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LITERARY

SBooli One

A PRIMER AND
FIRST READER

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THE YOUNG AND FIELD
LITERARY READERS

^ook One
A PRIMEK AND FIRST READER

BY
ELLA FLAGG YOUNG

Superintendent of the Glncago (Public Schools

AND
WALTER TAYLOR FIELD

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PART ONE. A PRIMEII

CONTENTS

PAGK

HOW THE CHILDREN WENT TO SEE MOTHER HUBBARD 5-81

I. Ox THE Hill

Jack and Jill T)

Tom Tinker's Do(i i;^

Little Bo-Peep 1^0

Jack-a-Xory :V2

Three Wise Mex oe Gotham 37

II. Goixo to Mother Hubbard's

Little Miss Muffet 41

Humpty Dumpty 4.")

Little Boy Blue r)2

Hey Diddle Diddle ,")7

III. At Mother Hubbard's House

Old Mother Hubbard (i3

Little Jack Horxer ('.7

One, Two, Buckle my Shoe 71

Jack, be Kimble ; Jack, be Quick 76

Higgledy-Piggledy, my Black Hex 78

THE ALPHABET 82

3

PRIMER

I. ON THE HILL

(Mrinoiuzc)

Jack and Jill

Went up the hill

To get a pail of water.

Jack fell clown

And broke his crown

And Jill came tumbling after

I see Jack.

I see Jill.

I see Jack and Jill,

Here is the pail.

Here is the hill.

Here is Jack.

Here is Jill.

Jack went up the hill.
Jill went up the hill.
Jack and Jill went up, up, up.
Jack and Jill went to get water.
Jack and Jill went up the hill
to get water.

8

Jack. Can you run, Jill ?

Can you run up the hill ?

Can you rini with me ?
Jill. I can run up the hill.

I can run and run and run.

I can run with you.
Jack. Run with me.

Run with me, Jill.

Run up the hill with me.

Jill. Jack, I see Mother Goose.
Jack. Jill, I see Mother Goose.
Jill. Emi to Mother Goose, Jack.
Jack. You rim, Jill.
Mothp:r Goosp:. Here is Jill.

Good morning, Jill.
Jill. Good morning. Mother Goose.
Mother Goose. Here is Jack.

Good morning. Jack.
Jack. Good morning, Mother Goose.

10

Mother Goose. Where are you going,

Jill?
Jill. I am going nj) the hill.

I am going to get

a pail of water.
Mother Goose. Where are you going,

Jack ?
Jack. I am going with Jill.
Mother Goose. Are 3^0U going to get

a pail of water ?
Jack. Jill and I are going to get

a pail of water.

11

Mother Goose. Run, Jack and Jill.

Euii and get the water.
Jack. Wait for me, Mother Goose.
Jill. Mother Goose, wait for nie.
Jack. Mother Goose, will you sit here

and wait ?
Jill. Here, Mother Goose, sit here.

Sit here and wait.
Mother Goose. Thank you, Jack.

Thank you, Jill.

I will wait for you.

12

{Memorize)

Bow-wow-wow !
Whose clog art thou?
Little Tom Tinker's clog,
Bow-wow-wow !

13

Mother Goose. I see a dog.

Here, dog ! Good dog !

Whose dog are you?
Dog. Bow-wow- wow !

Good morning, Mother Goose.

I am Little Tom Tinker's dog.
Mother Goose. Little Tom Tinker's dog,

sit down here with me.
Dog. Bow-wow-wow !
Mother Goose. You ai'e a good dog.

Sit down Avith me.

Wait here for Jack and Jill.

14

Mother Goosp:. Here come Jack and Jill

with the pail of water.

Jump lip, good dog.

Jump and run to Jack and Jill.
Dog. Bow- wow- wow ! See me jump.

See me run to Jack and Jill.

Bow-wow- wow ! Bow- wow- wow !

15

Jack.
Dog.

Jill.
Jack.

Dog.
Jill.
Jack.

Jill.

Here is Tom Tinker's dog.

Bow- wo Av- wow ! Bow- wow- wow !
Good morning, Jack and Jill.

You are a good dog.

Can you jump, dog ?
Jump up, good dog.
Jump for Jill and me.

Bow -wow -wow! I will jump.

See the dog jump.
Come, dog. Come, Jill.
Run to Mother Goose.

I am going to run
with the pail of water.
See me run.

16

Jill. Here we are, Mother Goose.
Mother Goose. I see YOll.
Docx. Bow-wow-wow, Mother Goose !
Jack. Mother Goose, will 3^011 go home

with Jill and me ?
Mother Goose. I am going

to see Mother Hubbard.

Will you go with me ?
Jack. Thank you, we must go home

with the pail of water.
Mother Goose. I will wait here for you.
Jack. Goocl ! We will come back

and go with you

to see Mother Hubbard.

17

Jack and Jill went down the hill
with the pail of water.

See! Jack fell down!

"Jill! Jill! I fell down!"

Jill came tumbling after Jack.

" Jack ! Jack ! I am tumbling
down the hill!"

See Jack and Jill tumbling down!

18

Jack broke his crown.
"O Jill! Come! Help me!"
" Where are you, Jack ? "
"Here I am. O, I broke my crown!"
See Jill jump up!
" I will help you, Jack. Sit up !
Sit up. Jack! Sit up!"
See the dog run to Jack!
" Bow-wow-wow ! I will help Jack."
The pail of water fell with Jack.
See the water run down the hill.

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

19

{Memorize)

Little Bo-Peep
Has lost her sheep
And can't tell where

to find them.
Leave them alone,
And they'll come home
And brine: their tails behind them.

20

Here is Little Bo-Peep.

"O Jack! You fell down,"
said Little Bo-Peep.

"I broke my crown," said Jack.

"I will help you get up, Jack,"
said Little Bo-Peep.

"I will help you, Jack," said Jill.

21

Here is Mother Goose.

"I will help j^oii, Jack,"
said Mother Goose.

Little Bo-Peep and Mother Goose
and Jill helped Jack to get up.

" Where is the pail ? " asked Jack.

"I will carry the pail, Jack,"
said Little Bo-Peep.

" Bow-wow ! I will carry the pail,"
said Tom Tinker's dog.

See Tom Tinker's dog
carry the pail.

"Will you go home. Jack?"
asked Mother Goose.

" I must go back
and get more water," said Jack.

"We will go with you. Jack,
and help you get more water."

22

Here is the water.

" Sit down, Jack," said Mother Goose.
"Have a drink of water."

"Thank you, I will have a drink,"
said Jack.

"Are you all right now?" asked Jill.

"Now I am all right.
We will get more water now.
Now we will go home
with the pail of water," said Jack.

" I will wait for you to come back,"
said Mother Goose.

"Thank you," said Jack and Jill.

23

" Have you seen my sheep, Jack ?

asked Little Bo-Peep.

" Have you seen them, Jill ? "
"No," said Jack,

"I have not seen them."

"I have not seen them," said Jill.
"Has Mother Goose seen them?"
" No, Bo-Peep, I have not seen them."
"I can not find my sheep."
" BoAV-wow-wow ! I will find them,"

said Tom Tinker's dog.

"Good dog! Come!" ^^^

The dog Avent with Bo-Peep. sHj^P ^
Jack and Jill went home.
"I will wait," said Mother Goose.

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"Good morning, Mother Goose."
" Good morning, Little Tom Tinker."
" Have 3^ou seen my dog ? "
" Yes, Tom, the dog was here.

He went with Little Bo -Peep."
"Was Little Bo-Peep here?"
" Yes, Little Bo-Peep was here.

She has lost her sheep.

The dog went to help her find them."
" Has Little Bo-Peep lost her sheep?"
" Yes. She has lost her sheep."
" I will go and help her find them."

25

Bo-Peep. I can't iiiid my sheep.

