 has been taught to carry letters from 
 place to place. 
 
SECOND READER. 109 
 
 3. Willie was very fond of his pigeon, 
 and loved it more than he did his ^, dog 
 or kitten. 
 
 4. Often when he visited his aunt, 
 who lived a few miles away, he took the 
 pigeon with him. Then he would send 
 it back home with a letter. 
 
 5. Willie would tell his aunt Avhat to 
 write. Then he would tie the letter 
 around the bird's neck, and away it 
 would fly towards- home. 
 
 6. One day the pigeon got lost in a 
 storm. Willie had sent his bird home 
 with a letter, not seeing the great black 
 clouds that were filling the sky. 
 
 7. When his aunt came in from a 
 neighbor's, she said, -"Have you let the 
 pigeon go, Willie?" Willie -told her it 
 had just gone. ••! am afraid you have 
 done wrong," said his aunt. '^It sprink- 
 les, and there Avill be a gale." 
 
 8. Willie looked out and saw how dark 
 it was. '' I wish I could call him back," 
 he said. ''0, I'm so sorry!" But the 
 bird was far away. It flew over a large 
 
110 SECOND READER. 
 
 wood where there was a big boy hunting. 
 The boy fired at the pigeon, but it flew 
 on unhurt. 
 
 9. Then the wind and rain struck the 
 bird, and drove it from its course. The 
 poor httle thing tried to keep on, but it 
 was no use. It had to seek .shelter 
 among the hmbs of a large tree. 
 
 10. The next day it cleared away, and 
 Willie went home. The first words he 
 said to his mother were, '' Did my pigeon 
 get home all safe?" 
 
 11. Then he saw by his mother's look 
 that it had not come. '' O, dear, dear ! " 
 he said, ^^Avhat made me send it? Per- 
 haps it has been blown out to sea ;" 
 for the sea was not far away. 
 
 12. All that day Willie would not be 
 comforted. His eyes were red with cry- 
 ing for his pet. Before night, as he was 
 standing in the door, looking up into the 
 sky, he saw a bird flying towards him. 
 Was it his? ^^Yes, it's mine, it's mine!" 
 he cried. '^0 mother, my birdie's com- 
 ing back!" 
 
SECOND READER. 
 
 Ill 
 
 13. Nearer and nearer it carde, till at 
 last, Aveary from its journey, it nestled, 
 panting, in Willie's arms. 
 
 Back from the wind and rain! 
 Birdie, lost, is found again ! 
 
 14. And Willie never let his pigeon 
 go out into another storm. 
 
112 SECOND KEADEE. 
 
 44. THE LITTLE HOME SCHOOL. 
 PBONOUNCINa EXERCISE. 
 
 sim'ple wag'on pleag'ure joke 
 
 sev'er al be Keve' piiz'zled sug'ar 
 
 1. Near Avhere I lived, there Avere 
 several small children. To keep them 
 out of mischief, one of the older girls 
 played school and was the teacher. 
 
 2. They made believe they had a room 
 full of boys and girls, and tried to learn 
 to read and spell. They often Avere puz- 
 zled over words, but their teacher would 
 make them try, try again. 
 
 3. They soon learned to read, spell 
 and write quite long words. This pleased 
 them very much. 
 
 4. Stella was but a dot of a girl, but 
 had learned to spell quite long words. 
 She could even spell sugar and leave 
 out the h, though she thought it ought 
 to be there, and often put it in to make 
 papa laugh. 
 
 5. One day I found her having great 
 fun over a letter her big brother had 
 
SECOND READER. 113 
 
 sent her. He had made it very plain 
 and simple so she could easily read it. 
 
 6. He told her he had a little Avagon 
 he would send her. '^Oh! see," she cried, 
 *' Jim has put two g's into his wagon ; 
 what a funny boy he is." Wagon was 
 one of her new words and it had given 
 her so much pleasure to remember it. 
 
 7. The big brother thought it a good 
 joke to be corrected by his little sister 
 Stella. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lessou: 
 beliere, puzzled, simple, easily, pleasure. 
 
 45. SPEAK GENTLY. 
 PliOXOUXCING EXERCISE. 
 
 a€'9ents grieve e ter'ui ty 
 
 1. 8i)eak gently! it is better far 
 
 To rule by love than fear; 
 Speak gently! let not liarsh words nmr 
 The good we might do here. 
 
 2. Speak gently to the httle child, 
 
 Its love be sure to gain; 
 Teach it in accents soft and mild- 
 It may not long remain. 
 
114 SECOND READER, 
 
 3. Speak gently to the young, for they 
 
 Will have enough to hear: 
 Pass through this life as best they may, 
 'Tis full of anxious care. 
 
 4. Speak gently to the aged one — 
 
 GrrieA^e not the care-worn heart ; 
 The sands of life are nearly run — 
 Let such in peace depart. 
 
 5. Speak gently! — 'tis a little thing, 
 
 Dropped in the heart's deep well; — 
 
 The good, the joy which it may bring. 
 
 Eternity shall tell. 
 
 Require pupils to learn this and recite it in the class. 
 Let them tcrite the first stanza, observing punctuation, 
 capitals, and indentation. 
 
 46. WILLIE AND HENRY. 
 
 nwNO uxcixa exercisi:. 
 
 match ev'en missed with out' 
 
 ^red'it la'zy pu'pil§ stiid'ied 
 
 teach' er cho§e spelled €or rect'ly 
 
 1. Little Willie Strong, and Henry^ 
 Slack went to the same school. Willie 
 studied his lessons and was ahvays ready 
 for work when his teacher called on him. 
 
SECOND KEADER. 115 
 
 2. Henry was a lazy bo}'^ and loved 
 play iiiucli better than study. In fact, 
 he never would study if he could get 
 along without it. 
 
 3. One day the teacher had a s})elliiig 
 match in school. The pupils chose sides 
 and then spelled to see who could win, 
 by spelling correctly the most words. 
 
