FIRST READER

a boy I see boy I see a boy I see a boy

girl can and the girl I see a girl.

I see a boy.

I see a boy and a girl. The boy can see the girl.

I can see the girl and the boy. I can see the girl.

man has hat run See the man!

See the boy and the man! The man has a hat.

Has the boy a hat? The boy can run. Can the man run?

The man can see the boy run. a man can has hat a

doll have my I have a hat. I have a doll. See my doll!

Can the doll see?

I can see my doll.

Has the doll a hat? My doll has a hat.

The girl has a doll and a hat. a can has hat have a

play may take ball Can the boy play?

The boy can run and play. The boy can play ball.

Can the man play ball?

The man may see the boy play. May the man take the hall?

The boy may take the ball. a may play take a

baby little big

Can the girl see the baby?

Can the baby see the little girl? The baby has a big doll.

The little girl has a ball. I can see the baby.

Can the baby see my big hat? The baby may have my ball. Take the ball, baby!

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dog it he with

The man has a little dog. The boy has a big dog.

See the little dog run! He has my ball.

May the big dog have it? May he take it?

The little dog may have the ball. He may run and play with it.

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bird she not fly See the little bird!

May the baby have it? May she take it?

She can not take it. The bird can fly.

The baby can not have the bird. She can not fly.

She may play with my doll. She may have my big hat. b baby big bird b

cow is good to

I see a man and a dog and a cow. The cow is with the man.

The dog has a big hat. He is a good little dog.

He may take the hat to the man. The man is good to the dog.

The cow can run. She can not play. c can cow c

catch come you me

The baby can not have the bird. She can not fly and catch it.

Can she catch the good little girl? Come, baby, come!

Come and catch me. Catch me and my big doll.

Catch me, and you may have the doll. You may have it to play with.

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The boy has a big dog.

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You may see the dog play ball. Can he catch it?

May I run and take it?

The man with the big hat has a cow. The girl is good to the little baby.

The baby may have my big doll. She can not catch the bird.

She may come with me and see the bird fly.

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one two drum go

Come with me, and see the boys. One little boy has a drum.

Two boys have big hats. One boy has a ball.

See the boys go!

See the boys go with the drum. One, two; one, two; drum, drum! d dog doll drum d

dress red glad will

The girls have come to play with the baby. Two girls have little dolls.

One girl has a red dress.

The baby is glad to see the girls. The girl with the red dress is May. May is glad to see the good baby.

She will take the baby to see the bird. d dress red glad bird d

we are three in field Come with me, little May. We will go to the field.

We will go and see the cows. The cows are in the field.

My cow is red.

Two cows are not red. One and two are three. We have three cows.

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tree pretty high

Three birds are in the tree. One is a pretty red bird.

You can not catch it. It is high in the tree.

The red bird can see the boys with the drum. It can see the little girl with the red dress.

It can see the good baby and the pretty doll. It can see the man in the field.

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wagon let get ride now

The little boy has a red wagon. Is it not a pretty one?

The boy will let little May ride in it. Come, May, come and see my wagon. You may get in it, and have a ride.

I will take you with me to the fields. You may have a good ride.

Is the drum in the wagon?

Let me get it. Now we will go. e red let get e

apple yellow yes too if See my pretty red apple! I have three good apples.

One is red, and two are yellow. I will give you the red one.

May I have a yellow one, too? Yes. if you are a good girl. I see a big red apple in the tree.

Will you let me get it?

Yes, you may if it is not too high. e yes yellow get let red e

Frank flowers find they them

Frank and little May are in the field with the wagon. They have come to find flowers.

May has a red flower.

Frank has three yellow flowers. He will let May have them.

She will take them to the wagon She is glad to get the pretty flowers. f field kind flowers Frank f

by nest here feed

Come here, girls! I see a nest. Little birds are in it.

One, two, three.

The little birds can not fly. They are not pretty.

They will get pretty by and by. The big bird is not here now.

She is high in the apple tree.

She will come to them by and by. She will come and feed them.

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woods like home horse

The boys like to go to the woods. Here they are now.

Here are the horse and the wagon. And here is the boy with the drum. They like to play in the woods.

They like to find pretty flowers.

If they find little birds in a nest, they will not take them. By and by they will go home.

They will ride home in the wagon. h here high home horse h

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Will you let me ride home with you, Frank?

Yes, May, you may sit by me in the wagon if you like. Get in, and give me the whip.

I will not whip the good horse.

Now, here we go! Here is the apple tree, but we can not see the nest in

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Here are three boys and two girls by the big apple tree. One boy has a yellow drum and one has a whip.

The boy in the red wagon is Frank. The girls are glad to see Frank.

He will give them a ride.

They like to go with him to the fields and the woods. May we ride with you, Frank?

Yes, girls, get in! And you, too, boys! Sit by me and see the good horse go.

Now we will go to the woods to find flowers and see the pretty birds. In one tree you can see a nest, but you can not see the little birds.

You may see the big bird if she comes to feed the little ones. She has a pretty home high in the tree.

