Part 2

Ring, ring! Sing, sing! Here come the flowers to town. I have some blue flowers. I have a red, red rose. How pretty they are! Do you know where the flowers grow? Oh, yes, yes! We know. Come with us and we will show you. Show me where the roses grow. Show me where to find blue flowers. Go down by the brook. Go and look, look, look. You will find a white lily. It is as white as snow.

We found yellow flowers on the ground. We found some roses on the wall. You may find as many. Go and look. Ring, ring! Sing, sing! Here come the flowers to town.

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Where are you going, Marian? Are you going far? I am taking a walk. Will you not come with me? Oh, yes, Marian. I like to walk. Where shall we go? Let us look for some flowers. I know where they grow.

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I see some roses now. Shall I run and get them? Some roses are white, some are red. I like this red rose best. Now we will go down by the brook. We will find white flowers there. I found a white lily there one day. It was white as milk. It was white as snow. Some flowers grow under the snow. How cold they must be! Sing, sing, lily bells ring! Here are yellow, red, and blue flowers. Which do you like best? I like the blue flowers best. I will give them to you.

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Look, look! Look there, brother! See the pretty little birds, We do not call them birds, Marian. They are little chickens. See them run about on the ground. Have they no wings? Can't they fly? Chickens have wings, but they don't fly.

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Let us call the little chickens to us. Chick, chick, chick, chick! Come here, little chickens, come to me. I have something for you. Come and get it. See all the chickens run. They know that you have something. They think you will give it to them. Some of my chickens are white. Some are black, and some are yellow. Which do you like best? I can not tell. I like them all. How many chickens have you? I can't tell how many. They run about so I can't count them. Can you count them, Marian?

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Oh, Ned, the rain is not falling now. I think we may go and play. The clouds are going away. I think the sun will shine soon. Let us go out and see. Yes, there is the sun in the blue sky. It will drive the rain clouds away. Now I can fly my kite.

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See how the sun shines. It drives the black clouds far away. What a pretty sight it is! It shines on the trees and flowers. It shines for the birds and the brook. How bright it is! How high it is! It is high in the sky. My kite can not fly so high. The sun gives us light. It shines all day. By and by it will go down. Then day will go and night will come. We can not see the sun at night. Where shall we go then, Ned? We shall go home to mother. I think we shall go to Shut Eye Town.

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What is this? Do you know? It is an owl. The owl is a bird. See its big eyes. It sits high up in the old tree. It sits there all day. It likes to fly at night. It can not see in the bright light. Do you know what the owl says? It says, Who! who! who!

REVIEW

Where do pretty flowers grow? What is as white as snow? Where can the baby go? Who says "Ho! ho!" to our dog Jo? Tell me something that you know. What can little kittens do? What bird is it that says Who! who? Can one boy play as well as two? Where can red roses be found? Does a bird make its nest on the ground? Name something bright and round. Who is going to Shut Eye Town? How many chickens can you count? What bird can fly about at night? What shines bright and gives us light? Tell me what you do at school.

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One day Ned went down to the brook. No one went with him. The sky was blue. No cloud was in sight. The sun was shining bright. It was a fine day. Why did Ned go to the brook? Did he go to get some flowers? I think not. I will tell you all about it. His mother said to him: "Where are you going, Ned?" "I am going to the brook," said Ned. "What are you going to do there?" "Oh, I am going to catch some fish. I will catch some for you, mother." "Oh, Ned, do not catch all the fish."

Well, Ned, how many fish did you catch? Guess how many, Grace. Let me think. Did you catch ten? Oh, no, not so many as that. Did you catch five fish for mother? Oh, no, not so many as that. Well, then, did you catch one fish for sister? Oh, no, not so many as that.

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Oh, Marian, let us play house. Here we are at home. What a fine, big room we have! This is the door, and this is the table. The big box will do for a table. The little box will do for a chair. We must have two chairs, Grace. I will go and get mother's chair. The round box is the baby's cradle. But the baby can not sit in it. It is too little. Here are the chairs. Come, now, sit down by the table. The baby may sit here by me. What is that, Grace? I hear the door bell. I think some one is at the door. Come in! Come in! Good morning, Ned. Come in and see our fine house.

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Oh, mother, do come here! Here is a big fly. It is in this yellow flower. That is not a fly. It is a bee. It gets honey from the flower. Oh, I like honey. Don't you, mother? See how busy the bee is. It is busy all the day.

