第3章 FIRST READER(2)

You may go with me and see me fly my kite.You may take the drum with you.

Are you not glad my father gave it to me? i I like high kite ihow far as jump JohnFrank and John are in the field.They have come here to play.How high can you jump, Frank? Can you jump as high as this?

I can not jump high, John, but I can jump far.See! I can jump as far as to the big apple tree.Now, John, let me see you jump.

j John jump j does her kitten kind Here is May with her kitten.

Her mother gave the kitten to her.She is kind to the pretty kitten.She likes to see it jump and play.See it run with May's ball!

It does not run far with it.

If May can get the ball she will not take it.She will give it to the kitten to play with.k kitten kind like take can call love away Lucy him fast This is little Lucy.

Her home is far away.

She has come to seeFrank and May.All the little girls love Lucy.

They are kind and good to her, and she loves them.Frank will let her ride with him in the big wagon.He will give her the whip, and the horse will go fast.

The horse will go fast and far, but he will not run away.l let little love all will lkeep think morning look many Look, Frank! See my pretty flowers.Mother gave them to me.

She gave them to me this morning.Do you not think they are pretty? How many flowers have I?

Here are three my mother gave me.My father gave me two red ones.How many are three and two?

I will keep the red flower.

I will give all my yellow flowers to Lucy.She will like them.She will take them home with her.

m man many mother me must your four at Good morning, little bird.Good morning, kind Lucy.

How pretty your nest is, little bird! May I look at the little ones in it?

Yes, you may look at them, but you must not take them away.How many birds have you?

Let me see.One, two, three, four.I do not think they are pretty.

They may not be pretty now, but I love them, little girl.n nest not in many ngone on very hisFrank has gone to the field with his kite.He likes to play with it.It is the kite his father gave him.

He will run and the kite will fly.

He can run very fast, and the kite can fly very high.John does not like to run with a kite.

He likes to play on his drum.

He will play on his drum, and Frank will run with his kite.o on gone John dog ooh of rose someOh, mother, come here! See this pretty flower.

I think it is a rose.

Is it not a yellow rose?

Yes, May.It is a yellow rose.If you will come with me,I will give you some red roses.May I have them to keep, mother?

You may keep some of them, but you must give some to Lucy.Oh, yes! I will give her four red roses, and one yellow rose.

I will give her some to take home to her mother, too.Do you like yellow roses, mother?

Yes, May, I think they are very pretty.o oh rosehome four obook said care wasJohn was a good boy this morning.His mother gave him a pretty book.Hewas veryglad.

"Oh, mother," he said, "how kind you are to give me this book! I think it is very pretty.""You must take good care of it," said his mother.

"Yes, mother," said John, "and I will let Lucy and May look at it too.They like to look at pretty books.""The girls will think you are a very kind little boy.They will take good care of your book."oo book look good ooschool soon going new other All the boys and girls are going to school this morning.You can see them as they go.

Little Lucy is not with them.

She has gone to her home, far away.But I see May and some other girls.

John has his new book.Some of the other boys have books, too.I do not see Frank, but I think he will come soon.

oo too school soon do to o found pet took after picture Look at this picture.

It is the picture of my pet kitten.

Do you not think she is a pretty pet?

One morning as I was going to school, I found this kitten.She was by a tree in the woods.

After school I took her home.

"Mother," I said, "see this pretty little kitten.May I keep her as a pet?" Mother said, "You may keep her if you will take good care of her."I am kind to my kitten.

I feed her and she loves me.p pet picture pretty keep pREVIEW.

My mother gave me a new book.

I took it to school one morning, to let the girls see the pictures.Soon after this I found my pet kitten and took her home with me.I like to play with my pet kitten.

I will do as mother says.I will take good care of the kitten.

I love little Lucy.But now she has gone far away to her home.I like to see John run with his kite.

He can run as fast as the other boys, but he can not jump far.

He does not like to look at books and pictures, but he can play on a drum.

REVIEW.

as on soon rose must was now some care at do said her him his how oh all love but keep kite kitten kind look book took does think pet picture other mother father far fast four found after of away many very Lucy John morning gone going your school gave jump thisgoes read tell write well nameThe name of this little girl is Rose.Do you think she looks like a rose? Do you think Rose is a pretty name? Rose goes to school.

She can read and write.

At home, she likes to read to her mother.She likes to look at the pictures, too.

Tell me, Rose, how well you can read.Can you read well in your book?

I think you can write very well.Can you write your name?

r rose read run her your r were so day then be Can you tell me the name of this pretty little bird? It is so little it can not fly very far.

Some of the boys found it in the woods, as they were going to school one day.

It was not in a nest.

Frank said; "I will take the little bird home with me.It will be a good pet."So Frank took it as he said.

He is kind to it and feeds it.but he will not keep it.Some day it can fly well.

Then Frank will let it go.

It will fly away with the other birds.s so some said nice cus our shall learn children their Come, girls let us play with our dolls.We will play school.

Our dolls will be the children.

Our dolls are as good as some children are.

They have their books, and I think, they will learn very fast.Soon we shall see how well they can read.

This doll is not so good as the others.

She does not like to go to school very well.She must sit by me and look at her book.

As soon as she can read well, she may go home and play.She goes to school day after day, but she does not learn.She can not write at all.

She can not tell her name.