&&000 AMERICAN BOOK CO.  MCGUFFY (1896)    PRIMER     MCG896PR.ASC
Source: Kutztown University
Xeroxed by Loreen Wolfer
sCANNED AND EDITED BY DPH March 2, 1993

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=Queen of the =May. Who shall
it be?
It should be the best girl, and
that is =Kate.
Do you see that tall tree ?
Long ago it sprang up from a
small nut.
Do you know who made it do
so?
It was =God, my child. =God
made the world and all things in
it. He made the SUN to light the
day, and the moon to shine at
night.
=God shows that he loves us
by all that he has done for us.
Should we not then love him?
When the stars, at set of sun,
Watch you from on high;
When the light of morn has come,
Think the =Lord is nigh.



The boys have made a big snow man.
They have put a tall hat on his
head, and an old pipe in his mouth.
Hear them laugh as they play!
It is good fun for the boys.
They would like to have it snow
all day and all night.
  =Buzz ! =buzz !   a bee said to
=Mary.
What do you mean?  said
=Mary.   Please tell me once more. 
  =Buzz ! =buzz ! =buzz !   but =Mary
could not tell its wants.
I think it said,  Please let me
get some sweets in this vine. 



Her name is =Kate, and she has
big, blue eyes. You can not see
her eyes, for they are shut.
=Kate is a good baby; but she
will cry if she is hurt, or if she
is not well.
Bess likes to sit near the baby,
and to rock her in the crib.
=Henry =Black and =Ned =Bell live
near our house. They go to school,
and i see them go by each day
with their books and slates.
Miss =May tells the girls and
boys that they should be at the
schoolhouse when the bell rings.
So =Henry walks fast, and is first
at school. He is a good boy,
and wants to keep the rule of
the school.
=Ned is not a good boy. I do
not think he likes to go to school
or to church.
I saw him try to kill a quail
with a stone. The quail is too
quick a bird for that, and =Ned
did not hurt it; but I know that
a good child would not try to kill
a bird.



This house is on fire.
Look ! the roof is in a blaze.
Run, boys, and ring the bell.
Call some men to put out the fire.
We may yet save the house,
if we work hard.
=Bess, do you hear a noise?
Yes, =Tom; what is it?
It is the mill by our house;
logs are cut there.
How do they cut the logs,
=Tom,, with an ax?
Not with an ax, =Bess; it is
too hard work; they cut them
with a saw.
May we not go and see the
mill at work, =Tom?
Yes, i think so. The air is cool,
and we can walk in the shade.
We should go soon, =Bess, or the
pile of wood will be gone.
Our two goats and the cart
are here, =Tom; we can ride to
the mill. It is not up hill, and
the goats can pull us fast.


Here are some girls with skates,
but they are not on the ice.
Their skates roll on the floor.
Which way do you like to
skate, on the ice, or on the floor?
The girl with the new black
dress is =Jane =Bell.
Look out for the cars!
How fast they come!
No horse can go as fast as the cars.
I will not try to catch them,
for I should fall and be hurt.
See the horse look at the car.
Will he not run?




Come, boys, and feed the cows.
The sun has set, and they are
at the barn.
=Sue has a bell on the neck of
her pet cat.
One hot day =Ann and =Nell sat
on the grass in the shade of a
big tree. They like to rock their
dolls, and sing to them.
The brave men in our boat
are on their way to the ship.
They will save the men in the
ship, if they can. They will not
let them drown.
What bird has big eyes? The
owl. Can an owl see at night ?
Yes, an owl can see best at night.

The boys are on the ice with
their skates.
There is a stone on the ice.
One boy did not see it, and has
had a fall.
But he is a brave boy, and
will not cry.



Do you see the boys at play ?
Yes, I see them; there are five
of them.
=Tom is too fat to run fast.
=Nat can catch him.
I like to see boys play.
=Sue has a doll and a pet bird.
Her doll has a new dress and a cap.
=Sues loves =Mary, and will let her
hold the doll.
The pet bird lives in a cage.
=Sue and =Mary will stand by the
cage, and the bird will sing.
There are birds in the tree by
the pond. Can you see them?
Yes; there are five of them in
a nest.
=Tom will not rob a bird's nest.
He is too kind to do so.

Can this old fox catch the hen ?
The fox can catch the hen, and
get the eggs in the nest.
Run, =Rab, and catch the fox.

=Nell is by the pond.
I see ducks on the pond.
=Nell sees the ducks, and will
feed them.
She can not get the ducks.



Has the lad a dog ?
The lad has a fat dog.
The dog has =Nat's cap.
=Nat and =Rab ran.
=Rab ran at a cat.
See the frog on a log.
=Rab sees the frog.
Can the frog see =Rab ?
The frog can see the dog.
=Rab ran at the frog.



The cat has a rat.
The rat ran at =Ann.
=Ann has a cat.
The cat ran at the rat.
=Ann and =Nat.
=Ann has a fan.
=Nat has a hat.
=Ann can fan =Nat.