3. If she takes the baby in her arms, she must be very gentle with it, as it is a young child. 4. Rose is able to help her dear mother in many ways. She does not wish to be idle when there is any work that she can do. 5. She is very careful never to cause her mother trouble, as some naughty girls do. 6. She knows how much her kind mother has done for her ever since she was as small as her baby sister in the cradle. She knows, too, that if she is a good girl she will make her mother happy. 7. A good girl will grow up to be a good KITTY AND MOUSIE. 1. ONCE there was a little kitty, White as the snow; In a barn she used to play, 2. In the barn a little mousie Ran to and fro; For she heard the kitty near her, 3 Four paws had little kitty, And they caught the little mousie, 4. Nine teeth had little kitty, 1. KATE and Lucy live near the sea-side. They have come out to the shore, with their baskets, to look for shells. 2. The tide is out, and the sand is nice and dry. When the tide comes in, the waves will roll up and cover the beach. 3. A fisherman is sitting on the sand mending his net. 4. How grand the sea looks! The water is very salt. You would not like to drink it. 5. There is a ship a long way off. 6. The wind blows, and the ship sails on very fast. Soon it will be quite gone. 7. Where is it going? 8. I do not know. It may be going to lands far away, to bring home tea, or sugar, or rice. 9. Why do we send so far for these things? 10. Tea does not grow here; it is the leaf of a plant found in a land many, many miles away. 11. Sugar is made from the juice of a sweet cane, and rice is the grain of a plant like wheat. They are brought in ships from countries warmer than ours. 12. Many other things are brought to us in ships. THE BOY AND WATCH. 1. "I HAVE found a watch! I have found a watch!" said John Lane. "O, what a fine gold watch it is! and a gold chain! Now I can always tell what time of day it is." 2. John held the watch in his hand. It went tick! tick! tick!-but to John it seemed to say, "A thief! a thief! John! John! a thief!" 3. "No," said John; "I cannot keep this watch. That would be very wicked. I must try to find the owner. If I should keep this watch for my own, I should be sorry as long as I live." 1. A LITTLE girl is in the garden picking grapes from the vines. 2. The grapes are ripe now, and are good to eat. 3. She has filled her hat with bunches, and she will take them to her mother. 4. There are many kinds of grapes. Sweet grapes are a very fine fruit. 5. Wine is made from grapes. Raisins are dried grapes. A PEDLER with a trunk full of things to sell is come to a farm-house. |