 4. The very first word that earner to 
 Henry was sure. Now he had seen that 
 word a great many times in his reading 
 lesson, and if he had studied it, he could 
 have spelled it correctly. But, as I told 
 you, he was lazy. 
 
 5. How do you think he spelled it? 
 I Avill tell you — s-h-a-r-e. Then the pupils 
 all laughed, and Willie, who was on the 
 other side, spelled it s-n-r-c. '^ Right," 
 said the teacher, and Henry's side lost 
 one credit. 
 
 0. Then a boy on Willie's side spelled 
 where — w-/i-a-r-c, and missed it. The 
 next boy spelled it correctly, and then 
 the sides were even again. 
 
 7. The next time around Henry spelled 
 
116 SECOND KEADER. 
 
 many — m-e-n-n-y^ and missed it, and so 
 kept on missing almost every word that 
 came to him. He spelled even — e-a-v-e-ii 
 and until — u-n-t-i-l-L Willie did not miss 
 a single word, though he had some 
 pretty hard ones. He spelled very^ and 
 peojjle^ and enough^ and every, 
 
 8. The next time they chose sides, 
 Willie was almost the first one chosen, 
 while Henry was the very last. No one 
 wanted him, for he missed so many 
 words. Which boy are you like? 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 studied, spelled, lazy, credit, match, chosen, pupils, 
 even. 
 
 See if you can spell all the tvords that were spelled in 
 the spelling game. 
 
 r. PHONIC 
 
 DEILL. 
 
 
 When th has the sharp s 
 
 sound as in 
 
 thin, it is 
 
 unmarked; when it is vocal 
 
 as in this, 
 
 it is shown 
 
 by a short line joining both letters, thns- 
 
 -th. 
 
 th sharp 
 
 til vocal 
 
 th-i-n d-ea-th 
 
 fli-e 
 
 iii-a-t 
 
 th-i-ck b-r-ea-th 
 
 ih-e-m 
 
 lii-e-§e 
 
 th-a-n-k p-a-th 
 
 ih-i-s 
 
 th-o-§e 
 
SECOND KEADEK, 
 
 ii; 
 
 47. THE CHILD AND THE SWALLOW. 
 PEOXOUXCIXG EXERCISE. 
 
 know'eth wan'der vain win'dOw 
 
 re turned' during wercome jour'ney 
 de light' fly'ing weaih'er re peat'ed 
 
 1. One spring, two swallows built their 
 nest just over the window of a room 
 where a little boy, named Arthur, slept. 
 
 2. No one touched the nest; and all 
 
118 SECOND READER. 
 
 the long summer the swallows made it 
 their home. 
 
 3. At last the days began to grow 
 shorter, the cold weather came, and the 
 birds flew away to another land. 
 
 4. Arthur looked in vain for his little 
 friends. His mother told him that they 
 had gone to a warmer land far over the 
 sea, but that they would come back 
 when spring returned. 
 
 5. Winter passed away; and Avhen the 
 warm sun began again to shine, flocks 
 of swallows were seen everywhere. 
 
 6. At last two swallows found their 
 way to the window. They Avere Arthur's 
 old friends, and they knew the old nest 
 again. 
 
 7. In the morning Arthur's mother 
 told him to get up and open the window, 
 to welcome the swallows back to their 
 old home. In the picture you can see 
 him at the open window. He seems to 
 be talking to one of the swallows. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 built, weather, swallows, welcome. 
 
SECOND KEADEK. 119 
 
 JL rnoyic diull. 
 The sound of ng is unmarked; when n has the 
 sound of mj it is shown by a line under it, thus — n. 
 
 I ng I I n^ng I 
 
 1-o-ng r-i-ng i-nk th-a-n-k 
 
 s-o-ng h-a-ng d-r-i-n-k th-i-n-k 
 
 s-i-ng s-t-r-i-ng w-i-n-k s-i-n-k 
 
 48. WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S NEST? 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 €iick'6o wisp lis'ten 
 
 plain' est thief to ge&'er 
 
 quick'ly %g^ in tmde' 
 
 Yeriow-breast Bob'o link 
 
 1. From the top of the tree 
 
 Sung little Yellow-breast, 
 Who had lost her nest, — 
 
 ^' To-whit ! to-Avhit ! to-whee ! 
 
 Will you listen to me? 
 
 Who stole four eggs I laid, 
 And the nice nest I made? 
 
 2. ^^ Bobolink! Bobolink! 
 Now what do you think? 
 
120 SECOND EEADEE. 
 
 Who stole a nest away 
 From the plum-tree to-day?" 
 
 3. Then quickly came the reply 
 From Bobolink: — ''Not I; 
 Not I; Not I, I say; 
 
 That's not at all my way: 
 I would not have you think 
 So. Spink, spank, spink." 
 
 4. ''Not I/' said the Cow,— " Moo-oo ! 
 Such a thing Fd never do. 
 
 I gave you a wisp of hay, 
 But didn't take your nest away. 
 Not I," said the Cow, — "Moo-oo! 
 Such a thing I'd never do." 
 
 5. "Not 1," said the Dog, — "Bow-wow! 
 Who did it, I do not know; 
 
 I gave hairs the nest to make, 
 But the nest I did not take. 
 Not i;' said the Dog,— " Bow-wow ! " 
 
 {). "Not I," said the Sheep; "0 nc5, 
 I wouldn't treat a poor bird so. 
 I gave the wool the nest to line. 
 But the nest was none of mine. 
 
SECOND KEADEE. 121 
 
 Baa! baa!" said the Sheep; "O no, 
 I wouldn't treat a poor bird soJ' 
 
 7. But still Yellow-breast 
 
 * Moans the loss of her nest: — 
 '' To-whit ! to-whit ! to-whee ! 
 
 Will you listen to me? 
 
 t/ 
 
 AVho stole four eggs I laid, 
 And the nice nest I made?" 
 
 8. ^-Coo coo!" said the Cuckoo; 
 ^^Let me speak a word too. 
 Who stole that pretty nest 
 From little Yellow-breast?" 
 
