The New McGuffey First Reader - W. H. McGuffey (nonfiction book recommendations TXT) 📗

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

not take it.

She will give it to the kitten to

play with.

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all love away Lucy him fast

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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keep think morning look many

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 of rose some

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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school soon going new other

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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found pet took after picture

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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REVIEW.

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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REVIEW.

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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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were so day then be

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.

WRITING LESSON.

This is my little doll.

Her name is Lucy.

Do you thik she is pretty?

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tall Henry am table what

"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 buy who

Violets sweet, violets sweet!

Who will buy my violets sweet?

Violets sweet, violets sweet!

I will buy your violets sweet.

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.

REVIEW.

One day Henry took a pail with

him and went up the hill.

Do you think he went to get a pail

of water? I do not think so.

He went to find violets and wild

flowers in the woods.

After a little he came down; but

he would not let me look in