The New McGuffey First Reader | Page 4

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The name of this little girl is Rose.
Do you think she looks like a rose?
Do you think Rose is a pretty name?
Rose goes to school.
She can read and write.
At home, she likes to read to her mother. She likes to look at the pictures, too.
Tell me, Rose, how well you can read.
Can you read well in your book?
I think you can write very well.
Can you write your name?
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Can you tell me the name of this pretty little bird?
It is so little it can not fly very far.
Some of the boys found it in the woods, as they were going to school one day.
It was not in a nest.
Frank said; "I will take the little bird home with me.
It will be a good pet."
So Frank took it as he said.
He is kind to it and feeds it. but he will not keep it.
Some day it can fly well.
Then Frank will let it go.
It will fly away with the other birds.
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Come, girls let us play with our dolls.
We will play school.
Our dolls will be the children.
Our dolls are as good as some children are.
They have their books, and I think, they will learn very fast.
Soon we shall see how well they can read.
This doll is not so good as the others.
She does not like to go to school very well.
She must sit by me and look at her book.
As soon as she can read well, she may go home and play.
She goes to school day after day, but she does not learn.
She can not write at all.
She can not tell her name.
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WRITING LESSON.
This is my little doll.
Her name is Lucy.
Do you thik she is pretty?
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"How tall you are, Henry!"
"Yes, father, I shall soon be a man. I am as tall as the table, now."
"What can you see on the table?"
"I can see your big book, father."
"What do you see by the book?"
"Oh, I see some pictures. Two pictures are by the book, and two are not by the book."
"How many are two and two, Henry?"
"Two and two are four."
"You do well. If you learn fast, you may soon go to school.
Then you can learn how to read and write."
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funny pail up hill water there
Oh, mother, come and look at this funny picture.
What do you see in the picture Lucy?
I see two children in the picture.
I see a tall boy and little girl.
How fast they run!
They are going up hill, too.
The boy has a pail.
I think he is going to get a pail of water for his mother.
How very funny it must be to run up hill!
Will they find water on the hill?
Oh, yes, I see a well up there.
They must be good children to go so far after a pail of water.
There must be good water in the well.
Jack and Jill went up the hill, To get a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after.
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says say out sure June
Our mother says we may go and see little Lucy.
We are going some day in June, soon after our school is out.
We do not have school in June.
Lucy's home is far away.
We shall ride there in the big wagon with father and mother.
Father says it will take all day to go so far.
Mother says I must be sure to take Lucy some of our good apples.
I will take her a book, too.
I am sure Lucy will be glad to see us. She will run out to the wagon and tell us so.
What do you think she will say?
She will say, "Oh, May, I am so glad you have come."
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Violets sweet, violets sweet! Who will buy my violets sweet? Violets sweet, violets sweet! I will buy your violets sweet.
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vine bush wild grow
See this funny little tree!
What kind of tree is it?
It is not a tree, it is a vine.
It is not so tall as some trees.
It looks like a wild rose vine.
Will it have roses on it?
Yes, I think some roses will grow on it; but I am not sure.
Wild roses come in June.
Some of them are very sweet.
My roses are not wild.
They do not grow on a vine.
They grow on a bush.
A bush looks like a little tree.
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Little Henry went to school this morning.
All the children were glad to see him as he came down the street.
He is a funny little boy, and I am sure you would like him.
He says he will grow very fast and soon be a man.
He likes to go to school.
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