 9. ''Caw! caw!" said the Crow; 
 ''/ should like to know 
 What thief took away 
 
 A bird's - nest to-day." 
 
 10. ^- Cluck! cluck!" said the Hen; 
 •Don't ask one again! 
 
 AVhy, I haven't a chick 
 AVould do sueh a trick. 
 
 n. 'We all gave her a feather, 
 And she wove them together; 
 
122 SECOND EEADEB. 
 
 I'd scorn to intrude 
 On her and her brood. 
 Cluck! cluck!" said the Hen, 
 ^^ Do n't ask me again ! " 
 Said all the other birds^ 
 In the plainest of words^ — 
 
 12. ^^ Chirr-a-wirr ! Chirr-a-wirr ! 
 We will make a great stir! 
 Let us find out his name. 
 And all cry, 'For shame 1'^'' 
 
 13. "/ would not rob a bird/' 
 
 Said little Mary Green: 
 '•I think I never heard 
 Of anything so meany 
 
 14. '-'Tis very cruel^ too/' 
 
 Said little Alice Neal: 
 ^'I wonder if he knew 
 
 How sad the bird Avould feel?" 
 
 15. A little boy hung down his head, 
 And went and hid behind the bed; 
 For he stole that pretty nest 
 From poor little Yellow-breast; 
 
SECOND HEADER. 123 
 
 And he felt bo full of shame, 
 He did n't like to tell his name. 
 
 L. MARIA CHILD. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 stole, moan, plum-tree, thief, wouldn't, anything, 
 plainest, brood. 
 
 Written Expression. Let each i)upil write on his 
 slate, from memory, what the hen, or the bobolink, or 
 the cow said. 
 
 Vn. PHOXIC DRILL. 
 
 
 The sonnd of qu is equivalent to that 
 
 of K'lv ; irh 
 
 is equivalent to hiv. 
 
 
 
 qu = kw 
 
 wh = 
 
 hw 
 
 qu-ee-n qu-i-te 
 
 wh-y 
 
 wh-a-t 
 
 qu-ee-r qu-i-ck 
 
 wh-I-le 
 
 wh-i-cli 
 
 qii-i-U qu-a-ck 
 
 wh-i-te 
 
 wh-e-n 
 
 LANGUAGE LESSON. 
 
 Copy these sentences, changing them into questions, 
 thus : 
 
 This is Mary's reading -book. 
 Is this Mary^s readmg -hook ? 
 
 Apples are good to eat. 
 We must study our lessons. 
 I am going home to-night. 
 
124 
 
 SECOND KEADEE, 
 
 49. THE EAG-LE THAT MADE A MISTAKE. 
 PBONOUNCIKG EXERCISE. 
 
 au'tumn defense' ea'gle bush'eg 
 
 Mt'tered rat'tle snake shrill mis take' 
 
 1. One brightj sunny day in autumn 
 I was walking over the hills, looking for 
 the late autumn flowers. 
 
 2. Suddenly, there came from far above 
 my head, a clear, shrill cry, as if some- 
 one, or something, was in pain. 
 
 3. Casting my eyes upward, I saw an 
 eagle; slowly flying toAvard the woods. 
 
SECOND EEADER. 125 
 
 In his claws, or talons, he held a large 
 snake. 
 
 4. It was the cry of the eagle that I 
 had heard, and I was curious to find 
 out what was the matter. 
 
 5. The snake seemed very active. 
 Again and again, it threw back its head 
 and struck at the bird, every time trying 
 to reach him under the wing. 
 
 6.^ At each stroke the eagle would cry 
 out and at. last, he threw the snake 
 from him, as if in great fear. 
 
 7. Down fell the snake, end over end, 
 and landed in the bushes at the foot of 
 the hill. I am quite sure it was killed 
 by the fall. 
 
 8. I watched the eagle as he slowly 
 sailed away. Once or twice his wings 
 fluttered a little, and then, quite sud- 
 denly, they came together, and he fell 
 heavily to the ground, dead. 
 
 9. The eagle had, by mistake, caught 
 a rattlesnake, and the snake had killed 
 its captor, in self defense. 
 
 Oapy the last paragraph on your slate. 
 
126 SECOND READER. 
 
 50. THE DRINK FOR YOU. 
 nWNO UXCIXG EXERCISE. 
 
 dain'ty yon'der -catcli fouut'aiii 
 
 
 ^^^^^^^/l^ t^i^U^^t^^ y/^^l-'yj^ 
 
 
 "-/^/U^^^r^yCM^l^n^' #2^^^ ^J^PYY^ 
 
SECOND READER. 127 
 
 '^"^ ^4^a4^^nJ ^i^ 
 
 
 51. SHIPS AND BOATS. 
 PRONG UNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 sail'or§ stretch fast'ened showed 
 voy'age ^ap'tani qmek'ly dehght' 
 vSs'sel§ spar§ -t'or'ner^ hand'ker chief 
 
 1. Tom and Martha lived in a house 
 on the bank of a river/ not very far 
 from the sea. In the picture you may 
 see the end of the house, and the 
 brother and sister at play on the green. 
 
 2. Every day ships sailed past their 
 home; and the children often stopped 
 
128 
 
 SECOND READER. 
 
 in their play to watch the vessels pass 
 up and down the river. 
 
 3. One day when the wind was blow- 
 ing very hard, they made a sail with 
 Martha's handkerchief. 
 
 4. Putting his hoop and stick on the 
 groundj Tom took hold of two corners 
 at one side, and Martha took hold of 
 the two corners at the other side. 
 
 5. They then held the handkerchief 
 against the wind. Martha was almost 
 
SECOND HEADER. 129 
 
 blown over; and Tom laughed to see 
 their sail filled by the wind. 
 
 6. When they went home they told 
 their mother what they had been doing. 
 She told them that sailors use a large 
 sheet for a sail; but instead of holding 
 the corners with their hands, they fix 
 the sheet to a long pole called a mast, 
 and stretch it with spars and ropes. 
 