Dog, can't j ou tell me

where they are ?
Dog. Bow-wow- wow ! I can't tell.

Bow-wow! I see Tom Tinker!

Tom Tinker can tell.
Bo-Peep. Goocl morning, Tom Tinker.
Tom. Goocl morning, Bo-Peep.
Bo-Peep. Have you seen my sheep ?
Tom. No, I have not seen them.

I will help you find them.
Dog. Bow-wow! They'll come home.

They'll find you. Leave them.
Bo-Peep. I can't leave them.

They can't find me.

O my sheep! my sheep!

O Tom ! come and help me find

my sheep.

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Mother Goose waited and waited.

" Here come Jack and Jill,"
said Mother Goose.

"Here I am," said Jack.

" Here I am," said Jill.

" See ! Here come Bo-Peep
and Tom Tinker and the dog,"
said Mother Goose.

"Where are the sheep?" asked Jack

"Where are they?" asked Jill.

" I can't find them," said Bo-Peej).
" I must leave them.
( ), I must leave them ! "

"Bow- AVOW- wow! I can't find them,"
said the dog'.

" The sheep are lost,"
said Little Tom Tinker.

" Leave them alone,"
said Mother Goose.
" They '11 come home
and brine: their tails behind them.

^fe

Little Bo-Peep

Has lost her sheep

And can't tell where to find them.

Leave them alone,

And they '11 come home

And bring their tails behind them.

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" Here comes another clog,"
said Little Tom Tinker.
" Good morning, dog.
Whose dog are you ? "

" Bow-wow ! Whose dog are jou ? "
asked Tom Tinkers dog.

" Bow-Avow-wow !
I am Mother Hnhbard's dog."

"You are a good dog,"
said Little Tom Tinker.

" Bow-wow ! I am a good dog, too,"
said Little Tom Tinker's dog.

" Yes, you are another good dog,"
said Little Tom Tinker.

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"Come here, good dog.
Can you tell me where
my sheep are ? " said Little Bo-Peep
to Mother Hubbard's dog.

" Bow-Avow-wow !
I have not seen them," said the dog.

"Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,"
said Mother Goose.
"She can't tell where to find them.
Leave them alone, Bo-Peep.
They'll come home to you,
and bring their tails behind them."

" Yes, they will carry their tails
with them," said Tom Tinker.

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"We fell clown," said Jill to Tom.

"Tell me how you fell down,"
said Tom Tinker.

"I will tell you how,"
said Little Bo-Peep.
" Jack and Jill went up the hill
to get a pail of water.
Jack fell down."

" He fell and broke his crown,"
said Jill.

" And Jill came tumbling* after me,"
said Jack.

"I fell too," said Jill.

"We are all right now," said Jack.

" Jill and Bo-Peep helped me,
and we went back for another pail
of water.
Mother Goose waited for us."

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(Mejuorize)

I will tell )^ou a story
About Jack-a-Nory,

And now my story 's begun
I will tell you another
About his brother,

And now my story's done.

Mother Goose sat clown.

Little Bo-Peep sat clown beside her.

Little Tom Tinker sat down
beside Little Bo-Peep.

Jack sat clown
beside Little Tom Tinker.

Jill sat clown beside Jack.

"I will tell you a story,"
said Mother Goose.

"Good! a story!" said Tom Tinker.

" O, 3^es ! a story ! " said Bo-Peep.

"Tell a story," said Jack and Jill.

" Bow-wow- wow ! " said the clogs.

33

"Now, I will tell you a story,"
said Mother Goose.

" Will you tell something
about some sheep ? " asked Bo-Peep.

"Will you tell something
about a dog ? " asked Tom Tinker.

"I will tell you something
about Jack," said Mother Goose.

"Good!" said Jill,
"tell about Jack and his pail."

" No, I will tell you about
another Jack," said Mother Goose.

"I will tell you a story

About Jack-a-Nory,

And now my story 's begun.

I will tell you another

About his brother.

And now my story's done."

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" That is not a story," said Jack.

" That is a good story," n

said Mother Goose.

"It is not a long story," /C^
said Bo-Peep. £^

" You have not begun to tell a story,'
said Tom Tinker.

" I have begun and I have done,"
said Mother Goose.

35

"If that is a story,
tell a longer story," said Bo-Peep.

"If that is a story, tell another,"
said Jack.

" Tell another story," said Jill.

"Tell about the brother,"
said Tom Tinker.

" Tell something about the sea,"
said Bo-Peep.

"Good! that is it!" said Jack.
"Tell a story about the sea."

"All right!" said Mother Goose,
"I will tell a story of the sea."

3G

(Memorize]

Three wise men of Gotham

Went to sea m a bowl.
If the bowl had been stronger,
My song had been longer.

37

" Now for the story !

I will tell a story of the sea.
Here it is," said Mother Goose:

" Three wise me]i of Gotham

Went to sea in a bowl..
If the bowl had been stronger,
My song had been longer."
'' That is no story," said Jack.
" It is abont the sea,"
said Mother Goose.

" If the bowl had been stronger,
the story had been longer,"
said Little Bo-Peep.

'' The three men of Gotham
were not wise men," said Jack.
"They broke the bowl," said Jill.

Little Tom Tinker and his dog
sat down beside Mother Goose.

Jill sat beside her brother.

" Now, I will tell yon a storj^,"
said Little Tom Tinker.

"Not abont a bowl," said Bo-Peep.

"I will tell something ^

abont Jack and Jill." /r^\

"Abont me?" said Jack. ^ ^

"Abont me?" said Jill. ^^

" Here it is," said Tom Tinker.

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"Jack and Jill
Went up the hill

And now my story's begmi.
Leave them alone,
And they'll come home.

And now my story's done."
"That is good," said Jill.
"Here is another story," said Jack.
" Three wise men

went up the hill
To get a bowl of water.
If the men

had been stronger.
My song had been longer." |

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II. GOING TO MOTHER HUBBARD'S

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[Memorize]

Little Miss Miiffet
Sat on a tuffet,

Eating of curds and whey
There came a great spider
And sat down beside her

And frightened Miss Muffet away

41

Mother Goose. Now, come with me.
Tom Tinker. What are you going to do,

Mother Goose ?
Mother Goose. I am going lip the hill,

to see Mother Hubbard.

She will be glad to see you.

I think she will have something

good for you.
Bo-Peep. Something good ?
Jack. What do you think it will be ?
Mother Goose. It will be good.

Come and see.
Jn.L. Good! Good! We will go.

42

They all went on, up the hill.

"There is Little Miss Muffet!"
said Bo-Peep.

There sat Little Miss Muffet
on a tuffet.

"What is Miss Muflfet eating?"
asked Jack.

" We will see," said Mother Goose.
"Good morning. Little Miss Muffet."

"Good morning. Mother Goose."

" What are you eating ? "

" I am eating curds and whey."

"Are the curds and whey good?"

" Have some and see."

43

"O!" said Little Miss Miiffet.

" What is it ? " said Mother GQOse.

'' O, it is a spider !
O, it is a great spider ! "

See Miss Muflfet run away !

" Come back," said Jack.
" I will frighten it away."

Little Miss Muffet

Sat on a tuflfet,

Eating of curds and whey.

There came a great spider

And sat down beside her

And frightened Miss Muffet away.

44

[Memorize]

Hiimpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Hnmpty Diimpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the

king's men
Couldn't set Humpty up again.

45

They all went on.

" See Humpty Dumpty ! " said Jack.

There sat Humpty Dumpty
on a wall.

"Come down, Humpty," said Jill.

"I can't. I should fall,"
said Humpty Dumpty,
"and if I should fall, I couldn't get up."

"If you should fall, we would help
you," said Little Miss Muffet.

" You could n't help me,"
said Humpty Dumpty.

"See if we couldn't," said Tom.

