&&000 BOBBS-MERRILL CO.  (1950)  2nd grade      BOB9502N.ASC
MEET OUR FRIENDS by William H. Burton, et al
Source: Columbia Univ. Teacher's College
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  Once when =Henny-Penny was walking,
  something heavy came down on her head.
  Oh, my! The sky is falling,  she cried.
  I'll run to tell the king. 
  She dressed in her best clothes and ran
  to tell the king that the sky was falling.
  Down the road she raced with never a stop
  until night. Then she said, Now I'll sleep,
  and tomorrow I'll hurry on. 
  When morning came, she woke up early
  and started on her way again.



  By this time the peddler was very cross.
  He jumped up and down and said,  =Give me
  my caps, you old monkeys. 
  Then the monkeys jumped up and down,
  just as the peddler did.
  By and by the peddler became so cross
  that he pulled off his cap. Down it rolled
  to the ground! When this happened, what
  do you think the monkeys did? They pulled
  off their caps, too.
  Then all the green caps,
  and all the yellow caps,
  and all the blue caps,
  and all the red caps
  came flying down to the ground.
  The peddler put the caps on his head.
  Over his own cap of black and gray he put
  green caps, then yellow caps, blue caps,
  and red caps. Back to the city he went,
  calling,  Caps to sell. 



  Once Farmer =Brown put up a new barn
  for his animals. He moved the animals
  from an old barn to the new one.
  A little elf saw the new barn and said,
  I'll move in, too. I can have fun playing
  tricks on the animals. 
  So the elf moved in. He began to hide
  here and there, where no one would look.
  I do not want anyone to know that I am
  staying here,  he said.  I'll just call
  myself Mr =Hide-Away. 



  The two girls ran fast to tell Mrs =Stone
  about the little rabbits.  Come, =Mother, 
  cried =Susan.  We have found a rabbit nest
  with four bunny rabbits. 
  Mrs =Stone went with the girls to see
  the bunny rabbits.  How small they are! 
  she said.  Let's put them inside the nest
  where they belong. 
  They put the rabbits back in the hole
  with pieces of fur around them. They put
  the grass back, just as it had been before.
   We must not let the mother rabbit know
  that we were here,  said Mrs =Stone.
   Where did she get fur to make a nest
  for her rabbits?  asked =Ann.
   She pulled off pieces of her own fur
  to make it,  said Mrs =Stone.  She made
  it out of her own fur. 
  She made a good nest for the rabbits
  out of her own fur,  said =Ann.



  One morning =Ann had a telephone call
  from her friend =Susan =Stone. Susan lived
  in the country.
   Hello,  said =Susan on the telephone.
   Do you know who I am? 
   Yes, I know who you are,  said =Ann.
   You are =Susan, but why do you call me
  on the telephone? 
   I am calling to ask you to come out
  for a visit,  said =Susan.
   What a surprise!  said =Ann.



  The children at =Pine =Square wished
  that they could see =George and =Teddy.
  Time and again =Don said,  Please, =Daddy,
  take us to see =George and =Teddy. 
  One day when =Daddy came from work,
  he said,  I have a surprise for you today.
  Saturday morning we'll go to =Woodsfield
  to see =George and =Teddy. 
  Oh, good!  cried =Don and =Peggy.  Then
  we'll get to see =George and =Teddy again.
  How are we going? 
  We are going on a big railroad train, 
  said =Daddy with a smile.



  Then =Timmie's mother came hurrying
  down the street.  =Timmie,  she called.
   See what I have found! 
  In her hands she had a funny toy cat
  with little yellow spots all over. It had
  big ears and a red nose. It had long legs
  without feet.
  The man laughed out loud.
  The woman said,  Well, well! 
  The big girl said,  What a cat! 



  The next morning men came to the house
  to move things. They parked a big truck
  a little way from the house
  =George and =Teddy watched the men carry
  things from the house. They watched them
  put things in the big truck.
  =Lucky ran here and there to watch, too.
  He ran up and down the stairs. He jumped
  in and out of the truck. He could not tell
  what the men were doing.
  After while there was not a thing left
  in the house. The men jumped on the truck
  and shouted,  Good-by now. We are off
  to the town of =Woodsfield. 



  =Pepper is not good today,  said =Peter.
  He will not do his tricks. 
  =Peter put =Black =Pepper back on his box,
  and the show went on.
  =Jack and =Mack had =Teeny and =Weeny
  do tricks for the children. They put down
  a little toy fence.
  =Jack had =Teeny jump over the toy fence.
  Then =Mack had =Weeny jump over it.
  They had the dogs speak and roll over
  for the children. Last they asked them
  to go after a stick.



  =Peter lived with his father and mother
  over the little store. Outside the store
  were stairs going up to their home.
  One day =Peter came home from school
  sick. He was sick with a cold.
  The next day his birthday was coming,
  and he wanted to have fun.
   Oh, my!  he said.  Here I am sick,
  and my birthday is coming. 



  =Ann was in the yard when the girls came
  to see her.  Hello,  said =Jean.  We came
  over to play. Where is =Linda? 
   =Linda is asleep,  said =Ann.  Every day
  after dinner she has to sleep for a while.
  She is not big like us, you know. 
  The girls began to play in the yard
  with =Ann's doll and cart. After while
  they began to watch the firemen.
  Let's see what the firemen are doing
  next door,  said =Jean.
  The firemen saw the girls and called,
  Why not come over here for a while?
  Come to play with our pet monkey. 
  &&000 GINN & CO.    (1958)    2nd grade           GIN9582N.ASC
AROUND THE CORNER by Odille Ousley and David H. Russell
Source: Columbia TC  xerox, scan edit by DPH June 2, 1993

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The children raced over to the big
stone as fast as they could go. There
they found another sign that said
Treasure !   shouted =Jean.
How she worked ! Puppy and =Jerry
came and helped her dig. How the sand
flew !
 Oh look ! The treasure !   said =Jean.
The children saw a big box with paper
and rope around it. They took the box
out of the hole and opened it.
In the box were many good things for
a picnic lunch. There was cold turkey
and bread and butter. There were apples
and ginger cakes and nuts.
 This is a funny treasure,  laughed
=Jean.   But it is a good picnic lunch.
Who could have put it there ?  
Mr =Hollyberry did not say anything.
But =Jean and =Jerry could guess who put
the picnic treasure in the sand.



Mrs =Rabbit and Mrs =Goose looked in
the bedroom. There were the three rabbit
children in their own little beds.
  Well ! This is strange,  said Mrs
=Rabbit.   My children never go to sleep
in the daytime without being told. 
  It is a strange day if you ask me, 
said Mrs =Goose as she started home.
Mrs =Goose ate one of her cherry pies
when she got home. Then she took the
other pie to the three little rabbits. How
they ate that cherry pie !
Mrs =Goose laughed.   These little
people like cherry pie,  she said.   So
they are not so strange after all. 



=Ebenezer =Piffle looked at the piles of
hats.   I know what to do,  he said.
  What ?   shouted all the other little
=Piffles.
  I will show you,  said =Ebenezer.
  Bring the hats and come along with me. 
The little =Piffles followed =Ebenezer.
Soon they reached the city park. They
put all the hats on the grass by the
picket fence.
  Now do as I do,  said =Ebenezer. He
picked up some hats and walked along
beside the picket fence. Then he put a
hat on each picket.
The other little =Piffles ran to help
=Ebenezer put the hats on the pickets.
What a strange-looking fence it turned
out to be ! The people all laughed when
they saw so many different hats on the
picket fence.



