4 I like books. I was born and bred among them and have the easy feeling, when I get in their presence, that a stableboy has among horses. bred eas'y pres'ence Between the dark and the daylight, day'light be gin'ning low'er pause oc cu pa'tions The fruit of the milkweed is a tough pod which holds many dozens of little silky threads. At the end of each thread is a tiny brown seed, which flies away when the pod bursts open. tough silk'y fly flies bursts Draw a line through the silent letters in known, each, thread, easy. 7 Did you ever see a bird picking up grains of wheat in the farmer's field? We eat the same food, but the miller grinds it into flour for us, and finally it is baked into bread. wheat mil'ler grinds flour fi'nal ly 8 Martha went to the kitchen to see whether she could be of any use. Her mother who stood near the table said, "Please put those lemons, oranges, and melons on the shelf near that large pineapple.” Mar'tha kitch'en wheth'er stood pine'ap ple Let us do our duty in our shop, or our kitchen, the market, the street, the office, the home, just as well as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle. du'ty du'ties shop rank THEODORE PARKER. bat'tle When Richard I was king of England, Robin Hood and his merry men lived in the beautiful Sherwood Forest. They dearly loved its hills, its valleys, its flowers, and its carpet of bright green. Rich'ard Eng'land beau'ti ful for'est car'pet 11 These men searched and frightened people passing through the woods, and killed four or five of the king's deer every day. Robin Hood never attacked a woman, and always gave a fair amount of the booty to his men. searched fright'ened at tacked' [wom'an wom'en boo'ty Write a statement about Robin Hood. Write a question about Robin Hood. What mark is placed at the end of the statement? What mark is placed at the end of the question? Without looking in the dictionary, tell what you think the word booty means. 12 Robin Hood was captain of the band. Little John was second in command. Friar Tuck was another one of Robin Hood's men. Maid Marian also lived in the forest, and cheered them all with her sweet music. cap'tain sec'ond com mand' an oth'er cheered As the ruler desired to see Robin Hood whose men did so much mischief, he went to their forest home. The bold highwayman stopped the king's horse and blew three blasts on his horn. In a trice all his men appeared. 14 The king was so pleased with Robin's wit and wisdom that he cried, "It is King Richard who stands before you." Then he invited the entire band to go home with him, and as they departed Robin Hood rode beside the king. ru'ler de sired' mis'chief blasts ap peared' wis'dom cry cried stands in vi'ted de part'ed be side' 15 Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed; - ISAAC WATTS. hush slum'ber an'gels guard heav'en ly 16 Alfred's manners are quite different from those of David. When Alfred meets me on the street, he raises his hat and bows very politely. David passes as though he were ashamed to see me. Alfred man'ners Da'vid bows a shamed' The little girl's mother, who saw her resting on her elbow and looking down the road, knew she could not finish her work that way, so she called to her, "Helen, do not sit there idly dreaming of elves and fairies." road knew i'dly dream'ing elf elves Draw a line through the silent letters in knew, guard, road, fault. |