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"The better to hug you my dear," said the wolf.

"And grandmother, what long ears you have!"

"The better to hear you, my dear." “But grandmother, what great eyes you have!"

"The better to see you, my dear."
"Grandmother, what big teeth you

have!"

"The better to eat you with, my dear," said the wolf.

He was just going to spring upon Little Red Riding Hood, when a wasp flew in and stung him upon the nose.

The wolf gave a cry, and a little bird outside sang, "Tweet! tweet!" This told the green huntsman that it was time to let fly his arrow, and the wolf was killed on the spot.

-Charles Perrault

I SAW A SHIP A-SAILING

I saw a ship a-sailing,
A-sailing on the sea;

And oh! it was all laden

With pretty things for thee!

There were comfits in the cabin,
And apples in the hold;

The sails were made of silk,

And the masts were made of gold.

The four-and-twenty sailors.

That stood between the decks, Were four-and-twenty white mice, With chains about their necks.

The captain was a duck,

With a packet on his back;
And when the ship began to move,
The captain said, "Quack! quack!"

-Old Rhyme

A small leak will sink a great ship.

THE UGLY DUCKLING

It was summer. The cornfields were yellow, the oats were green and the hay was stacked in the meadows.

On a sunny hillside stood a pleasant farm house. Just below ran a deep river.

Under some bushes near the river bank sat a duck on her nest. There were eggs in the nest and she must hatch her young ones. She was tired of sitting there so long and she thought the little ducks would never come out of their shells.

At last one egg shell after another cracked and out came the tiny ducks.

"Peep! peep!" said the little ducks. "Quack! quack!" said their mother. And then they all quacked as well as they could.

The mother duck let them look about at the big green leaves all they wanted to, for green is good for the eyes.

"How large this world is!" said the young ducks.

"Do you think this is the whole world?" asked the mother. "Wait till you have seen the garden. The world goes way, way, way beyond the garden up to a big field. I have never dared to go so far myself.

"Well, are you all out of your shells?" she asked, rising from the nest. "No, I declare! The largest egg lies there yet. I wonder how long this is to last. I am quite tired of it." And she seated herself again. on the nest.

"How are your ducklings?" asked an old duck who came to visit her.

"Oh, they are the prettiest ducklings you ever saw! They are all out but one. This egg will not crack."

"Perhaps it is a turkey's egg," said the old duck. "Leave it where it is and teach

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