THE ALDINE SPELLERPART IITHIRD YEAR
THE ALDINE SPELLERPART IITHIRD YEAR
When you spellworldmake theovery clear.
Besureyou do not put anhinsure.
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HAPPY THOUGHT
The world is so full of a number of things,I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
The world is so full of a number of things,I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
The world is so full of a number of things,I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
The world is so full of a number of things,
I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
—Robert Louis Stevenson.
Shoesis a word to look at thoughtfully.
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For want of a nail the shoe was lost.For want of a shoe the horse was lost.For want of a horse the rider was lost.For want of a rider the battle was lost.For want of a battle the country was lost.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.For want of a shoe the horse was lost.For want of a horse the rider was lost.For want of a rider the battle was lost.For want of a battle the country was lost.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.For want of a shoe the horse was lost.For want of a horse the rider was lost.For want of a rider the battle was lost.For want of a battle the country was lost.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the country was lost.
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Which is the hardest word in Lesson 11? Why?
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THE CROW AND THE PITCHER
Did you ever read about the thirsty crow?One day he found a pitcher with some water in it.He could not reach the water.He dropped stones into the pitcher.The water rose to the top.Then the crow drank his fill.
Did you ever read about the thirsty crow?One day he found a pitcher with some water in it.He could not reach the water.He dropped stones into the pitcher.The water rose to the top.Then the crow drank his fill.
Did you ever read about the thirsty crow?One day he found a pitcher with some water in it.He could not reach the water.He dropped stones into the pitcher.The water rose to the top.Then the crow drank his fill.
Did you ever read about the thirsty crow?
One day he found a pitcher with some water in it.
He could not reach the water.
He dropped stones into the pitcher.
The water rose to the top.
Then the crow drank his fill.
—Æsop.
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THE FOX AND THE LION
Once a fox heard a lion roar.He was afraid and ran off.But the lion did not chase him.
Once a fox heard a lion roar.He was afraid and ran off.But the lion did not chase him.
Once a fox heard a lion roar.He was afraid and ran off.But the lion did not chase him.
Once a fox heard a lion roar.
He was afraid and ran off.
But the lion did not chase him.
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Next morning the fox again met the lion.He looked at its great size and was not afraid.The lion roared, but the fox did not run.This time he felt safe.
Next morning the fox again met the lion.He looked at its great size and was not afraid.The lion roared, but the fox did not run.This time he felt safe.
Next morning the fox again met the lion.He looked at its great size and was not afraid.The lion roared, but the fox did not run.This time he felt safe.
Next morning the fox again met the lion.
He looked at its great size and was not afraid.
The lion roared, but the fox did not run.
This time he felt safe.
—Æsop.
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Jack likes to scrape the cake bowl.Mother sets it on the floor.Jack sits down beside it.First he scratches around the side.Then he scrapes the bottom clean.
Jack likes to scrape the cake bowl.Mother sets it on the floor.Jack sits down beside it.First he scratches around the side.Then he scrapes the bottom clean.
Jack likes to scrape the cake bowl.Mother sets it on the floor.Jack sits down beside it.First he scratches around the side.Then he scrapes the bottom clean.
Jack likes to scrape the cake bowl.
Mother sets it on the floor.
Jack sits down beside it.
First he scratches around the side.
Then he scrapes the bottom clean.
Why doIndianandTroybegin with capitals?
Don’t forget theeinheart.
Be very careful in spellingwhich.
32THE FIRST WATERLILYOne night an Indian boy saw a star fall.Next morning he found a new flower.It had a golden star in its heart.It floated on a still pond.This was our first waterlily.
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THE FIRST WATERLILY
One night an Indian boy saw a star fall.Next morning he found a new flower.It had a golden star in its heart.It floated on a still pond.This was our first waterlily.
One night an Indian boy saw a star fall.Next morning he found a new flower.It had a golden star in its heart.It floated on a still pond.This was our first waterlily.
One night an Indian boy saw a star fall.Next morning he found a new flower.It had a golden star in its heart.It floated on a still pond.This was our first waterlily.
One night an Indian boy saw a star fall.
Next morning he found a new flower.
It had a golden star in its heart.
