THE CHILDREN'S RIDE. 51 2. "Do not go down near that tree; 3. "Little bird, the more you say, 1. Among, you'll, brown, none, I'll, pass. 2. Do birds talk? Why do birds not like to have boys find their nests? Do all birds build nests on the ground? I'l stands for what? What letters are left out of you'll? What mark shows that letters are left out of a word? What did the bird say to the boy? What did the boy say to the bird? What sound has o in among? What sound has a in pass? Write this poem in your own language. o, à. XX. THE CHILDREN'S RIDE. 1. A little boy once had a large dog. The dog's name was Fido. The boy's name was Paul. 2. Paul could fasten Fido to his wagon, and he would draw it up and down the street. 3. One day Paul and his sister Lucy were riding in the wagon near the brook, when they saw a pig and cried out, "See the pig! See the pig!" 4. Fido saw the pig too, and thought they were telling him to run after it. 5. The pig ran into the brook, and Fido went down the hill and into the brook after him, not thinking of the two children in the wagon. out on the hill, but she ran down to the brook as fast as she could, because she was afraid that Paul was hurt. 7. Paul soon got out of the brook. He was He was wet enough, but said he thought a little water would not hurt him any. 8. When Fido saw what he had done, he DO YOUR BEST. 53 came back looking very sorry, and the children told him that he must be careful and not run after a pig again when they were riding. 9. Fido looked as if he knew what they said; but I am afraid that he would run after the next pig he saw, just the same as if he had not been told not to do so. 1. Fasten, wet, next, thought, been, cried, fell, wagon, soon. 2. Fasten means what? Give the silent letters in fasten. What is the silent letter in two? What is the sound of gh in enough? Lgh |= Did Paul have a dog? Did the dog see a pig? Did Fido think Paul told him "to chase" the pig? Did the pig run into the brook? Did Fido go down the hill? Find the name-words and action-words in the first paragraph. Make all the words you can from fasten, cry, child. XXI. DO YOUR BEST. 1. Do your best-your very best- Little girls and larger girls, 2. Do your best-your very best- Little boys and larger boys, 3. If you find your lessons hard, Learn your lessons well to-day, 4. If boys and girls will do their best, But if they slight their daily task, 1. Daily, study, slight, better, task, rule, wisest, learn, harder, best, lessons, that's. 2. "Little girls and larger girls, it is the wisest way for you to do your very best every day." Does this mean the same as the first stanza of the poem? Read the second stanza in the same way. How can you do your very best at home? at school? at play? you make from wise? What is a daily task? What is a daily task? What words can new? day? XXII. THE LOST CHILD. 1. "Where is Kate? Have you seen Kate? Where can she be? See if she is hid in the hay.” 2. No, little Kate could not be found. 3. It was a pleasant summer day, and she THE LOST CHILD. 55 had been out playing in the yard. Mrs. Brown had seen her a short time before, but now she could not find her anywhere. So she called the boys and told them to try to find her. 4. Away they went. Paul looked in the barn, Tom ran down to the cornfield, John went all over the house, and Harry walked through the tall grass, calling her name. 5. But none of them could find her, and so they came back to the house and wanted to know where they should look next. 6. Mrs. Brown was afraid that some one had taken her away; but she said to the boys, "Run over to the woods and see if she is not there." 7. As the boys ran away, she said to Rover, "Go with them, Rover, that's a good dog. Go and find Kate for me." 8. And off Rover went on a run, as if he knew what was told him. 9. Pretty soon she heard him barking, and in a moment more the boys called out, "Here she is! Rover has found her;" and soon they came back to the house, with little Kate in their arms. |