&&000 AMERICAN BOOK CO. (1923) PRIMER AMR923PR.ASC STORY HOUR READERS REVISED by Ida Coe and Alice C. Dillon Source: Columbia TC: xerox, scan, edit by DPH 1-10-93 &&111 Buckwheat Boy laughed and shouted, I have run away from a little old woman, and a little Old Man, and I can run away from you, I can. As the Cow chased him he looked back and shouted, Run, Run =ahoy =ahoy! You can't catch the =Buskwheat Boy. The cow could not catch him. =BuckwheatBoy ran on and on till he met a horse. Stop, said the Horse. I am going to eat you. =BuckwheatBoy laughed and shouted, I have run away from a little old woman and the little old man and a cow and I can run away from you, I can. Baby Bunny. =BabyBunny was a little white rabbit. He lived in a best. The nest was in the tall grass. One day =MotherBunny said, I am going to find some clover for breakfast. By a good rabbit and stay in the best. Yes =Mother, said =Baby. =MotherBunny hopped away. =BobWhite came to the nest. =BobWhite! =BobWhite!, Good morning, Baby, said he. What a fine day it is! Come out and play with me. No, I must not, said =BabyBunny. Oh, come our and play with me, and I will give you a carrot, said =BobWhite! No, I must not, said =BabyBunny. Then =BobWhite flew away. Then =GrayCat met =BrownLion. You are a bad cat to eat =BlackBear, said =BrownLion. =BlackBear Indeed! I think I shall eat you, too, said =GrayCat. And =slippety, slip, down went =BrownLion. On and on walked =GrayCat will he met =RedHen. You are a bad cat to eat =BornwLion, said =RedHen. =BrownLion, indeed!~ I think I shall eat you, soon said =GrayCat! And =sliipetySlip down went =RedHen. It was very dark then. =RedHenlooked all around. The snap, snip, snip, snap went here scissors. She cut a hole in =GrayCat's coat and jumped in. =BorwnFox came to his den. He put the bag down. He said to himself, What a fine dinner I have! He opened the bag and found, a big round hole. A fine dinner. One day =BorwnFox said, i will eat =LittleDuck for dinner. He put some corn in a bag and walked to the pond. =Little duck sat by the pond. =RedHen ran until she met =GrayDuck. =GrayDuck said =quack, =quack! Good morning =RedHen. =RedHen said, =Cluck, =Cluck! Oh, I am frightened! There is something white in my nest. Did you look at it, asked =GrayDuck? Yes, I looked at it, said =RedHen. =Did you talk to it, asked =GrayDuck? No, I did not talk to it, said =RedHen. Let us go and tell =WhiteGoose, said =GrayDuck. They ran and ran till they met =WhiteGoose. =WhiteGoose said =sss! Good morning =RedHen. =RedHen said =Cluck, =Cluck! Oh, I am so frightened. =MotherHubbard's party. =Old =Mother =Hubbard gave a party. =LittleBoPeep was there. Little Miss =Muffet was there. =HumptyDumpty was there. =LittleJackHorner was there. =LittlelBoyBlue was there. =Old =Mother =Hubbard's dog was there, too. =PlayPuss in the corner, said =Old =Mother =Hubbard. They played =Puss in the corner. =HumptyHumpty was it. =Puss, Puss, =Puss, said =LittleBoyBlue. The =HumptyDumpty ran for a corner. =HumptyDumpty had a great fall. =HumptyDumpty sat on a wall. =HumptyDumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men can not put =HumptyDumpty together again. =LittleMissMuffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. There came a big spider, who sat down beside her and frightened Miss =Muffet away.&&000 BOBBS-MERRILL (1923) PRIMER BOB923PR.ASC BOBBS-MERRILL READERS --PRIMER by Clara B. Baler and Edna D. Baker Source: Columbia Univ. TC xerox, typed by Mrs Rooney, edited by DPH June 10, 1993 &&111 All the bells on earth shall ring On =Christmas day, On =Christmas day; All the bells on earth shall ring On =Christmas day in the morning. All the men on earth shall sing On =Christmas day, On =Christmas day; All the men on earth shall sing On =Christmas day in the morning. Oh! Oh! Oh! What do I hear? I will look under my wee chairs. Who is there? I will look under my wee bed. Who is there? I will go down my wee stairs, and look and look. I will look under my wee table. Who is there? I will look under my wee chairs. Who is there? I will look in my wee cupboard. =Boo! =Cluck! =Cluck! =Cluck! Come, Sheep. Come, Goose. Come, Cat. Who will make the cake? =Hiss! =Hiss! =Hiss! I will not. =mew! =mew! =mew! I will not. =baa! =baa! =baa! I will not. =cluck! =cluck! =cluck! Then I will make the cake. =cluck! =cluck! =cluck! Come, Goose. Come, Cat. Come, Sheep. Who will lay the table? =baa! I will not lay the table. =mew! I will not lay the table. =hiss! I will not lay the table. =cluck! =cluck! =cluck! Then =I will lay the table. Good morning, =Pig. Good morning, =Squirrel. Where are you going, =Pig? We are going to the forest. We are going to make a house. Rabbit will saw. Sheep will hammer. I will go, too. What can you do, =Squirrel? Do you see my tail? I can sweep with my tail. I will sweep the house. I will sweep and sweep. Good! you may go, too. Good morning, =Pig. Good morning, =Rabbit. Where are you going, =Pig? We are going to the forest to make a house. May I go, too? What can you do, =Rabbit? Do you see my teeth? I can saw with my teeth. I will saw and saw. Good! You may go. =Little =Sambo! =Little =Sambo! I am going to eat you, I am. Oh! Oh! Mr =Tiger! Do not eat me. Please do not eat me. You can have my blue trousers. I have blue trousers! I have blue trousers! I am the grandest =Tiger in the forest. Tiger! Tiger! The