The New McGuffey First Reader | Page 3

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This is little Lucy.
Her home is far away.
She has come to see Frank and May.
All the little girls love Lucy.
They are kind and good to her, and she loves them.
Frank will let her ride with him in the big wagon.
He will give her the whip, and the horse will go fast.
The horse will go fast and far, but he will not run away.
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Look, Frank! See my pretty flowers.
Mother gave them to me.
She gave them to me this morning.
Do you not think they are pretty?
How many flowers have I?
Here are three my mother gave me.
My father gave me two red ones.
How many are three and two?
I will keep the red flower.
I will give all my yellow flowers to Lucy. She will like them.
She will take them home with her.
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Good morning, little bird.
Good morning, kind Lucy.
How pretty your nest is, little bird!
May I look at the little ones in it?
Yes, you may look at them, but you must not take them away.
How many birds have you?
Let me see. One, two, three, four.
I do not think they are pretty.
They may not be pretty now, but I love them, little girl.
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Frank has gone to the field with his kite. He likes to play with it.
It is the kite his father gave him.
He will run and the kite will fly.
He can run very fast, and the kite can fly very high.
John does not like to run with a kite.
He likes to play on his drum.
He will play on his drum, and Frank will run with his kite.
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Oh, mother, come here!
See this pretty flower.
I think it is a rose.
Is it not a yellow rose?
Yes, May. It is a yellow rose.
If you will come with me,
I will give you some red roses.
May I have them to keep, mother?
You may keep some of them, but you must give some to Lucy.
Oh, yes! I will give her four red roses, and one yellow rose.
I will give her some to take home to her mother, too.
Do you like yellow roses, mother?
Yes, May, I think they are very pretty.
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John was a good boy this morning.
His mother gave him a pretty book.
He was very glad.
"Oh, mother," he said, "how kind you are to give me this book!
I think it is very pretty."
"You must take good care of it," said his mother.
"Yes, mother," said John, "and I will let Lucy and May look at it too.
They like to look at pretty books."
"The girls will think you are a very kind little boy.
They will take good care of your book."
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All the boys and girls are going to school this morning.
You can see them as they go.
Little Lucy is not with them.
She has gone to her home, far away.
But I see May and some other girls.
John has his new book. Some of the other boys have books, too.
I do not see Frank, but I think he will come soon.
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Look at this picture.
It is the picture of my pet kitten.
Do you not think she is a pretty pet?
One morning as I was going to school, I found this kitten.
She was by a tree in the woods.
After school I took her home.
"Mother," I said, "see this pretty little kitten. May I keep her as a pet?"
Mother said, "You may keep her if you will take good care of her."
I am kind to my kitten.
I feed her and she loves me.
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My mother gave me a new book.
I took it to school one morning, to let the girls see the pictures.
Soon after this I found my pet kitten and took her home with me.
I like to play with my pet kitten.
I will do as mother says. I will take good care of the kitten.
I love little Lucy. But now she has gone far away to her home.
I like to see John run with his kite.
He can run as fast as the other boys, but he can not jump far.
He does not like to look at books and pictures, but he can play on a drum.
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