" Come, Humpty," said Mother Goose.

" We will all help you," said Bo-Peep.

"I will sit here," said Humpty.
"I am all right."

Humpty would not get down,

46

They had to leave Humpty Dumpty

Then the kmg's horses
and the king's men came by.

'' O, here come the king's horses !
Here come the king's men ! "

Hmnpty tried to see, and he fell.

What a great fall that was !

47

The king's men tried to set Humpty
up on the wall again.

The king's horses tried to help.
They couldn't set him up again.

Humpty Dunipty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses

and all the king's men
Couldn't set Humpty up again.

Jill. O, Mother Goose ! see ! see !

See the khig's horses !

See the kmg's men!
Jack. See Jill jump up and down.
Jill. O, Mother Goose, help me ux3

on the wall !
Tom TiNKf:R. Here, Jill.

Get up on the wall.

I will help you up.
Miss Muffet. Help me up, too.
Mother Goose. Here, Little Miss Muflfet,

I will help you uj).
Miss Muffet. Thank you. Mother Goose.

Stay here with me.

Now we can see them.

49

See the king's men!

One of them said to Mother Goose,
"Humpty Dumpty had a fall."

" We tried to help him down,
but he would not come,"
said Mother Goose.

"We couldn't set him up again.
We tried," said the king's men.

"Too bad! Too bad!
I think he was frightened,"
said Mother Goose.

50

" I was frightened, too,"
said Little Miss Muffet.

'' What frightened you ? "
asked one of the king's men.

" I sat on a tuff et eating curds and
whey ; and a great spider came by."

" And you ran away ? "

"Yes, I ran away."

" Was the spider frightened, too ? "

" Jack frightened the spider away."

" The spider woukl have run away
from you too," said one of the men.

"Do you think so?" said Miss Muffet.

51

{Memorize)

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn ;
The sheep's m the meadow,

the cow's in the corn.
Where's the little hoy

that looks after the sheep?
He 's imder the ha3^cock fast asleep.

They walked and they walked.
Then Jack saw soinethiiig
under a haycock.

" What is that under the haycock ?

They walked a little longer.

"I see!" said Miss . Muff et,
^^It is Little Boy Blue!"

" What ! " said Mother Goose.
"Is that Little Boy Blue?"

" He is under the haycock.
He is fast asleep," said Jack.

See Little Boy Blue fast asleep
under the haycock.

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"Boy Blue! O, Little Boy Blue!
Wake up, Little Boy Blue!"

"Where am I?"
asked Little Boy Blue.

" You are under the haycock.
You have been fast asleep.
Where is your cow, Little Boy Blue ?
Where is your sheep ? "

" O, where is my cow ? Where is
my sheep ? " said Little Boy Blue.

" Your sheep is in the meadow.
Run to the meadow and find your
sheep. Little Boy Blue.
Your cow is in the corn.
Your cow is eating all the corn.
Run, Little Boy Blue !
Run to the meadow !
Find your sheep and your cow."

54

"Where is your horn, Little Boy Blue?"
"Here it is," said Little Boy Blue.
"Blow your horn; the sheep will come.
Blow your horn ; the cow will come.
Wake UY>, Little Boy Blue!
Where are the cow and the sheep ? "

Little Boy Blue,

come blow your horn ;
The sheep 's in the meadow,

the cow 's in the corn.
Where 's tlie little boy

that looks after the sheep ?
He 's under the ha^^cock, fast asleep.

55

^

See Little Boy Blue
blow his liorn.

Here come the clogs.

See them rmi.

"Bow-avow!" said the dogs.
"We will rmi after the sheep
in the meadow. We will rmi
after the cow in the corn." "^

"Come, Little Boy Bine!
Xow, come with us !
If 3 on should stay here,
you would fall fast asleep again.
The dogs will go after the sheep
and the cow."

Little Boy Blue walked on
witli Mother Goose.

He said his cow and his sheep
would come home with the dogs.

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[Manor Ize)

Hey diddle diddle !

The cat and the fiddle !

The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog* laughed

To see such sport,

And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Bo-Peep. See! What is that?

Jack. It is a COW.

Jill. See her ! See her jump !

Bo-Peep. I see something, too !

Jack. What do you see ?

Bo-Peep. I see a cat. '

Jack. Yes, I see her too.

Bo-Peep. O, she has a fiddle !

Miss MuFFET. See her play on the fiddle !

Tom. What ! A cat play on a fiddle !

Mlss Muffet. Yes, see her play,

and see the cow jump !
MoriiFR Goose. It must be my cat and

my cow.

58

Here is a little dog too.

See the little dog laugh !

O, see the dish and the spoon I

See the dish run ! See the spoon run !

See the dish run with the spoon !

Here they come ! Look out !

Come on, dish ! Come on, spoon !

See how they run ! •

Here comes the cow.

Here comes the dog. See him laugh !

Here comes the cat with the fiddle.

Play, cat ! Run, dish ! Jump, cow !

This is great sport.

59

Did you ever see such sport ?

Did you ever see such a cow?

That cow will jump over the moon!

Did you ever see such a cat
and such a dog and such a dish
and such a spoon?

Hey diddle diddle ! such sport !

Hey diddle diddle !
The cat and the fiddle !
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away
with the spoon.

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- "Here comes my dog," said Tom.

" Where is the other dog ? "

" Bow-wow- wow ! He went home."
" Did you find tlie cow and sheep ? "
" Yes, yes ! Bow-wow- wow !

1 went after tlie sheep in the meadow.

I frightened the cow in the corn.

But whose little dog is that ? "
The little dog laughed.
"I am Mother Goose's dog."
" Bow-wow ! You are a good dog."
Then the cat plaj^ed on the fiddle.

The cow jumped over the moon.

The dish and spoon ran away again.
Hey diddle diddle!
Did you ever see such a cow

and such a dish and such a spoon ?
What sport !

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III. AT MOTHER HUBBAlMrs

Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard

To get her poor dog a bone.
But when she got there
The cupboard was bare,

And so the poor dog had none.

G3

Old Mother Hubbard was asleep
in her chair.

" Bow-wow ! " Scratch, scratch.!

"What was that?"
asked Old Mother Hubbard.

" Bow-wow ! " Scratch, scratch !

"That must be my poor old dog*
at the door," said Mother Hubbard.

She went to the door.

" Come in, poor old dog," she said.

The dog jumped up on her chair.

" Bow-wow-wow ! " said the dog.

" What will you have, old dog ? "

" Bow- wow- wow ! " said the dog.

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The dog ran to the cupboard.
" Bow-wow- wow ! " said the dog.
" Do you want a bone ? "
asked Old Mother Hubbard.

" Bow- wow- wow ! " said the dog.
Old Mother Hubbard went
to the cupboard. There was no bone!
" Poor dog ! " said Mother Hubbard,
"Poor old dog!
There is no bone for you.
The cupboard is bare."

The dog went under the chair.
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard

To get her poor dog a bone.
But when she got there
The cupboard was bare,

And so the poor dog had none.

Q5

Mother Hubbard sat down again.

Eap, rap, rap!

"What is that?"
asked ^Motlier Hnbl)aTd.

Slie went to the door.

There were all the children.

"Come in," said Mother Hul)bard.

They all came in.

"I am glad to see you," she said.

"See here, Mother Goose!"
said Mother Hubbard.
" If you will play with the children,
I will make a cake and a pie."

" Do not do that," said Mother Goose.

Mother Hubbard looked
at the children. They looked at her.

" Yes, I will make a cake and a pie."

So she went to make a cake and a pie.

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m^^:3zm^:m:MM}

{Me7)iorlze)

Tittle Jack Horner
Sat in a corner,

Eating a Christmas pie.
He pnt in his thnnil),
And pulled out a plum,

And said, " What a good boy am T ! ''

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" Here is a pie, and a boy behind it,
in the corner," said Jack.