One summer it was very hot for many,
many days. There was no rain at all,
and the hot sun was drying up the
little pond.
The grass that the rabbit liked to eat
turned brown and dry. There were no
flowers for the bees to buzz around.
There were no fish for the black bear
to catch with his paws.
Still it was very hot, and still no rain
came. One day the deer came for a drink.
There was not one drop of water left
in the little pond.
  What shall we do ?   asked the deer.
A wee brown bird in a tree called,   Yes,
what shall we do ?  
All the other animals said the very
same thing,   What shall we do ?  
From the other side of the tree came
a loud =quack.
 I know !   quacked the duck.   Far
away through the trees, there is a big
blue lake. It is so big that the sun cannot
dry it up. I saw it as I flew over the
woods. 
All the animals were listening to what
the duck said.
  Will you go to this big lake?   said
the duck.   I will show you the way. 
  We will go,  said the animals.   We
must have water !  



One day Mr =Fox and Mr =Bear came to
Mr =Rabbit's house. They sat near the
doorway and talked and talked.
They were still talking about the rain
they wanted.
Mr =Rabbit just sat there. He did not
say anything.
At last Mr =Bear said,   How is your
garden this summer, Mr =Rabbit ?  
  My garden is pretty good,  said Mr
=Rabbit.  It could be better. But it is
pretty good for a summer garden. 
Mr =Bear looked at Mr =Fox. Then
Mr =Bear said,   Have you had any rain
at your house, Mr =Rabbit ?  
  I guess it is not what you might call
a rain,  said Mr =Rabbit.  A little
water here and a little water there. 
Mr =Fox and Mr =Bear were surprised
to hear this.   How can you get rain
when we cannot get a drop ?   they asked.
  What is the secret ?  
  Well,  said Mr =Rabbit.  Some of
my neighbors do call me a rain-maker.
They may be right. Then again they
may not be right. They can call me
whatever they please. 
Mr =Bear and Mr =Fox went away. They
soon told all the other animals about
Mr =Rabbit's secret.
  He can make it rain,  they said.   We
will ask him to make it rain for us. 



=Peter did not go into the house. He
sat on the fence and waited. He threw a
little stick up in the air and watched
=Flip run to get it.
Then he put his hand into his coat
pocket and took out his big flashlight.
The wind was blowing and it was
growing cold. =Peter buttoned up his
coat. He knew it would be dark soon.
  I guess the plane is not coming
tonight,  said =Peter.   It is after seven. 
Just then =Peter heard a noise overhead.
It was not the wind. It was the loud
roar of an airplane engine.
Each night at about this time the big
plane came over. Its engine roared
high in the air over the ranch house.
=Peter watched for the plane every
night. He did not like to go into the
ranch house until it came over.


  I think this is very good corn !   said
Mr =Gates.   May I have this ear, =Abel ?
I want to show it around. 
=Abel said,   Yes.  Then he ran out to
play ball. He played a long time.
When =Abel came home, he saw many
people in the street in front of his
house. They all called out to him,
  How are you, =Farmer =Abel ?  
=Abel knew many of the people. He had
seen them looking out of their windows
at his farm.
When =Abel went into the back yard,
someone shouted,   Here is =Farmer =Abel. 
There was Mr =Gates with the ear of
corn he had been showing around. Aunt
=Susan and Mrs =Hall were there, too !
One man took =Abel's picture for the
newspaper. Another asked him how he
had learned to farm.



Soon it was time to go to the game.
  =Ben,  said =Mother.   You are not
going to play baseball at the park.
Must you take your baseball glove with
you to the game ?  
  Please, =Mother ! May I ?   asked =Ben.
=Mother laughed.   Take it if you wish,
and have a good time,  she said.
Away =Ben and =Father went to the ball
park. They soon found their places and
sat down.
=Ben looked all around. He had never
seen so many people. Wherever he looked,
there were people all around him.
Then the game started. =Ben had never
seen a game like this ! Sometimes the
people around =Ben jumped up and shouted.
Whenever =Father got up, =Ben got up.
Whenever =Father shouted, =Ben shouted.
What fun =Ben had !



The tall clown was a policeman clown.
He had on a policeman suit with big
yellow buttons on the coat.
On one foot he put an old red shoe.
On the other foot he put a long yellow
shoe with buttons on it.
  Now for my green hair,  he said.
  This is the funniest hair I have. It
always makes the children laugh. 
The policeman clown got into his old
car. The wheels were coming off, and
the engine was steaming.
A pet duck sat by the clown's side.
Away they went into the big tent.

The day of the birthday party came.
=Mary =Ann put on her new blue dress
and her new blue shoes.
=Ben and =Joe got dressed
for the party, too.
=Sonny =Bear was ready for the party.
=Joe and =Mary =Ann put him
in a chair by the door.
  Your friends will be coming soon, 
called =Mother.   Run to the window
and look for the =Spring =Street bus. 
&&000 D.C. HEATH & Co. (1950)  2nd grade             HEA9502N.ASC
LOST AND FOUND no author listed 
Source: Columbia Teacher's College 
xeroxed, scanned and edited by DPH July 13, 1993

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        Down below the people go
         Very small and very slow.
         They look like bugs and ants and flies.
         I wonder if they realize
         What they look like to my eyes.
         
         Riding along in my airplane,
         I shout at the sun,
         I shout at the rain;
         Then with a roar of my motors
         That drowns the shout
         I dash straight up in the air
         And wheel about.
         
         I plunge through the sunlight,
         I hurl through the rain,
         Then I glide to the earth
         In my airplane.

         There is another one flying low,  said
         =David.  It's over on the other side of the
         flying field. 
          It's a good thing it did not come in
         before,  said =Holly.  What would happen
         if two airplanes tried to land at once? 



         It was hard to clean up the tar.  =Nan and
         =Teddy were still at work when =Father came
         by the porch.
         =Father did not say anything. He just took
         =Pig to the shed and locked him up.
         The children were very sad.
         Pig was sad, too.



         The school on the mountain was a little
         one. There was just one teacher, and there
         was just one room.
         One day =Nan and =Teddy started for school.
         They ran almost all the way. When they
         got there, they went in and took their seats
         in the front of the room.
         It was a warm day, so the door was left
         open.



          Your mother thought I should,  said
         =Father.  She seems to like little pigs. 
          I told your father that you would take
         good care of the pig,  said =Mother.
          You must keep him out of the cornfield, 
         said =Father.
          We will take very good care of the pig, 
         cried the children.  We will watch him and
         keep him out of the cornfield. 
          What are you going to name him?  asked
         =Mother.
          Let's name him =Pig,  said =Tcddy.
          Yes,  said =Nan.  After all, he is a pig. 
         The little pig lay down and rolled over
         on his side.
          He seems to like the name,  said =Father.
          Here, =Pig. Here, =Pig,  called =Nan.
         The little pig ran to her.
          See! He knows his name,  cried =Teddy.