earth is falling in! Who told you, =Fox? =Squirrel told me. Who told you, =Squirrel? =Rabbit told me. Who told you, =Rabbit? I saw it with my eyes. We will run, run, run, and tell the =Lion. =Lion! =Lion! The earth is falling in! Who told you, =Tiger? =Fox told me. Who told you, =Fox? Why do you cry, =Rabbit? The Goat will not go home. Do not cry, =Rabbit. I will make the Goat go home. Go home, little Goat! Go home, little Goat! No! No! No! I want to eat the grass. I will not go home. Then I will cry, too. =Boo-hoo-hoo! The Gingerbread Boy I am a Gingerbread Boy, I am, I am. I am a Gingerbread Boy, I am, I am. I can run, I can, I can. Wee =Robin's =Christmas Song I am going to the King. I shall sing him a song this good =Christmas morning. Where are you going, =Wee =Robin? I am going to the King. I shall sing him a song this good =Christmas morning. Come here, =Wee =Robin, and I will give you some milk. Oh! No! Big =Pussy. You ate the =Wee =Mouse. But you can not eat me. We will call the car barn. Will the street cars run? No, no, no, no! The streets are blocked. The cars can not run. Who will bring milk for Baby? We will call the store. Will the boy bring milk? No, no, no, no! The streets are blocked. The boy can not come. Who will bring milk for Baby? To the train! 1'o the train! We are going to 1,11~ train. Mother is going I am going. DaddY will com~ irom town. The train goe~ ~ l~o with Daddy, M~h(~r and me. Here is the train. Here are the bags. Here are the baskets. But where is Daddy? The train goes at two. Where is Daddy? Toot, toot, toot! Toot, toot! Toot, toot! Here is the sun. We can see. We can see. We can see the sun. We can see the sky. We can see the boys. We can see the girls. We can see the birds. We can see the boats. Toot, toot, toot! Toot, toot! Toot, toot! We are on the way in the sun to-day. Stop, stop, little boys! A tub is no boat. We did not stop for the turtle. We will not stop for you, big fish. We will sail away To the end of the day. Little boys, stop, stop! A tub is no boat. We did not stop for the fish. We did not stop for the turtle. We will not stop for you, big bird. We will sail away To the end of the day. A Red Balloon I have a red balloon. My balloon will sail away. I will send a letter with my balloon. Who will read my letter? Sail away, red balloon. Sail away in the sky. Sail with my letter, red balloon. Who will read my letter? Cow Bells ! Sheep Bells ! Cow bells ! Sheep bells ! Where are the cows? Where are the sheep? Are they in the barn? No, no, no! They are not in the barn. Cow bells! Sheep bells! Where are the cows? Where are the sheep? They are not in the ba~. Are they in the hay? No, no, no! They are not in the hay. I will call my father. Father! Father! My little kitten is in the tree. He can not come down. Will you bring the kitten down for me? I have no ladder. I can not bring him down. I will call the policeman. Policeman! Policeman! My funny little kitten is in a tree. He can not come down. I can not bring him down. Mother can not bring him down. Father can not bring him down. Will you bring the kitten down for me? No, little girl. I can not bring the kitten down for you. I have no ladder. The Little Red Car In my car, in my car, in my little red car, I will ride away. I will ride and ride. In my car, in my car, in my little red car, I will ride away. I will ride and ride. I will ride to town. I will send a letter to Bob. Dear Bob, I have a puppy. My puppy runs. My puppy runs to school. Please send a letter to me. Jack. Postman ! Postman ! Have you a letter for me? Yes, yes, Jack. I have some letters. A letter for your mother. A letter for your father. A letter for you. A fire ! A fire ! The school is on fire! Run, boys, run! The funny red parrot and the little brown bird are in the school! A fire ! A fire ! The school is on fire! Run, run, boys! The funny red parrot, the little brown bird, and the big white rabbit are in the school! I have some kittens, some little kittens. Do you want a kitten? No, no, no, no! I do not want a kitten. A kitten will run away. A little bird? I have a bird. Do you want a bird? No, no, no, no! I do not want a bird. A bird will fly away. The Little Old Nickel I have a nickel, a little old nickel. I will run to the store. I will buy some cakes. I have a nickel, a little old nickel. I will run to the store. I will buy some cakes, a cake for Father, a cake for Mother, a cake for Puppy, two cakes for me. &&000 D.C. HEATH (1927) PRIMER HEA927PR.ASC RINBOW FAIRIES by Maude Moore and Harry B. Wilson Source: Columbia TC xeroxed, scanned, edited by DPH 1-10-93 &&111 VIOLET FAIRY We will now tell you what we do. Shall we? Of what help are the Fairies? That is what I am to tell. CHILDREN We like to have you tell us. We like to hear you talk. VIOLET FAIRY We will tell you what we do for you. Do you know what =Fairy talks in play ? CHILDREN We do not know. Tell us what =Fairy talks in play. Violet =Fairy I shall let that =Fairy tell you =Red =Fairy, tell the children. GREEN =Fairy Good day, =Fairies! Good day, children. I come to see you. CHILDREN Good day, little girl. Your sister says you are pretty. She knows, too. We see that. Pretty is as pretty does. That is what I hear. CHILDREN That is what people say. The people know, too. What are you to do, Green =Fairy? Of what help are you? GREEN =FAIRY Good day, =Fairies! Good