&&000 SCOTT, FORESMAN (1978) 2ND GRADE READER SF19782N.ASC DAISY DAYS by Ira E. Aaron et al Source: Elmira College xeroxed, scanned and edited by DPH 12-18-92 &&111 =Morris blinked. Could it be real? He closed his eyes. Then he opened them again. The cow was still there! =Morris smiled. Then he laughed. I guess you're the answer to my wish,=Morris said to the cow. The people looked at each other. We can ask the mayor to keep this land for a park,they said. And so the people went to the mayor. He said, I'll see what can be done. In time the mayor said, We'll do what the people want. We'll use this land for a park. Get up, or you'll hurt your back. You are bent in the middle, =Possum said. =Snake still did not answer. =Possum was worried. He called to =Raccoon. =Raccoon popped her head out of the tree trunk. =Snake is bent,=Possum said. =Raccoon leaned out of her nest to look. You may be right, she said. Soon =Woodpecker hopped out of his hole in the tree. He wanted to see what was happening. =Snake is bent, =Possum said. You may be right, =Woodpecker said. =Tad had been on vacation. =Tad's friends did not know he was home. =Tad felt lonely. =Tad called his friends. All of them came over to his house. They were happy to see =Tad and hear about his trip. Some stories tell you how a person feels about someone or something. You know =Tad felt lonely at the beginning of the story because the story tells you this. Sometimes you have to guess how someone in the story feels. You can do this by thinking about what that person does in the story. You can also think about how you would feel if you were that person. That's pretty bad, said Mr =Jones. What can we do about it? We can't do anything about it,answered =Vicki. =Wiggly had just finished off the carrot. He sat there wiggling his nose and looking very happy. Mr =Jones thought for a while. Then he said, Your carrot can go to the fair. How can my carrot go to the fair? =Vicki asked. It is inside of =Wiggly. I will give =Wiggly to you, Mr =Jones answered. He is your rabbit now. You can take =Wiggly to the fair. He is a good rabbit. He will win a prize for you. The wise woman got her basket and started out. On the way she saw a bent pin on the ground. She put it into her basket. Who knows? said the wise woman. I may need a bent pin. Next she came to a field. She saw six tin cans. She put the cans into her basket. Who knows? said the wise woman. I may need six tin cans. The children followed the tracks into a park. =Tomi saw the tracks by a lake. =Mari saw a bird in a tree. She knew the bird hadn't made the tracks. She heard something behind the tree. =Eve liked to pretend that she could fly her toy plane. The first thing each day she ran to the yard. She got in her plane and pretended to take off. Eve felt a breeze. She saw hills that looked like bumps. The road looked like a thin line. Her home looked very small. One night =Eve had a dream. When she tried to turn her plane, she almost hit a kite. Part of a wheel came off. The tail of the plane was torn in one spot. =Eve landed. She ran to get cord. She had to tie the wheel back on the plane. Then she put some grease on the wheel. =Eve had to use glue to fix the torn tail. Then she was ready to go up again. =Kate sat on the front steps of her house. She watched a bird splash in a puddle. Just then a green truck stopped in front of the puddle. Two workers got out. One of them splashed the water out of the puddle. Another worker got up in the back of the truck and threw some tar into the hole. Then he made it smooth. =Eddie heard seals barking. He said, =Let's look at the seals on the way to the elephants. A boy was getting a bag of food from a machine. The bag looked like peanuts. I'd like some of that,=Eddie said. He put his dimes in the machine and pushed a button. A bag fell out. It smelled like =FISH! Some children were feeding fish to the seals. =Eddie tossed his fish to the seals. He pretended he had meant to all the time. Suddenly there was a roar below him. Who is walking across my bridge? called the troll. It is I, replied =Little =Billy =Goat =Gruff in a scared, squeaky voice. I'm going up the hill to eat grass and make myself fat. Lots of leaves had fallen. Please rake the leaves,said =Jean and =Joe's mother. The children started raking. They decided to see who could fill the most bags with leaves in the shortest time. =Jean tried to rake big piles of leaves and then put them into a bag. But the wind blew the leaves away. =Joe decided to try another way. He raked smaller piles of leaves. He tried putting the leaves into a bag right away. The bags of leaves had to be taken to the backyard. So =Jean and =Joe carried them to the back fence. =Jean said, =This is hard work. I'm getting thirsty. I'm going to drink three glasses of water. =At eight o'clock =Edward and =Elizabeth were ready for school. You're early for a change,said their mother. You don't have to rush, said their father. We are early,said =Edward. School doesn't start for another hour. &&000 AMERICAN BOOK CO. (1977) 2ND GRADE AMR9772N.ASC HOPES (level 2-1) by Marjorie Seddon Johnson et al BOOK TITLE ??? (level 2-2) by Johnson, et al Source: SUNY Oneonta xerox, scan by DPH March 3, 1993 Edited by Janice Mason March 15, 1993 &&111 "No," said the ugly little man. "But you are about to marry the king. When you are queen, will you give me your first baby?" "Yes, Yes,' said the young woman! "Just be quick and spin the straw into gold." The ugly little man plunged right into work. By morning, the straw was gone and the room was filled with gold. The king was very pleased and soon the young woman became queen. In time, the queen had a fine baby girl. Then one day, the ugly little man came to see the queen. "The baby is mine," he said. "You told me you would give me your first baby." "I will give you all the gold I have and all that I can borrow," she said. "I do not want gold. I want your baby," said the ugly little man. "But I am not a hard man. I will give you three days. If you can guess my name by then, I will not take the baby." "How strange!" he thought. "My shadow ranges in size from long to short. It is longest early in the morning. It is shortest in the middle of the day when the sun is right overhead." After a while, the man went to sleep for an hour or two. When he got up, he saw another strange thing. His shadow had not only changed size. It had moved from one side of him to the other! As the hours went by, the man saw his shadow change size again and again. By the end of the day, it had ranged from long to short to long again! One morning, there was a haze in the air. The man saw almost no shadow. As the hours went by, the haze got thicker and thicker. Soon the man saw no shadow at all. "That is another strange thing," thought the man. "One cannot see a shadow when there is a haze in the air!" The man now knew something about sun shadows. He also knew that he could use these shadows as a guide for telling time. Long ago on a small farm, there lived a boy and his mother. They didn't have any cows or pigs on their farm. There were no ducks and no sheep. All they had was a hen called =Penny. =Penny wasn't much of a hen, but there was one thing she was good at. She could get the boy and his mother out of bed. When the sun came up, =Penny flew to the top of the house. First, she would spin around. Then she would sing a little song. That's right. =Penny was a singing hen. One day, the boy's mother looked sad. "We need a cow on this farm, not a singing hen. If we had a cow, we could sell the milk." "Don't be funny," I said, pulling him behind a big tree! "You can't just go up and knock! Let's stand here for a while and see what happens." "Why are you talking in such a low voice," asked =Barry? But his voice wasn't any louder than mine. "Why are YOU," I asked? Then we both laughed out loud! The sound of our laughing wasn't very funny in the dark. I felt cold all over, and I could feel a knot in my insides. "Maybe we ought to go," I said. My mouth was feeling kind of dry, too. "You can go if you want to," said =Barry. "I want to stay and see what happens." I didn't know what he thought was going to happen. Maybe he was waiting for riders in the night or something. I sat down against a tree and took out some cakes I had saved from lunch. "What's the matter with you, =Terry," =Jack shouted? "Is this a team or a one-girl show? This is the last time I catch for you!" He threw his mask and his mitt down on the grass. "What's eating you," asked =Terry? "You called for a fast ball, didn't you? That's what I pitched," she said. "That's not so," shouted =Jack! "I called for an inside ball. THAT'S what you should have pitched! Don't try to blame me, =Terry! You must pitch what I call for. That's how the game is played. We're a team, not a one-girl show. That crowd was right. I don't know why Mr =Grant didn't take you out." "Okay, Okay," said Mr =Grant as he came over from the bench! "Cut it out, =Jack. =Terry must have thought you called for a fast ball. =Terry started to say something, but =Jack was mad. He just picked up his mitt and his mask and walked away. Then floats of girls with flowers bright Came riding down the street. As each went by, the crowd would shout In time to marching feet. You should have seen those marchers proud, Those pretty girls and floats. They looked as if they were riding In white-and-yellow boats! Down the street the marchers came, With colors flying bright. In rows of ten they marched along, All looking to the right. Then came three girls who marched and whirled In sunny yellow skirts. Next came the band, in tall white hats, And white-and-yellow shirts. &&000 Part 2 Neglected to record title starts here &&111 The =King's mouth fell open as he looked at the small girl. "How can so small a girl know how to keep a =King's feet warm," he shouted. His face got red, and his voice shook with anger. The =King's anger began to frighten everyone, even the =Queen. The small girl stood before the =King. "Please, sir," she said. "Please let me try." "Very well," shouted the =King. "You may try to keep my feet warm! But if you don't, you will be sorry. You will be very sorry, indeed!" The girl turned to one of the =King's men and said in a loud voice, "Bring the =King his warmest socks." The she whispered something to the =Queen. In a little while, the =King went to bed. But nobody else in the castle could sleep. They were all afraid that the =King would cry out that his feet were cold. The night passed. Soon the morning sun began to brighten the sky. Nobody had heard a sound from the =King's room all night! Then the =King was heard calling to one of his men. The =Queen knew that something had to be done before summer. She sent riders to all parts of the land to find a foot warmer for the =King. One day, the riders found a small girl who said, "I'm sure I can keep the =King's feet warm." "Then you must come in haste to the castle and tell the =King your plan," said the riders. The girl's eyes began to shine. "Maybe I will win the prize," she said. "Make haste," said the riders! "Maybe you will!" When the =King heard that the riders had found someone, he stopped shouting orders. The he sat down to wait. "We have brought a girl who says she can keep your feet warm," said the riders. "Speak," said =Poseidon. "Tell us about your little tree." "This is not just any tree," said =Athena. "This is an olive tree. It will elevate the new city to the richest place on earth." "How can a tree do that," asked one of the judges? "The fruit of this tree is very special," said =Athena. "From this one tree, the people can get many things. They can get olives to eat. They can get olive oil. A cupful of oil will light their homes and cook their food. They can trade the olives and the oil all over the world. Before long, the new city will be very rich." Today, there are about =3500 different kinds of mammals in the world. Some are very large, and some are very small. From the smallest to the largest, all mammals have hair somewhere on their bodies. When you're trying to tell which animals are mammals look for hair. Look at your own hair. Now, think about the soft fine wool of a baby lamb and the shiny coat of a horse. The wool of the lamb and the coat of the horse may look different, but they are hair. Another way to tell which animals are mammals is to look for teeth and legs. Most, but not all mammals have teeth. All but a few have two or more legs. In the pictures, find the mammal without any legs. Have you ever wondered how people wrote messages before there were letters like A, B, C? People who lived on the earth long, long ago used pictures to write messages. The first pictures were of different animals that walked the earth at that time. Soon, pictures began to show both people and animals. Very often, the pictures told a story. What story does this picture tell? At first, pictures were cut or drawn on rocks and stones. Later, people drew their pictures on animal skins. They did this so that they could carry their messages from place to place. After many years went by, people began using signs instead of pictures. The signs stood for words. Look at these messages. Do both messages tell us the same thing? Which message uses pictures? Which message uses signs? Which sign tells how many dogs the hunter had? At first, pictures were cut or drawn on rocks and stones. Later, people drew their pictures on animal skins. They did this so that they could carry their messages from place to place. After many years went by, people began using Signs instead of pictures. The signs stood for words. Look at these messages. Do both messages tell us the same thing? Which message uses pictures? Which message uses signs? Which sign tells how many dogs the hunter had? That night after dinner, =Robin told her parents all about =George. "He is one fine rooster," she said. "May I have him for my very own? I'll never find a wiser or a nicer pet." "I don't see why not. Just take good care of him," said Mrs =Cook as she drank her tea. All went well until =George crossed the road one day. He crossed the road and went to sleep on Mr =Gray's gas pump! Mr =Gray sold gas right across from the =Cook farm. He told =Rubin he didn't mind having =George sleep on his gas pump. "To tell the truth," he said. "I never knew a wiser or nicer rooster." But =Robin didn't like it. =George crossed the road just as the people from the pea-packing plant came speeding by. They never slowed down, not even for the sign that said CURVE AHEAD. No matter how many people got hurt on that curve, they just kept right on speeding. And =George kept right on crossing to the gas pump, right in the middle of that speeding traffic! =Robin began to worry about =George. "Look, =George," she said. "Speeding cars are bad for roosters. One could hit you! You wouldn't want that to happen, would you? Let's make a rule. No more crossing the road. We all worry about you, you know!" "Oh," said =Terry, tossing her head. "When you're the editor, you tell the writers which news to write about." "Is that a fact," asked the woman, rubbing the oil off her hands? "Who makes sure that there are no errors in what you write?" "Well," said =Terry. "On big newspapers, there are special readers who do that. On our paper, the editor reads every word. He's very strict, too. He says you have to be if you want to put out a good newspaper." "So a good writer is a good notetaker, and a good editor is a good reader," said the woman, laughing. "That's the idea," said =Terry, laughing, too. "But tell me about YOUR work. Do you like fixing cars?" "Cars, trucks, airplanes, bikes. You name it," said the woman. "When I was little, my mom always said I had magic fingers." "Magic fingers," asked Terry, looking up from her notes? "Why did she say that?" "Well, I guess she meant that I could fix things so fast that it was like magic," said the woman. "I might add that I could fix anything, even radios." "When did you learn how to fix radios," asked =Terry? "One summer," said the woman, looking off into space. "I found an old radio that didn't work. The other girls and boys went to the movies or played ball or went swimming in the pool. But not me. I didn't set foot in that pool or see a movie or play ball all summer. I just hunted radio parts." "How did you know which parts to hunt for," asked Terry, looking up from her notes again? "Did you have someone to help you?" &&000 THE ECONOMY COMPANY (1972) 2ND GRADE ECO9722N.ASC CURBSTONE DRAGONS by Theodore L. Harris et al 2-1 Level 7 MUSTARD SEED MAGIC " " 2-2 Level 8 Source: SUNY Oneonta xerox scan by DPH March 3, 1993 &&111 All at once =Tillie saw an open window. She forgot that she was sick. So out the window she went! =Tillie ran fast to get away from the hospital. She ran until she came to a school. The doors were open. So she walked in and looked around. Soon she came to a class of boys and girls. The teacher was gone. "There's a chimpanzee," cried a girl! The surprised class called to =Tillie. So she went into the room, picked up a stick, and jumped up and down. This was much more fun than the hospital! "I'll give that runaway chimpanzee something to eat," said a boy. And he gave =Tillie an apple. Other children in the class gave her food, and soon =Tillie felt even better. All at once there was no noise. The class sat down. A teacher was at the door. =Tillie looked at the teacher. =Tillie wanted to get out of there! So the runaway chimpanzee jumped out the window. She ran and ran until she bumped into a man. "=Tillie, Come back," called the man! It was =Tillie's keeper! She stopped and put her arms around his neck. =Tillie felt much better now! "Runaway =Tillie," said the keeper! "I don't think you're sick at all. You're going right back to the zoo!" When they got there, the groundhog was sleeping by the fireplace. "If he were a little cricket, we could throw him outside," said Mr =Rabbit. "We can't throw him, but we can move him," said Miss =Squirrel. She picked up two fat legs. Mr =Rabbit picked up two fat arms. And together they took Mr =Groundhog outside. "Thanks for the help, Miss =Squirrel," said Mr =Rabbit. "The groundhog wasn't lucky for me. But I'm lucky to have you for a friend." "If you ask me, good luck and friends go together," said Miss =Squirrel! After school the boys found the big crane still at work. It was picking up the steel ball and knocking it into the side of the old house. "I still don't know what that is, but I know what it can do," said =Mike. "It can knock down a house in a hurry! What a strong machine! Let's call the machine =Knock-Them-Down." "Let's ask Miss =Gold if we can make a machine like that at school," said =Jay. On the way home they made plans for building the crane. At school the next day, =Jay told about the machine. Then some of the children found books about machines. =Mike had his construction set. =Jay helped him set up the crane. It had a rope with a ball at the end. Then they put a sign by the crane. The next morning, the boys were on their way to school. "Let's stop and watch old =Knock-Them-Down," =Mike said. The boys put down their books and ran to the fence. But the strong crane was not knocking down the house now. It was picking up a steel beam. Then the crane put the beam in a new place on the ground. "Why, old =Knock-Them-Down isn't knocking down today," =Jay cried! "It's helping the men set up a new building. The big ball isn't on the rope." The city streets were cold. And so was =Sam! His teeth began to chatter. "Let's go home, =Mom," he said. "First I'll go to the corner store," said =Mom. "Then we'll catch the bus." At the corner, a big gust of wind blew an old hat to =Sam. "Look, =Mom," cried =Sam as he caught the hat! "Put it down, =Sam," she said. "That old hat is no good." "Some people like old hats," said =Sam. "Dad likes his old fishing hat." =Mom laughed. "Yes, he does! Now hold my bag while I go inside the store." While he waited, =Sam watched a gust of wind push people along. Other people lost hats, too. Then =Sam saw an old man with a cart. The man looked at =Sam. "My hat," the man shouted! "Where did you find it? I have looked and looked for it. I thank you very, very much!" He ran back to his cart and got some bags of warm peanuts. "I thank you =100 times," said the man. Then he put bag after bag of peanuts into the shopping bag =Sam was holding. Mom came out of the store and looked around for =Sam. He called to her. The afternoon of the parade, =Cindy put on her new jeans and shirt. "Ouch!" she cried. "Something is in my shirt!" =Mother looked inside =Cindy's shirt. "You forgot to take off the price tag," said =Mother. "The pins are next to your neck. I'll get them out." "That's better," =Cindy said, as she rubbed her neck. Now it was time to get =Cactus ready. =Cindy gave him one more brushing. Then =Dad helped =Cindy put the new saddle on =Cactus. Suddenly =Cactus made an awful noise! His ears went back. He put his head down and kicked both back feet. "It must be the new saddle," said =Dad. "It may be too small. I'll take it off." "What about the parade," asked =Cindy? "Can he wear his old saddle," =Mother asked? "The old saddle is too worn for the parade," said =Dad. "And I can't let =Cindy ride without a saddle." =Cindy was upset. She rubbed her eyes to keep from crying. Then she rubbed her neck, which still hurt a little. "Just what do you plan to do with the goose," =Mother asked one day? "He can't sit in that pen forever." "I guess we'll let him fly south when his wing heals," =Jeff said. =Mother shook her head. "His wing may not be strong for a long time," she said. "I don't think he can fly south this winter." "He needs to be with some other geese," said =Jeff. "Next spring he might fly with the other geese," said =Mother. "But I don't know what he would do after being in a pen all winter." "Let's keep him forever," said =Jean. "He isn't ours, you know," said =Mother. "Not ours," asked =Jean? "Why?" "The goose is a wild animal, dear," =Mother said. "And people don't own wild things." =Jeff and =Jean knew that no one could really own a wild goose. But they didn't know how to let the goose go free. "You can move him to the big chicken run," said =Dad. "The goose will be safe there. But he may not be happy." "Why won't he be happy?" asked =Jeff =Dad answered slowly. "If you had wings that could take you up in the sky, would you like being in a chicken pen?" "Well, no," =Jeff said. He watched as the goose lay close to the fence. It wanted to be free. At last the cookie dough was ready to be rolled into little balls. Before long the kitchen was filled with the good smell of cookies, hot from the oven. =Carol put some cookies on the tray and went next door. She knocked three times. The door opened a crack. A small dark face looked out. "=Mother sent these," said =Carol as she held out the tray to show the cookies. "We live next door." The door opened a little more. The girl's hand came out and took the tray. Then =Carol said, "My name is =Carol. What is yours?" But the girl just stood there looking at the tray. "=Mother made the cookies," =Carol said. Still the girl said nothing. She began to close the door. =Carol ran home. "=Mother, you said to be friendly," she cried! "So I gave the girl the cookies, and I told her my name. She didn't say a thing, and she didn't even let me step inside the house." "Help me clean up, and I will tell you something I know," said =Mother. "Mrs =Land, at school, called this morning. She told me that our neighbors are from another country. They speak =Spanish. The mother can say a few =English words, but =Maria cannot." "=Billy, what are you up to," said a lady who came out of the supermarket? Then she saw =Teddy. "How nice! I haven't had time to clean =Billy's boots. How much do I owe you?" "Owe me?" =Teddy looked at the shine. "Would five cents be all right?" "That would be fine," the lady said. And then =Teddy suddenly had an idea! The next morning =Teddy was back at the supermarket. "Shine! Shine your children's shoes for only five cents!" A mother with a little girl came by. "What a good idea! You can shine =Anna's shoes while I shop." Rat-a-tat-tat! Soon =Anna's shoes twinkled like new. Her mother gave =Teddy five cents for a tip. "Shine! Shine your children's shoes," he called? =Teddy shined shoes all day long. =Teddy shined shoes in front of the same supermarket all summer. He earned enough money to pay back his brother. He earned enough to get ice cream and other things. Summer ended. It was time to go back to school. And =Teddy put away his shoeshine box. =Oliver had been wishing for a nice, warm =Saturday like this one. He planned to go fishing with his brother =Tom and his friend =Mike. =Oliver put on his old clothes and hurried downstairs. He couldn't find =Tom. "Did he go fishing without me," thought =Oliver? Then he ran to the basement, where he had put his fishing worms. He looked around in confusion. The fishing worms were gone, too! "I feel awful," =Oliver thought? When =Oliver felt awful, he always sat on the back steps of his house to think. So he went to the back steps. =Oliver sat thinking for a long time. Soon he thought of something that would make him feel better. He reached inside the door to get his fishing hat. He put on the hat, and he picked up his fishing rod and a bucket. Then he started walking. First he saw the milkman. =Oliver's house was the last stop on the milk route. "Good morning, =Oliver. Going fishing," asked the milkman? "Not right now," answered =Oliver. Next =Oliver met the postman, who was just starting along his mail route. "Are you going fishing today, =Oliver," asked the postman? "Later on," answered =Oliver. Soon =Oliver smelled something good. It led him right to the =Crummel =Bake =Shop. =Oliver knew that a =Crummel cookie would make him feel better! When =Oliver walked into the bake shop, a bell on the door jingled. Mr =Crummel looked up from his work and smiled. Then =Janet went to the table to get the book and the note. The boy smiled. "I used to be a stamp collector. One day my brother and I had a fight. After the fight he was angry, so he hid this stamp. I was sick at the time and forgot about his note." "Well, here's your stamp," said =Janet. "Oh no, you take it," said the boy. "I'm not a collector now. It's an old stamp that was used in =Hawaii long ago!" "I'll give it to =Alice's brother," said =Janet. "He's a stamp collector. And he helped us work out the code. Thanks for helping us work out the mystery!" The next morning =Homer dropped =Ringer into the jar and took him for a walk. There were some girls down the street playing around. "I'll show =Ringer to them," thought =Homer. "I bet they'll scream." He went up to a little girl in a red dress. "Look at this," he said. "=Boo!" And he stuck the jar in front of her nose. But the little girl didn't scream. She just grinned. "My goodness," she said. "Where did you find him?" And she took the jar. =Homer was so surprised, he just let her take it. She opened the jar, took =Ringer out, and held him right in her hand. "Hey, what are you doing," said =Homer? "He'll get away." "I know what I'm doing, because it's my snake," said the girl whose name was =Betsy. "What do you mean, your snake," =Homer shouted? "He's mine! I got him for my birthday!" =He grabbed for the snake. "Quiet," said =Betsy! "You'll scare him." "You just give him to me," said =Homer. "He's mine. My =Aunt =Gladys bought him for me. In =Hillingdale's." After eating, the giant took out his bags of gold. He counted the gold until he fell asleep. Then =Jack crawled out of the oven and started for the door. On his way out he grabbed one of the bags of gold. Then he scurried down the road to the beanstalk. Down, down he climbed until he got home. He showed the bag of gold to his mother. "Well, =Mother, I was right about the beans," said =Jack. "They are magic!" As days went by, =Jack and his mother used up all the gold. So =Jack made up his mind to climb up the beanstalk again. Once more =Jack jumped on the beanstalk. He climbed and climbed and climbed until he reached the sky. Then he walked along the road that led to the huge house. When =Jack knocked on the door, the big tall woman opened it. "Scurry away, my boy," said the woman. "The giant will eat you if he finds you here!" 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 GINN & CO. (1976) 2ND GRADE GIN9762N.ASC HOW IT IS NOWADAYS by Theodore Clymer et al (Level 8--2-1) INSIDE OUT by Theodore Clymer et al (Level 9--2-2) Source: SUNY Oneonta xerox scan by DPH March 4, 1993 &&111 Snow is water in its solid form, because snow is made of delicate crystals of ice. Where do snow crystals come from ? And raindrops ? And clouds? Where does the water they are made of come from ? Do you ever wonder about that ? Here is one way to help you find out. Put a few drops of water in a saucer. Leave it there for a day or so. Then look at it again. The water is gone. It has gone into the air but you cannot see it there. Lakes and oceans are like giant saucers that never dry up. So there must be lots of water in the air all the time. Every day after that =Jet met =Judy in the alley. Every day she fed and brushed him. His coat grew silky. His bones no longer showed. Still he would not lie on her lap. =Judy said to herself, " =Jet is my friend just the same. =At school =Ross still teased her, and =Judy still chased him. Sometimes =Ross would hide her lunch, and someone would laugh. That made =Judy angry. One day =Judy found =Jet sitting on the alley fence. The sun shone on his fur and his eyes were slits of gold. As =Judy came up, a man shouted, "Scat, cat!" He threw some water at =Jet. =Judy ran to pick him up, but =Jet darted away. A man called over the fence, "=If that's your cat, keep him out of my yard." =Judy looked up and down the alley for =Jet. Then she walked along calling, =Jet! =Jet! The cat was gone. =Judy cried as she walked home. Would she ever see =Jet again? When she was very little, she loved to have =Uncle =Asa carry her about in his arms. She loved the warm sunlight and the cool woods. She loved to go down by the river. =Laura could not see the sun, but she could feel its warmth. She could not hear the trees rustle, but she could feel the wind. She could not see the shining water or hear its soft sounds. But she could feel the cool water with her hands. She loved to throw stones into the water, even though she could not see them sail through the air or hear them splash. When she could walk, she and =Uncle =Asa wandered over fields and through woods together. These morning walks were her school. She learned about living things even though she could not see them. =Uncle =Asa often walked with =Laura to the barn. She liked hunting for the hens nests. She liked putting her hand into the nest to find eggs. She knew that she must be very gentle and leave one egg for each hen. Another time =Uncle =Asa brought her a little rabbit. She patted its soft fur. She felt its long ears. She smiled when its cool nose moved over her arm. =Laura learned to feel the soft wool of a lamb, and the smooth sleekness of a horse. Though =Laura did not know the names of living things, she did know their shape and how they felt. One morning when =Roady ran to meet =Yoshi, she sang a strange song. It sounded a little like a cuckoo, because =Roady belonged to the cuckoo family. She sang the song, and then she cocked her head. =Yoshi stood and looked at her. "If I could run as fast as you run," she said, "I could be on time for school. I am late every day." =Roady ran ahead of =Yoshi and made a quick stop at a fork in the road. =Roady braked her run with her strong tail. Then she stood there, waiting for =Yoshi. At the fork one road went on in straight line to the school. It was the best way to go. It was the shorter way. =Yoshi did not go the shorter way. On that road a big black dog lived. It barked at her. It was very strong, and one day it pushed her down. She was afraid of it. The other road was longer. =Yoshi went that way to school. She hurried. Sometimes she ran. But she was always late for school because that way took longer. Her teacher, Mr =Pine, always looked up when she came in late. Today he said, "=Yoshi you are late again ! Please promise to be on time tomorrow. Why is it that you are always late?" =Yoshi stood with her head down and could not answer. If she told about the dog, children would laugh at her. At closing time Mr =Pine said, Promise to be on time tomorrow, =Yoshi. Please try." I will try," she said softly. "I promise." =Flossie could hardly believe her eyes. Slowly at first, and then faster and faster, the rocket-silo was lifted into the air. Trailing smoke and fire, it roared out of sight, leaving =Flossie's ears ringing. "How terrible, The rocket-silo has torn a great hole in the sky," cried =Flossie! "Who would believe it! Soon all the stars will fall through! I must find a safe place to hide." She flapped over to an old log. Standing on one foot, she tucked her head under her wing and shut her eyes. Soon her friend, =Harry =Heron, flew by the old log and noticed =Flossie. "Why, =Flossie =Flamingo, said =Harry. "Why are you asleep so early in the day "I'm not asleep," said =Flossie, lifting her wing a little and looking out from under it. "Everything's changed around here. I'm hiding, and you'd better hide too! The rocket-silo tore a great big hole in the sky and all the stars are going to fall out." "How terrible," said =Harry =Heron. " How did you find out about it?" "I saw it, I heard it," cried =Flossie! "Quick! Find a safe place. So =Harry =Heron crouched beside =Flossie =Flamingo and put his head under his wing. The hurrying =Sun did not give =Hina time enough to finish her work. And in those days tapa was the only cloth the people had. =Maui decided to do something about this. "I will trick the =Sun and make him behave himself," he told his mother. =Maui climbed to a high place where he could watch the =Sun. This was the crater of an old dead volcano. Here he watched the =Sun rise and pass over the mountain. =Maui made a plan. He would snare the =Sun and cut off his legs. Then the =Sun could move so fast and the days would be longer. =Maui told his mother what he was going to do. She gave him fifteen lengths of very strong rope to use in snaring the =Sun. But that was not enough. "Go now to your old grandmother who lives in the great crater," =Hina said. "She will give you whatever else you need." "How can that be," asked =Maui? His mother said, "Climb the mountain to the place where the great wiliwili tree stands. Every day the =Sun stops there to eat the bananas that your grandmother cooks for him. But that was not all. Wait by the tree," his mother went on, "until your grandmother comes to make her fire. Tell her you are =Hina's son." Miss =Nancy, never happy with an idle hand around, decided to try him at digging post holes. Since she couldn't tell him what to do, she showed him. She stepped off =thirteen paces from the last post hole. She pointed with the shovel and the seven-foot iron bar used to pry out rocks. Then she pointed straight to the south. Well, that stranger wasn't from =Texas, but he could dig post holes. He set off like a streak. By noon he was =22 post holes ahead of the fencing crew. By noon of the second day, Miss =Nancy had to ride way out to check on him. He was that far ahead of the crew. And that line of post holes was reaching straight south. At the end of the third day, they couldn't even find him. All they could see were those post holes of his in a beautiful straight line. They were all exactly =thirteen paces apart, all marching straight to the south. Some of the new dinosaurs had horns. One kind of dinosaur had three horns. It had a little horn on the end of its nose and two big horns above its eyes. Its name was =Triceratops. =Triceratops was a big animal, much bigger than a horse or a cow. It had small teeth and ate only plants and leaves. But because of its horns, =Triceratops was not afraid of any other animal. It was not even afraid of the most terrible dinosaur of all, =Tyrannosaurus. A rail fence zigzagged between the creek and a cornfield . As =Jay walked toward the fence he heard a scratchy noise. He saw a gray lizard slithering along the rail. He stopped. He stood very still and watched. The lizard slithered away, out of sight. =Jay climbed the fence. He sat on the top rail. He heard the wind rustling in the ripening corn. He heard bugs and beetles ticking. He heard a cicada fiddling high notes in the summer heat. He heard an owl hooting in the woods. =Jay climbed down from the fence and walked between two rows of corn. In the dirt he saw an =Indian arrowhead, turned up by a plow. He picked it up, brushed the dirt from it, and put it in his pocket. Beans had been planted with the corn. The vines climbed the tall cornstalks. =Jay picked a bean pod. With his thumb nail he opened it. He shelled the beans into his hand. They were white, striped with red speckles. The stripes on every bean were different from the stripes on every other bean. In =Jay's hand the beans felt cool, like morning. =Jay put the beans in his pocket. Every time =Mary =Jo saw a dog, any dog, big or little, black, white, old or young, she wished it belonged to her. "I would rather have a dog than anything on earth," she said at least twice a week, usually at the dinner table. She sighed. "I'd be the happiest person in this town if I had a puppy." She often read the ads from the newspaper under Pets for =Sale" out loud to her parents. Puppies must be trained. It takes a lot of time," said her father. "I'd love to train a puppy," said =Mary =Jo! "I'd do it all myself! "Puppies cry at night when you first bring them home, said her father. Nobody gets any sleep. They cry because they're lonesome. I'll be the one to get up in the night and talk to my puppy," said =Mary =Jo. "They must be fed every day. They must have fresh water. They should be brushed. They must be given baths, said her father. "I'd do it, I'd do it," said =Mary =Jo! "I want to feed and brush and wash a dog. But every once in a while =Dooly would remember that he was a giant. And giants like to feel important. So he would say, =FEEFlFOFUM!" The children would look up from their games and say, "Not bad, =Dooly. Keep trying. Who wants to play blindman's bluff?" But =Dooly couldn't help being sad. One day their play was interrupted by an awful snarling and snorting. From around the corner came the =Terrible =Snarly =Snortsnoot, who eats little children for lunch! It was gnashing its teeth and thrashing its tail and breathing fire! The =Snortsnoot was a terrible sight to see. The children turned and ran, with the =Snortsnoot snarling at their heels. Mrs =Reed handed =Alberto her car keys and whispered in his ear. =Alberto ran out the door. In two minutes he was back. Under his arm was the smallest violin case any of the children had ever seen. Mrs =Reed opened the case. "This is a quartersize violin, boys and girls. Let's see how it fits =Fidelia." It fit =Fidelia exactly right. "=Fidelia," said Mrs =Reed, "the boy who was using this violin has grown into a larger size, so I am going to leave it here for you to use. Miss =Toomey will start you in beginning string class. I will come back in a month to see how you are getting along. Wonderful, exclaimed =Fidelia! Mrs =Reed laughed. If you do as well as I think you will, I'm sure you will be in the =All =City =Orchestra next year." &&000 HARPER & ROW (1972) 2ND GRADE (2-1 BOOK) HAR97221.ASC STEPPING STONES by M. Jean Greenlaw et al There is another 2nd grade book (2-2) which I haven't found Source: Hobart WS xerox scan edit by DPH February 10, 1993 &&111 =Patty's house was their first stop on the way home. They always had a hard time saying good-by. So they sat down on =Patty's front steps to take their time about it. Suppose you had another name, said =Tina to =Janet, with a big grin. Suppose your name was Mrs =Long =Nose. That's what I'm going to call you. Mrs =Long =Nose! If you do, I'll call you Mrs =Pickle =Face, giggled =Janet. How will you like that? Maybe you would like to be Mrs =Pop =Eye or Mrs =Quack-Quack or Mrs =Slippery =Snake, said =Kim. You had better not let the boys hear you, laughed =Patty. You know how boys are. Just give them a chance, and they'll call you by those names forever. Anyway, they will until our moms put a stop to it. Was the great =Alexander =Wakefield =Applegate going to make a snowball? Was he going to throw it, too? No! That's not what he was doing. He seemed to be feeling the snow with his hands as if he wondered what he could do with it. He looked pleased with what he found out. After a while he let the snow fall and turned around. He walked up the drive and across the yard to join the boys and girls. Kids are different today. What is wrong with them? asked Mr =Chase. He was talking to =Windy's mother, who was getting breakfast in the kitchen. They don't get a kick out of anything, Mr =Chase went on. When I was a boy, nothing could have made me stay in bed on a morning like this. I would have been out with my sled before breakfast. Not =Windy! I can't get him out of that bed long enough to take one good look out the window. Sometimes I'm about ready to give up. Don't do that, said =Windy's mother. Mr =Chase walked to the kitchen window to look out at the snow. The white flakes were still coming down. As he was standing there, he started to smile. His smile turned into a grin. His grin ended in a big laugh. One Winter Night. =Windy =Chase turned over in bed and opened his eyes. His head and all the rest of him were away down under the covers. It was warm and dark down there. He couldn't see a thing. Windy pulled back one corner of the covers and peeped out. It was cold out there. He could feel it on his nose. The corner of the room he was looking into was as black as night. Mr =Mays put his key into the lock, opened the car door, and stepped in. It was early morning, and he was on his way to work. By the way, =Dave, called Mrs =Mays from the open window. Stop and get some light bulbs on your way home. Just then someone or something popped out from somewhere and ran around the corner of the house. He stopped long enough to give me a friendly pat. Out with it, =Old =Man, he said. I'm waiting for that story. You know this, and I do, too. I couldn't tell him my story. Not in words! But =Cap could. I listened as hard as I could. If =Cap forgot something, I poked him with my head or my tail until he said, Don't let me forget to tell you about this. By the time we were at the end of =Spring =Street, the story was told. So long until tomorrow, said =Dave, putting his book away. Then he went back to his car. What is that doing there? she asked. Can you ride on it? Why not? answered Mr =Wells. My legs are not so long as all that. I can ride backward all around town on it. =Janet knew by his smile that he was just joking. He WAS too big, and he knew it. That night she had three questions to ask =Daddy, and here they are. Why does Mr =Wells have a house too big for him? Why does he keep a doghouse that does not belong to him? Why does he keep a bicycle that isn't big enough for him? &&000 HARPER & ROW (1973) 2ND GRADE HAR9732N.ASC (Printed in 1977) FROM SKYSCRAPERS TO SQUIRRELS (Level 10) Source:Elmira College xerox, scan, edit by DPH January 17, 1993 &&111 Dogs need to run around every day. A dog can run in a yard. If there is no yard, it needs to go for walks. The best times for walks are early in the morning and after school. While outside, the dog should be kept on a leash. A car whizzed by as =Alex started to cross the street. Watch out, silly, cried his sister, =Jan. You'll end up under a car. What's wrong with you anyway? I was thinking about =Dad's birthday, answered =Alex. It's next week and I still don't know what to get him. I don't either, said =Jan. Hey! Maybe we can find something at =Bell's =Dime =Store. Let's ask =Mom if we can go. =Mom was home from work by the time they got home. All right, you can go, said =Mother when =Alex and =Jan asked her if they could go to the dime store. But don't stay long. I'll need your help before we eat because I have some office work to do tonight. Communities Most people the world over live in families. When many families live near one another, they make up a community. All communities are alike in some ways and different in others. Almost all communities have schools and libraries and other places where people can learn. They have places where people can go to worship. And they also have places where people go for enjoyment. In all communities there are stores where people can buy things or get a job done for them. In the next two pages you will get to know an old community. As you read these pages, think about the big ideas and the little ideas. Which =Reading =Key will you use before you start reading? How will you use it? Then and =Now Communities change as time goes by. The city of =New =Orleans is an example. New =Orleans is an old and big seaport. Many ships bring goods from all over the world to its port. And many ships take goods to other lands. For some years =New =Orleans belonged to =France. Now it is part of the =United =States. The great-great-grandparents of some people in this city came from =France. Many came from =Africa. Now people from all over the world live in =New =Orleans. Not everyone on the kibbutz works in the fields like =Miriam's mother and father. Some people do the cooking and others teach school. There are people who take care of the farm machinery and businessmen who keep track of what the kibbutz buys and sells. Everyone on the kibbutz shares alike. Before any money is used to buy something new, the grown-ups must take a vote. They also vote for the leaders of the kibbutz. Life on the kibbutz is not all work. The people play games, put on plays, and have a good time in other ways. I just love our kibbutz, said =Miriam when she finished showing =David around. It's a great place to live! =Miriam said she loves the kibbutz. Why do you think she does? Would you like to live on a kibbutz? Why or why not? =Brasilia is a special city in another way. It has no factories and other big businesses. =Brasilia was built as the new capital. A capital is the place where the leaders of a country live and work. Most of the office buildings in =Brasilia contain the places where these leaders and the people who help them work. Before the capital was moved to =Brasilia, it was located in =Rio de =Janeiro. =Rio is a big crowded city. There was not enough space left to build the offices that the leaders needed. This is why the people of =Brazil decided to move their capital. After dinner =Jan rang =Miss =Page's doorbell. Miss =Page, do you need someone to help you in your house or garden? =Alex and I want to earn some money. =Miss =Page had a surprised look on her face. But then she asked, =What do you need to earn money for? When =Jan told her the story about =Father's birthday present, she smiled and said, It so happens that I could use someone to rake the leaves in my yard. When can you do it for me? For many weeks the nightingale was the only thing that the people of the city talked about. Children and streets were named after it. A statue of it was put up in the park. One day a large box came to the castle. On it was written =The =Nightingale. The =Emperor thought it must be a new book about his wonderful bird. But when he opened the box, he found a little artificial