A BUSY TIME

We are all busy this morning. The boys are playing. The girls are reading. The flowers are growing. The rabbits are jumping. The birds are singing. I am thinking of something. Father is going to town. Mother is counting her chickens. Brother is ringing the bell. Sister is walking to school. Baby is sleeping at home. The sun is shining. The horses are running. Ned is making a wagon for me. We are all having a good time.

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What do you think I have, Grace? I have brought you something. Can you guess what it is? I do not know what it is, Marian. Let me think. I will guess three times. Is it a red rose? Is it a yellow kitten? Is it something you have bought for me?

Yes, Grace, I bought it in town for you. I think you will like it. But you must guess what it is. Is it a book? Is it a picture? Yes, Grace, it is a picture. See! I bought it for you. Don't you think it is pretty? Oh, I thought it was a picture. It is a picture of a bird and a nest. Yes, it is a picture of a robin. The robin is by its nest. The nest is high in a big tree. There are four eggs in the nest. The eggs are blue. They are as blue as the sky. This is a pretty picture, Marian. I am glad you brought it to me.

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Robert has some pretty blocks. His father brought them from town. He can build a house with the blocks. The house will have doors and windows. The little girl is Robert's sister. "You may build a train of cars," he says. Do you see the train she made?

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We have a new clock at our house. Father bought it for Grace and me. It is by the window in my room. Do you know what a clock does? It tells the time of day. It talks to us. What does the pretty clock say? It says, "Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock." In the morning it says, "Get up, get up." At night it says, "Bed time, bed time."

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THE COW

Here is our old cow in the brook. Why does she stand in the water? She drinks the water from the brook. The cow gives milk for us. She eats the grass by the brook. She walks under the trees. She sees many red and yellow flowers. She hears the wind roar in the tree tops. She hears the robin sing. Come here, old cow. Why do you stand in the brook? Why do you walk in the grass? The cow will not tell me. She looks at me. She does not talk.

When the sun sets the cows come home. Why do they come home at night? I think Ned will drive them home.

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THE RAIN

See, Ned. See the rain. It rains and rains. Who has an umbrella? "I have," said the robin; And he sat under a leaf. "I have," said the bee; And it went into a flower. "I have," said the little yellow chicken; And it ran under its mother's wing. "I have," said the cow; And she stood under a tree. "Who cares for an umbrella," said Ned; And he ran in the rain.

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Well, Ned, where are you going now? Are you going to school? Yes, sir, I go to school at nine o'clock. I go to school every day. What do you do at school? Tell me all the things you do. We read and we write. We look at the pretty pictures. We sing about the flowers. Is that all you do, Ned? Oh, no, no. It is not all. I can't tell you everything we do. Every day we play a little. Every day we read something new. At three o'clock we go home.

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THE BROOK

Here we are at the brook again. See how fast the water runs. Stand still and hear the brook sing. I hear it, I hear it. What does it say when it sings? It says: I am a little brook. I run, and I sing as I run. I give water to the trees and the grass. I give water to the pretty white lily. The cows come to see me. I give them water to drink. The robins sing to me every morning. The flowers love me. Why do you run all the time, little brook? Where are you going this fine day? I am running to the sea. I run, and still I am always here. Boys and girls like to play by the brook. They find many pretty things. Can you tell what they find? I think they sometimes find a flower. Sometimes they catch a fish in the brook. Good-by, little brook! We will see you again.

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MY BOX OF SAND

I have a box full of sand. My father made the box. My big brother put the sand in it. I can build a house of sand. I put windows and doors in it. It is not a good house to live in.

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THE BOAT

Will you make me a boat, father? Make a little boat with a sail. Where will you sail your boat, Robert? I will sail it on the brook, father. I will play it is a big, big ship. But I will not let it sail far. The brook shall not carry it away.

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OUR HOME

Good morning, Bennie. Is Marian at home? Yes, Rose, I think she is in the house. Will you go in? What a pretty home you have! What is Marian doing this morning? She is reading in her new book. She will be glad to see you. I love my home. There is no place like it. Do you know why I think so? Father and mother live here. Sister and brother live here. Our baby lives here. I love them all. They all love me. There is a pretty song about home. We sing it at school. Did you ever hear it? Oh, yes. Shall I sing it to you? "Home, home, sweet, sweet home! Be it ever so humble, There is no place like home." Now, is not that a pretty song? Every child loves to sing it.

