Our own second reader: for the use of schools and families . R. 65 2. He is too lazy to work ; so he sits down inthe sun, and goes to sleep. Who do you thinkhe is? Why, that is Slokins himself. He is aman now, but he is just as lazy as ever. o. What a poor old hat he wears ! Why donthe get a better hat ? A better hat! How canlie get a hat without money, and how can he getmoney if he will not work \ Lazy men have butlittle money. 4. Do you see one of his shoes ? Do you seehow his toes stick out of it ? Why dont he geta pair of new shoes 1 New shoes ! How can heget them without money % He has a
Our own second reader: for the use of schools and families . R. 65 2. He is too lazy to work ; so he sits down inthe sun, and goes to sleep. Who do you thinkhe is? Why, that is Slokins himself. He is aman now, but he is just as lazy as ever. o. What a poor old hat he wears ! Why donthe get a better hat ? A better hat! How canlie get a hat without money, and how can he getmoney if he will not work \ Lazy men have butlittle money. 4. Do you see one of his shoes ? Do you seehow his toes stick out of it ? Why dont he geta pair of new shoes 1 New shoes ! How can heget them without money % He has a wife athome; but what do you think will become ofher? 5. Sometimes this man works a little while,and gets a little money; but he does not use itto buy a hat or shoes. What does he do with it?Do you ask me what he does with it 1 Look intfce next lesson and see what he does with it. Sharp meanchindrinkhurt LESSOl drunk e-nough signboard hurty bottle XXXVIII. pocket crazy doing little stagger be-comesdrunkardfilled sometimesgrogshopc 66 OUR OWN SECOND LAZY SLOKINS, THE DRUNKARD. 1. Sure enough! Here he is agmn. This inthe same man, only a little older. It is Slokins-himself. I can tell by his long nose, and hissharp chin, and his mean look. 2. But where is he now ? Where is he now lHe is on the road to ruin/ Dont you see thatthe signboard says so ? But Slokins did not stopto read it. Lazy man as lie is, he is sometimesin a hurry. 3. What kind of a place do you think that iswhich you see at the corner of the street % It isa grog-shop. And what is Slokins doing there 1He has gone there to get a drink—to get a drinkof rum, and to get his bottle filled with mm. Doyou see the bottle in his pocket 1 4. What harm will it do if Slokins does drink OUP, OWN SECOND HEADER. 67 rum % What harm will it do! If he drinks alittle, it will make him want to drink more ; ifhe drinks a little more, it will make him wild andcrazy ; and if he drinks much more, it will makehim stagger and fall
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