Brooks's Readers: First Year Part 10

"What are you going to do there?"

"Oh, I am going to catch some fish.

I will catch some for you, mother."

"Oh, Ned, do not catch all the fish."

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Well, Ned, how many fish did you catch?

Guess how many, Grace.

Let me think. Did you catch ten?

Oh, no, not so many as that.

Did you catch five fish for mother?

Oh, no, not so many as that.

Well, then, did you catch one fish for sister?

Oh, no, not so many as that.

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room chair box table door

Oh, Marian, let us play house.

Here we are at home.

What a fine, big room we have!

This is the door, and this is the table.

The big box will do for a table.

The little box will do for a chair.

We must have two chairs, Grace.

I will go and get mother's chair.

The round box is the baby's cradle.

But the baby can not sit in it.

It is too little.

Here are the chairs.

Come, now, sit down by the table.

The baby may sit here by me.

What is that, Grace?

I hear the door bell.

I think some one is at the door.

Come in! Come in! Good morning, Ned.

Come in and see our fine house.

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bee honey busy

Oh, mother, do come here!

Here is a big fly.

It is in this yellow flower.

That is not a fly. It is a bee.

It gets honey from the flower.

Oh, I like honey. Don't you, mother?

See how busy the bee is.

It is busy all the day.

A BUSY TIME

We are all busy this morning.

The boys are playing.

The girls are reading.

The flowers are growing.

The rabbits are jumping.

The birds are singing.

I am thinking of something.

Father is going to town.

Mother is counting her chickens.

Brother is ringing the bell.

Sister is walking to school.

Baby is sleeping at home.

The sun is shining.

The horses are running.

Ned is making a wagon for me.

We are all having a good time.

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bought brought thought robin

What do you think I have, Grace?

I have brought you something.

Can you guess what it is?

I do not know what it is, Marian.

Let me think. I will guess three times.

Is it a red rose?

Is it a yellow kitten?

Is it something you have bought for me?

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Yes, Grace, I bought it in town for you.

I think you will like it.

But you must guess what it is.

Is it a book? Is it a picture?

Yes, Grace, it is a picture.

See! I bought it for you.

Don't you think it is pretty?

Oh, I thought it was a picture.

It is a picture of a bird and a nest.