Primer Part II . THE FERNS Oh, what shall we do The long winter through ? The baby ferns cried When the mother fern died. The wind whistled bleak, And the woodland was drear, And on each baby cheekThere glistened a tear. Then down from the cloudsLike a flutter of wings, There came a whole crowdOf tiny white * They trooped in a heap, Where the baby ferns lay,And put them to sleep, That bleak, bitter day. Tucked under the snowIn their little brown hoods, Not a thing will they know,—Those Babes in the Woods, Till some day in spring, When the bobolinks sing,They will open their eyes To the
Primer Part II . THE FERNS Oh, what shall we do The long winter through ? The baby ferns cried When the mother fern died. The wind whistled bleak, And the woodland was drear, And on each baby cheekThere glistened a tear. Then down from the cloudsLike a flutter of wings, There came a whole crowdOf tiny white * They trooped in a heap, Where the baby ferns lay,And put them to sleep, That bleak, bitter day. Tucked under the snowIn their little brown hoods, Not a thing will they know,—Those Babes in the Woods, Till some day in spring, When the bobolinks sing,They will open their eyes To the bluest of skies. —Mrs. Cornwall. IRIS Iris was the only daughter of the Sunand Water Drop. Her father was veryfond of her, and gave her many prettydresses. You may see the colors of herdresses in the sky at sunset. Iris often took messages to the earthfor her father. That she might traveldown and up easily he built her a bridgefrom the earth to the sky. This bridge had seven colors, and Iris 93. Jean Francois Millet fastened it to the earth with a pot of have often seen this bridge. Have you ? Sometimes Iris came in the morningwith a message to the sailors that stormswere coming. Sometimes she came inthe evening to tell them that the sea wouldbe calm till morning. This is the story of the Rainbow as theold Greeks told it to their children. There are bridges on the rivers, As pretty as you please ;But the bow that bridges heaven And overtops the trees, 94 And builds a road from earth to sky,• Is prettier far than these. Name the letter or letters representing- u long in each of thefollowing- words : Duty, chew, knew, feud, view, Tuesday, during,student, youthful. Drill sks in asks, desks, risks, tusks ; sts in casts, pests, mists,posts, trusts ; kts as in acts, sects, convicts, constructs. THE SPIDER AND THE FLY Will you walk into my parlor ? Said a spider to a fly ; Tis the prettiest little parlor That ever you did way into my parlor Is up a winding stair,
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