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THE TREES

See all the trees, Robert. Can you count them? No, Ned, there are so many. I can not count them all. I like to walk through the woods. I like to see the tall trees. Some of these trees are large. Some are small. What are trees good for, Robert? Tell me all about them. They are good for wood. We build houses of wood. Oh, yes; I know. Tables and chairs are made of wood.

The baby's cradle is made of wood. My blocks are made of wood. So is my little wagon. So is the boat my father made for me. The birds like the tall trees. They build nests in the branches. Many flowers grow in the woods. Rabbits live and play there.

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THE SAILOR BOY

Here is a sailor boy. His name is Jack. Jack's home is by the sea. He loves the sea. He likes to play in the sand. Jack likes to hear the waves. They sing him to sleep at night. Sometimes there is a storm at sea. Then the wind and the waves roar. Jack likes to hear them roar. He likes to see the big waves. Sometimes Jack sails out with his father. They go out in a boat to catch fish. The wind blows the white sails. The boat sails far away. At night they come home. How many fish did you catch, Jack? How far did you go? What did you see? Is not Jack a fine sailor boy?

REVIEW

Where do you live, Grace? I live at home, sir. I live with mother and father. Where do the robins live? They live in the old tree in the woods. The tree is their home. Where do fishes live? Some live in the brook, some in the sea. What has wings but can not fly? I think it must be a little chicken. What can fly but has no wings? I know, I know. It is Ned's kite. What runs all day but has no feet? It must be the clock in our room. I think it is the brook. Oh, no, it is a train of cars.

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LITTLE BOPEEP

My name is Bopeep. Do you see all my sheep and lambs? I take care of them. I find grass and water for them. One day I lost my pretty sheep. I could not find them any where. How did Bopeep find her sheep? I will tell you how she found them. She looked here, she looked there. She went down to the brook. No sheep were there. She called and called. She stood still to listen. She heard not a sheep. Bopeep sat down on the grass. The birds sang to her. The brook sang to the birds. Then little Bopeep went to sleep. The sheep and lambs came running. They came out of the woods. "Here we are, little Bopeep," they said. "We have come back to you. We have come to live with you again." Little Bopeep looked up. She saw her sheep and lambs. All had come back to her. How glad she was to see them! They drank the water from the brook. They ate the green grass. The lambs played under the trees. "Oh, my pretty lambs!" said little Bopeep.

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THE SNOW

One morning in winter Grace heard her mother calling her.

"Come here, Grace! Come here, and look out of the window."

Grace ran to the window and looked out. What do you think she saw?

The snow was falling.

The ground was white with snow.

"Oh, mother," said Grace, "how pretty it is! Everything is white with snow.

Where does the snow come from?"

"It falls from the clouds," said her mother. "In summer the clouds bring rain. In winter they bring snow."

At school the boys and girls were glad.

"It snows! It snows!" they said.

"Now we shall have a fine time.

We can make snowballs.

We can ride on our sleds.

We can play in the snow."

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MY SHIP AT SEA

I will play I have a ship at sea. My ship is sailing. It is sailing on the blue sea. Now it is far, far away. Some day it will come home again. It will come home to baby and me. Many pretty things are in my ship. It is full of bright playthings. They are all for baby and me. Oh, my pretty ship! All its sails are of silk. Its masts are of yellow gold. It sails all day and all night. When it comes back, how happy I shall be. But now it is sailing on the blue sea.

I have a ship a-sailing, A-sailing on the sea, And it is full of pretty things For baby and for me.

There is candy in the cabin, And apples in the hold. The sails are made of silk, And the masts are made of gold.

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All the bells on earth shall ring On Christmas day, On Christmas day; All the bells on earth shall ring On Christmas day in the morning.

All the angels in heaven shall sing On Christmas day, On Christmas day; All the angels in heaven shall sing On Christmas day in the morning.

And every one on earth shall sing On Christmas day, On Christmas day; And every one on earth shall sing On Christmas day in the morning.

CHRISTMAS BELLS

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THE BIRDS IN WINTER

One morning Marian looked out of her window. The snow was falling.

"How cold the wind blows," she said.

"The trees are all frozen and bare. The brook is frozen over.

The pretty robin's nest is full of snow. There are no birds in the woods. Where do the birds go when winter comes?"

