4. "O, I can find you a lovely moss-rose, mother!" says Ellen; "there is one on the bush." 5. After Ellen's mother has arranged the flowers, she will put the end of the nosegay, which is held in the hand, into a vase of water. Then the flowers will keep fresh for several days. cov'ered e-nough' (-nuf') froʻzen crumbs break'fast LUCY AND THE SNOW-BIRD. 1. THE ground is all covered with snow. It is a cold day. 2. James and his sister Lucy have come out to make a path. Each has a shovel. 3. James has been told that, when the snow is on the ground, it is better to be out of doors than to sit in the house by the fire all the while. To work in the snow will make him hardy and strong. 4. Lucy thinks she is helping James a great deal. But she is not old enough to do very much. 66 5. "O, James," says Lucy, "see that pretty little snow-bird! It does not seem to be at all afraid of us." 6. "Are you not cold and hungry, little snowbird? I should think your feet would be frozen. I will go into the house and get some crumbs for you to eat." 7. The little snow-bird will be glad to get some nice crumbs for its breakfast. 8. Lucy is a good, kind girl to pity the snowbird and bring it something to eat. 1. HERE is a fine squirrel in a cage. He is sitting on his hind legs, and gnawing a piece of cake which he holds in both his paws. 2. He has a large bushy tail, and fine, black, sparkling eyes. 3. Cannot a squirrel hold a nut or a piece of cake in one of his fore feet, as a boy does in one hand? 4. No; for he has not a thumb, as a boy has. So he cannot pinch a thing as a boy can. 5. The squirrel has two long teeth in the front of his mouth. These two teeth grow as long as he lives. 6. Look at the squirrel when he eats a nut and gnaws a hole in the shell. You will see how he would wear down his teeth if they did not grow. 7. There are many animals which gnaw their food like the squirrel, and have teeth that grow as long as they live. 8. Does the cat have teeth like a squirrel? 9. Look at the cat, and you will see that she has not teeth like the squirrel to gnaw with. Her teeth are more like the dog's, so that she can tear her food. 10. Rabbits have teeth like the squirrel, and eat their food in the same way. 11. The rat also has teeth like the squirrel. He does not tear his food, as you see a dog tear meat |