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OBJECT LESSONS.

PAGE

The Cat 121 The Dog 122 Buttercups 122 Wheat 123 Slate 124 Chalk 124 The Mouse 125 The Rabbit 125 Ivy 126 A Tree 127 Bricks 127 The Donkey 128 Sheep 129 Turnips 129 Green Peas 130 Iron and Metal 130 Needles 131 The Knife 132 The Hen 133 The Sparrow 133 Herbs 134 Coffee 134 Paper 135 The Fly 136 The Wasp 136 The Sunflower 137 The Rose 138 Wood 138 Coal 139 Fire 140

CHAMBERS'S SCIENCE READERS.

THE CAT.

PART 1.

walk?-ing watched ground shak?-ing thought stroked fore?-paws toes knew smooth yawn stretched sheaths won?-der mis-take? claw

THE CAT

PART 2.

knives bot?-tom should tear?-ing poured clean sauc?-er tongue touch rough kit?-chen cous?-ins coun?-tries peo?-ple thought be-lieve?

'Here, pussy, would you like some milk?' said Harry, and getting up, he poured a little milk into a clean saucer.

'May I touch your tongue, then, with one of my fingers?'

She asked:

'Have you looked at pussy's eyes?'

'Not just now,' said his mother, 'but she can open them wide when she likes. Then she can see even in the dark.'

'No, she is not like you. But she has plenty of cousins. Her cousins are the big lions and tigers, that live in hot countries, and eat sheep and horses, and even people when they can get them.'

THE DOG.

fol?-lowed moth?-er hun?-gry lone?-ly win?-dow noise la?-zy be-cause? watched friend bur?-ied e-nough? Ber?-nard shep?-herd wrong talk?-ing

'No, he is not a dog of that kind, and is not big enough. The big St Bernard dogs save people when they are lost in the snow.

'What can he do?'

'They are talking to each other,' said Dora.

BUTTERCUPS.

chil?-dren flow?-ers dai?-sy chains hun?-gry bas?-ket ought but?-ter piec?-es hair?-y yel?-low threads mid?-dle break leaves seeds

'Gold-cups, they ought to be called, not butter-cups,' said Harry. 'They look like cups, don't they?'

'Only it is not bright and golden, but green and hairy.'

'Oh, the heap is all made up of little round things! Look, I can pull it to pieces.'

'Yes, there is a ball in every one. It must be a seed, or a little egg.'

'Well, it is all the same thing,' said Harry.

'I think the green thing with a horn is only a case to take care of the seed.'

'And the yellow cup takes care of the yellow threads.'

'And the yellow threads take care of the green cases.'

'And the green cases take care of the seeds.'

DAISIES AND BUTTERCUPS.

mead?-ows stalk cov?-ered yel?-low maid?-en light?-ly ten?-der tread win?-ter cun?-ning dai?-sy straight ground chil?-dren moss?-y but?-ter

WHEAT.

PART 1.

field fa?-ther wheat plough bas?-ket watched threw har?-row grains east morn?-ing earth joints be-lieve? for?-est stalks

They got up very early one morning and went out with their father. Harry had a bag full of wheat, and Dora had a little basket.

'Look at the shape of the leaves,' she said, 'and the joints in the stems.'

WHEAT.

PART 2.

heard talk?-ing har?-vest sup?-per seemed sur-prise? rail?-way heav?-y truck mean flour lis?-ten han?-dle min?-utes treat tea

A mill--a fine new wheat-mill!

'Do you mean Harry and me?' asked Dora.

'Yes, my dear children, I mean you. You are going to be my dusty millers!

At this Dora and Harry jumped for joy, clapped their hands, and ran to their mother to hug her.

SLATE.

PART 1.

rid?-dle ex-act?-ly guessed won?-der bought Sat?-ur-day sup-pose? fin?-gers met?-al smooth re-mem?-ber piece

'Is this a riddle?'

'No, not exactly.'

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