. McGuffey's second eclectic reader . 22 ECLECTIC SERIES. LESSON Vil. spf der§ ^^ tickling siAy tH ->*<- -V,vt leg§opetoe§choogenodspread be lieve six BABY BYE. 1. Bnby Bye,Heres a fly;We will watch him, you and I. How he crawls Up the walls, Yet he never falls!I believe with six such legsYou and I could walk on eggs. There he goes On his toes, Tickling Babys nose. SECOND READER. 23 2. Spots of redDot his head; Rainbows on his back are spread; That small speck Is his neck; See him nod and beck!I can show you, if you choose,Where to look to find his shoes, Three small pairs, Made of hairs


. McGuffey's second eclectic reader . 22 ECLECTIC SERIES. LESSON Vil. spf der§ ^^ tickling siAy tH ->*<- -V,vt leg§opetoe§choogenodspread be lieve six BABY BYE. 1. Bnby Bye,Heres a fly;We will watch him, you and I. How he crawls Up the walls, Yet he never falls!I believe with six such legsYou and I could walk on eggs. There he goes On his toes, Tickling Babys nose. SECOND READER. 23 2. Spots of redDot his head; Rainbows on his back are spread; That small speck Is his neck; See him nod and beck!I can show you, if you choose,Where to look to find his shoes, Three small pairs, Made of hairs; These he always wears. 3. Flies can seeMore than we; So how bright their eyes must be! Little fly, Ope your eye; Spiders are near a secret I can tell,Spiders never use flies well; Then away, Do not stay. Little fly, good day. 24 ECLECTIC SERIES. LESSON VIII. servant suclden ly longer re turned lived tired sinye five. aijx ions trouble gertain nearly dozen seven strange great•eoal prop er seemed PUSS AXD HER KITTENS. 1. Puss, with her three kittens, hadlived in the coal cellar; but one dayshe thought she would carry them tothe attic. 2. The servant thought that was SECOND HEADER. 25 not the proper place for them; so shecarried them back to the cellar. 3. Puss was certain that she wantedthem in the attic; so she carried themthere again and again, five, six, seven, -yes, a dozen times; for each time theservant took them back to the cellar. 4. Poor puss was nearly tired out,and could carry them no longer. 5. Suddenly she went away. Wheredo you think she went? 6. She was gone a long time. Whenshe returned, she had a strange catwith her that we had never seen be-fore. 7. She seemed to tell him all abouther ccreat trouble, and he listened to t—j * her story. 8. Then the strange cat took the littlekittens, one by one, and carried themto the attic. After this he went away,and we have never seen him sin


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