day, children. I come to see you. Good day, little girl. What can I do for you? Good day, pretty =Green =Fairy. It is good to see you. You =Fairies help us children so. That is what =Fairies like to do. They like to help children. Children call =Fairies help. Fairies help good children who call. Do the =Fairies know who calls? Do they know us children? The =Fairies know the baby. They like to hear the baby call. The =Fairies know the little boy. The =Orange =Fairy likes the boy best. The =Orange =Fairy is our =Boy =Fairy. The =Fairies know you, =Violet. They hear you call. They say, That is my little girl. They tell me that I shall help you. I like to do that, though. I hear the =Fairies calling you. They call, =Little boy! What =Fairy do you like best? Tell the =Fairies. little boy. Fairies, I hear you calling. Can you come to see me? Can the =Orange =Fairy come today? Tell me you can. I hear you call the =Fairies, And that I do enjoy; I come to see the baby And you, my little boy. I am the =Orange =Fairy. Do you like orange? I like you, =Orange =Fairy. Baby and I like the =Fairies. I like you best, =Orange =Fairy. I can say a I can say =a, =a, =a. I call you. You hear me call. You call me. I hear you call. I call. You come. You call. I come. You and I play. I can play today. =RED =FAIRY You can play today. Is that what I hear? I can play. I come to play. I can play today. Come, dear baby Come and play. &&000 D.C. HEATH (1927) PRIMER HEA927PR.ASC RINBOW FAIRIES by Maude Moore and Harry B. Wilson Source: Columbia TC xeroxed, scanned, edited by DPH 1-10-93 &&111 VIOLET FAIRY We will now tell you what we do. Shall we? Of what help are the Fairies? That is what I am to tell. CHILDREN We like to have you tell us. We like to hear you talk. VIOLET FAIRY We will tell you what we do for you. Do you know what =Fairy talks in play ? CHILDREN We do not know. Tell us what =Fairy talks in play. Violat =Fairy I shall let that =Fairy tell you =Red =Fairy, tell the children. GREEN =Fairy Good day, =Fairies! Good day, children. I come to see you. CHILDREN Good day, little girl. Your sister says you are pretty. She knows, too. We see that. Pretty is as pretty does. That is what I hear. CHILDREN That is what people say. The people know, too. What are you to do, Green =Fairy? Of what help are you? GREEN =FAIRY Good day, =Fairies! Good day, children. I come to see you. Good day, little girl. What can I do for you? Good day, pretty =Green =Fairy. It is good to see you. You =Fairies help us children so. That is what =Fairies like to do. They like to help children. Children call =Fairies help. Fairies help good children who call. Do the =Fairies know who calls? Do they know us children? The =Fairies know the baby. They like to hear the baby call. The =Fairies know the little boy. The =Orange =Fairy likes the boy best. The =Orange =Fairy is our =Boy =Fairy. The =Fairies know you, =Violet. They hear you call. They say, That is my little girl. They tell me that I shall help you. I like to do that, though. I hear the =Fairies calling you. They call, =Little boy! What =Fairy do you like best? Tell the =Fairies. little boy. Fairies, I hear you calling. Can you come to see me? Can the =Orange =Fairy come today? Tell me you can. I hear you call the =Fairies, And that I do enjoy; I come to see the baby And you, my little boy. I am the =Orange =Fairy. Do you like orange? I like you, =Orange =Fairy. Baby and I like the =Fairies. I like you best, =Orange =Fairy. I can say a I can say =a, =a, =a. I call you. You hear me call. You call me. I hear you call. I call. You come. You call. I come. You and I play. I can play today. =RED =FAIRY You can play today. Is that what I hear? I can play. I come to plav. I can play today. Come, dear baby Come and play. &&000 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN (1923) PRIMER HM1923PR.ASC THE BOYS AND GIRLS' READERS -- PRIMER by Emma M. Bolenius Source: Columbia TC xerox, typed by Mrs Rooney, edited by DPH June 10, 1993 &&111 =Betty and =Tom and Uncle =Bob rode on, and on, and on, and on. After a while Uncle =Bob said, =Home again! Wake up. Tom opened his eyes. Then =Betty opened her eyes. There was =Mother waiting for them. Oh, but we had fun! cried =Tom and =Betty. Ten little =Wiggle =Wags TEN little =Wiggle =Wags, My, but they look fine! One fell down and hit his head. Then there were nine. NINE little =Wiggle =Wags Standing at the gate. Along came a =Mooly cow. Then there were eight. After a while =Tom saw a dog. The dog ran up to them. Then the dog saw the cat and chased it. =Tom pointed and sang, Poor =Cat =Fright Ran off with all her might, Because the dog was after her. Poor =Cat =Fright Then =Pussy turned and ran at the dog. =S-s-s! she said. =Meow! Then the dog ran and ran, and Uncle =Bob laughed and sang. Poor =Dog =Bright Ran off with all his might Because the cat was after him. Poor =Dog =Bright! Then =Betty laughed and sang, Poor =Dog =Bright, You ran with all your might Because the cat was after you. Poor =Dog =Bright! When =Betty saw the sheep she sang a song, too. =Baa, =baa, =Black =Sheep, Have you any wool? Yes, sir! Yes, sir! Three bags full. One for my master, One for my dame, And one for the little boy That lives in the lane. They looked at =Billy horse. It was a big white =Billy horse. =Billy horse shook his head. They looked at the black rooster. It was a big