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saw Roy beat his drum, rub-a-dub, rub-a-dub! I am glad the boys have a drum. It is fun to march, march, march.
Will you give me the apple you have in your hand, Ned?
No. I will give this one to mamma'. I have some more apples in my hat, and will give you one.
Let us see how many you have. One, two, three, four, five. Where did you get them, Ned?
From the big apple tree down near the pond.

LESSON XXXI.
SPELLING REVIEW.
uì?s beì? noì? leì?t aì?m fuì?n of (oì?v) aì?waì?ya?￥' gì?uì?n gì?laì?d beì?aa?￥t Roy Neì?d neì?aa?￥r poì?nd moì?rea?￥ m?¤rch soí?on ya?￥oa?￥uì?r froì?m whaì￡t cìμoì?mea?￥ (kuì?m) ma'nyì? (meì?n'yì?) ruì?b'-a-duì?b haì?nd ?§h?area?￥ soì?mea?￥ (suì?m) druì?m aì?p'plea?￥ wh?area?￥ aì?p'plea?￥sì
SCRIPT EXERCISE.
[Script: Did Roy take the eggs of a bird?
O no, it was a bad, bad boy. Roy beat the drum.
Mamma do you like apples?]

LESSON XXXII.
NEW WORDS.
ship nice but sail by for
[Illustration]
Here we are by the pond. Ned, your ship is a very nice one. May I take it?
Yes, you may; but do not hurt it.
Will it sail fast, Ned?
Yes, it will sail very fast.
Mamma', may I have a ship too?
Yes, if you are a good girl, I will get a nice one for you.

LESSON XXXIII.
NEW WORDS.
man toys book came dish'es old left ask know fun'ny
[Illustration]
O Roy, do look here! What pretty toys!
Where did they come from?
Here is a drum, a ship, and a top for you; and a doll, a book, and some little dishes for me.
Did mamma' give them to us, Roy?
O no! a funny old man came and left them for us.
What old man was it, Roy?
I do not know what old man it was, but we will go and ask mamma'.
Little girls and boys, do you know who left the toys for Roy and Ann?
SCRIPT EXERCISE
[Script: Roy has a drum, a ship, and a top.
Ann has a doll and some dishes.
Who left the toys?]

LESSON XXXIV.
NEW WORDS.
Ma'ry in'to hold made chicks well hay un'der
[Illustration]
Look, Ned, here is a nest! It is made in this hay, and the old hen is in it.
Put your hand into the, nest, Mary.
O no, the hen will not let me!
But, Mary, I will hold her.
Well, Ned, if you can hold her, I will put my hand into the nest.
O Ned, there are some little chicks under the hen!
Are there?
Do take her off from the nest and let us see them.
SCRIPT EXERCISE
[Script: Ned, here is a nest.]

LESSON XXXV.
NEW WORDS.
care dear feed six food hide wings wa'ter chick
Now, Ned, the hen is off the nest, and we can see the chicks. There are six of them.
O the dear little chicks! How pretty they are!
We will feed them, Mary.
Yes, I will run and get some food and give them some water.
[Illustration]
Here, chick, chick, chick! Here is some water for you.
Will the old hen take care of them, Ned?
O yes! She will hide them under her wings.

LESSON XXXVI.
READING REVIEW.
See, mamma'! What a nice ship Ned has!
Yes, it is a very nice ship. You and Ned may go down by the pond and sail it, but do not get into the water.
Come, Ned, let us go. Did you see Roy?
Yes, and I saw the pretty toys the funny old man left for Mary.
What old man, Ned?
I do not know, but he came and left a ship, drum, book, and some little dishes.
O how good! Look, here is Mary. I will ask her to let me see them.
Now let us go and see the nest the hen made in the hay.
Well, come on. Mary will go too.
Here is the hen, Ned. Let us see if there are some little chicks under her.
Ned, you hold the hen, and Mary will put her hand into the nest.
Is there a chick under her, Mary?
O yes! Take the hen off the nest.
Well! well! Do look at the dear little chicks. One, two, three, four, five, six, of them.
Run, Ned, get some food, and we will feed them.
Will the hen take care of them?
Yes, she will hide them under her wings.

LESSON XXXVII.
SPELLING REVIEW.
byì? shiì?p boíok wiì?ngsì buì?t saì?ia?￥l cìμaì?mea?￥ Maì?'ryì? oì?ld weì?lla?￥ iì?n'toì¤ diì?sh'eì?sì maì?n niì??§ea?￥ deì?aa?￥r uì?n'deì?r aì?sk leì?ft hiì?dea?￥ waì¤'teì?r haì?ya?￥ hoì?ld maì?dea?￥ fuì?n'nyì? siì?x foí?od chiì?ca?￥k cìμ?￠rea?￥ f?′r feì?ea?￥d chiì?ca?￥ks ka?￥noì?wa?￥ toysì
SCRIPT EXERCISE.
[Script: What did Mary find with the hen?
How many chicks did the hen have in the nest?]

LESSON XXXVIII.
NEW WORDS.
Fi'do full each seem oth'er think say pup'pies
Here are my three little puppies. Are they not pretty? Old Fido has a rat. See how the puppies look at it.
They think it will hurt them if they go too near it.
[Illustration]
They seem to say, "Take it away, mamma', we do not like it."
The puppies are full of fun. I like to see them play with each other.
Will you have one of my puppies?

LESSON XXXIX.
NEW WORDS.
red side steer fear
[Illustration]
See my sled. It is red.
Will you ride By my side?
Can