"They fly to the sunny South, where the snow does not come," said Robert.

"They will come back to us in the spring. They will sing glad songs and build new nests."

Out in the snow a little bird was hopping.

"See, Robert, see!" said Marian. "That little bird did not fly to the sunny South.

"How cold it must be! Its little feet must be frozen."

"That is a snowbird," said Robert. "It likes the snow. It does not mind the cold. It stays here all winter."

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LITTLE BOY BLUE

"Oh, Ned," said Rose one day, "what do you think I have? It is a new story book. Father gave it to me this morning. I have been reading in it."

"It is a pretty book," said Ned. "Are there any good stories in it?"

"Oh, yes. One story is about a little boy who went to sleep in the meadow.

I don't know what his name was, but they called him Little Boy Blue.

He took care of the sheep and the cows. He had a horn to blow.

The sheep and the cows would come when they heard the horn."

"Here is the story, now. And here is the picture of Little Boy Blue.

"Little Boy Blue, Come, blow your horn! The sheep are in the meadow, The cows are in the corn.

Where, where can the little boy be? Oh, here he is, sleeping, don't you see?"

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DRIVING THE COWS

Robert lives on a farm.

His father is a farmer.

Robert helps his father. He helps take care of the chickens and the lambs.

Sometimes he drives the cows to the meadow. Sometimes he drives them home at night.

"Where are the cows, Robert?"

"I think they are in the meadow."

"Will you not drive them home? It is time to milk them."

"Yes, father, I will bring them home. I like to drive them.

I will take the dog with me.

Come, Don. You know how to drive the cows. You may come with me.

There they are by the meadow brook.

See, they are drinking from the brook.

Drive them, Don! Drive them home.

There they go! What a fine thing it is to live on a farm!"

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THE BOX OF TOOLS

Frank lives in the city. He has never seen a farm. He has never seen a brook.

He has never heard the robins singing in the tree tops.

A river runs by the city. Sometimes Frank goes down to the river to see the boats and ships.

Sometimes he plays in the street by his home. The street is not a good place to play.

Frank has many playthings, and he is as happy as any farmer boy. He would not be happy on a farm.

One day Frank's father gave him a box of tools.

Frank made many things with his tools.

He made a kite and a little wagon.

He made a stand for his mother. He made a cradle for his sister's doll.

Spring is the time for flowers.

Summer is the time for corn to grow

Autumn is the time for apples to fall.

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SPRING

Winter has gone. Spring has come.

There is no snow on the ground now. The days are warm and bright. The sun is high in the sky.

Soon the ground will be green with grass. There are wild flowers in the woods now.

All the birds have come back from the South.

The robin is here. He is building a nest in the old tree. Soon there will be some little blue eggs in the nest.

The old owl did not go South. But he is glad that spring has come.

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THE FIVE GOATS

Five goats were in a field.

There they found green grass to eat, and good water to drink. At night the farmer's boy and his little sister came to drive them home.

One night the goats wanted to stay in the field.

The little girl ran after them. But she could not drive them out.

"Now I will try," said the boy.

So the boy ran after the goats. But they would not go out for him.

Just then a dog came by.

"Let me try," said the dog. "I have more legs than a boy. I can run faster."

He ran after the goats. He barked and barked. But the goats would not go out of the field.

Soon a fox came to see what the dog was doing. "Let me try," he said. "I know more than a dog, and I can run fast."

The fox ran after the goats. But he could not drive them out of the field.

"Let me try," said a horse that was looking on. "I am big and strong."

But the goats would not go out for the horse.

A busy bee came into the field.

"Buzz! buzz!" it said. "I think I can drive them out. Let me try."

"What can you do? You are too little to drive goats," said the boy.

"You are smaller than I am," said the little girl.

"You can not bark," said the dog.

"You don't know much," said the fox. "You can't run round the field on four feet," said the horse.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz!" said the bee. "We will see; we will see;" and away it flew.

It flew by the big goat's ear.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz!" it said.

The goat looked up. "What is that?" he said; and he ran out of the field.

The little goat looked up.

"If you go out, I will go out," he said; and out he ran.

"So will I. So will I. So will I," said the three white goats; and all ran out of the field.

Then the boy and his sister drove the goats home. "If the bee had not helped us, what could we have done?" they said.

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MAKING BUTTER

Do you know how I make butter?

I will tell you.