"Where do you live?" "Sir?" "Where do you live? 4. The boy stopped a moment as if he did not understand the gentleman. Then he said, "I don't know, sir. where." I don't live any The little boy in the wagon laughed. 5. "Don't know where you live?" said the gentleman. "Well, what are you doing out here?" "I have been catching butterflies.' "I don't know, sir,—I came from the city." "The city! What city?" "I don't know, sir,-the city back there. I don't know what the name of it is." 7. "Do you live in the city?" "No, sir, I am not going to live there any more." 66 8. Do your father and mother live there?" "My father is dead, and I have no mother." "What has become of your mother?" "I never had any, sir." 9. The gentleman smiled a moment when he heard this answer, and seemed not to know what to do. 10. "But, Jonas," said he again, "you say you do not live anywhere; where do you get your food, and where do you sleep?" "Sir!" said the boy, as if he did not understand. 11. "Where do you sleep at night?" "I slept in a shed last night.' 66 A man gave me some." And where did you get your dinner?” "I have not had any dinner, sir." you 13. "No dinner! I should think that would be too tired and hungry to chase butterflies, without any dinner." "I was too tired, and so I stopped." 14. The gentleman, after talking with the boy a little longer, concluded to take him into his wagon and carry him home. 15. Jonas lived with this kind gentleman a long time, and became a very good and useful boy. HANS AND HIS GARDEN. 1. Hans is a gardener. He is a big, strong man, and he always has a very good garden. Every one likes to see a nice garden, and Hans is quite proud of his. 2. He is always up early in the morning, and he works hard every day until evening. He begins to make his garden as soon as the snow is gone in the spring, and he works on all summer. 3. Hans never lets the weeds grow in his garden. He is careful to keep every thing clean and neat about his garden. His yard and house are very clean. 4. He always has very fine green peas. He has good lettuce and beans and beets and ever so many other things. 5. Hans calls all these things, which he raises in his garden, vegetables. That is a pretty long word, but not a very hard one. All boys and girls who are fond of vegetables will be sure to master the word. 6. Some gardeners raise potatoes and squashes and melons. These are all very good to eat, but Hans does not have them in this garden. 7. Men who live in the city do not have gardens to work in. They can not raise their vegetables, but they may work in some other way and get money to buy these things. 8. When you are older you may have a garden of your own, if you live in the country. |