Johnson's First [-fifth] Reader, Volumen1

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B.F. Johnson Publishing, 1899

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Página 41 - I like little Pussy, Her coat is so warm; And if I don't hurt her She'll do me no harm. So I'll not pull her tail, Nor drive her away, But Pussy and I Very gently will play...
Página 96 - Twenty froggies went to school, Down beside a rushy pool, Twenty little coats of green, Twenty vests, all white and clean.
Página 34 - THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW he north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor Robin do then, Poor thing? He'll sit in a barn, And keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing.
Página 63 - MY dear, do you know How a long time ago, Two poor little children, Whose names I don't know, Were stolen away On a fine summer's day, And left in a wood, As I've heard people say?
Página 39 - ONCE I saw a little bird Come hop, hop, hop ; So I cried, little bird, Will you stop, stop, stop? And was going to the window To say, how do you do ? But he shook his little tail, And far away he flew.
Página 73 - I'm found, Peeping just above the ground, And my stalk is covered flat, With a white and yellow hat. Little...
Página 94 - ... near, watching the fire. He longed to put it out, but he did not dare, for he feared the hunter's arrows. When he saw how tired and sleepy the little boy was, he came closer to the fire and laughed wickedly to himself.
Página 95 - Then she darted down swiftly and searched with her sharp little eyes until she found a tiny live coal. This she fanned patiently with her wings for a long time. Her little breast was scorched red, but she did not stop until a fine red flame blazed up from the ashes. Then she flew away to every hut in the Northland. Wherever she touched the ground a fire began to burn. Soon, instead of one little fire, the whole north country was lighted up, so that people far to the south wondered at the beautiful...
Página 67 - THE WIND AND THE SUN THE Wind and the Sun had a dispute as to which of the two was the stronger. They agreed that the one should be called stronger who should first make a man in the road take off his cloak. The Wind began to blow great guns, but the man only drew his cloak closer about him to keep out the cold. At last the gust was over.
Página 92 - A little brown baby, round and wee, With kind winds to rock him, slept under a tree.

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