"That is Little Jack Horner,"
said Mother Goose.
" He has a Christmas pie."

"Yes, I have a Christmas pie,"
said Little Jack Horner.

Little Jack Horner put in his thumb
and pulled out a plum.

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''See my plum!" said Jack Horner.
" See what a good boy I am ! "

"If you are a good boy,
you will give the children
some of your Christmas pie,"
said Mother Goose.

"Here, children, have some pie,"
said Little Jack Horner.

" Thank you. That is good pie,"
said the children.

Then all the children had some
of the good Christmas pie.

Little Jack Horner

Sat in a corner,

Eating a Christmas pie.

He put in his thumb,

And pulled out a plum.

And said, "AVhat a good boy am I!"

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Rap, rap! Scratch, scratch!

Jack went to the door.

In came the cat with the fiddle.

Jack Horner was in tlie corner.
He put liis tliunib
into tlie Cliristnias pie
and pulled out another plum.

" Have a plum," said he to the cat.

"Meow!" said the cat.

" Here is Mother Hubbard's dog
under the chair," said Bo-Peep.

" What do you want, jjoor old dog ? "

" He would like a bone," said Jack,
"l)ut there is none in the cui)l)()ard.
Tlie cii])b()ard is bare.''

'Hie dog went to Jack Hornei*,
and had some of the Christmas pie.

Then all the children laughed.

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{Mcniorize)

One, two.
Buckle my shoe.
Three, four.
Open tlie door.
Five, six,
Pick up sticks.
Seven, eight,
Lay them straight,

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" Here is something to do,"
said Mother Goose.
" Will one of you buckle my shoe ?

"I will," said Jack.

"I will," said Jill.

"That is two. I said one."

"Two can buckle your shoe,"
said Jack.

"We can buckle it," said Jill.

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"Now," said Mother Goose,
"three of you go to the door."

"I will go," said Bo-Peep.

"I will go," said Miss Muffet.

" I will go," said Little Tom Tinker.

" I will go," said Little Jack Horner.

" That is four," said Mother Goose.
"I said three, but four can do it."

So all four went to the door.

"Now, open the door,"
said Mother Goose.

They opened the door.
In came the little dog that laughed.
In came the dish and the spoon.

"See! Here comes the cow!
Shut the door!" said Mother Goose.

They shut the door,
and the cow had to stay out.

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" Now, five of you pick up tlie sticlvs
iu tlie corner," said Mother Goose.

"I A¥ill,^^ said Little Boy Blue.

"I will," said Little Miss Muff'et.

'' I will,'' said Jack.

"I will," said Jill.

" I will," said Little Jack Horner.

"Tliat is five," said Mother Goose.

The little dog picked up a stick.

"Here, little dog! That is six,"
said Mother Goose.

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Tlio little (l(\i>- laui>-luMl.
Then they all laughed.
" Now," said ]\[other (loose,
'' T Avaiit seA^en to lay them straight.''

So Bo-Pee]) and ^Fiss jNTiittet
and Jaek and Jill and Tom Tinker
and Jaek Horner and Little Boy Bine
all said that they wonhl do it.
They laid the stieks straight.
The little dog laid his stiek down
Avitli the other sticks.

"Here, little dog! That is eight,"
said ^lother (loose.

Hiei) tlK\v all laughed agahi.
One, two, l)uekle my shoe.
Three, four, oi)en the door.
FiA^e, six, pick u]) sticks.
SeA^en, eight, lay them straight.

Mother Goose. Jack, can you jump

over a candlestick ?
Jack. Yes! yes! I can jump over it.
Mother Goose. You must be nimble

to jump over a candlestick.
Bo-Peep. You must be quick.
Jack. I will be nimble,

and I will be quick.
Mother Goose. Here is the candlestick.

I will set it down. Now jump.

Jack, be nimble;

Jack, be quick ;

Jack, jump over the candlestick.

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Here comes Old Mother Hubbard!

" Here I am, children,"
said Old Mother Hubbard.
" I have made cake and pie for you."

" See the cake ! " said Jack.

"See the pie!" said Jill.

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'' Cluck, cluck ! cluck, cluck ! "

" What is that ? ^' asked Mother Goose.

"That is my black hen,"
said Old Mother Hubl)ard.
"She laid the eggs for my cake.
Sometimes she lays nine eggs.
Sometimes she lays ten."

" She must he a great hen,"
said Mother Goose.

"We should like
to see her," said Jack.

Mother Hubl)ard opened the door.

"Cluck, cluck! cluck, cluck!"

In came the black hen.

Higgledy-piggledy, my black hen.

She lays eggs for gentlemen ;

Sometimes nine and sometimes ten.

Higgledy-piggledy, my black hen !

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Tlieii all tlio c-hildreii had
some of the good pie and eake.

Jill jmlled a i>Teat ])hnn
out of her e^dve.

Little Jaek Horner said
it Avas like his (Uiristinas ])ic^

The ehildren said " Thfink you'^
to the hlaek hen that laid ei;*i^s
for i^'entlemen.

Jack said he was glad she laid
eggs for children too.

Then Bo-Peep opened the door.

The hen said. "Cluck! cluck ! ^^
and went out.

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"Now," said Mother Hubbard,
" should you like to dance ? "

" O, I should ! " said Little Bo-Peep.

" Then the cat will play the fiddle,
and we will all dance."

"Meow!" said the cat.

"Let us see how many are here,"
said Mother Hubbard;
"Jack, one; Jill, two; Bo-Peep, three;
Tom Tinker, four ; Miss Muff et, five ;
Boy Blue, six; Jack Horner, seven;
Mother Goose, eight; and I am nine."

" Bow- wow- wow ! I am ten,"
said Mother Hubbard's dog.

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So the cat played the fiddle,
and they danced and they danced.

The dish danced with the spoon,
and the dish was nimble,
and the spoon was quick.

The little dog that laughed
danced with Mother Hubbard's dog.

The cow jumped over the house,
for the moon had set,
and she couldn't jump over that.

The children said " Thank you "
to Mother Hubbard.

Then they all went home.

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A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,

Q, E, S, T, U, V,

W, X, Y, Z. j^^^

T liaA^e said my A, B, C.

a, b, c, d, e, f, g\
h, i, j, k, 1, m, n, o, p,
q, r, s, t, u, y,
w, X, y, z.

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PART TWO. A FIRST READER

CONTENTS

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The Kid Hrlnunr 85

Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat M<,f]n'r (i<,„se 91

Nanny, M'Ho wouldn't go Ho:m?: Scundiudrifni 92

LiTTi.K PvOBiN Redbreast l\rnfl,rr Onosr 100

The Little Ked Hen and the (train ok Wheat. E)if//is// 102

This is the Way wk wash oui; Clothes . Mufhrr donsr lOH

The Hare and the Tortoise .A'.svy/ 108

Two Legs sat upon Three Lec^s ][<,fl,fr (ioo^e 111

The Boy who ( ried '' Wole "" KikiHsJi 112

CoCK-A-DOODLE-DOO Mot/li-r GooSf 115

The Moon in the Mill I^ond Negro 117

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Untlnr (ionsr 12.S

The Pumpkin Tree \V,'sf Imlinn Xt-gm 124

Three Little Kittens Mother Goose 131

The Mountain Lion and the Cricket . Ai/ierietin Indian 135

There was an Old Woman who liyed in a Shoe

Mother Goose 139

The Pudding German 140

The Tortoise who liked to Talk Hitulu 144

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The Wolf and the Cat Ritssian 147

If All the World were Apple Pie . . . Mother Goose 149

The Three Wishes French 150

Whichever Way the Wind doth Blow Caroline A. Mason 152

WORDS FOR PHONIC DRILL 153

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THE KID

A kid, a kid, my father bought
For two pieces of money :

A kid, a kid.

