Part 3
Some nights this fairy creeps into the tall white lily. There she clings through the night. She holds on very fast. She does not feel the cold wind. Other nights she rests in a red rose. She is buried out of sight. There she waits for the morning. She hears the voice of the wind. The wind blows among the flowers. It rocks the fairy’s flower cradle. The stars shine down on her. She drops asleep. She sleeps all the long night. What a wonderful fairy she is! What name do we call her?
Can you tell me? Yes, that is right. It is fairy butterfly.
Sleep, little fairy, sleep and rest, Of all the flowers, Rose loves you best.
(sh one) (d own) (s ee) st one g own gr ee n
THE WHITE LILY
A tall white lily grew in a beautiful garden. Her home was near the old stone wall. Her gown was white and shining green. May cared for Lily. She kept the ground soft.
Lily seemed to know that May loved her. She lifted her head and smiled at the girl. One day the sun shone. O how warm it grew! Lily could not lift up her head. “Dear rain,” she cried. “Do come to the garden. We want you. Come, kind friend. Come before all the sweet flowers wither.” The rain heard Lily’s call.
“I am coming,” he cried. “Lift up your head. I will be with you soon, dear Lily.” The bright raindrops fell to the ground. Faster and faster and faster they came. A soft wind blew. Lily lifted her cup. The rain filled it. How glad she was! “Thank you, dear rain,” she said. “Now I am happy again. My gown looks new. How kind you are!”
(lea ves) (k ept) (b ig) (h ung) lea f sl ept tw ig cl ung cat er pil lar o pen ed
THE CATERPILLAR
A caterpillar rested on a lily leaf. He lay there very still. He was very big and very green. “Go away,” cried the lily, “go away! I do not like caterpillars.” “I am so tired,” said the caterpillar. “I can not go away. Let me rest. I am so sleepy. Do let me stay. I will be very still.”
“No! No! Go away,” said the lily. “You must go away. You may not stay. I will not have you.” The caterpillar fell from the lily leaf. In his fall he kept hold of a little twig. There he clung fast. He was tired, so very tired. He spun a little coat around him. Then he fell asleep. All winter he slept there soundly. In the spring the bright sun shone warm. Its rays fell on the caterpillar’s coat.
The caterpillar’s coat opened. And what do you think came out? A caterpillar? No! No! No! A wonderful thing! A beautiful butterfly! What shining, bright wings! How it flew among the flowers! It came flying to the lily. The lily said, “Come, beautiful butterfly, come to my sweet blossoms! Rest on me—I love you, butterfly! You are so bright and beautiful!”
But the butterfly answered, “When I was a caterpillar, you did not want me. You would not let me rest on you then. You said you did not like caterpillars. You would not let me stay. Now I will not stay with you. I will go to the red rose. Good-by, lily; you are fair but cold.”
(h im) grass (f air) d im pled h air
THE DANDELION
O dandelion yellow as gold, What do you do all day?
I just wait here in the tall green grass Till the children come to play.
O dandelion yellow as gold, What do you do all night?
I wait and wait till the cool dews fall And my hair grows long and white.
And what do you do when your hair is white And the children come to play?
They take me up in their dimpled hands And blow my hair away.
or chard fields (over) car ry weath er vis it cl over hive gath er snug buzz store
THE BEE
“Buzz, buzz,” said the bee, “I have much work to do, The garden and orchard I must search through and through.
I must visit the meadows And fields of red clover, And search them for honey Over and over.
To the hive I must carry My honey with care, And store it away While the weather is fair.
For soon will come winter, The ice and the snow, And round our snug bee-hive The cold winds will blow.
Buzz, buzz, little children, Keep out of my way; I must gather and store All I can this bright day.”
(h eat) (work) (st ore) eat work er m ore
THE BUSY BEE
Hear the bee. “Buzz, buzz,” he says. “Keep out of my way! I can’t stop for you.” He is a busy worker. When the weather is fair he is busy all day. He flies through garden and orchard. He visits all the sweet flowers. He is searching for honey. All little flowers are glad to have him come to them. The red clover has more honey than many other flowers. So the bee and the clover are friends. The bee gathers honey from all the sweet flowers. He gathers all he can carry. Then he flies away. Over the fields he goes to his hive. There he stores his honey with care. He knows the cold winter is coming. Then he can gather no honey. There will be no flowers in the fields. The cold winter winds will blow.
Snow will cover fields and flowers. But the little bee will be happy. He will be safe in his snug hive. There he will keep snug and warm. Now he can eat his store of honey. He can eat all he wants. He will be glad he worked in summer. He will be glad of his snug warm hive. He can sleep and rest waiting for another summer. When it comes he will be busy again.
WHY THE CLOVER IS SWEET
A little fairy flew to a daisy. “Dear Daisy,” she said, “will you give me some honey?” “No, go away,” said the daisy. The fairy flew away to a rose. “Beautiful Rose,” she said, “will you give me some honey?” “You may have just a little,” answered the rose. “Thank you,” said the fairy. “I do not care for your honey.” Away she flew to the clover. “Little Clover,” she said, “will you give me some honey?”