black rooster. The rooster said, =Cock-a-doodle-do! They looked at the =Mooly cow. It was a big =Mooly cow. =Mooly cow said, =Moo, =moo, =moo! =Piggy =Wig jumped from under his arm, and the little old man fell right into the brook. This is the hand that held the hammer that hit the nail that fastened the board that mended the fence that kept in the pig that lived in the pen that the little man made. =Tom taught =Tatters to do tricks. Here are some of the tricks. =Tom taught =Tatters to bark when he wanted to go out. =Tatters would bark, =Bow, =wow! Then =Tom would open the door. =Tom taught =Tatters to sit up. Oh, look! cried =Betty. =Tatters can sit up and beg. =Tom taught =Tatters to play dead dog. He would say, Dead dog! Then =Tatters would lie down and play that he was dead. =Betty taught =Tatters to do a trick. She taught him to run for the ball. She taught him to catch the ball and bring it to her. The three little fishes =Fishie-do was a little fish. =Fishie-did was a little fish. =Fishie-diddle was a little fish. They lived in a fish bowl. The fish bowl was on a table. The table was under a tree. See the fish bowl under the tree. One day it began to rain. The rain came down like this. =Fishie-do looked up and saw the rain. =Ho-ho! he cried, I will swim up into the rain. Then he swam, and he swam, and he swam, up into the rain. Here I am in the ice-box, called =Milk. They found =Milk in the ice-box. Bread said, Come, Milk, please come to the party. Potato said, Milk, please come. Meat said, Milk, please come. Apple said, Pleases come, =Milk. Butter said, Please come. Egg said, Come, please. Then they all said, Please come. Bread and Butter, Meat and Potato, Apple and Egg made Milk come to the party. Then, what do you think? They sat down on the table, and =Jumping =Jack and =Teddy =Bear and =Dolly =Dot ate them all up. =Betty plays with =Jumping =Jack. =Betty says to =Tom, Shake hands with =Jumping =Jack. =Tom shakes hands with =Jumping =Jack. Then =Betty says, Look at =Jumping =Jack! He has two eyes. He has two ears. He has a nose. He has a mouth. See! says =Betty. =Betty looks at =Tom. You have two eyes. You have two ears. You have a nose. You have a mouth. You are a =Jumping =Jack! =Betty laughed and laughed. They said to =Tom and =Betty, =Dolly =Dot and =Teddy =Bear have eggs and meat to eat. They have milk to drink. They have wool to wear. The pig did not say, =Cock-a-do. Find the one that did. The rooster did not say, =Baa. Find another that did not. The hen did not say, =Gobble. Find the one that did. The sheep did not say, =Quack. Find another that did not. The cow did not say, =Wee, wee. Find the one that did. The turkey did not say, =Moo. Find another that did not. The little house This is =Dolly =Dot. =Dolly =Dot saw the play house. =Dolly =Dot said, I like this little house. This is =Teddy =Bear. =Teddy =Bear saw the play house. =Teddy =Bear said, I like this little house. =Dolly =Dot said to =Teddy =Bear, Come, play with the house. You can play with the chairs. I can play at the table. =Dolly =Dot and =Teddy =Bear played and played and played. =Dolly =Dot and =Teddy =Bear said, We like this little house. The sun is up Little boy, The sun is up, up, up. Little girl, The sun is up, up, up. Little boy, Little girl, Little girl, Little boy, Wake up, wake up, Wake up, wake up, Who can wake the little boy? The rooster said to the dog, =Cock-a-doodle-do. Good morning to you. The dog said, =Bow, =wow. Good morning to you. The dog said to the cat, =Bow, =wow, =wow. Good morning to you. The cat said, =Mew, mew. Good morning to you. &&000 LAUREL BOOK CO. (1926) PRIMER LAU926PR.ASC THE LINCOLN READERS -- PRIMER by Isobel Davidson, et al Source: Columbia TC: xerox, scan edit by DPH 1-20=93 &&111 One day =Patty's mother made some sweet cookies. Billy, =Jack, =Jane, and =Patty were there. =Tip and =Pussy =Cat were there, too. Here are some cookies for you, called =Patty's mother. =Patty gave cookies to the boys. She gave one to =Jane. She had two cookies left. I will take one, said she. Who will have this good cookie? =Bow-wow! I will said =Tip. =Meow! =Meow! I will, I will, said =Pussy =Cat. =Tip sat up on his hind legs. Good dog! You may have some cookie for that, said =Jack. =Tip jumped for the cookie, and got it. The girls gave =Pussy=Cat a cookie. She ate it all up and cried, =Meow! My cat likes sweet cookies, said =Patty. Playing The Story Who will be =Billy? Who will be =Betty? Who will be =Nannie =Goat? Here is the field? Where is the little red cart? Who will be the farmer? =May, you may be =Betty. =Will, you may be =Billy. =Jack, you may be the farmer. =Nan, You may be =NannieGoat. =Billy, you may get the cart. =Betty, you may get the doll for =May. Apples red are falling down, Falling down, falling down, Apples red are falling down, My dear lady. Find the one that you like best, You like best, you like best, Find the one that you like best, My dear lady. I love you, =Mother, said sister =Nan. I will help you all I can. I love you, =Mother, said little =Will. I will help keep baby still. I love you, =Mother, said =BettyBlue. I will get the flowers for you. I love you, =Father, said little =Dan. I will help you all I can. I love you, =Father, said little =Bill. I will help you rake the hill. I love you, =Father. said =BettyMay. I will help you all the day. Who Is The Little Boy? I