nightingale inside. =Marcia was very pleased when her mother and father decided to go back to =Rio de =Janeiro to visit her grandmother. They went by air. In a little over one hour after they came to the airport in =Brasilia, they were in =Rio. On the way, she learned from her father that the airport was the first thing that was built in =Brasilia. When they started to build =Brasilia, there were no good roads leading to that part of =Brazil. All the workers who built =Brasilia had to come by air. The food for the workers came by air too. Now there are good roads reaching from =Brasilia to =Rio de =Janeiro and other cities on the ocean. Foods and other goods can be brought to =Brasilia on trucks. You have learned some of the ways in which all communities are alike. Now you can find out how they can be different. Alike but Different Communities can be different in many ways. There are communities with many, many people in them. These are called cities. Some cities cover lots and lots of land. Other cities have little land. Most cities are built near an ocean or river. In some communities there are fewer people. These communities may have farms around them. They are called towns. Small communities near big cities are towns, too. But they are usually called suburbs. On the next page you will get a bird's-eye view of three communities. &&000 HARPER & ROW (1976) 2ND GRADE HAR9762N.ASC IT HAPPENED ONE DAY by Maria, B. Huber et al Source: Elmira College xeroxed scanned edited by DPH January 17, 1993 &&111 The donkey found a nice place to sleep under a big tree. The dog and the cat went to sleep under the big tree, too. The cock was soon at the very top of the tree. He looked this way and that way to see that all was well. All at once the cock saw a light. He called to the others, There must be a house not far away. I can see a light. =Pussy said to the =Owl, You elegant fowl, How charmingly sweet you sing! Oh! Let us be married; too long we have tarried But what shall we do for a ring? They sailed away for a year and a day, To the land where the bong-tree grows; And there in a wood a =Piggy-Wig stood, With a ring in the end of his nose. His nose, His nose, With a ring in the end of his nose. That night, before he went to bed, =Jack put water under the window where the beanstalk once grew. The next morning things again looked queer, for only a little light from the sun came in at the window. =Jack knew that he would find another beanstalk in the garden. And there it was, as big as the one before. It grew like a great ladder, far up over the housetop and far up over the trees. Up the great beanstalk =Jack climbed, up to its very top. They all went to sleep. While they were asleep, the fire went out. Now, the robbers had not gone far away. After a time one of them said to the others, I can see no light. What is there to be afraid of? It was only the wind that made all that noise. The other robbers said, If you are not afraid, go back and see who is there. I will, said the robber. I am not afraid. I will go back. And he did. =Drakesbill could swim. So he went right into the palace on the back of =Friend =River As he went, he sang, =Quack, =quack, =quack! I want my money back. When =River ran into the palace, the king had to jump onto the table to get out of the water. My, the king was angry when he saw =Drakesbill coming into the palace on the back of =Friend =River. l will go with you, said the mouse. I must have food to eat, too. Get on my back, said the cat. We must be off if we want to be home by night. Come with me, said the bird. I will show you the way. And away they went, the bird, the dog, and the cat with the mouse on her back. =Tortoise's sister made a little run. =Hupp! cried she. Hey! cried =Tortoise on the other side of =Elephant. =Elephant swung around! =Thousand thunders! There was =Tortoise! So you see I can jump, said =Tortoise. Well, I have to say that it is so, said =Elephant. Right over my back! I couldn't jump so high myself. But if it came to racing now, I could really beat you. Then turning to the =Moon, she asked, And how did you like your uncle's cookies? They were so good! the =Moon said, and she opened her bag. I brought you some too. Once upon a time there were twelve sillies. Count them and see! One day the twelve sillies went down to the river to fish. They sat all day by the river and fished and fished. When night came, the twelve sillies started to go home. Once upon a time a lion lived near a big woods. A little mouse lived near the big woods, too. Every day the big lion went to sleep in the sun. Every day the mouse took a walk. &&000 HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH (1979) 2ND GRADE HBJ9792N.ASC WORLD OF SURPRISES by Margaret Early et al LEVEL 6 Source: Hobart WS xerox scan edit by DPH February 10, 1993 &&111 =Tuffy was about to return to =Sealab =II. Then he heard the sound again. It was very soft. But it was all =Tuffy needed. Quickly he swam to the cave where the man was hiding. He saw his friend! But the man stayed still. He wanted to see if =Tuffy could help him move. =Tuffy could. Slowly, =Tuffy pulled the man out of the cave. Until this morning, =Carla had loved the water. She liked to jump and ride the waves more than her friends did. But this morning something had happened. Now she did not want to go near the water. What had happened to scare =Carla so? =Carla remembered. This morning she had been in the water near the beach. She was waiting for the waves to come. Then a giant wave came. Now =Timothy's shell was very big. Hard as he tried, he did not turn himself over. He stayed on his back, kicking his legs in the air. He kicked and kicked and kicked. He tried very hard. But he did not turn his big shell over. Squirrel, who lived in the tree by the river, saw =Timothy. He came to ask what was wrong. What is your problem, =Timothy? asked =Squirrel. I fell on my back and cannot turn over. Can you help me? asked =Timothy. But =Squirrel was too little to help. =CAT: Who will we ask to get the cake? =RABBIT: How about =Dog? You know what they say. Dog is man's best friend. So =Dog can ask his best friend to make the cake. =BEAR: That is fine. Now, who will we get to think up some games? =CAT: I know. We will get =Bee. =RABBIT: No, no, not =Bee. =Bee is too busy. You know what they say. Busy as a bee. Real lead is soft. It is dark gray. But what you see in pencils is not really lead. It just looks like lead, so it is called lead. The lead in pencils is made from graphite. People dig up graphite from the land. Graphite, together with clay and water, is used to make the lead for pencils. Some of the first tools were rocks. Long ago, people used rocks as hammers. They used rocks to cut things. The rock tools were hard to use. Time went by. People made tools that were better. What is it like to be a zoo doctor? You take care of many wild animals. Some animals are little. Some are big. Some move slowly. Some are fast. They cannot say a thing to you. They have to show you when they are sick. Your work is to help them stay well. People jumped down from the trucks. They went into a lot across from =May's house. They went to work, cutting the grass and digging holes in the lot. May ran back into the house. People are working across the way! she said. Then she heard something new. What next? said =May. Go see, said her mother. =Jim lived with the =Crow for many years. As time went by, he came to love his =Indian friends and their ways. The =Crow felt that =Jim was a fine hunter and a wise man. After a time, =Jim was made one of the chiefs of the =Crow =Indians. He worked hard to be a good, wise chief. What can I do with a giant beet? thought the woman. I could never bring myself to sell a beet as grand as this. It's much too grand to be used as food. What terrible luck for a poor woman like me! Day and night the woman thought about her giant beet. At last, she had an idea. Why, I'll give it to the queen! she said. She should be pleased to have it. I'll put it in my wagon and take it to her castle. The woman put the beet into her two-wheeled wagon. She climbed on top of her giant beet. Then the old wagon, pulled by her two old horses, went slowly up the path. When the queen saw the beet, she stared at it, open-mouthed. Could it be real? He said, A bird doesn't just go down. It also goes up. If I'm going to fly like a bird, I'll have to find a way to go up. The dream stayed with =Joseph for more than =twenty-five years. It was there as he sat in school. It was there when he talked to friends. He was always thinking about how to make the dream come true. Then one day he sat in front of the fire and looked at the smoke. It floated up from the logs. Why does the smoke go up? he asked. Why? Then all at once, he knew! The smoke was lighter than the air around it! At last =Joseph had the answer. Quickly, he found a bag and put it over the fire. The bag floated up into the air. =Joseph ran to find his brother. I've found it! I've found it! he shouted happily. =Stanley, said Mrs =Simkin. I really think we will have to keep the little pink pig. Your friend doesn't own it. The woman next door doesn't want it. And Mr =Robinson has a water buffalo. What else can we do? But what can we call it? asked Mr =Simkin. =Marcia, said Mrs =Simkin. That's a nice name for a pig. So they bought a little blue bonnet for =Marcia and a ladder for when she wanted to climb the pear tree. The biggest beast lives in the sea, Far away from you and me. It has no feet and little hair. It's very large and very rare. It has no wings, it has no claws. But it has a mouth with giant jaws, A giant head, two giant eyes. It has a fin that is giant-size. It is a giant, from head to tail. The biggest beast is . Then it is up to us to get rid of that dragon! said =Sir =Charles. Oh my! said =Sir =Egbert. I know how to do it, said =Sir =Charles. We must go see the wizard at his store. =Olaf got horses, and off they went. They soon met the wizard. Sir =Charles said, =Turn us into dragons! The wizard looked up in surprise. Why dragons? the wizard asked. To kill a dragon, said =Sir =Charles. You know that it takes a dragon to kill a dragon, said =Sir =Egbert. The wizard looked at them for a long time. I can turn you into dragons, all right, he said. But I'm not so sure that's the best way. =But the two knights asked again and again. All right, said the wizard at last. He took down a small green jar. &&000 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN (1971) 2ND GRADE (2-1, 2-2) HM19712N.ASC ALSO HAS 1974 COPYWRITE SECRETS (2-1) by William K. Durr et al PANORAMA (2-2) " " Source: Elmira College xerox scan edit by DPH February 6, 1993 &&111 That garage could use a good cleaning. And when are you going to finish the basement? Aw, =Mom, do I have to do that today? No, not today, said his mother. pulling on her white gloves. =Kerby felt relieved. Today, his mother continued. I want you to mow the lawn. =Aw! You heard me. It's been needing it for days. If you finish before I get back, you may play in the park, but only after you've finished. Now get started on the lawn. I want to see you start before I leave. Grumbling to himself, =Kerby rolled the lawn mower outside and began pushing it up and down the yard while his mother was backing the car out. As soon as she was gone. =Kerby gave the lawn mower a good kick. That's for reminding her, he told it and sat down in the grass to think. Before he cut any more grass, he decided, he would take the chemistry set to his room. Once there, he put it on his desk and examined everything in the box. All the chemicals smelled either funny or awful, and two or three made his eyes water. =Waldo sneezed and left the room. Furthermore, he refused to come back. Mrs =Green helped the girls get ready for bed. She put =April into the same room as =Phyllis and two other girls. The other girls got themselves ready and into the big bed first. =Flicker helped =Phyllis to get comfortable on the couch by the window. The small bed was for =April. Mrs =Cole tucked her in and whispered, You did remember to live up to the secret letters, didn't you? You are a brave girl. Did you have a nice birthday? Oh, yes, whispered =April, wonderful! I know now that when you leave our troop to fly up to the next group, you will still remember =DYB. Don't forget! Always =DYB! Mrs =Cole kissed =April good night, put out the light, and closed the door. The storm howled and beat upon the windowpanes. The lightning flashed and filled the room with brightness, and the rolling thunder shook the roof. =Phyllis began to whimper again. =April was going to call out to her that everything was all right. But then she remembered =Phyllis's look. =April just lay still and wondered if her family missed her at home. pickle when he noticed that there was no one in the store. =Eddie darted in. You back again? said the grocer. Forget something? At that moment the door opened, and in came two big boys who were friends of =Eddie's brother =Rudy. Hi, =Eddie! they shouted. The grocer was looking down at =Eddie. Hurry up, son. What do you want? he said. =Eddie hesitated . Then he said, =Uh, do you have any sweet rolls? No sweet rolls, said the man. Well =uh I guess I'll take an apple. The man picked an apple out of the basket and handed it to =Eddie. Three cents, he said. =Eddie handed over three cents and left the store. Again he stood outside. He ate the apple. He hoped he was not going to have to spend any more of his money. First it had been the doll, then the pickle, and now the apple. He had spent almost a quarter. I n and out, in and out the door went the shoppers. At last the store was empty again. =Eddie tore in like a ball of fire. Please, mister! he cried. pointing up at the doll. That's mine. Can I have it quick, mister? For =thousands of years, dogs have helped people in many ways. One of the most important jobs that dogs can do is guiding blind people. In =Morristown, =New =Jersey, there is a school where dogs are taught to do this special kind of work. The name of the school is The =Seeing =Eye. =At this school, special trainers spend about three months teaching each dog. The training must be done carefully because each dog will be responsible for the safety of someone who cannot see. A =Seeing =Eye dog must learn to obey certain commands. But it must also learn to do things much harder for a dog to learn than that. suddenly she saw who it was. It was her friend =Daisy on whose broad back she had ridden around the pasture that afternoon! Julie put out her hand and stroked the long gray head. Then she ran her fingers over the velvet nose. Hello, =Daisy, she said softly. That was a nice ride we had, wasn't it? I hope we can have one like that every day. =Daisy tossed her head and gave a little whinny. Julie wished she had a lump of sugar to give the horse. She explained to =Daisy that she would bring one to her the next morning. Do you like apples? she asked. remembering that there was one left on the plate. But when she looked at the plate, she saw that it was empty! thinking he had drowned. He did this by swimming away from them under water and concealing himself in some bushes. His friends ran to tell his mother. She believed them and was, of course, broken-hearted. In her anguish, she called the police and begged them to see what they could do. The police found =Bob getting dressed. When he told what he'd done, they gave him a severe scolding for playing such a trick. But you can imagine his mother's relief when she saw that =Bob was perfectly sound. Look at them, I say in my cheeriest voice. Aren't these the most beautiful ants you have ever seen in all your life? I gathered them just for you. =Arthur looks and makes another face. =Arthur, I go on, red ants are delicious, and so good for you, too. Don't you want to grow up to be big and strong as big and as strong as your father? Have you watched your father eat red ants? More faces from =Arthur. It's magic because you can get things you wish for with it. If I remember rightly, it got your daddy a bike. Oh, boy! said =Jasper, thinking about the guitar. How does it work? Well, that's the funny thing, =Grandfather said. Part of the magic is up to the one who owns it. Part of the magic is up to the weather, too, because it's a snow shovel. =Grandfather smiled and winked at =Jasper. =Jasper winked back. He brought the newspaper downstairs and once again sat down in his rocking chair. When he was through reading his paper, =Theodore began to feel a little bit sleepy. His head dropped forward and soon he was sound asleep. After a while, =Theodore woke up. He went into the bedroom to see what time it was. I wonder said =Theodore to himself. I wonder what could have happened to my alarm clock! =LONG =CLAW: Well, of all things. I never would have believed it. That bear must have been sick. =RED =FOX: Let's keep going. =STORYTELLER: Now =Red =Fox was enjoying his walk. He could see that =Long =Claw was really puzzled. By and by, they came to a place where a wild pig was digging for fallen nuts. Tusky =Pig was so busy digging that he didn't hear them coming. When they came close to =Tusky =Pig, =Red =Fox gave a sharp bark. =Joey sits on the sidewalk holding a matchbox to his ear. You can see air holes across the top of the box. Inside there is a bed made of a soft green leaf. Joey walked all the way to the park to find that leaf. Everyone has heard that =Joey has a beautiful =Chinese bug in the box. People forget they are in a hurry and stop to look. =Andy =Brooks sat on the front steps thinking. He was thinking about a dog because he wanted a dog. Andy had wanted a dog for a long time. And he knew just what kind of dog he wanted. His dog would be a beautiful dog! Not too big and not too little! He would have big brown eyes and a reddish-brown coat. Best of all, he uould have a long fluffy tail. I wish I could be like them, he said to himself. But I'm just a little mule. I'm not beautiful at all. =Mudlark liked to pull the cart every day. But the =Keeper didn't like the long walk. One day he said to =Mudlark, You will have to find yourself another job. I have a new truck now. What! cried =Mudlark. Can't I stay in the zoo with all my friends? We don't keep mules in the zoo, said the =Keeper. , Melissa liked her friend Tami very ,much. When her blue sneakers came, she wanted Tami to be the first one to see them. She gave one of her two submarine stickers to Tami, because Tami was her friend. When Tami said that The Bea~ Who Pl~yed Basketball was a very funny book, Melissa read it, too. Melissa liked to dance to music. At home she put on music 90 she could dance. She could turn and jump and kick in time to the music. She wanted to be a ballet dancer. Tami wanted to be a ballet dancer, too. One day the ballet teacher said, "We will have a show. It will be Peter Pan. We will put on the show for two nights. I will pick children to be in it next time you come." The next day, one of Amanda's bears was missing. "This is very strange," she ~1 said. "What is strange?" asked her father. "My little brown bear is lost," said Amanda. "It will turn up," said her father. "I hope 90," said Amanda. That night her father said, "Look what turned up." "My bear!" said Amanda. "Now it is a music box," said her father. "And it is for you." "It looks like the bear at the circus!" said Amanda. "Did you make it for me? Why?" "Because you are very special to me," said her father. "Because you make me smile. And because you like bears so much." The music played, and the little bear turned around and around. Paul ard his friends are on the swimming team. The coach teaches them to dive in the water and swim fast. She can time them when they swim. She teaches them that they must ke~ an eye on the boy or girl next to them in the pool. The coach will help them see what they must do to be first in a race. Paul and his friends must know what to do when people need help in the water. Each of the children must keep an eye on the coach when she teaches them the special points of lifesaving. She teaches them what they can do on land to help. They should not go into the water for lifesaving, because they are too little. They must try to help on land. Paul and his friends each take a turn at lifesaving. Burly Bear said, "Now wait, friends. I will get the boat home, but we are a team. Will you help?" "You are right," said Fred and Charlene. "We are a team. We will get home, scared or not. Now, what will we do, f irst?" Burly said, "First we must look for land. Charlene, you fly up in the sky and look." Charlene spread her wings and flew up in the sky. "I see something green," she called. "It could be land." Burly said, "Fred, look for rocks and things in the water. I will drive the boat." So Charlene called down to Burly, "Go left," or "Go right." Fred looked for rocks, and Burly turned the boat in the water. "A truck will move the big things, but each of you can take something," said my mother. "I will take my basketball," said Nan. "I will take my paints," said Mark. "I will take Eric," I said. "I will take Bubbles," said Eric. Bubbles is Eric's pet fish. Eric is my little brother. He is too much. First my father drove. Nan, Mark, Eric, and my mother cang. I was quiet n, Mark, Eric, and my mother lool r red cars. I didn't. |. Then my mother drove. The family |' as quiet this time. My father wanted |. ric to sleep, but he couldn't. "You kno |- hat?" Eric said to me. "In the country |. e can have a big pet. We can have a huge pet!" "Like what?" I asked. "Like an ostrich!" said Eric. "An ostrich is not the right pet for .his family, Eric," said my moth~r I feed the pets every day. We have a do~ and a cat I pul Wi'.ltCr out for thelll, too. I feed the pets so Jason can take care of my brother. Jason, my brother, and I go to the park together. My brother rides with Jason. I am so big that I can ride on my own. Jason and I play a game together. My br other is too little to play . We take him to see the little zoo in the park. "I don't want to be a teacher," said Debbie, "or a dancer. I don't want to drive a bus or a truck." "You could fly a plane," said her mother, "or paint pictures." "They are not the kinds of things I like to do," said Debbie. "I want to be something special, but I don't know what it is." "I wish I could help you, Debbie," said her mother. "But you are the one who will know the kinds of things you like. Someday you will know what you want to be. You have time. I know now what I want to be." "A mother, right?" asked Debbie. "A mother and a soccer coach," said her mother. We did eat and eat at the picnic, but we played, too. Some of us played ball. Ken's home run was something to see! It was a very special game. You can see that this race was pretty special, too. Rum1ing like this is funny to see. People in the race were 1aughing People looking at the race were laughing, too. At home Pi1ar's mother said, "Get ready for bed." "May we have a bedtime_story~" asked Pilar. "We will each read a story," said Pilar's mother. Pilar and Rita looked at stickers. They jumped up and down on the bed. Then Pilar's mother came in. "Time for bed," she said. "You read first," said Pilar. So her mother read the story Bedtime for Bears. "You are next," said Pilar to Rita. "I will read a scary story with a strange, huge turtle in it," said Rita. "I am not scared of a story like that." Pilar read her story, The Music Box, last. Then it was time for bed. The next day Pilar helped make the bed, but Rita did not help. Pilar picked up her sneakers and put them away, but Rita left her sneakers under the bed. "I have to feed my fish," said Pilar. "Do you want to help?" But Rita did not want to help. "You must work all the time," she said. Then Granny and Grandpa dance. They