Then came the cat, and ate the kid.
That my father bought
For two pieces of money :

A kid, a kid.

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Then came the dog*,
and bit the cat,
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces of money :

A kid, a kid.

Then came the stick,

and beat the dog,
That bit the cat.
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces of money :

A kid, a kid.

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Then came the fire,

and burned the stick,
That beat the dog,
That bit the cat.
That ate the kid.
That my father bought
For two pieces of money :

A kid, a kid.

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Then came the water,

and quenched the fire,
That burned the stick.
That beat the dog,
That bit the cat,
That ate the kid.
That my father bought
For two pieces of money :

A kid,

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a kid.

Then came the ox,

and drank the water,
That quenched the fire.
That burned the stick,
That beat the dog.
That bit the cat.
That ate the kid.
That nay father bought
For two pieces of money :

A kid, a kid.

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Then came the butcher,

and killed the ox,
That drank the water.
That quenched the fire.
That burned the stick.
That beat the dog*,
That bit the cat,
That ate the kid.
That my father bought
For two pieces of money :

A kid, a kid.

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PUSSY-CAT, PUSSY-CAT

Pu8SY-eat, PiLSSY-eat,

AVhere liave you been ?

I 'ye been to London
To look at the c^ueen.

Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat,
What (lid you there ?

I frightened a little mouse
Under the chair.

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NANNY, WHO WOULDN'T GO HOME

Once there was a boy.

The boy was called Espen.

He had a goat.

The goat was called Nanny.

Espen and Nanny were going home.

Nanny ran away up on the hill.

"Come, Nanny," said Espen.

"Come here! We must go home.

I am hungry, and I want my supper."

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But Nanny would not come.

"I want to stay here," she said.

"I will tell mother," said Espen.

"Tell her," said Nanny.

So the boy told his mother.

"Ask Fox to bite Nanny," she said.

The boy went to the fox and said:

"Come, Fox. Bite Nanny.

Nanny will not come home.

I am hungry, and I want my supper."

"I will not bite Nanny," said the fox.

So the boy told his mother.

"Ask Wolf to chase Fox," she said.

The boy went to the wolf and said:

"Come, Wolf. Chase Fox.

Fox will not bite Nanny.

Nanny will not come home.

I am hungry, and I want my supper."

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" I will not chase Fox," said the wolf.

So the boy told his mother.

'' Ask Bear to scare Wolf," she said.

The boy went to the bear and said :

" Come, Bear. Scare Wolf.

Wolf will not chase Fox.

Fox will not bite Nanny.

Nanny will not come home.

I am hungry, and I want my supper."

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"I will not scare Wolf," said Bear.

So the boy told his mother.

" Ask ]\Ian to shoot Bear," she said.

The boy went to the man and said :

''Come, Man. Shoot Bear.

Bear will not scare Wolf.

Wolf will not chase Fox.

Fox will not bite Naimy.

Nanny will not come home.

I am hungry, and I want my supper."

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'' I will not shoot Bear," said the man.

So the boy told his mother.

"Ask Rope to bind Man," she said.

The boy went to the rope and said:

"Come, Rope. Bind Man.

Man will not shoot Bear.

Bear will not scare Wolf.

Wolf will not chase Fox.

Fox will not bite Nanny.

Nanny will not come home.

I am hungry, and I want my supper."

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"I will not bind Man," said Rope.

So the boy told his mother.

"Ask Mouse to gnaw Rope," she said.

The boy went to the mouse and said :

" Come, Mouse. Gnaw Rope.

Rope will not bind Man.

Man will not shoot Bear.

Bear will not scare Wolf.

Wolf will not chase Fox.

Fox will not bite Nanny.

Nanny will not come home.

I am hungry, and I want my supper."

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'* I will not gnaw Rope," said Mouse.

So the l)oy told his mother.

" Ask Cat to catch Mouse," she said.

The bo}^ went to the cat and said :

" Come, Cat. Catch Mouse.

Mouse will not gnaw Rope.

Rope will not bind Man.

Man will not shoot Bear.

Bear will not scare Wolf.

Wolf will not chase Fox.

Fox will not bite Nanny.

Nanny will not come home.

I am hungry, and T want my supper."

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''Yes, l)ut give me some milk
for my kittens/' said Cat.

'' I will," said Espen.

So Espen gave Cat some milk
for her kittens.

Then Cat began to cateh .Alonse

Mouse began to gnaAv Itope.

Eope began to bind Man.

Man began to shoot Bear.

Bear began to scare Wolf.

Wolf began to chase Fox.

Fox began to bite Nanny.

Nanny ran home as fast
as she could run.

'' Baa-a-a-a ! " said Nanny.

And Espen had his suppei*.

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LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST

Little Eobin Eedbreast

sat upon a tree,
Up went Pussy-cat, down went he;
Down came Pussy-cat, away Eobin ran;
Said little Eobin Eedbreast,
" Catch me if you can ! "

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Little Robin Redbreast

jumped upon a wall,
Pussy-cat jumped after him

and almost had a fall ;
Little Robin chirped and sang,

and what did Pussy say ?
Pussy-cat said "Meow!"

and Robin flew away.

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THE LITTLE RED HEN
AND THE GRAIN OF WHEAT

A little red hen once found
a grain of wheat.

" Who will plant this wheat
she said.

"Not i;' said the rat.

"Not i;' said the eat.

"Not I," said the pig'.

"Then I will,''
said the little red hen,
and she did.

When the wheat was ripe,
the little red hen said,
"Who will cut this wheat?"

"Not I," said the rat.

"Not I," said the cat.

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"Not I," said tlie pig-.

"Then I will,"
said the little red hen,
and she did.

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the little red hen said,
"Who will thresh this Avheat ? "

"Not V: said the rat.

"Not I,'' said the eat. YJ

"Not I,'' said the pig.

"Then I wili;^
said the little red hen,
and she did.

When the wheat was threshed,
the little red hen said,
" Who will grind this wheat ? "

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When the wheat was ground,
the little red hen said,
" Who will make this into bread ? "

"Not I," said the rat.

"Not I," said the cat.

"Not I," said the pig.

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"Then I will,"
said the little red hen,
and she did.

When the bread was made
the little red hen said,
"Who will eat this bread?"
"I will," said the rat
"I will," said the cat
"I will," said the pig.
" No," said the little red hen,
"I will," and she did.

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THIS IS THE WAY

This is the way we wash our clothes,
Wash our clothes, wash our clothes:
This is the way

we wash our clothes,
So early in the morning.

This is the way we dry our clothes,
Dry our clothes, dry our clothes ;
This is the way

we dr}^ our clothes,
So early in the morning'

This is the way we mend our shoes.
Mend our shoes, mend our shoes ;
This is the way

we mend our shoes.
So early in the morning.

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This is tlie way

the ladies walk,

Ijadies walk,

ladies walk ;

This is the way

the ladies A^alk,

So early in the nioniiiig'.

This is the way

the geiitlemen walk.
Gentlemen walk,

gentlemen walk ;
This is the way

the gentlemen walk.
So early in the morning*,

THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE
(A hare and a tortoise were in a meadow.)

Hare. Brother Tortoise,

you can't rim very fast, can you ?
Tortoise. I can't run very fast,

but I will run a race with you.
Hare. What ! Run a race with me !

I can run very fast.
Tortoise. Yes, but I will run with you.
Hare. That will be sport !

We will ask the fox to look on

and to say who beats.

Will you, Brother Fox?

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Fox. Yes ; you must

run to the tree

by the wall. Now, go!
(The hare ran as fast as he could run.
Then he stopped and looked back.)
Hare. There is that tortoise

away behind.

I will wait here a little while.

I think I will go to sleep.

Then I will wake up

and run to the tree.

