LESSON LXXIII. cage run-ning moth-er See the girl with her bird and cage. A cat came and kill-ed it. Then her moth-er gave her a new bird. A pup was eat-ing from a dish. It saw a bee and an ant. The bee was not on a bud. fly-ing in the air. It was The ant did not fly. An ant can not fly, but it can run. The pup put its paw on the ant. But it ran a-way from the bee. It was a big bee, and the sil-ly pup was a-fraid of it. One sum-mer day, a hun-gry fox saw a fat hen, sit-ting on a box lid. The sly fox said, I can get a din-ner now; but not so. A big boy saw mis-ter Fox, as he was try-ing to get the hen. The boy ran for his gun. The fox saw the boy go for the gun. Ah! said mis-ter Fox, I can not get a fat hen for din-ner to-day. If I am not off, the boy may get So, a-way ran the fox. me. LESSON LXXVII. side string rise some wound ri-ses dives ground oth-er See the boy with his new kite. Now it dives in the air. It will come to the ground. Oh, it has but one wing. It will not fly. Put a wing on the oth-er side. There, that will do. Now let us see if it will rise. Oh, yes, how fast it ri-ses. Now the string is all wound off. You may stay and hold it. I will go and get some more string. The ox can draw the plow. He can draw the cart. He is quite strong, and works ver-y hard for man. He He has red, or white, or black hair. He eats grass, and hay, and corn. drinks wa-ter. He lies down on his side to sleep, or to rest, aft-er his work. sees light glow could east feast flees night grow would trees bright know should beast |