THE RIDE.

This little girl is having a ride. She has a nice carriage, and a
pretty goat for a horse. I think her brother must be very kind to her.
I had a ride in a goat carriage once; it was on Boston Common; father
put little Arthur and me into the carriage, and we rode along, holding
the reins, as happy as could be. After the ride was over, we went to
the Public Garden and fed the ducks and fishes, and then we had a sail
in the boat. I hope we shall go again next summer.

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THE LION.

Let me tell you a short story about a Lion. Once a poor Negro found
that a Lion was following him, as he was walking along through the
woods. The Lion was watching for a chance to spring upon him. The man
was very much frightened, but walked swiftly along till he came to a
very steep bank; here he quickly placed his hat and cloak on a bush,
to make it look like a man, and then he crept away. The Lion, thinking
it was the man, was silly enough to spring upon the cloak, and tumbled
on the rocks below.

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LEARNING TO READ.

Come, little brother, come to me;
I'll teach you soon your A, B, C.
You're three years old; you must, indeed,
Begin at once to learn to read.

Be careful now, don't tear the book,
And where I point there you must look.
That's A, that's B, and that is C;
Now say them plainly after me.

That's very well! How very nice!
You'll learn your letters in a trice.
And then you'll quickly learn to spell,
And soon, I hope, read very well.

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GETTING UP.

Baby, baby,
Ope your eye,
For the sun
Is in the sky;

And he's peeping once again,
Through the frosty window pane.
Little baby, do not keep
Any longer fast asleep.

There, now, sit in mother's lap,
That she may untie your cap;
For the little strings have got
Twisted into such a knot!

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SUSY BROWN.

Susy Brown is a good girl; she is willing to give up her play, and
stay at home to take care of the baby. Some of her friends were going
to the woods and fields to pick berries, and Susy wanted to go with
them; but when she came home from school, and found her mother tired
and worn with her work and the heat, Susy took the baby and said she
would stay at home and let her mother rest. When the girls came home
with their berries, they all gave Susy some, for every body loves
Susy.

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THE SQUIRREL-TRAP.

Henry had seen