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Education 1879 The New McGuffey First Reader - Section 5 sun sunflower know Do you know the name of this big yellow flower? What kind of flower is it? Oh, I know. It is a sunflower. Does it look like the sun? It likes the sun. Do you know what sunflowers are good for? Yes, they are good to look at. If you will go to the field on the hill, you may see many of them. They are not sweet flowers, like your violets and some others. If you will give me one of your pretty roses, you may have all the sunflowers I can find. I like roses and sweet violets. I like to see big, yellow sunflowers, too; but I do not care to take them home with me. Do you? y you yes yellow y ________________ try from for about Come here, Henry, and sit by me at the table. Your mother has gone out to buy a new book for you. She says you must learn to read. I am sure you will try to learn. Then you can read about the pretty birds, and the tall sunflowers, and good children at school. Soon you may take your book to school. See this picture, Henry. It is a picture of a little bird. I think it is a yellow bird. The bird has a pretty nest in the woods. Would you not like to see the little ones in it? By and by, they will come out and try to fly. Very soon you may see them as they fly from bush to bush. y by try fly my buy y ________________ WRITING LESSON. I have a book. ________________ bee busy buzz sing work We fly about from flower to flower. We sing as we work. Would you like to know what we sing? We sing, "Buzz, buzz." You will say, "What a funny way to sing!" But we do not care what you say. We are too busy to think about it. You must not keep us from our work. What is as busy as a bee? All day it sings as it works, "Buzz, buzz, buzz!" How doth the
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G ________________ when warm walk these One morning when the sun was warm these children went out to take a walk. Do you know who they are? I see May and Rose and little Lucy. There are two other girls with them, but I do not know their names. They took a little wagon with them, and went up the hill. They went to the field on the hill to find some violets. They found some sunflowers in the field, but violets do not grow there. They saw a wild rose, but a busy bee was on it. "Now," said Lucy, "let us go to the well and see if it has water in it." "Yes," said one of the other girls, "the sun is too hot here. But if we go to the well, you must take care not to fall in." "Oh, I will not fall in," said Lucy. "I will look at the water far down in the well; but I will not fall." The girls will go home when the sun goes down. a warm walk water fall a ________________ star garden sky time could I see you, little star. Do you see me? I am in the garden. My name is Lucy. I see you far up in the sky. How very high you are! If you will look down, you can see me. You can see the flowers, too. If you would come in the day time, you could see all the children. You could see us going to school. But it is time for me to go in now. Take care, little star, and do not fall a star far garden are a ________________ green that shade thank plant
They grow in the shade. Rose found three little yellow flowers. They are not so pretty as the violets. "I think that all wild flowers are pretty," said Rose. "Well, then'" said Frank, "you may have these violets that I found. In June I will find you some roses." ________________ been help done corn behind These boys have been in the field all the morning. What do you think they do in the field? They do not go out there to play. They go to the field to work. They help their father plant corn. They are now on their way home. One of the boys rides on the horse. The other two walk behind. Do you think that these boys like to work? They will like to play when their work is done. Do you know what corn is? Would you like to see how it grows in the field? This is the way it looks. It is very green and pretty. It grows to be as tall as a tall man. Do you know what corn is good for? th these they there their father ________________ much went each cents more to-day Would you like to buy some apples to-day? I have some very good ones here. How much do you want for your apples, Frank? I will sell you the green ones for three cents each. But I must have more for these yellow ones. They are sweet apples. I think I must have four cents each for these. Oh, Frank! You want too much for your apples. We can not buy them to-day. We can not give so much. Well, then, children, I will tell you what I will do. I will give you as many apples as you want. Thank you, Frank. You are very kind. Will you give one of your sweet apples to each of us? Yes, here are three apples for each of you; and I have four to take home to mother. Can you tell how many apples Frank has? Is he not a good, kind boy to give all his apples away? ch each much children ch ________________ where way which why or Come, Henry, let us take a walk this warm morning. Where would you like to go? Shall we go to the green woods? Or shall we go down to the field and help the boys plant corn? Tell me which way we shall go. Oh, let us go out where the wild flowers grow. Then we can see the birds in the trees, and the bees at their work. Why do the bees fly from flower to flower? Do they like to work when the sun is warm? Tell me why the bees are so busy all the day. I will tell you all about them when we have found one at work. But come now, let us walk out to the green woods. wh when where which why wh ________________ set shines moon bright light night These four children have gone out to see the sun set. The sun is high in the sky now. By and by it will set behind the hills. The sun shines in the day time. It helps to keep us warm. It gives us light. When it goes down we have night. Then the stars come out and shine. The moon shines at night, too. But it is not so bright as the sun. On some nights the moon does not shine at all. Do you like to see the moon? Yes, I like to see it. I like to see its pretty light. We can look at the moon; but we can not look at the sun. It is too bright for us to look at. ight night bright light ight ________________ leaves should ripe eat wish Let us sit here in the shade under our old apple tree. You can look up and see the green leaves and the little green apples. I should like to have one of the apples. I wish you would get it for me, Frank. Why do you want it? It is not ripe. All the apples on the tree are green, and you must not eat them. Do you see how little they are? But the bright sun will shine on them day after day. They will grow and grow; and after a time they will be ripe, and yellow, and good to eat. Then we will come and sit here in the shade, and you may have as many apples as you can eat. sh shine shade should wish sh ________________ This is what Henry can write: My name is Henry. Can you write your name? ________________ listen hear wonder honey shut into Come here, Lucy, and listen. What do you hear in this flower? Oh, mother! I hear a bee. It goes buzz, buzz, buzz! I wonder how it came to be shut up in the flower? It went into the flower for some honey, and then the flower shut it in. Shall we let it out, Lucy? Oh yes, mother; then it can go to the other flowers and get honey. o some other wonder honey does o ________________ Little Robin