 7. Large ships have a number of sails 
 fastened to their mast; and by means 
 of these sails, they are blown along over 
 the sea from one country to another. 
 
 8. One day Tom and Martha were 
 taken to the sea-side, where the river 
 that ran past their home, ended. Here 
 were a large number of big ships. 
 
 9. How the children clapped their 
 hands with delight when they saw a 
 vessel bounding along with all its sails 
 set to the breeze. 
 
 10. When they got home, their mother 
 showed them how the sailors can roll 
 up the sails when they wish to stop their 
 ship, or not to go so fast on their voyage. 
 
130 SECOND EEADEE, 
 
 11. Tom made good use of what he 
 had learned, for he made a httle boat, 
 and showed his sister how to sew a 
 sail on the mast. 
 
 12. Then they took it down to the 
 pond in the garden; and the wind filled 
 the sail and blew the little vessel across 
 the pond. 
 
 13. Tom says that when he becomes 
 a man, he will be the captain of a large 
 ship, and that he will take his sister for 
 a long voyage over the sea. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 handkerchief, clapped, hoop, breeze, vessel, becomes, 
 blown, across, sailors. 
 
 10 
 
 LANGUAGE LESSOK. 
 Copy these sentences, changing them from questions, 
 and maJcing each one tell something. See the last 
 language lesson for illustration. 
 
 Do you like to go to school? 
 Have you learned your lesson? 
 Has this been a pleasant day? 
 Are you surely fond of sugar? 
 
SECOND READEK. 
 
 131 
 
 52. THE HARVEST-MOUSE. 
 PliONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 €5'zy fit'ted this'tle noth'ing 
 
 biult se'-cret bar Vest pret'ti er 
 
 stalks vglVet twined pro vid'ed 
 
 1. The harvest-mouse is a pretty Httle 
 creature that runs about our fields. 
 
 2. It is only about two 
 inches in length, and its 
 coat of brown fur is so 
 soft and thick that it 
 feels like velvet. 
 
 3. Perhaps you think 
 that only birds build 
 nests; but the harvest- 
 mouse builds one too. 
 
 4. No bird can make 
 a nicer or prettier home 
 for its little ones than 
 this mouse makes. 
 
 5. You may sometimes find it twined 
 around two or three stalks of wheat, or 
 
 swmgmg 
 
 from 
 the picture. 
 
 a thistle, as you see in 
 
132 SECOND READER. 
 
 6. The nest is a small round thing, 
 built only of dried grass. It is so close 
 and firm that one of them has been 
 rolled across a table, and yet the eight 
 little mice inside did not roll out. 
 
 7. The opening is so small that it is 
 a wonder how> a mouse can get in or 
 out. The harvest-mouse keeps this secret 
 to itself. 
 
 8. When winter draws near, the wise 
 little creature leaves its summer house, 
 and digs a winter home under ground. 
 
 9.' It lines this house with grass or 
 thistle down, to make it soft and cozy, 
 and going into it, soon falls fast asleep. 
 
 10. It lies in its winter nest, safe and 
 warm, till spring time. It never awakes 
 till then, and so it knows nothing about 
 frost and snow. 
 
 11. God has fitted the little harvest- 
 mouse for the life it leads, and provided 
 for all its wants. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 velvet, eight, harvest, secret, twined, cozy, provided, 
 swinging, thistle. 
 
SECOND READEK. 133 
 
 53. THE BRAVE LITTLE HOLLANDER. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 dykes -eloged people Hol'land 
 
 earth stayed scarcely trickling 
 
 a lone' breach eVen ing hap'pened 
 
 1. In some parts of Holland the land 
 lies so low, that the people have to 
 build great walls of sand and earth, to 
 keep out the sea. These walls are called 
 dykes. 
 
 2. Sometimes the waves break down 
 these walls, and then the sea rushes in 
 through the breach, and spreads over 
 the land. 
 
 3. Houses and trees, cattle and sheep, 
 have thus been washed away, and many 
 people drowned. 
 
 4. Once, when a little boy was going 
 home in the evening, he saw a hole in 
 one of the dykes, through which the 
 water was trickling. 
 
 5. His father had often told him that 
 when this happened, unless the Avater 
 
134 SECOND EEADEB. 
 
 was stopped it would soon make the hole 
 so big that the sea would flow over the 
 land. 
 
 6. At first, he thought he would run 
 home and tell his father. But then he 
 said to himself* ^' It may be dark before 
 father can come, and we shall not be 
 able to find the hole again. Or it may 
 get so large that it will be too late to 
 stop it. I must stay now, and do the 
 best I can alone." 
 
 7. The brave little boy sat down, and 
 put his hand in the hole, to keep back 
 the water. There he stayed, hour after 
 hour, in the cold and the dark, all 
 through the night. 
 
 8. In the morning, a man came past 
 and saw him. He could not think what 
 the boy was doing there. So he called 
 out to him — 
 
 9. ''What are you doing, there, my 
 boy?" 
 
 ''There is a hole in the dyke," said 
 the boy, " and I am keeping back the 
 water." 
 
SECOND READER. 135 
 
 10. Poor little boy! he was so cold 
 and tired that he could scarcely sj>eak. 
 
 11. The man came quickly and set 
 him free. He got the hole closed up, 
 and thus the land was saved — thanks to 
 the brave little Hollander! 
 
 Let the pupil tell this story to you, in his own language. 
 
 nil. PHONIC DRILL. 
 
 
 When X has the sound of 
 
 TiSj 
 
 it 
 
 is unmarked J 
 
 when it has the sound of gz, it 
 
 is 
 
 shown by a bar 
 
 under it, thus — 5. 
 
 
 
 
 x = ks 
 
 
 
 1 X=gZ 
 
 0-x a-x b-a-cks 
 
 
 
 exact 
 
 b-o-x w-a-x 1-a-cks 
 
 
 
 e^iample 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 LANGUAGE LESSON. 
 
