lowers, daisies
and pinks, and violets and roses; and there will be young lambs, and
warm weather. Come again, spring!

What a noise the rooks make! Caw! caw! caw! and how busy they are! They
are going to build their nests. There is a man ploughing the field. In a
few days the farmer will sow it with barley. Wheat is sown in the
autumn. In some places oxen draw the plough instead of horses.

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MARCH.

Now the wind blows. It will blow such a little fellow as you away,
almost. There is a tree blown down. Which way does the wind blow? Take
out your handkerchief. Throw it up. The wind blows it this way. The wind
comes from the north. The wind is north. It is a cold wind. The wind
was west yesterday: then it was warmer.

Here is a lady-bird upon a leaf. It is red, and has black spots. Ah! it
has wings: it has flown away. There is a black beetle. Catch it. How
fast it runs! Where is it gone? Into the ground. It makes a little hole
and runs into the ground.

There are some young lambs. Poor things! how they creep under the hedge.
What is this flower? A primrose. Where is Harry? He is sitting under a
tree.

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APRIL.

Now the birds sing, and the trees are in blossom, and flowers are coming
out, and butterflies, and the sun shines. Now it rains. It rains and the
sun shines. There is a rainbow. Oh, what fine colours! Pretty bright
rainbow! No, you cannot catch it; it is in the sky. It is going away.
It fades. It is quite gone. I hear the cuckoo. He says, Cuckoo! cuckoo!
He is come to tell us it is spring. Do you know the nursery rhyme about
the cuckoo?

The cuckoo's a bonny bird,
He sings as he flies;
He brings us good tidings,
And tells us no lies.
He sucks little birds' eggs
To make his voice clear,
And always sings "Cuckoo"
When spring-time is near.

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MAY.

Oh, pleasant May! Let us walk out in the fields. The hawthorn is in
blossom. Let us go and get some out of the hedges. And here are daisies,
and cowslips, and crow-flowers. We will make a nosegay. Smell, it is
very sweet! What has Harry got? He has got a nest of young birds. He has
been climbing a high tree for them. Poor little birds! they have no
feathers. Keep them warm. You must feed them with a quill. You must give
them bread and milk. They are young goldfinches. They will be very
pretty when they have go