“Indeed I will, dear Fairy. Take all that you want.” “Thank you,” said the fairy. “Now I will be kind to you. Hereafter you will have more honey than any other flower.” And from that day, the clover has been sweet with honey.
VOCABULARY
Most of the words used in the Aldine Primer are used frequently in this First Reader. The Primer words are not listed in this vocabulary, however; here are given only the words used for the first time in this book.
The number at the left of a word refers to the page on which the story begins in which that word is first used. New words are listed in the text immediately before or after the lesson in which they are used; they are listed after the lesson when they occur in rhymes to be memorized (see Teacher’s Manual), before the lesson in all other cases. Words of series that have already been studied (see Teacher’s Manual) are not usually listed in the text, but are given in this vocabulary.
A
26. all
98. almost
40. alone
68. along
88. always
125. among
115. another
88. answered
75. apple
15. as
91. asked
B
55. babies
17. baby
34. back
115. ball
15. be
75. beautiful
88. because
100. bed
140. bee
52. been
102. before
122. behind
97. bell
6. best
98. big
18. birdies
72. blast
30. blew
75. blossom
111. book
11. bough
98. bounding
58. bread
26. break
11. breakfast
62. bright
68. brother
106. brought
80. bud
121. buried
85. busy
18. but
123. butterfly
140. buzz
58. by
C
115. call
52. called
came
111. candy
43. care
140. carry
134. caterpillar
115. children
100. chimney
Christmas
68. clear
127. cling
55. close
102. cloud
140. clover
134. clung
115. coat
30. could
40. crack
26. cradle
121. creep
102. crept
123. cried
111. cries
110. crowned
111. cry
cup
D
75. daisy
88. dandelion
122. dark
85. darting
6. dear
115. deep
138. dew
66. did
138. dimpled
47. do
106. doll
75. done
25. doth
26. down
98. draw
121. drop
E
25. east
142. eat
15. egg
55. eye
F
75. fair
fairest
122. fairy
26. fall
100. far
130. fed
11. feed
111. feel
75. feet
134. fell
82. felt
140. field
102. filled
fire
30. flew
38. flies
21. flower
111. follow
47. found
91. friend
85. full
115. fun
G
75. garden
140. gather
58. gave
11. get
138. gold
88. gone
82. good-by
138. grass
130. green
30. grew
21. grow
H
52. had
138. hair
hand
91. happy
98. hark
58. has
68. hat
25. have
125. head
80. hear
91. heard
25. heart
38. her
14. here
102. hid
33. hide
15. high
115. hill
97. his
140. hive
102. hold
123. honey
106. hood
100. house
26. how
102. hung
98. hush
I
97. ice
82. indeed
J
97. just
K
140. keep
102. kept
106. kind
66. kite
47. know
L
88. land
43. last
121. lay
134. leaf
28. leaves
38. let
125. lift
62. light
15. like
75. lilie
lily
97. listen
88. live
52. longed
38. longer
72. loud
6. love
122. low
M
18. made
111. make
95. man
80. many
115. may
82. melting
62. might
111. mind
88. moon
142. more
38. mother
85. music
33. must
N
127. name
80. near
106. nice
62. night
34. no
82. none
21. not
O
138. O
15. oak
111. obey
115. off
15. old
28. one
134. opened
140. orchard
106. ought
our
34. out
121. outside
P
6. place
85. plain
121. plant
47. pussy
115. put
Q
106. quick
91. quietly
R
40. ran
102. ray
127. red
11. redbreast
97. reindeer
17. rest
62. right
97. ringing
11. robin
17. rock
rock-a-bye
75. rose
98. rushing
S
15. safe
17. safely
28. said
97. Santa Claus
30. saw
123. searching
121. seed
43. seek
68. seem
43. shade
38. she
55. shining
127. shone
55. should
106. shout
58. side
68. sight
15. sky
106. sled
97. sleigh
138. slept
115. slide
111. smile
140. snug
17. so
115. sometimes
18. soon
82. sound
134. spun
55. star
34. stay
115. steep
102. still
stocking
130. stone
33. stop
140. store
127. story
66. string
38. stronger
34. summer
82. sun
85. sunshine
26. sway
47. sweet
T
138. take
3. tail
58. thank
25. that
26. their
34. them
21. then
82. these
127. thin
97. thing
47. think
this
3. three
55. through
115. throw
62. tight
38. till
58. time
15. tiny
115. tip
52. tired.
122. ’tis
66. Tom
14. too
18. top
tree-top
134. twig
122. ’twill
30. two
U
97. us
V
47. very
violet
140. visit
121. voice
W
127. wait
75. wall
80. warm
50. was
25. way
21. we
140. weather
47. well
66. went
30. were
25. west
whichever
75. white
40. why
11. will
47. willow
38. wing
40. winter
122. wither
121. wonderful
85. woodland
125. work
142. worker
100. world
82. would
Y
85. year
103. yet
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.