The Elementary School Journal, Volume 16University of Chicago Press, 1916 |
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Page 297 - RAIN THE rain is raining all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea.
Page 279 - The part of farming enjoyed most by a boy is the making of maple sugar. It is better than blackberrying and almost as good as fishing. One reason why a boy likes this work is that someone else does most of it. It is a sort of work in which he can appear to be very industrious and yet do but little.
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Page 278 - A boy had a dog. The dog ran into the woods. The boy ran after the dog. He wanted the dog to go home. But the dog would not go home. The little boy said, "I cannot go home without my dog.