The New McGuffey First Reader | Page 2

May.
May is glad to see the good baby.
She will take the baby to see the bird.
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we are three in field
Come with me, little May.
We will go to the field.
We will go and see the cows.
The cows are in the field.
My cow is red.
Two cows are not red.
One and two are three.
We have three cows.
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tree pretty high
Three birds are in the tree.
One is a pretty red bird.
You can not catch it.
It is high in the tree.
The red bird can see the boys with the drum.
It can see the little girl with the red dress.
It can see the good baby and the pretty doll.
It can see the man in the field.
Pretty birds, will you fly to me? ee see tree three ee
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wagon let get ride now
The little boy has a red wagon.
Is it not a pretty one?
The boy will let little May ride in it.
Come, May, come and see my wagon.
You may get in it, and have a ride.
I will take you with me to the fields.
You may have a good ride.
Is the drum in the wagon?
Let me get it. Now we will go.
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apple yellow yes too if
See my pretty red apple!
I have three good apples.
One is red, and two are yellow.
I will give you the red one.
May I have a yellow one, too?
Yes. if you are a good girl.
I see a big red apple in the tree.
Will you let me get it?
Yes, you may if it is not too high.
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Frank flowers find they them
Frank and little May are in the field with the wagon.
They have come to find flowers.
May has a red flower.
Frank has three yellow flowers.
He will let May have them.
She will take them to the wagon
She is glad to get the pretty flowers.
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by nest here feed
Come here, girls! I see a nest.
Little birds are in it.
One, two, three.
The little birds can not fly.
They are not pretty.
They will get pretty by and by.
The big bird is not here now.
She is high in the apple tree.
She will come to them by and by.
She will come and feed them.
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woods like home horse
The boys like to go to the woods.
Here they are now.
Here are the horse and the wagon.
And here is the boy with the drum.
They like to play in the woods.
They like to find pretty flowers.
If they find little birds in a nest, they will not take them.
By and by they will go home.
They will ride home in the wagon.
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sit give but whip
Will you let me ride home with you, Frank?
Yes, May, you may sit by me in the wagon if you like.
Get in, and give me the whip.
I will not whip the good horse.
Now, here we go! Here is the apple tree, but we can not see the nest in it.
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REVIEW.
Here are three boys and two girls by the big apple tree.
One boy has a yellow drum and one has a whip.
The boy in the red wagon is Frank.
The girls are glad to see Frank.
He will give them a ride.
They like to go with him to the fields and the woods.
May we ride with you, Frank?
Yes, girls, get in! And you, too, boys!
Sit by me and see the good horse go.
Now we will go to the woods to find flowers and see the pretty birds.
In one tree you can see a nest, but you can not see the little birds.
You may see the big bird if she comes to feed the little ones.
She has a pretty home high in the tree.
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REVIEW.
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this do kite father gave
Do you see this? It is my kite.
My father gave it to me.
Is it not a pretty one?
He gave me this drum, too.
You may go with me and see me fly my kite.
You may take the drum with you.
Are you not glad my father gave it to me?
i I like high kite i
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how far as jump John
Frank and John are in the field.
They have come here to play.
How high can you jump, Frank?
Can you jump as high as this?
I can not jump high, John, but I can jump far.
See! I can jump as far as to the big apple tree.
Now, John, let me see you jump.
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does her kitten kind
Here is May with her kitten.
Her mother gave the kitten to her.
She is kind to the pretty kitten.
She likes to see it jump and play.
See it run with May's ball!
It does not run far with it.
If May can get the ball she will