dance without any music, just humming the tune to each other. When they are through, Grandpa says, "That's the way Granny and I used to dance on soft summer nights long ago." I had never thought about Granny and Grandpa dancing together. But I am too sleepy to say anything more. So Grandpa picks me up piggyback, and takes me upstairs. Granny tucks me into my bed. We give each other hugs and Lion, too. "Good night, Granny," I say. "Good night, Jenny," she says. It was the year when Jonathan was eight that he went over Hemlock Mountain. He was a fine big boy for his age. That was why his mother could send him over the mountain all by himself. Home for Tom was a space station. The space station was like an island city. It was very busy. There was important work to do at the station. People did much of the work with computers. These computers helped people learn of the strange things that take place in space. Tom's father was one of the weather forecasters for the space station. He had a weather satellite and computers to help him forecast the weather. Tom's mother needed, computers to do her work, too. She was making a new map of the many stars that could be seen from the space station. Tom was busy, too. He went to school on the space station. He liked to read about how people first began to travel in the sky. There were pictures in one book of a blimp and an airplane. There were pictures of the f irst space walk and the first satellite, too. It was very hard to play in the city. With all the rushing and roaring, people couldn't hear something right next to them. How could they hear Fred's music? "What can we do?" asked Fred. Amanda and Mike looked very sad, and so did Fred. "Wait," said Willie. "There is an island right here in the city. It is quiet, and people can hear us." "If they ~ can hear us," said Mike, "I know they will like us." "And," said Amanda, "if they like us, I know we will be stars." "I will like it if they can hear us," said Fred. "Stars or not." Do you like to work or play? In The Ant and the Grasshopper, the grasshopper does not work, but does play all the time. The ant does not play, but does work all the time. The grasshopper will not get ready for winter. The ant works in the spring and the summer to be ready for the winter. This story is called a fable. A fable is a little story that teaches something. What does the fable teach you? "I screamed because I was so happy that I caught the North Wind!" said the boy. "Where is the wind?" the people asked. "In my blanket," he said. "If you have the wind in your blanket, show it to us," said the people. "I can't show you the wind," said theboy. "If I do, it will get out." The people began talking together. They said the boy didn't have the wind. They said he couldn't have caught the wind. After some time, the boy said, "All right, I will show you the wind." He picked up the blanket, and the wind roared out. ~ . t'. David was very happy. He was camping with his family in the woods. He said to his mother and father, "I know I will like camping in the woods. The wind will help me go to sleep. There is so much to do when we are camping! I hope we can go swimming, and take a long walk in the woods, and go on a picnic, too." "We can do many things, but I hope it doesn't rain," said Father. "Right now it's time for us to get ready for bed." David called to his little brother, ,9 "Come on, Paul! It's bedtime! Come into the tent now!" "I am coming right now," Paul said "Wait for me! I am a little seared of sleeping in the woods." David said, "Don't be scared. I will take care of you. I will read you a story. I know that will help." :~ &&000 NOBLE & NOBLE (1970 -also 1968) 2nd grade NOB9702N.ASC TAKE A BIG LOOK (2-1) by Larence W. Carillo et al TAKE ANOTHER LOOK (2-2) by Jane Meinhardt et al Source: Hobart WS xerox scan edit by DPH February 10, 1993 &&111 A snake is an animal with no legs. Because a snake doesn't have legs, it has special ways of going places. A snake moves by pushing its body over the ground. A snake can't close its eyes. But in a dry-land world, eyes need to be covered from the sand, wind, and sunlight. A snake's eye is covered by a scale that the snake can see through. Snakes eat insects or small animals. A snake doesn't cut up food in pieces. A snake swallows all of an animal in one piece. The mouth of a snake is small, but a snake can swallow things that are bigger than its head. This is because the bones of a snake's mouth can move and make room for the animal the snake is swallowing. The next day when =Joe came over and saw =Nicodemus, he asked what had happened. Steve told him how =Nicodemus fell. Do you think he'll be all right? asked =Joe. We'll have to wait and see, said =Steve. For a long time, =Nicodemus walked around with his shell tied together. After a while, the crack did grow together. And one day, when =Steve wanted to show a friend where =Nicodemus cracked his shell, he couldn't find where the crack had been. The shell was all in one piece again. What Do We Need? Now that we have picked out our pets, =Angie said, we need to know how to take care of them. What should we keep them in? Mr =Cardwell told the children they needed two different kinds of homes for their pets. One of these goldfish bowls would make a good aquarium for your two goldfish . =Mack asked which goldfish bowl they should get. Mr =Cardwell said, This big flat bowl would be the best one. Your fish will have more room to swim in it. More air will get into the water, too. Fish need air in the water to breathe. If the bowl is too little or isn't flat, the goldfish won't get enough air. The coconut meat was cut up into little pieces. There was enough for everyone to have more than one piece to eat. Boy, this is good! said =Paul, tasting the meat. It's sweet. Just like the coconut milk. But I like this more than the milk. Mrs =Parks asked the children if they had tasted anything else like the coconut meat. It tastes like sweet coconut candy, said =Laura. And it's white like coconut candy. The other children thought the meat tasted like candy too. The meat is part of the nut that is used for making some kinds of candy, Mrs =Parks told them. But candy is just one of the things the meat is used for. =Carmen told =Joe she would watch =Maria if he let her pick figs again. When =Joe said she could help, =Carmen helped him fill his buckets. But soon, she and =Maria ran off to play. It was hotter than the day before, and =Joe was happy he had his hat. He thought how hard it must be to work every day when it was hot. After a while, =Carmen came back to help pick figs again. Joe asked where =Maria was. I don't know, she answered. I was sleeping. Maria hasn't been around for a little while. =Joe said, =Carmen, you were going to watch her! We'll have to find her now. Come on! =Joe and =Carmen ran up and down the rows of trees many times before =Joe saw =Maria. She had climbed up a fig tree. When she saw =Joe she called, =Get me down, =Joe! Get me down! I climbed up, but I can't get down! =Joe laughed and said, =Now that I know where you are, =Maria, I'm going to let you stay up in the tree. Then I can work. The Big Dog. =Cathy said good-by to her friends at school and started to walk home. =Grandpa would be waiting for her at home. They were going to the park to feed the ducks. =Cathy thought about walking in front of Mrs =Crane's house to get home. It's a quicker way home from school, =Cathy thought, but Mrs =Crane has that big new dog. =Cathy was afraid of the new dog. When she was with her friends, she walked in front of the house where Mrs =Crane lived. But =Cathy didn't like to walk by the house when no one was with her. Oh, =Mother! said =Paul. =Jerry is too little. It won't be any fun with him along. But I did promise, his mother said. If =Jerry promises to be good, maybe it will work out all right. I promise, I promise! =Jerry said. I'll be good. You'll see. =Paul wasn't too happy. But if his mother had to work, he would take =Jerry along. In =Mexico, too, they tell tales about the little folk, magic beings who do all kinds of things, sometimes good, sometimes bad, to people. And in =Mexico, just as in other countries, they tell tales about animals. One animal they tell many tales about is the coyote. They say the coyote is a very smart animal, but then, in the tales, he often seems not nearly as smart as some other animals! These are three kinds of folk tales that the people of =Mexico like to tell or read again and again. =Mexico has many other kinds of folk tales too. =Sandra had finished her book, too, but she didn't want it stapled. She wanted to write many more stories and put them in her book too. Miss =Eastman, she asked, do I have to staple my book? Can't I put it together some other way, so I can put more stories in when I write them? =Miss =Eastman thought for a minute. Yes, =Sandra, I know another way you could put your book together. We'll put holes through the cover and pages, then tie the book together with string. You can take off the cover and put in more of your stories as you write them. First, Miss =Eastman gave =Sandra some tape to make the cover stronger. Sandra pressed the tape along the side of the cover where the holes would go. She put tape on the back cover too. Then she finished putting her book together. When she was all through, Miss =Eastman said, I think it would be nice to hear some of the stories as the books are finished. =She asked =Sandra to read her make-believe story first. So =Sandra did. The title of her story was =Why =King =Peacock =Has =Eyes in =His =Tail. It went like this: She must be very tired, =Laura thought. Oh, well, I can make the brownies by myself. I've watched =Mother do it so often. Quietly, =Laura got out the brownie mix, a cup, a big bowl, and a spoon. She remembered she needed an egg, too. She read what was on the box and was happy to see that the mix had the nuts right in it. She wouldn't have to use a sharp knife or take a lot of time cutting up nuts. Then she went to work. Turn on the oven so it would get hot. Get the pan ready. Put the mix and the egg in the bowl, and one, no, the box had said three cups of water. Then mix fast round and round with the spoon. You would not think that anything could kill an animal as huge as the giant =Brontosaurus. But the long-necked =Brontosaurus was so huge and heavy that he was slow. The thunder lizard could not move his great long body quickly. Allosaurus, however, could run very fast on his two legs. All he needed was the chance, and he could easily catch one of the slower reptiles. With his sharp teeth and claws, and his strong arms, he could kill even the huge =Brontosaurus. Waiting for Bat Day. The next morning before school, =Joe told =Pete about the plans for =Bat =Day. You won't have to help out in the store then, will you? Oh, no, =Pete said. My mother and father wouldn't want me to miss the chance to see a =Major =League game. Or the chance to get a new bat! He laughed. Don't worry, =Joe. Nothing will keep me away from that ball game. Just be sure they remember the day, =Joe said. The =Saturday three weeks from this next =Saturday, you are going to a baseball game. Three weeks, said =Pete. How can we ever wait three weeks? Always when we come indoors He's waiting, small and black, Wagging and wiggling about, So happy that we're back. He races up and down the hall. He snorts. He barks out loud. And then he runs to get his ball And shows it to us, proud. He had the flashlight at recess. Maybe he had pulled it out of his pocket when he was playing catch. =Jerry went to Mr =Wood and asked if he could look outside for something important. All right, said Mr =Wood, if it's really important. But come right back. =Jerry looked everywhere on the playground for the flashlight. He couldn't find it. He felt sure then that someone else had found it. He went back to the room and sat down feeling bad. He heard =Carmen tell about a new magic trick. He heard =David tell about a lizard in a box. Then Mr =Wood said, =Jerry, tell us what you were looking for. =Jerry went to the front of the room and told about his flashlight. He told about big funny looking flashlights, and little flashlights, and how he had always wanted to have a flashlight of his own. He told what his new flashlight was like, and how he was going to learn to make signals by turning it on and off. Then he told how he had looked in his pocket after recess and found out the flashlight was gone. He told how much he liked it, and that he was sure he had lost it at recess. &&000 OPEN COURT (1970) 2ND GRADE--- 2-1 ) OPN97021.ASC A TRIP THROUGH WONDERLAND 1st half of 2nd grade only Source: Hobart WS xerox scan edit by DPH February 10, 1993 &&111 or to give them gold and make them promise to leave. Finally =Montezuma sent =Cortez four helmets full of gold dust and many jewels and asked =Cortez to leave the country. =Cortez took the gold and jewels, but he did not leave the country. He wanted to capture the =Aztec capital for the king of =Spain. When =Cortez arrived in the city, he was met by =hundreds of =Aztec chiefs. The =Aztec emperor was carried down the main street in the royal litter, borne on the shoulders of noblemen. The litter was blazing with gold. Over it was a canopy of red, blue, and green feathers, and it was lined with jewels and silver. As =Montezuma stepped from the litter to meet =Cortez, attendants spread cloth on the ground for him to walk on, and four noblemen held the canopy over his head. As =Montezuma walked slowly toward the =Spaniards, the other =Aztecs threw themselves to the ground out of respect and devotion. We are proud to welcome you to our city, said =Montezuma. Such riches as we have, we gladly share with you. We must either drop the gasoline or go back! the pilot shouted. But Admiral =Byrd did not want to drop the gasoline from his airplane because then they might not reach the =South =Pole. Instead he shouted back, =Drop a bag of food overboard! The food was dropped, but soon the pilot shouted again, Quick! Dump more! Admiral =Byrd ordered his men to drop another bag of food through the trap door. More than a month's supply of precious food had been thrown overboard. On their way to the =South =Pole, Admiral =Byrd and his men had to fly long distances and over high mountains. Admiral =Byrd's plane was slow, and it could not fly as far or as fast as airplanes can today. Even though the weather was bitter cold and he had few supplies, Admiral =Byrd became the first man to fly over the =South =Pole. The land around the =South =Pole is called =Antarctica. Many years ago in the country called =India there lived four blind men. The people thought that these blind men were very wise. The blind men thought themselves very wise too. One day they were sitting by the roadside talking. Suddenly they heard the tramping of an elephant coming down the road. Ah, said one wise man, I hear an elephant coming down the road. We have often heard about these beasts, but we have never agreed on what they are like. Let us go and feel this elephant. Then we shall find out who is right and who is wrong. Fine, said the other wise men. So each of the blind men went up to touch the elephant. She suspected mischief and she told =Makulu about it. We will soon find out, he cried. We will go visit your uncle. Meanwhile =Kakila had arrived at the uncle's court. She showed him the ring and said, I am the Princess =Maraya, and I am running from =Makulu. Shouldn't I stay with you, dear uncle? =The king agreed; he gave her some precious jewels and treated her as if she were his daughter. Soon afterward =Makulu came up with giant strides. The king gave him a warm welcome. Then he saw =Makulu set the princess gently down on the floor. Who is this lovely little girl, =Makulu? asked the king. She is your niece =Maraya, replied =Makulu. But then who is this? said the king, looking around for =Kakila. But he could not see =Kakila anywhere. =Makulu, however, had already spied her, and in a second she was wriggling in his hand. This is the wicked trickster, said the giant. She must be punished. I will take her with me. She shall milk my cows. finally dug out from the ashes, it seemed as though a =2'000year-old city had risen from its grave. =Pompeii now is the only city in the world that gives us a complete picture of what life was like =2'000 years ago in a wealthy =Roman town. Every detail of the lives of =Pompeians, their clothes, their stores, their food was preserved under the deadly ashes. =Mount =Vesuvius is still smoking and burning today. No one knows when it will pour out more lava and destroy another city, perhaps even =Naples itself. Many of the world's most famous people were =Italians: =Dante, the poet; =Raphael, the painter; =Marco =Polo, the explorer; and =Leonardo =da =Vinci, who could do almost everything. Many exciting stories tell us about the days of ancient =Rome. The next story is one that you will like just as much as the =Romans do. It tells about the man who built the city of =Rome. =Fafnir felt a terrible pain, and he roared and raged wildly. He beat his tail around in all directions, hitting trees and rocks, breaking them like glass. Streams of blood flowed from his heart. The blood filled the pit where =Siegfried had hidden and then ran out like a river. =Siegfried saw the monster grow weaker and weaker. His horrid head fell lifeless upon the ground. The cold wings flapped and then lay helpless. =Fafnir was dead. Suddenly the sun shone brightly again. Fresh wind cooled =Siegfried's hot cheeks. The sound of singing birds, rippling water and gay insects came to his ears. The dragon was dead and now there was nothing to fear. =Siegfried remembered what he had to do. He stripped off all his clothes and climbed into the deep pit, which was still filled with =Fafnir's blood. As he bathed in it, a horny layer formed on his skin which would protect him like armor from the swords of his enemies. Only one little spot was not protected. A linden leaf had softly fallen between =Siegfried's shoulder blades so that the dark blood did not touch this spot. Some day =Siegfried's enemies would find out about this spot, where he could still be wounded. I am he, answered the =Prince. I was turned into a beast by a powerful witch. Only a beautiful girl who would love me for my kind heart could break the spell. Only you could help me, for you love goodness more than beauty and riches. Please, =Beauty, be my queen. =Beauty gave the prince her hand, and he led her into the castle. There =Beauty found all her family. The fairy queen who had appeared in =Beauty's dream had brought them all there. What joy and happiness! =Beauty, said the fairy, you will be a great queen. You will find beauty, wisdom, and goodness in the prince, who loves you. This is the reward for your good heart. =Beauty and her prince were married in great splendor, and they lived happily ever after. The first continent most =Americans like to visit is =Europe. =Columbus came to =American from =Europe, and most of the people who came to =American after =Columbus also came from there. That is why =Americans feel so close to the people in =Europe and want to see the land their grandfathers or greatgrandfathers came from. To visit =Europe you have to cross the =Atlantic =Ocean. It took =Columbus more than a month, but today big ships will take you across the =Atlantic =Ocean in five days. By airplane you can fly across it in six hours. The people of =Europe are called =Europeans, and they live in many different countries. The people of each country have different customs and different ways of living and speaking and dressing. If you look on your map of =Europe, you can see where these countries are. You can find =France and =Germany and =Italy and =Greece and the =Soviet =Union and many other countries. This book will take you to many countries of =Europe and then to all the other continents so that you can see for yourself what they are like. The first place you will visit is the =British =Isles. You can see from your map of =Europe that the =British =Isles are separate would wash the earth and rock away, making the hole larger and larger, until at last a strong stream of water would flow through and flood the fields and the houses and the windmills. He looked around for something to plug the leak so that he could go to the village for help. He put a stone in the hole and then a stick, but each in turn was washed out by the force of the water. No, =Hans had to stay there himself and use all his strength if the water were to be kept out. Every little while he called for help, hoping that someone might be passing nearby and hear him. But always his own echo answered and nothing more. All night long =Hans stayed at his post. His fingers grew cold and numb, and his whole body longed to sleep, but he knew that he had to be strong and patient, that he couldn't give up. Not till early in the morning did =Hans hear the welcome sound that told him someone was coming along the road and that help was near at last. It was the sound of the milk cart rumbling along the road. When it got quite near, he shouted at the man driving the cart. The man was startled, of course, to hear a voice so early in the morning in that deserted place. He stopped his horse and looked around, as if he couldn't believe his ears. Hans shouted again. Help, help! he called. There's a leak in the dike. Here =I am at the bottom of the dike. Help, help! =The man saw =Hans this time and hurried down to him. But he still couldn't believe that there was a leak in one of the high, strong dikes which had protected =Holland from the sea for so many years. Hans had to show him the leak and the stream of water trickling through it before he could understand what the boy was doing there. they would lose the war. =And he told the =Trojans that the big horse was made by his countrymen as an offering to the gods. It was built so tremendous, he went on lying cleverly, that you could not take it into your city. Those who own it will be protected by the gods forever. When the =Trojans heard this, they were more determined than ever to take the horse into the city. Since it did not fit through the gates, they tore down a part of their strong walls. They fastened big ropes around the horse's legs and body and pulled and pushed and dragged and tugged until at last the horse stood inside the city wall. Then the =Trojans decorated the horse with garlands of lowers, danced around it, and had a great, wild feast. They were very happy that the war was over. They shouted and danced and ate and drank until they were so full of wine and food that they fell sound asleep. For the first time in nine years, no one guarded the walls of =Troy. It was a beautiful night. The moon came out from behind the clouds. All was quiet. Then silently the hidden door on the big horse opened. A ladder was let down, and quietly the =Greeks climbed down, one after the other. Silently they sneaked to the city gates, threw them wide open, and gave the signal to their army. The ships pulled up, and =thousands of =Greek soldiers poured through the open gates of =Troy, joining their comrades. Torches flared; spears clashed; the attack began. The dreaming =Trojans awoke to the sounds of battle. They fought desperately, but since they were completely taken by surprise, they were overcome. Their king and =hundreds of heroes were killed. Jewels, golden bowls, and other treasures were taken away by the =Greeks. The last of the =Trojans had to &&000 OPEN COURT (1970) 2ND GRADE (BUT 2-2) OPN97022.ASC OUR COUNTRY by Arthur S. Trace, Jr et al 2nd half of 2nd grade Source: Hobart WS xerox scan edit by DPH February 10, 1993 &&111 After =Columbus discovered =American, =millions of immigrants came