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After tea, papa' said, "Now, Maud,
I will say

it is time for me to go.

good-by. I have had a very happy

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Let pupils give oral answers in complete sentences.

Why did Maud have to stay in her room?
What did Maud's papa' wish her to do?

Why did he have to go away?

Who made and poured the tea?

What kind of uniform did her papa' wear?

SLATE EXERCISE.

Let pupils copy the following exercise.

Miss Maud will be

pleased to have her papa

take tea and toast with her

this evening at six o'clock.

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One day I saw John coming with a basket. He gave it to me and said, "Little Bo-peep, take care of your sheep."

I looked in, and there was a dear little lamb in the basket.

I named her Bo-peep, and put a little bell on her neck.

Then I got a box and put it in the barn for Bo-peep's house, and she went to sleep in it.

By and by, she was large enough to run and play on the grass, and

make the little bell tinkle, tinkle, everywhere she went.

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One day she tried to follow me to school. I almost wanted her to go. But John came after her and put her into the barn. Bo-peep cried all day for me.

When I came home from school, I went to the barn to see her.

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how glad she was to have me come. back!

When it was

cold, I used to

put her to bed in the wood box The rest is sad to

by the stove.

tell.

One night I was sick, and asked nurse to take care of Bo-peep, and she said, Yes, dear."

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In the morning I morning I ran to the wood box to find Bo-peep.

not there!

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She was

When nurse came in she said, I am so sorry! I forgot to bring the poor little thing into the house!"

I ran out to the barn, and there was little Bo-peep, dead.

I could not help crying. The next morning, Ned and I buried

her in the garden, under an old apple tree.

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Ned put up a piece of board on

the tree, and I wrote this on it

"Little Bo-peep

Fell fast asleep."

LANGUAGE LESSON.

Let pupils give oral answers in complete sentences.

What did John have in the basket?

What name did the girl give the lamb?

What did she put on its neck?

Where was the lamb found dead?

Where was it buried?

SLATE

EXERCISE.

Let pupils copy, and fill the blanks.

build nests.

make honey. Feathers grow on Wool grows. Apples grow on

on

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