I can beat that tortoise.
(The hare lay down and went to sleep.
He slept and slept and slept.

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Till' tortoise kept going on.

He found the hare fast asleep

and went right by him.

At last he got to the tree

by the wall.)

Harp:. Now I must get up

and run to the tree.

Where is that tortoise ?
Tortoise. (Under the tree) Here I am.

Where are you, Brother Hare ?

Come on ! Eun fast !

Run as fast as you can !
Fox. The tortoise has beaten you.

Brother Hare.

You went to sleep.
Hare. How did he do it ? f ^
Fox. O, he kept going,

and you went to sleep.

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TWO LEGS SAT UPON THREE LEGS
A Riddle

Two Legs sat upon Tlii-ee Legs
AVitli One Leg in liis Lt]);
In eame Fom Legs
And ran away with One lieg ;
Up jumped Two Legs,
Caught up Three Legs,
Threw it after Four Legs,

And made him bring One Leg back.

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THE BOY WHO CKIED " WOLF "

A boy kept his sheep in a meadow.

One day he sat on the ground,
under a tree, looking after them.

He thought he would have
some sport.

So he ran to the village
and cried, "Wolf! wolf! wolf!
O, come quick ! Come quick !
A wolf is eating my sheep!"

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The men ran to the meadow
as fast as they conld rim.

" Where is the wolf ? " they asked.

" There is no wolf," said the boy.

Then he laughed.

He thought it was such good sport !

Some time after this
he went to the men again, and said
that the wolf had surely come.

The men went out with him again.

" Where is the wolf ? " they asked.

"There is no wolf," said the boy.

Then he laughed again.

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At last, one day, a Avolf did come
and began to eat the sheep.

The boy was frightened.

He ran to the village
and cried out to the men,

'' Wolf ! wolf ! O, come and help !
The wolf has snrely come this time."

But the men would not go.

" You have made sport of us.
We will not go," they said.

" But the wolf is surely there,"
said the boy.

'' How do we know that ? "
asked the men.

The boy went back to the meadow.

There were no sheep to be seen.

The wolf had run away
with them.

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C0CK-A-I)001)LE-J)()()
Cock-a-doo(lle-doo !
My dame has lost lier slice ;
My master 's lost liis tiddliim'-stiek,
And knows not Avliat to do.

Coek-a-doodle-doo!

What is my dame to do? %\^r7 /

Till master tlnds M^ ^

his tlddling-stiek.
She '11 dance without her shoe

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Cock-a-doodle-doo !

My dame has lost her shoe;

My master's fomid

his fiddling-stick,
Sing doodle-doodle-doo !

Cock-a-doodle-doo !

My dame has found her shoe;

My master 's found

his fiddling-stick,
Sing doodle-doodle-doo !

Cock-a-doodle-doo !
My dame will dance with you,
While master fiddles
his fiddling-stick
For dame and doodle-doo.

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THE MOON IN THE MILL POND ^

One night Brother Rabbit
and Brother Terrapin sat down
by the mill pond.

"Brother Terrapin, I want to have
some sport," said Brother Rabbit.

" What do you want to do ? "
asked Brother Terrapin.

"I am going to ask Brother Fox
and Brother Wolf and Brother Bear
to go fishing.

"When I say anything to them,
you must say, ' That is so ! '"

1 Retold from "Nights with Uncle Remus." Copyright, 1883, Houghton
Miflflin Company, Publishers.

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Brother Rabbit found Brother Fox
and Brother Wolf and Brother Bear.

" Let us go fishing," he said.

So Brother Fox and Brother Wolf
and Brother Bear and Brother Rabbit
all Avent down to the mill pond.

Brother Terrapin waited there,
till they came.

Then Brother Rabbit stopped
and looked into the water.

"Well! Well! Well!" he said,
" We can't do any fishing this night."

Brother Terrapin looked in, too.

"That is so! That is so!" he said.

" AVhy can't we ?" asked Brother Fox.

"Why not?" asked Brother Wolf.

" The moon has fallen into the pond,"
said Brother Rabbit.

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"That is so! Tlmt is so!"
said Brother Terrapin.

'' Look and see," said Brotlier Ral)l)it.

They all looked into the watei*.

"Well! Well!" said Brotlier Fox.

"Too bad!" said Brother Wolf.

"O! O! O!^^ said Brother Bear.

" We nnist get that moon
ont of the ])ond if we want to catch
any fish," said Brother Rabl)it.
" What do you say. Brother Terrai)in?*'

"That is so! That is so!"
said Brother Terrai)in.

" How can Ave get it out ? "
asked Brother Fox.

Brother Rabbit thought a little.

At last he said,
"I will go and get a net."

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"I have been told that there is
a pot of money in the moon,"
said Brother Terrapin.

Brother Eabbit went to get the net.

After a while he came back.

He was going to jump
into the water with the net.

" No, no ! Let us get it,"
said Brother Fox and Brother Wolf
and Brother Bear.

They thought of that pot of money.

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"All right! You may get it,"
said Brother Rabbit.

Brother Fox and Brother Wolf
and Brother Bear took the net.

They jumped into the water with it.

They pulled at the net.

They pulled and they pulled.

At last they pulled it out.

There was no moon in it.

They put it into the pond again.

They pulled and they pulled.

They pulled it out again.

There was no moon and no money

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They put in the net again.

They pulled and they pulled.

All at once, splash ! splash !
they went down under the water

Splash, splash, splash !

What a time they had!

At last they came out.

" We could n't find the moon,"
they said.

" You had better go home
and get some dry clothes,"
said Brother Eabbit.
'' Some other time you can get
the moon."

Brother Fox and Brother Wolf
and Brother Bear went home
to get some dry clothes.

Brother Rabbit laughed.

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BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP

Bhh, baa, l)lack sheep,
Have 3^011 any ^^ ool ?

Yes, master, have I,
Three bags full :

One for my master.

And one for my dame.

And one for the little bo}
Who lives in the lane.

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THE PUMPKIN TREE

Once there was a poor woman
who lived in a little red house.

She had five children.

There was nothing in the house
for them to eat.

'' I will go down to the pond and see
if I can catch a fish," she said.

She went down to the pond
and tried and tried a long time,
but she could catch nothing.

All at once she looked down,
and there sat a little old man.

His clothes were old,
and his face was very dirty.

"Please wash my face," he said.

"I want my face washed."

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"Surely I will wash your face.
It is very dirty," said the woman.
"It should be washed."

So she washed his face.

" Thank you," said the old man,
and he gave her a penny.

"Plant this penny in the ground
under that great tree on the hill.
Then say, ' Pumpkin, come down ! '
and a pumpkin will fall down.
It will make a good supper
for you and the children."

This AVHS at the thne
wht^ii pumpkins grew on trees.

'' Thank you," said the woman.

She went to the great tree
and put the penny in the ground.

" Pumi)kin, come down ! " she said.

A big pumpkin came tumbling dpwn
to the ground beside her.

She took it home with her
and made some good pumpkin pie.

The children had a good supper.

Some time after tliat,
a big, hungry-looking man came
to the door.

" I am so hungry ! " he said.
"Let me have something to eat."

"Yes, poor man," said the woman,
"You shall have something."

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Then she gaxe the man some
of the good pnmpkin i)ie.

"Tliat is good," said tlie man.
" Where did you get the i)unipkin ?

The woman tokl him,
hut she did ]iot think to tell him
that she had washed the face
of the little old man.

" T will get some pumpkins, too,"
said the big, hungry man.

So he went down to the pond.

There sat the little old man.
His face was as dirt}^ as ever.

"I should like some pumpkins,"
said the big, hungry man.

''Please wash my face,"
said the little old man
who sat by the pond.

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" Wash it yourself.
It is all I can do to wash
my face," said the big man.

" Then you shall have no pumpkins,"
said the little old man.

