warm.

Then the huntsman will sound the sweet horn,
And the sheep will be loosed from the fold.
When Phoebus sinks down in the west,
The shepherd takes care of his sheep:
The birds all retire to their rest,

And good little boys go to sleep.

5. The sun is a great fire which makes the world It is a great lamp placed in the sky to give us light. If the sun did not rise, it would be always dark. If the sun should forget to rise, how wretched should we be !

6. Do you know who made the sun? Yes: God made the sun; and he makes it to rise every day. God is very good to make the sun rise for us: He never forgets us one day: and we should never forget him.

7. Remember thy Creator now, in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, "I have no pleasure in them."-While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain.

Ri-sing, thun-der, light-ning, far-mer, car-ries, mil-ler, ba-ker, bis-cuit, peach-es, cher-ries, ap-ples, parch-ed, riv-er, dri-ed, no-thing, thank-ful, clou-dy, wa-ter, show-ers, joy-ful, gras-sy, va-ri-ous, nour-ish, cis-tern, crys-tal, mar-gin. En-rich-ing, al-lay.

Chapter XII. Twelfth.

1. Do you know who makes it rain? I will tell you. God makes it rain. Do you see that dark cloud rising in the west? that cloud will bring thunder and lightning and rain. You need not be afraid, God makes it thunder; and he will not let it hurt you if you are good.

2. If it did not rain, the grass would not grow, and

then the cows would give us no milk. Cows eat grass, and that makes them give milk. Milk, you know, is good for little boys. Bread and milk are good, and so are mush and milk.

3. If it did not rain the wheat would not grow; and then we should have no bread. The farmer carries wheat to mill; the miller grinds it into flour; and then the baker makes bread of it, and biscuit too.

4. If it did not rain the trees would not grow; pears grow on trees; peaches grow on trees; cherries grow on trees; and apples grow on trees; if it did not rain, there would be no pears, nor peaches, nor cherries, nor apples.

5. If it did not rain there would be no water; the springs, and brooks, and rivers, would all be dried up, and then you would have nothing to drink, and we should all die. God is very good to make it rain, and we should all of us be very thankful.

6 God from his cloudy cistern pours,

On the parch'd earth enriching showers;
The grove, the garden, and the field,
A thousand joyful blessings yield.
He makes the grassy food arise,
And gives the cattle large supplies :

With herb for man, of various power,
To nourish nature or to cure.
He bids the crystal fountains flow,
And cheer the valleys as they go;
The flocks and herds their thirst allay,
While lambs upon the margin play.
From pleasant trees which shade the brink,
The lark and linnet light to drink;

Their songs, the lark and linnet raise,
And chide our silence in his praise.

Want-ed, di-ed, o-pen-ed, Har-ry, hol-low, neither, ro-sy, ver-dant, hum-ble, glean-er, scat-ter-ed, na-ture, view-ing, kind-ly, boun-te-ous, war-bling, car-rol, lea-fy, dwel-ling, gol-den. A-way, yourselves, a-bout, ap-pear-ing, dis-port-ing, con-tent, pro-claim-ing, for-sake,

se-cure.

Chapter XIII. Thirteenth.

1. Once Tommy had a little bird; it was a sweet little bird; he put it in a cage and fed it, and gave it drink; he took good care of it, yet it wanted to get out and fly away; but Tommy would not let it fly away; so the poor thing died in the cage.

2. Once Billy had a bird in a cage, and the bir wanted to get out; so Billy opened the door of the cage and took it out; poor bird, said he, I do not want to hurt you; go fly away to the trees and find your

mamma.

3. Harry! would you keep a poor little bird shut up in a cage? You would not like yourself to be shut up all night, and all day, in a hollow tree: so the poor bird does not like to be shut up in a cage.

4. Now, says Billy, I will tell you what my mamma says about birds: She says that God made the birds,

and little boys should not hurt them, nor rob their nests
neither. God made them to fly about and sing.
you sing?

5 When the rosy morn appearing,
Paints with gold the verdant lawn:
Bees on banks of thyme disporting,
Sip the sweets, and hail the dawn.
See content the humble gleaner,
Takes the scattered ears that fall;
Nature all her children viewing,
Kindly bounteous gives to all.
6 Warbling birds the day proclaiming,
Carrol'sweet the lively strain;
They forsake their leafy dwelling,
To secure the golden grain.
See content, &c.

Chapter XIV. Fourteenth.

Can

1. It is a fine thing to talk and read well. Puss can play as well as you, and puss can eat and drink, and she can run as well as you.

2. Puss can climb up trees, and she can catch mice, which is more than you can do.

No. Can puss read? No.

But can puss talk?

3. Can your dog Tray read? No. Will you teach him? take a pin and point to the words. No, he will not learn, he cannot talk.

4. I never saw a dog or a cat that could learn to read; but boys and girls can learn. If you do not learn you are not good for half so much as puss.

Chapter XV. Fifteenth.

1. What o'clock is it? it is twelve o'clock.

It is

2. That way is the south. Always when it is twelve o'clock, and when you look at the sun, your face is to the south, your back is to the north, your left hand is to the east, and your right hand to the west. 3. The sun rises in the east, and sets in the west. Far in the north it is cold weather, and in the south it is warm weather. East, west, north, and south.

4. The wind blows. Which way does the wind blow? Throw up some grass, and that will tell you. The wind blows this way.

5. The wind blows from the north. The north wind is cold, the south wind is warm, the east wind will bring a storm of rain, and the west wind will bring a storm of thunder.

Chapter XVI. Sixteenth.

1. Come here Charles, and look at the sun. The sun is in the west. Yes, in a short time it will set. We sun now, he is not so bright as he was at noon when he was up high in the sky.

can look at the

2. See how fine the clouds are! Now the sun goes down very fast. We can see but half of him. Now

he is all gone.

Good night sun.

3. Now turn your face to the east. What is that so bright there? Is it fire? No, it is the moon. How large and red it is! The moon is round now, because it is full moon: but it will not be quite so round tomorrow night; it will lose a small piece; and the next night it will lose a piece more; and the next night a piece more, and so on till it is like your bow when it is bent.

4. It will not rise till you are gone to bed; and will grow less and less, till, in two weeks, there will be no moon to be seen.

5. Then there will be a new moon, and you will see