          Where did you find them?  asked =Teddy.
          I found them in the shed,  answered =Nan.
          They were behind some things in the shed.
         Come on. Let's make a wagon. 
         =Nan always wanted to do things.
         =Teddy looked at the cow again.
          Why are you watching the cow?  asked
         =Nan.
          Look at the way she eats,  answered
         =Teddy.  Her mouth goes from side to side. 
          She always eats that way,  said =Nan.
          Come on. Let's get a box. We need a
         box to make a wagon. 
          What good is a box?  said =Teddy.  What
         good is a wagon? 
          We could have fun with a wagon,  said
         =Nan.  You could pull it and I could ride in
         it. Then I could pull it and you could ride in it.



         =Bill's mother opened the door.
         What is going on?  she said.
         It's a pet show,  answered =Bill.
          Come and see the pets. 
         His mother looked around. The place
         was full of children and animals.
         She had never heard so much noise.

         How do you take out the food?
         asked =Patrick.
          Beside each little glass door is a slot.
         When you put some money in the slot,
         the door opens. Then you can take out
         the food, answered =Mother.
          This is a wonderful place, said =Tom.
          May we have anything we want? 
         asked =Patrick.
          Yes,  answered =Mother.
          You may have anything you want.
         But start with something hot. 



         =Patrick ran down to =Sally's apartment.
         I think the telephone is too long.
         It is a long way down here,  he said.
         =Alice and =Bill live on the top floor
         of the apartment house next door.
         We could make the telephone go
         to their apartment,  said =Sally.
         That is a good idea.
         You tell them about it,  said =Patrick.
         I will go up there now,  said =Sally.



         =Sally ran downstairs and opened a window.
        Before long she saw the basket coming down.
         
         The tin can was In It.
         =Sally held the tin can to her car.
         She did not hear a sound.
         She held the tin can to her mouth
         and said,  Hello. 
         Then she held it to her ear again.
         She did not hear a sound.
         Up on the top floor =Patrick was saying,
          Hello. Hello. Can you hear me? 
         But =Sally could not hear him.
          Hello!  said =Patrick in a loud voice.
         This time =Sally heard =Patrick.
         She did not hear him over the telephone.
         She heard him through the open window.
         =Sally shut the window.
         But then she could not hear a thing.
         =Patrick tried again and again.



         Early the next morning
         =Father rowed over to the mainland.
         He got there just as the stores opened.
         =Father had made boats before,
         so he knew just what to get.
         He went from one store to another.
         When he went home, his boat was full



         =Jack and =Molly and =Sue found
         more daisies near the rocks.
         But they could not find enough flowers
         to make a good garden in the kettle.
         So they went to =Father.
         We cannot find enough flowers.
         What shall we do?  they said.
         =Father looked at =StarfishIsland.
         =StarfishIsland was not far
         from =Sunfish Island.
          There may be some flowers
         on =StarfishIsland, said =Father.
         The sun is shining.  The ocean is smooth.
     You could row over there and see.

         &&000 J. B. LIPPINCOTT CO.  (1956)  2ND GRADE         LIP9572N.ASC
SKIPPING ALONG by Bernice E. ? (cut off)
Source: U of Rochester xerox, scan, edit by DPH January 27, 1993

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when he should. And he was
pleasant to kind persons who spoke
to him.
So from having been a very bad
little teddy bear, =Randolph became
a very good little teddy bear. And
only when he absolutely had to
did he ever say that word no.
And he absolutely had to one day
when his mother offered him some
chocolate layer cake for dessert.
 I am too full, =Mother, said
=Randolph.  NO, thank you! 


The Bear Who Wanted to Be a Bird

There was once a little black bear 
who wanted to be a bird. He wished
it so hard, and thought about it so
much, that finally he decided he
was one.
Going through the forest one day
he saw some birds high up in a tree
 Hello, he said.  I'm a bird, too. 
The birds laughed at him. You're
not a bird, they said.  Birds eat
worms. 
The little black bear scurried  
through the forest until he found
a thin piece of wood that had a
point. He tied it to his muzzle and
hurried back to the tree where the
birds sat.  See, he cried, looking
up,  I have a beak! 



All the woods were still.
 =Who-who-whoo? called =Sammy,
all night long. But at last his call
grew still. For =Sammy =Owl himself
was getting sleepy now.
So home he flew on sleepy wings,
home to the old dead tree.
And now the sun rose over the
far fields, and playtime for =Sammy
was over.
=Sammy =Owl tucked his little
beak deep into his feathers.
And he closed his drowsy eyes,
and drifted off to sleep, sleep, sleep.


The New Friend

=Cotton stood on top of a little
brown hill. She looked just like a
marshmallow on a chocolate
sundae. Everything about her was
still except her eyes, and her
short, white tail.
=Cotton was looking. She was
looking and hoping, for someone
to play with. She wanted a lamb,
just like herself, to play with.
But although she kept looking,
and hoping, she didn't see any
lambs. So she started to run down
the little brown hill to her mother
in the big field.
And she saw something wink in the sun.
There, at the bottom of the little
hill, a pretty little pond lay quietly
laughing in the sun.



hard that tears ran down his
cheeks.
On the shelf in front of him, sat
a row of dolls. They had yellow
hair     but instead of blue or
gray or brown or black eyes  

they had twinkling blue lights that
winked on and off!
Beside the dolls stood a row of
toy railroad engines. They were
black and shiny      but instead
of head lights, they had blue eyes
that opened and shut. Instead of
saying =Toot-toot! they were saying
=Ma-ma!
Rows of candy canes lay in their
boxes. But where they should have
had red stripes      they now had
shiny black stripes      for they
had been painted with railroad
engine paint!
Last of all, =Santa saw the boxes
of =Christmas tree lights. These
were a surprise, too! Instead of
being plain red and blue and
yellow and green, they were all
striped red and white! For they
had been painted with peppermint
candy cane colors.
At last, =Santa stopped laughing
and looked down at =Twink, =Blink,
=Stripey, and =Toot.  Now, how did
all this happen? asked =Santa.
 I'll tell you, said =Twink.  I'm
the one who started it. 

Then he told =Santa how the four
little elves had grown tired of their
own jobs and had changed places
with each other.
 Well, said =Santa,  It looks to
me as though you had better stick



Then the door opened, and in
walked =Santa =Claus! He laughed
loudly and made a lot of noise with
his heavy boots. He talked to the
children and then turned to the
tree. He leaned down and picked
up one of the red boxes of candy and
handed it to =Jerry.
 Here's one for you, young man, 
he boomed in his big voice.
 I don't think he is the real one, 
=Jerry thought, looking up at him.
 I can't ask him. 
=Jerry thought about him all the
way home, and at supper, and before
he went to sleep.
Two days before =Christmas!
=Jerry's mother took him shopping
with her.
=Jerry's eyes grew bigger and
bigger when he saw all the toys.
Toy elephants that stood as high as
=Jerry, with a little seat on top where
you could sit just like a circus
performer. Airplanes. Sleds, big
ones and little ones. Trains with
tracks and stations and lights.
There was one train that you
could get into. Boys and girls were
riding around the room in it. Jerry
climbed in and sat beside a window.
=As the train started, he saw =Mother
waiting for him. He waved to her
and she waved back. It was fun
riding around the room and looking
at the toys.