Redbreast ________________ river fish line hook near One warm day in June, Frank's father said to him: "Frank, I think I will go down to the river and catch some fish." "Oh, father," said Frank, "I wish I could go too. Will you let me go and help you?" "Yes, Frank. Run and; get your hook and line." "Thank you, father, I am so glad that I may go." Here is Frank at the river, with his hook and line. How bright the sun shines on the water! I wonder where all the fish have gone. Frank can not see them. The fish are far down in the water. Frank has let
his hook down, and he wishes that a big fish would But the fish do not wish him to catch them to-day. They will not come near the hook. ________________ blue place above among any saying What a bright day this is! The sky is as blue as it can be. Lucy and her mother are in the woods. They have found a good place under a green tree. They sit in the shade of the tree and listen to the birds that are singing above them. Robin Redbreast is in the tree. Lucy sees him as he jumps about among the leaves. By and by he will fly away to his nest. Lucy wonders where it is. ________________ boat oar row deep sometimes road house John has a new boat. His father gave it to him. It is blue, with a bright red line near the water. He keeps it in the river, not far from the road. He has some good oars, too. He keeps the oars at the house. His home is near the river. He likes to row up and down the river in his boat. Sometimes little May goes out in the boat with him. The water is not deep, and the children will not fall out of the boat. They like to row here and there on the river. John takes the
oars, and May sits in her place and tells him where Sometimes each takes an oar. Then the boat goes very fast. John has a hook and line. But when May is with him he does not try to catch any fish. Shall I tell you why? He knows that May does not like to see a fish on a hook. oa oars boat road oa ________________ REVIEW. 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 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 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 "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 is about 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 the sail. I will soon put that on." "How I should like to see it sail! Does mother know that you have made 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 would sail with this wind!" ou out about house how ow ________________ 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 bright In 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 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 e ________________ sheep asleep horn no cry Little Boy Blue, ________________ 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 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 fade It 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! Some of the clouds are red, and some are as yellow as gold. It is the light of the sun that makes them look so bright. Soon they will all fade away in the blue sky. Soon it will be night, and the moon and stars will shine for us. a fast ask grass a ________________ ship sea beach sand live shells Here are four little girls who live near the sea. They have gone down to the beach with their father. They like to play in the sand. Sometimes their mother goes with them, and they stay there all day. They like to look at the ships as they sail far away on the blue sea. Do you think you would like to sail far away on a ship? Sometimes these little girls find pretty shells in the sand. I think all
children like to play on the beach when the sun is warm, ________________ only every use driver What does the man say? He says, "Good
sweet apples, only two cents each! Ripe, sweet You can hear him as he goes down the road. "Who wants to buy a nice red apple?" The apples are in the wagon. The man walks in the road, behind the wagon, and tells every one that he has apples to sell. His little dog rides in the wagon and looks at the horse. Is he not a funny driver? The horse does not go very fast. He knows that his driver can not use a whip.. "Oh, who wants to buy some good apples this bright summer morning?" ________________ just hand told town brother Do you know these three boys? The tall boy in the wagon is Frank Brown. The little boy is Henry. He is Frank's brother. The boy on the horse is John Day. See how well he can ride! Frank is a good driver. He sits in the wagon, and the horse goes just as he is told. Frank has a whip in his hand, but he does not use it. Henry's little
dog runs behind. Sometimes he has to run very fast Do you know where the boys are going? I think they are going to town. I wonder what they will buy in town. Henry says he will buy a book with pretty pictures in it. He can not read very well, but he likes to look at books. John wants to ride down to the river and look at the boats. He would buy a new boat if he could. But he has only one cent, and what can he buy with that? Frank says they will not stay in town long. They must go home very soon.
happy often ask bow arrow Robert The name of this little boy is Robert. He is a busy boy. He lives in a big town, and he does not often see the fields and the green woods. Yet he is just as happy as Frank and John and little Henry. He lives in a tall house not far from the river. In the summer time he can see the ships as they sail up the river. His father has a boat, and sometimes Robert goes sailing in it. One day Robert
saw a man with bows and arrows to sell. "Three cents each," said the man. "Would you like to buy one?" Robert did not buy an arrow. He went home and made one that was just as good. Do you think he can use it? ________________ What does the
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________________ winter north ice snow brings short shiver When winter comes, the days are short and the nights are long. Then the cold north wind blows over the fields and woods. It blows over the meadow and the river and the high hills. It brings snow and ice. It makes our hands and faces cold. We do not like the north wind. All children are happy when winter comes. They like to see the snow. They like to play on the ice. They do not care if the north wind does make them shiver. Those who are dressed warm do not feel the cold very much. Sometimes the snow is so deep they can not go to school. In the evening, they sit in the warm house and read and play. ________________ room window white story show It is very cold to day, but the snow is not deep. All the boys and girls are at school. The school room is warm and bright, and the children are happy. You can see them at their places in the school room. They look out
of the window and see the snow falling. How soft and The teacher has been showing the children some pictures in her new book. Now she is telling them a story that is found in it. The children look and listen. They do not think how cold it is out of doors. go ing com
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call things Can you tell what time it is? Look at the clock, and then tell me. The clock has a round face. It has two hands. We call the long hand the minute hand, for it tells the minutes. We call the short hand the hour hand, for it tells the hours. How many hours are there in a day? How many minutes in an hour? If you listen, you can hear what the clock says. Tick, tack, tick, tack. Our clock at school tells us many things. It tells us when to work and when to play. ________________ SONG OF THE
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