am a little boy. I went up a hill! A little girl went with me. I went to get some water. I fell down and =Jill fell down, too. Who Am I? I am a little girl. I look after my sheep. Oh, dear! I have lost my sheep. I did not look after the sheep. Who am I? Make my picture. I am a little boy. I did not look after the sheep. I did not look after the cows. I went to sleep and lost my sheep. Who am I ? Make my picture. Who went up the hill? Who lost her sheep? Who went to sleep? Play you are =Betty's mother. Rock the baby. Play you are =Billy' s father. Stand near baby and mother. Play you are =Billy =Boy. Play with the ball. Play ! You are big brother. Come, =Baby dear. Come to me. =Dolly dear is sitting here. =Billy =Boy is standing near. Come, =Baby dear, come to me. I can rock you to sleep. =Rock-a-by, =rock-a-by, =Rock-a-by, baby, by. =Dolly can sleep and baby can sleep. Betty met =Little =Goat. =Baa, =Baa-Baa! I can run, too. You can not run away from me. =Little =Goat, I am going to school. I can not go with you. I ran away from =Big =Pig. I ran away from =Big =Dog. And I can run away from you. So =Betty ran away from =Little =Goat. =Kitty =Cat ran after =Betty. =BrownPuppy ran after =Betty. Go home, =Kitty =Cat. Go home, =BrownPuppy. You can not go to school. So =KittyCat and =BrownPuppy ran home. &&000 MACMILLAN (1936) PRIMER MAC936PR.ASC NICK AND DICK by Arthur I Gates et al Source: Columbia U. xerox, scan edit by DPH June 1, 1993 &&111 One day =Miss =Wood said, We are going to the =Zoo, this morning. We are going to see the animals at the =Zoo. The =Zoo is far away. We cannot walk there. We will go on a subway train. A new little girl said, What is a subway train? A subway train is a train that runs under the streets, said the teacher. You have to go down, down, down many steps to get to the subway. Miss =Wood and the children came away from school. They walked a little way. They went down some steps. They got into the subway train. Away it went, faster and faster and faster. =Betty and =Bobby were going home. The twins said good-by to them that day. =Betty and =Bobby said good-by to the twins. They all said good-by under the tree house. Good-By to the =Farm! Early in the morning the twirls said good-by to the little house in the tree. They said good-by to =Uncle =David's four men. They said good-by to the cows and the horses. They said good-by to the pigs and the chickens. They said good-by to the little pig that came from the =Fair. He was bigger now than when he was at the =Fair. The horses stopped in the barnyard for a drink of water. Then they walked into their barn for supper. The pigs and chickens had their supper, too. Then it was bed-time for the animals. Betty and =Bobby =Betty and =Bobby lived on a farm. Their home was not far from =Uncle =David's farm. One day they rode to =Uncle =David's farm. They rode on horses. Let us do things to help you, Uncle =David, said =Nick. There are many things to do on a big farm, said Uncle =David. I have four men here now to help me. =Nick and I are farmers, too, said =Dick. We want to do the things that farmers do. Uncle =David laughed. I will call you my two new farmers, he said. Every morning the new farmers went out to look for eggs. They brought the eggs to =Uncle =David. He packed them into big boxes. He let the boys help him. The boxes of eggs were to go to the city. Uncle =David put =Albert-Edward's box by the white beds. =Albert-Edward saw his box. He got into it and went to sleep. The twins went to sleep, too. The Animals on the Farm In the morning, the twins had a good breakfast. After breakfast, Uncle =David called to them. Come out! he called. Come out and see the animals on the farm! Uncle =David said, =Maria likes to make good things to eat! =Maria laughed and said, Yes, I do like to make good things to eat. What do you like to eat? =Maria said to the twins. I like cake! said =Nick. I like bread! said =Dick. I will make good bread and good cake for you, said =Maria. The Yellow Cat. Uncle =David took the twins into the white house. They saw a cat on the rug. It was the big, yellow cat they had seen with =Maria. The twins ran to see the cat. I do not know which twin is =Nick, said =Uncle =David. I do not know which twin is =Dick. Then the twins laughed! I do not know which is which! said Uncle =David. What can I do? I am =Nick. My tie is red, said the twin with the red tie. I am =Dick. My tie is blue, said the twin with the blue tie. Red is for =Nick! Blue is for =Dick! said Uncle =David. That is how I can know which boy is which, he said. The twins looked and looked at all the toys. Then =Dick said, I am going to buy a toy train. Good ! said =Nick. Then I am going to buy a pretty little red wagon with a horse to draw it. Mr =Bangs put the toy train in a yellow box. He gave the box to =Dick. He put the little red wagon and the horse in a black box. He gave this box to =Nick. I can see streets and automobiles from the top of the bus, said =Nick. I can see people and houses from the top of the bus, said =Dick. I can see a big, big, big city from the top of the bus, said =Father. I can see the park, said =Nick. I can see green grass. In the Park. =Father and the twins sat down on the green grass in the park. =Father had brought some dinner in a box. It was fun to eat dinner in the park. Yes, said =Mother, you may go to the store. =Mother