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."
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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.
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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!"
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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 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.
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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.
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sheep asleep horn no cry
Little 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?
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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, and the wind does not blow.
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only every use driver
What does the man say?
He says, "Good sweet apples, only two cents each! Ripe, sweet apples, yellow as gold! Who will buy my apples this warm summer morning?"
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?"
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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 to keep up with the wagon.
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.
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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
[Missing text] bows and arrows to sell.
"How much do you ask for your arrows?" he said.
"[Missing text] 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?
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