THE NEW MCGUFFEY FIRST READER
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What will come when summer is
over and gone?

Oh, I can tell you. After the
summer is gone, fall will come.

When fall comes, the days begin
to grow cold.

Then the leaves fall from the trees.

Some of the leaves turn red, some
turn brown, and some turn
yellow as gold.

In the fall we have ripe apples to
eat. The corn is ripe then, too.

All the children are glad when fall
comes. Do you know why?

Play time is over, and school begins.

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rain stay grass fresh

"I wish, mother, you would tell me
where the rain comes from.

"Does it come from the sky?

"Are the leaves and the flowers and
the grass glad when the rain
falls on them?"

This is what Lucy asked her mother
one day. Her mother said:

"The rain makes the grass look
green and fresh. It helps the
flowers grow.

"The corn which we plant in the
field could not grow if there
was no rain."

"But, mother," said Lucy, "I do not
like the rain very well. It
makes me stay in the house
when I want to go and play.

See how fast it rains! I shall have
to stay at home all day."

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evening west clouds those fade

It is evening, and the sun is about to
set. The day will soon be gone.

Let us sit here on the soft grass
and look at the bright clouds
in the west.

Do you think there is any rain in
those little clouds?

Oh, no! Those are not rain clouds.

See how pretty they are!

Some of the clouds are red, and
some are as yellow as gold.

It is the light of the sun that makes
them look so bright.

Soon they will all fade away in the
blue sky.

Soon it will be night, and the moon
and stars will shine for us.

a fast ask grass a

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ship sea beach sand live shells

Here are four little girls who live
near the sea.

They have gone down to the
beach with their father.

They like to play in the sand.

Sometimes their mother goes with
them, and they stay there all day.

They like to look at the ships as
they sail far away on the blue sea.

Do you think you would like to
sail far away on a ship?