. McGuffey's second eclectic reader . ngth, theyhardly tried to fly out of their way, 106 ECLECTIC SERIES. even when the branches nearly touchedthem. 5. The man who had been watchingall this, now began to wonder who hadset these branches adrift. He lookedup the stream, and spied a fox slylywatching the ducks. What will he donext1? thought the man. 6. When the fox saw that the duckswere no longer afraid of the branches,he took a much larger branch than *—j any he had yet used, and stretchedhimself upon it so as to be almosthidden. Then he set it afloat as hehad the others. 7. Right among the fl
. McGuffey's second eclectic reader . ngth, theyhardly tried to fly out of their way, 106 ECLECTIC SERIES. even when the branches nearly touchedthem. 5. The man who had been watchingall this, now began to wonder who hadset these branches adrift. He lookedup the stream, and spied a fox slylywatching the ducks. What will he donext1? thought the man. 6. When the fox saw that the duckswere no longer afraid of the branches,he took a much larger branch than *—j any he had yet used, and stretchedhimself upon it so as to be almosthidden. Then he set it afloat as hehad the others. 7. Right among the flock drifted thesly old fox, and, making quick snaps toright and left, he seized two fine youngducks, and floated off with them. 8. The rest of the flock flew awayin fright, and did not come back fora long time. 9. The fox must have had a finedinner to pay him for his cunning,patient work. SECOND READER. 107 LESSON XLIX. saintplainworthsilver silken smner steadytender simpiespinnermurderproverb pov er tysplendor planningre member PllETTY IS THAT PRETTY DOES. 1. The spider wears a plain brown dress, And she is a steady spinner;To see her, quiet as a mouse,Going about her silver house,You would never, never, never guessThe way she gets her dinner. 108 ECLECTIC SERIES. 2. She looks as if no thought of ill In all her life had stirred her;But while she moves with careful tread,And while she spins her silken is planning, planning, planning still The way to do some murder. 3. My child, who reads this simple lay, With eyes dowii-dropt and tender,Remember the old proverb saysThat pretty is which pretty does,And that worth does not go nor stay For poverty nor splendor. 4. Tis not the house, and not the dress, That makes the saint or see the spider sit and spin,Shut with her walls of silver in,You would never, never, never guess The way she gets her dinner. Mif-e Gary- SECOND HEADER. 109 LESSON L. a lone PeterPmdar Towger per song ap peartravel er§
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