and the twins went down, down, down in the elevator to the street. The Policeman. On the street was a policeman. Good morning, boys, said the policeman. Good morning! said the twins. The Elevator. =Nick and =Dick ride to the top of the big, brown house. They ride to the top of the big, brown house in the elevator. Ben is the elevator boy. He likes to give the twins a ride in the elevator. The twins like to ride in the elevator. Twins look just alike. =Nick and =Dick look just alike. One twin has a red suit. =Nick has the red suit. &&000 NEWSON & CO. (1927) PRIMER NEW927PR.ASC PLAYTIME by Catherine T. Bryce et al Source: Columbia TC xerox, scan edit by DPH June 1, 1993 &&111 =Black =Dog called =White =Cat. He said, Come here, =White =Cat. Please help me pull up this turnip. Take hold of me. Pull when I pull. =Old =Man pulled at the turnip. =Old =Woman pulled at =Old =Man. =Little =Girl pulled at =Old =Woman. =Black =Dog pulled at =Little =Girl. =White =Cat pulled at =Black =Dog. They pulled and they pulled, but the turnip did not come up. The Baker said, I will, Miller. I will be a drummer. So the Baker stopped working. They all beat the drums. The Farmer's drum went, =Rat-a-tat-tat ! The Miller's drum went, =Rub-a-dub-dub ! The Baker's drum went, =Boom ! =boom ! =boom ! What the People Said The people said, Hear the drums! We will see who are beating them. They saw the =Baker and asked, Baker, why are you not working? Why are you not making bread? The =Baker said, I can not make bread. Why not? asked the people. The Baker said, I have no flour. The Miller can't make flour for me. The people asked, Why is that? Miller, why can't you make flour? The Miller said, I have no wheat. The Farmer will not grow wheat. They Meet a Boy On they went till they met a Boy. The Boy called, Stop, stop, =Cookies! No, no! said the big round =Cookies. The =Cooky-cake =Man said, We jumped from the pan, And we rolled and we ran, Two big round =Cookies And the =Cooky-cake =Man. I will catch you, said the Boy. The =Cooky-cake =Man said, Run, run, run. As fast as you can! You can't catch the =Cookies Or the =Cooky-cake =Man. The Boy ran and ran. He caught a big round =Cooky! Faster and faster They rolled and they ran, One big round =Cooky And the =Cooky-cake =Man. The Man in the Moon The man in the moon Looked out of the moon, Looked out of the moon and said, It is time for all little girls and boys to think about going to bed. The =Cooky-Cake =Man The =Cookies =Run =Away A woman made some cookies. She made some big round cookies and one =cooky-cake man. She put them all in a pan. The cooky-cake man jumped out. Two big cookies jumped out. Away they ran! =Little =Pig found his ear. He put his foot in his ear. That is how he found it. =Little =Pig said, Look, =Mother! What is this? =Big =Mother =Pig said, =Oof! =oof! That is your ear, =Little =Pig. You have two ears. =Little =Pig said, Oh, =Mother! What can I do with my two ears? His mother said, =Oof! =oof! =oof! You can hear with your two ears. =Little =Pig found his nose. He put his foot on his nose. That is how he found it. =Little =Pig said, Look, =Mother! What is this ? =Big =Mother =Pig said, =Oof! =oof! That is your nose, =Little =Pig. You have one nose. =Little =Pig said, Oh, =Mother! What can I do with my one nose? His mother said, =Oof! =oof! =oof! You can smell with your one nose. =Joe asked, What are you going to buy? =Mary said, I want a pretty doll. I am going to buy a =Boy =Blue doll. =Joe asked, Will you let me play with it? =Mary said, No, I will not. You will break my =Boy =Blue. =Joe said, I will not break it. Please let me play with =Boy =Blue. =Mary said, No, =Joe. I will not let you play with it. I want to play with my =Boy =Blue. =Mary ran away to the toy shop. Little =Joe saw =Ted. Joe asked, Where are you going? =Ted said, I am going to the toy shop. =Joe asked, What are you going to buy, =Ted? =Ted said, Come with me. Come to the toy shop with me, and you will see what I buy. The boys ran to the toy shop. One day =Joe said, Oh, =Mother! Please tell about the little candle. Tell about the wind and sun, said =Ted. Tell about =Robin, said =Baby. Please tell all the stories, =Mother, said =Mary. I like them all. =Betty said, Please play with me. Please play with me, pretty balloon. Please play with me, little doll. I will not break you. I will put you away. Will you play with me? The pretty green balloon said, Yes, =Betty, I will play with you. Take me with you. I like to play with a good girl. I like to live with a good girl. The little doll said, Yes, =Betty, I will play with you. Take me with you. I like to live with a good girl. The toys went to live with =Betty. She did not break them. She put them away. She was good to them. =Joe =Buys =Toys The toy man said, Good morning, my boy. Come and buy a pretty toy. Will you buy a balloon? =Joe said, Good morning, =Toy =Man. I will not buy a balloon. I like drums and horns. I will buy this big drum. I will buy this little horn. I can beat the drum. I can blow the horn. =Mary buys a toy The toy man said, Good morning, little girl. Come and buy a pretty toy. Will you buy a drum? =Mary said, Good morning. I will buy this pretty ball. I can throw and catch a ball. =Mary, =Mary! Play ball with me. Play with my birthday ball. I will throw my ball to you. You can throw it to me. I will play with you, =Ted. I