to the shores of the =New =World to start a new life. Most immigrants came from =Europe, but some came from =Asia and =Africa. These people came to =American because they wanted more freedom to live and worship as they wished or because they wanted a chance to earn a better living than they could earn in the =Old =World. They knew of the great hardships that awaited them, but they came anyway because they so eagerly wanted to be free. Once a neighbor woman asked =Abe what he wanted to be when he grew up. Abe laughed and said, I'm going to be =President of the =United =States. =Abe was joking when he said that, but he did become =President of the =United =States during one of =American's most difficult times, the =Civil =War, the war between the =North and the =South. Often during that war, brother was fighting against brother and father against son. The =Civil =War started shortly after =Lincoln became =President in =1861. Lincoln did what he could to free the =Negro slaves and to end slavery in =American. Because of his wisdom and leadership during that time, many people believe that he was our greatest president. Five days after the =Civil =War was over, =Abraham =Lincoln was shot. He died the following day, =April =15, =1865. If we fly a kite in the thunderstorm that's coming, maybe we can see an electric spark. If we do, we'll know that the electricity is coming right out of the clouds. =Benjamin =Franklin and his son flew their kite in the thunderstorm and attached a metal key to the end of the wire. When the kite flew into a dark cloud, the key made the electric spark which he had hoped for. For the first time an experiment proved that lightning and electricity are the same. =Benjamin =Franklin was a famous inventor. He invented a street lamp that made streets brighter at night and a stove that gave more heat with less coal. He invented many other things too. When =Benjamin was only ten years old, he went to work in his father's shop making candles and soap. In his spare time he liked to read and study. When he grew a little older, he worked in his brother's printing shop. But =Benjamin and his brother did not get along very well together, so one day he ran away. With a loaf of bread under his arm and a few pennies in his pocket, he went from =Boston to =Philadelphia. In =Philadelphia he started a printing shop of his own. He wrote a famous book and printed it himself. It is called =Poor =Richard's =Almanac. This book has many sayings in it that people still use today. Here are some of them: Haste makes waste. Early to bed, early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. A penny saved is a penny earned. Wait, wait! called the frog. Take me with you, I can't run as fast as you. But for all his =quawk, =quawk, =quawking as loudly as he could, she would not listen. She hurried home and very soon forgot all about the poor frog, who had to go back to his well again. The next day, when the king's daughter was sitting at the table with the king and all the court and was eating from her little golden plate, something came =plitch, =platch, =plitch, =platch, up the marble steps. Then there came a knocking at the door and a voice cried, =King's youngest daughter, let me in! She got up and ran to see who it could be, but when she opened the door, she saw it was the frog sitting there. She quickly shut the door and went back to her place at the table, feeling very frightened. The king noticed how quickly her heart was beating and said My child, why are you afraid? Is there a giant standing at the door ready to carry you off? Oh no, she answered, it's not a giant, but a horrible frog. And what does the frog want? Oh, dear father, answered she, when I was sitting by the well yesterday playing with my golden ball, it fell into the well. While I was crying over the loss of it, the frog came and got it for me. Only because he insisted, I promised him he could play with me and be my friend, but I never thought he could leave the water. Now he is outside the door, and he wants to come in to play with me and to eat with me. name now was =Sir =Thomas. The king also ordered his servants to find =Sir =Thomas a mouse which he could use for a horse. Often =Sir =Thomas would go out hunting with the king and his other knights. Everyone was much amused to see =Sir =Thomas riding along on his fine mouse-horse. But the queen did not like all the attention =Sir =Thomas was getting, and she decided to ruin him. She told the king that =Sir =Thomas was very rude to her. The king sent for =Sir =Thomas at once, but =Sir =Thomas was afraid of the king's anger, and he hid in an empty snail shell. He lay there for a long time and almost starved to death, but at last he peeped out and saw a fine big butterfly nearby. He sneaked up on the butterfly, jumped on its back, and was soon carried high up into the air. The butterfly flew from tree to tree and from field to field until finally it flew into =King =Arthur's =Court. All the knights and servants, and the king himself, tried to catch the butterfly. At last poor =Sir =Thomas fell off the butterfly and into a watering can, where he almost drowned. When the queen saw him, she was very angry. She ordered him put into a mouse cage until the time for his execution. But it happened that a cat was walking by the cage, and it saw something alive inside. The cat tossed the cage about until the wires broke and =Sir =Thomas escaped. Once more =Tom became a favorite of the king. But then one day poor =Tom came to an unhappy end. He was attacked by a big black spider. =Tom fought him well with his sword, but the spider's poisonous bite at last overcame him. Good morning, merry sunshine, How did you wake so soon? You've scared the little stars away, And shined away the moon; I saw you go to sleep last night, Before I ceased my playing. How did you get way over here, And where have you been staying? I never go to sleep, dear; I just go round to see My little children of the =East Who rise and watch for me. I waken all the birds and bees, And flowers on the way, And last of all the little child Who stayed out late to play. Most of the pioneers rode west in big covered wagons or on horseback. Several families went together so that they could help one another. At night the wagons were drawn up in a circle. Campfires were lighted, and the women cooked supper. Afterward someone played a banjo while the others sang: O =California ! That's the land for me, I'm going to =California, the gold dust for to see. When bedtime came, the people and animals slept inside the circle of wagons. The men took turns keeping watch. West of the =Mississippi they travelled across plains and mountains. This was a wild land where only =Indians lived. The =Indians did not want the white people to come into their country. They attacked the wagons whenever they had a chance. Often the guard saw dark figures creeping along the ground. =Indians! he shouted. The =Indians are coming. =The pioneers grabbed their guns. Shot after shot rang out until the red men were driven off their hunting grounds. Many Indians and also many white people were killed in these attacks. Other pioneers were caught in snowstorms when they crossed the mountains. But they went on and on until they came to =California. Taking their picks and shovels, many of the men began digging in the ground for gold. Some of them became rich. Others found no gold at all. But they found something much better, a rich, beautiful land of tall trees and fruits and flowers. When =Thomas =Jefferson was =President, he wanted to learn more about the western part of =American. He sent =Lewis and =Clark to find out as much as they could about the animals, the mountains, and the Indians of the =Great =West. =Lewis and =Clark kept a diary of everything that happened on their long trip west. In this diary they wrote that they had to have an =Indian go with them. They needed someone who could help them among the enemy =Indians to the north and west. They chose a man who was part =Indian and part =French, but he would not go with them unless his =Indian wife came too. Lewis and =Clark finally agreed. It was a lucky day when they said they would take her, but they did not know it yet. They were afraid a squaw would be in the way on such a trip into the wilderness. The squaw's real name was =Sacajawea, but =Clark gave up trying to say this correctly and called her =Janey for short. With her papoose strapped to her The whale is a huge animal. It usually swims for a long time before it dies. A wounded whale could pull the canoe far out into the ocean so that the hunters had to drag the dead whale back to shore. They did this hard work gladly because they liked to eat whale meat and had many uses for the whale oil. The =Indians of the =Northwest caught salmon with spears or in traps. =Indian boys knew how to spear salmon. An =Indian boy would stand on the bank of a river at the foot of a waterfall and wait for the salmon to swim up near the falls. Then he would aim his spear at a big salmon and throw it. If his aim was good, he could bring enough food home to his mother to last a long time. The =Indians of the =Northwest did not have to move around as much as the =Plains =Indians did, so they built strong houses called lodges. They were made of big cedar trees, which they cut down with stone hatchets. These lodges were big enough for many families to live in. The =Indians found =America long before =Columbus did. They came to =America so long ago that no one knows exactly where they came from. Some must have come from =Siberia, and some may have sailed all the way across the =Pacific =Ocean. They were the first =Americans. It was =Columbus who gave the =Indians their name because he thought he had landed in =India. We still call them =Indians because =Columbus did, even though =American is very far from =India. The =Indians have taught us many things. Did you know that potatoes and tomatoes and corn were first raised by =Indians? They showed us how to grow pumpkins and squash and beans too. They knew how to start a fire with flint stones. They also knew how to talk to their friends far away by sending different kinds of smoke puffs into the air. The next stories will tell you many more interesting facts about the =American =Indians. &&000 OPEN COURT (1970) 2ND GRADE (2-1 & 2-2) OPN9702N.ASC &&000 OPEN COURT (1970) 2ND GRADE--- 2-1 ) OPN97021.ASC A TRIP THROUGH WONDERLAND 1st half of 2nd grade only Source: Hobart WS xerox scan edit by DPH February 10, 1993 &&111 or to give them gold and make them promise to leave. Finally =Montezuma sent =Cortez four helmets full of gold dust and many jewels and asked =Cortez to leave the country. =Cortez took the gold and jewels, but he did not leave the country. He wanted to capture the =Aztec capital for the king of =Spain. When =Cortez arrived in the city, he was met by =hundreds of =Aztec chiefs. The =Aztec emperor was carried down the main street in the royal litter, borne on the shoulders of noblemen. The litter was blazing with gold. Over it was a canopy of red, blue, and green feathers, and it was lined with jewels and silver. As =Montezuma stepped from the litter to meet =Cortez, attendants spread cloth on the ground for him to walk on, and four noblemen held the canopy over his head. As =Montezuma walked slowly toward the =Spaniards, the other =Aztecs threw themselves to the ground out of respect and devotion. We are proud to welcome you to our city, said =Montezuma. Such riches as we have, we gladly share with you. We must either drop the gasoline or go back! the pilot shouted. But Admiral =Byrd did not want to drop the gasoline from his airplane because then they might not reach the =South =Pole. Instead he shouted back, =Drop a bag of food overboard! The food was dropped, but soon the pilot shouted again, Quick! Dump more! Admiral =Byrd ordered his men to drop another bag of food through the trap door. More than a month's supply of precious food had been thrown overboard. On their way to the =South =Pole, Admiral =Byrd and his men had to fly long distances and over high mountains. Admiral =Byrd's plane was slow, and it could not fly as far or as fast as airplanes can today. Even though the weather was bitter cold and he had few supplies, Admiral =Byrd became the first man to fly over the =South =Pole. The land around the =South =Pole is called =Antarctica. Many years ago in the country called =India there lived four blind men. The people thought that these blind men were very wise. The blind men thought themselves very wise too. One day they were sitting by the roadside talking. Suddenly they heard the tramping of an elephant coming down the road. Ah, said one wise man, I hear an elephant coming down the road. We have often heard about these beasts, but we have never agreed on what they are like. Let us go and feel this elephant. Then we shall find out who is right and who is wrong. Fine, said the other wise men. So each of the blind men went up to touch the elephant. She suspected mischief and she told =Makulu about it. We will soon find out, he cried. We will go visit your uncle. Meanwhile =Kakila had arrived at the uncle's court. She showed him the ring and said, I am the Princess =Maraya, and I am running from =Makulu. Shouldn't I stay with you, dear uncle? =The king agreed; he gave her some precious jewels and treated her as if she were his daughter. Soon afterward =Makulu came up with giant strides. The king gave him a warm welcome. Then he saw =Makulu set the princess gently down on the floor. Who is this lovely little girl, =Makulu? asked the king. She is your niece =Maraya, replied =Makulu. But then who is this? said the king, looking around for =Kakila. But he could not see =Kakila anywhere. =Makulu, however, had already spied her, and in a second she was wriggling in his hand. This is the wicked trickster, said the giant. She must be punished. I will take her with me. She shall milk my cows. finally dug out from the ashes, it seemed as though a =2'000year-old city had risen from its grave. =Pompeii now is the only city in the world that gives us a complete picture of what life was like =2'000 years ago in a wealthy =Roman town. Every detail of the lives of =Pompeians, their clothes, their stores, their food was preserved under the deadly ashes. =Mount =Vesuvius is still smoking and burning today. No one knows when it will pour out more lava and destroy another city, perhaps even =Naples itself. Many of the world's most famous people were =Italians: =Dante, the poet; =Raphael, the painter; =Marco =Polo, the explorer; and =Leonardo =da =Vinci, who could do almost everything. Many exciting stories tell us about the days of ancient =Rome. The next story is one that you will like just as much as the =Romans do. It tells about the man who built the city of =Rome. =Fafnir felt a terrible pain, and he roared and raged wildly. He beat his tail around in all directions, hitting trees and rocks, breaking them like glass. Streams of blood flowed from his heart. The blood filled the pit where =Siegfried had hidden and then ran out like a river. =Siegfried saw the monster grow weaker and weaker. His horrid head fell lifeless upon the ground. The cold wings flapped and then lay helpless. =Fafnir was dead. Suddenly the sun shone brightly again. Fresh wind cooled =Siegfried's hot cheeks. The sound of singing birds, rippling water and gay insects came to his ears. The dragon was dead and now there was nothing to fear. =Siegfried remembered what he had to do. He stripped off all his clothes and climbed into the deep pit, which was still filled with =Fafnir's blood. As he bathed in it, a horny layer formed on his skin which would protect him like armor from the swords of his enemies. Only one little spot was not protected. A linden leaf had softly fallen between =Siegfried's shoulder blades so that the dark blood did not touch this spot. Some day =Siegfried's enemies would find out about this spot, where he could still be wounded. I am he, answered the =Prince. I was turned into a beast by a powerful witch. Only a beautiful girl who would love me for my kind heart could break the spell. Only you could help me, for you love goodness more than beauty and riches. Please, =Beauty, be my queen. =Beauty gave the prince her hand, and he led her into the castle. There =Beauty found all her family. The fairy queen who had appeared in =Beauty's dream had brought them all there. What joy and happiness! =Beauty, said the fairy, you will be a great queen. You will find beauty, wisdom, and goodness in the prince, who loves you. This is the reward for your good heart. =Beauty and her prince were married in great splendor, and they lived happily ever after. The first continent most =Americans like to visit is =Europe. =Columbus came to =American from =Europe, and most of the people who came to =American after =Columbus also came from there. That is why =Americans feel so close to the people in =Europe and want to see the land their grandfathers or greatgrandfathers came from. To visit =Europe you have to cross the =Atlantic =Ocean. It took =Columbus more than a month, but today big ships will take you across the =Atlantic =Ocean in five days. By airplane you can fly across it in six hours. The people of =Europe are called =Europeans, and they live in many different countries. The people of each country have different customs and different ways of living and speaking and dressing. If you look on your map of =Europe, you can see where these countries are. You can find =France and =Germany and =Italy and =Greece and the =Soviet =Union and many other countries. This book will take you to many countries of =Europe and then to all the other continents so that you can see for yourself what they are like. The first place you will visit is the =British =Isles. You can see from your map of =Europe that the =British =Isles are separate would wash the earth and rock away, making the hole larger and larger, until at last a strong stream of water would flow through and flood the fields and the houses and the windmills. He looked around for something to plug the leak so that he could go to the village for help. He put a stone in the hole and then a stick, but each in turn was washed out by the force of the water. No, =Hans had to stay there himself and use all his strength if the water were to be kept out. Every little while he called for help, hoping that someone might be passing nearby and hear him. But always his own echo answered and nothing more. All night long =Hans stayed at his post. His fingers grew cold and numb, and his whole body longed to sleep, but he knew that he had to be strong and patient, that he couldn't give up. Not till early in the morning did =Hans hear the welcome sound that told him someone was coming along the road and that help was near at last. It was the sound of the milk cart rumbling along the road. When it got quite near, he shouted at the man driving the cart. The man was startled, of course, to hear a voice so early in the morning in that deserted place. He stopped his horse and looked around, as if he couldn't believe his ears. Hans shouted again. Help, help! he called. There's a leak in the dike. Here =I am at the bottom of the dike. Help, help! =The man saw =Hans this time and hurried down to him. But he still couldn't believe that there was a leak in one of the high, strong dikes which had protected =Holland from the sea for so many years. Hans had to show him the leak and the stream of water trickling through it before he could understand what the boy was doing there. they would lose the war. =And he told the =Trojans that the big horse was made by his countrymen as an offering to the gods. It was built so tremendous, he went on lying cleverly, that you could not take it into your city. Those who own it will be protected by the gods forever. When the =Trojans heard this, they were more determined than ever to take the horse into the city. Since it did not fit through the gates, they tore down a part of their strong walls. They fastened big ropes around the horse's legs and body and pulled and pushed and dragged and tugged until at last the horse stood inside the city wall. Then the =Trojans decorated the horse with garlands of lowers, danced around it, and had a great, wild feast. They were very happy that the war was over. They shouted and danced and ate and drank until they were so full of wine and food that they fell sound asleep. For the first time in nine years, no one guarded the walls of =Troy. It was a beautiful night. The moon came out from behind the clouds. All was quiet. Then silently the hidden door on the big horse opened. A ladder was let down, and quietly the =Greeks climbed down, one after the other. Silently they sneaked to the city gates, threw them wide open, and gave the signal to their army. The ships pulled up, and =thousands of =Greek soldiers poured through the open gates of =Troy, joining their comrades. Torches flared; spears clashed; the attack began. The dreaming =Trojans awoke to the sounds of battle. They fought desperately, but since they were completely taken by surprise, they were overcome. Their king and =hundreds of heroes were killed. Jewels, golden bowls, and other treasures were taken away by the =Greeks. The last of the =Trojans had to &&000 OPEN COURT (1970) 2ND GRADE (BUT 2-2) OPN97022.ASC OUR COUNTRY by Arthur S. Trace, Jr et al 2nd half of 2nd grade Source: Hobart WS xerox scan edit by DPH February 10, 1993 &&111 After =Columbus discovered =American, =millions of immigrants came to the shores of the =New =World to start a new life. Most immigrants came from =Europe, but some came from =Asia and =Africa. These people came to =American because they wanted more freedom to live and worship as they wished or because they wanted a chance to earn a better living than they could earn in the =Old =World. They knew of the great hardships that awaited them, but they came anyway because they so eagerly wanted to be free. Once a neighbor woman asked =Abe what he wanted to be when he grew up. Abe laughed and said, I'm going to be =President of the =United =States. =Abe was joking when he said that, but he did become =President of the =United =States during one of =American's most difficult times, the =Civil =War, the war between the =North and the =South. Often during that war, brother was fighting against brother and father against son. The =Civil =War started shortly after =Lincoln became =President in =1861. Lincoln did what he could to free the =Negro slaves and to end slavery in =American. Because of his wisdom and leadership during that time, many people believe that he was our greatest president. Five days after the =Civil =War was over, =Abraham =Lincoln was shot. He died the following day, =April =15, =1865. If we fly a kite in the thunderstorm that's coming, maybe we can see an electric spark. If we do, we'll know that the electricity is coming right out of the clouds. =Benjamin =Franklin and his son flew their kite in the thunderstorm and attached a metal key to the end of the wire. When the kite flew into a dark cloud, the key made the electric spark which he had hoped for. For the first time an experiment proved that lightning and electricity are the same. =Benjamin =Franklin was a famous inventor. He invented a street lamp that made streets brighter at night and a stove that gave more heat with less coal. He invented many other things too. When =Benjamin was only ten years old, he went to work in his father's shop making candles and soap. In his spare time he liked to read and study. When he grew a little older, he worked in his brother's printing shop. But =Benjamin and his brother did not get along very well together, so one day he ran