Lesson 1
I can hop. I can run. I can stop. It is fun.
Hop, hop, hop. Run, run, run. Stop, stop, stop. Fun, fun, fun.
It is fun.
Lesson 2
I am big. I am six. I can dig.
I c an r un and hop a Tom can h It is fun toand dig.
Lesson 3
I can see my top.
I can see my pop gun. I can see a fig.
I can see Tom.
Tom, can you see me? I see you, Tom.
I see the sun.
Tom, can you see the big sun?
Lesson 4
Tom is big. He is six. Tom and I can run.
I can not tig Tom. I am hot.
Tom, tig me. Do not stop. Tom, fix my gun.
It can not pop. Pop, pop, pop.
Lesson 5
Dan is a man. He has a gig.
Dan has a gig and a van.
Tom and Dan and I got in the van. Dan had a pig in the van.
It trod on Tom.
Dan got a bun for Tom and me.
Lesson 6
Tom has a little dog, Spot. It ran by Dan"s gig.
The gig did not stop. Spot ran on and on.
Dan! Stop the gig; Spot is little. Dan did.
He got Spot in.
Lesson 7
Spot is a fat little dog. Tom sat on a log.
He had his hat on a log. Spot got in the hat.
Tom hit him, and off he ran. Spot! Spot! Here, boy! Here he is.
Lesson 8
I am Mother "s boy. I am Bob.
I sit by Mother. I help her.
I can get a log for her.
She can get a pan and I can get the jam. The jam is in a tin.
See me get it, Mother.
Lesson 9
Mother has a little girl. She is Edna, my sister. Edna has a big doll.
She has a little bed for it.
The doll can sit on Edna"s lap. See its red hat.
See its red dress. Edna loves her doll. I love Mother.
Lesson 10
One day Edna had her doll by a tree. Spot ran up to get it.
Edna did not see him. He ran off with the doll. He got it in the mud. The doll was in a mess.
Its hat was wet, and mud was on its dress. Edna was cross. Bad Spot!
Lesson 11
Edna met Tom; he gave her a nut. She set it in a box by the tap.
By and by, she will have a little tree.
The tree will have buds. The sun will kiss the buds.
The tree will have nuts on it.
Edna will sing, "I had a little nut tree."
Lesson 12
Mother has a wee baby boy. He is little Len.
Edna gave him a bib. Mother will put it on him. He sits in his little cot.
Len must be fed. His sop is in a cup. Father gave Len a big kiss.
He is Father "s pet.
Lesson 13
One day Bob had Len in his pram. Len had his bib on.
Mother had put a pin in it.
Len put his little hand on the pin. Bob ran in to tell Mother.
Len fell from his pram. He got a bad cut. Mother ran to him. She will tell Father. Father will not be glad.
Bob is so sad. He loves Len.
Lesson 14
Little Len is well.
Mother will put him in the tub. We love to see him in it.
Get a rag; he must have a big rub.
He can say, " Dad, Dad;" and "Mum, Mum."
He sits on the mat.
He has a pet pup; it is a pug. The pup tugs at Len"s cap.
The pup will get the cap off the mat. Len will say, "Pup, Pup!"Rub a dub dub! Three men in a tub.
Lesson 15
I went with Mother to get a hat. The man put one on me.
It did not fit; it was big.
He had a little one, but it did not fit. The man said, "Can I sell you a cap ?" So Mother got a cap for me.
I like a cap best.
The man gave Mother the bill. My cap cost two and six.
I must put my cap on a peg.
Lesson 16
One Sunday, Mother said, "Bob, will you go with me to see old Sam?"Old Sam is ill. He is in his hut.
We got a can of milk and a box of eggs for him. Old Sam was in bed.
He had a red rug on him.
He said, "I am glad to see you; I am so ill." Mother gave him egg and milk from a cup. He sat up to sip it.
Sam has an old cat.
I gave the cat a little of the milk. Puss likes milk.
Mother said, "We must help old Sam to get well."Lesson 17
Next day was Monday, and Edna and I went to see if Sam was still ill.
He was under his big gum tree by the hut. Edna said, "We are so glad you are better!" Sam gets water from a dam.
I said, "May we fill the can for you?"
Sam said, "Yes, if you will not spill the water." So we went to fetch a pail of water, as Jack and Jill did.
Edna said, "Let us sing it." So we sang:-
"Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water."We like to help old Sam.
Lesson 18
If Sam is well, he will be at the mill on Friday. He has to chop gum trees.
A boy, Alf, will go with me to see him chop the trees.
We like to smell the gum.
The sap drips from the tree as it is cut.
Sam will let Alf and me have the chips for Mother.
We love the hum, hum at the mill, as the big
logs are cut into strips.
Sam got a big, fat grub in one of the trees.
Lesson 19
Sam gave the grub to Alf. All has his grub in a box.
One day this grub will be a moth. Then it will have four big wings. They will help the moth to fly.
It may fly to the lamp.
Moths like to do so, but that kills them.
I have seen them on the cloth by the lamp. Have you?
Lesson 20
Sh! Sh! Hush!
Do not rush in like that.
Edna is not well; she has a red rash. Mother said she must stay in bed.
I may not go in to see her.
She shall have a cup of hot broth. I wish she were better.
I shall get an egg from the hen"s nest for her. There is a nest in the shed.
Edna shall have the egg in an egg cup.
I shall chip off the top of the egg shell for her.
Lesson 21
Jack was a little mouse.
He hid under a box in the shed. A candle was on the shelf.
Jack got up on the shelf to nibble it. The black cat crept into the shed. He made a spring at Jack.
Be quick, Jack! Puss will catch you.
Jump over the candle stick.
Jack, be nimble; Jack, be quick; Jack, jump over the candle stick.
Lesson 22
Hickory, dickory, dock!
The mouse ran up the clock; The clock struck one,The mouse did run ; Hickory, dickory, dock! Tick, tock! Tick, tock!
This is the song of the kitchen clock.
Do you hear it, Edna?
One, two, three, four, five, six. It has struck six.
It is six o "clock.
Father will be in for tea.
Oh, here he is. Run to him, Len. Be quick, Mother. Here is Father.
Lesson 23
Cheep! cheep! Oh, Mother, see this darling little chick!
Old Speck has ten of them.
There are seven black ones, and the rest are yellow. They are such darling little chicks!
I had a stick to get this black one from its mother.
I had to be so quick.
Speck gave me such a peck on the hand. See that big yellow one on the mother"s back. Did it say "Quack"?
Yes, it did.
Then it must be a ducking.
We must shut up the hen and her chicks in the shed.
Hickety, pickety, my black hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen,Sometimes nine and sometimes ten, Hickety, pickety, my black hen.
Lesson 24
One of my chums, Charlie, said, "May I help you to feed the chicks?"So I let him fetch a can of water. I had a tin of scraps.