Brooks's Readers, Volume 2American Book Company, 1907 - Readers |
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awoke beautiful bells Biddie Widdie birdie bobolinks bright brook cage CLANG clouds Columbus corn cradle cried crow daffodil daisy donkey dream Eugene Field eyes fairy father flew flowers garden girl glad glass leaves gold leaves golden golden harvest grass green Hans Andersen HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN happy heard horses Indian land lark laughed Laura let me fly lion little birds Little Brother little grandmothers little Hiawatha Little Red Riding little tree lived look Lullaby Land morning mother bird mouse nest night Nokomis Pedro peep plant play Red Riding Hood ring ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Rock-a-by Lady rooster sailed sailors sang shining ship silk sing sky is falling sleep song spider star story strong sunshine Susie swing tell the king thought told turkey walked Washington wigwam wind wings wolf woods yellow
Popular passages
Page 104 - WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? Who has seen the wind ? Neither I nor you ; But when the leaves hang trembling The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind ? Neither you nor I ; But when the trees bow down their heads The wind is passing by.
Page 152 - Mudway-aushka!" said the water. Saw the fire-fly, Wah-wah-taysee, Flitting through the dusk of evening, With the twinkle of its candle Lighting up the brakes and bushes, And he sang the song of children, Sang the song Nokomis taught him: "Wah-wah-taysee, little fire-fly, Little, flitting, white-fire insect, Little, dancing, white-fire creature, Light me with your little candle, Ere upon my bed I lay me, Ere in sleep I close my eyelids!
Page 151 - Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis. Dark behind it rose the forest, Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, Rose the firs with cones upon them ; Bright before it beat the water, Beat the clear and sunny water, Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.
Page 153 - Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky, the rainbow, Whispered, "What is that, Nokomis?
Page 63 - ... 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 159 - All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful. The Lord God made them all. Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colors, He made their tiny wings.
Page 13 - What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day ? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away. Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger. So she rests a little longer, Then she flies away. What does little baby say, In her bed at peep of day ? Baby says, like little birdie, Let me rise and fly away.
Page 114 - So, little by little, She brought her leaves out, All clustered about; And then her bright flowers Began to unfold, Till Daffy stood robed In her spring green and gold.
Page 161 - ... called her Little Red Riding Hood. One day her mother said to her, "Come, Little Red Riding Hood...
Page 160 - ... the tall trees in the greenwood, the meadows where we play, the rushes by the water we gather every day; he gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is God Almighty who has made all things well.