Chapter II

In a day or two the farmer and his son came again to the field.
“Where are your friends?” said the farmer.
“This wheat is ripe. It must be cut.”
But the farmer’s friends did not come to help him.
At last the farmer said to his son,
“This wheat must be cut.
In the morning I will cut it myself.
You may help me, my son.”
“Oh, Mother!” said the little ones,
“Must we fly away to-day?”
“Yes,” said the mother lark.
“It is time for us to fly away.
In the morning the wheat will be cut.”

MORNING SONG.

What does little birdie say,
In her nest at peep of day?
“Let me fly,” says little birdie;
“Mother, let me fly away.”
Birdie, rest a little longer,
Till the little wings are stronger.
So she rests a little longer,
Then she flies away.
What does little baby say,
In her bed at peep of day?
Baby says, like little birdie,
“Let me rise and fly away.”
Baby, sleep a little longer,
Till the little limbs are stronger.
If she sleeps a little longer,
Baby, too, shall fly away.
ALFRED TENNYSON.

ALPHABET.

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WORD LIST.

The following is a list of the words used in the First Reader, omitting those previously used in the Primer. They are grouped by pages, in the order in which they first occur.

5 apple
6 came
waken
kissed
sang
fell
7 doth
shall
himself
hide
head
8 blew
off
stronger
than
coat
9 now
very
soon
10 seen
neither
nor
leaves
hang
trembling
10 passing
through
their
11 work
does
spring
summer
autumn
winter
12 leaf-bud
13 sunshine
dresses
give
14 passed
danced
were
covered
15 pine
long
needles
wish
should
gold
bag
17 happy
17 glass
broken
18 goat
19 best
20 ant
near
dropped
21 shore
gun
tried
shoot
bit
foot
helped
23 brook
running
would
stay
boat
carry
heard
never
could
find
24 raindrops
24 sky
home
fishes
25 together
26 Golden Locks
bears
middle-sized
27 bowls
tasted
right
drank
28 chair
29 hard
bed
lay
31 voice
been
tasting
gone
sitting
32 lying
33 looking
jumped
34 fox
crow
cheese
must
looked
35 falling
35 king
met
Henny Penny
37 last
Cocky Locky
Ducky Lucky
38 Turkey Lurkey
39 Foxy Loxy
den
43 swing
air
think
pleasantest
child
wall
till
wide
rivers
cattle
countryside
garden
roof
44 kind
old
oak
45 violets
afraid
47 woodmen
cutting
47 ax
logs
ice
melt
48 honest
large
chip
lifted
lost
fairy
lived
why
crying
50 silver
steel
52 mine
only
53 rhyme
great
axes
men
splash
54 seaside
beside
wooden
spade
dig
sandy
holes
54 empty
cup
more
55 Riding Hood
56 called
these
sick
path
57 wolf
59 pick
knocked
door
tap
60 cap
61 better
62 arms
hug
teeth
killed
63 stream
O
pushed
against
wheel
boards
64 zish
65 buzz
busy
66 lion
66 paw
caught
let
please
67 net
him
cut
sharp
69 Browny
dirty
mud
Whitey
greedy
Blacky
70 cabbage
brick
Mr.
71 carried
72 next
eating
knock
75 kettle
back
got
rolled
76 full
fire
rolling
ho
76 chimney
77 pitcher
handful
drop
began
cry
room
78 before
hope
she’ll
any
79 I’d
nicely
sit
hold
both
ends
’t would
beautiful
skies
clouds
roam
set
rise
rainbow
80 carpenter
81 sled
mend
plane
81 rap-a-tap
hammer
tick-a-tack
new
82 used
tools
83 gingerbread
woman
baking
84 oven
threshers
85 mowers
88 quarter
half
spoke
89 city
country
mice
visit
enough
90 while
93 bower
friendly
toads
grudge
seeds
stalks
timid
furry
94 miner
coal
95 dark
lamp
click
click-ity
96 engine
puff
train
cars
97 maple
sugar
sap
pail
99 spout
hung
story
roots
100 awake
buds
needs
101 thick
syrup
pans
102 woodpecker
tip-y
builds
103 Goody
Twoshoes
104 school
read
children
books
nine
small
105 five
first
Billy
teach
107 picked
108 Sally
words
glad
teacher
109 horses
lambs
110 pieces
use
rides
111 about
often
112 fleece
sure
113 followed
rule
laugh
still
lingered
113 waited
patiently
appear
eager
reply
115 pet
Lucy
lambkin
loved
fed
washed
playmate
117 watched
mittens
yarn
knitting
118 oldest
119 second
youngest
bring
dinner
light
120 cock
spotted
121 animals
cooked
supper
table
rest
121 tired
alone
122 larger
125 petted
hay
126 castle
son
changed
127 sent
128 raked
tiny
sow
earth
cover
129 shining
shines
pattering
soften
peeping
higher
hours
open
130 Amy
liked
talked
131 bee
133 getting
133 honey
134 ask
clover
135 sew
136 brothers
well
year
138 kingdom
chopping
wonder
asked
139 yourself
hundred
waiting
140 walked
picking
digging
laughed
141 until
143 walnut
moss
144 tries
146 such
dug
147 lark
150 birdie
longer
flies
151 limbs