9. Thanksgiving Day comes in the last month of autumn.

10. The autumn months are September, October, and November.

1. Now, Frank, tell me something about winter.

2. Winter is the coldest season.

3. I like winter because the snow is on the ground and the ice is on the pond.

4. The boys and girls ride down hill and skate on the ice.

5. The grown-up people go sleigh-riding with bells on their horses.

6. The nights are very long in winter.

7. We sit around the fire in the evening and crack the nuts we gathered in autumn.

8. We have a fine time cracking nuts, eating apples, and reading stories.

9. The coldest month is January.

10. The winter months are December, January, and February.

1. Now, little boys and girls, please answer the following questions as you read them.

2. How many months are there in the year? 3. Which is the first month in the year? 4. Which is the last month in the year? 5. Name all the months in the year. 6. Which month do you like best?

7. In which season does New Year's Day come? In which month?

8. In which season does the Fourth of July come?

9. In which season does Thanksgiving Day come? In which month? On which day of the week?

10. In which season does Christmas come? In which month?

11. Which of these days do you like best? 12. Which season do you like best?

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Thanksgiving Day.

1. Mamma, to-morrow is Thanksgiving

Day.

you think Uncle George and Aunt Hannah will come?

2. Yes, Walter, I think they will come, and bring all their children too.

3. Will all my other cousins come?

4. Yes, Walter, I think they will.

5. Will all my uncles and aunts come too? 6. I feel very sure they will.

7. Why are grandpa and grandma so glad to have Thanksgiving Day come?

8. Because all their children and grandchildren come to see them every Thanksgiving Day.

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9. Why does grandma talk so much about Thanksgiving?

10. Because it is the only day in the year when grandpa and grandma can see all their children together.

11. Is grandma Cousin Joe's grandma too?

Grandma is Uncle

12. Yes, my child.
George's mother. Grandpa is Uncle George's

father.

13. What are you doing now, mamma?

14. I am baking some pies for Thanksgiving. 15. I am baking apple pies, pumpkin pies, and mince pies.

16. I shall make some little pies for you and your little cousins.

17. How many roast turkeys shall we have? 18. There will be so many folks here, we must have three big turkeys.

19. Won't we have lots of fun to-morrow! I think I shall be as happy as any one can be. 20. I wish Thanksgiving Day came oftener; once a year is not enough for me.

21. I can hardly wait for to-morrow to come. One day is now a long time to wait.

Getting Pictures Taken.

1. Whose picture is that, Joe?

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2. It is Cousin Harry's. I was with him when he had it taken.

3. How old is he?

4. He is four years old now, but he was only three when he had this taken.

5. How funny he looks with his eyes and mouth so wide open.

6. Yes. He was afraid of the picture taker, or, as mamma calls him, the photographer.

7. Did Harry give the photographer much trouble?

8. Yes. He cried and would not sit still, at first.

9. Mamma had to hold him in her lap.

10. The photographer had to throw a large cloth over her, so her picture would not be taken too.