The Normal Course in Reading, by Emma J. Todd and W.B. Powell: Second Reader, Select Reading and Culture Lessons

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Silver, Burdett & Company, 1895 - 160 pagini

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Pagina 148 - What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day ? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away. Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger. So she rests a little longer, Then she flies away. What does little baby say, In her bed at peep of day ? Baby says, like little birdie, Let me rise and fly away.
Pagina 12 - How many deeds of kindness A little child may do, Although it has so little strength, And little wisdom too? It wants a loving spirit Much more than strength, to prove How many things a child may do For others by its love.
Pagina 104 - A little spring had lost its way amid the grass and fern, A passing stranger scooped a well, where weary men might turn; He walled it in, and hung with care a ladle at the brink; He thought not of the deed he did, but judged that toil might drink. He passed again, and lo! the well, by summers never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues, and saved a life beside.
Pagina 10 - A boy who always told the truth, And never, never told a lie. And when he trotted off to school, The children all about would cry, "There goes the curly-headed boy, The boy that never tells a lie.
Pagina 61 - I cried for her more than a week, dears, But I never could find where she lay. I found my poor little doll, dears, As I played...
Pagina 28 - The twig told it to the branch on which it grew, and the branch told it to the tree. And when the tree heard it, it rustled all over, and' sent back word to the leaf, ' Do not be afraid ; hold on tightly, and you shall not go till you want to.
Pagina 61 - I once had a sweet little doll, dears, The prettiest doll in the world; Her cheeks were so red and so white, dears, And her hair was so charmingly curled. But I lost my poor little doll, dears, As I played in the...
Pagina 157 - DARE TO DO RIGHT Dare to do right! dare to be true! You have a work that no other can do, Do it so bravely, so kindly, so well, Angels will hasten the story to tell.
Pagina 82 - She's somebody's mother, boys, you know, For all she's aged and poor and slow. And I hope some fellow will lend a hand To help my mother, you understand, If ever she's poor and old and gray, When her own dear boy is far away.
Pagina 133 - I love little Pussy, Her coat is so warm ; And if I don't hurt her She'll do me no harm.

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