 Arrange these words so as to make sentences, and 
 
 copy 
 
 them on the slate. 
 
 1. 
 
 when, Work, you, you, play, and. 
 
 
 when, play, work. 
 
 2. 
 
 bird, two, bush, the, hand, worth. 
 
 
 is. A, the, in, in. 
 
 3. 
 
 book, this, lying, table, Whose, is. 
 
 
 the, on? 
 
136 
 
 SECOND READER, 
 
 54. THE LITTLE SNOW-SHOVELER. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 whist'ling pad'dling shov'el mer'ri ly 
 shourder ing shov'el ing search ne'iiiier 
 
 1. Merrily whistling along the street, 
 
 With his little nose, his hands and feet 
 
SECOND READER. 137 
 
 Sharply bitten by old Jack Frost, 
 His curly hair by the rude wind tossed, 
 Anned with his shovel, goes Ned Magee; 
 In search of some work, of course, is he. 
 
 2. Brave little chap ! 't is little he cares 
 For old Jack Frost; and the storm he 
 
 dares. 
 With a merry face and a merry song. 
 As through the snow he paddles along — 
 This blue-eyed lad — o'er the slippery 
 
 street. 
 Hoping the chance of a job to meet. 
 
 3. Give him a dime and see him work : 
 Ned is not a bit of a shirk; 
 
 In goes his shovel with might and main. 
 Making the snow fly off like rain, — 
 Here, there, and everywhere, in a trice. 
 Till your walk is made all clean and nice. 
 
 4. Then, cheeks as red as the reddest rose. 
 Shouldering his shovel, off he goes; 
 Merrily whistling on his way, 
 
 His boyish heart so happy and gay. 
 That neither for wind nor frost cares he. 
 This httle snow-shoveler, Ned Magee. 
 
 MARY D. BRINE. 
 
138 
 
 SECOND KEADER, 
 
 peck 
 E'dith 
 
 55. THE ROBIN'S VISIT. 
 PHONO UNCING EXERCISES, 
 
 ought Till a'ble 
 
 crumb§ ihere'fore 
 
 whole 
 re main' 
 
 1. Edith is very fond of birds. She 
 is always kind to them, and they seem 
 to know that she is their friend. 
 
 2. In the warm weather she sees them 
 come in flocks to eat the ripe fruit, 
 which grows in her father's garden. 
 
 3. But she never drives her little 
 friends away. She says that they are 
 God's birds, and ought, therefore, to have 
 
SECOND READEK. 139 
 
 some of the fruit Avhich God causes to 
 grow. 
 
 4. In winter, when the trees are bare, 
 and the ground is covered with snow, 
 the birds are unable to find much; but 
 Edith does not forget her friends. 
 
 5. She knows that some of the birds 
 have been taught by God to fly away to 
 warmer lands, where there is plenty of 
 food to be found during the whole year. 
 
 6. But she knows, also, that some of 
 them remain to do the best they can 
 through the long cold winter. 
 
 7. Every morning, therefore, she opens 
 the window and throws out a handful 
 of crumbs for her feathered friends, as 
 you may see her doing in the picture. 
 
 8. They are never afraid to come. 
 Sometimes they even hop into the room, 
 and pick up any crumbs that are on the 
 floor. 
 
 9. Edith loves one little bird more 
 than she loves any of the others. It is 
 a robin. She is saying ^^Good-morning" 
 to it now, as it hops to the window. 
 
 L 
 
140 SECOND READEB. 
 
 10. The robin trusts Edith so much 
 that it will peck at the window for food^ 
 or hop on her shoulder, or pick the 
 crumbs out of her hand. 
 
 Dictation. Dictate the last paragraph for writing; 
 let pupils exchange slates and correct errors. 
 
 12 
 
 LANGUAGE LESSOX. 
 Arrange the tvords helow so as to make a sentence 
 from each set, and copy on the slate. 
 
 1. mend, is, late, too, to, never. It. 
 
 2. worth, well, What, is, doing, worth, 
 
 doing, is. 
 
 3. feather, of. Birds, a, together, flock. 
 
 4. had. Who, best, to-day, lesson, the. 
 
 5. bed, to. Early, rise, makes, healthy, 
 
 and, to, will, a, wealthy, wise, 
 boy, and, early, and. 
 
 IX. PHONIC 
 
 DRILL. 
 
 The teacher should call the attention of pupils to 
 
 the position of the organs of 
 
 speech in making these 
 
 difficult sounds. 
 
 
 W 
 
 y 
 
 w-i-n w-e-t 
 
 ^.g-t y-g-U 
 
 w-i-t w-a-ke 
 
 y-e-s y-o-u 
 
SECOND HEADER. 141 
 
 56. SEVEN TIMES ONE. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 marsh yeriow cuck'oo-pint for glv'en 
 
 mon'ey fold'ed pow'dered wrap'per 
 
 pur'ple lin'net some'thing ^lap'per 
 
 dai'sies noth'ing tur'tle-doves ■corum bine 
 
 Teach this fo the little girls of the class ^ for concert 
 recitation. 
 
 1. 
 
 There ^s no dew left on the daisies and clover, 
 
 There ^s no rain left in heaven j 
 I've said my "seven times" over and over, 
 
 Seven times one are seven. 
 
 2. 
 
 I am old, so old, I can write a letter; 
 
 My birthday lessons are done; 
 The lambs play always, they know no better; 
 
 They are only one times one. 
 
 3. 
 O moon ! in the inght I have seen you sailing, 
 
 And shining so round and low; 
 You were bright ! ah bright ! but your light is 
 failing — 
 You are nothing now but a bow. 
 
142 SECOKB HEABEB. 
 
 4. 
 
 You moon, have you done something wrong in 
 heaven, 
 
 That God has hidden your face ? 
 I hope if you have, you will soon be forgiven, 
 
 And shine again in your place. 
 
 5. 
 
 O velvet bee, you're a dusty fellow, 
 YouVe powdered your legs with gold! 
 
