The New McGuffey First Reader | Page 4

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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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