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Lesson:

Henry Black and Ned Bell live near our house. They go to school, and I see them go by each day with their books and slates.

Miss May tells the girls and boys that they should be at the schoolhouse when the bell rings. So Henry walks fast, and is first at school. He is a good boy, and wants to keep the rule of the school.

Ned is not a good boy. I do not think he likes to go to school or to church.

I saw him try to kill a quail with a stone. The quail is too quick a bird for that, and Ned did not hurt it; but I know that a good child would not try to kill a bird.

There is a baby at Ned’s house. Her name is Kate. Ned is not a good boy, but he loves Kate, and I do not think he would hurt her.

Lesson:

Is not this a dear baby in the crib?

Her name is Kate, and she has big, blue eyes. You can not see her eyes, for they are shut.

Kate is a good baby; but she will cry if she is hurt, or if she is not well.

Bess likes to sit near the baby, and to rock her in the crib.

Letter Sounds:

• qu

Words:

• quail
• quick
• seen
• me
• oh
• kill
• eat
• first
• know
• Henry

Lesson:

‘John! come here. Be quick, and tell me what kind of bird this is.’

‘Do you not know, Henry?’

‘Oh, no! what is it?’ ‘It is a quail.’

‘It is the first quail I have seen. Is it good to eat?’

‘Yes; but I should not like to kill it.’

Lesson:

What kind of house is this?

Do you think it is a schoolhouse, or a church?

It looks like a church, but I think it is a schoolhouse.

I see the boys and girls with their books and slates.

When the bell rings, they will go in.

A good child likes to go to school.

Letter Sounds:

• u

Lesson:

The girls and boys all love Miss May; she is so kind to them.

Miss May tells them there is a rule that she wants them to keep.

It is, ‘Do to each one as you would like each one to do to you.’

This is a good rule, and all boys and girls should keep it.

Lesson:

Bess, do you hear a noise?

Yes, Tom; what is it?

It is the mill by our house; logs are cut there.

How do they cut the logs, Tom,-with an ax?

Not with an ax, Bess; it is too hard work; they cut them with a saw.

May we not go and see the mill at work, Tom?

Yes, I think so. The air is cool, and we can walk in the shade.

We should go soon, Bess, or the pile of wood will be gone.

Our two goats and the cart are here, Tom; we can ride to the mill.

It is not up hill, and the goats can pull us fast.

Letter Sounds:

• z

Words:

• blaze
• put
• yet
• house
• fire
• roof
• call
• ring
• we

Lesson:

This house is on fire.
Look! the roof is in a blaze.
Run, boys, and ring the bell. Call some men to put out the fire.
We may yet save the house, if we work hard.

The Goats Love Bess

Letter Sounds:

• u

Words:

• pull
• cart
• goats
• Bess
• up
• ride
• hill

Lesson:

Bess has a cart and two goats.

She likes to ride in her cart.

See how the goats pull!

Bess is so big, I think she should walk up the hill.

The goats love Bess, for she feeds them, and is kind to them.