 O brave marsh mary-buds, rich and yellow, 
 Grive me your money to hold. 
 
 6. 
 
 columbine, open your folded wrapper. 
 Where two twin turtle-doves dwell! 
 
 cuckoo-pint, toll me the purple clapper 
 That hangs in your clear green bell. 
 
 7. 
 And show me your nest with the young ones in it, 
 I will not steal it away; 
 
 1 am old ! You may trust me, linnet, linnet, 
 I am seven times one to-day. 
 
 Jean Ingelow. 
 
 Slate "Work. Copy the first two stanzas. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 there's, daisies, wrong, you're, wrapper, columbine, 
 linnet, money. 
 
 Require each jmpil to write an answer to the letter 
 on the next page. 
 
SECOND READEB, 143 
 
 %?d^^^€^7t^ 
 
 
 
 dJ^ yCe^C^ y^T^-^^-U^l^ 
 
 
 
144 SECOND READER. 
 
 57. THE SPIDER. 
 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE, 
 
 task in' side 
 
 fast 'en 
 
 notched 
 
 edge isrand 
 
 ridg'es 
 
 threads 
 
 pounce rob'ber 
 
 weav'er 
 
 ma' sons 
 
 lion'ey-eomb 
 
 wifti out' 
 
 hlun'ders 
 
 1. The spider loves work. He begins 
 to work as soon as he begins to Uve. 
 Every spider is born a weaver. Even 
 the youngest spider knows how to weave 
 his web just as well as the oldest. 
 
 2. The spider never has to go to 
 school to learn his task. So, the little 
 duck can swim as soon as it is hatched. 
 And the little bird can build its nest, 
 and the bee can make the honey-comb, 
 without any teaching. 
 
 3. God has given these creatures the 
 power to do their work. That is why 
 they never make any blunders. Not 
 all the weavers and spinners in the 
 world could beat the spider in the Avork 
 that he does. 
 
 4. The spider is never in a hurry. 
 
SECOND READER. 
 
 145 
 
 H(3 always takes caro to make every 
 thread fast. He takes a pride in doing 
 his work well. 
 
 T). All spiders have 
 not the same kind 
 of work to do. But 5 
 they all do it in 
 the very best way. 
 Some spider^s are 
 masons, and huild 
 houses the size of 
 II big thimble. They 
 make doors to them, 
 which they shut when '^ 
 they go in. 
 
 G. It is even said that they are able 
 to fasten the door of the house inside, 
 so that no robber can get in. 
 
 7. The garden spider lets its threads 
 float in the air till they happen to take 
 hold of plants or branches of trees. It 
 then uses these threads as the roads or 
 bridges by which it crosses from place 
 to place. 
 
 8. A strange story is told of a spider 
 
136 
 
 SECOND HEADER, 
 
 54. THE LITTLE SNOW-SHOVELER. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 whist'ling pad'dling shov'el mer'ri ly 
 •shourder ing shov'el ing search ne'itiier 
 
 1. Merrily whistling along the street, 
 
 With his little nose, his hands and feet 
 
SECOND READER. 133 
 
 53. THE BRAVE LITTLE HOLLANDER. 
 PRONOUNCING EXERCISE. 
 
 dykes ^loged ■ people Hol'land 
 
 earth stayed scarcely trickling 
 
 a lone' breach eVen ing hap'pened 
 
 1. In some parts of Holland the land 
 lies so low, that the people have to 
 build great walls of sand and earth, to 
 keep out the sea. These Avails are called 
 dykes. 
 
 2. Sometimes the waves break doAvn 
 these walls, and then the sea rushes in 
 through the breach, and spreads over 
 the land. 
 
 3. Houses aud trees, cattle and sheep, 
 have thus been washed away, and many 
 people drowned. 
 
 4. Once, when a little boy was going 
 home in the evening, he saw a hole in 
 one of the dykes, through which the 
 water was trickling. 
 
 5. His father had often told him that 
 when this happened, unless the water 
 
148 SECOND KEADEK. 
 
 5. He had a little room in the top of 
 his cage to sleep in, and he had a piece 
 of flannel for his bed. When he was 
 frightened, or the boys teased him, he 
 would run up into his chamber and hide. 
 
 6. After a little while Harold let him 
 out of the cage every day. He would 
 follow Harold all about the house. He 
 would sit on his shoulder and eat nuts. 
 When Bobby had eaten all the nuts he 
 wanted, he would hide the rest under 
 
SECOND HEADER. 149 
 
 the door-mat, and pat them down with 
 his feet. 
 
 7. Harold could hug him and pot him, 
 and Bobby was never cross. Harold 
 never forgot to feed him. He had a 
 number of j^ets, but Bobby always had 
 breakfast first. 
 
 Words t(j be Spelled. Dictate from the lesson: 
 gray, teased, pea-nuts, chamber, breakfast, flannel, 
 eaten, happiest. 
 
 13 
 
 LAXG UA GE LESSOX. 
 
 ^Yrite these sentences, puttiny in the right word to tell 
 what is meant. 
 
 y^t^^ ^e^^. 
 
 4^. JUi^y. 
 
 /^J^i7?Z^. 
 
132 SECOND BEADEK. 
 
 6. The nest is a small round thing, 
 built only of dried grass. It is so close 
 and firm that one of them has been 
 rolled across a table, and yet the eight 
 little mice inside did not roll out. 
 
 7. The opening is so small that it is 
 a wonder how a mouse can get in or 
 out. The harvest-mouse keeps this secret 
 to itself 
 
 8. When Avinter draws near, the wise 
 little creature leaves its summer house, 
 and digs a winter home under ground. 
 
 9. It lines this house with grass or 
 thistle down, to make it soft and cozy, 
 and going into it, soon falls fast asleep. 
 
 10. It lies in its winter nest, safe and 
 warm, till spring time. It never awakes 
 till then, and so it knows nothing about 
 frost and snow. 
 