Mrs =Buckley came out to the
front door at once, and she and
=Johnny met the teacher on the
porch.
 Please come inside, his mother
said.  Let me take your coat. Will
you excuse me if I hurry back to
the kitchen? Mrs =Buckley had her
mind on the dinner.  My biscuits
are just starting to brown. I must
watch them every minute. =Johnny,
you take your teacher into the
living room and introduce her to
the family. 
=Johnny could hardly believe his
ears. Introduce his teacher! He had
never done such a thing. He could
not speak or move. His knees felt
suddenly wobbly, and his stomach
began to hurt.
But =Johnny had courage when he
needed it. It came to him now as he
looked at his teacher and bravely
led the way to the living-room door.
The room seemed full of men,
more of them than he had ever seen.
But, of course, that was only
because =Johnny was thinking so
hard about what he had to do.
 This is my father, Mr =Jonathan
=Buckley, began =Johnny in a weak
voice.  And this is my =Grandfather
=Buckley, my father's father. The
rest are all sons of my grandfather,
too, and they are my uncles. The
oldest one is =Uncle =James, standing



Mother Goose In =Topsy-Turvy =Land

=Heydiddlediddle, the King and the
Fiddle
The Queen jumped over the Moon!
The little Cow laughed and ate the
Tarts.
And the Dog ran after the Spoon.

=HumptyDumpty, pudding and pie,
Kissed =Bopeep and made her cry.
When her Sheep came out to play,
=HumptyDumpty ran away.



The circus men were very
unhappy, too. They wondered
what could be wrong with =Samson.
Was =Samson hungry?
The lion tamer brought him a
huge juicy steak. But =Samson
didn't eat it. He was too sad.
A nice lady gave =Samson a
raspberry lollipop. If there was
anything =Samson liked, it was
raspberry lollipops. But he didn't
even smile! He was very, very
sad.
The ice-cream man gave =Samson
a plate of chocolate ice cream.
=Samson loved ice cream too. But
he didn't even look at it. He sat
there, unhappy.
Then a funny little man, with a
brown bag, came into the cage.
 I'm the doctor, he said, and he
took out his watch.
He felt =Samson's pulse. He felt
down =Samson's throat. He listened
to =Samson's heart.
Very importantly he said to,
=Samson,  You have a cold. 
 What? whispered =Samson?
 You have a cold, said the doctor
a tiny bit louder.
 A what? asked =Samson.
 YOU HAVE A COLD IN YOUR
HEAD! shouted the doctor.
 Oh, my, so that's why I can't
roar, said =Samson.  Will you help
me get my wonderful roar back?
All these people want to hear me



 Jeepers, thanks! he said,
looking around.
 Remember, you're just a baby, 
the crow said.  Don't you do
anything but lie in your cradle,
and all the animals will rock you
and sing to you and feed you
when you get hungry. With that
=Henry was so surprised that he
almost fell out of his cradle.
Two months went by and =Henry
slept days and cried nights and
acted and acted and acted like a
baby.
When =Henry tried to put a
banana in his own mouth, one of
the monkeys grabbed it and did
it for him. When =Henry tried to
sit up, the elephants pushed him
back again and tucked him in.
And =Henry played with a cocoanut
shell for a rattle.
All this time =Henry was getting
bigger and bigger and bigger. His
head was pushing against the top
of the cradle; his arms were pushing
against the sides; his feet were
sticking out at the bottom. When
=Henry turned in the cradle, it
groaned and creaked as if it were
going to break.
=Henry would roll his eyes to
one side and see the crocodiles
swimming by. He would roll his
eyes to the other side and watch
a rhinoceros walking on the river
bank. He would roll his eyes
upwards and watch the old crow
flapping overhead.
 Jeepers, Mr =Crow, =Henry
said one day.  It must be nice to
move around and be free. 
 It is, the crow said.  Too bad
you're only a baby and have to


One day in early spring, =Sonny
and =Honey =Bunny had just finished
their breakfast of cabbage leaves
when their mother took her little
broom to sweep away snow from
the front door.  I do declare, she
cried in a surprised voice,  it has
stopped snowing, and the sun is
shining brightly. 
 =Good, exclaimed the twins,
hopping around.  May we go out
and play in the snow? 
 Yes, you may, said Mrs
=Bunny.  This will probably be
your last chance this year. Now
it is so warm that the snow is
melting. Have a good time, but
don't be late for dinner because we
are going to have some good carrot
stew. 
Away the rabbit children hopped,
singing the song they had learned
in the rabbit school,  =Good
morning, merry sunshine. 
Their friend the sparrow called
to them from a bush near by,
 Why, where have you been, =Bunny
twins? I haven't seen you for a
long time. 
 Good morning, they answered.
 The snow has been so deep that
we couldn't get our door open.
What did you do while the snow
was so deep? 



But about once a year, at kitten
time, Mrs =Jones left the little red
house and moved into the barnloft.
A barnloft makes a very splendid
birthplace for cats. It is high up, and
dogs cannot climb there. There is
usually hay in a barnloft, too, which
makes a fine secret nest where little
kittens can lie and sleep quietly.
A kitten needs to sleep quietly in
a dark place for about a month
right after it is born in order to get
a good start in life.
Mrs =Jones had never learned
to read very well, and she could
not tell time by the clock or the
calendar, but she had her own way
of knowing when to do things.
So on this nice, bright morning
in early =May, Mrs =Jones got ready
to bring her children downstairs
where =Grandma could see them,
admire each one, and help to take
care of them.
Mrs =Calico =Jones had never
studied arithmetic and could not
count very far so she was not quite
sure how many children she had had
during her life. =Grandma had once
added them all up and had decided
that there were =thirty-three in all.
They were always such fine
kittens, so well cared for, and so
strong and good-tempered that they
had no trouble finding pleasant
&&000 LYONS AND CARNAHAN   (1954)   2ND GRADE      LYN9542N.ASC
DOWN OUR WAY by Guy L. Bond et al
Source: Columbia TC  xerox, scan edit by DPH June 2, 1993

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Just as soon as the fox came back,
he knew that the ox was gone.
 Where is my ox?  he asked.
 Oh, I opened the bag a tiny bit, 
answered the woman.  Your poor ox
walked out. My boy made the ox run
over the hill. 
 You did not remember what I told
you,  said the fox.  If my ox has gone
over the hill, I will take your boy. 
He put the poor boy into his bag.
Then he threw the bag over his back
and away he went.
Just behind a hill, the fox saw
a house. He knocked at the door
and asked the woman if he could
leave his bag.
 Yes, if you wish,  she answered.
 There is not anything for you
in it,  said the fox.  Don't open
the bag. 
Then the fox went away again.
This woman was making some cookies.
=Um-um, how good the cookies smelled.
The woman's children said,  Please
give us some of those fresh cookies. 



While =Mary was watching the seven
little pigs, =Jim came to the pen.
=Mary showed him her own small pig.
 Please help me think of a name
for it,  said =Mary.
 Your pig is small,  said her brother.
 You will have to give it a short name. 
 You are right,  said =Mary.  I know
a short name for a small pig. I will
call it =Tiny.
That is just the right kind of name
for a tiny pig. 
=Daddy told the children there were
many things to learn about the care
of their pets.
 You must be kind to the calf, 
he told =Jim.  The cow cannot always
feed it. You must learn what to feed
the calf. You must wash it, too. 
 Soon the mother pig will stop
feeding =Tiny,  =Daddy said to =Mary.
 You will have to give the pig plenty
to eat. Tiny must have a warm place
to sleep, too. 
 We will learn how to take care
of our pets,  said the children.
 We will always be kind to them. 



=Mother thanked =Jack and =Judy
for the ice cream.
 I am glad you are going to keep
some of your money,  said =Mother.
 Before long you will have enough
to buy your football. 
 Every time I sell vegetables I will
keep some of the money for myself, 
said =Jack.  It will be fun to buy
my own football. 
 It has been fun to buy ice cream,
too,  said =Judy.
Mrs =March was going down town
to the big market. She wanted to buy
many things.
 =Judy and I are ready to go, 
called Mrs =March.  Are you boys
ready to go to town? 
 =We have been ready a long time, 
answered =Billy.  I have the large
market basket. We can put fresh fruit
and other things you buy into it. 
Soon Mrs =March and the children
were at the market.



 Yes,  answered =Daddy.  This
summer you may row the boat. 
 Please may I row the boat, too? 
asked =Judy.
 No, not this summer,  answered
=Mother.  You are too little to row.
You and I will ride in the boat.
Your brothers will row it. 
=Judy put her toys into the car.
The boys helped =Mother and =Daddy
get ready to go to the lake. When
their work was done, away they went
in the car.
After a time =Jack saw a big sign.
It said: Eat Here.
 See that sign, =Daddy,  said =Jack.
 It is the best sign on the road.
Please may we stop there? It is
almost time for lunch. 
 Yes,  said =Daddy.  We will eat
lunch early today. 
=Daddy stopped the car near some
little houses. Near the houses
there was a big sign.



Soon he came out with the cat.
 Here is your pet cat,  he said.
 At first I thought she did not
want to come with me. When I
tried to take her out of her bed,
she went =f-ff-t, =f-ff-t. 
 Thank you very much,  said the
man.  I like this cat. Some people
wanted to buy =Niki today, but I would
not sell her. I want to keep her
myself. I like her better than any
other pet.     
When the fire was out, Mr =March
got into his truck. He could not
make the truck go.
He saw =Tim =Camp in the big yellow
dairy wagon. Mr =March called to =Tim.
 I have been helping at the fire, 
said Mr =March.  I guess water got
into my truck. Now I cannot make
it go. 
 You cannot leave your truck
in the street all night,  said =Tim.
 Right now =Blackie and I have no
work of our own to do. We are just
going to the barn. We have time
enough to help a friend, don't we,
=Blackie? 
 The truck may weigh too much
for him to pull,  said Mr =March. 



 I know something,  teased
=Sally =White.
She gave a letter to =Miss =Martin.
Miss =Martin opened it.
She read it to the children.

Dear =Miss =Martin,
Will you bring the children
to our farm?
They can see flowers and birds.
Which day will you come?
=Sara =White

 When may we go?  =Sandy asked.
 Is there a stream?  asked =Don.
 Yes, =Don,  answered =Miss =Martin.
 We can go next week. 
The sky was blue.
There were no signs of thunder
and lightning.
The children went to the farm.
Miss =Martin said,  You will see
plants and other wonderful things.
 Spring is here. 

Mrs =White told Miss =Martin
which way to go to the meadow.
=-Mary called,  See the pink flower.
 It has two long green leaves. 
 You are lucky,  said =Sally quietly.
 That is a =Spring =Beauty.
 There may be no more before
next year. 



The boys had not seen the sky
turn gray.
 Hear that thunder,  said =Skippy.
 See the pretty lightning. 
=Sandy said,  The sky really
looks bad.
 We must start for home before
the rain comes. 

=Sandy took two fat snail shells.
The boys went out of the woods.
=Father had told them never to stand
under a tree if there was lightning.
The boys walked out of the meadow.
=Skippy said,  The thunder helped
you find a sign of spring. 
 How could thunder help?  asked
=Sandy.

=Skippy answered,  The other day
we had thunder and lightning.
 =Grandfather said then that thunder
and lightning awakes snakes.
 We saw one that was awake. 

 That is just an old saying,  said
=Sandy.
 =Grandfather does not really
believe that.
 He knows thunder and lightning
do not awake snakes. 



=Sandy and =Skippy walked on.
=Skippy saw some bushes.
 Here is a sign of spring,  he
said.
He carefully pulled down a branch.
Yellow flowers were on it.
=Sandy said,  I will take some of
the flowers to school.
 They look like yellow worms.
 Some of the girls will believe the
flowers are worms.
 The girls will be afraid. 
The two boys went on.
Soon =Sandy said,  I see a spring
plant. 
 Where is it?  asked =Skippy.
 I do not see a green thing.
 Plants are green. 

=Sandy said,  Not all plants are.
 Miss =Martin says this is a
plant. 

=Sandy carefully picked the white
plant.
 See this plant,  he said.
 Look at the bright yellow under
its cap.
 I will take this plant to school.
 Miss =Martin will tell us more
about it. 



A man always works in my
garden,  said the rabbit.
 He keeps me in vegetables.
 Vegetables are good for me. 

The bear said,  I do not like
men.
 They carry guns and always
have dogs with them. 
 I am not afraid of guns and dogs, 
said the rabbit.
 I have a hole where I hide. 

The brown bear said,  I do not
like guns and dogs.
But I am not afraid of them.
I have a house in the mountains.
It is a wonderful place to hide. 
The two little animals heard a
gun.
They heard a dog bark.
The bear did not say good-by
to the rabbit.
The rabbit did not wait to say
good-by to the bear.
Before you could wink an eye
they were both gone.
Each one went home as fast as
he could go.



 We are glad you came,  said
=Grandfather.
 We want you to stay all summer, 
said =Grandmother.

Soon it was time for =Ann's mother
to go home.
 =Ann does not like to get up in
the morning,  she said.
 It takes her a long time to dress.
 She may not be ready for breakfast
on time. 
 We have alarm clocks,  said
=Grandmother.
 Ann will get up in time. 
That night =Ann remembered the
alarm clocks.
 Remember those alarm clocks, 
she said to =Grandfather.
 They are ready,  answered her
grandfather.
=Ann went to bed.
=Grandmother put out the light.
 Have a good sleep,  she said.
 You will hear the alarm clocks. 



There were mountains near =Allen's
home.
The mountains were big.
The sun was up long before =Allen
saw it.
He and =Sara saw the sun when they
were on their way to school.
They took their lunch with them.
This was =Allen's first year in
school.
He liked to carry the lunch pail.
Carrying it made him feel big.
One morning the children at school
played a game.
=Allen liked the game.
He put the lunch pail on a branch
of a tree.
Then he played the game.

 =Allen, you should put the lunch
pail in the school,  said =Sara.
=Allen did not listen.
He ran to hide.

One day =Barbara saw four blue
eggs in the robin's nest.
After many days there were four
tiny birds.

The baby birds were always hungry.
Their mouths were always open.
=Father and =Mother =Robin got food
for their babies.
 The baby birds look funny, 
said =Barbara.
 They have long necks.
 They have their mouths open all
the time. 

One morning =Barbara heard a funny
noise.
=Cheep, =cheep she heard.
She saw =Mother =Robin in the yard.
The robin was looking for worms. 
 &&000 MACMILLAN CO.   (1953)   2ND GRADE     MAC9532N.ASC
IT IS A BIG COUNTRY  by Arthur I Gates, et al 
    May be part of the Literature series?????
Source: Columbia Univ TC  xerox scan edit by DPH June 3, 1993

&&111


 Oh, =Mother!  he cried.  There is a
big fire in the city. See the red fire
going up into the air. 
 That is where they make steel,  said
=Jean.  They must have very hot fires
to make steel. 
 =Davy,  said Mrs =Rich,  people use
steel to make cars and trucks and tractors
and high buildings. We use steel for
many, many other things, little things
and big things. 
Late the next morning, =Davy cried,
 Look, I have seen this before! We
can't be far from home. 
 You are right, =Davy,  said =Bob.  We
will soon be home. We have come out
on this road many times for a ride. 
Soon =Davy saw more and more things
that he had seen before. Then all at
once they came over a hill, and there
was =Garden =City.
 Oh!  cried =Polly.  It looks so good.
It is home. It seems as if we have been
away from home a long time. 
 That is because we have seen so many
new places and new things,  said =Bob.



The next morning they saw signs along
the road. The signs said there was a
rodeo in the next city.
 Oh, =Father,  cried =Dick,  can't we
stop and see the rodeo? I want to see
the cowboys ride the bad horses. 
 We will see what Mr =Rich says, 
said =Dick's father.  We will be there
before the morning is over. 
Everyone wanted to see the rodeo.
They got into the little city in time to
see the parade. They had never seen so
many cowboys before.
 I wish I had on my cowboy clothes, 
said =Davy.  I wish I could ride a pony
in the parade. 
After the parade, they went to the
rodeo. Things began to happen fast.
The first thing they knew, out came a
horse with a cowboy on him.
Up into the air went the horse, with
his back humped up and his head down.
Then down he came on all four feet at
once. Up and down he jumped, turning
one way and then another, trying to get
that cowboy off his back.
 My!  cried =Davy.  I don't want to
try to ride one of those horses. I will
wait and ride =King with Uncle =Billy. Oh,
that cowboy is going to fall off his horse.
There he goes! He didn't stay on long. 



They were all clean and had their
clothes on when the knock came on the
hall door. =Davy ran to let the man in.
He wanted to see how they were going
to have something to eat right in their
hotel room.
Well, it didn't seem hard to do after
all. The man had places to keep things
warm, and there was everything they
wanted to eat. The man even brought
the morning paper so Mr =Rich could read
the headlines before he sat down to eat.
 This is fun,  said =Davy.  We will
tell =Mother how we ate in our room. 
In a little while, they had put their
things into the car and were ready to go.
They had had a good time, but they had
seen enough of the big city. They wanted
to get home.
Through the busy city streets they went.
Before long, they were on the wide
highway that went along the side of the
river. Up the.river they went, looking
at the boats on the river and at the cars
and trucks on the wide highway.
They went across the river and soon
they were climbing, higher and higher
into the mountains. They went by the
park where they had had their picnic
dinner. Then they started down the other
side of the mountain.

When the big ship had gone on its way
down the river, Mr =Rich took the
children into a subway.
 Oh, =Father!  cried =Davy.  We are
going down into a dark cave. 
 Yes,  said Mr =Rich,  the subway
trains run under the streets. 
One train was going out before they
could get into it. It went fast, and soon
all they could see of the train were the
red lights on the back end of the last
car. The train looked as if it had gone
into a long dark cave.
They could hear another train coming.
Then they saw the white lights on the
front end of the first car, as it came along
the dark cave.
The train stopped, the doors opened,
and Mr =Rich and the children got into a
car close by where they stood. Many
people got into the cars, and they did
not take long in doing it. Then the train
went on its way again.
What a noise! The cars were lighted,
but when the children looked out of the
windows, they saw only the dark walls
of the subway.
Then another train came by, going the
other way. There was more noise as it
went by. How fast these trains went!
=Davy sat close to his father. He was a
little afraid of the subway.
But when they left the train, =Davy
laughed and was glad that he had had a
ride on a subway train.

Now they were in the city.  Look at
all the people on the streets,  said =Davy.
 Maybe this is the day for the circus. 
 Now, that would be great,  said  Uncle
=Billy.  Maybe there will be a parade,
too. I think we had better find a place
where we can see the parade if it comes
this way. 
Uncle =Billy knew just where he was
going. He knew where the parade would
come. A friend of his had kept a place
for him and he drove the car into it.
 What are we going to do here?  asked
=Davy. But just then they heard a noise
down the street. Something was coming.
At the head of the parade came a white
horse with a girl on its back. Then
came a man with a black and white pony.
 There is the pony we saw on the sign! 
cried =Davy.  He is just like =Buzz in the
story. He is a trick pony. Is the circus
going to be today? Are we all going to the
circus,  Uncle =Billy? 
 Well, what do you say?  asked  Uncle
=Billy.  =Jean, =Polly, =Bob, =Dick, =Davy,
shall we all go to the circus? 
 Yes!  they cried all together.
 All right!  said  Uncle =Billy.  We
will go to the circus. But we must see
the parade. Here come the elephants. 


=Davy ran down and asked =Aunt =Linda
why he had to put on his best clothes.
She told him to see  Uncle =Billy.
=Davy saw  Uncle =Billy coming from the
big barn, and he ran to meet him.
 Uncle =Billy!  called =Davy.  Why are
you going to =Forest =City? Why did I have
to put on my best clothes? 
Uncle =Billy took off his hat so he could
think fast. What was he going to tell
=Davy. He wanted the circus to be a
surprise.
 Well,  said  Uncle =Billy at last,  I
thought we could look around. You can't
tell what will happen in =Forest =City.
We have been working too hard. We
will take a picnic dinner with us and
stay all day and have a good time. 
 Oh!  said =Davy.  A picnic dinner will
be fine. Yes, I heard Aunt =Linda say
you worked too hard. 
 That is it,  said  Uncle =Billy.  We
have been working too hard. 
=Jim and =Poky could not go to =Forest
=City. Someone had to stay at the farm
to look after things.  I will bring you
something nice, =Jim,  said =Davy.
 Thank you, =Davy,  laughed =Jim.
 Staying at home won't be so bad if you
bring me something nice. 
Then they got in the big car and called
 Good-by  to =Jim and =Poky. =Davy called
 Good-by  to the cows, too, as they went
down the little farm road.
They were soon out on the big road and
on their way to =Forest =City.



It was not long until  Uncle =Billy called
to the boys to come with him.
 I want you to see what we do to the
milk,  said  Uncle =Billy.
 I want a drink of milk,  =Davy called,
as he started running.
Uncle =Billy took the boys into the room
where they had been with =Jim. The
little engine that ran the milking
machine was going, and they saw the
milk running into a big tin can.
 The milk is warm when it comes from
the cows,  said  Uncle =Billy.  The first
thing we do is to get it as cold as we can.
I have a fine well with lots of cold water.
We run the milk in here where the cold
water runs all around the big tin cans of
milk. That soon changes the warm milk
to cold milk. That helps to keep the
milk until it goes to the city. 
=Bob and =Dick and =Davy had a drink of
the nice cold milk.
 Do you take the milk to the city? 
asked =Bob.
 No,  said  Uncle =Billy.  We take it
to the town not far away. There are
many farmers around here who bring
their milk into town. There they put all
the milk into a big truck, and it goes to
the city. The big truck looks like those
trucks that carry gas for cars. These
milk trucks are made so the milk will not
get warm on the way to the city. Do you
see this? That is what a big milk truck
looks like. 
 Sure enough!  said =Davy.  It looks
just like a big gas truck. 



 Well, well, well!  cried  Uncle =Billy as
he got out of his car.  Polly, you are
going to look just like me when you grow
up. You are going to be nice and fat. 
 Oh, Uncle =Billy! Please don't say
that,  said =Polly.
They all sat down and began to talk.
 What are =Dick and =Polly doing this
summer?  asked  Uncle =Billy.
=Dick is learning to swim better,  said
Mrs =Turner,  and he plays ball nearly
every day. Polly is learning how to cook.
She and =Jean made a nice cake the other
day. 
=Bob is helping me learn to swim, 
said =Dick.  I am learning fast. Bob
can swim across the river. 
 There are =Bob and =Jean now,  said
=Polly.
 Hello, =Bob! Hello, =Jean!  Uncle =Billy
called to them.
=Bob and =Jean came running across the
street.
 Hello,  Uncle =Billy!  they cried.  We
are glad to see you. 
 Where is =Davy?  said  Uncle =Billy.
 He is coming,  said =Bob.  He got up
late and had to have something to eat. 
Just then =Davy ran out of the house
and came across the street.
 Oh,  Uncle =Billy!  he cried,  I knew
you were here. I heard your car and
looked out the window and saw you.
=Mother made me have something to eat,
so I could not come sooner. 
 Well, that is all right,  said  Uncle
=Billy.
Now Uncle =Billy was not an uncle to
=Bob and =Jean and =Davy at all. But
everyone liked to call him   Uncle =Billy. 



 Well, well, well!  cried  Uncle =Billy as
he got out of his car.  Polly, you are
going to look just like me when you grow
up. You are going to be nice and fat. 
 Oh, Uncle =Billy! Please don't say
that,  said =Polly.
They all sat down and began to talk.
 What are =Dick and =Polly doing this
summer?  asked  Uncle =Billy.
 =Dick is learning to swim better,  said
Mrs =Turner,  and he plays ball nearly
every day. =Polly is learning how to cook.
She and =Jean made a nice cake the other
day. 
 =Bob is helping me learn to swim, 
said =Dick.  I am learning fast. =Bob
can swim across the river. 
 There are =Bob and =Jean now,  said
=Polly.
 Hello, =Bob! Hello, =Jean!  Uncle =Billy
called to them.
=Bob and =Jean came running across the
street.
 Hello,  Uncle =Billy!  they cried.  We
are glad to see you. 
 Where is =Davy?  said  Uncle =Billy.
 He is coming,  said =Bob.  He got up
late and had to have something to eat. 
Just then =Davy ran out of the house
and came across the street.
 Oh,  Uncle =Billy!  he cried,  I knew
you were here. I heard your car and
looked out the window and saw you.
=Mother made me have something to eat,
so I could not come sooner. 
 Well, that is all right,  said  Uncle
=Billy.
Now  Uncle =Billy was not an uncle to
=Bob and =Jean and =Davy at all. But
everyone liked to call him   Uncle =Billy. 



 School of fish!  said =Davy.  Do fish
go to school? 
 No, =Davy, fish don't go to school, 
laughed =Bob.  They just go in schools. 
 Oh, =Bob!  cried =Davy.  You are being
funny again. 
 No, =Davy,  said Mr =Rich.  When a
lot of fish swim along together, people
call them a school of fish. 
 Words are funny,  said =Davy.  A lot
of fish together is a school of fish. What
are a lot of cows or chickens or people
when they are together? 
=Davy never did find out about that,
because just then something pulled on his
fish line. At first there was just a little
pull. Then there was a hard pull on his
line. Davy thought he would be pulled
right into the river.
 Pull, =Davy, pull!  cried =Bob.
 Pull, =Davy, pull!  cried =Dick.
 It is a big one!  cried =Davy.  Help!
It is going to pull me out of the boat. 
Now =Davy was off the box and down in
the bottom of the boat. He put his feet
against the side of the boat. He puffed
and he puffed, as he pulled. He was not
going to let that fish get away.
The fish ran one way in the water.
Then it ran another way. It ran under
the boat. Then back it came again.
But now it was not pulling on the line
so hard. The fish was tired, and =Davy
began to pull it in.
=Bob wanted =Davy to have all the fun.
But =Bob did help him pull the fish over
the side of the boat.
&&000 MACMILLAN  (1957)  2ND GRADE              MAC9572N.ASC
FRIENDS AND FUN by Arthur I. Gates, et al
Source: U of Rochester xerox, scan, edit by DPH January 24, 1993

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 When I got to town,  the tinker went
on,  I asked why a good farm was without
a farmer. They told me a strange story.
One day a queer old woman with a very
long nose came to the farmhouse and
knocked on the door. Before the farmer
could stop him, the farm dog came out
and tried to run the queer old woman
away. She got very angry and said
angry things to the farmer.
 That was the last anyone saw or heard
of the farmer. The people are sure that
the queer old woman was a witch and
carried the farmer away. 
When the tinker said  witch,  one of
the biggest cats in the cave let out a
long, angry  =Me-ow!  All the other cats
began to cry, too. The cave was full of
one long, angry  =Me-ow!  after another.
 What a sad, sad story!  said the
tinker's wife.
The next day was another happy day
for the tinker's wife.
When the tinker came back that night,
the first thing he asked was,  Has anyone
come today? 
 No,  said his wife,  and I am glad
they didn't. I wish . 
At that all the black cats put up their
ears and turned their heads to listen.
The tinker said,  I wish I could give
you your wish. 
 I wish,  said the tinker's wife,  I wish
that we could live here always and that
we had a little goat. The little goat
could eat the grass on the hillside and
give us milk. Then we would have milk
for the cats to drink. 
 Well, well!  said the tinker.  That is
just the wish I would wish myself. 




The sun was shining bright the next
morning when the little hen started on
her journey. She had put the letter in
the bottom of her little brown basket.
On her head was her pretty blue hat, and
on one arm she carried the little brown
basket. Down the road she went.
On the way she sang her happy little
song. She was very proud because she
was going to the king's palace. She was
proud that even she, the little white hen,
could carry a letter to the king.
It was not long until the little hen met
her friend, the fox. She ran from every
fox but this one. A little while ago, she
had helped the fox.
A farmer had caught the fox, but the
little hen had helped the fox to get away.
The fox said he would never forget her.
Now they were the best of friends.
So on this bright morning, the fox
called to the hen.  Oh, little white hen! 
he said.  Where are you going? 
 I am going to the palace,  said the
hen.  I am going to carry a letter to the
king. 
 Let me go with you,  said the fox.
 I should like to see the king and the
palace. 
 Very well,  said the little white hen.
 You are my friend. I never forget a
friend. Make yourself little and climb
into my little brown basket. 
Into the bottom of the little brown
basket climbed the fox. Away they
went, the little white hen, the fox, and
the little brown basket. 



