McGuffeys Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition | Page 4

church?
It looks like a church, but I think it is a schoolhouse.
I see the boys and girls with their books and slates.
When the bell rings, they will go in.
A good child likes to go to school.

LESSON XXXVIII.
quail quick seen kill me oh eat first know Henry
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[Illustration: Quail in brush.]
"John! come here. Be quick, and tell me what kind of bird this is."
"Do you not know, Henry?"
"Oh, no! what is it?" "It is a quail."
"It is the first quail I have seen. Is it good to eat?"
"Yes; but I should not like to kill it."

LESSON XXXIX.
Kate dear name blue baby near shut crib sit
[Illustration: Baby sleeping in crib.]
Is not this a dear baby in the crib?
Her name is Kate, and she has big, blue eyes. You can not see her eyes, for they are shut.
Kate is a good baby; but she will cry if she is hurt, or if she is not well.
Bess likes to sit near the baby, and to rock her in the crib.

LESSON XL.--REVIEW.
Henry Black and Ned Bell live near our house. They go to school, and I see them go by each day with their books and slates.
Miss May tells the girls and boys that they should be at the schoolhouse when the bell rings. So Henry walks fast, and is first at school. He is a good boy, and wants to keep the rule of the school.
Ned is not a good boy. I do not think he likes to go to school or to church.
I saw him try to kill a quail with a stone. The quail is too quick a bird for that, and Ned did not hurt it; but I know that a good child would not try to kill a bird.
[Illustration: Script Exercise: There is a baby at Ned's house. Her name is Kate. Ned is not a good boy, but he loves Kate, and I do not think he would hurt her. ]

LESSON XLI.
light far its high where sea tall were
The tall house which you see on that high rock is a lighthouse. At night its light is seen far out at sea, and the men on ships can tell where to go.
If it were not for this, they would run on the rocks.
How would you like to live in a lighthouse?
[Illustration: Lighthouse on cliff above pounding surf.]

LESSON XLII.
wrong wolf us my took sheep more watch lambs
[Illustration: Sheep grazing under a tree. Two boys watching from fence in the background.]
Let us watch the sheep as they feed on the hills. They like to eat the new grass.
Do you see my two lambs? I had two more; but an old wolf took them one night.
I love my pet lambs. It would be wrong to hurt them

LESSON XLIII.
laugh snow head fun mouth made pipe
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[Illustration: Three boys making a snowman; two children in foreground carrying water buckets.]
The boys have made a big snow man.
They have put a tall hat on his head, and an old pipe in his mouth.
Hear them laugh as they play!
It is good fun for the boys.
They would like to have it snow all day and all night.

LESSON XLIV.
sweets mean please bee buzz vine could said (sed) once (wuns)
[Illustration: Bee flying near vine.]
"Buzz! buzz!" a bee said to Mary.
"What do you mean?" said Mary. "Please tell me once more."
"Buzz! buzz! buzz!" but Mary could not tell its wants.
I think it said, "Please let me get some sweets in this vine.

LESSON XLV.--REVIEW.
One day Nat and I sat on the high hill by the sea, where the tall lighthouse stands. We could look far out, and could see the ships at sea.
As we sat there, we saw a man near by, with some sheep and lambs. The man had a pipe in his mouth. He sat with us, and let the sheep eat the grass.
What fun it is to see lambs play! It made us laugh to see them.
The man said that once, when the sheep and lambs were out in the snow, an old wolf took one of the lambs, and ran off with it.
I think that men should watch their sheep, so that a wolf can not catch them.

LESSON XLVI.
while might time things done right your halves
[Illustration: Script Exercise: Work while you work, Play while you play, One thing each time, That is the way.
All that you do, Do with your might, Things done by halves, Are not done right. ]

LESSON XLVII.
went fish fell safe arms sprang was thank got
[Illustration: Boy fishing from log.]
One day John went to the pond to fish. His dog, Watch, went with him.
John sat on a log for a time, but did not catch a fish.
As he got up to go, he fell off the log. Watch sprang in to save him. John put his arms round the dog's neck, and was soon safe on