 11. God has fitted the little harvest- 
 mouse for the life it leads, and provided 
 for all its wants. 
 
 Words to be Spelled. Dictate from tlie lesson: 
 velvet, eight, harvest, secret, twined, cozy, provided, 
 swinging, thistle. 
 
SECOND READER. 129 
 
 blown over; and Tom laughed to see 
 their sail filled by the wind. 
 
 G. When they went home they told 
 their mother what they had been doing. 
 She told them that sailors use a large 
 sheet for a sail; but instead of holding 
 the corners Avith their hands, they fix 
 the sheet to a long pole called a mast, 
 and stretch it with spars and ropes. 
 
 7. Large ships have a number of sails 
 fastened to their mast; and by means 
 of these sails, they are blown along over 
 the sea from one country to another. 
 
 8. One day Tom and Martha were 
 taken to the sea-side, where the river 
 that ran past their home, ended. Here 
 were a large number of big ships. 
 
 9. How the children clapped their 
 hands with delight when they saw a 
 vessel bounding along with all its sails 
 set to the breeze. 
 
 10. Wh(>ii they got home, their mother 
 showed them how the sailors can roll 
 up the sails when they wish to stop their 
 ship, or not to go so fast on their voyage. 
 
1,52 
 
 SECOND HEADEK. 
 
 60. "A MERRY CHRISTMAS, G-RANDPA!" 
 
 1. ''My dear children/"' said Grandpa 
 Snow, ^'I thank you for your pleasant 
 
SECOND READER. 153 
 
 gifts and your kind wishes. Sixty years 
 ago, I was young and active like you. 
 I was not a bad boy; but I sometimes 
 would be so heedless as not to mind 
 what my dear mother said to me. 
 
 2. "One fine Christmas day she said to 
 me, ^Now, Charles, do not go to the 
 pond to-day, for the ice is thin; and, if 
 you should break through, it would be 
 a sad thing for me.' 
 
 3. '' But when I went out of doors, and 
 saw the boys with their sleds and skates 
 on the ice, I thought to myself, 'The 
 boys know more than the Avomen do 
 about the ice. I think I may take some 
 slides on it.' 
 
 4. "So I went on the ice. But I had 
 not gone far when it began to bend, and 
 then to break; and then down I went 
 into the cold, cold water." 
 
 5. "O grandpa! how did you get out? 
 Were you drowned ? " asked Emma. 
 Grandpa smiled, and said, "If I had 
 been drowned, my dear child, how could 
 I be here to tell you of it? No, I was 
 
144 SECOND BEADEB. 
 
 57. THE SPIDER. 
 
 PRONOUNCING EXEBCISE. 
 
 task* in' Side fast 'en notched 
 
 edge isl'and ridg'es threads 
 
 pounce rob'ber weav'er ma' sons 
 
 h6n'ey-€omb with out' blun'ders 
 
 1. The spider loves work. He begins 
 to work as soon as he begins to Uve. 
 Every spider is born a weaver. Even 
 the youngest spider knows how to weave 
 his web just as well as the oldest. 
 
 2. The spider never has to go to 
 school to learn his task. So, the little 
 duck can swim as soon as it is hatched. 
 And the little bird can build its nest, 
 and the bee can make the honey-comb/ 
 without any teaching. 
 
 3. God has given these creatures thc^ 
 power to do their work. That is why 
 they never make any blunders. Not 
 all the weavers and spinners in the 
 world could beat the spider in the work 
 that he -does. 
 
 4:. The spider is never in a hurry. 
 
SECOKD BEABEB. 141 
 
 56. SEVEN TIMES ONE. 
 
 rnoxouKCiNG exercise. 
 marsh yeriow cuck'oo-pmt for giv'en 
 mon'ey fold'ed pow'dered wi'ap'per 
 pur'ple lin'net some'thing ^lap'per 
 dai'sies noth'ing tur' tie-doves ^orum bine 
 
 Teach this to the little girls of the class, for concert 
 recitation. 
 
 1. 
 
 There's no dew left on the daisies and clover, 
 
 There's no rain left in heaven; 
 I've said my "seven times" over and over, 
 
 Seven times one ■ are seven. 
 
 f 
 
 2. 
 
 I am old, so old, I can write a letter; 
 
 My birthday lessons are done; 
 The lambs play always, they know no better; 
 
 They are only one times one. 
 
 3. 
 
 moon! in the night I have seen you sailing. 
 
 And shining so round and low; 
 You were bright ! ah bright ! but your light is 
 failing — 
 
 You are nothing now but a bow. 
 
156 SECOND READER. 
 
 school; but there is one page in AVilUe's 
 book^ which is not only better than 
 Charlie's but better than any other page 
 in Willie's own book. His book, there- 
 fore, gains the prize." 
 
 4. Willie's heart beat high with joy, 
 though not unmixed with fear. He went 
 up to the gentleman and said, ^'Please, 
 sir, may I see that page?" "Certainly," 
 said the gentleman, looking a little sur- 
 prised. 
 
 5. Willie glanced at the page, and 
 then handing back the book, he said, 
 '^ Please, sir, that is not my writing. It 
 was written by an upper-class boy, who 
 took my book by mistake one day instead 
 of his own." 
 
 6. "Oh, oh!" said the gentleman, "that 
 alters the case;" and after comparing the 
 books again very carefully, he gave the 
 prize to Charlie. 
 
 7. The boys laughed at Willie. "What 
 a fool you were, Willie, to say anything 
 about it! " said one of them. "I would n't 
 have told, — the page was in your book." 
 
SECOND HEADER. 157 
 
 8. Willie heard all that they had to 
 say, and then quietly replied: "It would 
 not have been the truth, if I had not 
 told who wrote that page. I had rather 
 tell the truth and do right than gain a 
 dozen prizes." Noble Willie! 
 
 9. Throughout life he acted upon that 
 rule, and was loved and respected by 
 every one. 
 
 14 
 
 LANOUAGE LESSON. 
 
