Child Classics, Book 2Bobbs-Merrill, 1909 - Readers |
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... took her little crook ,. Determined for to find them ; She found them indeed , but it made her heart bleed , For they'd left their tails behind them . THE GOOSE THAT LAID GOLDEN EGGS BY ESOP A man had a goose that laid a golden egg ...
... took her little crook ,. Determined for to find them ; She found them indeed , but it made her heart bleed , For they'd left their tails behind them . THE GOOSE THAT LAID GOLDEN EGGS BY ESOP A man had a goose that laid a golden egg ...
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... took a nap . When he wakened , the ship was gone . should he do ? No one lived on the island . Sindbad was sure he would die there all alone . He climbed a tall tree and looked about . On one side was the sea . On the other side was the ...
... took a nap . When he wakened , the ship was gone . should he do ? No one lived on the island . Sindbad was sure he would die there all alone . He climbed a tall tree and looked about . On one side was the sea . On the other side was the ...
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... took Sindbad with her . The Roc flew so high that Sindbad could not see the land . Then she came down so fast that he was almost killed . As soon as the Roc stopped , Sindbad untied himself from her leg . The Roc flew away at once . The ...
... took Sindbad with her . The Roc flew so high that Sindbad could not see the land . Then she came down so fast that he was almost killed . As soon as the Roc stopped , Sindbad untied himself from her leg . The Roc flew away at once . The ...
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... took Sindbad to her nest . Then a man came and drove the eagle away . Sindbad asked the man to take all his dia- monds . " No , " said the man , " I will take only That will make me rich . " this one . Then Sindbad went home with the ...
... took Sindbad to her nest . Then a man came and drove the eagle away . Sindbad asked the man to take all his dia- monds . " No , " said the man , " I will take only That will make me rich . " this one . Then Sindbad went home with the ...
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... took his buds in his hands and looked at them . Yes , there were a few red petals . He opened all the buds till the red petals showed . " My pinks are in bloom ! " he shouted . " My pinks are in bloom ! " But when the sun shone on them ...
... took his buds in his hands and looked at them . Yes , there were a few red petals . He opened all the buds till the red petals showed . " My pinks are in bloom ! " he shouted . " My pinks are in bloom ! " But when the sun shone on them ...
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A B C's ALICE BARBER STEPHENS Apollo asked his mother beat dog began birds bite pig brown thrush bubble bugs bull burn stick butcher butterfly Cadmus Caterpillar child Cincinnatus cluck cried dear demons Dog won't bite eggs Europa father Fire won't burn fisherman flew flowers garret gave Good-by goose green HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN happy heard HELEN HUNT JACKSON home to-night horse Huldbrand James Watt Lark Little Bo-Peep little boy little farther little girl Little white Lily looked Middle-Sized Bear morning night old woman Peachling peas Phaeton PHOEBE CARY pine-tree purple jar Pythias quench fire ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON rope Rosamond sailors ship shoes Sindbad sing sleep song soon Stick won't beat stile Stork story sweet tea-kettle tell things Thrush took Topknot tree Undine walked Water won't quench weathercock Wee Robin answered WILLIAM ALLINGHAM wind wish
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Page 136 - Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together ; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather...
Page 22 - THE SWING HOW do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue ? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do ! Up in the air and over the wall, Till I can see so wide, Rivers and trees and cattle and all Over the countryside — Till I look down on the garden green, Down on the roof so brown — Up in the air I go flying again, Up in the air and down ! XXXIV TIME TO RISE A BIRDIE with a yellow bill Hopped upon the window sill, Cocked his shining eye and said : ' Ain't you 'shamed,...
Page 51 - I," said the Sparrow, "With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin." Who saw him die? "I," said the Fly, "With my little eye, I saw him die.
Page 141 - I once had a sweet little doll, dears, The prettiest doll in the world ; Her cheeks were so red and so white, dears, And her hair was so charmingly curled. But I lost my poor little doll, dears, As I played in the...
Page 91 - Little white Lily Droopeth with pain, Waiting and waiting For the wet rain. Little white Lily Holdeth her cup ; Rain is fast falling And filling it up. Little white Lily Said, " Good again, When I am thirsty To have fresh rain. Now I am stronger, Now I am cool : Heat cannot burn me. My veins are so full.
Page 48 - I love you, Mother," said rosy Nell; "I love you better than tongue can tell." Then she teased and pouted full half the day Till her mother rejoiced when she went to play. "I love you, Mother...
Page 19 - Now the day is over, Night is drawing nigh, Shadows of the evening Steal across the sky.
Page 41 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king! The king was in his counting-house, Counting out his money; The queen was in the parlor, Eating bread and honey.
Page 151 - ... ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play. And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep...
Page 33 - So the merry brown thrush sings away in the tree, To you and to me, to you and to me; And he sings all the day, little girl, little boy, "Oh, the world's running over with joy; But long it won't be, Don't you know? don't you see? Unless we are as good as can be!