Natural Reading: Primer

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Ginn, 1906 - Readers (Primary) - 104 pages
 

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Page 96 - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again." "That last line is much too long for the poetry," she added, almost out loud, forgetting that Humpty Dumpty would hear her. "Don't stand chattering to yourself like that," Humpty Dumpty said, looking at her for the first time; "but tell me your name and your business.
Page 85 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Page 96 - THERE was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile : He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
Page 78 - If all the seas were one sea, What a great sea that would be ! And if all the trees were one tree, What a great tree that would be ! And if all the axes were one axe, What a great axe that would be...
Page 87 - Hark ! hark ! the dogs do bark, The beggars are coming to town, Some in rags and some in tags, And some in velvet gowns.
Page 77 - Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run; They all ran after the farmer's wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife; Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three blind mice?
Page 86 - Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down. Hickory dickory dock.
Page 62 - 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.
Page 63 - Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And cannot tell where to find them ; Leave them alone, and they will come home. And bring their tails behind them.
Page 51 - Polly, put the kettle on, Polly, put the kettle on; We'll all have tea. Sukey, take it off again, Sukey, take it off again, Sukey, take it off again; They've all gone away.

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