away. With a loaf of bread under his arm and a few pennies in his pocket, he went from =Boston to =Philadelphia. In =Philadelphia he started a printing shop of his own. He wrote a famous book and printed it himself. It is called =Poor =Richard's =Almanac. This book has many sayings in it that people still use today. Here are some of them: Haste makes waste. Early to bed, early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. A penny saved is a penny earned. Wait, wait! called the frog. Take me with you, I can't run as fast as you. But for all his =quawk, =quawk, =quawking as loudly as he could, she would not listen. She hurried home and very soon forgot all about the poor frog, who had to go back to his well again. The next day, when the king's daughter was sitting at the table with the king and all the court and was eating from her little golden plate, something came =plitch, =platch, =plitch, =platch, up the marble steps. Then there came a knocking at the door and a voice cried, =King's youngest daughter, let me in! She got up and ran to see who it could be, but when she opened the door, she saw it was the frog sitting there. She quickly shut the door and went back to her place at the table, feeling very frightened. The king noticed how quickly her heart was beating and said My child, why are you afraid? Is there a giant standing at the door ready to carry you off? Oh no, she answered, it's not a giant, but a horrible frog. And what does the frog want? Oh, dear father, answered she, when I was sitting by the well yesterday playing with my golden ball, it fell into the well. While I was crying over the loss of it, the frog came and got it for me. Only because he insisted, I promised him he could play with me and be my friend, but I never thought he could leave the water. Now he is outside the door, and he wants to come in to play with me and to eat with me. name now was =Sir =Thomas. The king also ordered his servants to find =Sir =Thomas a mouse which he could use for a horse. Often =Sir =Thomas would go out hunting with the king and his other knights. Everyone was much amused to see =Sir =Thomas riding along on his fine mouse-horse. But the queen did not like all the attention =Sir =Thomas was getting, and she decided to ruin him. She told the king that =Sir =Thomas was very rude to her. The king sent for =Sir =Thomas at once, but =Sir =Thomas was afraid of the king's anger, and he hid in an empty snail shell. He lay there for a long time and almost starved to death, but at last he peeped out and saw a fine big butterfly nearby. He sneaked up on the butterfly, jumped on its back, and was soon carried high up into the air. The butterfly flew from tree to tree and from field to field until finally it flew into =King =Arthur's =Court. All the knights and servants, and the king himself, tried to catch the butterfly. At last poor =Sir =Thomas fell off the butterfly and into a watering can, where he almost drowned. When the queen saw him, she was very angry. She ordered him put into a mouse cage until the time for his execution. But it happened that a cat was walking by the cage, and it saw something alive inside. The cat tossed the cage about until the wires broke and =Sir =Thomas escaped. Once more =Tom became a favorite of the king. But then one day poor =Tom came to an unhappy end. He was attacked by a big black spider. =Tom fought him well with his sword, but the spider's poisonous bite at last overcame him. Good morning, merry sunshine, How did you wake so soon? You've scared the little stars away, And shined away the moon; I saw you go to sleep last night, Before I ceased my playing. How did you get way over here, And where have you been staying? I never go to sleep, dear; I just go round to see My little children of the =East Who rise and watch for me. I waken all the birds and bees, And flowers on the way, And last of all the little child Who stayed out late to play. Most of the pioneers rode west in big covered wagons or on horseback. Several families went together so that they could help one another. At night the wagons were drawn up in a circle. Campfires were lighted, and the women cooked supper. Afterward someone played a banjo while the others sang: O =California ! That's the land for me, I'm going to =California, the gold dust for to see. When bedtime came, the people and animals slept inside the circle of wagons. The men took turns keeping watch. West of the =Mississippi they travelled across plains and mountains. This was a wild land where only =Indians lived. The =Indians did not want the white people to come into their country. They attacked the wagons whenever they had a chance. Often the guard saw dark figures creeping along the ground. =Indians! he shouted. The =Indians are coming. =The pioneers grabbed their guns. Shot after shot rang out until the red men were driven off their hunting grounds. Many Indians and also many white people were killed in these attacks. Other pioneers were caught in snowstorms when they crossed the mountains. But they went on and on until they came to =California. Taking their picks and shovels, many of the men began digging in the ground for gold. Some of them became rich. Others found no gold at all. But they found something much better, a rich, beautiful land of tall trees and fruits and flowers. When =Thomas =Jefferson was =President, he wanted to learn more about the western part of =American. He sent =Lewis and =Clark to find out as much as they could about the animals, the mountains, and the Indians of the =Great =West. =Lewis and =Clark kept a diary of everything that happened on their long trip west. In this diary they wrote that they had to have an =Indian go with them. They needed someone who could help them among the enemy =Indians to the north and west. They chose a man who was part =Indian and part =French, but he would not go with them unless his =Indian wife came too. Lewis and =Clark finally agreed. It was a lucky day when they said they would take her, but they did not know it yet. They were afraid a squaw would be in the way on such a trip into the wilderness. The squaw's real name was =Sacajawea, but =Clark gave up trying to say this correctly and called her =Janey for short. With her papoose strapped to her The whale is a huge animal. It usually swims for a long time before it dies. A wounded whale could pull the canoe far out into the ocean so that the hunters had to drag the dead whale back to shore. They did this hard work gladly because they liked to eat whale meat and had many uses for the whale oil. The =Indians of the =Northwest caught salmon with spears or in traps. =Indian boys knew how to spear salmon. An =Indian boy would stand on the bank of a river at the foot of a waterfall and wait for the salmon to swim up near the falls. Then he would aim his spear at a big salmon and throw it. If his aim was good, he could bring enough food home to his mother to last a long time. The =Indians of the =Northwest did not have to move around as much as the =Plains =Indians did, so they built strong houses called lodges. They were made of big cedar trees, which they cut down with stone hatchets. These lodges were big enough for many families to live in. The =Indians found =America long before =Columbus did. They came to =America so long ago that no one knows exactly where they came from. Some must have come from =Siberia, and some may have sailed all the way across the =Pacific =Ocean. They were the first =Americans. It was =Columbus who gave the =Indians their name because he thought he had landed in =India. We still call them =Indians because =Columbus did, even though =American is very far from =India. The =Indians have taught us many things. Did you know that potatoes and tomatoes and corn were first raised by =Indians? They showed us how to grow pumpkins and squash and beans too. They knew how to start a fire with flint stones. They also knew how to talk to their friends far away by sending different kinds of smoke puffs into the air. The next stories will tell you many more interesting facts about the =American =Indians. &&000 OPEN COURT BASIC READERS (1970) 2ND GRADE OPN9702Z.ASC LEVEL 2-1 A TRIP THROUGH WONDERLAND Source: Hobart WS xerox, scan edit by DPH February 12, 1993 &&111 One time a milkmaid was on her way to market with a pail of milk on her head. As she was walking along, she said to herself, =With the money I get from this milk, I am going to buy some setting eggs. From the eggs I will get some chicks. Then I will raise the chicks until they are big enough to sell. With the money I get from the chickens, I will buy a beautiful gown. When I wear the gown, I will look so beautiful that everyone will admire An emerald is as green as grass; A ruby red as blood; A sapphire shines as blue as heaven; A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone; To catch the world's desire; An opal holds a fiery spark; But a flint holds fire. Long ago a man owned a very strong ox. The owner was so proud of his ox that he boasted to every man he met about how strong his ox was. One day the owner went into a village, and said to the men there, I will pay a forfeit of a =thousand pieces of silver if my strong ox cannot draw a line of one =hundred wagons. The men laughed and said, Very well, bring your ox, and we will tie a =hundred wagons in a line and see your ox draw them along. Once there lived a man who cut wood in the forest. When winter came, his hands got very cold. He put down his ax and breathed into his hands to warm them. A dwarf who lived in the forest saw this and asked him, Why do you do this? My hands are cold, and I want to warm them with my breath, explained the woodcutter. This answer satisfied the dwarf. Later in the day the woodcutter built a fire to warm his food. The dwarf was still watching him curiously. The woodcutter was very hungry. He did not want to wait until his food had cooled, and he ate right out of the pot. But as the soup was still rather hot, he blew on every spoonful he ate. That amazed the dwarf very much, and he asked, Why do you blow on the spoon just as you breathed on your cold hands? If a black widow spider or a tarantula had sat down beside =Miss =Muffet, that would have been different. Black widow spiders and tarantulas are not nice. If they bite you, you get very sick and have to stay in bed a long time. You can tell by looking at them that they are nasty things. Here they are: But =Thornton is a friendly garden spider, and he will have nothing to do with wicked spiders like black widows and tarantulas. If you think that =Thornton is an insect, you are wrong. An insect has six legs, but =Thornton has eight. An insect has three parts to his body, but =Thornton has only two. And an insect has two feelers, but =Thornton has no feelers at all. Here are pictures of =Thornton side by side with =Betsy =Beetle. You can see for yourself that =Betsy is an insect and that =Thornton is not. Flies and fleas and bees are all insects too, and they are built the same way as =Betsy =Beetle. A little deer was quietly nibbling some grass, when suddenly a tiger jumped out of the bushes. At the sight of the fierce tiger, the little deer's heart stood still with fear. But since there was no way to escape, he bravely stood his ground. Now, ordinarily, the tiger would have eaten so small and tender an animal, but this tiger had never seen a deer before. What are those things growing out of your head? asked the tiger. Those are horns, said the little deer. Of what use are horns? asked the tiger. Why, they are used especially to fork tigers, said the clever little deer. Really? replied the tiger. And what are all those white spots on your body for? Don't you know? said the little deer. I thought everybody knew that. Every time I eat a tiger, a spot appears on my body. As you can see, I've eaten so many tigers that I'm practically covered with spots. caterpillar, and she has only to watch out for people, birds, cars, and leaves which have been sprayed with poison. No birds are watching =Norma, and soon she reaches the branch of a sassafras tree. She has settled herself on a choice leaf and has begun to make a meal of it. =Norma hopes to be a butterfly some day. Her mother was a butterfly, and before she died, she laid her eggs and carefully hid them in a secret place. =Norma does not know it, but she is lucky even to be a caterpillar. Lots of mother butterflies laid their eggs carefully,too, and the eggs were eaten by other insects or else were blown away by strong winds. The egg =Norma came out of was kept safe, and now as a caterpillar she is growing fat on juicy sassafras leaves. =Norma has a long way to go before she can become a butterfly. The more she eats, the fatter she gets, and soon she will burst out of her skin. This means she will molt. But =Norma has another skin underneath, and when she sheds that skin she has still another skin and another. Finally she will attach herself to a tree leaf or some other hiding place and spin a silken thread from her body to make a chrysalis. She will lose her skin for the last time and no longer be a caterpillar, but become a pupa. Then =Norma will live in a house like this: I have a big calf, said he, the largest and finest calf in the country. I will take it to the king and offer it as a free gift. If he gave three gold pieces for a turnip, how much more will he give for a beautiful calf! So he tied a rope around the calf's neck and led it to the castle. My good king, he said, here is a calf which I have fed and brought up with great care. I want to show my love for you by offering it to you as a gift. Please take it with my best wishes. =But the king understood what was in the mind of the farmer, and he said that he did not want the calf. The man begged very hard that he would take the gift. He would never be happy, he said, if he should have to take the calf back home. Very well, said the wise king, since you wish me to do so, I will take it. And in order that you may know how well I think of you, I will give you a present which cost me at least three times as much as your calf is worth. Saying these words, he gave the farmer the big turnip which had led to this gift making. And the farmer, as he went sadly home, thought to himself that he had done a very foolish thing. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Poor old lady, I think she'll die. Poor old lady, she swallowed a dog. She went the whole hog when she swallowed the dog. She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Poor old lady, I think she'll die. Poor old lady, she swallowed a cow. I don't know how she swallowed the cow. She swallowed the cow to catch the dog. She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Poor old lady, I think she'll die. Poor old lady, She swallowed a horse. She died, of course. I have never been hungry yet, said the grasshopper. You will be hungry when winter comes, said the ants. Winter is a long way off, said the grasshopper. Then he danced away. That grasshopper will be sorry when it is too late, said the ants. By and by winter came. How cold the mornings were! The long grass was stiff with frost. The birds had gone away to their winter homes. The ants ran into their house and shut the door. It was warm in their house. But where was the grasshopper? He had no home, and he could find nothing to eat. The ground was covered with snow. His legs were stiff with cold. He could not dance any more, and he did not feel like singing. He went to the ants house. Please give me some food, dear ants, he said. I am very hungry. But we have only enough food for ourselves, said the ants. While we were working and gathering food, you were dancing and singing. Now see if your dancing and singing will get you through the winter. And so the grasshopper was turned away. The ants never saw him again. &&000 OPEN COURT (1974) 2ND GRADE (2-1) OPN97421.ASC ALSO COPYWRITE IN 1964, 1967 1970 A TRIP THROUGH WONDERLAND by Arther S. Trace, Jr. et al Open Court Basic Readers SOURCE: Elmira College xerox scan edit by DPH February 6, 1993 &&111 and back by myself. And I can play outside without you always watching. Not on these streets, child, =Granny had said. It isn't safe for you to be on your own yet. Lots of folks go for their children after school. That was so and =Granny had made her mind up for sure. =Benjie put up with it. Now he said, I don't think =Granny's coming. Well, I'll show her I can go home by myself. He walked to the corner and looked around. =Granny had always been with him so he never had to think about which way before. There were a lot of corners to turn, he knew that. But not which way to go! And why wasn't =Granny here? =Benjie started to worry. =Granny would have come if she could. Some big boys were playing ball in the school playground. One of them was a boy from =Benjie's street. Hey, =Ray! =Benjie yelled. Ray came over. What you want? =Benjie knew his face was red. This was a hard thing to say. I don't know the way home, he said. =Granny didn't come. Can you take me home? What a baby! =Ray said. Okay, you wait, kid. Soon as the game is over, I'll take you. He walked away. Hey, said =Benjie. He had to go home now to see if =Granny was all right. was a little door with an old rusty key. The princess, who was now fifteen years old, turned the key. There was a little room, and in it sat an old woman with a spindle, busily spinning her flax. Good day, little mother, said the king's daughter. What are you doing? I am spinning, replied the old woman. Would you like to try it? Oh, yes, please, said the princess, delighted. But no sooner did she pick up the spindle than the bad wish came true and she pricked her finger with it. At once she fell into a deep sleep. A great quiet spread over the whole castle. The king and queen, who had just come home, fell asleep in the big hall, together with all their courtiers. The horses slept in their stables, the dogs in the backyard, the doves on the roof, the flies on the walls. Even the crackling fire became still and fell asleep. The roast stopped sizzling, and the cook, who just wanted to box his boy's ear, let him fall asleep. The wind stopped blowing, and in the big trees no leaf stirred. This was a mouse who played around All by himself one night, Dancing under the winter moon Forward and left and right. This was a pheasant walking by, Out with a friend or two, This was a rabbit running fast, The way rabbits do. This was a squirrel who found a nut, This was a chickadee, And this uncommon sort of track I think was probably me. One time a little boy was playing in his backyard. In the grass he saw a worm. He watched the worm for a long time. Then he said, What an ugly thing you are! You have no hair, no legs, and I don't think you even have eyes. That doesn't matter, said the worm. All worms are like that. We get along fine. But do you know how to do anything? said the boy. The animals run about and the birds fly and sing. You cannot do any of those things. True, said the worm. I cannot do those things. I know how to do everything, said the boy. I even know how to read and write. said to him, My poor man, I heard everything that you just said. I am very sorry for you and would like to help you. Ask whatever you like, and your first three wishes shall be granted. Then just as suddenly as she had come, the fairy disappeared. The poor man felt very happy now, and he said, I shall go home, and I shall tell my wife how the fairy has granted me three wishes. He ran back to his cottage and called to his wife: Wife, Wife, I am very fortunate. I saw a fairy in the forest, and she said I could have three wishes. Ask for anything you like, the fairy said, and your wish shall be granted! Oh, =Wife, I am so happy. I am happy too, said the woman. Come, let us go into the house, my dear, and let us decide what our wishes shall be. The man went into the little cottage and sat down at the table. I am hungry, =Wife, he said. I would like some dinner. While we eat, we can talk about the fairy and the three wishes. The poor man and his wife sat down at the table and started to eat their dinner and to talk about the good fairy's promlse. We can ask for great riches if we want to, said the man. Yes, the wife agreed, we can ask for a beautiful house. One time a sly fox saw a crow fly from a kitchen window to the branch of a tree. The crow was holding a big piece of cheese in her beak. How I would like to have that piece of cheese, said the fox to himself. The fox thought and thought about how he could get the cheese. Then he went over to the foot of the tree and said, Good morning, =Mistress =Crow. How pretty you look today. You are the most beautiful of all birds. And no bird in the world can sing more sweetly than you. How I would love to hear you sing! Are my children alive? cried the mother goat. And quickly she ran back for a pair of scissors and a needle and thread. Quietly she cut open the wolf. Out popped one little kid, then the next, and the next, until all six were dancing around on the ground. The wolf had been so greedy that he had swallowed them whole. How happy they were! But there was no time to lose. Go and fetch some large stones, said the mother goat, and we will put them in the wolf's stomach. So each little goat got a large stone, and the mother goat put the seven stones where the little kids had been and sewed them up. Then the goat and her children all ran away and hid. Soon the wolf woke up, and he was very thirsty. He found a well and leaned over to drink, but the stones made him topheavy, and in he tumbled. So the wicked wolf was drowned. The seven little kids and the mother danced joyfully around the well, and they lived happily ever after in their little cottage on the edge of the wood. The king trusted the dog completely, and one day when he went hunting, he told =Gellert to stay home and take care of his little master. So =Gellert lay down beside the little boy's bed and stretched his huge paws out as if to say, No one shall come near my little master. Late in the afternoon when he hunt was over, the king returned to his castle. As he approached the gate, =Gellert bounded out to meet him. But the king was horrified to see blood around =Gellert's mouth and on his body. O faithless hound! he cried. Is this the way you guard your little master? And he drew his sword and with one blow laid the hound dead at his feet. Then he rushed into the castle and into his little son's room. The little boy's bed was empty, and clothes were thrown all about. The king was terrified. Suddenly he heard a sound. Perhaps his son still lived. He went to his bed, and there behind it was his little boy, laughing and pulling the hair of a great shaggy wolf that lay dead beside him. Then the king understood everything. The wolf had come in through the open door and had approached the little boy's bed. =Gellert had sprung upon the wolf, fought with him, and slain him. O happy father! To have his child back again! Oh unhappy king! To have slain the child's faithful guardian! He could not bring =Gellert back to life, but he dug his grave and built about it a beautiful monument, which still stands today. You may see a blue jay stealing an egg from the nest of a smaller bird. His cry sounds like Thief! Thief! as if he were accusing some other bird of stealing the egg. Blue jays may not be very nice, but they are pretty. You may see or hear a red-headed woodpecker drilling holes in a tree or telephone pole in search of a bug breakfast. If you are lucky, you may even see a hummingbird as he flits from flower to flower. He is the smallest of all the birds. He is the only bird that can fly backwards and looks like a giant dragonfly. Once you see a cardinal, you will never forget him. He is fiery red all over and wears a fine red crest on his head. He has a song as gay as can be when he sings what cheer, what cheer. Mrs =Cardinal has plain brown feathers and is not nearly so pretty. People don't see her as often because she is usually busy with her nest and her babies. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Poor old lady, I think she'll die. Poor old lady, she swallowed a dog. She went the whole hog when she swallowed the dog. She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Poor old lady, I think she'll die. Poor old lady, she swallowed a cow. I don't know how she swallowed the cow. She swallowed the cow to catch the dog. She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Poor old lady, I think she'll die. Poor old lady, She swallowed a horse. She died, of course. in the tent also, for I may catch cold if my head is warm and my neck is cold. Very well, replied the =Arab, you may put your neck in the tent, too. After a little while the camel said again, =Kind master, allow me to put my forelegs in the tent. They take up only a little room, and it is uncomfortable standing this way. Very well, said the =Arab, you may do so. The =Arab moved over to make room for the camel, for the tent was very small. Then in a little while the camel said, Generous master, permit me to stand all the way in the tent, for I keep the flap of the tent open standing this way and the cold air rushes inside. Very well, then, said the =Arab. You may come all the way inside. The camel crowded his way into the tent, but the tent was too small for both. &&000 opne court (1974) 2ND GRADE--(2-2) OPN97422.ASC COPYWRITE 1964, 67, 70 AND 74 OUR COUNTRY by Marianne Caius et al Source: Elmira College: xerox, scan edit by DPH February 6, 1993 &&111 of people were killed; the capital city, =Managua, was like a pile of broken stones. They need help, =Roberto said. He asked some people to help him collect food and medicine. When all the supplies were together, =Roberto went to the airport to help load everything on an airplane. The plane was an old =DC'7. It was overloaded with supplies, but =Roberto decided to go on the plane to =Nicaragua. He wanted to make sure the people got the supplies right away. So it was the private =Roberto =Clemente who died on =December =31, =1972, when the old plane crashed in the sea. For days, airplanes and helicopters searched for him. Deep sea divers found the plane wreckage in the ocean, but =Roberto =Clemente was never seen again. Lots of people remember =Roberto. They remember his great catches in the webbing of his glove his sliding into second base on a steal from first his reaching out to hit the ball into the left field stands. But they also remember the private =Roberto =Clemente who wanted to help people in trouble. That was the way he lived and that was the way he died. They tell all =Americans what it allows and what it does not allow. The people who argued against =Marshall said that the states could make laws to keep black children and white children in separate schools. Marshall said that any law which forced black children to go to separate schools was against the =Constitution. The judges agreed with =Marshall. In =1954, the =Supreme =Court said it is against the law to force black children to go to all-black schools. With the help of the =Constitution, =Marshall won for black people in =American many rights which some states had taken away from them. That's why people call him Mr =Civil =Rights. In =1967, the president of the =United =States picked =Marshall himself to be one of the nine judges on the =Supreme =Court. Mr =Marshall is the first black =American ever to be named to that powerful =Court. =Thurgood =Marshall has come a long way, from a school basement to the =Supreme =Court. As a judge, he works to make sure all people receive fair treatment, as the =Constitution says people should. When =Thurgood =Marshall enters the =Supreme =Court building, he passes beneath these words cut in stone: =EQUAL =JUSTICE =UNDER =LAW. The words are there because they say what the =Supreme =Court stands for. But they also sum up the aim of =Thurgood =Marshall's life. Immigrants came to =American to find a better life than they had had in =Europe. They came from =Russia, =Germany, =Ireland, Italy, =Scandinavia, =France, and other countries. Earlier, blacks from =Africa had been forced to come to =American as slaves. Later, many immigrants came to get away from unjust rulers. Others came to be free in their religion. But most came because they had been poor in their old countries. They wanted to live better lives. On a hot =July day, =Eli and =Rosa were among the immigrants, waiting to see their new land. Ahead, a tall, beautiful statue held a torch high in the air. The =Statue o =Liberty! someone shouted. Ah, beutiful, beautiful, Oh, beautiful, beautiful said a boy from Italy. =Eine =Riesenfrau! gigantic woman! said a =German girl. The =Statue of =Liberty meant freedom and hope. In =1883, even before the statue was finished, a young immigrant girl named =Emma =Lazarus wrote a poem about it. In the last line, the statue says, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! What was the golden door? It was not a real door. It was =Ellis Island, where the immigrants entered =American. Before it was closed in =1954, =16 =million people had come through =Ellis Island on their way to the cities, towns, and countryside of =American. =Eli and =Rosa are excited. They can't wait to start their life in =American. But first they too must go through the buildings on =Ellis Island with their parents and the other =10'000 people who will go through today. =Nathan =Hale was a young teacher when the =Revolutionary =War began. He believed that the thirteen colonies should be a free country, so he became a soldier in the =American army. During the war, =General =Washington, needed someone to go on a dangerous journey to gather information about the =British army. Nathan =Hale said that he would go. His friends tried to stop him because they were afraid he would be killed, but he went anyway. He got the information, but on the way back he was captured by the =British. They hanged him because he was a spy. He was only twenty-one years old. Before he died, he said, I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. Once upon a time a powerful magician named =Merlin was walking down a hot, dusty road. He had changed himself into a beggar, and he was tired and hungry from walking in the hot sun. Soon he came to a farmhouse. He knocked on the door to ask for some food and a place to rest. The farmer invited him in. The farmer's good-hearted wife got =Merlin a bowl of milk and a plate of brown bread. He thanked them and began to eat. When he had finished his meal, he began to look around the room. He saw that it was neat and comfortable, but he saw, too, that the farmer and his wife were very unhappy. You have a pretty little cottage and all you need to live on. Why are you so sad? asked the magician. It is because we have no children, said the woman, with tears in her eyes. I would be the happiest creature in the world if I had a son, even though he might be no bigger than my husband's thumb. A long time ago there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but she had to be a real princess. He traveled all over the world looking for one. There were many princesses, but there was always something about them that was not quite right. At last the prince had to give up, and he returned to his castle. He was sad because he wanted a real princess very much. One night there was a terrible storm. The lightning flashed, the thunder roared, and the rain came down in torrents. It was a fearful night. Suddenly a knock was heard on the castle gate. The old king himself went down to see who it was. There, standing outside in the rain, stood a princess. She didn't look like a princess because her hair and clothes were soaking wet and water was streaming out of her shoes. I am a princess, she said. May I find shelter here tonight? The king kindly invited her in, and then he went to tell the queen. We will soon see if she is a real princess, said the queen to herself. She went into a room to get a bed ready for the =Marquette and =Joliet left their friends in the canoes and followed the tracks. After walking two hours, they came to an Indian village. They sneaked up near enough to hear the =Indians talking, but the Indians did not see them. =Joliet and =Marquette did not know whether the Indians would kill them or not, so they said a short prayer. Then they stood out in full view and gave a loud shout. The =Indians swarmed out of their homes like bees and stared at the strangers. Then four Indians came toward them carrying a peace pipe, which they held up toward the sun. This meant that they were friendly. These were =Indians of the =Illinois tribe, and they took =Joliet and =Marquette into their village. As they came to a large wigwam, they met a chief who stood in the doorway. He said, =Frenchmen, how bright the sun shines when you come to see us! We are all waiting for you. You shall now come into our houses in peace. from his quiver and place it in his bow. He would aim the arrow and, =Z-I-N-G, he would shoot to kill! The Indian men did the hunting, and the Indian women did the farming. They grew corn, tobacco, beans, and squash. They pounded the kernels of corn into meal and boiled it in water to make corn meal mush. Sometimes they put maple sugar in the corn meal to make it sweet. Some =Indians in the eastern part of the =United =States lived in wigwams. Wigwams were big enough for only one family. Others lived in longhouses, which looked like long barns made of logs and bark from trees. Several families lived together in one longhouse. The roads of that time were the many lakes and rivers in the eastern part of the =United =States. The =Indians traveled along these lakes and rivers in canoes. They made their canoes from the bark of elm trees or birch trees. The =Indians could travel quickly over the water in these light canoes or carry them over land to the next river or lake. The =Indians of the =East knew how to use all the good things that nature gave them. =Columbus loved the ocean, and when he grew up he did become a great sailor. In =Columbus's time, people did not know much about the world, many of them thought it was flat. But =Columbus thought it was round. He said that he could sail around the world just as a fly can walk around an apple. =Columbus wanted most of all to go to =India because India was a rich country. In those days people went to India by traveling east, but because =Columbus thought the world was round, he wanted to reach =India by sailing west. =Columbus was a poor man. He had no ships and no money. When he asked people to help him, most of them only laughed at him and thought he was out of his mind. But he kept on trying, and he did gain some important friends. Finally he went to =Isabella, the queen of =Spain. After a few years, the queen gave =Columbus three ships and wished him good luck. But =Columbus still needed a crew of sailors. Sailors did not want to go on the voyage because they were afraid that they would never see their homes again. They had heard stories about monsters and sea serpents attacking ships and killing the sailors. Finally =Columbus was able to gather a crew of =88 men. At last the ships were ready. =Columbus and his sailors set out across the =Atlantic =Ocean in the =Santa =Marla, the =Pinta, and the =Nina. The ships sailed for many days, and the farther the ships went, the more frightened the sailors became. &&000 OPEN COURT (1974) 2ND GRADE OPN9742N.ASC combines 2-1 and 2-2 &&000 OPEN COURT (1974) 2ND GRADE (2-1) OPN97421.ASC ALSO COPYWRITE IN 1964, 1967 1970 A TRIP THROUGH WONDERLAND by Arther S. Trace, Jr. et al Open Court Basic Readers SOURCE: Elmira College xerox scan edit by DPH February 6, 1993 &&111 and back by myself. And I can play outside without you always watching. Not on these streets, child, =Granny had said. It isn't safe for you to be on your own yet. Lots of folks go for their children after school. That was so and =Granny had made her mind up for sure. =Benjie put up with it. Now he said, I don't think =Granny's coming. Well, I'll show her I can go home by myself. He walked to the corner and looked around. =Granny had always been with him so he never had to think about which way before. There were a lot of corners to turn, he knew that. But not which way to go! And why wasn't =Granny here? =Benjie started to worry. =Granny would have come if she could. Some big boys were playing ball in the school playground. One of them was a boy from =Benjie's street. Hey, =Ray! =Benjie yelled. Ray came over. What you want? =Benjie knew his face was red. This was a hard thing to say. I don't know the way home, he said. =Granny didn't come. Can you take me home? What a baby! =Ray said. Okay, you wait, kid. Soon as the game is over, I'll take you. He walked away. Hey, said =Benjie. He had to go home now to see if =Granny was all right. was a little door with an old rusty key. The princess, who was now fifteen years old, turned the key. There was a little room, and in it sat an old woman with a spindle, busily spinning her flax. Good day, little mother, said the king's daughter. What are you doing? I am spinning, replied the old woman. Would you like to try it? Oh, yes, please, said the princess, delighted. But no sooner did she pick up the spindle than the bad wish came true and she pricked her finger with it. At once she fell into a deep sleep. A great quiet spread over the whole castle. The king and queen, who had just come home, fell asleep in the big hall, together with all their courtiers. The horses slept in their stables, the dogs in the backyard, the doves on the roof, the flies on the walls. Even the crackling fire became still and fell asleep. The roast stopped sizzling, and the cook, who just wanted to box his boy's ear, let him fall asleep. The wind stopped blowing, and in the big trees no leaf stirred. This was a mouse who played around All by himself one night, Dancing under the winter moon Forward and left and right. This was a pheasant walking by, Out with a friend or two, This was a rabbit running fast, The way rabbits do. This was a squirrel who found a nut, This was a chickadee, And this uncommon sort of track I think was probably me. One time a little boy was playing in his backyard. In the grass he saw a worm. He watched the worm for a long time. Then he said, What an ugly thing you are! You have no hair, no legs, and I don't think you even have eyes. That doesn't matter, said the worm. All worms are like that. We get along fine. But do you know how to do anything? said the boy. The animals run about and the birds fly and sing. You cannot do any of those things. True, said the worm. I cannot do those things. I know how to do everything, said the boy. I even know how to read and write. said to him, My poor man, I heard everything that you just said. I am very sorry for you and would like to help you. Ask whatever you like, and your first three wishes shall be granted. Then just as suddenly as she had come, the fairy disappeared. The poor man felt very happy now, and he said, I shall go home, and I shall tell my wife how the fairy has granted me three wishes. He ran back to his cottage and called to his wife: Wife, Wife, I am very fortunate. I saw a fairy in the forest, and she said I could have three wishes. Ask for anything you like, the fairy said, and your wish shall be granted! Oh, =Wife, I am so happy. I am happy too, said the woman. Come, let us go into the house, my dear, and let us decide what our wishes shall be. The man went into the little cottage and sat down at the table. I am hungry, =Wife, he said. I would like some dinner. While we eat, we can talk about the fairy and the three wishes. The poor man and his wife sat down at the table and started to eat their dinner and to talk about the good fairy's promlse. We can ask for great riches if we want to, said the man. Yes, the wife agreed, we can ask for a beautiful house. One time a sly fox saw a crow fly from a kitchen window to the branch of a tree. The crow was holding a big piece of cheese in her beak. How I would like to have that piece of cheese, said the fox to himself. The fox thought and thought about how he could get the cheese. Then he went over to the foot of the tree and said, Good morning, =Mistress =Crow. How pretty you look today. You are the most beautiful of all birds. And no bird in the world can sing more sweetly than you. How I would love to hear you sing! Are my children alive? cried the mother goat. And quickly she ran back for a pair of scissors and a needle and thread. Quietly she cut open the wolf. Out popped one little kid, then the next, and the next, until all six were dancing around on the ground. The wolf had been so greedy that he had swallowed them whole. How happy they were! But there was no time to lose. Go and fetch some large stones, said the mother goat, and we will put them in the wolf's stomach. So each little goat got a large stone, and the mother goat put the seven stones where the little kids had been and sewed them up. Then the goat and her children all ran away and hid. Soon the wolf woke up, and he was very thirsty. He found a well and leaned over to drink, but the stones made him topheavy, and in he tumbled. So the wicked wolf was drowned. The seven little kids and the mother danced joyfully around the well, and they lived happily ever after in their little cottage on the edge of the wood. The king trusted the dog completely, and one day when he went hunting, he told =Gellert to stay home and take care of his little master. So =Gellert lay down beside the little boy's bed and stretched his huge paws out as if to say, No one shall come near my little master. Late in the afternoon when he hunt was over, the king returned to his castle. As he approached the gate, =Gellert bounded out to meet him. But the king was horrified to see blood around =Gellert's mouth and on his body. O faithless hound! he cried. Is this the way you guard your little master? And he drew his sword and with one blow laid the hound dead at his feet. Then he rushed into the castle and into his little son's room. The little boy's bed was empty, and clothes were thrown all about. The king was terrified. Suddenly he heard a sound. Perhaps his son still lived. He went to his bed, and there behind it was his little boy, laughing and pulling the hair of a great shaggy wolf that lay dead beside him. Then the king understood everything. The wolf had come in through the open door and had approached the little boy's bed. =Gellert had sprung upon the wolf, fought with him, and slain him. O happy father! To have his child back again! Oh unhappy king! To have slain the child's faithful guardian! He could not bring =Gellert back to life, but he dug his grave and built about it a beautiful monument, which still stands today. You may see a blue jay stealing an egg from the nest of a smaller bird. His cry sounds like Thief! Thief! as if he were accusing some other bird of stealing the egg. Blue jays may not be very nice, but they are pretty. You may see or hear a red-headed woodpecker drilling holes in a tree or telephone pole in search of a bug breakfast. If you are lucky, you may even see a hummingbird as he flits from flower to flower. He is the smallest of all the birds. He is the only bird that can fly backwards and looks like a giant dragonfly. Once you see a cardinal, you will never forget him. He is fiery red all over and wears a fine red crest on his head. He has a song as gay as can be when he sings what cheer, what cheer. Mrs =Cardinal has plain brown feathers and is not nearly so pretty. People don't see her as often because she is usually busy with her nest and her babies. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Poor old lady, I think she'll die. Poor old lady, she swallowed a dog. She went the whole hog when she swallowed the dog. She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Poor old lady, I think she'll die. Poor old lady, she swallowed a cow. I don't know how she swallowed the cow. She swallowed the cow to catch the dog. She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Poor old lady, I think she'll die. Poor old lady, She swallowed a horse. She died, of course. in the tent also, for I may catch cold if my head is warm and my neck is cold. Very well, replied the =Arab, you may put your neck in the tent, too. After a little while the camel said again, =Kind master, allow me to put my forelegs in the tent. They take up only a little room, and it is uncomfortable standing this way. Very well, said the =Arab, you may do so. The =Arab moved over to make room for the camel, for the tent was very small. Then in a little while the camel said, Generous master, permit me to stand all the way in the tent, for I keep the flap of the tent open standing this way and the cold air rushes inside. Very well, then, said the =Arab. You may come all the way inside. The camel crowded his way into the tent, but the tent was too small for both. &&000 opne court (1974) 2ND GRADE--(2-2) OPN97422.ASC COPYWRITE 1964, 67, 70 AND 74 OUR COUNTRY by Marianne Caius et al Source: Elmira College: xerox, scan edit by DPH February 6, 1993 &&111 of people were killed; the capital city, =Managua, was like a pile of broken stones. They need help, =Roberto said. He asked some people to help him collect food and medicine. When all the supplies were together, =Roberto went to the airport to help load everything on an airplane. The plane was an old =DC'7. It was overloaded with supplies, but =Roberto decided to go on the plane to =Nicaragua. He wanted to make sure the people got the supplies right away. So it was the private =Roberto =Clemente who died on =December =31, =1972, when the old plane crashed in the sea. For days, airplanes and helicopters searched for him. Deep sea divers found the plane wreckage in the ocean, but =Roberto =Clemente was never seen again. Lots of people remember =Roberto. They remember his great catches in the webbing of his glove his sliding into second base on a steal from first his reaching out to hit the ball into the left field stands. But they also remember the private =Roberto =Clemente who wanted to help people in trouble. That was the way he lived and that was the way he died. They tell all =Americans what it allows and what it does not allow. The people who argued against =Marshall said that the states could make laws to keep black children and white children in separate schools. Marshall said that any law which forced black children to go to separate schools was against the =Constitution. The judges agreed with =Marshall. In =1954, the =Supreme =Court said it is against the law to force black children to go to all-black schools. With the help of the =Constitution, =Marshall won for black people in =American many rights which some states had taken away from them. That's why people call him Mr =Civil =Rights. In =1967, the president of the =United =States picked =Marshall himself to be one of the nine judges on the =Supreme =Court. Mr =Marshall is the first black =American ever to be named to that powerful =Court. =Thurgood =Marshall has come a long way, from a school basement to the =Supreme =Court. As a judge, he works to make sure all people receive fair treatment, as the =Constitution says people should. When =Thurgood =Marshall enters the =Supreme =Court building, he passes beneath these words cut in stone: =EQUAL =JUSTICE =UNDER =LAW. The words are there because they say what the =Supreme =Court stands for. But they also sum up the aim of =Thurgood =Marshall's