Here are all the boys coming up the road.I wonder where they are going to-day.
Each boy has a hook and a line, and one has some light oars.
I think they are going to get into John's new boat and row out on the river.
Can you tell which of these boys is John?
They will get in the boat and row far out on the water.
When they get to a deep place they will try to catch some fish.I wonder if any of the fish will come near the boat.
Little Robin Redbreast has a nest in our garden.
If you listen any time in the day, you can hear him sing.
On warm days he likes to sit in the shade among the green leaves.He can see the busy bees when they fly to the flowers to get honey.
He sees the green apples about him, but he does not like them.He would not eat them if they were ripe and sweet.
At night he can look up from his place in the tree and see the bright stars in the sky.Some times he can see the moon, too, as it shines above him.
Sometimes the Pussy Cat comes under his tree and looks up at him; but she can not get him.
She sits under the tree and wishes that she could catch him.
Do you know why she wants the bird? Do you know what she would do if she could get him?
One day Henry went out to the field behind the garden.He went out to see his father plant corn.
He sat down by a tree and said, "Father, shall I help you work? I have been in the house all day.""Thank you, my little boy," said his father."I want some help very much.What can you do?""I should like to plant some corn.How much will you give me?""I will give you four cents a day if you work well.But now the sun isabout to set, and we must go home."saw made yet float put sail "What is that?" said Rose as she went down the garden walk.She saw Frank at work under the apple tree.
"It is a little boat, Rose," said Frank."What do you think of this boat?" "Oh, I think it is very pretty.Where did you get it, Frank?""I made it, Rose.I made it all.""How glad I am that you made it! Will it float in the water?""I think so.All it wants now is thesail.I will soon put that on." "How I should like to see it sail! Does mother knowthat you havemade it?""Not yet; but I will take it to her as soon as I have put the sail on it.
Then, if she will let us, we will take it down to the river.We will put it in the water and see it float.We will see how fast it can sail."Soon Frank and Rose were on their way to the river.Frank said that if the boat sailed well, he would give it to Rose.
She will let her doll sail in it.
e her were under river water er wind blow feel face "Listen, mother, do you hear that?" "Yes, Henry, it is the wind.
We can hear it blow about the house; but we can not see it.
If you should go out of the house, you could feel it blow in your face." "See how it blows the leaves about! How fast Frank's little boat wouldsail with this wind!"ou out about house how ow summer bloom soft make Do you know when summer comes?
When summer comes the days are warm and bright.Green leaves are on the trees.
Flowers bloom in the woods and in the gardens.
The wind blows soft; the sky is blue; the sun shines brightIn the summer the corn grows tall and green.It is then that the children play in the woods.
I like the summer time very much.
wake sleep long meadow
I wish my baby doll would wake.Wake up, baby! Wake up!
Do not sleep so long.
It is morning, and all good little dolls should be up.Oh, baby, what a care you are!
Will you not wake up?
I do not know of any doll that sleeps so long as you do.
Now jump up, and see what a bright morning it is.See how the sun shines.Wake up, baby!
Do you wish to know where I have been, baby doll? I have been down in the meadow with Frank and Rose.
Shall I tell you what we saw?
Well, we saw birds and bees and green leaves and pretty flowers.Then we went to the river and saw Frank's little boat sail on the water.a care where there esheep asleep horn no cryLittle Boy Blue, Come blow your horn.The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn! Where is the little boy That looks after the sheep? Oh, here he is! Here he is, fast asleep! Will you wake him? No, not I; For if I do, I know he will cry.[Caption to illustration of children playing with beetles.] Fly away, little bird, fly away home! If you are not a little bird, why did you come?
cold turn begin brown over gold What will come when summer is over and gone?
Oh, I can tell you.After the summer is gone, fall will come.When fall comes, the days begin to grow cold.
Then the leaves fall from the trees.
Some of the leaves turn red, some turn brown, and some turn yellow as gold.
In the fall we have ripe apples to eat.The corn is ripe then, too.All the children are glad when fall comes.Do you know why? Play time is over, and school begins.
rain stay grass fresh "I wish, mother, you would tell me where the rain comes from."Does it come from the sky?
"Are the leaves and the flowers and the grass glad when the rain falls on them?"This is what Lucy asked her mother one day.Her mother said:
"The rain makes the grass look green and fresh.It helps the flowers grow.
"The corn which we plant in the field could not grow if there was no rain.""But, mother," said Lucy, "I do not like the rain very well.It makes me stay in the house when I want to go and play.
See how fast it rains! I shall have to stay at home all day."evening west clouds those fadeIt is evening, and the sun is about to set.The day will soon be gone.
Let us sit here on the soft grass and look at the bright clouds in the west.
Do you think there is any rain in those little clouds? Oh, no! Those are not rain clouds.
See how pretty they are!
