New Century Readers, Book 3Morse, 1902 |
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... ELEPHANT . MYTHS .. 83 91 91 92 93 94 98 98 99 100 101 THE ELEPHANT AND THE TAILOR MY HEART LEAPS UP WHEN I BEHOLD . THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL . Esop . 102 103 Wordsworth . 109 110 O SAILOR , COME ASHORE ! Christina Rossetti . WHAT THE ...
... ELEPHANT . MYTHS .. 83 91 91 92 93 94 98 98 99 100 101 THE ELEPHANT AND THE TAILOR MY HEART LEAPS UP WHEN I BEHOLD . THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL . Esop . 102 103 Wordsworth . 109 110 O SAILOR , COME ASHORE ! Christina Rossetti . WHAT THE ...
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... Elephant The Elephant and the Tailor How the Coon Fishes Nature Study Wasps Bees Birds Nature Poems The Song of the Robin The Merry Brown Thrush Who Has Seen the Wind ? The Wind Who Loves the Trees Best ? Forget - me - not The Way for ...
... Elephant The Elephant and the Tailor How the Coon Fishes Nature Study Wasps Bees Birds Nature Poems The Song of the Robin The Merry Brown Thrush Who Has Seen the Wind ? The Wind Who Loves the Trees Best ? Forget - me - not The Way for ...
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... elephant " and that he did not begin his sentences with capital letters . " RICHARD HENRY LEE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON : " Pa brought me two pretty books full of pictures he got them in Alexandria they have pictures of dogs and cats and ...
... elephant " and that he did not begin his sentences with capital letters . " RICHARD HENRY LEE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON : " Pa brought me two pretty books full of pictures he got them in Alexandria they have pictures of dogs and cats and ...
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... least bit curled ; Yet , for old sake's sake , she is still , dears , The prettiest doll in the world . CHARLES KINGSLEY , THE WISE ELEPHANT . Across a river in India , 100 THE LOST DOLL Charles Kingsley Æsop The Lost Doll.
... least bit curled ; Yet , for old sake's sake , she is still , dears , The prettiest doll in the world . CHARLES KINGSLEY , THE WISE ELEPHANT . Across a river in India , 100 THE LOST DOLL Charles Kingsley Æsop The Lost Doll.
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... elephant . One day as the elephant came to the bridge , he The man called to stopped and would not cross . would not move . him to go on , but the elephant Then the man ... ELEPHANT AND THE TAILOR . An elephant used to. 101 THE WISE ELEPHANT.
... elephant . One day as the elephant came to the bridge , he The man called to stopped and would not cross . would not move . him to go on , but the elephant Then the man ... ELEPHANT AND THE TAILOR . An elephant used to. 101 THE WISE ELEPHANT.
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AESOP Apollo asked beautiful bees began Briar Rose brothers child CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN coon country mouse cried crow DIAMONDS AND TOADS door drink Dummling eggs elephant ELIZABETH PRENTISS eyes fairy fast father fell flew flower frog gave girl golden plate grass grew Hans Christian Andersen happy head hive honey horse jumped king king's daughter knew Lady Moon lark little daisy lived looked loved LYDIA MARIA CHILD Moon Saw morning mother mouth nest never night Odense old duck palace pearls Phaeton poor duckling pretty princess quack queen RICHARD HENRY LEE river rode sausage Silly sing sleep song speak stay stood stories stork tail tell thing thought To-whit told took tree ugly ugly duckling wanted wasps wild Wilhelm Grimm wind wish woman wood young youngest
Popular passages
Page 170 - The Swing How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do!
Page 142 - THE Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, "O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are!
Page 143 - Come, little leaves," said the wind one day, "Come o'er the meadows with me and play, Put on your dresses of red and gold; Summer is gone and the days grow cold.
Page 142 - Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will." So they took it away, and were married next day By the Turkey who lives on the hill. They dined on mince and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, The moon, They danced by the light of the moon.
Page 142 - You elegant fowl, How charmingly sweet you sing ! Oh ! let us be married ; too long we have tarried : But what shall we do for a ring?
Page 21 - As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat ; the rat began to gnaw the rope ; the rope began to hang the butcher ; the butcher began to kill the ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the dog began to bite the pig ; the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile ; and so the old woman got home that night.
Page 26 - Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing thro'. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.
Page 96 - I once had a sweet little doll, dears, The prettiest doll in the world; Her cheeks were so red and so white, dears, And her hair was so charmingly curled. But I lost my poor little doll, dears, As I played in the...
Page 190 - Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go ; The horse knows the way, To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow.
Page 164 - IN winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day.