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mouth raì?b'biì?t
VOWEL EXERCISE.
aì? daì?ya?￥ saì?ya?￥ maì?ya?￥ haì?ya?￥ taì?kea?￥ maì?kea?￥ maì?kea?￥s taì?mea?￥ cìμaì?mea?￥
One day Ann and Frank went to the lake with Rover.
Rover can swim well, so Frank made him go into the water after a stick.
"Jump, Rover! Jump in and get the stick," said Frank; and into the water he went with a big splash.
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Pretty soon he came out with the stick in his mouth.
He did not like the fun so well as Frank, for the water was a little cold.
They had a fine time for a while with Rover, and then set out for home, as it was late in the day, and they could not stay long.
On the way home, Rover saw a rabbit, and away he went after it, as fast as he could go.
Ann and Frank ran too, but could not keep up with Rover and the rabbit.
When they got home, Rover was there, and Frank said--
"Where is the rabbit, Rover?"
Rover gave Frank a funny look and went away.
"O I know!" said Frank, "the rabbit ran so fast you could not catch it."
SCRIPT EXERCISE.
[Script: daì?ya?￥ laì?kea?￥ hoì?mea?￥ stiì?ca?￥k ka?￥noì?wa?￥ keì?ea?￥p]

LESSON VII.
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NEW WORDS.
seì?aa?￥ eì?aa?￥'gì?lea?￥ beì?aa?￥k beì?aa?￥ch l?¤rgì?ea?￥ woì￡ua?￥la?￥d waì¤nt l?¤r'gì?eì?r
VOWEL EXERCISE.
eì? meì? weì? beì? heì? sheì? eì?aa?￥t beì?aa?￥t meì?aa?￥t seì?ea?￥ seì?ea?￥k seì?ea?￥m
Look, sister! See that eagle!
Yes, Frank, I see two eagles. What large wings they have!
Yes, they fly over the beach to find fish.
Do they eat fish, Frank?
Yes, they are very fond of fish. The eagle is a large and strong bird. Mamma' saw one take up a rabbit and fly off with it.
I wish we could catch one, Frank. How funny it would look in a cage!
Yes, sister, but you would have to get a much larger cage than the one your redbirds have.
O I am afraid it would hurt me. If it got out of the cage, it would fly away with me.
No, it could not do that, but it could hurt you with its strong beak.
What is its beak, Frank?
The beak is its mouth. All birds have a beak, but not many have one so strong as that of the eagle.
SCRIPT EXERCISE.
[Script: eì?aa?￥t ya?￥oa?￥uì? woua?￥la?￥d twa?￥oì¤ taì?kea?￥ eì?aa?￥gì?lea?￥ ]

LESSON VIII.
NEW WORDS.
iì??§ea?￥ kiì?nd tiì?rea?￥d driì?vea?￥ f?¤r fiì?rea?￥ skaì?tea?￥ miì?lea?￥sì seì?v'ea?￥n
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VOWEL EXERCISE.
iì? iì??§ea?￥ niì??§ea?￥ fiì?nd kiì?nd riì?dea?￥ siì?dea?￥
You are very kind, Mary, to have a nice fire for me. I am cold after my long drive.
Yes, Fred, you look cold and tired, but you will soon get warm by this fire. How far did you drive?
Seven miles, and the snow and ice made it a cold ride.
Can we skate on the lake now, Fred?
Yes, the ice is strong. We can have a good skate. Do you want to go and try it?
O yes, Fred! I like to skate. Will you go with me?
Yes, as soon as I get warm. But John and Ann are coming over to see us.
Well, Fred, we will ask them to go with us. Ann likes to skate.
O yes! if they go, we shall have a merry time.
What fun it will be, Fred! I will run now and find my hat. We will go as soon as they come.
SCRIPT EXERCISE.
[Script: ya?￥oa?￥uì?r miì?lea?￥sì± skaì?tea?￥ drì￡iì?vea?￥ shaì¤wa?￥l seì?vì?ea?￥n ]

LESSON IX.
NEW WORDS.
roì?ll cìμoì?aa?￥t boì?aa?￥t bloì?wa?￥sì teì?lla?￥ paì? p?¤' wiì?nd waì?vea?￥sì cìμaì?p'taa?￥iì?n daì?shea?￥d leì?aa?￥rnea?￥d
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VOWEL EXERCISE.
oì? oì?ld cìμoì?ld hoì?ld noì? snoì?wa?￥ soì? gì?oì? ka?￥noì?wa?￥
Papa', I want to sail in the new boat. Will you take me out?
It is pretty cold, Frank. See how the wind blows, and how the waves roll on the beach. I know it is cold, papa', but I have on a warm coat.
Well, come on. I will hold the boat while you get in.
So Frank and his papa' got into the boat and put up the sail.
The waves were very high, but Frank was not afraid. The boat was strong, and his papa' could sail it well.
The waves dashed over the side of the boat, but the more they dashed, the more fun it was for Frank.
When Frank got to be a man, he was so fond of the water that he went to sea in a large ship.
He learned how to sail the ship, and after a while, he was made captain of it.
He is an old man now, and likes to tell little boys and girls all he learned and saw while he was captain of a ship.
SCRIPT EXERCISE.
[Script: saì?ia?￥l boì?aa?￥t cìμoì?aa?￥t bloì?wa?￥s waì?vea?￥sì leì?aa?￥rnea?￥d ]

LESSON X.
NEW WORDS.
tuì?nea?￥ fluì?tea?￥ uì?sìea?￥d miì?nea?￥ muì?'sìiì?cìμ plaì?ya?￥ea?￥d scìμha?￥oí?ol aì? gì?ain' (gì?eì?n')
VOWEL EXERCISE.
uì? uì?sìea?￥ uì?sìea?￥d uì?sì'iì?ng
One day, when Frank and John were going to school, they saw an old man with a flute.
"Will you please play a tune for us, sir?" said Frank.
"Yes, boys, I will play for you. Are you fond of music?" "Yes, sir, we like music. You used to play your flute when I went with mamma' to see you."
"O you are the