The sun is up, and I go. Birds and bats can fly.

Let me get my red pen.
It is in the new box.
Do no one bad act.

Do not vex a pet dog.
He is apt to be put out.
Now he is in the mud.
Let him go on the mat.

Ask her to eat a fig.
She has nuts to eat.
Are nuts and figs bad?
No: a few are not bad.

They can go in the air.
Can a fox or dog fly?
No: but they can run.

How big is an owl?
Owls are as big as nens.
The hens must be fed.
We shall then have eggs.

The fox is in his den.
How did he get a den?
He dug it by his paws.
I did not see him dig.

LESSON II

The snow is cold, but the sun can melt it.
The sun is hot, but it will not burn us.
No boy nor man can get up to the sun.
A bird can not fly as far up as the sun.

A man and a dog can hunt a fox on the hill.
A fox can not run as fast as a bird can fly.
A dog met a fox, and the fox ran to the hill.
A boy was on the hill, and saw the fox run.

Do not hurt a bird, that is in a cage.
A free bird on a tree will sing best.
The nest of the free bird is on the tree.
If we find the nest, we will not rob it.

A new rose has not a bit of dirt on it.
Take care to let no dirt get on the face.
Do not step in the mud, on the way home.
A bad boy will soil and tear his new book.

How do men get hay to feed the cows and sheep?
They mow the new grass, and dry it in the sun
It is hard work to mow down the fresh grass.
We will go to see it done in hay-time.

It is a long time since the world was made.
No one can tell how long a life he may live.
One bad act must not be done by a good boy
A bad word must not come from a good girl.

If we do well, all who know us will love us.
If we do ill, few will care much for us.
It is best, then, to do well at all times.
We may all learn, if we try to learn.

LESSON III.

Shall I walk with you in the gar-den?.
Yes: I am glad to have you with me on a walk.
We will not step on the grass, for the dew is on
How the grass glit-ters in the morn-ing sun.

What makes the air so fine this morn-ing?
It is the per-fume from the fresh flow-ers.
The rose, the pink and the clo-ver, are o-pen.
The south wind blows gent-ly from the hills.

What is the wind that blows from the hills?;
It is such air as we breathe, pass-ing o-ver us.
It car-ries off bad air, and brings us good.
It al-so moves the clouds o-ver our heads.

What are the clouds, that we see in the sky?
They are bo-dies of va-por, like the fog.
The rain that falls comes from the clouds.
If there were no rain, the plants would die.

Of what use are the trees in the gar-den?
They bear plums, peach-es and pears.
Af-ter the blos-soms fall, the fruit will grow.
We are all fond of fruit, when it is ripe.

Do mel-ons grow on trees, like peach-es?
No: they grow on low vines on the ground.
They would break in fall-ing from a tree.
If they grew on trees, they might fall on us.

- Is it not good to walk in the morn-ing? Yes it is for our health to rise ear-ly.

We al-so make the day long-er by do-ing so.

Those who rise late, will learn but lit-tle.

LESSON IV.

Let us look at this new, clean, white snow.
How soft it is, and how cold it feels!

Let us make balls of it with our hands.
It will melt, if we put it near to the fire.

When the sun shines on the snow, it will melt.
It will not then be snow; it will be wa-ter.
It will flow in-to the brook, and in-to the lake.
The wa-ter in the lake is not salt; it is fresh.

Why is it not salt in the lake, as it is in the sea?
Be-cause there are no salt mines at the bot-tom.
Where do the snow and rain come from?
They fall from the clouds, o-ver our heads.

How does the wa-ter get so high in the air?
It
goes up, as you have seen steam go up;
It floats in the air, and forms in-to clouds.
After a time it falls; we then şay, it rains.

Why does snow al-so fall from the clouds?
Does the mist of the clouds change to snow?
Yes: high in the air it is cold-er than here.
The va-por be-comes like thick, white frost.

Is it al-ways cold, high up a-mong the clouds? Yes: more so than it is on the earth.

It is cold-er on hills than in val-leys.

On some high moun-tains, the snow nev-er melts.

Is it as cold, all o-ver the world, as it is here?
No: in some pla-ces, it is al-ways sum-mer.
The fields and woods are al-ways green.
We should not like to live where it is so warm

LESSON V.

Af-ter a boy has learn-ed to read well, he may read with as much ease as he can talk.

A girl, who can read, nev-er need feel lone-ly for she may en-joy her books.

The more you read to-day, the more ea-sy it will be for you to read to-mor-row.

If you have time, both to get your les-son, and to play, always get the les-son first.

A frank boy and a mod-est girl will please a fa-ther, and de-light a moth-er.

A dis-hon-est boy and a rude girl will grieve a fa-ther, and dis-tress a moth-er.

If a boy some-times tell a false-hood, no one can re-ly on what he says.

If a boy nev-er tell a false-hood, he will be cred-it-ed in all he says.

One good act some-times se-cures a good fortune for a whole life-time.

One bad act may be the cause of dis-grace and hard for-tune for ma-ny years.

A boy, who u-ses pro-fane words, will find none but vile boys to play with him.

A girl, who often gets out of hu-mòr, will nave few mates to vis-it her.

No one can have friends, un-less he act the part of a friend to oth-ers.

If you would a-void cen-sure, nev-er do that, which you would fear to have known.

If you have done wrong, it is best to con-fess it, and hope to be for-giv-en.

When your fa-ther and moth-er re-prove you, they do it to make you wis-er and bet-ter.

When your friends praise you, they hope you will still go on do-ing well.