THE NEW MCGUFFEY FIRST READER
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goes read tell write well name

The name of this little girl
is Rose.

Do you think she looks like a rose?

Do you think Rose is a pretty name?

Rose goes to school.

She can read and write.

At home, she likes to read to her
mother. She likes to look at
the pictures, too.

Tell me, Rose, how well you can read.

Can you read well in your book?

I think you can write very well.

Can you write your name?

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were so day then be

Can you tell me the name of this
pretty little bird?

It is so little it can not fly very far.

Some of the boys found it in the woods,
as they were going to school one day.

It was not in a nest.

Frank said; "I will take the little
bird home with me.

It will be a good pet."

So Frank took it as he said.

He is kind to it and feeds it.
but he will not keep it.

Some day it can fly well.

Then Frank will let it go.

It will fly away with the other birds.

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us our shall learn children their

Come, girls let us play with our dolls.

We will play school.

Our dolls will be the children.

Our dolls are as good as some
children are.

They have their books, and I think,
they will learn very fast.

Soon we shall see how well they can read.

This doll is not so good
as the others.

She does not like to go
to school very well.

She must sit by me
and look at her book.

As soon as she can read well, she
may go home and play.

She goes to school day after day,
but she does not learn.

She can not write at all.

She can not tell her name.

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WRITING LESSON.

This is my little doll.

Her name is Lucy.

Do you thik she is pretty?

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