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apple yellow pretty May

this do kite father gave

Do you see this? It is my kite. My father gave it to me.

Is it not a pretty one?

He gave me this drum, too.

You may go with me and see me fly my kite. You may take the drum with you.

Are you not glad my father gave it to me? i I like high kite i

how far as jump John

Frank and John are in the field. They have come here to play.

How high can you jump, Frank? Can you jump as high as this?

I can not jump high, John, but I can jump far. See! I can jump as far as to the big apple tree. Now, John, let me see you jump.

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Here is May with her kitten.

Her mother gave the kitten to her. She is kind to the pretty kitten.

She likes to see it jump and play. See it run with May's ball!

It does not run far with it.

If May can get the ball she will not take it. She will give it to the kitten to play with. k kitten kind like take can c

all love away Lucy him fast This is little Lucy.

Her home is far away.

She has come to see Frank and May. All the little girls love Lucy.

They are kind and good to her, and she loves them. Frank will let her ride with him in the big wagon. He will give her the whip, and the horse will go fast.

The horse will go fast and far, but he will not run away. l let little love all will l

keep think morning look many Look, Frank! See my pretty flowers. Mother gave them to me.

She gave them to me this morning. Do you not think they are pretty? How many flowers have I?

Here are three my mother gave me. My father gave me two red ones.

How many are three and two? I will keep the red flower.

I will give all my yellow flowers to Lucy. She will like them. She will take them home with her.

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Good morning, little bird. Good morning, kind Lucy.

How pretty your nest is, little bird! May I look at the little ones in it?

Yes, you may look at them, but you must not take them away. How many birds have you?

Let me see. One, two, three, four. I do not think they are pretty.

They may not be pretty now, but I love them, little girl. n nest not in many n

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Frank has gone to the field with his kite. He likes to play with it. It is the kite his father gave him.

He will run and the kite will fly.

He can run very fast, and the kite can fly very high. John does not like to run with a kite.

He likes to play on his drum.

He will play on his drum, and Frank will run with his kite. o on gone John dog o

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Oh, mother, come here! See this pretty flower.

I think it is a rose.

Is it not a yellow rose?

Yes, May. It is a yellow rose. If you will come with me,

I will give you some red roses. May I have them to keep, mother?

You may keep some of them, but you must give some to Lucy. Oh, yes! I will give her four red roses, and one yellow rose.

I will give her some to take home to her mother, too. Do you like yellow roses, mother?

Yes, May, I think they are very pretty. o oh rose home four o

book said care was

John was a good boy this morning. His mother gave him a pretty book. He was very glad.

"Oh, mother," he said, "how kind you are to give me this book! I think it is very pretty."

"You must take good care of it," said his mother.

"Yes, mother," said John, "and I will let Lucy and May look at it too. They like to look at pretty books."

"The girls will think you are a very kind little boy. They will take good care of your book."

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school soon going new other

All the boys and girls are going to school this morning. You can see them as they go.

Little Lucy is not with them.

She has gone to her home, far away. But I see May and some other girls.

John has his new book. Some of the other boys have books, too. I do not see Frank, but I think he will come soon.

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found pet took after picture Look at this picture.

It is the picture of my pet kitten.

Do you not think she is a pretty pet?

One morning as I was going to school, I found this kitten. She was by a tree in the woods.

After school I took her home.

"Mother," I said, "see this pretty little kitten. May I keep her as a pet?" Mother said, "You may keep her if you will take good care of her."

I am kind to my kitten.

I feed her and she loves me. p pet picture pretty keep p

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My mother gave me a new book.

I took it to school one morning, to let the girls see the pictures. Soon after this I found my pet kitten and took her home with me. I like to play with my pet kitten.

I will do as mother says. I will take good care of the kitten.

I love little Lucy. But now she has gone far away to her home. I like to see John run with his kite.

He can run as fast as the other boys, but he can not jump far.

He does not like to look at books and pictures, but he can play on a drum.

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goes read tell write well name

The name of this little girl is Rose. Do you think she looks like a rose? Do you think Rose is a pretty name? Rose goes to school.

She can read and write.

At home, she likes to read to her mother. She likes to look at the pictures, too.

Tell me, Rose, how well you can read. Can you read well in your book?

I think you can write very well. Can you write your name?

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Can you tell me the name of this pretty little bird? It is so little it can not fly very far.

Some of the boys found it in the woods, as they were going to school one day.

It was not in a nest.

Frank said; "I will take the little bird home with me. It will be a good pet."

So Frank took it as he said.

He is kind to it and feeds it. but he will not keep it. Some day it can fly well.

Then Frank will let it go.

It will fly away with the other birds. s so some said nice c

us our shall learn children their Come, girls let us play with our dolls. We will play school.

Our dolls will be the children.

Our dolls are as good as some children are.

They have their books, and I think, they will learn very fast. Soon we shall see how well they can read.

This doll is not so good as the others.

She does not like to go to school very well. She must sit by me and look at her book.

As soon as she can read well, she may go home and play. She goes to school day after day, but she does not learn. She can not write at all.

She can not tell her name.