Choice Literature ... for Primary Grades, Book 1American Book Company, 1898 - Readers (Elementary) |
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Æsop asked beanstalk Beast Beauty began begged better birds Bluebeard captain child CHOICE LITERATURE Cinderella coach cottage cried daughters dear Dick door dressed drink Duck Duckling fairy fast father fell Fitzwarren Flax flew flowers garden garret gave giant girl glass slippers godmother gold Grandma grew HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN happy heard Jack kind king's lamb Little Bo-peep little Daisy Little Jack Horner little Mice little pig little red hood Little Red Riding lived looked married merchant mother MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES Mouse night old woman once palace Pat-a-cake pieman poor prettiest pretty princess Red Riding Hood replied Robert Collyer Simple Simon sisters sleep Solomon Grundy soon stood story supper tell things thought told Tommy Green took ugly Whittington wife wind wished
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Page 14 - THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW he north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor Robin do then, Poor thing? He'll sit in a barn, And keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing.
Page 24 - Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went, The lamb was sure to go.
Page 18 - 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.
Page 23 - 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!
Page 22 - Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them.
Page 18 - THERE was a little girl, who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead, And when she was good, she was very, very good, But when she was bad she was horrid.
Page 25 - He followed her to school one day — That was against the rule. It made the children laugh and play To see a lamb at school.
Page 20 - BE you to others kind and true, As you'd have others be to you; And neither do nor say to men Whate'er you would not take again.
Page 21 - There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise ; He jumped into a bramble bush, And scratched out both his eyes. And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main, He jumped into another bush, And scratched them in again.
Page 17 - A SWARM of bees in May Is worth a load of hay; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly.