&&000 HOLT RINEHART & WINSTON (1966) PRIMER WIN9662N.ASC THE SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER by Bill Martin Jr Source: SUNY Oneonta xerox (@ 15 cents a page!!) scan edit by DPH February 21, 1993 &&111 Now =John is =65 years old. His picture is in the newspaper again. He is retiring from his work at the zoo. Now =John is old. His children have grown up, and he is retired from his work at the zoo. =John spends many hours reading and study for a book he is writing on the care and feeding of animals. His two favorite pastimes are working in his garden and telling stories to his grandchildren. The wolf walked along with her a little way, and then he said, =Little =Red-Cap, do you not see the flowers? Do you not hear how sweetly the birds are singing? You walk along as if you were going to school back in that little village, while out here in the forest it is so gay! =Little =Red-Cap stopped and looked around. She saw how beautifully the sun's rays broke through the trees and shone on the flowers. She thought, =Ah! If I should bring a bouquet to =Grandmother, how she would like that! It is still early, and there is enough time to get there. And she darted off into the forest to look for flowers. But as soon as she had picked one, she was sure she saw an even prettier flower just a little further on. And so she ran farther and farther from the path. The wolf, however, went straight =Grandmother's house and knocked at the door. Because I was afraid to speak When I was just a lad, Me father gave me nose a tweak And told me I was bad. But then one day I learned a word That saved me aching nose, The biggest word you ever heard And this is how it goes: =Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even though the sound of it Is something quite atrocious! If you say it loud enough You'll always sound precocious. =Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! He traveled all around the world And everywhere he went He'd use his word and all would say There goes a clever gent. When dukes and marajas Pass the time of day with me, I say me special word and then They ask me out to tea. =Supercalifragilisticexpialidocio Even though the sound of it Is something quite atrocious! If you say it loud enough, You'll always sound precocious. New shoes, new shoes, Red and pink and blue shoes, Tell me, what would you choose If they'd let us buy? Buckle shoes, bow shoes, Pretty pointy-toe shoes, Strappy, cappy low shoes Let's have some to try. Bright shoes, white shoes, Dandy dance by night shoes, Perhaps a little tight shoes, Like some? So would I. But Flat shoes, fat shoes, Stump along like that shoes, Wipe them on the mat shoes, That's the sort they'll buy. But just then up came the big billy-goat =Gruff. =TRIP, =TRAP! =TRIP, =TRAP! went the bridge, for the billy-goat was so heavy that the bridge creaked and groaned under him. WHO'S THAT tripping over my bridge? roared the Troll. IT'S I! THE =BIG =BILLY-GOAT =GRUFF, said the billy-goat who had an ugly hoarse voice of his own. Now, I'm coming to gobble you up, roared the =Troll. Well, come along! I've got two spears, And I'll poke your eyeballs out at your ears; I've got besides two curling-stones, And I'll crush you to bits, body and bones. That was what the big billy-goat said; and so he flew at the =Troll and poked his eyes out with his horns, and crushed him to bits, body and bones, and tossed him out into the burn, and after that he went up to the hillside. This is the story Of =SusieMoriar. It started one night As she sat by the fire. The fire was so hot, =Susie jumped in a pot. The pot was so black =Susie dropped in a crack. The crack was so narrow, =Susie climbed on a wheelbarrow The wheelbarrow was so low, =Susie fell in the snow. The snow was so white, =Susie stayed there all night. The night was so long, =Susie sang a song. The song was so sweet, And when she came down She ran through the town The town was so big, =Susie jumped on a pig. The pig jumped so high He touched the sky, He touched the sky And he couldn't jump high But, oh The =Old =Woman went on till she met a fire. She said, Fire, fire, burn stick! Stick will not beat dog. Dog will not bite pig. Pig will not jump over the stile, and I shall not get home tonight. The fire said, No, I will not burn stick. The =Old =Woman went on till she met some water. She said, Water, water, quench fire! Fire will not burn stick. Stick will not beat dog. Dog will not bite pig. Pig will not jump over the stile, and I shall not get home to-night. The water said, No, I will not quench fire. &&000 GINN AND CO. (1969) LEVEL 8 2ND GRADE GIN96922.ASC Grade Level 2-2 HOW IT IS NOWADAYS By Theodore Clymer and Priscilla Holton Neff SOURCE: U of Rochester xexoed, scanned and edited by DPH 12-07-92 &&111 Good, said the wise man, I told you it would be better. And the farmer went home. His wife and mother-in-law and three children said, At last, you have come to your senses again. But he only smiled to himself. For without the cow and the two dogs and the rooster and the hens Back inside he gave =Dad the paper and said, I just wished on the evening star. Where did you hear of that ? I don't know, said =William. I guess everyone knows about wishing on a star. =Julie looked up from her homework. You can wish on shooting stars too, she said Only you don't see them often. I've never seen one, sighed =William, but I'll look for them from now on. All through the winter =William looked for shooting stars, and he waited, and he didn't tell his birthday wish. One day he learned about wishing on a white horse. By spring =William had wished on three white horses, but hadn't seen one shooting star, and his wish hadn't come true. The children pointed in the direction of the sun. There's the sun behind you in the west. Your shadow's in front of you. What does that tell you, =Ana =Rosa ? they asked. =Ana =Rosa did not understand. The teacher tried to help her. The sun is in the west in the afternoon, =Ana =Rosa. Your shadow helps to show you where the west is. But no one helped =Ana =Rosa with the new =English word shadow. It was like being lost and not finding the way. =Eduardo understood. Never mind, he suggested softly to her in =Spanish. On our way home your shadow will be in front of you. That's all you need to remember. The school bell rang, and it was time to go home. Meet me at the flagpole, =Eduardo said. =Ana =Rosa said good-by to her new friends and walked to the flagpole. It was true. =Andy's far-seeing eyes could find beetles touring around a meadow. He could see small birds hiding in the leaves of a tree. And when Mr =Blynn's kites sailed high in the air, =Andy could track them touring across the sky. Mr =Blynn was a farmer. When he finished his farm work, he made kites in a small workshop in an open meadow. Some of the kites were five feet long. They had strange shapes. One was a big flat owl. One was curved at both ends. The world is lazy turning When you wait. The sun, a silly tortoise, crawls across today. The moon stares down more than three =hundred nights: But then, for one quick happy day A birthday day, they spin and fly. It's hard to wait. All earth things change. Brown trees turn green. And somewhere I have seen A rocket out of range; Your rocket, flying past the moon and into sun. And with a satellite And you, in space; I wish you, child, a crazy flight. When she reached home, there lay =Jet, stretched out by the kitchen stove, washing himself. He's been home quite a while, said her mother. He was sopping wet. =Judy picked =Jet up and hugged him. Poor =Jet ! she said. She brushed him before dinner. After dinner she brushed him some more. When his fur shone again, she put down the brush. Now, she said, he'll let me pet him. I used to keep ponies in the city, said Mrs =Peacham. I used to run a pony ride in the park for boys and girls. But my rheumatism got worse. I couldn't help the boys and girls off and on any more, so I sold my ponies, all but =Sam. He was my favorite. When I came to the country to live, I just had to bring him with me. I'm sorry about your rheumatism, said =Nancy =Ann. Will you be well enough to come to the fair ? .I'm much better in the country, said Mrs =Peacham. If I do come to the fair, could =Sam come? I think he misses the A twig cracked close by ! =Dippy jumped ten feet. He changed his direction in midair. With zigzag leaps he reached the nearest hole into his burrow. Inside he stopped, balanced himself, and trembled. His black eyes were wide open as he peeked out. A snake was going into the burrow of a neighbor rat, but =Dippy was safe. He stopped trembling and listened to other sounds. His ears spun around in different directions. Sand grains were blowing in the wind, and the full moon was higher. No snakes were near. MOON SHADOWS. Is =Sakesada a shadow on the moon's face ? Can you find a shadow there and tell a story about it ? It is fun to let your fingers dance and make shadows in the moonlight. It is fun to make up stories about the shadows on the moon. The best fun is to find out why the moon has shadows, as it comes and goes in the sky. Some day a spaceship may take you to the moon. You may really sit on it and take pictures of its mountains, or measure its big holes, called craters. Then you can zoom home to tell us what you found. We do know some things to tell you before you go. The moon is our nearest neighbor in space. It has flat places, high pointed mountains, and wide craters. There is no air on the moon. There are no clouds, no wind, no rain. So there is no water. There are no rivers, no oceans. =BROADFOOT: We can spin this flax into yarn before morning. =THICKTHUMB: And we'll be glad to do it. We love to spin. =GREATLIP: Yes, we love to spin ! =ARDIS: But how could I ever repay you ? =THICKTHUMB: We ask no pay. Just invite us to the wedding, so that we may share your =Joy. =BROADFOOT: And at the wedding, so that we may sit by you at the family table, you must introduce us as your cousins. =ARDIS: Oh, I'll gladly invite you to the wedding. And you are so kind I truly wish you were my couslns. =THICKTHUMB: Very well, then. Let's get on with our spinning. =GREATLIP: Yes, on with our spinning ! =Charlie tramped down the road, kicking a stone and whistling a tramping song as he went. He looked at the blue hills far away, and he listened to cowbel is tinkling in distant meadows. Sometimes he stopped to throw stones at telephone poles, and sometimes he sat under a tree and watched the clouds roll by. =Charlie kept tramping until it was almost sundown, and then he picked a field to sleep in. He picked a field where daisies grew, and the grass and the clover smelled sweet. =Charlie untied his little bundle and took out some fig newtons and some =Good-and-Plenties, and he ate them while the stars came out. =Being a tramp is nice, said =Charlie to himself, and he went to sleep. &&000 GINN AND CO. (1969) (LEVEL 7 & 8) 2ND GRADE GIN9692N.ASC THE DOG NEXT DOOR (LEVEL 7) Theodore Clymer and P. M. Martin HOW IS IT NOWADAYS (LEVEL 8) Theodore Clymer and Priscilla Neff SOURCE: U of Rochester xexoed, scanned and edited by DPH 12-07-92 &&111 In the morning Mrs =McGinnis came outside. What is this ? It is a moneybag ! Indeed it is ! My wish has come true ! Indeed it has ! NOW I can have a barn for my cow and my pigs. Some men came, and soon there was a barn where no barn had been before. At night Mrs =McGinnis would often lean against the apple tree, look up at the stars, and say, I and my pigs are safe in the barn, and all because I wished upon a star. That is what she thought. Then she would put something on her step. And after a while the little raccoon, who was almost tame, would climb down from the tree. he would look on the step because he knew they had put a slice of bread there, just for him. =Sylvester lived in a small house not far from the forest with his mother and father. They had two pigs and six chickens and a small stand of corn. And that corn was higher than =Sylvester. Every day =Sylvester fed corn to the pigs and the chickens. The bear stopped under the oak tree. He was a hungry bear, a very hungry bear. He looked up into the tree. There in the oak tree was his supper, a supper of fat acorns. But the acorns were high, high up in the tree. The hungry bear could not reach them. But he knew how he would get his supper. He climbed into the tree. Up, up he climbed. But he did not reach for the acorns. He crawled out on a big branch of the tree. He sat there and then he rocked the branch Up and down. Up and down. And the branch broke with a CRASH =BANg. Down they fell, branch and acorns and big black bear. CRASH =BANG. =William =Brown needed to have his hair cut. If you don't get your hair cut pretty soon, it will be as long as mine, =Lucy said. =William didn't answer. Here is money to get your hair cut, his father said. If you hurry back home, I will take you to the baseball game today. =William decided to hurry. He wanted to go to the game. Two men began to take a big basket out of the moving van. ~Put that big basket over there, please, the woman said. That's fine. =William was thinking about the new people. He hoped there would be a boy in the family. I hope a girl moves in there, =Lucy said. =Lucy's big cat was sitting on her lap. I'm going over there and ask if there is in the family, =William said. You stay here, But =Lucy followed him. =Osmo, of course, could not answer without opening his mouth, so he grunted again hoping that =Mikko would have to notice why he couldn't answer. But the =Fox didn't glance at him at all. With his nose still pointed upwards he kept sniffing the air. It seems to me it's from the =South, he said. Isn't it from the =South, =Osmo? =Um ! =Um ! =Um the =Bear grunted. You say it is from the =South, =Osmo ? Are you sure ? =Um ! =Um ! =Osmo repeated, growing every moment more impatient. Oh, not from the =South, you say. Then from what direction is it blowing ? By this time the =Bear was so exasperated by =Mikko~s interest in the wind when he should have been admiring the =Grouse that he forgot himself, opened his mouth, and roared out: =North! Of course the instant he opened his mouth, the =Grouse flew away. Now see what you've done ! he stormed angrily. You've made me lose my fine plump =Grouse! I ? =Mikko asked. What had I to do with =Rosina's family had the most beautiful fishing boat in the fleet. And never once had she gone crab fishing with her father and her brothers and her uncle. NEVER once. =Papa, can I go? =Rosina asked. You ask again! =Papa said. The little one asks again. Your place is at home, =Mama said. But when =Luigi and =Carlo are gone, I~m lonesome, =Rosina said. Never mind, said =Mama. Next week you will all be back in school. But what about now ? =Rosina asked. No, no, =Rosina, said =Luigi. A fishing boat is no place for a girl. A woman on a fishing boat brings bad luck, =Papa shouted. But she~s such a small woman, maybe she won't bring bad luck at all, said =Carlo. While she ate her breakfast, =Rosina thought about the talk of the morning. This time when she asked to go, =Papa had not said no Not exactly. Then =Rosina knew what she must do. Yucca Growing So tall, Like candles; Like candles; So white, With a flower For light. We twist your little leaves Into strings of thread; We knot your strong stems Into rope. We weave your fibers Into mats and baskets; We pound your roots For soap to make us clean. Yucca, Tall, white =Yucca, You make my heart sing With your beauty. Do you have skates ? =Linda asked. =Trudy nodded. Do you like to jump rope ? =Jen asked. =Trudy nodded again. What do you have in your lunch bag ? =Kate asked. Cake for one thing, =Trudy said. Trade you for an apple, said =Jen. When they reached the schoolyard, they all went inside together. Here comes the =Clover =Street =Trio, ~ =Bob said. There can't be a trio with four people, said =Johnny. We have a new name now, =Kate said. WE'RE the =Four-Leaf =Clovers. And now the last of the brownstone houses in the block would be torn down, and there would be a big apartment house where the old brownstones had been. Down the street was a big apartment house, where many of =William's friends lived. If we have to move, I'd like to live there, =William said. I'd like to live there too, his mother said. =William's mother and father went down the street to talk to Mrs =Green about an apartment in her big apartment house. I'm sorry that your brownstone house is going to be torn down, and I would like to have your family, Mrs =Green said. But you have that big dog. I don't want dogs in my apartment house.~ After lunch =William sat down to think. He was sorry that his own old brownstone house had to be torn down. =Fred =Barber rode by on his bicycle. Fred lived in Mrs =Green~s apartments, and =William wished he could live there too. But he had to live where his dog could live. =Chips trotted off down the street. =Chips was a good dog. He didn't bark much, and he picked up all the litter that he found in the street. He picked up more than litter. He picked up everything he found in people's yards too ! Once there was a young man named =Johnny =Appleseed, who watched men working in a cider mill. Cider was being made from apples. When the cider was made, the men threw all the apple seeds away. Young =Johnny decided that he would pick up the seeds that the men threw away. One day he took the many seeds. that he had picked up and put them in a big sack. =Johnny knew there were no apple trees in the =West. The people out there in the =West would like to have apple trees, thought =Johnny He decided that he would go west to plant the apple seeds. =Sylvester lived in a small house not far from the forest with his mother and father. they had two pigs and six chickens and a small stand of corn. And that corn was higher than =Sylvester. Every day =Sylvester fed corn to the pigs and the chickens. One morning he sat on the steps, eating a slice of bread and jam. When he had finished eating his bread and jam, =Sylvester's feet took him into the house. The voice is calling again, =Sylvester said to his mother. Maybe it's a friend. I haven't heard a thing, she said. Maybe you just think a voice is calling. I heard it, =Sylvester said. I heard it with my own ears. Can I go to the forest to find who's calling ? Well, his mother said. If you heard it with your own ears, you may go when you have fed the pigs and the chickens. =Sylvester took a pail of corn. When the pigs and chickens were fed, his mother packed a lunch for him. She put his lunch in a pail. =Sylvester picked up the pail. &&000 level 8 HOW IS IT NOPWADAYS &&111 Good, said the wise man, I told you it would be better. And the farmer went home. His wife and mother-in-law and three children said, At last, you have come to your senses again. But he only smiled to himself. For without the cow and the two dogs and the rooster and the hens Back inside he gave =Dad the paper and said, I just wished on the evening star. Where did you hear of that ? I don't know, said =William. I guess everyone knows about wishing on a star. =Julie looked up from her homework. You can wish on shooting stars too, she said Only you don't see them often. I've never seen one, sighed =William, but I'll look for them from now on. All through the winter =William looked for shooting stars, and he waited, and he didn't tell his birthday wish. One day he learned about wishing on a white horse. By spring =William had wished on three white horses, but hadn't seen one shooting star, and his wish hadn't come true. The children pointed in the direction of the sun. There's the sun behind you in the west. Your shadow's in front of you. What does that tell you, =Ana =Rosa ? they asked. =Ana =Rosa did not understand. The teacher tried to help her. The sun is in the west in the afternoon, =Ana =Rosa. Your shadow helps to show you where the west is. But no one helped =Ana =Rosa with the new =English word shadow. It was like being lost and not finding the way. =Eduardo understood. =Never mind, he suggested softly to her in =Spanish. On our way home your shadow will be in front of you. That's all you need to remember. The school bell rang, and it was time to go home. Meet me at the flagpole, =Eduardo said. =Ana =Rosa said good-by to her new friends and walked to the flagpole. It was true. =Andy's far-seeing eyes could find beetles touring around a meadow. He could see small birds hiding in the leaves of a tree. And when Mr =Blynn's kites sailed high in the air, =Andy could track them touring across the sky. Mr =Blynn was a farmer. When he finished his farm work, he made kites in a small workshop in an open meadow. Some of the kites were five feet long. They had strange shapes. One was a big flat owl. One was curved at both ends. The world is lazy turning When you wait. The sun, a silly tortoise, crawls across today. The moon stares down more than three =hundred nights: But then, for one quick happy day A birthday day, they spin and fly. It's hard to wait. All earth things change. Brown trees turn green. And somewhere I have seen A rocket out of range; Your rocket, flying past the moon and into sun. And with a satellite And you, in space; I wish you, child, a crazy flight. When she reached home, there lay =Jet, stretched out by the kitchen stove, washing himself. He's been home quite a while, said her mother. He was sopping wet. =Judy picked =Jet up and hugged him. Poor =Jet ! she said. She brushed him before dinner. After dinner she brushed him some more. When his fur shone again, she put down the brush. Now, she said, he'll let me pet him. I used to keep ponies in the city, said Mrs =Peacham. I used to run a pony ride in the park for boys and girls. But my rheumatism got worse. I couldn't help the boys and girls off and on any more, so I sold my ponies, all but =Sam. He was my favorite. When I came to the country to live, I just had to bring him with me. I'm sorry about your rheumatism, said =Nancy =Ann. =Will you be well enough to come to the fair ? .I'm much better in the country, said Mrs =Peacham. If I do come to the fair, could =Sam come? I think he misses the A twig cracked close by ! =Dippy jumped ten feet. He changed his direction in midair. With zigzag leaps he reached the nearest hole into his burrow. Inside he stopped, balanced himself, and trembled. His black eyes were wide open as he peeked out. A snake was going into the burrow of a neighbor rat, but =Dippy was safe. He stopped trembling and listened to other sounds. His ears spun around in different directions. Sand grains were blowing in the wind, and the full moon was higher. No snakes were near. MOON SHADOWS Is =Sakesada a shadow on the moon's face ? Can you find a shadow there and tell a story about it ? It is fun to let your fingers dance and make shadows in the moonlight. It is fun to make up stories about the shadows on the moon. The best fun is to find out why the moon has shadows, as it comes and goes in the sky. Some day a spaceship may take you to the moon. You may really sit on it and take pictures of its mountains, or measure its big holes, called craters. Then you can zoom home to tell us what you found. We do know some things to tell you before you go. The moon is our nearest neighbor in space. It has flat places, high pointed mountains, and wide craters. There is no air on the moon. There are no clouds, no wind, no rain. So there is no water. There are no rivers, no oceans. BROADFOOT: We can spin this flax into yarn before morning. =THICKTHUMB: And we'll be glad to do it. We love to spin. =GREATLIP: Yes, we love to spin ! =ARDIS: But how could I ever repay you ? =THICKTHUMB: We ask no pay. Just invite us to the wedding, so that we may share your =Joy. =BROADFOOT: And at the wedding, so that we may sit by you at the family table, you must introduce us as your cousins. =ARDIS: Oh, I'll gladly invite you to the wedding. And you are so kind I truly wish you were my cousins. =THICKTHUMB: Very well, then. Let's get on with our spinning. =GREATLIP: Yes, on with our spinning ! =Charlie tramped down the road, kicking a stone and whistling a tramping song as he went. He looked at the blue hills far away, and he listened to cowbel is tinkling in distant meadows. Sometimes he stopped to throw stones at telephone poles, and sometimes he sat under a tree and watched the clouds roll by. =Charlie kept tramping until it was almost sundown, and then he picked a field to sleep in. He picked a field where daisies grew, and the grass and the clover smelled sweet. =Charlie untied his little bundle and took out some fig =newtons and some =Good-andPlenties, and he ate them while the stars came out. Being a tramp is nice, said =Charlie to himself, and he went to sleep. &&000 GINN & CO. (1969) LEVEL 7 2ND GRADE GIN9692Z.ASC THE DOG NEXT DOOR by Theodore Clymer & Patricia Miles Martin Source: U of Rochester xerox, scan, edit by DPH January 27, 1993 2nd sample &&111 In the morning Mrs =McGinnis came outside. What is this ? It is a moneybag ! Indeed it is ! My wish has come true ! Indeed it has ! NOW I can have a barn for my cow and my pigs. Some men came, and soon there was a barn where no barn had been before. At night Mrs =McGinnis would often lean against the apple tree, look up at the stars, and say, I and my pigs are safe in the barn, and all because I wished upon a star. That is what she thought. Then she would put something on her step. And after a while the little raccoon, who was almost tame, would climb down from the tree. he would look on the step because he knew they had put a slice of bread there, just for him. =Sylvester lived in a small house not far from the forest with his mother and father. They had two pigs and six chickens and a small stand of corn. And that corn was higher than =Sylvester. Every day =Sylvester fed corn to the pigs and the chickens. The bear stopped under the oak tree. He was a hungry bear, a very hungry bear. He looked up into the tree. There in the oak tree was his supper, a supper of fat acorns. But the acorns were high, high up in the tree. The hungry bear could not reach them. But he knew how he would get his supper. He climbed into the tree. Up, up he climbed. But he did not reach for the acorns. He crawled out on a big branch of the tree. He sat there and then he rocked the branch Up and down. Up and down. And the branch broke with a CRASH =BANg. Down they fell, branch and acorns and big black bear. CRASH =BANG. =William =Brown needed to have his hair cut. If you don't get your hair cut pretty soon, it will be as long as mine, =Lucy said. =William didn't answer. Here is money to get your hair cut, his father said. If you hurry back home, I will take you to the baseball game today. =William decided to hurry. He wanted to go to the game. Two men began to take a big basket out of the moving van. ~Put that big basket over there, please, the woman said. That's fine. =William was thinking about the new people. He hoped there would be a boy in the family. I hope a girl moves in there, =Lucy said. =Lucy's big cat was sitting on her lap. I'm going over there and ask if there is in the family, =William said. You stay here, But =Lucy followed him. =Osmo, of course, could not answer without opening his mouth, so he grunted again hoping that =Mikko would have to notice why he couldn't answer. But the =Fox didn't glance at him at all. With his nose still pointed upwards he kept sniffing the air. It seems to me it's from the =South, he said. Isn't it from the =South, =Osmo? =Um ! =Um ! =Um the =Bear grunted. You say it is from the =South, =Osmo ? Are you sure ? =Um ! =Um ! =Osmo repeated, growing every moment more impatient. Oh, not from the =South, you say. Then from what direction is it blowing ? By this time the =Bear was so exasperated by =Mikko~s interest in the wind when he should have been admiring the =Grouse that he forgot himself, opened his mouth, and roared out: =North! Of course the instant he opened his mouth, the =Grouse flew away. Now see what you've done ! he stormed angrily. You've made me lose my fine plump =Grouse! I ? =Mikko asked. What had I to do with =Rosina's family had the most beautiful fishing boat in the fleet. And never once had she gone crab fishing with her father and her brothers and her uncle. NEVER once. =Papa, can I go? =Rosina asked. You ask again! =Papa said. The little one asks again. Your place is at home, =Mama said. But when =Luigi and =Carlo are gone, I~m lonesome, =Rosina said. Never mind, said =Mama. Next week you will all be back in school. But what about now ? =Rosina asked. No, no, =Rosina, said =Luigi. A fishing boat is no place for a girl. A woman on a fishing boat brings bad luck, =Papa shouted. But she~s such a small woman, maybe she won't bring bad luck at all, said =Carlo. While she ate her breakfast, =Rosina thought about the talk of the morning. This time when she asked to go, =Papa had not said no Not exactly. Then =Rosina knew what she must do. Yucca Growing So tall, Like candles; Like candles; So white, With a flower For light. We twist your little leaves Into strings of thread; We knot your strong stems Into rope. We weave your fibers Into mats and baskets; We pound your roots For soap to make us clean. Yucca, Tall, white =Yucca, You make my heart sing With your beauty. Do you have skates ? =Linda asked. =Trudy nodded. Do you like to jump rope ? =Jen asked. =Trudy nodded again. What do you have in your lunch bag ? =Kate asked. Cake for one thing, =Trudy said. Trade you for an apple, said =Jen. When they reached the schoolyard, they all went inside together. Here comes the =Clover =Street =Trio, ~ =Bob said. There can't be a trio with four people, said =Johnny. We have a new name now, =Kate said. WE'RE the =Four-Leaf =Clovers. And now the last of the brownstone houses in the block would be torn down, and there would be a big apartment house where the old brownstones had been. Down the street was a big apartment house, where many of =William's friends lived. If we have to move, I'd like to live there, =William said. I'd like to live there too, his mother said. =William's mother and father went down the street to talk to Mrs =Green about an apartment in her big apartment house. I'm sorry that your brownstone house is going to be torn down, and I would like to have your family, Mrs =Green said. But you have that big dog. I don't want dogs in my apartment house.~ After lunch =William sat down to think. He was sorry that his own old brownstone house had to be torn down. =Fred =Barber rode by on his bicycle. Fred lived in Mrs =Green~s apartments, and =William wished he could live there too. But he had to live where his dog could live. =Chips trotted off down the street. =Chips was a good dog. He didn't bark much, and he picked up all the litter that he found in the street. He picked up more than litter. He picked up everything he found in people's yards too ! Once there was a young man named =Johnny =Appleseed, who watched men working in a cider mill. Cider was being made from apples. When the cider was made, the men threw all the apple seeds away. Young =Johnny decided that he would pick up the seeds that the men threw away. One day he took the many seeds. that he had picked up and put them in a big sack. =Johnny knew there were no apple trees in the =West. The people out there in the =West would like to have apple trees, thought =Johnny He decided that he would go west to plant the apple seeds. =Sylvester lived in a small house not far from the forest with his mother and father. they had two pigs and six chickens and a small stand of corn. And that corn was higher than =Sylvester. Every day =Sylvester fed corn to the pigs and the chickens. One morning he sat on the steps, eating a slice of bread and jam. When he had finished eating his bread and jam, =Sylvester's feet took him into the house. The voice is calling again, =Sylvester said to his mother. Maybe it's a friend. I haven't heard a thing, she said. Maybe you just think a voice is calling. I heard it, =Sylvester said. I heard it with my own ears. Can I go to the forest to find who's calling ? Well, his mother said. If you heard it with your own ears, you may go when you have fed the pigs and the chickens. =Sylvester took a pail of corn. When the pigs and chickens were fed, his mother packed a lunch for him. She put his lunch in a pail. =Sylvester picked up the pail. 00000 000 GINN READERS LEVEL 7 Grade 2 DY1:GINN07.TXT 00000 000 THE DOG NEXT DOOR no author on cover DISKS 91; 541 00000 000 TRANSCRIBED BY DPH MAR 83 STRATIFIED SRS PAGES: 00000 000 18; 45; 55; 99; 126; 149; 184; 225; 236; 267. 00001 111 =Lucy hurried outside. No one will come here after I get my sign up, 00002 111 she thought as she put the sign on the gate. The sign said, Come 00003 111 in. After a while Mrs =Bradley from next door came over with her 00004 111 dog =Stanley. What a nice sign, Mrs =Bradley said. I think I have 00005 111 to go now, said =William, as he hurried around to the back of the 00006 111 house. After =William left, Mrs =Bradley looked at the sign again. 00007 111 Then she and =Stanley went inside. Watch out there, Mrs =Bradley, 00008 111 Mr =Brown said. Didn't you see the sign? Why yes, =Mrs =Bradley 00009 111 said. I saw it. It says Come In. =Lucy, Mr =Brown said. Did you 00010 111 make that sign? Yes, I did, Lucy said. It thought it said Keep Out. 00011 111 Then he thought of something. =Stanley, he said. Where's the cat? 00012 111 Where's the cat? =Stanley got up at once and crawled outside to 00013 111 look for the cat. =William crawled outside too. Come on, 00014 111 =Stanley, =William said. You can sleep on the floor by my bed 00015 111 tonight. They went into the house. =William showed =Stanley 00016 111 where to sleep. There. =Down on the floor. =Down, =Stanley. 00017 111 =Stanley went to sleep on the floor and didn't move until morning. 00018 111 The next morning all the boys helped =William carry the doghouse 00019 111 across his own yard and back to Mrs =Bradley's yard. 00020 111 Alone, the little pronghorn lay waiting in the brush. Far away, 00021 111 his mother ran across the open country. A coyote was running after 00022 111 her. She led the coyote far from the place where her little 00023 111 pronghorn lay. The coyote would not catch her for she ran very fast, 00024 111 and no coyote could run as fast as the mother pronghorm could run. 00025 111 The little pronghorn lay very still. Late that day, =Nan and her 00026 111 father started for a ride. =Nan saw the little pronghorn in the 00027 111 brush. They stopped their horses. Where can its mother be, =Nan 00028 111 asked? I don't know, her father said, but the mother will not stay 00029 111 away long. She will be back soon. Then they heard the bark of the 00030 111 coyote from far away. 00031 111 There in the woods by the old apple tree, was a little house, where 00032 111 Mrs =McGinnis lived. Mrs =McGinnis had one cow and two pigs. She 00033 111 took armfulls of hay to the cow and pails of corn to the pigs. And 00034 111 every night the cow and the pigs went to sleep under the apple tree. 00035 111 The she put a slice of bread on the doorstep for the raccoon, and 00036 111 the raccoon knew that the bread was for him. One night she was 00037 111 standing in front of her house, as she often did. She looked up and 00038 111 saw a star. That's the first star I have seen tonight, indeed it 00039 111 it, she said. I will make a wish. Indeed I will. 00040 111 He had patted his headlight and said, Happy day. Then he had gone 00041 111 home. And each night =Puddlejumper had answered softly, Happy day, 00042 111 but Mr =Mopsey had not heard him. Happy days they had been, every 00043 111 one. But now ==Puddlejumper was not happy. He was waiting for Mr 00044 111 =Mopsey and while he waited, tears, and still more tears, fell down 00045 111 like rain. Stop sniffling, stop sniffling, said the big new bus that 00046 111 was standing near. What if this is your last day on the streets of 00047 111 =Pineville, and what if you are going to be sold as junk? Who cares 00048 111 if you're sold? Stop your sniffling and let me sleep. =Puddlejumper 00049 111 stopped sniffling. It's all right for you to talk that way, said 00050 111 =Puddlejumper. 00051 111 =William and his mother and father and their dog, =Chips, lived on 00052 111 the first floor or an old brownstone house. They had lived there 00053 111 as long as =William could remember. He liked the old house with 00054 111 big fireplaces to keep them warm. And now the last of the 00055 111 brownstone houses in the block would be torn down, and there would 00056 111 be a big new apartment house where the old brownstones had been. 00057 111 Down the street was a big apartment house where many of =William's 00058 111 friends lived. If we have to move, I'd like to live there, 00059 111 =William said. I'd like to live there too, his mother said. 00060 111 =William's father and mother went down the street to talk to Mrs 00061 111 =Green about an apartment in her big apartment house. 00062 111 At last a bus came, and when the door opened, =Charlie's friend 00063 111 =Ken, was the first one off. Come on, let's go home, =Charlie 00064 111 said. He looked for =BillyMay. She was near the popcorn stand, 00065 111 sitting on her heels. Pigeons were flying low near hear head. 00066 111 Pigeons were on the floor around her feet. Pigeons were 00067 111 everywhere. What are you doing, =Charlie asked. What did you 00068 111 lose? I lost my loose tooth. I'm looking for it, =BillyMay said. 00069 111 At home, their mother opened the door. Hello =Ken, she said. I'm 00070 111 glad to see you. Come in =Charlie. She looked at =BillyMay. I see 00071 111 you didn't lose you coat. But she lost something, =Charlie said. 00072 111 =Andy and his mother and father, his twin sisters, =Kate and 00073 111 =Jill, and his grandmother had just moved into an old house. In back 00074 111 there was a narrow yard with an old, old apple tree. In the house 00075 111 were many small rooms, rooms with narrow windows. The twins had a 00076 111 room all of their own. There was a place for everyone to sleep 00077 111 but =Andy. I don't see where I'm going to sleep, he said. Well, 00078 111 said his grandmother, We will have to decide about a place for you 00079 111 to sleep. Everyone sat down to have a cup of soup for lunch. 00080 111 On the way back up to camp, a very small lizard slid under a 00081 111 rock. Two squirrels, two very fat squirrels, flipped their tails and 00082 111 frisked along the rim of the canyon. That night, they all say around 00083 111 the camp fire. They saw pictures of deer and squirrels, 00084 111 lizards and snakes, and all the animals that live in the park. They 00085 111 watched the Indians dance their feather dance, and they all say 00086 111 around and watched the fire burn low. When they were ready to go 00087 111 home, =Joey took one last look at the grand canyon, the beautiful 00088 111 gorge that lay below. I am glad we decided to come here, he said. 00089 111 The =GrandCanyon National Park is something I'll never forget. 00090 111 By this time the =Bera was so exasperated by =Mikko's interest 00091 111 in the wind when he should have been admiring the grouse that he 00092 111 roared out: North! Of course the instant he opened his mouth, the 00093 111 grouse flew away. Now see what you've done, he stormed angrily! 00094 111 You made me lose my fine plump grouse! I, =Mikko asked? What had I 00095 111 to do with it? You kept asking me about the wind until I opened 00096 111 my mouth, that's what you did! The fox shrugged his shoulders. Why 00097 111 did you open your mouth? Well, you can't say, North, without 00098 111 opening your mouth, can you, the Bear demanded? The fox laughed 00099 111 heartily. See here, =Osmo, don't blame me. Blame yourself. 00100 111 If I had had that grouse in my mouth and you asked me about the 00101 111 wind, I should never have said North! 00000 000 GINN READERS GRADE 2--LEVEL 8 FILE=DY1:GINN08.TXT 00000 000 HOW IT IS NOWADAYS (no author named) DISKS: 92; 541 00000 000 Transcribed by DPH Mar 83 Stratified SRS of pages: 00000 000 20-1; 44-3; 74-6; 122-7; 178-4; 181-0; 221-9; 249-0; 274-5; 155-9 00001 111 A cow in the house, said his wife! A cow in his house, said his 00002 111 mother-in-law. A cow in his house, said the children! And they all 00003 111 said it at once. =Moooo, said the cow, bewildered by the noise. 00004 111 The poor man just held his head. Quiet, please, Quiet, all of you, 00005 111 he cried. The next day he went back to the wise man. Well, said the 00006 111 wise man, how is it? Worse than ever, said the farmer. While they 00007 111 talk, the cow =Moos. Its terrible! Good, said the wise man. You have 00008 111 a dog? Yes, said the farmer, two of them. Good, said the wise man. 00009 111 Tonight bring the dogs into the house too. Bring the dogs into the 00010 111 house, shouted the farmer! 00011 111 I didn't know it, said =William. I could have been making a wish 00012 111 too. Not on that load of hay, because@ Why not, interrupted 00013 111 =William. You have to wish as soon as you see it. If you talk 00014 111 first, it's no good. And you can't look back. Does it work, asked 00015 111 =William. I mean, does your wish really come true? I never kept 00016 111 track, said =Mark. Come on. The light's changed to green. That night 00017 111 =William told =Julie about making a wish on a load of hay. It would 00018 111 have been fun to try it, he said. And my Birthday wish may really 00019 111 come true faster if I keep making the wish. You could make a new 00020 111 wish, suggested =Julie. 00021 111 Thank you, said =AnnaRosa. Everyone was smiling at her. These new 00022 111 friends were giving her a good welcome. Oh, she thought as she 00023 111 listened to the new sounds. It's easy to understand. Just before 00024 111 closing time the teacher said, Let's go out on the playground and 00025 111 show =AnnaRosa what we know about our shadows. Let's show her where 00026 111 the afternoon sun is behind her in the west, someone suggested. I'll 00027 111 trace her shadow on a a long sheet of paper, =Eduardo said. 00028 111 =AnaRosa did not know the English word =Shadow, so she did not 00029 111 understand the talk. And why was everyone going outdoors? 00030 111 The summer with music? And do they have snow to silver the roads 00031 111 where the school buses go? Oh, I'm all for rockets and world cold 00032 111 and hot but I'm wild in love with the planet we've got. 00033 111 The Neighborhood News thanks the boys and girls of =Spring Street 00034 111 for their letters about the surprise that =TimWalker left for the 00035 111 neighborhood. =Spring street school is a block from where the new 00036 111 freeway is to go. Many houses near the school have been torn down 00037 111 to make room for it. =TimWalker's house was torn down, and his 00038 111 family moved away. So =Tim left a surprise gift for his school 00039 111 friends. The =Neighborhood News is happy to print these letters and 00040 111 pictures. 00041 111 I know what I'd like to do with it, she said. I'd like to throw it 00042 111 away. He looked surprised. Why, he asked? Because it's for Mrs 00043 111 =Peacham, that's why, said =NancyAnn. The teacher said we should 00044 111 invite her because she's new here. I go past her house on the way 00045 111 home, so I have to give her this invitation and tell her about the 00046 111 fair! =NancyAnn made a face. Don't you like her, asked =Michael? 00047 111 No, I don't, said =NancyAnn. But you don't even know her, do you, 00048 111 asked =Michael? I know her well enough, said =NancyAnn. I went past 00049 111 her farm last month, and I thought I saw a pony. I went closer, 00050 111 and it was a pony, tied to an apple tree. 00051 111 I thought you were supposed to give her an invitation, said 00052 111 =Michael. I thought you were supposed to tell her about the fair. 00053 111 I was, said =NancyAnn, but I didn't want her to come out and shout 00054 111 at me. They walked down the road. =Michael asked, Did you promise 00055 111 the teacher to stop and tell Mrs =Peacham about the fair? 00056 111 =NancyAnn began to walk more slowly. I did promise, she said. I'd 00057 111 better go back. I'll go back with you, said =Michael. They went back 00058 111 to Mrs =Peacham's. They walked down the lane. The invitation was 00059 111 where =NancyAnn had left it. She picked it up and knocked at the 00060 111 door. =Michael stood beside her. 00061 111 They heard what he said. They told their children the story about 00062 111 it. At first, =Moon-boy lived on earth in a big family. He was a 00063 111 hunter. One day he came home late and hungry. But the food kettle 00064 111 was empty. There is nothing left to eat, his father said. When 00065 111 =Moon-boy began to cry, his father shouted, Stop crying or I shall 00066 111 whip you! So the boy took the empty kettle and ran into the woods. 00067 111 The night was clear. The moon was shining and full. Soon the Indians 00068 111 saw a strange shadow on the moon's face. Before that night it had 00069 111 always been clear, they said. It is the shadow of the boy, one 00070 111 Indian cried. He is holding an empty kettle. 00071 111 Good woman, let me take your daughter to the castle. I have enough 00072 111 flax, and she can spin as long as she likes. As you wish, Your 00073 111 Majesty, but I won't be surprised if you are soon as angry with her 00074 111 as I. Nonsense! I am never happier than when I hear the sound of 00075 111 spinning. Come along, my girl. A room in the castle with a spinning 00076 111 wheel in the center and with bundles of flax piled everywhere. The 00077 111 Queen enters the room, leading =Ardis. Here you are, my dear. Next 00078 111 door to this room are two more rooms just like it. Spin all this 00079 111 flax, and you shall have my son, the Prince, for your husband. 00080 111 Your Majesty, I am only a poor girl, and@ 00081 111 Well, said =Father, if =Charlie wants to be a tramp, then I think 00082 111 he should be a tramp. I think we should not stand in his way. The 00083 111 weather us nice and warm now, said =Charlie. May I start sleeping 00084 111 in fields. All right, said =Mother. =Charlie tied up some fig 00085 111 newtons and some =Good-and-Plenties in a handkerchief. Then he tied 00086 111 the handkerchief to a stick and he was ready to go. Now it is time 00087 111 for me to be on the road and away, said =Charlie. Good-bye, Mr 00088 111 =Tramp, said =Father and =Grandfather. Good-bye, Mr =Tramp, said 00089 111 =Mother. Come home in time for breakfast, and don't forget to 00090 111 brush your teeth tonight. 00091 111 =Danny climbed over the old stone wall, but just as he got to the 00092 111 edge of the woods, he heard a noise. What kind of a noise was that 00093 111 or was it a noise at all? It wasn't a bong or a bang. It was more 00094 111 of a crackle or crunch. =Danny thought about bears, brown bears, 00095 111 black bears, cinnamon bears, and the polar bear he had seen at his 00096 111 window. =Danny turned around. He walked like an Indian, as quietly 00097 111 as he could walk, over the old stone wall, through the orchard. 00098 111 Then he ran. =Danny ran as fast as he could run. There's a bear 00099 111 down there, yelled =Danny to his mother, as he slammed the kitchen 00100 111 door. 00000 000 GINN READERS 1969, 1973 GRADE 2--LEVEL 9 DY1:GINN09.TXT 00000 000 WITH SKIES AND WINGS (NO AUTHOR ON FRONT) DISKS 91; 540 00000 000 TRANSCRIBED BY DPH MAR 83 STRATIFIED SRS PAGES: 00000 000 31-3; 51-5; 82-1; 116-7; 162-4; 198-0; 214-9; 243-1; 265-6; 307-1. 00001 111 Have you ever in your life seen a =Possum play possum? Have you 00002 111 ever in your life seen a possum play dead? When a =Possum is trapped 00003 111 and can't get away he turns up his toes and lays down on his head, 00004 111 bats both his eyes and rolls over dead. But then when you leave him 00005 111 and run off to play, the =Possum that really was just playing possum 00006 111 gets up and scurries away. 00007 111 =LindaParker, there on the =28th floor of a SanFrancisco 00008 111 apartment building, squeezed the field glasses closer to her eyes 00009 111 and groaned helplessly. A station wagon, parked with its front 00010 111 wheels turned the wrong way, was creeping down to the steeper part 00011 111 of the street every time a car went by. 00012 111 Dress in a poncho, pants, blouse or shirt; dress in a kimona, in 00013 111 sari or skirt. What does it matter if it keeps off the sun, and 00014 111 warms your body when the sun is gone? Each is his own way, north, 00015 111 south, east or west, who can say which way is best? 00016 111 Is it today? Is it today, asked =Deepti? No, little sister, 00017 111 answered =Ram. Not today. =RamKumar was =Deepti's big brother. She 00018 111 thought he was the biggest, smartest, nicest brother anyone could 00019 111 ever have. Anyway, she knew he was the best artist in all India. 00020 111 Next came =Omar, behind Mr =Moonlight, at the end of the rope 00021 111 that =Selim's father held in his hand. And riding way up high on 00022 111 =Omar's hump, feeling very happy, was =Selim. The next morning, 00023 111 =Selim and his father went to the plowing field. Suddenly =Selim 00024 111 had another idea. =Father, he cried! =Omar can pull our plow! He's 00025 111 big and strong. His father shook his head. A camel is meant to 00026 111 carry loads strapped to each side of his stump. He is not meant to 00027 111 pull plows. But =Selim was sure that =Omar would pull the plow if 00028 111 he asked him. So they hitched the pulling rope to the camel. 00029 111 Pull, =Omar, pull, =Selim said eagerly! At first =Omar just rolled 00030 111 his eyes wickedly. 00031 111 Now here he was with an ostrich in his garage! The new car with 00032 111 its red and gray upholstry was in there too, with all the windows 00033 111 open. The ostrich could very easily stick his long neck through 00034 111 the windows of the car. Would an ostrich eat the upholstry? Mr 00035 111 =Boison wished he knew more about ostriches. He wished he knew 00036 111 how to get one out of the garage in a hurry. At last, because 00037 111 Mr =Boison couldn't think of anything else to do, he ran to the 00038 111 phone and called the zoo. While he was still calling, =Leo came 00039 111 running down the stairs. He was shouting, I'm going out to 00040 111 find =Charlie. 00041 111 Three times =JohnGlenn would speed from daylight to night and 00042 111 again to daylight as he circled the earth. He had time over Africa 00043 111 to eat some malt tablets and to squeeze a tube of applesauce 00044 111 into his mouth. Swallowing food was easy. He tossed his head from 00045 111 side to side, but did not become dizzy. All the way he felt fine. 00046 111 It grew dark as he came over Australia. The people of =Perth turned 00047 111 on their lights and spread white sheet on the ground to send the 00048 111 light upward. =JohnGlenn saw their signal. He saw his first sunrise 00049 111 over the Pacific Ocean. As he started his second orbit, one of the 00050 111 tracking stations got a signal that the heavy heat shield on the 00051 111 capsule had come ajar. 00052 111 It was dark and very late. =Browneyes was tired. The day was over, 00053 111 and she had not quite found a place for her babies to be born. 00054 111 At least there are not many cars on the streets. She could safely 00055 111 go from one side of the street to the other, to look at the 00056 111 trees that grew there. Most of them were young trees, planted not 00057 111 long ago by city people who liked to look at the green leaves. But 00058 111 =Browneyes did not look at the leaves. She needed a tree that 00059 111 was old, so old that it would have a hole in it. She wanted to build 00060 111 her nest in a tree-hole. It was not till she came near the end of 00061 111 the street that she finally saw a big, old tree. 00062 111 Up, up the tiny baby climbed, pulling himself by his front legs and 00063 111 holding tight with his sharp claws. For several weeks the joey 00064 111 stayed inside his mother's pouch until he had grown larger and 00065 111 stronger. All this time his mother seemed to forget about him. If 00066 111 she had been living in Australia, where kangeroos come from, she 00067 111 would have gone about with the herd looking for food. But in the 00068 111 zoo her food was brought to her and she had no worries about food 00069 111 or baby. 00070 111 =Simba the lion carried =Kamba to the river where he turned him 00071 111 upside down in the mud and began to rub him back and forth. Soon 00072 111 both =Kamba and the lion's paw were covered with slippery mud, so 00073 111 slippery that the tortoise slid from the grasp of the lion and 00074 111 disappeared into the river. =Angry, =Simba went out into the 00075 111 grassland to look for bigger game. Next morning =Sungura, the hare, 00076 111 hopped along the forest trail singing. Oh this is the day to eat 00077 111 honey, honey's the best thing I know. This is the day to eat honey, 00078 111 so off to get honey I go. May I come too, asked a voice beside 00079 111 the path? =Kamba! So our plan worked. It worked very well, my 00080 111 friend. 00081 111 You are mistaken, =Magician, said the =Mountain, for the Mouse of 00082 111 the Forest, who can nibble a hole for me, is much more powerful. 00083 111 You must ask the Mouse. So the =Magician went to the Mouse of the 00084 111 Forest and said, Mouse of the Forest, marry this maiden. For it 00085 111 seems you are more powerful than anything else in the world. I'll 00086 111 do that, said the Mouse of the Forest, but how is she going to 00087 111 get into my little hole? Like this, said the Magician. And he turned 00088 111 the maiden back into her original form, a mouse. 00089 111 This boy was a little thing, only so high. But he seemed to =Amigo 00090 111 to reach the sky, tall as a mountain, brown and strong. =Amigo 00091 111 followed him all day long. He heard his whistle and he heard his 00092 111 song carried by the wind, Light as a feather. =Amigo said, I wonder 00093 111 whether he ever saw me peeping from under that mesquite tree and 00094 111 popping up from clumps of grass along the way to see him pass. 00095 111 But his mother said, Be careful, my child. A human boy is very wild. 00096 111 =Amigo said, I'll tame him if it takes a year. The sound of that 00097 111 boy is all I want to hear! You can't mean that! Better go play with 00098 111 the old pack rat. &&000 D.C. HEATH & CO. (1964) 2ND GRADE HEA9642N.ASC STAR BRIGHT by Paul A witty and Midred Hoyt Bebell Source: SUNY Oneonta xerox (15C each!!) scan edit by DPH February 21, 1993 &&111 Then the boy raked the earth smooth. He stuck his finger into the soft brown earth and made a little hole. And the girl dropped the seed into the hole. She covered it up with earth. Every day the boy and girl looked to see if their flower was beginning to grow. But for days and days nothing happened that they could see. No flower. No leaves. Not even a little green shoot coming out of the ground. Some days the sun shone, and the earth was warm. Some days it rained, and the earth was cool and wet. But rain or shine, day or night, the seed was still there underground. Nobody could see it, but it was there just the same. Down deep in the earth where it was dark and still, the seed had begun growing all this time. Very slowly the seed had been swelling bigger and bigger. Then one day the seed popped open. The donkey went up to the window and peeked in. What do you see? asked the cock. Why, answered the donkey, I see four robbers sitting at a table. They are eating dinner. Oh, how good their food looks! If only we could have some. The animals began to think about how they might get the robbers out of the house. At last they thought of a plan. The donkey put his front feet on the windowsill. The dog jumped on the donkey's back. The cat climbed up on top of the dog. And last of all the cock flew up to sit on the cat's head. Then all at once they began to sing. The donkey brayed. The dog barked. The cat mewed and the cock crowed. She began to rub her feathers with the washcloth. This is a funny bath, she said. Something is wrong. Soap, washcloth, me. Soap, washcloth, me. Yes, we are all here, right in the tub. And yet something is the matter. Just then she heard a quacking outside her window. She knew that =ThreeDucks were going by on their way to market. Mrs =Goose jumped out of the tub and ran over to the window. She stuck her long, funny neck out. =Ho, you! she called. Come in here, =ThreeDucks, and tell me what the matter with my bath. Something seems to be wrong. =Three-Ducks laughed. Maybe you forgot the soap, they told her. Mrs =Goose looked around, just to be sure. Then she said, No, I have soap. Then did you forget the washcloth? they asked. Mrs =Goose looked around again. No, she said, I have my blue washcloth with a flower on it. Well, said =Three-Ducks, we will come in and look things over. Maybe we can see what the matter is. So in they waddled. Soon? How many days was that? Soon always sounded as if it would be right away. But it often seemed a long, long time. =Jimmy wanted to dig a big, big hole and fill it with water. But it was no fun to do it alone. He wanted to build a big, big, BIG sand castle. But it was hard to do it alone. He stood and looked at the sea. All at once =Jimmy saw something bobbing up and down in the water. It came closer and closer. At last he could reach it. It was a bottle, a little green bottle floating in from the sea. =Jimmy thought about a story he had read. In the story a man on a big boat who put a letter into a bottle. He put a cork in the bottle to keep the water out. Then he threw the bottle into the sea. The bottle sailed far away with the letter. So =Jimmy ran into the house. He wrote a letter to put into the bottle. This is what the letter said: He thought how easy it looked when his friends skated and skated around in the park. He thought how easy it looked when =Jenny skated down the sidewalk. =Pete got up and tried again and again. But =Pete's skates seemed stubborn. When he tried to walk, his skates wobbled. And when he pushed one foot in front of the other, his skates slid right out from under him. =Pete sat still for a minute. Then, very slowly, he leaned over and took off his shiny new skates. =Jenny sat on the steps thinking. She wanted to try riding her bicycle again. But what was the use? Just then she saw =Pete walking slowly up the sidewalk. He did not look at all happy. Hello, =Pete! called =Jenny. Are those your new skates? =Pete nodded. I think there i something wrong with them, he said. The wheels keep wobbling. They never go where I want them to. They look all right to me, she said. Put them on. Let me see what they do. =Pete put on his skates and stood up. One skate went that way. One skate went this way. =Pete sat down hard. See? he said. Oh, no! said =Jenny. Not like that, =Pete! She helped him up. Oh, what wonderful presents! said =Mama. Now we must each write a letter to thank =Uncle =Panda. All at once they heard someone coming. It was =Uncle =Panda and =Willie =Bear. =Uncle =Panda asked, Did you get the automobile I sent you? Automobile! said =Mama. Automobile ! said =Sing, =Sang, and =Sung. Oh, automobile, said =Papa. I see. The =Pandas ran to get all the presents. Then =Uncle =Panda and =Papa put everything together. There stood the neatest, brightest little automobile you ever saw! It had green pillows and a fine large lunch basket on the back. It had a radio in the front seat and a television set in the back seat. &&000 LAIDLAW BROTHERS (1961) 2ND GRADE LAI9612N.ASC STORYLAND FAVORITES BY HAROLD G. SHANE et al Source: Columbia TC xerox, scan edit by DPH June 2, 1993 &&111 A big bird had caught the elf. It tried to fly away with him. =RoseRed found a big stick. She went after the big bird. She tried to make the bird let go of the little man. At last the big bird gave up. He let the elf go. The girls and the little man saw him fly away over the tree tops. The elf took off his hat. He thanked the girls for helping him. Then he said, What can I do for you? I can work magic. Would you like me to give you a new house? Or a puppy? Or a fine, fat cow to give you milk? I will give you what you ask for. The girls looked at one another. Then =Rose-Red asked, Do you know a big black bear who lives in the woods near here? One cold night the girls sat by the fire. All at once they heard someone at the door. See who it is, said =Mother to =Snow-White. =Snow-White ran to the door. Who is there? she asked. After the duck had gone away the bear and the man met a fox. Dear friend fox, said the man, we want you to hear our story. He began to tell how he had let the big animal out of the trap. He made the story just as long as he could. Oh dear, said the fox. Now how did you say this all began? You say you were in the trap and the bear let you out? No! No! said the bear. I was in the trap. Oh, yes. I see! I was in the trap, said the fox. No, I was not in the trap. Dear me! Who was in the trap? When the little old woman came home she saw what the cat had done. Well! said she, this is the last time I let you into the house. After this you will go to town with me! I have a little that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed. So much the better, the good woman said. I like cats, and we do not have one. But when I got to town I was hungry, said =Gudbrand. I gave the kitten to a man for some cake and milk. You did just the right thing, said Mrs =Gudbrand. I would not want you to go hungry. Now come and sit down to dinner. The good man with the bag of gold heard all he wanted to hear. He came in the door. You have the best woman I know of, he told =Gudbrand. Here are your five pieces of gold! And that is how =Gudbrand on the Hill gave away his cow for milk and cake but got five pieces of gold. Once more =Jack stopped at the farm house. The farmer was pleased to see him. He asked =Jack to come in to eat and sleep. The bad farmer saw =Jack's stick. He was sure that it was a magic stick. When =Jack was sleeping, the farmer took the stick. Just then =Jack opened his eyes. Work, stick, work! he called out. And the stick began to go after the farmer. Again and again it came down on the bad man. Help! Help! cried the farmer. Stop your stick and I will give back your magic gingerbread. I will give back the magic pot. Stop, stick, stop! said =Jack, and the stick jumped back to the boy. On many cold days the boy and his mother had very little food. They were always hungry. For their dinner they had some gingerbread and milk. The =North =Wind came to their little home. He made the window fly open. The milk fell over and ran under the boy's feet. What! said =Paddy. And let me go around with this pot of soup on my nose? Never! But, =Paddy, if we don't wish for the farm, or the house, or the farm animals, we will never get them. Don't you think you could live with the pot of soup on your nose? Oh, no, I can't do that. We must wish the pot of soup off my nose, =John. At last =John said that he would wish the pot off =Paddy's nose. He did so and the pot was gone. And so was the last of the wishes. The elf had been right. John and =Paddy had three wishes that they made the little old man give them. But the brothers were not happy. And they were just as poor as they had been before. Good day, Mr =Fox, said the bear. Where did you get the fine fish? I got them from the river,~ said Mr =Fox. They are beautiful fish! said the bear. Can you show me how to get some? I will be happy to help you, Mr =Bear, the fox said. After I hide my fish in this old tree we will go to the river. I will show you how to get some fish. The fox and the bear went over the cold snow to the river. When they got there, the bad fox told the bear what to do to get some fish. In the morning =Hans had a big surprise. The shoes he had cut out the night before were made! And they were beautiful. Come here, my dear, he called to Mrs =Hans. My shoes are done as if by magic. Come see them! Soon a man came to the shoemaker's little house. When he saw the fine new shoes he asked if he could buy them. After he had gone =Hans could buy leather for four new shoes. And Mrs =Hans could go to the store to get food for them to eat. The mouse heard the noise that the lion made. He ran to see if he could help the big animal. When he saw that the lion was caught, the mouse ran up the tree. He saw a way to help the lion who had let him go! Mr =Lion, he said, you let me go a day or two ago. Now I will help you. No, said the lion. Don't take time to help me. The men who caught me will be here soon. I do not want them to get you, too, little friend. &&000 LAIDLAW BROTHERS (1966) 2ND GRADE LAI9662N.ASC STORYLAND FAVORITES by Harold G Shane et al Source: SUNY Oneonta xerox, scan, edit by DPH February 28, 1993 &&111 The lion's sleep was about over. He heard the little mouse and he opened one of his eyes. The mouse was so afraid that he could not run. Then the lion opened his other eye. Well! he said, what are you doing here, little mouse? The poor mouse had never been so afraid. He did not know what to say. You bad little mouse. I think I will eat you, said the lion. Oh, please do not eat me! said the mouse. If you will let me go I will help you some day. Once there was a shoemaker. His name was Mr =Hans. He lived in a beautiful little house with Mrs =Hans. Mr =Hans worked from morning to night every day to make shoes. But every day he was poorer and poorer. At last he had just one little piece of leather from which to cut shoes. =Hans cut out his last shoes. He was not happy. Dear me, he thought. We are so poor now! I do not know how we can buy food in a day or two. Soon we will have no food to eat. It was night-time when =Hans had cut out the shoes. I will make the shoes tomorrow, he said. Then he went to bed. Soon =Hans and his wife heard a little noise. They saw the door fly open! In came two little men. They were elves! The elves were at work in a minute. And how fast they did go! In no time at all the shoes were made and ready for the next day. When the work was done, the elves opened the door and went away over the cold, white snow. Oh, the poor little elves! said Mrs =Hans. Did you see their feet? They have no shoes, and they had so little on that they were blue with cold! =Hans, the good woman said, we must make some shoes and coats for our friends before =Christmas. And so they did. We will help you, said =John. Oh, no! said =Paddy. Let us ask for something first. We are very poor, Mr =Elf. Will you give us three wishes if we let you go? asked =Paddy. The little man did not want to give the brothers three wishes. Very well, said =Paddy. Then you can stay under that tree all summer! At last the elf told the brothers that they could have the three wishes. Then =Paddy and =John helped him as he crawled out from under the tree. I said you could have three wishes, the elf told the brothers. You can have them. But they will not make you happy. Then, as if by magic, he was gone. The fox went over to the tree. Good morning, Mr =Crow, he said. You are a very beautiful bird. This made the crow very happy. He liked to hear that he was beautiful. You are so very pretty! said the fox. I would like it if you sang something for me. I am sure you will be beautiful to hear. The crow was pleased. He liked the good things the fox had said. Please, let me hear you sing, the fox asked again. The poor crow opened his mouth and down fell the food! Once more =Jack stopped at the farm house. The farmer was pleased to see him. He asked =Jack to come in to eat and sleep. The bad farmer saw =Jack's stick. He was sure that it was a magic stick. When =Jack was sleeping, the farmer took the stick. Just then =Jack opened his eyes. Work, stick, work! he called out. And the stick began to go after the farmer. Again and again it came down on the bad man. Help! Help! cried the farmer. Stop your stick and I will give back your magic gingerbread. I will give back the magic pot. Stop, stick, stop! said Jack, and the stick jumped back to the boy. The man gave =Gudbrand and his kitten the cake and milk. =Gudbrand and the cat liked the cake and milk. When the food was gone the man said to =Gudbrand, Now what will you give me for the cake and milk? I have nothing but my kitten to give, said =Gudbrand. But he is a fine kitten! I gave my cow for a horse. I gave my horse for a dog. Then I gave the dog for this kitten. So you can see that he must be a very fine kitten. The man took =Gudbrand's kitten for the cake and milk. There was once an old woman who had a black cat. One day the old woman milked her cow. Now I must go to town, she said. Where can I put this milk so the cat will not get it? I know! I will put it in this jug! It is so little that my cat can not crawl into it! After the duck had gone away the bear and the man met a fox. Dear friend fox, said the man, we want you to hear our story. He began to tell how he had let the big animal out of the trap. He made the story just as long as he could. Oh dear, said the fox. Now how did you say this all began? You say you were in the trap and the bear let you out? No! No! said the bear. I was in the trap. Oh, yes. I see! I was in the trap, said the fox. No, I was not in the trap. Dear me! Who was in the trap? The bear came to the little house every night after that. =Snow-White and =Rose-Red had fun playing with him. Every night the bear would sleep near the fire. In the morning he would go away. At last the snows were over. Now, said the bear, I must go away. I will not be back until it snows again. Why must you go, dear bear? asked =Snow-White and =Rose-Red. Come out, Mr =Bear, come out, the little old man called. When the bear came out the old man said, I am going to tell the girls a story. Three years ago a fine-looking man was going through the woods. He had a bag of gold. When he would not give me the gold I did something very bad. I used my magic to make him into a bear. Because you girls helped me I will never again take the gold. What is more, I will make this bear back into a man, the old elf said. And he did just that! &&000 LIPPINCOTT (1964-also 1970) 2ND GRADE LIP9642N.ASC levels E and F Stories of Children Today Source: SUNY Oneonta xerox scan edit by DPH February 28, 1993 &&111 One boy or girl, in most of the games, hid far off, and if the It person went past a corner or a wall to hunt for the hidden one, well! he often saw him run in and give the can a terrific kick! As the can soared into the air, all the boys and girls ran from the prison, and called, All free! All free! The It person had to get the can, put it back on the spot, and start the hunt for the hiders again. Sometimes a game of =Kick the =Can after dinner went on and on until it was dark. When =Little =Red =Hen came in, the fox sprang at her. I've got you now! he yelled, and before long you will feel an ax on your neck. But =Little =Red =Hen was too quick for the fox. She flapped her wings and flopped over and over. Then she jumped up onto a beam that was far above the fox. I cannot reach you now, said the cunning old fox, but I will get you yet. I will make you dizzy. Then you will fall off the beam. And the fox began to run in a ring under the hen. =Bill was glad to see =Spot in his garden with all the strange animals gone. He was glad that he saw no odd animals, no pond of tar, no silly games. His leg was not hurt, but it had gone to sleep and now it tingled. Some sap had fallen on his face from the maple tree above him. It was sticky like tar. And there was a black smudge on his cheek from =Spot's dirty paw. Spot had been running back and forth and licking his face; and once he had bounced on =Bill's chest as he ran and jumped over him. =Bill smiled. What a funny dream that was. But now I understand that what happened in my dream depended upon what was taking place here in the garden. The stranger paused; =King =Midas replied, I have done pretty well, pretty well, but after all it is but a trifle when you think that it has taken me my whole life to get it together. In a =thousand years of life, which I do not have, I can gather a great deal more gold together. What! exclaimed the stranger. You are not satisfied? The =King Makes a Wish Without pausing a moment to think, =Midas replied, No, few things please me so long as there is gold in the world that I do not have. Will you not be satisfied until you have all the gold in the world? asked the stranger. Or do you want something even more than that? =Midas paused to think. Greed had taught him caution. He had a notion that the stranger, being a god, was going to grant A man and his daughter lived at the camp. The man's name was =John. The girl's name was =Nancy. Nancy cooked a fine meal of deer meat for =Kit. Soon he felt as fine as ever. For many years =Kit lived in the forests of the =West. He taught the white men how to get along with the Indians. He also taught the white men where the rivers and mountains were. We remember him today as a mighty hunter and a man who helped to make living in the =West safe. In the spring, =Daniel and his friends took their animal skins and went back to their homes. A few years later, =Daniel decided to go back to =Kentucky to make his home. Several families went with him. When they got there, they built a house for each family. They still had trouble with the =Indians. =Daniel fought with them several times. But he fought to protect his family. He thought the white men and the =Indians ought to live together in peace. When we go to the children's department, I will show you the card catalogue that you may use when you belong to the library. But, now, let's go on down to the library hospital. The what? asked =Larry, with a puzzled look on his face. The librarian smiled. She said, =The library hospital is the room where torn and damaged books are mended. Two by two, the children got into a line again and followed the librarian down a long hall. =Sally and =Susan led the class. What are you going to do with all of the milk? asked =Shorty. You must have a baby at the house, he laughed. Yes, I do have a baby, said Mr =Hickey. Shorty took this as a great joke and laughed loudly. Boy or girl? Boy, said =Hickey, of course. Well, bring him around sometime! laughed =Shorty. That I want to see! Were there any accidents on the road yesterday? asked the old man. Did anyone run into a deer? Well, there was a deer run over two nights ago, said =Shorty. Nobody hurt, though. =Skree-e-etch! The driver threw on the brakes. Then he saw =Henry making his way through the apples and the books and pans and hose to catch =Ribsy. The driver pushed his cap back on his head. Now, =Sonny, he said to =Henry. Now you know why dogs are not allowed on buses! Yes, sir, said =Henry in a very small voice. I'm sorry. The fat man began to snicker. The,n he chuckled. Then he laughed and then he roared. He laughed until tears streamed down his cheeks. All of the other passengers were laughing too, even the man with the hose and the lady with the apples. =Johnny =Blair was nine years old. At least, he had been thinking of himself as nine years old for quite a while because his mother told her friends that =Johnny was in his ninth year. =Johnny's father, on the other hand, would say that =Johnny was going on nine. =And so =Johnny got in the habit of thinking of himself as nine, even though he knew that his birthday was not coming for more than a month. =Johnny was going to be nine in =April, to be exact, on =April =16. Way back in =March, when it was still chilly and wet, and patches of snow remained where there had been piles in the middle of the winter, =Johnny began to think about his coming birthday and what he would ask for. This was a real problem, because =Johnny was a very serious boy who gave such matters a good deal of careful study. disturbing the bells again. But I'll try to earn it, she added. The next day, her mother's scrub pail swinging from her arm, =Marian reached up and rang a neighbor's doorbell. I'll rub and I'll scrub, and make your steps clean, she recited, when the lady of the house appeared. And she fulfilled her promise. On hands and knees, she scrubbed those stone steps till they shone! The delighted woman paid her a nickel and recommended her services highly. =Penny by penny, nickel by nickel, months later, =Marian had enough money. She went back to the pawnshop and bought the violin. A friend of the family taught her how to tune it and play a few =Jenny later said that this was the most unhappy moment of her life. But she asked =Garcia what to do, and he told her to give her voice a rest for six weeks, not singing at all, and hardly talking. After her rest, =Garcia listened to her sing again and agreed to teach her. Jenny studied with him for almost a year. From that time on, =Jenny sang to one delighted audience after another in all the great cities of =Europe. When a concert by her was advertised, the demand for tickets was likely to be four times as large as the number of seats in the theater. The =Queen of =England threw a wreath of flowers at her feet when she sang in =London. Kings and princes praised her. &&000 LIPPINCOTT (1969) 2ND GRADE LIP9692N.ASC 2-1 AND 2-2 BOOK E AND BOOK F Source: Hobart WS xerox scan edit by DPH February 10, 1993 &&111 Suddenly, =Cinderella heard the clock strike a quarter to twelve. She immediately left the other guests at the ball and went home. When she arrived home she was changed back into her old shabby self. When the two sisters came home they said to her, =You should have seen the beautiful princess at the ball. She was the prettiest princess ever seen. The =Prince would give anything to know who she was, but no one knew her. =Cinderella was as pleased as she could be to hear this. The next night the two sisters went again to the ball. =Cinderella went too, but even more splendidly dressed than before. =Daniel had to find a way to escape. One night, when it was very dark, he did not go to sleep. He stayed awake for a long time. He waited until all of the =Indians were asleep. Then, very quietly, he slowly slid himself inch by inch over to where =Stuart was sleeping. Then he nudged =Stuart until he was awake. Wake up, =Stuart, said =Daniel. We are going to escape. Now is the time to run away. The =Indians are asleep. Faster and faster the =Gingerbread =Boy ran. After he had run past a schoolhouse, he came to some men who were mowing hay for the winter. They looked up and saw the =Gingerbread =Boy, the little old woman, and the little old man running across the road. The =Gingerbread =Boy waved his arms and called back over his shoulder to the mowers, I am the =Gingerbread =Boy, I am, I am; I can run from you, I can, I can! I ran away from a little old woman, a little old man, And I can run away from you, I can, I can! So the =Emperor rode in the procession. And what a procession it was! Men played the royal tunes on silver flutes. Other men banged drums or blew horns. There were fine coaches drawn by slim white horses. And there was the =Emperor thinking he had on a beautiful new suit of clothes. Everybody in the streets and windows said, How splendid the =Emperor's new clothes are. What a beautiful suit! What a lovely coat! How well it fits! Nobody wanted to be caught seeing nothing, because if you saw nothing they said you were stupid or unfit for your job. None of the =Emperor's costumes had ever been as successful as this. When his little daughter ran to meet him with a bunch of buttercups, he used to say, Oh, my, child! If these flowers were really as golden as they look, I'd think them worth picking. At last =Midas had become so possessed with the idea of gold that he did not want to see or touch any object that was not gold. He made it his custom, therefore, to Soon the children's father came and chopped the tree into little bits. Then he set fire to it. As the fire burned, the brown branches cracked and spit and made singing noises. They seemed to be saying, Once I was a very happy tree. I lived in the woods with the birds and the sunshine. But I forgot how happy I was. I wanted to go away with the other trees. Now all that is ended. Another tree will grow where I stood. I hope it will be happy just staying at home. Yes, you are brown. You are just the color of coffee with cream in it. And a nicer girl I never saw. =Mamma squeezed =April's gloved hand. And you are just like your name and the month you were born in; dark =April one minute and bright =April the next! She pressed the button for the next stop. A broken edge of one of =April's teeth had just been mended. She and her mother were on their way home. It was bitter cold when =Mamma and =April stepped off the trolley car, but they had only a short way to go, and while it was against the wind and the streets were icy, in five minutes they were turning in at their own gate. A long time ago a little red hen lived alone in a big forest. She lived in a fine home. It was made of strong brick. Inside her home, =Little =Red =Hen had a stove, a chair, a table, and a small bed. There was a green quilt on the bed. Little =Red =Hen had made the quilt herself. This little home is fit for a queen, she said. =Little =Billy =Goat went up and down the stream. I have to find where the water is not wide, he said, so I can jump across. =At last he came to a little bridge that went over the water. =Trip, =trap! =Trip, =trap! went =Little =Billy =Goat's feet on the bridge. Once upon a time a prince left his home to find himself a bride. The =Prince wanted a wife, but the girl had to be a real princess. The =Prince went far and wide to find a real princess. He rode miles to the east and miles to the west. But he did not find a princess he liked. Besides, it was hard to find a real princess. So at last the =Prince came home again. He was all alone, and he was sad. In two months she wrote the first part of =Little =Women. It was published in =1868. A few months later the second part was ready , and, after so many years of hard work, =Louisa found herself famous. When her second novel, =Little =Men, was ready, the public ordered =fifty =thousand copies of it before it was published. They wanted to be sure to have the new book by the author of =Little =Women. After this success, =Louisa wrote many more books. She was a rich and famous woman, and she is still known and loved by the =thousands of girls and boys who read her books every year. =Dicky =Lewis's father, who lived four doors down the street, came out just after eight. He too was dressed in a business suit, and he drove to his work in no hurry. He worked in a big hardware store, and he did not have to get there until about nine o'clock. =Johnny's =Father's Job But =Johnny =Blair's father didn't go to work in the morning. He came home from work at eight o'clock! So while =Johnny was at the front window watching the fathers of his friends go off to work, fresh and clean in the early morning, his own father, well, he was sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee. He was tired, too, and his white uniform was soiled. Mr =Blair was a milkman. The clerk pulled the box out from under the counter. This hair-tonic box is the only one I have. I guess it's big enough, but why anyone would want to put a dog in a cardboard box I can't understand, he said. The box was about two feet square and six inches deep. On one end was printed, =Don't =Let =Them =Call =You =Baldy, and on the other, =Try =Our =Large =Economy =Size. =Henry thanked the clerk, carried the box out to the bus stop, and put it on the sidewalk. =Ribsy paddled after him. Get in, fellow, =Henry commanded. =Ribsy understood. He stepped into the box and sat down just as the bus came around the corner. =David =Wilson was ten years old and had lived all his life in the city. He lived on the eighth floor of a tall apartment building. It was summer, and =David had invited his cousin =George for a week's vacation. George had never been to the city before. He lived on a farm in the middle of the state. At last the day came when =George was to arrive. =George felt quite grown up coming alone by train to the city for a visit. But he was glad to see =David and his father when the train pulled into the station. Everything looked very strange. =Mother =Eagle Repay =Gray =Fox. One morning, when =Gray =Fox awakened on the ledge, the mother eagle was gone. He waited, talking to the young eagles who were now strong and well fed. Soon he saw the mother eagle returning, and in her claws she carried a wild pig. She dropped the prize at the feet of =Gray =Fox. He knew she was repaying him for his kindness. Now the golden eagle was well again. She could fly out each day for food to supply the needs of her family. =Gray =Fox knew his usefulness here had ended. He could rejoin the tribe. But first he pulled a red-gold feather from the tail of the mother eagle. Father, after we ride to the =Point, let's go over to the =Indian camp, =Danny said eagerly. =Brick =Morgan didn't answer. That was his way of saying =No. =Danny couldn't understand why his father didn't like =Indians. =Danny liked them. All the way up the trail, he hoped he would meet some =Indian boys on their spotted ponies. Look! There's =Golden =Boy! =Brick =Morgan said suddenly. He pointed to a tiny speck racing across the fields. &&000 SCOTT, FORESMAN (1962) 2ND GRADE 1ST HALF SF196221.ASC FRIENDS OLD AND NEW by Helen M. Robinson ---there is a combined 2nd grade text named = SF19622N.ASC.ASC for Books 2-1 and 2-2. This is Book 2-1 only Source: Elmira College xerox, scan, edit by DPH January 18, 1993 &&111 Look at =Penny and =Pam, said =Mike. They are helping =Mother, too. =Dick said, You and the girls are just playing. You have to do more than play to help your mother. No, we don't, laughed =Mike. You can ask =Mother about it. Here she comes. Thanks for helping me, boys, called =Pete's mother. =Dick ran over to her and said, Please tell me something. How did =Pete and =Billy help you? Don't they have to do more than ride and play with a ball to help you? =Pete's mother said, I'll show you how the boys helped me. Come in. Come in the house with me, =Dick. =Billy said, I don't know any girl named =Penny. Who is she? Mrs =March said, You'll see when she gets here. Just then =Pete and =Bob came along. =Billy asked both boys to come in. We are going to have a party for =Penny, he said. Who is =Penny? asked =Bob. Has she just moved to this neighborhood? =Billy said, I don't know. But she is on her way to my house. Mr =Silva said, Now =Wendy can't run around the yard. So maybe she will sit down and be still. But =Wendy did not sit down. She began to run around Mr =Silva's legs. Stop it, =Wendy! said Mr =Silva. Get away from my legs! But the puppy went right on running. =Jim Helps a Neighbor. Hello, Mr =Brown, said =Jim =Ball. I came over to help you. Thanks, neighbor, said Mr =Brown. We will get to work right now. I left some of my tools just inside the toolhouse door. Will you run and get them for me? Hook the door when you come out. I don't want our new kitten to get in there. Mr =Brown! said =Jim in surprise. What are you doing in there? Mr =Brown said, I came in to put my garden tools away. Then someone hooked the door. I called many times, but no one came near the toolhouse. =Jim said, I hooked the door. I didn't see you in there. I know you didn't, said Mr =Brown. You did just what I told you to do. You hooked the toolhouse door! =Linda stopped thinking about a pet and began eating her cake. All at once it fell out of her hand. Oh, I'm sorry, =Mother, said =Linda. I'll clean up the room right away. Yes, do, said Mrs =Long. I don't want you to walk on that cake. After you get the room cleaned up, you may have another one. All at once =Jack's light went off. He tried to turn the light on again, but it had stopped working. Jack was not happy about this. I don't want to run into those bears in the dark, thought =Jack. So I had better hurry into the house. Just then =Jack saw a light go on over =Bob's door. Then he saw =Bob stick his head out the door. Is that you, =Jack? called =Bob. I thought I heard someone. =Jack said, I came to see the bears. But my flashlight isn't working, and it's hard to see out here. Come into the house, said =Bob. The three bears are up in my room. =Jack said, Bears in your room! What kind of bears are they? You'll see, said =Bob. The three children looked up when they heard =Bob and =Jack. Hello, said one boy. My name is =John. This is my sister =Patty, and this is my brother =Bill. We have just moved to this neighborhood. We live next door to =Bob. =Jack said, I'm glad to know you. But where are the bears? The other children began to laugh. Jack said, Did I say something funny? I just asked where the bears are. =Bunny said, I'm glad we used the dryer, =Mother. You were right. That was the best way to dry my hair. It was quick, and I didn't have to do a thing. The dryer did all the work. =Jack heard what =Bunny said, and he began to laugh. Is that so? he asked his sister. I worked as much as that dryer did. I had to get you food and water and all the other things you wanted! After the truck went by, =Tom said, Come on, =Jack. Let's start to clean the sidewalk. The boys ran to get the shovel. But there was no shovel to be seen. I saw =Father leave our shovel by this tree, said =Jack. But the truck pushed all this snow around the tree. Our shovel must be under the snow. =Tom said, Well, let's start looking for it. We have to get that shovel out. Mrs =Coats called the children again. Please hurry, she said. Mr =Green is waiting to take us to the train. It leaves at six o'clock, you know. Tie up your snowmen and come along. =Tom and =Jill thanked their friends and said good-by. They started out to the car. Then =Tom turned back. I just thought of something, he said. I don't know if my friends at home will ever see my snowman. They won't if I get hungry on the trip! The Fast Turtle. I can't wait to tell everybody about our visit, said =Nancy. Why didn't we go home by plane, =Mother? Then we could be there today. Oh, =Nancy! laughed Mrs =Coats. You know that you and =Don wanted to ride on a train. This is a long trip. We will be on the train two nights. It was early in the morning when =Red =Car got back. He was so tired that he went right to sleep. But he did not sleep long. Soon he heard the blue plane calling him. Get ready to work! cried the plane. The children are here for more rides. Did you find out where they go when they leave the park? Yes, I did, =Red =Car told the plane. The children only go to sleep. I saw them all in bed. And that is where I wish I could be right now! Suddenly one pig got away. Oh dear me! thought Mrs =Glad. I must help my neighbor. I must catch that pig for him. Mrs =Glad tried to catch the pig, but the flower basket got in her way. She turned the basket upside down over her head. Then off she ran after the pig. One by one Mrs =Glad's flowers fell to the ground as the old woman ran. Soon only one red flower was left. It was sticking out over her right ear when Mrs =Glad got the pig. I'm reading in bed, said the mouse. I've just read a very good story in today's paper. It's all about cats. Would you like to hear it? Yes, I would, answered =Old =Cat. Read the story to me. Read it, or I'll eat you ! =SmalI =Mouse looked down at his paper. Run, cats, run! he said. Leave town at once! At ten o'clock on =Saturday night everyone will start to catch a cat. Cats! Cats! Don't forget! Leave before ten o'clock on =Saturday, or someone will catch you! =Old =Cat said, This is =Saturday night, but I know all the cats are still in town. So your paper can't be right. Take it, said the mouse. Take it and read the story yourself! =Billy hurried off to tell his mother about his home run. After =Billy had gone, Mr =Hook shook his head. You did a lot of thinking, he said to the painter. But you didn't think of the one thing my machine is good for. This wind machine can blow a ball right over the ball-park fence! You are right! cried the painter. What you have there is a home-run machine! Every time the whistle began to blow, someone said, There goes =Big =Toot! What would we do without him? One day =Big =Toot gave his first =too-oot as he always did. Then he looked down at all the people going off to work. Those people do the same thing every day, he thought. I do the same thing, too. Each day I blow three times. Day in, day out! Year in, year out! It would be nice to forget all about our work today. Perhaps we could do something just for fun. At first =Big =Toot could not think of anything that he wanted to do. He thought for a long time. Then all at once he began to blow. Out came a very big =TOO-OO-OOT! Pie for Everyone =Grandmother =Pig and =Jolly =Little =Pig had an old apple tree in their garden. One day after a rain =Jolly =Little =Pig was playing in the water under the tree. As he splashed about, an apple fell down near him. I wish I had an apple pie, he said. I'll bake apple pies for dinner, said =Grandmother =Pig. But first I'll go to the store and buy some things. She got her money, and off she went. =Jolly =Little =Pig stayed home to play and splash some more. The swan walked on down the path. Before long he came to the home of his little friend =Sleepy =Bear. Sleepy =Bear! called the swan. Can you tell me where to find a tie? Why do you want one, =Uncle =Swan? asked the little bear. You don't need a tie. =Penny =Duck says that my neck is much too long, answered the swan. She says that I would look nicer with a tie to hide my neck. That silly duck! cried =Sleepy =Bear. Why do you listen to her, =Uncle =Swan? Your neck looks nice just the way it i~. Thanks, little friend, said the swan. But I want my neck to look still nicer. I think I'll keep on trying to find a tie. So once again the swan went looking around the zoo for a tie. Soon the goat galloped up to the door. Go back to your pen ! shouted =Tommy. You get nothing to eat today. Why not? asked the hungry goat, banging his head on the door. Just because! said =Tommy. All the animals were crying and barking and squealing. But =Tommy put his hands over his ears and would not listen. He didn't hear or see his father and brother come to the door. &&000 SCOTT, FORESMAN (1962) 2ND GRADE (Book 2-2) SF196222.ASC MORE FRIENDS OLD AND NEW by Helen M. Robinson et al Book 2 of 2nd Grade (2-2) ---second sample-- there is an earlier single sample for both Book 2-1 and Book 2-2 named sf19621s.asc. This is Book 2-2 only. Source: Elmira College: xerox, scan and edit by DPH January 18, 1993 &&111 Up and down the sidewalk went =David in his car. He didn't stop until he heard his mother calling him. Mother! cried =David. How do you like my three-wheeled car? Did you see how fast it goes? Yes, I did, said his mother. Is it fast enough to get you here in time for a good lunch? Oh, yes, answered =David. It's fast enough for that. Here I come! =Oh, =Mother ! laughed =Ellen. I think =Tommy wanted to bake my valentines ! He heard Mrs =Swan say that she put her valentines in the oven to bake. So he thought he could make cookies out of my paper valentines. =Tommy, said Mrs =Swan, why don't you and your sister come home with me? We'll bake more valentine cookies. My valentines are much better to eat than paper ones! On =Saturday, =Bill and his father went to the big bank where Mr =Stone saved his money. While they were there, a man handed a penny bank to =Bill. I'm sure you like to save pennies, said the man. Here is a penny bank for you. Thank you! said =Bill. I have one bank that I got for my birthday. But I know I can use another bank. The children watched Mrs =Gray hurry toward the bus stop at the corner. Suddenly =Bob said, Look at those white things on the top of =Mother's hat, =Patty! What are they? Just flowers, =Patty replied. Are you sure they are? asked =Bob. They don't look like flowers. They aren't flowers! cried =Patty. Then she and =Bob began to laugh. That night =Steve said to his father, I saw you work today. =John did, too. We tried to look under the fence, but it was too near the ground. We tried to look over the fence, but we didn't have anything high enough to stand on. We couldn't reach the top. Then a friendly watchman came along and cut two holes in the wooden fence for us. The holes were just right, not too high and not too low. =John and I saw everything then. We could see through the high wooden fence just fine! =Pete wanted to show the lucky penny to the bays. He reached for his pocket. But there was no pocket in his trunks! These were his old ones. The new ones were at home, and so was the penny. =Pete was scared for a second because he had been swimming without the penny. Then he laughed and began to swim again. Later that day =Pete took the penny to Mr =Ball at the clock store. Thanks for letting me carry it, said =Pete. At first I thought that I couldn't swim without the penny to help me. But then I was really lucky. I found out that I don't need the penny. I can swim without it. This is going to be a fine summer! The next day =Jim and =Jill met =Linda on the way to Mr =Banks' house. She had a flag for Mr =Banks, too. When the children gave the flags to their old friend, he was very happy. He nailed the three little flags on his porch as quickly as he could. Soon more children came with flags for old Mr =Banks. Many boys and girls had decided that he must have a flag. Many children had taken their money to buy small flags for him. Mr =Banks put the flags up quickly. In a few minutes eight little flags were flying on the right side of the porch. Eight more were flying on the left side. Then Mr =Banks and the children sat down to wait for the parade. The porch was crowded, but everyone found a place to sit without much trouble. Eight boys sat on the steps. Eight girls sat on the porch with Mr =Banks. =Sally could not help laughing at the old horse. =Graylegs! she said. You ate those cakes I left out here to cool. You're a bad, bad boy! The horse nodded his huge head. Just then =Sally heard =Jack shouting. =Graylegs is gone! yelled her brother. While I was getting his feed, he ran out of the barn. Now I can't find that horse any place. You didn't look everywhere, =Jack, cried =Sally. Come to the back porch. =Jack ran up just as =Graylegs grabbed the cupcake on the porch floor. Well, well! said =Jack. I thought I was supposed to feed =Graylegs. You were, laughed =Sally. But you don't need to feed him now. He's eaten a lot of the cupcakes we were supposed to have for our dinner today. It's too bad we can't eat the food that =Graylegs was supposed to have. =Sonny went flying all around the room above =Mary's head. Finally he came to rest on her hand, and she spoke to the bird slowly. I must teach you some new words, said =Mary. First I'll try to teach you our telephone number. If you ever got lost, it would be a handy thing to know. So start saying the number now, =Sonny. Say =521'5448, =521'5448, =521'5448. The bright-eyed bird looked at =Mary, but it didn't say a word. Talk, =Sonny, coaxed =Mary. Please say =521'5448, =521'5448, =521'54'48. The bird kept watching =Mary as she spoke, but all it said was its name. Mr =Painter picked up the little animal and carried it to the car. Then he and the boys started home. Before long the car came to a stop in the =Painters' garage. The boys hopped out and hurried to find a box. They put some rags in it to make a bed, and their father carried the fox over to it. The boys placed some food and a pan of cool water beside the baby fox. Then they sat and watched it. The fox opened its eyes, but it did not move or make a sound. It did not act at all interested in the food. At last =Jerry said, Maybe we ought to leave the fox alone. Then he may eat something. I'm sure he'll grow stronger after he has eaten some food. =The boys left the garage, but the next morning they were back early. Most of the food and water was gone. The fox could even take a few steps. After a while a bee flew near. Why are you crying? it asked the wolf. I'm crying because the fox is crying, said the wolf. The fox cries because the hare cries. The hare cries because the boy cries. And the boy cries because he can't get his three goats out of the cornfield. The bee said, It's foolish to cry. I can get the goats out very-easily. At the bee's words the wolf, the fox, the hare, and the boy stopped crying and began to laugh. A bird heard the rabbit's words. It stopped singing and flew off, calling, Run for your life! The earth is falling in! A fox down below was the first to hear the bird. The fox told a wildcat. The wildcat told a wolf. The wolf told a bear. They all galloped off through the forest. As they ran, they shouted, Run for your life! The earth is falling in! The very next second the goat banged against the troll with his big horns. Down into the wide river fell the troll. Straight down to the bottom he fell with a most terrible roar. That was the end of the ugly troll! After that the three goats grew so fat that they could hardly walk. As far as anyone knows, they are very fat yet. &&000 SF19622N.ASC &&000 SCOTT, FORESMAN (1962) 2ND GRADE 1ST HALF SF196221.ASC FRIENDS OLD AND NEW by Helen M. Robinson ---thIS is a combined 2nd grade text named = SF19622N.ASC for Books 2-1 and 2-2. Source: Elmira College xerox, scan, edit by DPH January 18, 1993 &&111 Look at =Penny and =Pam, said =Mike. They are helping =Mother, too. =Dick said, You and the girls are just playing. You have to do more than play to help your mother. No, we don't, laughed =Mike. You can ask =Mother about it. Here she comes. Thanks for helping me, boys, called =Pete's mother. =Dick ran over to her and said, Please tell me something. How did =Pete and =Billy help you? Don't they have to do more than ride and play with a ball to help you? =Pete's mother said, I'll show you how the boys helped me. Come in. Come in the house with me, =Dick. =Billy said, I don't know any girl named =Penny. Who is she? Mrs =March said, You'll see when she gets here. Just then =Pete and =Bob came along. =Billy asked both boys to come in. We are going to have a party for =Penny, he said. Who is =Penny? asked =Bob. Has she just moved to this neighborhood? =Billy said, I don't know. But she is on her way to my house. Mr =Silva said, Now =Wendy can't run around the yard. So maybe she will sit down and be still. But =Wendy did not sit down. She began to run around Mr =Silva's legs. Stop it, =Wendy! said Mr =Silva. Get away from my legs! But the puppy went right on running. =Jim Helps a Neighbor. Hello, Mr =Brown, said =Jim =Ball. I came over to help you. Thanks, neighbor, said Mr =Brown. We will get to work right now. I left some of my tools just inside the toolhouse door. Will you run and get them for me? Hook the door when you come out. I don't want our new kitten to get in there. Mr =Brown! said =Jim in surprise. What are you doing in there? Mr =Brown said, I came in to put my garden tools away. Then someone hooked the door. I called many times, but no one came near the toolhouse. =Jim said, I hooked the door. I didn't see you in there. I know you didn't, said Mr =Brown. You did just what I told you to do. You hooked the toolhouse door! =Linda stopped thinking about a pet and began eating her cake. All at once it fell out of her hand. Oh, I'm sorry, =Mother, said =Linda. I'll clean up the room right away. Yes, do, said Mrs =Long. I don't want you to walk on that cake. After you get the room cleaned up, you may have another one. All at once =Jack's light went off. He tried to turn the light on again, but it had stopped working. Jack was not happy about this. I don't want to run into those bears in the dark, thought =Jack. So I had better hurry into the house. Just then =Jack saw a light go on over =Bob's door. Then he saw =Bob stick his head out the door. Is that you, =Jack? called =Bob. I thought I heard someone. =Jack said, I came to see the bears. But my flashlight isn't working, and it's hard to see out here. Come into the house, said =Bob. The three bears are up in my room. =Jack said, Bears in your room! What kind of bears are they? You'll see, said =Bob. The three children looked up when they heard =Bob and =Jack. Hello, said one boy. My name is =John. This is my sister =Patty, and this is my brother =Bill. We have just moved to this neighborhood. We live next door to =Bob. =Jack said, I'm glad to know you. But where are the bears? The other children began to laugh. Jack said, Did I say something funny? I just asked where the bears are. =Bunny said, I'm glad we used the dryer, =Mother. You were right. That was the best way to dry my hair. It was quick, and I didn't have to do a thing. The dryer did all the work. =Jack heard what =Bunny said, and he began to laugh. Is that so? he asked his sister. I worked as much as that dryer did. I had to get you food and water and all the other things you wanted! After the truck went by, =Tom said, Come on, =Jack. Let's start to clean the sidewalk. The boys ran to get the shovel. But there was no shovel to be seen. I saw =Father leave our shovel by this tree, said =Jack. But the truck pushed all this snow around the tree. Our shovel must be under the snow. =Tom said, Well, let's start looking for it. We have to get that shovel out. Mrs =Coats called the children again. Please hurry, she said. Mr =Green is waiting to take us to the train. It leaves at six o'clock, you know. Tie up your snowmen and come along. =Tom and =Jill thanked their friends and said good-by. They started out to the car. Then =Tom turned back. I just thought of something, he said. I don't know if my friends at home will ever see my snowman. They won't if I get hungry on the trip! The Fast Turtle. I can't wait to tell everybody about our visit, said =Nancy. Why didn't we go home by plane, =Mother? Then we could be there today. Oh, =Nancy! laughed Mrs =Coats. You know that you and =Don wanted to ride on a train. This is a long trip. We will be on the train two nights. It was early in the morning when =Red =Car got back. He was so tired that he went right to sleep. But he did not sleep long. Soon he heard the blue plane calling him. Get ready to work! cried the plane. The children are here for more rides. Did you find out where they go when they leave the park? Yes, I did, =Red =Car told the plane. The children only go to sleep. I saw them all in bed. And that is where I wish I could be right now! Suddenly one pig got away. Oh dear me! thought Mrs =Glad. I must help my neighbor. I must catch that pig for him. Mrs =Glad tried to catch the pig, but the flower basket got in her way. She turned the basket upside down over her head. Then off she ran after the pig. One by one Mrs =Glad's flowers fell to the ground as the old woman ran. Soon only one red flower was left. It was sticking out over her right ear when Mrs =Glad got the pig. I'm reading in bed, said the mouse. I've just read a very good story in today's paper. It's all about cats. Would you like to hear it? Yes, I would, answered =Old =Cat. Read the story to me. Read it, or I'll eat you ! =SmalI =Mouse looked down at his paper. Run, cats, run! he said. Leave town at once! At ten o'clock on =Saturday night everyone will start to catch a cat. Cats! Cats! Don't forget! Leave before ten o'clock on =Saturday, or someone will catch you! =Old =Cat said, This is =Saturday night, but I know all the cats are still in town. So your paper can't be right. Take it, said the mouse. Take it and read the story yourself! =Billy hurried off to tell his mother about his home run. After =Billy had gone, Mr =Hook shook his head. You did a lot of thinking, he said to the painter. But you didn't think of the one thing my machine is good for. This wind machine can blow a ball right over the ball-park fence! You are right! cried the painter. What you have there is a home-run machine! Every time the whistle began to blow, someone said, There goes =Big =Toot! What would we do without him? One day =Big =Toot gave his first =too-oot as he always did. Then he looked down at all the people going off to work. Those people do the same thing every day, he thought. I do the same thing, too. Each day I blow three times. Day in, day out! Year in, year out! It would be nice to forget all about our work today. Perhaps we could do something just for fun. At first =Big =Toot could not think of anything that he wanted to do. He thought for a long time. Then all at once he began to blow. Out came a very big =TOO-OO-OOT! Pie for Everyone =Grandmother =Pig and =Jolly =Little =Pig had an old apple tree in their garden. One day after a rain =Jolly =Little =Pig was playing in the water under the tree. As he splashed about, an apple fell down near him. I wish I had an apple pie, he said. I'll bake apple pies for dinner, said =Grandmother =Pig. But first I'll go to the store and buy some things. She got her money, and off she went. =Jolly =Little =Pig stayed home to play and splash some more. The swan walked on down the path. Before long he came to the home of his little friend =Sleepy =Bear. Sleepy =Bear! called the swan. Can you tell me where to find a tie? Why do you want one, =Uncle =Swan? asked the little bear. You don't need a tie. =Penny =Duck says that my neck is much too long, answered the swan. She says that I would look nicer with a tie to hide my neck. That silly duck! cried =Sleepy =Bear. Why do you listen to her, =Uncle =Swan? Your neck looks nice just the way it i~. Thanks, little friend, said the swan. But I want my neck to look still nicer. I think I'll keep on trying to find a tie. So once again the swan went looking around the zoo for a tie. Soon the goat galloped up to the door. Go back to your pen ! shouted =Tommy. You get nothing to eat today. Why not? asked the hungry goat, banging his head on the door. Just because! said =Tommy. All the animals were crying and barking and squealing. But =Tommy put his hands over his ears and would not listen. He didn't hear or see his father and brother come to the door. &&000 SCOTT, FORESMAN (1962) 2ND GRADE (Book 2-2) SF196222.ASC MORE FRIENDS OLD AND NEW by Helen M. Robinson et al Book 2 of 2nd Grade (2-2) ---second sample-- there is an earlier single sample for both Book 2-1 and Book 2-2 named sf19621s.asc. This is Book 2-2 only. Source: Elmira College: xerox, scan and edit by DPH January 18, 1993 &&111 Up and down the sidewalk went =David in his car. He didn't stop until he heard his mother calling him. Mother! cried =David. How do you like my three-wheeled car? Did you see how fast it goes? Yes, I did, said his mother. Is it fast enough to get you here in time for a good lunch? Oh, yes, answered =David. It's fast enough for that. Here I come! =Oh, =Mother ! laughed =Ellen. I think =Tommy wanted to bake my valentines ! He heard Mrs =Swan say that she put her valentines in the oven to bake. So he thought he could make cookies out of my paper valentines. =Tommy, said Mrs =Swan, why don't you and your sister come home with me? We'll bake more valentine cookies. My valentines are much better to eat than paper ones! On =Saturday, =Bill and his father went to the big bank where Mr =Stone saved his money. While they were there, a man handed a penny bank to =Bill. I'm sure you like to save pennies, said the man. Here is a penny bank for you. Thank you! said =Bill. I have one bank that I got for my birthday. But I know I can use another bank. The children watched Mrs =Gray hurry toward the bus stop at the corner. Suddenly =Bob said, Look at those white things on the top of =Mother's hat, =Patty! What are they? Just flowers, =Patty replied. Are you sure they are? asked =Bob. They don't look like flowers. They aren't flowers! cried =Patty. Then she and =Bob began to laugh. That night =Steve said to his father, I saw you work today. =John did, too. We tried to look under the fence, but it was too near the ground. We tried to look over the fence, but we didn't have anything high enough to stand on. We couldn't reach the top. Then a friendly watchman came along and cut two holes in the wooden fence for us. The holes were just right, not too high and not too low. =John and I saw everything then. We could see through the high wooden fence just fine! =Pete wanted to show the lucky penny to the bays. He reached for his pocket. But there was no pocket in his trunks! These were his old ones. The new ones were at home, and so was the penny. =Pete was scared for a second because he had been swimming without the penny. Then he laughed and began to swim again. Later that day =Pete took the penny to Mr =Ball at the clock store. Thanks for letting me carry it, said =Pete. At first I thought that I couldn't swim without the penny to help me. But then I was really lucky. I found out that I don't need the penny. I can swim without it. This is going to be a fine summer! The next day =Jim and =Jill met =Linda on the way to Mr =Banks' house. She had a flag for Mr =Banks, too. When the children gave the flags to their old friend, he was very happy. He nailed the three little flags on his porch as quickly as he could. Soon more children came with flags for old Mr =Banks. Many boys and girls had decided that he must have a flag. Many children had taken their money to buy small flags for him. Mr =Banks put the flags up quickly. In a few minutes eight little flags were flying on the right side of the porch. Eight more were flying on the left side. Then Mr =Banks and the children sat down to wait for the parade. The porch was crowded, but everyone found a place to sit without much trouble. Eight boys sat on the steps. Eight girls sat on the porch with Mr =Banks. =Sally could not help laughing at the old horse. =Graylegs! she said. You ate those cakes I left out here to cool. You're a bad, bad boy! The horse nodded his huge head. Just then =Sally heard =Jack shouting. =Graylegs is gone! yelled her brother. While I was getting his feed, he ran out of the barn. Now I can't find that horse any place. You didn't look everywhere, =Jack, cried =Sally. Come to the back porch. =Jack ran up just as =Graylegs grabbed the cupcake on the porch floor. Well, well! said =Jack. I thought I was supposed to feed =Graylegs. You were, laughed =Sally. But you don't need to feed him now. He's eaten a lot of the cupcakes we were supposed to have for our dinner today. It's too bad we can't eat the food that =Graylegs was supposed to have. =Sonny went flying all around the room above =Mary's head. Finally he came to rest on her hand, and she spoke to the bird slowly. I must teach you some new words, said =Mary. First I'll try to teach you our telephone number. If you ever got lost, it would be a handy thing to know. So start saying the number now, =Sonny. Say =521'5448, =521'5448, =521'5448. The bright-eyed bird looked at =Mary, but it didn't say a word. Talk, =Sonny, coaxed =Mary. Please say =521'5448, =521'5448, =521'54'48. The bird kept watching =Mary as she spoke, but all it said was its name. Mr =Painter picked up the little animal and carried it to the car. Then he and the boys started home. Before long the car came to a stop in the =Painters' garage. The boys hopped out and hurried to find a box. They put some rags in it to make a bed, and their father carried the fox over to it. The boys placed some food and a pan of cool water beside the baby fox. Then they sat and watched it. The fox opened its eyes, but it did not move or make a sound. It did not act at all interested in the food. At last =Jerry said, Maybe we ought to leave the fox alone. Then he may eat something. I'm sure he'll grow stronger after he has eaten some food. =The boys left the garage, but the next morning they were back early. Most of the food and water was gone. The fox could even take a few steps. After a while a bee flew near. Why are you crying? it asked the wolf. I'm crying because the fox is crying, said the wolf. The fox cries because the hare cries. The hare cries because the boy cries. And the boy cries because he can't get his three goats out of the cornfield. The bee said, It's foolish to cry. I can get the goats out very-easily. At the bee's words the wolf, the fox, the hare, and the boy stopped crying and began to laugh. A bird heard the rabbit's words. It stopped singing and flew off, calling, Run for your life! The earth is falling in! A fox down below was the first to hear the bird. The fox told a wildcat. The wildcat told a wolf. The wolf told a bear. They all galloped off through the forest. As they ran, they shouted, Run for your life! The earth is falling in! The very next second the goat banged against the troll with his big horns. Down into the wide river fell the troll. Straight down to the bottom he fell with a most terrible roar. That was the end of the ugly troll! After that the three goats grew so fat that they could hardly walk. As far as anyone knows, they are very fat yet. &&000 SCOTT, FORESMAN (1963) 2ND GRADE READERS SF19632N.ASC FRIENDS OLD AND NEW & MORE FRIENDS OLD AND NEW BY Helen M. Robinson et al Source: Elmira College xeroxed edited scanned by DPH 12-18-92 &&111 Suddenly the swan met a little girl coming along the zoo path. She had a big handkerchief in her hand. What a beautiful handkerchief! thought the swan. That would make a nice tie for me. =Just then the handkerchief fell from the little girl's hand. It fell on the swan's neck. The little girl thought that the swan looked funny. She laughed and tied the handkerchief so that it would stay around his neck. Just then something big began to bark at the chicken. Who are you? asked =Yellow =Chicken. I am =Brown =Dog, answered the animal. My, you are big! said the chicken. But you can't hurt me. I'm not afraid. The dog said, You should see the pig. Perhaps the pig will scare you. He is much bigger than I am. I'm not afraid, said =Yellow =Chicken. I've never been afraid of anything. Just then something big began to bark at the chicken. Who are you? asked =Yellow =Chicken. I am =Brown =Dog, answered the animal. My, you are big! said the chicken. But you can't hurt me. I'm not afraid. The dog said, =You should see the pig. Perhaps the pig will scare you. He is much bigger than I am. I'm not afraid, said =Yellow =Chicken. I've never been afraid of anything. Before long =Grandfather =Rabbit saw a rabbit family. They were all pulling at a tree on the ground. Why are you pulling at that tree? asked =Grandfather =Rabbit. It fell on our home in the ground, said Mr =Pufftail. Our front door is under this tree. Why don't you make another door? asked the old rabbit. Mr =Pufflail said, We never thought of that, =Grandfather. How wise you are ! After the truck went by, =Tom said, Come on, =Jack. Let's start to clean the sidewalk. The boys ran to get the shovel. But there was no shovel to be seen. I saw =Father leave our shovel by this tree, said =Jack. But the truck pushed all this snow around the tree. Our shovel must be under the snow. =Tom said, Well, let's start looking for it. We have to get that shovel out. =Bob's little sister =Debbie wanted to get something out of the toy box. Please move over, =Bob, she said. You are in my way. =Bob said, Oh, I'm sorry, =Debbie. I'm getting my toy cars. Jim and I are going to make a train, and we need lots of cars. =Debbie asked, May I play with some of your other toys? Help yourself, said =Bob. All the other girls laughed. Oh, =Susan, said =Nancy. It's easy to find the place where you hide. Your new shoes tell us where you go. They go =e-e-k, =e-e-k when you run. =Susan looked at her new red shoes and began to laugh, too. Then off came her shoes. After that =Susan was not It again. Soon the geese were winging their way over a tiny pond. Down below some boys were fishing. One boy cried, =See those wild geese carrying a turtle. What a silly turtle ! It thinks it can fly! The boy's joking words made the turtle very angry. He started to say, Why do you care what I am doing? But he only gave a squeak. For when he opened his mouth to talk, he let go of the stick. Straight into the pond dropped the turtle. And there he stayed for the rest of his life ! Well, well! said the surprised hare. This is very strange. Let's race back to the bottom of our rows. He turned and dashed down his row as fast as the wind. But before he reached the bottom of the row, he saw a hedgehog pop out. I'm here first! said the hedgehog. This time the hare was more angry than surprised. We must race again! he shouted. The hedgehog laughed to himself over the joke he and his wife were playing. No sooner said than done ! he cried. Ready ! Go ! The hare went leaping up his row. But just before he reached the top, the hedgehog's wife popped up her head. She called out, I'm here first again! You act very tired, =Neighbor =Hare. The angry hare did not even answer. He just ran to the bottom of the row. The zoo keeper gave a yell and ran to stop the baby. But the huge mother got to her son first. She reached her long trunk through the bars and caught him around the neck. Then with one pull she brought him back behind the bars where he belonged. The baby elephant did not want to be pulled back. He started to squeal, and everybody in the crowd laughed. Suddenly the mother elephant walked over to the water pail. She filled her trunk with water. Then she turned and pointed her long trunk through the bars toward the window. What a splash there was as the water landed on the window in front of =Nancy and her father! Well, I guess no mother wants people to laugh at her baby, said =Nancy to her father. But who could help laughing at such a funny baby? =Pete got to the city pool very early the next morning. His friends were not there. But he saw high school boys swimming at the deep end of the pool. =Jerry =Winters waved to =Pete and began to swim across the pool. =Pete watched him and thought, =How easy swimming looks when =Jerry does it! I hope it will be that easy for me now that I have my lucky penny. =Pete made sure the lucky penny was in his pocket. Then he began to slide into the water. It was cold, but it was not very deep. He held on to the side of the pool with both hands and kicked his feet. Next he turned sideways and faced the deep end of the pool. He held on with just one hand, kicked his feet, and moved one arm in the water. He heard =Jerry call from the deep end, =Pete, you are almost swimming. Hi, =Bill! called =Linda to the rabbit. Let's start the parade. Oh, =Linda, laughed the rabbit. I'm not =Bill. I'm =Ellen. A brown bear was second in line. It was wearing brown boots. Linda thought the boots looked like =Bill's boots. So she said, =Hi, =Bill! I'm not =Bill, said the brown bear. I'm =John =Winters. Just then =Linda got a good look at the funny scarecrow behind the bear. It was wearing a man's coat and a cowboy hat. The hat was just like one that =Linda had seen =Bill wear. I'm sure you're =Bill, said =Linda to the scarecrow. The scarecrow gave its head a shake. Oh, no, it said. I'm =Patty. =Linda looked at the elephant at the end of the line. If that elephant isn't =Bill, then =Bill hasn't come yet, she thought. &&000 SCOTT, FORESMAN (1966) 2ND GRADE SF19662N.ASC WIDE HORIZON BOOK 2 by Helen M. Robinson et al Source: U of Rochester xerox, scan, edit by DPH January 24, 1993 &&111 What =Guy really liked was catching butterflies and collecting bugs. It was much easier away back then to collect them because there weren't any bug sprays, so there were lots and lots of bugs. But Prince =Guy's father, who was King =Etheldink, didn't want =Guy to collect them. He would get all red in the face when he saw =Guy with his butterfly net, and he would say, =Humph! or Nonsense! He said, Remember, you are a prince. Princes are supposed to learn how to ride a horse and how to use a sword, not how to catch bugs ! =Guy was sad, because he liked butterflies. But why do people say that dragons eat fair maidens? =Guy asked. I simply don't know, the dragon said. But people don't always tell the truth. You know that. Fair maidens, indeed ! A dragon can't even go outside to catch a few butterflies but what some knight comes chasing him. A dragon's simply not safe nowadays. =Guy said, It must be hard being a dragon. You don't know how sad it really is. Nobody knows, said the dragon sadly. =Guy decided to change the subject to something nicer. May I see some of your butterflies? So they looked at butterflies some more. Would you like some ice cream? the dragon asked. =Guy told him no thank you, he'd rather not. His stomach felt too uncomfortable. I have a dent, he told the dragon. My word! the dragon said when he saw the dented armor. But why didn't you tell me? Take it off! It must hurt terribly ! And to think , I didn't even notice. But at last it was =Sunday afternoon. =Hans and =Peter each said to his parents, Come along, =Father; come along, =Mother. Let's go for a walk. You're so excited today, =Hans, said his mother. Are we going to see your surprise ? I don't know, said =Hans, grinning from ear to ear. They called for =Peter and his parents and set off. Outside the town, as they were turning into the field path that led to the house, someone called from behind, Hi, =Hans! Hi, =Peter ! Wait for us ! There were Mr =Painter and Mr =Chimney =Sweep. The chimney sweep was carrying a bag, and Mr =Painter had a cardboard box and a small parcel dangling from his wrist. What are you doing here ? =Hans and =Peter's parents asked Mr =Painter and Mr =Chimney =Sweep. That's a secret, you'll soon see, replied Mr =Painter, winking at =Hans and =Peter, and they all went on together. Suddenly =Peter stopped, raised his hand, and said, STOP ! LOOK OVER THERE, all of you ! There is our surprise, that is our house ! =Peter stammered, We would like to speak to Mr =Dingelmeyer and =Co. He bowed deeply. =Hans did the same. The young woman looked at them and laughed. Oh ! So you want to see the chief himself? You had better tell me first what you want from Mr =Dingelmeyer. =Peter nudged =Hans. You tell her! =Hans had to cough because his throat was dry. But then he told about the old house and the notice they had put up and what they wanted to ask Mr =Dingelmeyer. Perhaps the gentlemen in there will know about the hut, the young woman said, and she pushed =Hans and =Peter into a room where three men were sitting at their desks. When the men heard =Hans and =Peter's story, they laughed, too. By that time, =Hans and =Peter would have liked to go home ! But the men began to ask a lot more questions. Suddenly one of them said, Ah, I think I know which house they are talking about ! It must be our builders hut that we left standing three or four years ago on the piece of ground where we used to store our materials. We have a better storage place now, we didn't take away the hut because Mr =Dingelmeyer bought new ones that are much easier to use. But you will have to ask Mr =Dingelmeyer himself if you may use it. =Hans and =Peter looked at one another doubtfully. Mr =Dingelmeyer will only laugh at us, =Peter whispered. Hans whispered back, I would rather, forget about the house and run away. Just then the young lady announced, Mr =Dingelmeyer will see you ! and she pushed them into another room. Good day, Mr =Dingelmeyer said in a friendly voice, shaking =Hans and =Peter by the hand. =Hans lived in an attic room in an old house. When he looked out of the window, he could see only roofs, no people, no cars, and no children playing in the street. Even when he went up on the roof, he couldn't see anything else. He always wished that he lived down below so that he could see everything. =Thomas sat there and watched the old woman's cat as it prowled through the grass and shrubs. =Father said, They fly a =thousand miles a day when it's like this! =Joel couldn't talk. He walked out of the house and past the barns. He was in a hurry. All the animals called to =Joel. He wouldn't look at them. He ran and ran. He came to the shed where his goose lived with the goats and the brown baby kid and the ducks. =Joel got an ear of corn and fed his goose from his hand. Then he opened the gate. The two went down the road. The goose followed =Joel's bare feet. In a big open field =Joel sat down. The bird was by his side. His arm was around it. I love you, =Wild =Goose, =Joel said. And the goose loved him. =Wa-wa-wa-wa-wa, it said. They sat there for a long time, waiting. Late in the morning the wild geese began to come over. =Joel said: I wish a wish, a great big wish, I wish a wish, I do. I wish a wish, an enormous wish, I wish my wish to come true! He walked past the chicken coop. His mother's hens were scratching for grain in the straw. One laid an egg and shouted, Cut ! Cut, =cudah ! Cut ! =Joel went past the barnyard. In the falling snow the cows did not move their legs. They turned their heads around. =Mooo-aw ! =Joel's father was singing at the top of his voice: The farmer comes to town. With his wagon broken down. The farmer is the man who feeds them all! The pigs looked at =Joel through the bars of the fence. =Oh-eee-eee ! They shook the snow from them and scampered into their house. =Father's dog barked, =Rarf ! =Joel's father waved at =Joel and laughed. The black cow had a calf. She handles =Ringer very well, whispered =Barney. Well, she caught him with her bare hands, said =Homer. Do you really believe that? =Paul whispered. Sure, said =Homer. I can tell. =Betsy stood up. Hey, she said, we forgot to shake. Shake what? asked =Barney. =Homer was so surprised, he just let her take it. The little girl opened the glass jar, took =Ringer out, and held him right in her hand. Hey, what are you doing? said =Homer. He'll get away. Don't tell me hey. It's my snake, said the little girl, whose name was =Betsy. What do you mean, your snake ? =Homer yelled. He's mine. I got him for my birthday! =Homer quickly made a grab for the snake. Be quiet ! said the little girl. You'll scare him. You just give him to me, said =Homer. That snake is mine. My =Aunt =Gladys bought him for me for my birthday. In =Hillingdale's. He was gift-wrapped and everything ! =Hillingdale's ! said =Betsy. That proves he's mine. I caught him and took him to school. But he escaped from me and crept into a =Hillingdale's box. See? I bet your =Aunt =Gladys didn't even know he was in the box. She looked down at the snake. I'm sure glad you found him, anyway, she said. Thanks. She began to walk away. Can I keep him, =Mom? asked =Homer. He's so small. I'll keep him in a cage. A snake cage. We'll see, dear, said his mother. I don't know. Well, look at these lovely pajamas. They're pretty nice, said =Homer. But I still want the snake! The door slammed. =Homer's father came back. He had taken his gloves off. It's just a ringneck snake, he said. It's perfectly harmless. We'll keep it tonight. Tomorrow morning we'll let it out in the woods. But, =Dad, it was a present ! said =Homer. And =Mom said maybe I could keep him. In a snake cage. His father looked at his mother. It's all right with me, she said, as long as it's harmless. But =Homer will have to feed it and take care of it himself. I will, said =Homer. I'm sure it was a mistake of some sort, said his father, but =HAPPY =BIRTHDAY, =HOMER. And he gave =Homer back his snake. This is not the kind of pool that you swim in. No. It was just that when she went to school each morning, she went in a car with three other children, =Mark, =Jill, and =Ronnie. One day one mother drove them, and then another day another mother drove them. This is called a carpool. All the children took little things with them to school. It was nice to have something of your own in school to show the others. A book, a doll, a seashell, a =Yo-yo. So =Betsy said to herself, I'll take the snake. =When =Mark's mother came to pick her up, =Betsy took the wicker basket with the snake. She peeked inside. Yes, the snake was still there. She got in the back seat of the car with =Mark, =Jill, and =Ronnie, and put the basket on the floor alongside some boxes. What's in the basket, =Betty? asked =Mark. It's a secret, said =Betsy. I'll show you in school. She wondered to herself if the teacher, too, would say, NO SNAKES ! But she would have to take a chance, now. Look, it's =Prince =Guy ! =King =Etheldink cried. Guy! My boy! Look, everyone! He's brought home a real live dragon! He looked around to make sure everyone had seen =Guy. Do you see? he asked. Do you see that? He's riding a dragon! the king was proud. And he was even prouder when =Guy looked up and saw him and waved at him. Then King =Etheldink was the proudest father in his whole kingdom, perhaps even in the whole world. Well, of course he let =Guy keep the dragon in the castle. And nobody ever called =Guy a coward again. Not when he kept a real live dragon right in his own room ! &&000 SRA (1970--but also 1964, 1965) 2nd GRADE SRA9702N.ASC KITTENS AND CHILDREN (Level E) PURPLE TURTLE (Level F) by D. Rusmussen et al Source: SUNY Oneonta xerox (15c each page!!) scan edit by DPH February 21, 1993 &&111 Who are you, old man? Where have you come from? What do you have in your chest? He held up one hand. Hear my words, he said. I am an old man. I am so old, I don't remember my own name. I have come from far away. And I have come with something very fine. It is in this chest. What is it? Yes, what? Tell us, old man. He lifted his hand a second time, and he said: Pardon me. I can't tell you what it is. It is not possible for me to describe it. It is something fine, I can tell you that. It is the finest thing in the world. Show it to us, if you can't describe it. Let us see it. Open the chest. But the old man said, No, I won't show it to you. Then a tear rolled down his cheek. But I am prepared to do even better, he said. I have kept this prize to myself for many years, and it is most dear to me. It has cheered me and filled my life with joy. It has made me by far the happiest man in the world. And it will hurt me deeply to part with it. He wiped away the tear. But I am old, he said. And my time is short. The time has come to share this thing with others. And I will sell it now to any man who wants it. Sell it? To any one of us? For how much? The old man lifted both hands. Just one gold crown, he said. Or two silver ones. For the finest thing in the world. It was =Animal =Week in Mrs =Brooks's second grade class at =Lincoln =School. Every afternoon the children talked about their pets. =Ned had a dog that could sit up and roll over. =Beth had a white cat with a black bib and a pink nose. =Tommy had two fish, a black one and an orange one. =Jill had a bird that could whistle. We should have a pet show, so you could all have a chance to see these different animals, Mrs =Brooks said on =Thursday afternoon. Do you all have pets at home? Let's see a show of hands. Every child in the schoolroom put up a hand. We'll have a pet show, then, =Friday after lunch, said Mrs =Brooks. It will make a fine finish for =Animal =Week. All the children clapped, except =Ned. He waved a hand in the air. Yes, =Ned? asked the teacher. Does everyone in the class have to bring a pet? Why, I think so, answered Mrs =Brooks. We don't want anyone to feel left out. =Ned hung his head. I suppose not, he said. But in that case we can't have a pet show. Mrs =Brooks didn't understand. Why, I thought, that is, don't you have a dog, after all? Sure I do, said =Ned. But =Benny doesn't. I mean, he doesn't have a pet. The teacher's voice softened. Why didn't he. She glanced quickly around the room. =Benny isn't here. She glanced at her class roll. He was here this morning. Dear, dear! We'll have to change our plans. When the bell rang, =Ned was the first one out the door. And the next morning he was the first one to appear in the schoolroom. He was very excited. It's all right, Mrs =Brooks. It's all right, he panted. =Benny says he'll have a kind of pet to bring. The gentle giant is a fine man and wouldn't hurt anybody, said the king. He's been a great help to me. He moves things that even elephants can't move. We must do something about his cold. The doctor came to the palace with a bottle full of pills, and said: If the giant takes this medicine and drinks a lot of water, he will soon be well. =So the giant swallowed the pills with three buckets of water. But the next day the giant sneezed again. He started coughing, too. It was a terrible cough, louder than thunder. And the wind from his cough was much stronger than the wind from his sneeze. More roofs were blown off, and one cottage was blown away. The king was very upset. He announced, I will give a bag of gold to anyone who can make the giant well. A judge said a hot bath and hot lemonade surely would end the giant's cold. The giant lay in steaming hot water in his huge bathtub for =thirty minutes, and he drank four buckets of lemonade. But he went on sneezing and coughing, no matter how hard he tried to stop. A farmer suggested plenty of vegetables. The giant ate baskets of lettuce, celery, cabbage, and greens. She grabbed the pans and took them out of the oven. She let the cakes cool off a bit. Then she tasted a piece of one of them and said: This doesn't taste like cake. I think it tastes more like bread. Perhaps you forgot the sugar. I did, I did, sobbed =Alice. That's what's the matter. And I was so sure this time that I had remembered everything. Mrs =Brown took another bite, and then another. Then she laughed. She said: Yes, it tastes like bread. Now, young lady, you stop that crying. You've just made the finest bread I've ever tasted. You've really got something here. Take my advice, and think. Tell me what you put into that batter. This is one time you MUST remember. Let's see: a cup of flour and a cup of milk. Three eggs. A pinch of salt and a little butter. I'm certain that's what is was. Mrs =Brown had =Alice mix up some new batter, just as she had done before. And when at last the bread was done, her mother tasted it again. Just like the ones you made the first time, she said. These are a pleasure to taste. Something as good as this needs a name. What do you suggest? That's easy, =Mother. They popped over the sides of the pan. Let's call them popovers. Good suggestion, Mrs =Brown said. Popovers they are. Why don't you bake a dozen more next =Monday, and we'll take them to the county fair? They'll be a huge success. The judges at the county fair were excited when they tasted =Alice's popovers. One of them said: This bread is new. It's different, and it's great. We must give =Alice first prize. The idea of popovers spread over the world, and cooks have been making them ever since. The house mouse had so much fun that he sometimes became careless. One time he started to go into a room where the churchwomen were meeting. The church mouse grabbed him by the tail just in time. That was a narrow escape, he said. Those women would have screamed and sent the big cat after us. You must be more careful. That evening the house mouse was careless again. He fell off a counter in the kitchen and landed in a bucket of water. It wasn't easy, but the church mouse finally fished him out. The next day was =Sunday. Before the people arrived, the two pals crawled under a table at the front of the church. This is the best spot to hear the organ, but you must be quiet, warned the church mouse. Soon afterward, the people filled the church as Mrs =Frost played the organ. Then everyone was quiet, as a man stood up and began reading. I'm afraid I'm catching a cold, whispered the house mouse. Why did I have to fall into that bucket of water? I think I have to sneeze. The church mouse said, Quick, put your foot under your nose. You can't sneeze here. =But that didn't help, and the house mouse let out a terrible sneeze. =A-choo! =A-choo! It was very loud, indeed. The man stopped reading, bent down, and saw the mouse nest. The church mouse quickly crawled into a hole in the woodwork. Said a camel to a doctor, This tickle bothers me. It's at the middle of my hump, And itches bitterly. The doctor said, Then scratch it. The camel said, I try, But my legs will not go back there. And he began to cry. I'm sorry, said the doctor. I'll do what I can do. I know it isn't funny When something itches you. So the doctor began to think, And he sang a little riddle: =Hump and =humperdink, The itch is in the middle. The doctor said, I think I know a little fly Who's visiting a puppy And will be buzzing by. We'll ask him, said the doctor, You sit on top of you And scratch your little middle itch Just when you tell him to. Well, thank you, said the camel. Well, thank you, said the fly. They are a happy twosome As they go scratching by. Wake up, =Sam! he yelled. Time to make it rain. And, =Sam, a joke's a joke, but quit the clowning, will you? We need rain for the grain. Who's clowning? =Sam asked. What's the matter? Don't you like cake? The cake is finished, said the Indian leader. Besides, some of us are getting sick of cake. How about some rain for the grain? So =Sam went out and lit his fire. When he put stuff into his kettle, some of the Indians went to get umbrellas, but some didn't. Some just went inside. Sam waited for them to say, If anyone can make it rain, =Sam can. Nobody said it. Sam began to sing his rain chant. Then he stopped. How about some frozen banana =goo? he asked. =Sam, said the Indian leader, what we need is rain for the grain. And what we WANT is rain for the grain. =And he added, Some of us are beginning to think you've forgotten how to make it rain. O, is that so? said =Sam. He poked up his fire and sang his rain chant. In no time there was a big cloud in the sky, and it began to thunder. It began to rain. This time it was REAL rain. The =Indians who were inside came out and put up umbrellas. Everybody said, See? If anyone can make it rain, =Sam can. And the rain was fine for the grain. But one little boy said, I LIKE cake. And I LIKE pineapple. And I think I'd like frozen banana goo. Why should =Sam make it rain RAIN every time? When we don't need rain, why don't we ask =Sam to make it rain something different? The other =Indians agreed. So now =East =Snakeskin is the one town in the =West where it sometimes rains rain, and sometimes grape milkshakes or lemon-cream pies. One time it rained cowboys. But that's another tale. You there, demanded one of the men. We know you're not asleep. Maybe he's afraid, said another. It's possible. But unless he comes out, how can we deliver the letter? I don't know. This could destroy the plans. Indeed it could. But we can't allow that. We must get the letter to the president. Indeed we must. From sunup to sundown, round and round the mountain jumped the goat. And from sunup to sundown, he didn't stop boasting. From the town to the mountaintop, he jumped and boasted. And he got there! Up, up, up, where no one in the town could go, up where the clouds were floating. How proud the goat was now! His mouth and his throat were very dry. But still he shouted loudly, I am the BEST! I can outcount, outplow, and outpick anyone. I can outjump anyone. I can jump up the mountain. I can outdo anyone at anything, he shouted. Yes, I am the best! On the very top of the very big mountain, he shouted, I am the best, best, BEST! Then he grinned his biggest grin and then he bowed his biggest, proudest bow. Leaning way down, he bowed, way, way, WAY down. And now, in the little town next to the very big mountain, there is no boastful goat. A tree was standing by itself on a windy hilltop. The tree wished that somebody would come. But nobody ever did. No children, no mothers, no fathers, no beasts, no bugs. Nobody. The tree bent its branches, seeking someone who could visit it. At last, one spring, a visitor DID come. It was an eagle. Stop! Rest here! said the tree happily. And it bent its branches for the eagle. No, screamed the eagle, I must fly. I'm free, and there are lots of things I want to see. With a sweep of its wings, the eagle left the hilltop. The hilltop was empty and windy and sad. But suddenly the tree had another visitor. It was a robin. Will you stop here? asked the tree. Have pity on me and nest in my branches. Gladly, said the robin. I'll gladly settle here. She began to gather twigs and dry grass and bits of string for a nest. She twittered and hopped as she went. The tree reached up its branches to help her. When the nest was finished, the tree was happy. The robin would fly off to hunt for things to eat, but she would come back. Then the tree would ask, What have you seen? &&000 SRA (176) 2ND GRADE (2-1) SRA97621.ASC --Science Research Associates (1976) but may be same as far back as 1964 By Donald Rasmussen and Lyy Goldberg Basic Reading Series Level E Source: Elmira College xerox scan edit by DPH February 6, 1993 &&111 A blacksmith was making a present for the king. I'll make him some fine lamps, he said to his wife. No, said the blacksmith's wife. You gave him lamps the last time. Make something different. The blacksmith smiled. I suppose I could make him a fine brass bathtub. I think he'd like that, said the wife. So the blacksmith began. He fanned the fire, and soon it was blazing. =BANG-BANGBANG went his hammer. Soon the tub was shaped. Then he rubbed it with a rag, inside and outside. He rubbed it until it was shiny. What a fine, shiny brass bathtub, said the smith's wife. Let's take it to the king. The blacksmith agreed. He tipped the tub upside down and got inside. Then he lifted it up and his wife led him. Soon children began to skip after them. The silly parade made everyone smile. Where are you taking that bathtub? asked the children. It's a gift for the king, said the smith's wife. The blacksmith thinks the king smells! shouted the children. The smith thinks the king needs a bath! Stop! Stop that! the blacksmith yelled. But the children wouldn't stop. The smith and his wife were afraid. Suppose these children shouted that to the king, he said. The king won't like it. And who will he blame? Us. What a mistake we have made. Wake up, =Sam! he yelled. Time to make it rain. We need rain for the grain. What's the matter? =Sam asked. Don't you like pineapples? Pineapples are fine, but we finished them, the Indian leader said. And some of us are getting sick of pineapples. How about some rain for the grain, =Sam? If anyone can make it rain, you can. So =Sam put on his rainmaking outfit and came out and lit his fire. The other Indians ran for umbrellas and raincoats. Then he sang a rain chant. In no time there was a big cloud in the sky and it began to thunder. Then it began to rain. But nobody got wet. And it didn't rain pineapples. As a matter of fact, it rained cakes. It rained cupcakes, pancakes, and pineapple upside-down cakes. There must have been some pineapples left in the cloud The =Indians put up umbrellas, but in no tin they were waist-deep in cakes. So the =Indian leader said, Well, there's no rain for the grain, so we'll have to eat cake. About eleven days later, the cake was finished. By now, the =Indian leader was quite unhappy. It was time to wake up =Sam. The clock had just struck one when eleven masked men crept into =Amanda's bedroom. They gathered around her bed, whispering. =Amanda ducked underneath the sheet. I'll pretend the men aren't there, she said to herself. Maybe they'll go away then. But they didn't. Is she asleep? asked one. I don't think so. said another. What about the rest of her family? Are they asleep? They are. You checked, did you? Indeed I did. My Uncle =Roy's an actor, A cowboy on television. He plays The =Hawk each =Sunday, And he's really fun to see. The =Hawk's a western lawman Who never draws a gun. He catches men by tricking them, He traps them one by one. He tracks down every outlaw, He spoils each awful plan. Nobody can fool him, He's such a tricky man. He never shoots the outlaws Or ties up anyone. He just fools them into jail, And so his job gets done. It's really very funny To see the tricks he tries. The plays are never sad to see, And no one ever dies. He's such a clever actor, He's really fun to see. I'm glad I have an uncle Who's a cowboy on television. You there, demanded one of the men. We know you're not asleep. Maybe she's afraid, said another. It's possible. But unless she comes out how can we deliver the letter? I don't know. This could destroy the plans. Indeed it could. But we can't allow that. We must get the letter to the president. Indeed we must. Yes, said the goat, I can jump to the top of the mountain. I can jump to where the clouds are. Wow! said the toad. May I see you do it? Now the goat didn't know what to say. No one had ever asked him to do what he said he could do. No one had ever asked him to count to twenty or to plow a bit of ground. No one had ever asked him to pick a pink flower. Well, said the goat. Well? said the toad. The boastful goat didn't want the toad to think he was a coward. So what could he say? Well, said the goat, I'll do it. Yes, I'll do it. And you can see me do it. And he bowed. But he didn't grin. He frowned. I can do anything, the goat growled. I can do anything better than anyone. WOW! said the toad. I can do it, said the goat. And so he began. He jumped to the big rock, way up there. It wasn't really a very big jump. But it seemed big to the toad, who was so little. On the next jump, the goat got to the road that wound round and round the mountain. I'll jump up the road, said the goat. It'll be easy. =And it was. Round and round and round the mountain jumped the goat. He really was going up! How proud of himself he was! When I get down, the town will be so proud of me, he said. I'll get a crown. They'll shower me with flowers. How grand I am! =Rusty was a little red rooster who was happy that at last he could =cock-a-doodle-doo. He was standing on a rail at noon one day. He put up his chin and went =Cock-a-doodle-doo. =Cock-a-doodle-doo. No, =Rusty, no, no, said his father. Can't you understand? You =cock-a-doodle-doo when the sun is coming up. Or you can do it if there is some other reason. You don't =cock-a-doodle-doo whenever you want to. =Rusty ruffled his tail and said, =Why do you keep telling me to wait? It's so much fun to =cock-a-doodle-doo ! I just can't keep from saying it. A hen said to =Rusty's father, You should punish that little rooster. What a pain in the neck! He bothers me when I'm laying eggs. Soon Mr =Clay, who ran the chicken ranch, dumped some grain from a pail into the feeding trays. Rusty was so happy to have some food that he went =Cock-a-doodle-doo. He gobbled grain till it seemed he would pop. Then he went into the hay for an afternoon nap. But his mother said, =Get up, =Rusty. You must help the other chicks pick up twigs and clean up the pen. I'm too little for such big jobs, said =Rusty. I need to sleep, anyway. Let the others do it. =Cock-a-doodle-doo. Who does he think he is? said a big rooster. He needs some training. When we were chicks we had to do what =Mother or =Father said. =Jean =Reed yelling into tent : Here's a Mrs =Dean to see you, =Doc. Doc =Wheeler: Step into the tent, Mrs =Dean. Mrs Dean comes in. It's a real treat to meet you. What can I do to help you ? Mrs =Dean: It isn't me that needs help, =Doc. It's my little =Betty. She wants to be a jumper on the track team. What can be the matter? =Blossom said. Why won't they have anything to do with me After that =Blossom met a cat, an elk, a hen, and a rat. But they dashed off when =Blossom ran up. Blossom went back to her den, sobbing. What's the matter, =Blossom? asked her mother, Why are you so sad? Nobody will have anything to do with me, said =Blossom. They run whenever I come by. I just want to be with them and have fun. I don't understand. =Blossom's mother sat thinking, and then she said: It could be that they don't understand skunks, =Blossom. The elk kicks when it gets mad, and the cat scratches. Well, we don't do such things. We DO smell bad if we're mad or if we think somebody is going to kill us. But that doesn't happen much. If they could understand this, they would be your pals. I don't shudder, quiver, shiver As I spring into the river. I'm a splashing summer swimmer Having fun. Silver fishes blink and scatter. They must chatter, What's the matter? They don't know I'm just a swimmer In the sun. I am quicker than the flicker Of a silver fish's fin. When it's summer at the river I go summer-swimming in. There was, in the past, a king who never slept. He wanted to. But he couldn't. Whenever he began to rest, something would happen. A duck would =quack. Or the plaster would crack; A fly would buzz. Or a pin would drop. Someone would shiver. Or a dog would scratch itself. Or a kitten would lick its whiskers. Someone would go =thump, bump, or =plump. Or something would go =plink, =plank, or =plop. The king would get mad and jump up from his bed. &&000 SRA (1976) 2ND GRADE (2-2) SRA97622.ASC THE PURPLE TURTLE by Donald Rasmussen and Lynn Goldberg This may also have been copywrit in 1964, 1965, and 1970 as was the PRIMER Source: Elmira College xerox scan edit by DPH February 6, 1993 &&111 Behind her there was a roaring sound. She glanced back. Around the curve came a truck full of workers. =Eve jumped up and down and shouted. The driver blew his horn to tell =Eve to get out of the way. But =Eve kept waving her arms and yelling, Help! Stop! Fire! He's not going to stop, thought =Eve. Again the horn blew. But the truck was slowing down. It stopped when it was right in front of =Eve. Bad fire on the mountain! =Eve shouted. We need your help! Hop in! How do I get there? the driver asked. =Eve told him, and they raced away. Sighting =Uncle =Ned and the fire, twenty workers leaped from the truck with shovels. They dug a wide ditch across the path of the flames. Then they pitched dirt onto the fire. At last it was out. Uncle =Ned was so happy to save the trees. he thanked the workers over and over. Later the workers gave =Eve and her uncle a ride to school for the big race. But when they got there, the races were finished. =Eve was too stiff and sore to run, anyway. Uncle =Ned told the coach what the girl had done. I'm sorry I couldn't have been here =Eve began. You won a far bigger race today. the coach said. You raced to save your uncle and the trees. And guess what? =Gail won the race for our school. You'll both get to go to the city track meet. That's great! cried =Uncle =Ned, and he gave =Eve a bear hug. =Gail pounded =Eve on the back. I sure am glad you're on the team with me, she said. =Gee, thanks. Coach! =Eve said. She grinned the widest grin in town. The giant lifted the tub and drank the medicine. It tasted so terrible that he made an ugly face. The gentle giant coughed once more. It was just a little cough. And then he didn't cough or sneeze again. Soon he was well and able to help the king again by lifting big things. The king gave =Angie the three bags of gold he had promised. As a result, =Angie had more gold than anyone in the kingdom except the king. She didn't know what to do with it all. But word of the magic cough medicine spread. People with colds came from faraway lands to buy it. So =Angie used the gold to set up =Angie's =Giant =Magic =Cough =Medicine =Company. And now she spends all her time making cough medicine. I'll have a piece of gingerbread With ice cream on the side. If I'm still hungry, then some rice Or sausage nicely fried May make me satisfied. Some cabbage? No, I'd rather not. And celery? Not for me. Like lettuce, those are vegetables I never want to see. But oranges? Yes, three! A sugared cupcake, price ten cents, Is what I'm going to buy. And after I have gulped it down, I think I'd like to try A slice of juicy pie. The big refrigerator door Leads to my favorite place. And there I find the nicest foods And raise them to my face. Inside, I've lots of space. Who are you? the old man demanded. How dare you come here? What do you want? Please, sir, said =Roger, I beg you to hear what I have to say. He started to tell the old man his story. But before he had finished, the old man stopped him in the middle of a sentence. I can't help you, he said. Go away. But you MUST help us, said =Roger. If you don't, we'll all be eaten. I know. What difference does THAT make? I'm sure it makes no difference to YOU, said =Roger, but it makes quite a difference to US. Please! I beg you! Cast one of your magic spells to make the giant small. But the old man shook his head. You seem to be a lad of good character, he said, and you must be very brave to have made the dangerous trip here all by yourself. I think I would help you if I could. But I cannot. Why not? asked =Roger. Isn't your magic good enough? She grabbed the pans and took them out of the oven. She let the cakes cool off a bit. Then she tasted a piece of one of them and said: This doesn't taste like cake. I think it tastes more like bread. Perhaps you forgot the sugar. I did, I did, said =Cecil. That's what's the matter. And I was so sure this time that I had remembered everything. Mrs =Brown took another bite, and then another. Then she laughed. She said: Yes, it tastes like bread. Now, young man, you stop worrying. You've just made the finest bread I've ever tasted. You've really got something here. Take my advice, and think. Tell me what you put into that batter. This is one time you MUST remember. Let's see: a cup of flour and a cup of milk. Three eggs. A pinch of salt and a little butter. I'm certain that's what it was. Mrs =Brown had =Cecil mix up some new batter, just as he had done before. And when at last the bread was done, his mother tasted it again. Just like the ones you made the first time, she said. These are a pleasure to taste. Something as good as this needs a name. What do you suggest? That's easy, =Mother. They popped over the sides of the pan. Let's call them popovers. Good suggestion, Mrs =Brown said. Popovers they are. Why don't you bake a dozen more next =Monday, and we'll take them to the county fair? They'll be a huge success. The judges at the county fair were excited when they tasted =Cecil's popovers. One of them said: This bread is new. It's different, and it's great. We must give =Cecil first prize. The idea of popovers spread over the world, and cooks have been making them ever since. Then cookies and brownies And puddings were tried. O please, =Mama, no, Not again, =Walter cried. His papa tried chocolate On sweet-sour goat. But =Walter kept yelping, It sticks in my throat. So goose eggs and walnuts And rye bread were fried, And honey and coffee. They're dreadful, =Walt cried. I guess, said his father, You'd taste a sardine And end up complaining It's like gasoline. I'm sorry, said =Walter. Forgive me, =Pa, please. I just cannot stand Any breakfasts like these. His mother said, Son, We are ready to cook A monkey or squirrel Or fish from a brook. Just give us ideas. We'll buy what you please, A mouse or some liver Or lovely small peas. Oh =Mama, =Walt called then, One food would be great. I'd love to have cornflakes. And that's what he ate. =Frank and =Olive went to work that day First they took boards up into the tree. Then they made a floor by nailing boards to the branches. Before the week ended, they had built a wall on each side. Then they nailed a frame across the top and covered it with a tent to keep out the wind and rain. The very day the tree house was finished, it began to rain. It rained hard for several days. The children couldn't do any farmwork, so they played in the tree house. One afternoon they had turned on =Olive's pocket radio to hear some music. Suddenly a man broke into the program with a news bulletin. Here's a warning for people in the lowlands, he said. The river is rising rapidly, and it may go over its banks. People nearby are warned to be on the lookout. =Olive, come here, said =Frank, who had opened the tent flap and was watching the river. The water's nearly up to the top of the riverbank. You don't have to pay me, Mrs =Young said. The children of =Washington, =Street paid me. I was told that they worked very hard to raise the money. They were all over town. They picked weeds from lawns. They scrubbed floors. They did all sorts of jobs for anyone who would pay them. =Happy tears rolled down Mr =Sam's cheeks as he headed downtown. People put quite a lot of money into =Cheeko's tin cup that day, so Mr =Sam started for home sooner than on most days. And when he got back to =Washington, =Street that afternoon, he played the organ longer than ever. He played it for the children. A mouse built a house In an old leather shoe. With wood and newspaper And cloth and some glue. A bug can be snug In a rug, the mouse said. But I'm warm as a mouse In a house, instead. Sorry, said the starling. You're a scarecrow, and you have to be what you are. That's how it is in this world. Well, what CAN you do? =Harry asked. I can tell the crows not to be afraid of you . No said =Harry. That will make things worse. Then =Farmer =Burns will think I'm not doing my job, and he'll get rid of me. He could even burn me up! You shouldn't expect the worst, =Harry, said the bird. Let's try it and see what happens. And the =Florida starling went flying off. =O dear, =O dear, said =Harry. That bird will really get me in a mess! He was very upset. Soon the crows began to come into the corn patch. Hello, =Harry, they said. We're sorry we didn't come to visit you sooner, but we were scared. You're SUPPOSED to be scared! said =Harry. =O dear, =O dear, =O dear! What will happen now? I'll tell you what will happen. It was the =Florida starling speaking. Farmer =Burns will put up more scarecrows to do the job better. Then you'll have pals. You won't be alone anymore. And that's just what happened. Farmer =Burns put four more scarecrows in the corn patch. Their names are =Curly and =Carl and =Cora and =Flora. They yell to one another over the corn. And they play games to see who can flap the hardest in the wind, and who can lean farthest to the north or south. The crows stay away now. They're not scared. The =Florida starling asked them to stay away. It didn't want =Farmer =Burns to get upset with =Harry and his pals. And =Harry agrees with the =Florida starling: You have to be who you are. It's sometimes hard when you're the only one. But when you find others who like you, your world becomes a lot happier. Having pals helps a lot! Then my mother sent me to the store for some turnips and some ears of corn. And do you know what? The storekeeper was scouring the floor. I'll bet the storekeeper was the purple turtle. I know how to say the word now. But as I returned home with the turnips and corn, I made up my mind. I'd rather be me. So I'm never going to say, =oops! I nearly said it, that word. =Thirty thirsty blackbirds Were flying in the air. The sun was hot and yellow. The day was warm and fair. Upward, backward, forward, The =thirty birds did fly, Hoping for a drop to drink, Thirsting in the sky. Then upward, backward, forward, They went, and up some more. And soon one thirsty blackbird said, Why, we were here before! &&000 SRA COMBINED 2-1 AND 2-2 BOOKS SRA9762N.ASC 2ND GRADE &&000 SRA (1976) 2ND GRADE (2-1) SRA97621.ASC --Science Research Associates (1976) but may be same as far back as 1964 By Donald Rasmussen and Lyy Goldberg Basic Reading Series Level E Source: Elmira College xerox scan edit by DPH February 6, 1993 &&111 A blacksmith was making a present for the king. I'll make him some fine lamps, he said to his wife. No, said the blacksmith's wife. You gave him lamps the last time. Make something different. The blacksmith smiled. I suppose I could make him a fine brass bathtub. I think he'd like that, said the wife. So the blacksmith began. He fanned the fire, and soon it was blazing. =BANG-BANGBANG went his hammer. Soon the tub was shaped. Then he rubbed it with a rag, inside and outside. He rubbed it until it was shiny. What a fine, shiny brass bathtub, said the smith's wife. Let's take it to the king. The blacksmith agreed. He tipped the tub upside down and got inside. Then he lifted it up and his wife led him. Soon children began to skip after them. The silly parade made everyone smile. Where are you taking that bathtub? asked the children. It's a gift for the king, said the smith's wife. The blacksmith thinks the king smells! shouted the children. The smith thinks the king needs a bath! Stop! Stop that! the blacksmith yelled. But the children wouldn't stop. The smith and his wife were afraid. Suppose these children shouted that to the king, he said. The king won't like it. And who will he blame? Us. What a mistake we have made. Wake up, =Sam! he yelled. Time to make it rain. We need rain for the grain. What's the matter? =Sam asked. Don't you like pineapples? Pineapples are fine, but we finished them, the Indian leader said. And some of us are getting sick of pineapples. How about some rain for the grain, =Sam? If anyone can make it rain, you can. So =Sam put on his rainmaking outfit and came out and lit his fire. The other Indians ran for umbrellas and raincoats. Then he sang a rain chant. In no time there was a big cloud in the sky and it began to thunder. Then it began to rain. But nobody got wet. And it didn't rain pineapples. As a matter of fact, it rained cakes. It rained cupcakes, pancakes, and pineapple upside-down cakes. There must have been some pineapples left in the cloud The =Indians put up umbrellas, but in no tin they were waist-deep in cakes. So the =Indian leader said, Well, there's no rain for the grain, so we'll have to eat cake. About eleven days later, the cake was finished. By now, the =Indian leader was quite unhappy. It was time to wake up =Sam. The clock had just struck one when eleven masked men crept into =Amanda's bedroom. They gathered around her bed, whispering. =Amanda ducked underneath the sheet. I'll pretend the men aren't there, she said to herself. Maybe they'll go away then. But they didn't. Is she asleep? asked one. I don't think so. said another. What about the rest of her family? Are they asleep? They are. You checked, did you? Indeed I did. My Uncle =Roy's an actor, A cowboy on television. He plays The =Hawk each =Sunday, And he's really fun to see. The =Hawk's a western lawman Who never draws a gun. He catches men by tricking them, He traps them one by one. He tracks down every outlaw, He spoils each awful plan. Nobody can fool him, He's such a tricky man. He never shoots the outlaws Or ties up anyone. He just fools them into jail, And so his job gets done. It's really very funny To see the tricks he tries. The plays are never sad to see, And no one ever dies. He's such a clever actor, He's really fun to see. I'm glad I have an uncle Who's a cowboy on television. You there, demanded one of the men. We know you're not asleep. Maybe she's afraid, said another. It's possible. But unless she comes out how can we deliver the letter? I don't know. This could destroy the plans. Indeed it could. But we can't allow that. We must get the letter to the president. Indeed we must. Yes, said the goat, I can jump to the top of the mountain. I can jump to where the clouds are. Wow! said the toad. May I see you do it? Now the goat didn't know what to say. No one had ever asked him to do what he said he could do. No one had ever asked him to count to twenty or to plow a bit of ground. No one had ever asked him to pick a pink flower. Well, said the goat. Well? said the toad. The boastful goat didn't want the toad to think he was a coward. So what could he say? Well, said the goat, I'll do it. Yes, I'll do it. And you can see me do it. And he bowed. But he didn't grin. He frowned. I can do anything, the goat growled. I can do anything better than anyone. WOW! said the toad. I can do it, said the goat. And so he began. He jumped to the big rock, way up there. It wasn't really a very big jump. But it seemed big to the toad, who was so little. On the next jump, the goat got to the road that wound round and round the mountain. I'll jump up the road, said the goat. It'll be easy. =And it was. Round and round and round the mountain jumped the goat. He really was going up! How proud of himself he was! When I get down, the town will be so proud of me, he said. I'll get a crown. They'll shower me with flowers. How grand I am! =Rusty was a little red rooster who was happy that at last he could =cock-a-doodle-doo. He was standing on a rail at noon one day. He put up his chin and went =Cock-a-doodle-doo. =Cock-a-doodle-doo. No, =Rusty, no, no, said his father. Can't you understand? You =cock-a-doodle-doo when the sun is coming up. Or you can do it if there is some other reason. You don't =cock-a-doodle-doo whenever you want to. =Rusty ruffled his tail and said, =Why do you keep telling me to wait? It's so much fun to =cock-a-doodle-doo ! I just can't keep from saying it. A hen said to =Rusty's father, You should punish that little rooster. What a pain in the neck! He bothers me when I'm laying eggs. Soon Mr =Clay, who ran the chicken ranch, dumped some grain from a pail into the feeding trays. Rusty was so happy to have some food that he went =Cock-a-doodle-doo. He gobbled grain till it seemed he would pop. Then he went into the hay for an afternoon nap. But his mother said, =Get up, =Rusty. You must help the other chicks pick up twigs and clean up the pen. I'm too little for such big jobs, said =Rusty. I need to sleep, anyway. Let the others do it. =Cock-a-doodle-doo. Who does he think he is? said a big rooster. He needs some training. When we were chicks we had to do what =Mother or =Father said. =Jean =Reed yelling into tent : Here's a Mrs =Dean to see you, =Doc. Doc =Wheeler: Step into the tent, Mrs =Dean. Mrs Dean comes in. It's a real treat to meet you. What can I do to help you ? Mrs =Dean: It isn't me that needs help, =Doc. It's my little =Betty. She wants to be a jumper on the track team. What can be the matter? =Blossom said. Why won't they have anything to do with me After that =Blossom met a cat, an elk, a hen, and a rat. But they dashed off when =Blossom ran up. Blossom went back to her den, sobbing. What's the matter, =Blossom? asked her mother, Why are you so sad? Nobody will have anything to do with me, said =Blossom. They run whenever I come by. I just want to be with them and have fun. I don't understand. =Blossom's mother sat thinking, and then she said: It could be that they don't understand skunks, =Blossom. The elk kicks when it gets mad, and the cat scratches. Well, we don't do such things. We DO smell bad if we're mad or if we think somebody is going to kill us. But that doesn't happen much. If they could understand this, they would be your pals. I don't shudder, quiver, shiver As I spring into the river. I'm a splashing summer swimmer Having fun. Silver fishes blink and scatter. They must chatter, What's the matter? They don't know I'm just a swimmer In the sun. I am quicker than the flicker Of a silver fish's fin. When it's summer at the river I go summer-swimming in. There was, in the past, a king who never slept. He wanted to. But he couldn't. Whenever he began to rest, something would happen. A duck would =quack. Or the plaster would crack; A fly would buzz. Or a pin would drop. Someone would shiver. Or a dog would scratch itself. Or a kitten would lick its whiskers. Someone would go =thump, bump, or =plump. Or something would go =plink, =plank, or =plop. The king would get mad and jump up from his bed. &&000 SRA (1976) 2ND GRADE (2-2) SRA97622.ASC THE PURPLE TURTLE by Donald Rasmussen and Lynn Goldberg This may also have been copywrit in 1964, 1965, and 1970 as was the PRIMER Source: Elmira College xerox scan edit by DPH February 6, 1993 &&111 Behind her there was a roaring sound. She glanced back. Around the curve came a truck full of workers. =Eve jumped up and down and shouted. The driver blew his horn to tell =Eve to get out of the way. But =Eve kept waving her arms and yelling, Help! Stop! Fire! He's not going to stop, thought =Eve. Again the horn blew. But the truck was slowing down. It stopped when it was right in front of =Eve. Bad fire on the mountain! =Eve shouted. We need your help! Hop in! How do I get there? the driver asked. =Eve told him, and they raced away. Sighting =Uncle =Ned and the fire, twenty workers leaped from the truck with shovels. They dug a wide ditch across the path of the flames. Then they pitched dirt onto the fire. At last it was out. Uncle =Ned was so happy to save the trees. he thanked the workers over and over. Later the workers gave =Eve and her uncle a ride to school for the big race. But when they got there, the races were finished. =Eve was too stiff and sore to run, anyway. Uncle =Ned told the coach what the girl had done. I'm sorry I couldn't have been here =Eve began. You won a far bigger race today. the coach said. You raced to save your uncle and the trees. And guess what? =Gail won the race for our school. You'll both get to go to the city track meet. That's great! cried =Uncle =Ned, and he gave =Eve a bear hug. =Gail pounded =Eve on the back. I sure am glad you're on the team with me, she said. =Gee, thanks. Coach! =Eve said. She grinned the widest grin in town. The giant lifted the tub and drank the medicine. It tasted so terrible that he made an ugly face. The gentle giant coughed once more. It was just a little cough. And then he didn't cough or sneeze again. Soon he was well and able to help the king again by lifting big things. The king gave =Angie the three bags of gold he had promised. As a result, =Angie had more gold than anyone in the kingdom except the king. She didn't know what to do with it all. But word of the magic cough medicine spread. People with colds came from faraway lands to buy it. So =Angie used the gold to set up =Angie's =Giant =Magic =Cough =Medicine =Company. And now she spends all her time making cough medicine. I'll have a piece of gingerbread With ice cream on the side. If I'm still hungry, then some rice Or sausage nicely fried May make me satisfied. Some cabbage? No, I'd rather not. And celery? Not for me. Like lettuce, those are vegetables I never want to see. But oranges? Yes, three! A sugared cupcake, price ten cents, Is what I'm going to buy. And after I have gulped it down, I think I'd like to try A slice of juicy pie. The big refrigerator door Leads to my favorite place. And there I find the nicest foods And raise them to my face. Inside, I've lots of space. Who are you? the old man demanded. How dare you come here? What do you want? Please, sir, said =Roger, I beg you to hear what I have to say. He started to tell the old man his story. But before he had finished, the old man stopped him in the middle of a sentence. I can't help you, he said. Go away. But you MUST help us, said =Roger. If you don't, we'll all be eaten. I know. What difference does THAT make? I'm sure it makes no difference to YOU, said =Roger, but it makes quite a difference to US. Please! I beg you! Cast one of your magic spells to make the giant small. But the old man shook his head. You seem to be a lad of good character, he said, and you must be very brave to have made the dangerous trip here all by yourself. I think I would help you if I could. But I cannot. Why not? asked =Roger. Isn't your magic good enough? She grabbed the pans and took them out of the oven. She let the cakes cool off a bit. Then she tasted a piece of one of them and said: This doesn't taste like cake. I think it tastes more like bread. Perhaps you forgot the sugar. I did, I did, said =Cecil. That's what's the matter. And I was so sure this time that I had remembered everything. Mrs =Brown took another bite, and then another. Then she laughed. She said: Yes, it tastes like bread. Now, young man, you stop worrying. You've just made the finest bread I've ever tasted. You've really got something here. Take my advice, and think. Tell me what you put into that batter. This is one time you MUST remember. Let's see: a cup of flour and a cup of milk. Three eggs. A pinch of salt and a little butter. I'm certain that's what it was. Mrs =Brown had =Cecil mix up some new batter, just as he had done before. And when at last the bread was done, his mother tasted it again. Just like the ones you made the first time, she said. These are a pleasure to taste. Something as good as this needs a name. What do you suggest? That's easy, =Mother. They popped over the sides of the pan. Let's call them popovers. Good suggestion, Mrs =Brown said. Popovers they are. Why don't you bake a dozen more next =Monday, and we'll take them to the county fair? They'll be a huge success. The judges at the county fair were excited when they tasted =Cecil's popovers. One of them said: This bread is new. It's different, and it's great. We must give =Cecil first prize. The idea of popovers spread over the world, and cooks have been making them ever since. Then cookies and brownies And puddings were tried. O please, =Mama, no, Not again, =Walter cried. His papa tried chocolate On sweet-sour goat. But =Walter kept yelping, It sticks in my throat. So goose eggs and walnuts And rye bread were fried, And honey and coffee. They're dreadful, =Walt cried. I guess, said his father, You'd taste a sardine And end up complaining It's like gasoline. I'm sorry, said =Walter. Forgive me, =Pa, please. I just cannot stand Any breakfasts like these. His mother said, Son, We are ready to cook A monkey or squirrel Or fish from a brook. Just give us ideas. We'll buy what you please, A mouse or some liver Or lovely small peas. Oh =Mama, =Walt called then, One food would be great. I'd love to have cornflakes. And that's what he ate. =Frank and =Olive went to work that day First they took boards up into the tree. Then they made a floor by nailing boards to the branches. Before the week ended, they had built a wall on each side. Then they nailed a frame across the top and covered it with a tent to keep out the wind and rain. The very day the tree house was finished, it began to rain. It rained hard for several days. The children couldn't do any farmwork, so they played in the tree house. One afternoon they had turned on =Olive's pocket radio to hear some music. Suddenly a man broke into the program with a news bulletin. Here's a warning for people in the lowlands, he said. The river is rising rapidly, and it may go over its banks. People nearby are warned to be on the lookout. =Olive, come here, said =Frank, who had opened the tent flap and was watching the river. The water's nearly up to the top of the riverbank. You don't have to pay me, Mrs =Young said. The children of =Washington, =Street paid me. I was told that they worked very hard to raise the money. They were all over town. They picked weeds from lawns. They scrubbed floors. They did all sorts of jobs for anyone who would pay them. =Happy tears rolled down Mr =Sam's cheeks as he headed downtown. People put quite a lot of money into =Cheeko's tin cup that day, so Mr =Sam started for home sooner than on most days. And when he got back to =Washington, =Street that afternoon, he played the organ longer than ever. He played it for the children. A mouse built a house In an old leather shoe. With wood and newspaper And cloth and some glue. A bug can be snug In a rug, the mouse said. But I'm warm as a mouse In a house, instead. Sorry, said the starling. You're a scarecrow, and you have to be what you are. That's how it is in this world. Well, what CAN you do? =Harry asked. I can tell the crows not to be afraid of you . No said =Harry. That will make things worse. Then =Farmer =Burns will think I'm not doing my job, and he'll get rid of me. He could even burn me up! You shouldn't expect the worst, =Harry, said the bird. Let's try it and see what happens. And the =Florida starling went flying off. =O dear, =O dear, said =Harry. That bird will really get me in a mess! He was very upset. Soon the crows began to come into the corn patch. Hello, =Harry, they said. We're sorry we didn't come to visit you sooner, but we were scared. You're SUPPOSED to be scared! said =Harry. =O dear, =O dear, =O dear! What will happen now? I'll tell you what will happen. It was the =Florida starling speaking. Farmer =Burns will put up more scarecrows to do the job better. Then you'll have pals. You won't be alone anymore. And that's just what happened. Farmer =Burns put four more scarecrows in the corn patch. Their names are =Curly and =Carl and =Cora and =Flora. They yell to one another over the corn. And they play games to see who can flap the hardest in the wind, and who can lean farthest to the north or south. The crows stay away now. They're not scared. The =Florida starling asked them to stay away. It didn't want =Farmer =Burns to get upset with =Harry and his pals. And =Harry agrees with the =Florida starling: You have to be who you are. It's sometimes hard when you're the only one. But when you find others who like you, your world becomes a lot happier. Having pals helps a lot! Then my mother sent me to the store for some turnips and some ears of corn. And do you know what? The storekeeper was scouring the floor. I'll bet the storekeeper was the purple turtle. I know how to say the word now. But as I returned home with the turnips and corn, I made up my mind. I'd rather be me. So I'm never going to say, =oops! I nearly said it, that word. =Thirty thirsty blackbirds Were flying in the air. The sun was hot and yellow. The day was warm and fair. Upward, backward, forward, The =thirty birds did fly, Hoping for a drop to drink, Thirsting in the sky. Then upward, backward, forward, They went, and up some more. And soon one thirsty blackbird said, Why, we were here before! &&000 GINN & CO. (1966) 2ND GRADE GIN9662N.ASC WE ARE NEIGHBORS by Odille Ousley & David H. Russell Source: U of Rochester xerox, scan, edit by DPH January 24, 1993 &&111 The king was very happy now. He called to =Jack as he came by. Come Into my yard, he said. So =Jack and the donkey came into the yard. You made my little girl laugh, said the king. I have many farms. I will give one of them to you. =Jack and his mother and his donkey went to live on his new farm. After this =Jack worked every day. He was never called =Lazy =Jack again. A traveler walked down a road. He had come a long way. He was cold and he wanted a good dinner. The traveler put his hand in his pocket. He had no money. There was nothing In his pocket but a stone. This stone may help me to get some dinner, he said. And he walked on. Soon the traveler saw a little house. He walked up to the door of the house. A little old woman opened the door. Good day, said the traveler. May I have some dinner In front of your fire ? So the monkeys pulled up all the new trees and looked at their roots. They gave much water to the trees with long roots. They gave little water to the trees without long roots. The gardener had a very good time with his friends that day. The next morning he went to the garden to thank the monkeys. But first he went to look at the new fruit trees. He saw that every tree had been pulled up by the roots. And not a tree was living ! Not one ! The =Old =Woman and the =Fox All day the old woman sat on the side of the green hill and watched her sheep. Sometimes a little lamb would go too far down the hill. Then the old woman would call It back. Sometimes the big sheep would go too far up the hill. Then the old woman would call again. When night came, the little old woman called all her sheep. She took them over the green hill to her home. She counted the sheep as they went in the gate. She counted, =One, two, three, four, until they were all In. =Mike =Mulligan and =Mary =Ann worked faster. Faster and faster they worked ! Oh, what a noise they made ! =Bang ! =Bang ! =Clinkety-clank ! And then the noise stopped. All the people looked to see what had happened. They saw the four corners and the four walls of the cellar. Then all the people shouted, Good for =Mike =Mulligan and his steam shovel ! They can dig a cellar In one day ! In the =Cellar Yes, said the little boy. But how are they going to get out ? Yes, shouted the others. How did =Mike get the steam shovel out ? Every one talked at one time. A steam shovel was in a cellar. Nothing like that had happened in this town before. Shall we give =Mike =Mulligan any money ? they said. The steam shovel Is still In the cellar How shall we get our dog out of the box ? asked =Bill. I will help you, said the expressman. Just bring me a hammer, =Bill. In no time the box was open. The expressman started back to his truck. The little dog jumped out of the box. He ran after the expressman. =Mac ! Here, =Mac ! called the boys. But the dog would not come. The expressman laughed and picked up the dog. He took him back to the boys. Do you want me to tie him ? he asked. No thank you, said =Bob. Will he stay with us ? asked =Bill. He did not come when we called. Look ! He Is running away again ! called =Bob. Get his box ! said =Bill. We will put him back Into It. =Bob ran to the back yard. He got the box that the dog came In. He saw something In the box. It was a paper, and on the paper there was a name. =Snurr said, I know ! You would like to have a red wagon ! =Mother thought. Then she said, I was just wishing I could have some red shoes. The three boys looked at one another. Then they ran Into the next room to talk It over. =Snipp said, We must get the red shoes. =Snapp said, We do not have enough money. We must work to get the money. =Snurr said, We must find some work. We must find work now. Soon =Snipp, =Snapp, and =Snurr ran out the door and walked down the street. They were looking for ways to earn money. Then they could buy the red shoes their mother was wishing for. Soon they saw a neighbor painting a fence with red paint. =Snipp said, Do you want some help ? I think I could paint that fence for you. The neighbor had many other things to do. He was happy to have =Snipp paint the fence. I will give you some money for painting this fence, he said. So =Snipp started to paint the fence. The next day was a happy one for =Patsy. She had a cake with seven candles, and a new dress with blue flowers on It. Then =Jean came In the new gate with a box In her hands. Open the box, =Patsy, she said. =Patsy opened the box. She took out the white paper. Oh ! she said. The blue dishes ! Thank you, =Jean ! =Patsy and =Jean had a birthday party with the new blue dishes. They had a happy time together. The Pet Parade All the children on =Garden =Street have pets, said =Dan. Let's have a pet parade down our street. A pet parade ! said =Jack. =That will be fun. We can give something to the best pet In the parade. We will tell all the children to come. Let's make a sign, said =Jean. That will help to tell all the children and neighbors about the parade. Come on, =Dan ! said =Jack. Let's paint the sign now ! =Tabby picked up her white kitten. She took It all the way back to the barn. Then she ran to the house to look at the box. Still It was not open ! =Mew ! =Mew ! =Tabby called again. Betty's mother could hear =Tabby crying. She found her jumping on the box. What are you crying for, =Tabby ? she said. Tabby said, =Mew-mew ! again. She still wanted to get Into the box. There Is nothing for you In that box, =Tabby, said =Mother. I will open It and you can see. =Mother did open the box. How surprised she was to see the little black kitten ! =Tabby was happy now. Into the box she jumped. She picked up her little black kitten and ran as fast as she could to the barn. Soon the little black kitten was back home with the other kittens. =Tabby was a happy mother now. And she had found out something. This barn Is the best home for my beautiful kittens ! she thought. And so It was ! Mr =Joe came up the street. He saw the fire truck stop at his house. He ran as fast as he could. Mr =Joe ran to the rabbit house and let the rabbits out. Away went the rabbits. =Hoppity-hop ! =Hoppity-hop ! They jumped all over the yard. They ran out Into the street. Mr =Joe called to the children. Help me catch the rabbits, he said. Do not let the rabbits get away. They will be lost ! The boys and girls ran after the rabbits. I have two, called =Jack. And =Peter found a baby bunny. The children took all of the rabbit back to Mr =Joe. Thank you ! Thank you ! said Mr You were good to catch my rabbits.