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the honey I can;" and away went the bee,

buzzing among the flowers.

Then the boy saw a dog.

"Come here, my

pretty dog," he said, "come and have some fun with me."

But the dog said: "I cannot come. I must take care of all the sheep that you see in this field; " and he ran to drive back some lambs that were too near the road.

Then the boy saw a bird picking up a straw from the ground, and he said: "My sweet little bird, will you come and play with me? Will you sing me a pretty song?"

. But the bird said: "No, no, I cannot be idle. I must get straw and sticks, and build my nest. So good morning;" and away it

flew with the straw in its mouth.

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Then the little boy began to think. "I see," said he, "that even the birds, the bees, and the dogs are busy. There is work for all to do, and I must not be idle."

So he ran to school as fast as he could, and never again wished that he might play all the time.

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Which is the wind that brings the cold?
The north wind, Robert; and all the snow;
And the sheep will scamper into the fold
When the north wind begins to blow.

Which is the wind that brings the heat?
The south wind, Lucy; and corn will grow,
And peaches redden for you to eat

When the south wind begins to blow.

Which is the wind that brings the rain?
The east wind, Henry; and farmers know
That cows come shivering up the lane
When the east wind begins to blow.

Which is the wind that brings the flowers?
The west wind, children; and soft and low
The birdies sing in the summer hours

When the west wind begins to blow.

- Adapted from E. C. Stedman.

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Lucy has a pet lamb which her father gave to her. She is very kind to it, and when she goes out to play the lamb is sure to follow her.

She calls the lamb Robin. Is not that a funny name for a little sheep?

The lamb knows its name, and when

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Lucy calls, Robin, Robin, Robin," it will run to her as fast as it can.

One day it went to school with Lucy. When the children went into the schoolhouse, the lamb stayed in the yard to eat grass. When play time came, Lucy took Robin home.

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Once Lucy went away from home with her mother and was gone a long time. While she was away, Robin was put into a field to feed with some other lambs.

When Lucy came home again, almost the first thing that she did was to look for her pet. As she could not find Robin in the yard, she ran to ask her father what had been done with the lamb.

"Robin is in the field at the end of the

lane," he said. And away Lucy ran to the

field.

There were so many lambs and sheep in the field that Lucy could not tell which one was her pet. But when she called, "Robin, Robin," a fine lamb began to jump about, and ran to her.

It was Robin. "How large you have grown," said Lucy. "You are almost as But I am glad to see you,

big as any sheep.

even if you are bigger."

The lamb was glad, too. It ran and played just as when it was smaller, and when Lucy went back to the house it tried to follow her.

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One morning, when we were all busy with our lessons, a bee flew into the schoolroom. Do you wonder why it came in there?

The window was open, and there were some flowers on the teacher's table. The bee wanted to get honey from the flowers. Then the teacher told us how the bees live, and what they do.

On warm, sunny days every bee is at

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