1. Merry Spring, Will you bring Back the little birds to sing? I am sad 1; Make me glad, Gentle, merry, laughing Spring. 2. Winter's snow Soon will go From the hills and vales below; Then your showers Will make the flowers 3. Mother said, 1 They are. Only sleeping in their bed; Comes again, Each will raise its tiny head." LANGUAGE LESSON. Copy, and put in words with the right sound: I am sad Make me..... Make me glad For I'm.... April showers 1. Fred's aunt gave him a new spade and a small box of seeds. As soon as he got the spade, he went out to dig with it in his own little garden at the back of the house. 2. His sister Jane went with him to hold the box of seeds; and, as he dug, she stood near him and talked to him. 3. Fred did his work quickly and well. 4. But as Jane stood talking, she let the box of seeds fall. The cover of the box came off, and all the seeds fell out on the ground. 5. Poor Jane was a good, kind girl. So she said, "Dear Fred, how sorry I am! But Fred did not speak to her. 66 6. "O Fred," cried she, "why don't you speak to me?" 66 7. "I was waiting till I could count ten." 8. "Count ten!" said Jane. 'What do you mean? What makes you count ten?" 9. "Why, aunt once told me always to count ten before I spoke, when I was angry. 66 10. “O Fred, how good you are! But see, I have picked them all up again. Come, let us plant them." So they put the seeds in the bed; and every morning the children went to watch for the tiny green plants. 11. At last they saw them peep above the ground, and grow larger and larger, till they were covered with sweet, bright flowers. SLATE WORK. Before youspeak an angry word, Count ten. Then if still you angry be. Count again. 1. Who is Tabby? Why, Tabby is our dear old puss. I must tell you how we lost her, and how we found her again. 2. One day dear Tabby was missing. Her saucer of milk stood in the corner, but no Tabby came to drink it. That night no Tabby came in to curl up in her cozy little bed. 3. Where had she gone? Where could she be? No one could tell. When we went down to breakfast, next day, no Tabby came to pur "Good morning" to us. 4. After a day or two the cook said, "We shall have the mice coming back again. They will soon find out that Tabby is gone. We must get another cat." |