" Well, then, I will wash your face,"
said the big, hungry man.

So the little old man had his face
washed, and gave the other a penny.

" Plant this penny in the ground
under the great tree on the hill.

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" Then say, ' Pumpkin, come clown,'
and a pumpkin will fall down,"
said the little old man.

The big man went up the hill
and found the great tree.

" This penny is too good to plant
in the ground," he said.

Then he looked up into the tree.

" One pumpkin is too little," he said.

Then he called up into the tree,

" Ten pumpkins, come down ! "

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Ten great piimi)kins came down
all at once.

They fell on the man.

They knocked him oyer.

They knocked him all about.

" O, stop ! O, stop ! " he cried.

Then he got up and looked
this way and that way,
to see where the pumpkins were.

There were no pumpkins to be seen.

There was no tree.

There was nothing.

So the man went on his way.

But the poor woman came there
(lay after day.

She always found the tree,
she always asked for one pumpkin,
and one pumpkin always came down.

130

THREE LITTLE KITTENS

Three little kittens
Lost their mittens,
And they began to cry,

" O mother dear,

We very much fear
That we have lost our mittens."

" What ! lost your mittens !

You naughty kittens!

Then you shall have no pie.'"

" Meow, meow, meow ! "
"No, you shall have no pie."

"Meow, meow, meow!"

131

The three little kittens
Found their mittens,
And they began to cry,

"O mother dear.

See here, see here !
See ! we have found our mittens ! "

"Put on your mittens.

You silly kittens.

And you may have some pie."

"Purr, purr, purr,
O, let us have the pie !

Purr, purr, purr."

132

The three little kittens
Put on their mittens,
And soon ate up the pie.

"O mother dear,

We greatly fear
That we have soiled our mittens."

" Soiled your mittens !
You naughty kittens ! "
Then they began to sigh,

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"Meow, meow, meow!"

Then they began to sigh,

"Meow, meow, meow!"

The three little kittens
Washed their mittens
And hung them out to diy ;

" O mother dear,

Do you not hear
That we have washed our mittens?"

Washed your mittens !
O, you 're good kittens !
But I smell a rat close by.

Hush, hush! meow, meow!"
" We smell a rat close by !

Meow, meow, meow ! "

134

THE MOUNTAIN LION
AND THE CRICKET

(Once upon a time a big mountain lion
was going through the woods.
He walked on the house of a cricket.)

Cricket. O Mountain Lion!

Please get off!

You are on my house.
Mountain Lion. Who are you ?

I will walk where I please.
Cricket. I am a poor cricket,

and this is my house.

You will break it do^^^l.
Mountain Lion. I am the king

of the woods.

I can walk where I ])lease.

Get out of my way.

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Cricket. You are king; of the woods,

but I am king of my house..

I do not want you

to break it down.
Mountain Lion. Do not say that to me !

I will do what I please.

I will walk on you.
Cricket. Yes, you are very great,

but I have a cousin

who can make you run.
Mountain Lion. Who is this cousin ?

Bring him here

and let me see him.

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If he doesivt chase me away,
I will walk all over youi- house
and over you and 3^0111- cousin too.

(The cricket went to iind his cousin.
The mountain lion waited for them.
After a while there came a buzz, buzz,
close to his ear.)

Mountain Lion. What is that ?
Cricket. That is my cousin, Mosquito.
Mosquito. Buzz, buzz, buzz ! bite !
Mountain Lion. O! O! Get out of my ear!
Mosquito. Buzz, buzz, buzz ! l)ite !
Mountain Lion. O! What are you doin^i>'?
Mosquito. Buzz, buzz, buzz ! bite !
Mountain Lion. Help ! help !

0 Cricket! Tell your cousin
to go away and leave me.

1 do not like your cousin.

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Cricket. Will you walk on my house ?
Mountain Lion. No, no !

I will not walk on it,

if you will only

tell your cousin

to get out of my ear.
Cricket. Come, Cousin Mosquito. •

The Mountain Lion doesn't want

to stay here any longer.

See him run !

See him jump!

See him scratch his ear!

(The mountain lion ran away
as fast as lie could run.
How he did run !
After that, he didn't walk again
on the little house
where the cricket lived.)

138

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THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED
IN A SHOE

There was an old woman

Who lived in a shoe ;
She had so many children

She didn't know what to do.
She gave them some broth

Without any bread;
She whipped them all soundly

And put them to bed.

139

THE PUDDING

Once upon a time . '

there was a little girl.

She lived with her mother
in a little village by the big woods.

They were very poor.

One day they could find nothing
in the house to eat.

So the little girl went out
into the woods to see
if she could find something there.

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There she saw an old woman.

" Where are you gohig*, little girl ? "
asked the old woman.
"I am looking for something to eat.
My mother and I are so limigr}' ! "
said the little girl.

" Should you like some pudding ? "
asked the woman.

"O, yes, I should!" said the girl.

The woman gave her a little pot.

" I will give you this pot," she said.
" When you want some pudding,
say to it, ' Boil, little pot ! '
The little pot will boil.
It will make pudding for j^ou.
When you have had all you want,
say to it, 'Stop, little pot!'
Then it will stop."

141

"Thank you," said the little girl,
and she took the pot home.

Then she set it down and said,
"Boil, little pot."

The little pot began to boil,
and soon it was full of pudding.

Then she said, " Stop, little pot,"
and the little pot stopped.

When her mother came home,
they had a good supper.
The little girl told her mother
about the pot. They were very glad.

Next day the little girl went out
into the woods again.

Her mother thought she would
be hungry when she came home.
So she set out the little pot
and said, "Boil, little pot!"

142

The little pot Legan to boil.
It boiled and boiled and boiled.
Soon it began to boil over.

The mother did not know
how to make it stoj).

The honse was full of pudding.

The pudding ran out of the door.

It ran all over the ground.

It ran into the next house.

The village was full of it.

But the pot kept on.

At last the little girl came home.

"Stop, little pot," she said.

The little pot stopped.

But the pudding had run
all over the village, and after tliat,
any one who wished to go there had
to eat his way through it.

143

THE TOETOISE WHO LIKED TO TALK

Once there was a tortoise
who Hyed in a pond.

He liked to talk.

How he did talk !

He could not keep his mouth shut.

The geese would sometimes stop
to talk with him,
but they did not stay long.

His talk was too much for them.

Soon the water in the pond
began to dry up.

144

The tortoise saw the geese
and cried out to them,

'' O geese ! This pond is almost dry.
What shall I do?
I can't stay here without water."

"We will carry you to another pond,
but you must keep your mouth shut
a little while," said the geese.
" Can you do it ? "

" How will you carry me ? I can't fly,"
said the tortoise.

"Take this stick in your mouth,"
said the geese.
"Hold fast to it.
We will take the ends of it
in our mouths and fly away."

The tortoise took the stick
in his mouth.

145

The geese took the ends of it
in their mouths.

They flew up, up, up, over the hill.

The tortoise kept fast hold
of the stick.

How he did want to open his mouth !

How he did want to talk!

But he could not.

At last they flew over a yillage.

Some men looked up.

" See ! see ! " they said,
" See the geese with a tortoise ! "

The tortoise could keep
his mouth shut no longer.

" What is that to you ? " he asked.

As he opened his mouth
he lost his hold.

Down he fell to the ground.

140

THE WOLF AND THE CAT

(A wolf was once chased by some dogs.
He ran into a village to find some one
who would keep them away from him.
A cat sat in the door of a house.)

Wolf. O cat ! Avhere shall I go ?

The dogs are after me!
Cat. Come in here.

A good man lives in this house.

He will help you.
Wolf. But I fear he doesn't like me

very much.

I ate up one of his sheep.
Cat. Then run into that red house.

A very good man lives there.
Wolf. Yes, but I took away a kid

from his house the other day.

