13. It is night. Betty, bring candles, Look at the moon: O pretty moon. The moon shines for us at night when the sun has gone to bed. Good moon. Once there was a boy who was humoured in every thing, and he cried for the moon: That is my moon, says he, give me the moon; I will have the moon. He was a silly boy was he not?

14. The sun has gone to bed; the chickens have gone to bed; the birds have gone to bed, and Charles must go to bed. Poor little boy, he is sleepy. Pull off his shoes. I believe we must carry him up stairs. Lay his little head on the pillow, and cover him up. Good night. Shut your eyes

and go to sleep.

Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.

Sun-day, Mon-day, Tues-day, Wed-nes-day, Thurs-day, Fri-day, Sa-tur-day.-Ja-nu-a-ry, FebFu-a-ry, A-pril, Ju-ly, Au-gust, Al-ma-nac, e-qual, num-ber, thir-ty, twen-ty, freez-es, fro-zen, slid-ing, skat-ing drown-ed, grow-ing, long-er, al-most, coming, co-lour, go-ing, fare-well, plea-sant, pay-ing, ro-bin, sum-mer, hot-test, gar-den, suc-kle, mel-lons, fir-ed, shoot-ing, bloo-dy, flut-ters, sor-ry, fal-ling, ci-der, sto-ries, pic-tures. Christ-mas, bu-sy, do-ing, part-ing, won-der, he-li-days, her-bage, au-tumn, trea-sures, Sep-tem-ber, Oc-to-ber, No-vem-ber, De-cem-ber, a-lone, a-mong, un-fold.

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Chapter XX. Twentieth.

1. Charles, do you know how many days there are in a week? Yes, seven: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: There are seven days in a week, and four weeks in a month.

2. Charles, how many months are there in one year? Twelve: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, Oc tober, November, December. Twelve months. make one year.

3. Charles, the almanac makers say, that each month has not an equal number, of days how many days are in each month?

Thirty days hath September.
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
But February, which alone,
Has twenty-eight of Julian time,
And every leap year twenty-nine.

4. January is a very cold month. It snows and it freezes. There are no leaves on the trees. The milk is frozen, and the river is frozen. All the boys are sliding on the ice. There is a man skating: how fast he goes! I will buy Charles a pair of skates. But you must take care, there is a hole in the ice. If you fall in you will be drowned.

5. February is cold too; but the days are growing longer, and March will soon come. March is the first month of spring. Now the wind blows hard. It will almost blow you away. There is a tree blown down. Here are some young lambs ;. poor things they are cold.

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6. April is come, and the birds sing: the trees are in blossom and the flowers are coming out, Now it rains it rains, and the sun shines. There is a rainbow. O what fine colours! How beautifal is the rainbow! but it will not stay long; it is going away. It fades-it is quite gone-Farewell rainbow.

7. May is very pleasant., Now Charles may walk out in the field. The air is sweet. The lambs are playing about on the grass, among the sweet flowers. The trees are full of blossoms,

and the birds sing. Pretty birds, sing for little Charles, he is a good boy. There is a robin red-breast-Sing robin.

8. June is come.

and walk out to Grass will make

Now it is very warm: we shall have roses, and all the sweet flowers of summer. You must get up early see the farmer mow the grass. hay. How sweet the new hay smells! O it is very hot. Well, so much the better: You must make hay while the sun shines.

9. July is the hottest month. You must go under the trees and play in the shade. Come let us go in the garden. There is a bee upon the honey suckle. He is getting honey: he will carry it to the hive, and save it for winter. Good bee, make honey for Charles.

10. August will bring us ripe apples, and pears, and water mellons, and green corn. Then September will come and bring us good peaches Hark! somebody has fired off a gun. They are shooting the poor birds. Here is a bird dropped just down at your feet. Poor thing, it is all bloody how it flutters! it is going to die. Are you not sorry for the poor bird..

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11. October is come, Charles, and the leaves are falling off the trees, and the flowers are almost gone: But here are some nuts, and a few grapes. Grapes make wine, and apples make cider, and nuts are good for boys to eat.

12. November brings rainy weather. No flowers, no hay-making now. Well, never mind it, we will set by the fire and read, and tell stories, and look at pictures. Where is Billy, and Harry, and Betsy? Now we will see who can spell best, and read best. Good children, you shall all have some cake.

13. December and christmas are coming, and Betty is very busy. What is she doing? She is paring apples, and chopping meat. What for, I wonder! O, to make mince pies. Do you like mince pies? Yes they are very good. Christmas holidays, and mince pies, are very good for little boys.

14. In winter how white is the snow?
While boys on the ice are at play:
In spring the green herbage will grow,
With all the sweet blossoms of May.
What charms do the summer unfold!
While hay-makers breath the sweet air,
And autumn brings treasures of gold;
The apple, the peach, and the pear.

On-ly, fish-es, floun-ces, kil-led, bel-lows, tyger, spar-row, swal-low, twit-ters, pi-ge-on, turkey, gob-bles, pea-cock, grass-hop-per, his-ses, gar-den, gra-vel, rol-ler, half-pen-ny, bar-row, garden-er, let-tuce, pars-ley, sal-lad, cur-rent, bushcs, ber-ry, la-dy, bee-tle, stock-ings, vic-tu-als, col. der, win-dow, shiv-er, pul-led, sad-ly, beg-ging, cru-el, after-wards. Him-self.

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Chapter XXI. Twenty-first.

1. How many fingers have you got, little boy, Here are four fingers on this hand, and one thumb, that makes five. And five more on the other hand, makes ten. Ten fingers, and ten toes, I have got and two legs. A horse has four legs, a goat has four legs, and puss has four legs; but a chicken has only two legs, a bird has only two legs, and Charles has only two legs.

2. How many legs have fishes? Fishes have no legs at all. They do not walk, they swim about in the water. Here is a fish that somebody bas caught. Poor little fish! see how it flounces

about. It has a hook in its mouth.

be dead.

It will soon

It cannot live out of the water, and

Charles cannot live in the water.

3. Charles has got clothes to keep him warm. Feathers keep the birds warm, and wool makes the sheep warm. Can you climb a tree? Puss can climb a tree better than you. Ask puss to teach you. See how fast she climbs. Puss! do not catch the little birds on the trees; the birds must sing for Charles. Oh, naughty puss, she has caught a bird, and killed it.

4. The horse neighs. The cock crows. The ass brays. The bull bellows. The cow lows. The sheep bleat. The lion roars. The wolf howls. The tyger growls. The frog croaks. The sparrow chirps. The swallow twitters. The pigeon coos. The turkey gobbles. The peacock screams. The grasshopper chirps. The duck quacks. The owl hoots. The snake hisses. But little girls and boys talk.

5. Shall we go into the garden and see the flowers, and the apple trees, and run about on the gravel walk? Where is your roller? Come roll the walk. If you work well I will give you a halfpenny a day. If you are a good boy you shall have a little garden of your own, and a spade to dig with, and a hoe, and a rake, and a little wheel barrow.

6. Do not let the weeds grow in your garden; pul! them all up; weeds are good for nothing.You must ask the gardener for some seeds, and you must sow them, and cover them with dirt. Here is some lettuce seed, and some parsley seed; sow them, and we shall have sallad. Water your garden. Look at your currant bushes, and the goose-berry bushes; see how they grow. 7. Here is a lady-bird upon a leaf. It is red, and has black spots. Ah! It has got wings. It