life. Immigrants came to =American to find a better life than they had had in =Europe. They came from =Russia, =Germany, =Ireland, Italy, =Scandinavia, =France, and other countries. Earlier, blacks from =Africa had been forced to come to =American as slaves. Later, many immigrants came to get away from unjust rulers. Others came to be free in their religion. But most came because they had been poor in their old countries. They wanted to live better lives. On a hot =July day, =Eli and =Rosa were among the immigrants, waiting to see their new land. Ahead, a tall, beautiful statue held a torch high in the air. The =Statue o =Liberty! someone shouted. Ah, beutiful, beautiful, Oh, beautiful, beautiful said a boy from Italy. =Eine =Riesenfrau! gigantic woman! said a =German girl. The =Statue of =Liberty meant freedom and hope. In =1883, even before the statue was finished, a young immigrant girl named =Emma =Lazarus wrote a poem about it. In the last line, the statue says, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! What was the golden door? It was not a real door. It was =Ellis Island, where the immigrants entered =American. Before it was closed in =1954, =16 =million people had come through =Ellis Island on their way to the cities, towns, and countryside of =American. =Eli and =Rosa are excited. They can't wait to start their life in =American. But first they too must go through the buildings on =Ellis Island with their parents and the other =10'000 people who will go through today. =Nathan =Hale was a young teacher when the =Revolutionary =War began. He believed that the thirteen colonies should be a free country, so he became a soldier in the =American army. During the war, =General =Washington, needed someone to go on a dangerous journey to gather information about the =British army. Nathan =Hale said that he would go. His friends tried to stop him because they were afraid he would be killed, but he went anyway. He got the information, but on the way back he was captured by the =British. They hanged him because he was a spy. He was only twenty-one years old. Before he died, he said, I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. Once upon a time a powerful magician named =Merlin was walking down a hot, dusty road. He had changed himself into a beggar, and he was tired and hungry from walking in the hot sun. Soon he came to a farmhouse. He knocked on the door to ask for some food and a place to rest. The farmer invited him in. The farmer's good-hearted wife got =Merlin a bowl of milk and a plate of brown bread. He thanked them and began to eat. When he had finished his meal, he began to look around the room. He saw that it was neat and comfortable, but he saw, too, that the farmer and his wife were very unhappy. You have a pretty little cottage and all you need to live on. Why are you so sad? asked the magician. It is because we have no children, said the woman, with tears in her eyes. I would be the happiest creature in the world if I had a son, even though he might be no bigger than my husband's thumb. A long time ago there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but she had to be a real princess. He traveled all over the world looking for one. There were many princesses, but there was always something about them that was not quite right. At last the prince had to give up, and he returned to his castle. He was sad because he wanted a real princess very much. One night there was a terrible storm. The lightning flashed, the thunder roared, and the rain came down in torrents. It was a fearful night. Suddenly a knock was heard on the castle gate. The old king himself went down to see who it was. There, standing outside in the rain, stood a princess. She didn't look like a princess because her hair and clothes were soaking wet and water was streaming out of her shoes. I am a princess, she said. May I find shelter here tonight? The king kindly invited her in, and then he went to tell the queen. We will soon see if she is a real princess, said the queen to herself. She went into a room to get a bed ready for the =Marquette and =Joliet left their friends in the canoes and followed the tracks. After walking two hours, they came to an Indian village. They sneaked up near enough to hear the =Indians talking, but the Indians did not see them. =Joliet and =Marquette did not know whether the Indians would kill them or not, so they said a short prayer. Then they stood out in full view and gave a loud shout. The =Indians swarmed out of their homes like bees and stared at the strangers. Then four Indians came toward them carrying a peace pipe, which they held up toward the sun. This meant that they were friendly. These were =Indians of the =Illinois tribe, and they took =Joliet and =Marquette into their village. As they came to a large wigwam, they met a chief who stood in the doorway. He said, =Frenchmen, how bright the sun shines when you come to see us! We are all waiting for you. You shall now come into our houses in peace. from his quiver and place it in his bow. He would aim the arrow and, =Z-I-N-G, he would shoot to kill! The Indian men did the hunting, and the Indian women did the farming. They grew corn, tobacco, beans, and squash. They pounded the kernels of corn into meal and boiled it in water to make corn meal mush. Sometimes they put maple sugar in the corn meal to make it sweet. Some =Indians in the eastern part of the =United =States lived in wigwams. Wigwams were big enough for only one family. Others lived in longhouses, which looked like long barns made of logs and bark from trees. Several families lived together in one longhouse. The roads of that time were the many lakes and rivers in the eastern part of the =United =States. The =Indians traveled along these lakes and rivers in canoes. They made their canoes from the bark of elm trees or birch trees. The =Indians could travel quickly over the water in these light canoes or carry them over land to the next river or lake. The =Indians of the =East knew how to use all the good things that nature gave them. =Columbus loved the ocean, and when he grew up he did become a great sailor. In =Columbus's time, people did not know much about the world, many of them thought it was flat. But =Columbus thought it was round. He said that he could sail around the world just as a fly can walk around an apple. =Columbus wanted most of all to go to =India because India was a rich country. In those days people went to India by traveling east, but because =Columbus thought the world was round, he wanted to reach =India by sailing west. =Columbus was a poor man. He had no ships and no money. When he asked people to help him, most of them only laughed at him and thought he was out of his mind. But he kept on trying, and he did gain some important friends. Finally he went to =Isabella, the queen of =Spain. After a few years, the queen gave =Columbus three ships and wished him good luck. But =Columbus still needed a crew of sailors. Sailors did not want to go on the voyage because they were afraid that they would never see their homes again. They had heard stories about monsters and sea serpents attacking ships and killing the sailors. Finally =Columbus was able to gather a crew of =88 men. At last the ships were ready. =Columbus and his sailors set out across the =Atlantic =Ocean in the =Santa =Marla, the =Pinta, and the =Nina. The ships sailed for many days, and the farther the ships went, the more frightened the sailors became. &&000 RAND McNALLY (1978) 2ND GRADE RAN9782N.ASC LEVEL 7 -BOXCARS AND BOTTLE CAPS LEVEL 8 -CARTWHEELS AND CATERPILLARS SOURCE: SUNY CORTLAND--xerox scan edit by DPH January 31, 1993 NOTE: also 1981 version &&111 One day he found two grasshoppers in the bush. A thought came into =Kajumba's head. He caught the grasshoppers and put them into a bag. Then he let it be known that he had a banjo that could play by itself. =Kajumba was called to play for a feast. The two grasshoppers did not like to stay in the bag, but =Kajumba told them to keep quiet and sing when they were told to sing. =Elephant looked at =Caterpillar. You see, said =Caterpillar, for flowers to grow, pollen from other flowers must be given to them. Butterflies are important because they carry pollen. Caterpillars are important because they become butterflies. Elephants are big. But elephants are too big. =Elephant put his trunk on the ground. Get on my trunk, =Caterpillar, he said. Get on, and I will carry you. I don't want to step on you. You are right. Elephants are big, and that makes us important. But sometimes elephants are too big. Some days wake up with fog on their faces. On foggy days even the earliest bird stays snug in her nest, and the sleepy snail pulls in his eyes. =Ned went to get =Tiny and then led her to the ring. His new look didn't fool =Tiny. She knew she was always to be with =Ned in the ring, so she followed him. As they came in, it seemed to =Ned that everyone in the crowd looked at him. Coming in this way was different from leading =Tiny while everyone watched the =Great =Gaston. Tonight everyone was watching =Ned. He would have to make good all by himself. When the ringmaster saw =Ned, he called out, I give you the =Great =Gaston, =Junior! People clapped. Then they waited to see what funny things the little clown would do. Ned pretended that he was crying. What's the matter, =Gaston, =Junior? the ringmaster asked. I've lost something, =Ned said sadly. The ringmaster wasn't pleased. He thought =Ned was going to try to do his father's act after all. But he knew =Ned wanted him to talk, so he asked, What have you lost? A new toy store will open soon. The owner will give a present to every child who comes to the store on opening day. She wants children to know this, so she puts this message in the newspaper: What does her message tell you? The woman wants children to know that big kids will get books and little kids will get yo-yos. Is her message clear? Make up a message using only pictures. Then use words to write the same message. See which message tells a friend exactly what you mean. =Dan's team was excited. They came to bat all ready to win. Boy after boy hit the ball. And this time the other team was dropping balls all over the place. The game was tied. Then =Ron =White, the third baseman, got a two-base hit to bring a man home. Dan's team won the game by one run! =Dan! the boys cried. You've turned into a great outfielder! =Dan started to tell them about the magic mitt. But before he could say anything, =Ron said, =Dan, where did you find that mitt? I lost it after our last game. This is your mitt? =Dan said. But, but, isn't it ? Come on, =Dan! called =Ron. I'll race you to the hotdog stand! A lot of time had gone by. Just as the last of the sun was on the very top of the trees, =Baby =Blue saw a sandy river bank. He had found his river home at last! =Baby =Blue was so happy! He ran as fast as he could down into the water. And soon he was fast asleep with the tip of his nose out of the water. =Chicken =Little said, The sky is falling! What a silly thing to say. But then, =Chicken =Little, =Goosey =Loosey, =Henny =Penny, and =Ducky =Lucky were just silly animals. The fox was a lot smarter. He knew the other animals had just scared themselves. Up the tree the cat ran as fast as her claws could take her. A few gray hairs were all that the wolf got. =Peter was watching all this from behind the garden gate. Oh, how he wanted to get that wolf! Suddenly he noticed the duck. She was so afraid and upset that she dashed out of the pond without thinking. No! No! cried =Peter. Go back to the pond! Get back! But the duck paid no attention. She was trying to get back to the garden. Quacking wildly, she waddled toward the gate. In two jumps, the wolf caught up with her. Snap! Nothing was left of the fat little duck but a few white feathers. The wolf licked his whiskers happily. Ah, he said, that was nice. Now let's see if I can get those two in the tree. Of course, right away, said =Gino in his best =English. When =Gino finished trimming =Paul's hair, =Paul said, =Grazie, =Gino. =Prego, said =Gino, smiling. =Gino was as good a barber as =Tony was, and he knew some of the same songs =Tony knew. He even took care of =Tony's garden. And once a week, =Gino closed his shop and went to the school. There he taught Italian to anyone who wanted to learn. Where Does Garbage Go? Open a can of dog food. Cook an egg. Read a newspaper. Eat a candy bar. These are simple things we do every day. But what do we do with the dog food can, the eggshell, the newspaper, and the candy wrapper? They have to go somewhere. We throw them into a trash can. Farmer =West loved his farm, but he was getting old. So one day he said to his wife, I think we must sell the farm. It is too big for me now. There is too much work to do. His wife was surprised. But you were a boy here, she said. You grew up here on the farm. So did our son. I know, said =Farmer =West. But our son =Robbie is a man now. He has gone away to the city to live. I must sell the farm. So =Farmer =West made a big wooden sign. It said FOR SALE. He walked to the road, put up the sign, and then walked away. One day a car stopped at the farm. A man in the car said to =Farmer =West, I see that this farm is for sale. I want to buy a farm. May I look around? =Farmer =West showed the man all around the farm. Where is over yonder? =Albert felt tired again. The things on his back were getting heavier, and he was not yet over yonder. He went on, but more slowly now. He went up the hill, over the hill, and down the hill. There on the other side was another camel. Near the camel were piles of hats. &&000 SCOTT, FORESMAN (1974) 2ND GRADE SF19742N.ASC MORE POWER (may be a 'literature' book to supplement Reader) by Ida Mae Johnson et al Source: U of Rochester xerox, scan, edit by DPH January 27, 1993 &&111 Then another truck pulled up. Men jumped off it with picks and shovels. =Joey did not think about his tooth. All he thought about was the excitement on =Appleby =Street. A road-breaker came next. It stopped a few feet from the manhole. It started to make a hole in the street. =Sylvester was a little mouse. He lived in the country because he loved music. He loved to hear the songs of the birds. He loved to hear the wind in the trees. One day some people came to build a road. They dug up =Sylvester's home in the country. So he went to find a new home in the city. =Sylvester looked and looked for a home. One day he heard music. The music came from a music store. =Sylvester went in. The first thing he saw was a guitar. =Sylvester thought, This will be a fine house for me. It has a wire fence in front of the door I'll go inside my little house right now! =Mother put ten bags of doughnuts in =Billy's basket. There's one bag for every house in this block, she said. =Billy said, Mrs =Day won't take one. She told me not to come by again. Then stay away, said =Mother. =Billy left with the doughnuts. =Billy went along the block selling his doughnuts. Soon he came to Mrs =King's house. =Billy thought, I hope Mrs =King will buy the last two bags. I know Mrs =Day won't buy any doughnuts. And her house is the only one left. But Mrs =King needed only one bag. So =Billy still had one bag of doughnuts. =Mickey began to laugh. He said, The joke's on me! I thought Mr =Blake was bringing candy home for dessert. I didn't know =Candy was a girl's name. Everyone laughed. Mrs =Blake said, Come again, =Mickey. Then we'll have both =Candy and candy dessert! Peanut Butter Creams You will need: a large mixing bowl a mixing spoon a measuring cup a spatula or knife wax paper cup confectioners cup chocolate chips =1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk cup peanut butter Candy for Dinner Tim gave the ball to =Mickey. I have to go home now, =Tim said. =Dad is bringing =Candy for dinner. =Mickey thought, Candy for dinner! I wonder what kind it will be. =Tim started to hurry home =Mickey called to =Tim, May I come for dinner? I won't eat much! Sure! =Tim said. Ask your mom! So =Mickey hurried home. The policeman and =Jimmy went into the park building. Will =Jimmy =Jones's =Aunt =Alice come to the park building? called the policeman. Mr =Lee called four times. But =Jimmy knew =Aunt =Alice could not find the park building. Mr =Lee said, Just sit there, =Jimmy. Lost boys are always found in this park. I'm not lost! =Jimmy said. My =Aunt =Alice is lost. =Jimmy thought, Maybe I should tell him =Aunt =Alice is only three years old. Just then a policeman walked in. He said, Here's another lost child. That's my =Aunt =Alice! said =Jimmy. Hard-Hat Jobs Some people have dangerous jobs. Many of them wear hard hats. The hard hats protect their heads. These men work in a steel mill. This man is making a hole in the street. He is using a jackhammer. A subway will be built under the street. A subway is a railroad that travels under the streets. People walked by the piles of junk. =Davy said, There's a good wheel. I can fix my wagon with it. =Beth's father saw a toolbox. He said, I can fix that toolbox. It will be as good as new. Many people found things they liked. =Davy's mother found a table. She said, That table would look new with some red paint. =Beth's mother said, I can use this hatbox. I need a box to store things in. He was very sad. He did not want to leave =Mabel. =Pogo thought, Maybe I can buy =Mabel. Then we'll both be happy. I'll go ask the man who runs the circus. Hello, Mr =James, said =Pogo. I have to leave the circus. But I don't want to leave =Mabel. We've been friends for a long time. Could I buy =Mabel and take her with me? Mr =James said, I'm sorry, =Pogo. I can't sell her to you. =Pogo was very, very sad. =Ziggy had been around people most of his life. But he was still a wild elephant. Some days =Ziggy became very dangerous. Even his keeper was not safe with him. =Davy's mother asked some of her friends to come over. They said, We all have junk. Lots and lots and lots of junk! Let's clean up! Let's have a =Junk =Day on =Juniper =Street! So =Juniper =Street had a =Junk =Day. It was a big clean-up time. Soon there was junk outside of every house. There were old tables, chairs, and toys. There were all kinds of things. =Davy's mother called a junkman. She said, Bring a big truck to =Juniper =Street tomorrow. You'll need it to pick up all the junk. &&000 AMERICAN BOOK CO. (1970) 2ND GRADE AMR9702N.ASC IDEAS, IMAGES AND I series I BUILD, BELONG AND BELIEVE by John M. Franco et al Source: Hobart WS xerox scan edit by DPH February 13, 1993 &&111 Why wasn't =Loke happy? Do you think it was good to feel this way? What was there about the other kids that made =Loke wish she was like them? What did =Mom have in a big box that helped =Loke? What did =Loke do on the day of the show? How did she feel about it? What did =Loke tell the other kids about the dance? Why did the other kids tell =Loke that she was lucky? How did =Loke feel about what the kids said? Stop bugging us! yelled =Joe. What does a girl know about making stuff like this, anyway? Well, for one thing, said =Jan, I can see you don't have all the parts you need. Look for yourself. You've just got three wheels. How is it going to work with just three wheels? =Len looked up from what he was doing. She's right! he told =Joe. I thought we had another one, but we don't. Well, Miss =Know-it-all, said =Joe. Why don't YOU tell us what to do? Not me, said =Jan. I'm just a girl! We'd better tell her about the bet, said =Len. And so, they did. Not far from where =Penny and =Jo lived, was an old house that was being torn down. =Joe stopped in front of the old house and looked around to see if anyone was watching. Not seeing anyone, he went inside. It was dark, but =Joe knew the way. He was just at the end of the hall, when he heard a cry for help coming from one of the rooms upstairs. =Joe ran up the steps. In one of the back rooms, he found his friend, =Luther under a big beam. This beam fell and hit me, said =Luther. I can't get it off my leg. Hold it, =Luther, said =Joe. I'll get it off. Okay, said =Jose, walking away. I'm going to meet the guys. Later, when the back hall was done, =Carlos went down to the street again. Just then, =Jose came along. Man! said =Carlos. What happened to you? You're some mess ! We lost the fight, said =Jose. =Carlos! Come up here, called his mother from the window. You too, =Jose. Come up now! =Carlos, you stay here, said his mother when the boys got upstairs. =Jose, you come into the other room with me. How did =Roy and =Jess feel as they walked down the street? What did the boys see in Mr =Matzeliger's shop? Why did =Jess say he couldn't get what was in the shop? Who said he'd share with his friend? What was Mr =Matzeliger's plan to help =Jess get a drink? What was =Roy s plan? What did =Roy say when he showed =Jess the drink? How did he feel when he said it? How did =Jess feel? Did =Jess want to share his drink? Tell how you know. =Gregory was watching television. Why don't you grow up? asked his sister =Kitty, coming into the room. That's some mess you made of the hall wall. Don't know what you're talking about, said =Gregory, still watching television. I'm talking about the way you put your name all over the hall wall with blue chalk, shouted =Kitty. =Gregory looked up from the television. It may be my name, he shouted back, but I didn't put it there! But =Kitty wouldn't listen. And =Gregory's mother made him get every bit of blue chalk off the hall wall. =Tina stood looking out the window. WHY did we have to come to this place? she asked her brother =Pedro. You know why as well as I do, said =Pedro. This is a big city. It's a good place for =Dad to find work. But I don't like it here, said =Tina, starting to cry. There's no one to play with. The only girl around is that stuck-up one who lives downstairs. She never comes out. All she ever does is sit at her window. Well, We'll never make friends just standing at this window, said =Pedro. I'm going out ! So after schooi =Carlos and =Ray stayed to talk to Mr =Car. Now, what are you doing with this kind of book in school? asked Mr =Car. It's a lot more fun to read than schoolbooks, said =Carlos. They =NEVER tell it like it is. Is that what you think, too? Mr =Car asked =Ray. Something like that, said =Ray. Your book isn't bad, said Mr =Car. But it doesn't tell it like it is. It doesn't tell about the first man in space. And it doesn't tell how he got there! It's =Tot, do this and =Tot, do that. It makes me feel so bad. But when I try to tell her this, It always makes her mad. So all that day I did the things That =Ma likes me to do. I thought that maybe THEN I'd be a help to =Grandma, too. I made my bed. And then I hid To see what =Grandma'd say. But SHE just made it over. Then, =Told me to go and play! =So next, I took some water and A mop into the hall. But =Grandma took the mop away And sent me to play ball. Just =TELL him ! said =Dan. What do you think will happen when I do? asked =Gregory. Don't know, said =Dan. But you'd better tell him! So, =Gregory told Mr =Robinson about the book. Why didn't you tell me about it the other day? asked Mr =Robinson. I knew you'd be mad, said =Gregory. I'm NOT mad, said Mr =Robinson. But your father will have to pay for the lost book. When =Gregory got home, he told his father about the lost book. =Molly stopped crying. WHAT can I do? she asked =Kitty. Play the piano, said =Kitty. That's not a game, said =Molly. So what? said =Jan, It doesn't matter if it's something you do well. Come on, kids, said =Kitty. Let's let =Molly show us how well she can play. And so, all of the girls went to =Molly's house. And =Molly played the piano. I wish I knew how to play the piano like that, said =Jan. Me, too, said the other girls.