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Cat. Then go to that big house

over the way.

The man there will help you.
Wolf. But I ran away with his goat.
Cat. That is bad, I must say.

But there is a good man

in that little house on the hill.
Wolf. But I killed his cow.
Cat. What ! You have done harm

to all the village.

Who do you think will help you

now?

(The wolf ran on, and was caught by the dogs.)
148

IF ALL THE WORLD WERE APPLE PIE
If all the world
Were apple pie,

And all the sea were ink,
And all the trees
Were bread and cheese,

What should we Imxe to drink ?

149

THE THREE WISHES

A man and his wife were always
wishing for something.

One night a fairy came to them
and said, "You may have three wishes."

They thought of so many wishes
that they did not know what to do.
So they said they would wait
till the next day, and think of it.

In the morning the woman went
to the next house to get some bread.

She saw a pudding there.

It looked good.

When she came back, she said,

" I wish I had a pudding like that."

She did not think of the wishes,
but there was the pudding beside her.

150

''Silly!" cried the man,
"you have lost one of our wislu^s,
and we liaA^e ordy an old puddin<;-.
I wish it were on your nose."

At that, the pudding jumped up
and grew fast to her nose.

" Silly yourself ! " cried the woman,
" you have lost another wish.
We have only one wish more."

"What shall it be?" asked the man.

"We must wish this pudding off,"
said the woman.
"I can't have it on my nose."

So they wished it would go away,
and away it went.

They had had their three wishes,
but they were no better off
than when the fairy came to them.

151

WHICHEVER WAY THE WIND DOTH BLOW
Whichever way

the wind doth blow,
Some heart is glad

to have it so;
Then blow it east,

or blow it west,
The wind that blows —

that wind is best.

152

WORDS FOR PHONETIC DRILL

Note: For explanation of grouping, and for table of words
arranged by lessons, see Teacher's Outline. Words above the
lines are from Book One; others are from succeedino- books.

1

2

3

4

6

can

fell

Jill

Tom

up

am

yes

hill

not

run

sat

tell

will

on

but

had

men

sit

got

cut

bad

set

it

ox

us

ran

lien
ten

if
in

fox
pot

buzz

cat

sun

at

get

Miss

box

cup

rap

red

him

top

dug

man

leg

did

cob

fun

rat

let

six

hop

puff

lap

well

kid

dot

bug

an

net
bed

bit

pig
till

hog
hot
rod

nut

sad

tub

ax

met

gun

bag

yet

big

doll

rub

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6

7

8

9

10

and

Jack

them

thank

king's

went

with

that

drink

sticks

jump

back

glad

bring

eggs

must

dish

then

think

legs

help

such

from

scratch

bags

can't

pick
catch

when
plum

stick
quick

ends

milk

man's

mend

sang

shut

cluck

hens

kept

sing

this

black

sets

pond

fish

shall

drank

cats

next

much

stop

plant

taps

wind

hung
hush

smell

thresh
slept

banks

west

than

pranks

best

king
ink

spun
skin
flax

splash
did n't

ships

hand

wings

left

bank

thing

frogs

ant

rich

step

which

sings

nest

witch

drop

string

drops

just

hitch

thin

stand

rocks

bend

neck

shop
154

speck

tops

11

12

here

13

home

14

the

17

came

cakes

wake

like

broke

me

takes

make

tive

more

we

times

cake

nine

bone

he

wakes

ate

tire

rope

she

tires

chase

bite

close

be

bones

gave

ripe
time

nose

15

go

ropes

made

shone

bites

race

while

stone

0

homes

dame

wife

hole

woke

drove

no

so

likes

lane

tine
white

names

face

fro

dines

take

life
mine

smoke
spoke

16

is

groves

name

stones

safe

mice

grove

his

tunes

plate

pine

shore

has

drovers

spade

side

froze

wise

holes

same

dine
shine

those
rose

as

lakes

lake

these

shores

snake

tune

rode
155

used

waves

18

19

20

21

22

pail

see

leave

my

goat

wait

seen

sea

by

boat

tails

sheep

beat

tried

road

stay

three

wheat

pie

throat

play

sheep 's

eat

dry

cloak

lay

queen

beats

cried

foam

laid

tree

dear

why

roam

lays

sleep

fear

cry

toad

say

trees

hear

fly

coat

grain

keep

please

pies

soak

way

geese

ear

try

toe

day

cheese

east

dried
sly

hoed

may

queer

speaks

foe

sail

feet
sweet

each
year

lie
thy

23

pain

new

rains

bee

meat

tied

knew

trail

green

leaf

sky

due

gray

seek

speak

died

few

plain

deep

stream

spry

stew

bay

sheet

heat
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spy

dew

24

25

27

28

29

harm

for
corn

all
wall

goose
too

good

far

looks

farm

horn

fall

blue

look

hard

or

saw
gnaw

spoon
moon

took

lark

nor

wool

bark

north

walk

goose's

put

barn

storm

caught

poor

pulled

sharp

26

her
curds

talk

shoot

fiew

threw

full

scar

ball
hall

woods

marks

stood

hark

purr

paw

grew

shook

star

girl

raw
falls

soon

foot

bars

sir

room

book

car

birds

call

moose

cook

harp

first

tall

blew

hook

yards

clerk

taught

true

nook

dark

birch

salt

root

brook

smart

hurt

draw

rude

hood

arm

burn

fraud

choose

])Usll

march

turn

cause
157

broom

wood

30

33

35

37

38

chair

bowl

bow-wow

right

frightened

bare

blow

down

night

played

bear

know

crown

find

burned

scare

knows

now

bind

killed

hare

blows

how
cow

grind
finds

called

fairy

flows

soiled

hair

show

cow's

old

boiled'

31

snow

out

told

helped

fast

34

house

hold

asked

dance

dog
dogs

mouse
found

bread

walked

ask

head

jumped

last

lost

ground

spread

looked

master's

long

our

light

picked

master

longer

mouth

bright

danced

32

stronger

mouths

gold

quenched

was

song

36

cold

chirped

what

off

boy

sold

threshed

want

broth

boil

wild
child
mild

washed

wash

strong
soft

noise

joy

knocked

watch

whipped

158

38

40

41

42

44

dropped

Tinker

morning

carry

water

stopped

waited

tumbling Nanny

Hubbard

wished

Muffet

eating

hungry

Hubbard's

liked

tuffet

looking

very

after

chased

horses

fishing

dirty

alone

39

haycock

pudding

penny

behind

little

ever

wishing

silly

beside

frighten

children
corner

playing
thinking

soundly about

fiddle

ferry

begun

buckle

Horner

saying

empty

away

seven

under

crying

43

asleep

candlesticl

I Espen

hunting

going

thumb

nimble

supper

jumping

story

began

gentlemen

robin

bringing

story 's

almost

kittens

upon

raining

spider

without

mittens

rabbit

falling

over

terrapin

beaten

better

running

open

always

riddle

pumpkin talking

opened

naughty

fallen

cricket

singing

ladies

pudding

apple

wishes

drinking

159

cradle

wliic'liever

SIGHT WORDS

I

were

shoe

shoes

something

to

do

two

early

could n't

you

there

four

tortoise

meadow

mother

whey

eight

village

laughed

where

some

many

she '11

cupboard

are

great

father

surely

Christmas

of

should

bought

any

straight

whose

would

pieces

lives

redbreast

come

again

money

lived

thought

said

one

butcher

greatly

anything

have

your

pussy

sigh

woman

they

where '

s I 've

you 're

nothing

they '11

he's

London

lion

yourself

their

laugh

once

through

mountain

comes

sport

wolf

break

does n't

another

other

could

cousin

mosquito

brother

door

baa

only

sometimes

done

none

meow

world

Bo-Peep

Gotham

give

who

doth

Humpfy

been

into

clothes

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heart

Dumpty