like to play ball. Throw the ball to me. I will catch it. I will catch it and throw it to you. &&000 WINSTON COMPANION READER--PRIMER (1922) WIN922PR.ASC THE WINSTRON COMPANION READERS --PRIMER by Ethyl H. Maltby & Sidney G. Firman Source: SUNY Oneonta XEROXED, SCANNED AND EDITED BY DPH 7-9-92 &&111 =Jack be nimble, =Jack be quick, =Jack jump over the candlestick. One morning =RedSquirrel said. I am very hungry. I should like some nuts to eat. But =RedSquirrel had no nuts in his house. So he ran out to find some. Soon he came to a tree. He saw some nuts on the ground. =ProudDuck said, =WiseOwl, I can run. I can swim and I can fly. I am a fine duck! Quack ! Quack ! Quack ! =WiseOwl said, Do not be so proud. You can swim, but a fish swims faster than you. You can run, but a squirrel runs faster than you. You can fly, but a woodpecker can fly faster than you. Do not be so proud. Then =ProudDuck began to hang her head. One day =SlyFox was hungry. He looked and looked, but he could find nothing to eat. So he sat down under a tree. He said, I will wait here. Something good to eat will soon come along. =SlyFox waited and waited. By and by =LittleBunny came running rye Soon the pancake met a pig. The pig said, Out ! Out ! Out ! Why are you rolling so I as I am rolling away front the hen, said the pancake. She wants to eat me. The pig said, The hen shall not eat you, Let us go into the woods. Then she will not catch you. The pancake said, Yes, let us go into the woods. So the pig and the pancake went into the woods. Soon they came to a brook. The pig could swim. So he jumped into the brook and began to swim. The pancake could not swim. It cried, Stop, Pig, stop! The pig stopped. What shall I do? cried the pancake. I can not get over the brook I can not swim! The pig said, Jump on my snout. I will take you over the brook. The seven children said, Oh, Mother, give us the pancake to eat. We are so hungry! The pancake heard this. It said, The seven children want to eat me. They shall not eat me! I will jump out of the pan. Then I will roll away. The pancake jumped out of the pan. It called out, Good-bye, children! Then it rolled and rolled out of the door. The old woman saw the pancake roll away. She cried, Stop, Pancake, stop ! But the pancake rolled on. One day =ChickenLittle went for a walk. Something fell on her tail. Oh! Oh! said =ChickenLittle, the sky is falling! I will go and tell the king. On the way she met =HenryPenny. =HenryPenny said, Where are you going. =ChickenLittle? =ChickenLittle said, Oh, =HenryPenny, the sky is falling! I am going to tell the king. Who told you? asked =HenryPenny. =ChickenLittle said, I saw it with my eyes. I heard it with my ears. Some of it fell on my tail. I will too, said =HenryPenny. They ran on till they met =CockyLocke. =Squeaky pulled and pulled. Soon she pulled away from the trap. Then she ran home. She began to cry, Squeak ! Squeak ! Squeak ! Oh, my nose ! Oh, my nose ! =MotherMouse heard =Squeaky cry. She said, Oh, =Squeaky! Why are you crying? =Squeaky cried, Oh, my nose! Oh, my nose! =Mother, I am afraid of the trap. It caught my nose. Once upon a time there was a grasshopper. The grasshopper liked to jump. He jumped and jumped all day. One day a rooster came along. He saw the grasshopper jump. He said, Grasshopper, why do you jump all day? =Gray Squirrel said, Oh, please help me ! My tail is caught in this trap. The pig said, I have no time to help you. I am in a hurry. But I will send some one to help you. And the pig ran on. Soon he met a goat. He said, Goat, your friend =GraySquirrel wants to see you. The goat said, Where is =GraySquirrel? He is down by the pond, said the pig. I will go to him, said the goat. Soon the goat found =GraySquirrrel. He said, =GraySquirrrel, do you want me? =GraySquirrrel said, Oh yes, I do want you. My tail is caught in this trap. Please help me! So =FluffyDuck tried to run faster She tried and tried. But she could not run faster. Then she began to cry, Oh, =LittleChick will catch me. =WiseOwl was up in his tree. He heard =FluffyDuck crying. He flew down from the tree. He said, =FluffyDuck, why are you crying? =FluffyDuck said, =LittleChick wants my corn. He will soon catch me. =Boo-hoo ! =Boo-hoo ! Then =WiseOwl whispered something to =FluffyDuck. =FluffyDuck stopped crying. She began to laugh, and said, Now =LittleChick will not catch me. =WEEBROWNIE AND THE OLD OLD MAN Once upon a time, there was an Old Old Man. He lived in an old old house. One day the Old Old Man said, What shall I do? I have nothing to eat. I have nothing to drink. I am too old to work. What shall I do? =WeeBrownie lived in the Old Old Man's house. He lived in a candlestick. He heard the Old Old Man say, What shall I do ? I have nothing to eat. I have nothing to drink. I am too old to work. What shall I do? =WeeBrownie said, I will help him. By and by he jumped out of the candlestick. He went to the baker. He said, Baker, will you help the Old Old Man? He has nothing to eat. He has nothing to drink. And he is too old to work. One day =Bobtail ran into the woods. He saw some trees. He said, I want to live up in a tree. Then he began to cry, =Boo-hoo ! =Boo-hoo ! I want to live up in a tree. =Boo-hoo ! =Boo-hoo ! Soon =BushyTail came along. He said, Why are you crying, =Bobtail? Can I help you? =Bobtail said, I want to live up in a tree. Boo-hoo ! Boo-hoo ! =BushyTail said, Stop crying =Bobtail. I will help you. I live up in a tree. Will you live with me? =Bobtail stopped crying. He said, Thank you, =BushyTail. I will live with you. =Bunny found some bread. He said, This is not my bread. I shall not eat this bread. A pig came along. =Bunny said to the pig, I have found some bread. The pig said, Out ! Out ! Out ! May I eat the bread? =Bunny said, Did you make this bread? The pig said, No, I did not make the bread. Bunny said, Then you shall not eat the bread. So the pig did not eat the bread. &&000 THE NEW WINSTON PRIMER (1928) WIN928PR.ASC By Sidney G. Firman and Ethel M. Gehres Source: SUNY Oneonta xeroxed, scanned edited DPH 7-9-92 &&111 Play moving pictures with the three bears. Where will the bears house be? Who will be =Goldilocks? Play this moving picture: The three bears were in the woods. =Goldilocks rapped at the door. She ate the porridge in =BabyBear's bowl. She sat in =BabyBear's chair. She lay on the little wee Bed. The bears came home. =BabyBear found =Goldilocks. =Goldilocks jumped out of bed and ran home. She rapped on the door. She rapped on the window. Sue rapped on her head. She sat on the hard table. She lay on the soft bed. She blew out a candle. She hid in an old barn. She picked =SlyFox's head. She sat on a chair. She picked =SlyFox's back, She played a game. She ran home =Goldilocks saw the three bowls of porridge. She ate some of the porridge in the great big bowl. It was too hot. She ate some of the porridge in the middle-sized bowl. It was too hot. Then she ate some porridge ill the little wee bowl. It was so good that she ate it all up. There were three chairs for the three bears. =Goldilocks sat on the great big chair. But it was too hard. =Goldilocks sat on the middle-sized chair. But it was too soft. =Goldilocks sat on the little wee chair and broke it. =Squeaky went to the cow, and said, =Pussy bit off my tail. Good cow, please help me! Please give me some mills. I will give it to =Pussy. Then she will give me my tail The cow said, I like hay. Get some hay for my dinner. Then you may have some milk. So =Squeaky went for the hay. He went to the farmer, and Said, =Pussy bit off my tail. Good farmer, please help me! =Lambkin said, =Grankin, what shall I do? The fox and the dog will be looking for me. They want to eat a fat =Lambkin. Please help me! =Grankin said, Here is a drum for you. Get into thus drum and roll down the hill. When =Lambkin got into the drum it rolled down the hill. Rope will not hang butcher. Butcher will not kill ox. Ox will not drink water. Water will not put out fire. Fire will not burn stick. Stick will not beat dog. Dog will not bite pig. Pig will not jump over the stile, and we shall not get home tonight. The rat said, Get me some cheese. Then I will gnaw the rope. The =OldWoman got some cheese. She gave it to the rat. Then the rat began to gnaw the rope The rope began to hang the butcher The butcher began to kill the ox. The ox began to drink the water. The water began to put out the file. The fire began to burn the stick. The stick began to beat the dog. The dog began to bite the pig. The =Oldwoman met a fire. She said, Fire, fire, burn stick! Stick will not heat dog. Dog will not bite pig. Pig will not jump over the stile, and we shall not get home tonight. The fire said, No, I will not burn stick. The =Oldwoman met some water. She said, Water, water, put out fire! Fire will not burn stick. Stick will not beat dog. Dog will not bite pig. Pig will not jump over the stile, and we shall not get home tonight. The water said, No, I will not put out fire. One day =SlyFox said, I must catch =WhiteHen. So he hid in the woods again He looked and looked for =WhiteHen. Soon =WhiteHen went into the woods. =Sly Fox jumped out and caught her. =WhiteHen called, Let me go! Oh, let me go! Please let me go! Soon the =GingerbreadBoy met a dog. The clog called, Stop, =Gingerbread Boy ! The =GingerbreadBoy said, I ran away from the little old woman, the little old Man the little old kettle, the little old pan. I ran away from the cat, and I can run away from you. So the =GingerbreadBOY ran on. The dog ran after him, but he could not catch him. The =WeeWeeWoman closed the window. Then she went up the stairs and got into bed again. The =WeeWeeWoman went to sleep. Soon she heard the noise again. So she got out of bed. She lighted the candle. She opened the door and went down the stairs. A little bee flew into the woods The little bee said, Why are you crying, fox? The fox said, The goat will not go home. The little bee said, Stop crying, fox. I will make the goat go home The little bee flew at the goat. =zzzz. The goat said, Oh, the little bee will sting me! So he ran home. Then the little boy stopped crying. He said, Thank you, little bee. =MotherFox put the birthday cake on the table. She said, Call =LittleSquirrel. Call =BunnyRabbit. Red Fox began to call, Come, =LittleSquirrel ! Come, =BunnyRabbit! Let us eat the birthday cake! =LittleSquirrel and =BunnyRabbit ran to the Table. =MotherFox said, Sit on this chair, =LittleSquirrel. Sit on this chair, =BunnyRabbit. =FatherRabbit found some grass. =FatherRabbit began to eat the grass. =MotherRabbit began to eat the grass. =BabyRabbit began to eat the grass. A dog ran into the woods. =Bow-wow ! =Bow-wow The dog saw the rabbits. =FatherRabbit saw the dog.