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No, mother, but I wish to try now."

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Well, take some tea from the caddy, and put it into the teapot." "How much shall I take?"

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Fill the teaspoon once for each one of us."

"One, two, three, four, five, and a big one for Frank, makes six."

"That will do. Now pour in some hot water, and set the teapot on the stove so that the tea can steep."

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How long must the tea steep, mother?"

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Only a little while. The hot water will soon make nice tea for us. Can you tell me what tea is, Milly?"

"Yes, mother, I think I can. Tea is made of the leaves of a plant that grows over the sea.

"Men pick the leaves from the plant, then roll them up, and dry them.

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When the leaves are dry, they are put into boxes, and sent to us in large ships.

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It is very far off where the tea plant grows, and the ships have to sail a long, long time before they get to us."

LANGUAGE LESSON.

Let pupils copy the following sentences and commit them to

memory.

Men roll and dry the leaves of the tea plant. They put these dry

leaves into boxes.

The boxes are sent to

us in

in large ships.

HOW JOHN EARNED TEN CENTS.

"John, would you like to earn

some money?"

"Yes, father. What must I do to earn it?"

"Well, those pigs are out of the pen again. If you will drive them back, and stop the hole so they can not get out, I will give you ten cents."

"O I'll do it," said John, "and Rover will help me. Here, Rover! Here, Rover! Where are you?

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But, John, you must not let Rover hurt the pigs," said his father.

"O no, he shall not hurt them, said John; and away they ranRover to have the fun, and John to earn the ten cents.

When the pigs saw that John and Rover were after them, how they did run! It was very funny to see them. The pigs would turn first one way, and then another.

After a long race, John got the pigs back into the yard.

"Father, I think I have earned "I never saw pigs run so fast as they did. It was hard work to get them back into the pen. It tired me all out."

the ten cents," said John.

"Well, John," said his father, 66 we all have to work if we wish to earn money. Here are the ten cents you have earned."

"Thank you, father!" said John, and then he put the money into a little box.

"I will keep all the money I earn," said he, "and when I am a man, I will try to do some good with it. Then I shall always feel happy."

Let pupils write and properly mark the "New Words" and "Vowel Exercise."