LECTURAS

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