Reading and Literature First Reader . n give him Jenny Wrenfor a wife/ said the queen. So Wee Robin and Jenny Wrenflew away home. — Scotch Folk Tale. 38 The Straw Ox A long time ago there was an old man and an old were very old man worked in the the old woman spun flax. One day the old woman said,Daddy, make me a straw ox,and smear it with tar. What is the good of a straw ox?said the old man. a Please make me a straw ox/:said the old woman. So the old man made the straw ox,and he smeared it with tar. 39 The next morning the old woman drovethe straw ox into the fie
Reading and Literature First Reader . n give him Jenny Wrenfor a wife/ said the queen. So Wee Robin and Jenny Wrenflew away home. — Scotch Folk Tale. 38 The Straw Ox A long time ago there was an old man and an old were very old man worked in the the old woman spun flax. One day the old woman said,Daddy, make me a straw ox,and smear it with tar. What is the good of a straw ox?said the old man. a Please make me a straw ox/:said the old woman. So the old man made the straw ox,and he smeared it with tar. 39 The next morning the old woman drovethe straw ox into the field. She said, Graze away, little ox,while I spin my flax. She spun her flax a long she fell asleep. Soon a bear came out of the ran at the ox and said, Who are you? Speak and tell me. I am an ox, I am made of straw and smeared with tar, I am. Oh, said the bear, you are made of straw and smeared with tar, are you ?Give me some straw and I can mend my torn fur. < i You may take some,said the ox. 40. The bear ran at the ox. He began to tear away the tar, and he stuck pulled and pulled, but could not let the ox dragged the bear home. The old woman awoke. Where is my ox ? she cried. I will go home to see. So she got up and ran home. And there stood the ox and the bear. 41 She ran to the old she cried, the ox has brought us a old man threw the bear into the cellar. The next morning the old woman drove the ox into the field away, little ox, she said, while I spin my spun her flax a long she fell asleep. Soon a wolf came out of the ran at the ox and said, Who are you? Speak and tell me. I am an ox, I am made of straw and smeared with tar, I am. Oh, you are made of straw and smeared with tar, are you?said the wolf. 42 Give me some of your I can smear my coat, and the dogs can not tear me. You may take some, said the ox. The wolf ran at the ox. He began to tear a
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