THE CAT
This is my cat. Do you see its long tail? It has soft paws, but it has
sharp claws.
The cat sees a mouse. Run, mouse, run! If you do not run, the cat will
catch you.
This is the mouse. It ran to its house. The cat did not catch it.
Can you catch the cat? Try if you can.
Have you seen a cat try to catch its own tail? It is great fun to see it
run round and round.
THE SUN, MOON AND STARS
The bright sun, which gives us light and heat, shines down on us from
the sky.
You can see the sun rise, if you will get up in good time, and go to the
top of a hill.
Those who have done so say it is a grand sight.
The sun mounts high up in the sky, and when there are no dark clouds, we
say it is a fine day.
You will then hear the birds sing and the bees hum.
Boys who have been good at school and at home, can then go out to fly
their kites or to play games.
When the sun goes down, or as we say, sets, it is night. It would then
be quite dark, if we had not the moon and the stars.
GOD IS IN HEAVEN
God is in heaven; and can He see
When I am doing wrong?
Yes, child, He can; He looks at thee
All day and all night long.
God is in heaven; and would He know
If I should tell a lie?
Yes, child; if only spoken low,
He´d hear it in the sky.
God is in heaven; and can I go
To thank Him for His care?
Not yet; but love Him here below,
And thou shalt praise Him there.
RAIN
Rain comes from the coulds. Look, there are black clouds now in the sky.
How fast they move along! See, they have hidden the sun. They have covered up
the sun, just as you cover up your face when you put something over it. But
there is one little bit of blue sky still.
Now there is no blue sky at all; it is all black with the coulds. It is
very dark, like night. It will rain soon.
Now the rain begins. What large drops! The ducks are very glad; but the
little birds are not glad; they go and shelter themselves under the trees.
Now the rain is over. It was only a shower. Now the flowers smell sweet,
and the bright sun shines, and the little birds sing again.
SPRING
Spring is come, and everything is waking from its winter sleep. The
fields are dressed in a fresh robe of green.
There are buds on the trees, and the wild-flowers once more begin to
peep forth. The white snow-drop is one of first flowers of spring. How lovely
it is.
Birds sing among the trees, and begin to get ready their nests for
summer.
Men begin now to plough and to sow in the fields. The gardener digs the
ground, and sows seeds in the garden.
The days are warmer, for brighter sunshine has come again. Everything is
full of life and joy.
Soon the soft spring showers will fall, to water the earth and make the
seeds grow. It is by the rain and sunshine that God makes the corn grow, and
the trees bear leaves and flowers and fruit.
AUTUMN
Autumn has come. The green leaves are fading. Some have fallen from the
trees, and are lying dead on the ground.
Now is the time for fruit. Apples, pears, plums and all kinds of fruit
are ripe.
The corn, too, is ripe. The reapers begin to cut it down. See how the
tall stalks nod and wave in the sunshine! They bend under the weight of the
golden grain.
How many loaves of bread will be made from that field of wheat! How many
hungry mouths will be fed from it! When we eat our food, let us not forget to
thank Him who causes the corn to grow.
THE RABBIT IN THE WOOD
In a wood where beasts can talk
I went out to take a walk
A rabbit sitting in a bush.
Peeped at me, and then cried, “Hush!”
Presently to me it ran,
And its story thus began
“you have got a gun. I see:
Perhaps you’ll point it soon at me;
And when I am shot, alack!
Pop me in your little sack.
When upon my fate I think,
I grow faint, my spirits sink”.
“pretry rabbit, do not eat”.
I replied, “the farmer´s wheat:
If such thieving you begin,
You must pay it with your skin
Honestly your living get,
And you may be happy yet”!
THE HORSE, THE COW AND THE SHEEP
Near a farm yard there was a field in which a horse, a cow and a sheep
were allowed to feed together.
But the horse was too proud to go near the cow or the sheep; for, said
he, “have I not the honour to bear my master on my back? And do I not take my
mistress and the children out for a drive?”
The cow was too proud to eat with the sheep; for said she, “do I not
suplí my master with the milk he drink? And give him the cream which he put
into his tea and coffee. Then from my milk he has the butter and the cheese of
which he is so fond”.
The sheep did not mind her two companions who traed to hold their heads
so very high. She know that she could be more useful than either of them; for,
said she, “do I not provide my master and the mistress, and all their children,
with wool of which to make warm clothes, and blankets, and carpets, and many
other things?
My master and my mistress can do without a ride, and they can do without
a ride, and they can do without milk, and butter, and cheese, but they cannot
do without clothes”.
THE MONTHS
January brings the snow
Makes our feet and fingers glow;
February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.
March brings breezes loud and shrill,
Stirs the dancing daffodil;
April brings the primrose sweet,
Scatters daisies a our feet.
May brings flocks of pretty lambs,
Skipping by their fleecy dams;
June brings tulips, lillies, roses,
Fills the children´s hands with posies.
Hot July brings cocling showers,
Apricots and gilly-flowers,
August brings the sheaves of corn;
Then the harvest home is borne.
Warm September brings the fruit,
Sportsmen then begin to shoot;
Fresh October brings the pheasant;
Then to gather nuts is pleasant.
Dull November brings the blast;
Then the leaves are whirling fast;
Chill December brings the sleet,
Blazing fire and Christmas treat.
MISS AND MRS
A professor was explaining to the top the class of a
Girl’s High School the theory according to which the human frame is completely
renewed every seven years, and addressing one of his pupils, to make his
meaning clear, he said:
“thus, Miss A, in seven years you will be Miss A no
longer”.
“I earnestly hope that many be so”, said the young
lady, modestly casting down her eyes.
In fact she transformed into Mrs, B within four years
of the above related scene.
A VERY ANCIENT FAMILY
The famous Lord Chesterfield had a relation, a Mr
Stanhope, who was exceedingly proud of his pedigree, which he pretended to
trace to a ridiculous antiquity. Lord Chesterfield was one day walking through
an obscure street in London , when he saw in a
shop a miserable daub of Adam and Eve in Paradise .
He purchased this painting, and having written on the top of it: “Adam de Stanhope
of Eden and Eve his wife”, he sent it to his relation as a valuable old family
portrait.
THE BEST TIME FOR APPLES
One day, in a country-school for boys and girls, the
teacher said to to the children: “In a year there are four seasons: spring,
summer, autumn and winter. In spring everything begins to grow, and there are
many flowers about the fields and in the gardens; in Summer it is very hot, it
is time to reap the corn; in Autumn, there are all kinds of fruit, ripe and
good to eat; in Winter, it is very cold up! Tell me what is the best time to
get apples?”
-“it is when the farmer is not in the orchard, and
there is no dog in the garden!” answered Tom. And the whole class laughed.
SHORT
GRAMMAR
Three
little words you often see
Are
ARTICLES: a, an and the
A
NOUN`s the name of anything
As
school or garden, hoop or swing
ADJETIVES
tell the kind of noun,
As
great, small, pretty, white or brown
Instead
of nouns the PRONOUNS stand
I, you,
who, which, your arm, my hand
VERBS
tell something to be done
To
read, count, laugh, sing, jump, or run
How
things are done, the ADVERS tell
As
slowly, quickly, ill or well
The
PREPOSITION stands before
The
NOUN, as in or through the door
CONJUNCTIONS
join the words together:
as men
and woman, wind or weather
the
INTERJECTION shows surprise
as oh!
How pretty! Ah! How wise!
The
whole are called nine parts of speech,
Which
reading, writing, speaking, teach