One morning the big bell in the firehouse said,  =Clang! =Clang!
=Clang! =Clang! =Clang!  Five times the bell said  =Clang! 
 Do you hear that?  said =Smoky.
 That is a five-bell fire! I wish our little
bells were working so we could find out
where it is. 
 I will run down the street, and maybe
I will hear where the fire is,  said =Poky.
All over the city the little bells in
the fire houses said  =Buzz! =Buzz!  The
firemen ran to their engines. Every
engine in the city started to the fire.
Every engine but =Hercules!
=Poky came running back.
 The =City =Hall is on fire!  he cried.
 It is the biggest fire this city ever had.
It is the biggest blaze I ever saw. 
 This is the time for =Hercules,  said
=Hoky.
 But we have no horses!  cried =Poky.
 I know what to do,  said =Smoky. He
climbed on =Hercules. He pulled the big
bell on the front of =Hercules.
 =Clang! =Clang!  said the bell. It was
a big =clang, for =Hercules had the biggest
bell of any engine in the city.
Out in the park the black horse heard
that bell. The black and white horse
pulling the junk wagon heard it. The
white horse carrying the policeman
heard it.
 That is =Hercules!  they thought.  We
hear =Hercules calling us. He wants us.
We must go to the fire house right now! 



In a very little while, the pilot looked
down and saw that they were right over
the ship. The wind blew the ship from
side to side. The wind blew so hard that
a big wall of water came over the ship.
Little =Helicopter saw the ship go down,
down. The water came over it. Then
there was no ship to be seen.
Little =Helicopter saw the men who had
been on the ship. Some, who could swim,
were in the water. Others were in little
boats. The storm had gone down now,
but the water was very cold.
The pilot was busy calling other ships.
Some were not far away and were coming
to help. Other planes heard the pilot,
too.
 A ship has gone down,  he said.  We
have found all the men. It is very cold.
Send help fast!  He told them where to
look for the men and the boats.
Ships and planes were coming, but
=Little =Helicopter got there first. He came
down and stayed in the air right over the
boats.




On through the country went the little
train. There was a sign that told where
the train was to stop next. Farmer
=White was there. He had many cans of
milk in his wagon. Some of the milk
was from cows and some from goats.
People in the city wanted cows milk and
goats milk.
Farmer =White and the trainman put
the big cans of milk into the car just back
of the engine. =Splash, =splash went the
milk in the cans. All the while, the hens
and chickens and pigs made a noise.
 =Cluck! =Cluck!  said the hens.
 =Oink! =Oink!  said the pigs.
Farmer =White laughed at the noise, and
even the trainman had to laugh.
 We always carry things on this train
that make a noise,  said the trainman.
 By the way, Mr =White,  said the
trainman.  I brought something for you.
It came from a store in the city. It has
your name on the paper. 
 It must be the new saddle,  said
=Farmer =White.  It is a surprise for my
little boy. I had to send away for it.
Thank you for bringing it today, Mr
=Trainman. 
 My little train and I are glad to help, 
said the trainman.
Farmer =White went to his wagon and
brought back something for the trainman.
 It is a cake,  said =Farmer =White.
 My wife made it for you. 
 Thank you,  said the trainman,  and
thank Mrs =White. You have a fine wife.
We must go now. Good-by. 
Away went the little train.



Just then the bus stopped.
=Watertown!  the driver called out.
The driver opened the bus door and there
was =Bobby's grandfather.
 Hello, =Bobby,  said =Grandfather.
 Did you have a good ride on the bus? 

 I had a very good ride. And I have a
new friend. Grandfather, this is =Dick
=White. 
 Hello, =Dick,  said =Grandfather.  I
am glad to meet =Bobby's friends. You
must come to see us at the farm some
day. =Dick said that he would come.
Then it was time for the bus to go on,
so =Dick had to tell =Bobby  =Good-by. 
=Grandfather thanked =Dick for being so
nice to =Bobby.
=Dick said that he would send =Bobby a
letter soon. Bobby liked that.
=Dick climbed back into the bus. The
bus was ready to go.
=Bobby jumped into =Grandfather's car
and they started to the farm. As the car
went by the bus, =Bobby saw =Dick looking
out the window.  Good-by, =Dick!  called
=Bobby.



A car went by and said  =Honk! Honk! 
This time it was =Mother who thought
about =Tammie. She thought of how
=Tammie liked to ride in the car. She
thought of how he always said
 =Bow-wow!  when a car went by and said
 =Honk! Honk! 
=Bob and =Nancy did not care much
about the picnic cake now. They wanted
=Tammie there in the car with them.
Little =David liked his animal cookies,
but he wanted =Tammie, too. They all
wished they had let =Tammie come on the
picnic.
 We will soon be there,  said =Mother.
Just then they heard  =Honk! Honk!
=Honk!  A car was coming back of them.
Now the car was in front of them.
They looked into the car. They could
see a big man in the front, and at the
side of the man

THERE WAS =TAMMIE!

The big man was Mr =Hill, who lived on
their street. He stopped his car, and
=Mother stopped her car.
 You must have lost =Tammie out of
your car,  said Mr =Hill.  I saw him by
the side of the road. I brought him to
you.  



One day when =Billy and =Blaze were in
the forest, =Billy saw an old tree in the
road.
 Oh,  thought =Billy,  we will have to
find a way to go around that tree! 
But =Blaze was running fast. He ran
up to the tree, then he jumped right over.
That was a surprise for =Billy.
 Oh, =Blaze,  he said,  I did not know
you could jump like that! I am surprised
that I could stay in the saddle, too. It
was fun! We must do it some more. 
It was not long until =Billy and =Blaze
were jumping fences and walls. Blaze
would come running up to a fence, and
over they would go. He liked to jump
over walls, too.
Billy was never afraid when he rode
=Blaze. Soon he was helping =Blaze in the
jumps. There was not a fence anywhere
around that =Blaze could not jump.
One day =Billy saw something on a tree
by the side of the road. He stopped =Blaze
to see what it was.
 Oh, =Blaze!  said =Billy.  There is
going to be a horse show soon. They
want boys and girls in the show. They
want horses that can jump. You and I
are going to that horse show, =Blaze.
There will not be a horse in the show as
fine as you are. 



When they came to the zoo, =Linda and
=David took the basket and went in.
 We will find out about =Christopher, 
said =David.  I think it is all right for a
puppy to come to the zoo, but we will
ask them. 

 =Christopher,  said =Linda,  you stay
right in the basket until we find out.
Don't so much as put your nose out of
the basket. 
Just then =Linda and =David saw a man
with a big brown bear.
The big brown bear was doing tricks
for all the boys and girls to see.
 Oh, that is a good trick!  said =David.
 He is a funny big bear,  said =Linda.
=Linda and =David laughed and laughed
at the funny big bear and his tricks.



The postman gave the letters to =Dick.
 Take them to your mother,  he said.

 =Dick,  said =Nancy.
 When you come back,
I want you to see my card. 

  =Dick ran into the house.   
 =Mother, here are your letters, 
he called.     

 Thank you, =Dick,  said =Mother.
Down the street went the postman.
With him went the dogs.

The dogs ran and played.
They were happy to be
with the postman.
He was a friend.

Into the houses went the postman.
He had many letters and cards
for the mothers and fathers
and for the boys and girls, too.

When the postman went into a house,
the dogs stopped on the street.
When the postman came out,
the dogs went on with him.