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SECOND YEAR -SECOND HALF

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Have you heard the story about the thirsty crow?
He found a pitcher of water.

He could not reach the water with his bill.

He threw stones into the pitcher.

When the water rose, he drank it.

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Our family takes dinner at twelve o'clock.
Father sits at the head of the table.

The baby has a high chair.

We children have knives and forks.

The baby has only a spoon.

We never reach across the table.

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The world is so full of a number of things,

I am sure we should all be as happy as kings.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: Happy Thought.

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Dark brown is the river,

Golden is the sand,

It flows along forever,

With trees on every hand.

- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: Where Go the Boats.

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Away down the river,

A hundred miles or more,
Other little children

Shall bring my boats ashore.

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: Where Go the Boats.

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Breakfast is a pleasant meal.

The children are always ready for it.
They think it is the best meal of the day.

The earth was green, the sky was blue;
I saw and heard one sunny morn
A skylark hang between the two,
A singing speck above the corn.

CHRISTINA ROSSETTI: A Green Cornfield.