The Gordon Readers: New series. Primer, [First-fifth reader], Volume 3D.C. Heath & Company, 1917 - Readers |
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Billy Bushtail bite my pig black dog boy to watch Bright Eyes bright morning Bush won't give cakes call the flocks catch cheep cluck cricket cried crowed loud drum eggs FLEET WING Fly away home FRED Goat won't nibble Gray Kitten HARVARD COLLEGE hungry hut of branches Jack Jill kill goat Kitten had milk Kitten saw Let me fly little birdie LITTLE BO PEEP little dream sheep little pig Little red bird Little Robin Redbreast little sparrow Manual meadow milk to drink mother cat Mother Hen nibble bush nibble the bush old cat old woman Pages Perception Chart Phonic Lesson picnic Pig won't jump played at home plum bun Pretty bird Pussy Cat rhymes Rub-a-dub seed sight words sparrow flew stile swing tail Tiny Bill tree watch my flocks White Chick White Kitten white rabbit wolf Words that contain yellow bird
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Page 30 - 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!
Page 37 - Come, little leaves," said the wind one day, " Come o'er the meadows with me, and play ; Put on your dresses of red and gold, — Summer is gone and the days grow cold.
Page 24 - 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 64 - ONCE I saw a little bird Come hop, hop, hop ; So I cried, little bird, Will you stop, stop, stop? And was going to the window To say, how do you do ? But he shook his little tail, And far away he flew.
Page 52 - Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them ; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, Wagging their tails behind them.
Page 50 - Sleep, baby, sleep! Thy father watches his sheep ; Thy mother is shaking the dreamland tree, And down comes a little dream on thee. Sleep, baby, sleep] Sleep, baby, sleep ! The large stars are the sheep, The little stars are the lambs, I guess, And the gentle moon is the shepherdess. Sleep, baby, sleep ! Sleep, baby, sleep!
Page 29 - The other named Jill Fly away Jack, Fly away Jill Come back Jack, Come back Jill 23.
Page 18 - Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree, Up went Pussy cat, and down went he ; Down came Pussy cat, and away Robin ran ; Says little Robin Redbreast,