 Copy the sentences and place the proper word in 
 each Uan'k. 
 
 saw seen did done 
 
 1. I him when he it. 
 
 Have you the work? 
 
 g'one went 
 
 2. They had Avhen we got there. 
 
 came come 
 
 3. Our little friends yesterday. 
 
 Charming spring has again. 
 
 lie lay 
 
 4. Most animals down to sleep. 
 
140 SECOND EEADEK. 
 
 10. The robin trusts Edith so much 
 that it will peck at the window for food, 
 or hop on her shoulder, or pick the 
 crumbs out of her hand. 
 
 Dictation. Dictate the last paragraph for writing; 
 let pupils exchange slates and correct errors. 
 
 12 
 
 LANGUAGE LESSQX. 
 Arrange the tvords below so as to make a sentence 
 from each set, and copy on the slate. 
 
 1. mend, is, late, too, to, never. It. 
 
 2. worth, well, What, is, doing, worth, 
 
 doing, is. 
 
 3. feather, of. Birds, a, together, flock. 
 
 4. had. Who, best, to-day, lesson, the. 
 
 5. bed, to, Early, rise, makes, healthy, 
 
 and, to, will, a, wealthy, wise, 
 boy, and, early, and. 
 
 IX. PHONIC 
 
 The teacher should call the 
 the position of the organs of 
 difficult sounds. 
 
 DRILL. 
 
 ) attention of pupils to 
 speech in making these 
 
 
 w 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 W-i-n 
 w-i-t 
 
 w-e-t 
 w-a-ke 
 
 y-e-t 
 
 y-e-s 
 
 y-e-ll 
 
 y-Q-11 
 
 
SECOND READER. 137 
 
 Sharply bitten by old Jack Frost, 
 His curly hair by the rude wind tossed, 
 Armed with his shovel, goes Ned Magee; 
 In search of some work, of course, is he. 
 
 2. Brave httle chap ! 't is little he cares 
 For old Jack Frost; and the storm he 
 
 dares. 
 With a merry face and a merry song, 
 As through the snow he paddles along — 
 This blue-eyed lad — o'er the slippery 
 
 street. 
 Hoping the chance of a job to meet. 
 
 3. Give him a dime and see him work: 
 Ned is not a bit of a shirk; 
 
 In goes his shovel with might and main. 
 Making the snow fly off like rain, — 
 Here, there, and everywhere, in a trice. 
 Till your walk is made all clean and nice. 
 
 4. Then, cheeks as red as the reddest rose. 
 Shouldering his shovel, off he goes; 
 Merrily whistling on his way. 
 
 His boyish heart so happy and gay. 
 That neither for wdnd nor frost cares he. 
 This httle snow-shoveler, Ned Magee. 
 
 MARY D, BRINE. 
 
160 
 
 SECOND READEK. 
 
 TABLE OF ELEMENTARY SOUNDS. 
 /. TABLE OF VOCALS. 
 
 a. 
 
 a-le, 
 
 a-im 
 
 I 
 
 i-n, 
 
 p-i-ii 
 
 a 
 
 a-rm, 
 
 a-rt 
 
 
 
 n-o, 
 
 o-ld 
 
 a 
 
 a-U, 
 
 1-aw 
 
 
 
 n-o-t, 
 
 o-n 
 
 a 
 
 a-t, 
 
 a-nd 
 
 
 
 m-o-ve, 
 
 m-oo-ii 
 
 a 
 
 ■c-a-re, 
 
 a-ir 
 
 Vl 
 
 ■Q-se, 
 
 m-il-te 
 
 a 
 
 a-sk, 
 
 t-a-sk 
 
 U 
 
 ii-p, 
 
 t-ii-b 
 
 e 
 
 m-e, 
 
 ea-t 
 
 u 
 
 u-r-ge, 
 
 b-ii-rn 
 
 e 
 
 e-nd, 
 
 m-e-t 
 
 u 
 
 f-u-11, 
 
 p-u-U 
 
 e 
 
 h-e-r, 
 
 ea-rn 
 
 oi 
 
 oi-1, 
 
 b-oy 
 
 i 
 
 i-ce, 
 
 m-i-ne 
 
 ou 
 
 ou-t, 
 
 n-ow 
 
 
 II 
 
 TABLE 1 
 
 JF SVBYOCALS. 
 
 
 b 
 
 b-id, 
 
 ro-b 
 
 V 
 
 r-a-re. 
 
 o-r 
 
 d 
 
 d-i-d, 
 
 d-ea-d 
 
 th 
 
 tii-y, 
 
 ih-at 
 
 g 
 
 g-o, 
 
 do-g 
 
 V 
 
 Y-ine, 
 
 v-ase 
 
 D 
 
 j-oy, 
 
 a-ge 
 
 w 
 
 w-e, 
 
 w-ell 
 
 1 
 
 1-et, 
 
 oi-1 
 
 y 
 
 y-es, 
 
 y-et 
 
 m 
 
 m-y, 
 
 ho-me 
 
 z 
 
 z-one, 
 
 i-§ 
 
 n , 
 
 n-o, 
 
 o-n 
 
 zh 
 
 a-z-Tire 
 
 
 
 IIL 
 
 TABLE 
 
 OF ASPIRATES. 
 
 
 f 
 
 f-ace, 
 
 O-ff 
 
 t 
 
 t-o, 
 
 a-t 
 
 h 
 
 h-at, 
 
 li-i§ 
 
 tb 
 
 tb-ick, 
 
 tb-in 
 
 k 
 
 k-ite, 
 
 boo-k 
 
 sh 
 
 sb-ip, 
 
 wi-sb 
 
 P 
 
 p-i-pe, 
 
 to-p 
 
 cb 
 
 cb-air, 
 
 lun-cb 
 
 s • 
 
 s-un, 
 
 tbi-s 
 
 wb 
 
 wb-y, 
 
 — :. 
 
 wb-en 
 
rfcin7 
 
 655 
 
 iea3 
 
/ 
 
 r