It floated on a still pond.
This was our first waterlily.
—Indian Myth.
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THE GOLDEN EGGS
A man once owned a strange goose.Every day she laid a golden egg.The man thought she must be full of gold.He killed the goose and cut her open.But not a trace of gold could he find.She was just like other geese.Then how sorry the man felt!
A man once owned a strange goose.Every day she laid a golden egg.The man thought she must be full of gold.He killed the goose and cut her open.But not a trace of gold could he find.She was just like other geese.Then how sorry the man felt!
A man once owned a strange goose.Every day she laid a golden egg.The man thought she must be full of gold.He killed the goose and cut her open.But not a trace of gold could he find.She was just like other geese.Then how sorry the man felt!
A man once owned a strange goose.
Every day she laid a golden egg.
The man thought she must be full of gold.
He killed the goose and cut her open.
But not a trace of gold could he find.
She was just like other geese.
Then how sorry the man felt!
—Æsop.
What letters are not sounded inclimb,limb,autumn?
Be sure you saybasketcorrectly.
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GATHERING APPLES
It is autumn.The apples are ripe.The children are busy gathering them.These are not sour apples.They are as sweet as sugar.
It is autumn.The apples are ripe.The children are busy gathering them.These are not sour apples.They are as sweet as sugar.
It is autumn.The apples are ripe.The children are busy gathering them.These are not sour apples.They are as sweet as sugar.
It is autumn.
The apples are ripe.
The children are busy gathering them.
These are not sour apples.
They are as sweet as sugar.
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There is only onelinalmost.
Look ateiineitherandneither.
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Almost never wins.—German.A thing of beauty is a joy forever.—John Keats.Better beg than steal,But better work than either.—Russian.He buys very dear who begs.—Portuguese.
Almost never wins.
—German.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
—John Keats.
Better beg than steal,But better work than either.
—Russian.
He buys very dear who begs.
—Portuguese.
The following review words are often misspelled. Each has a little “catch” in it. Are you going to be caught by these little words? Use the king’s third rule.Seewhat is hard in each word, then you can soon learn how to spell them all.
People who misspellwhichandwheredo not say thehin these words. Do you?
People who misspelljustdo not see the letters of the little wordusin the middle. They do not say the word right. Do you?
Which words have silent letters?
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Buttercups and daisies,Oh the pretty flowers!Coming in the springtime,Tell of sunny hours.
Buttercups and daisies,Oh the pretty flowers!Coming in the springtime,Tell of sunny hours.
Buttercups and daisies,Oh the pretty flowers!Coming in the springtime,Tell of sunny hours.
Buttercups and daisies,
Oh the pretty flowers!
Coming in the springtime,
Tell of sunny hours.
—Mary Howitt.
Wheningis added tocometo makecoming, theeis dropped.
Look ateinpretty.
Be sure to pronounce theyouinyour.
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When about to put your words in ink,It will do no harm to stop and think.
When about to put your words in ink,It will do no harm to stop and think.
When about to put your words in ink,It will do no harm to stop and think.
When about to put your words in ink,
It will do no harm to stop and think.
A grain does not fill a sack but it helps its fellows.—Spanish.A feather will point the wind.—Danish.
A grain does not fill a sack but it helps its fellows.
—Spanish.
A feather will point the wind.
—Danish.
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Doing nothing is doing ill.—Scottish.Lambs don’t run into the mouth of the sleeping wolf.—Danish.God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest.—J. G. Holland.
Doing nothing is doing ill.
—Scottish.
Lambs don’t run into the mouth of the sleeping wolf.
—Danish.
God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest.
—J. G. Holland.
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Potatoes don’t grow by the side of the pot.—Dutch.A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.—Scottish.Want of care does more harm than want of money.—Benjamin Franklin.
Potatoes don’t grow by the side of the pot.
—Dutch.
A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.
—Scottish.
Want of care does more harm than want of money.
—Benjamin Franklin.
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Look carefully atoughinthrough,eainmeadow, andoinamong.
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This I know, I love to play,Through the meadow, among the hay,Up the water and over the lea,That’s the way for Billy and me.
This I know, I love to play,Through the meadow, among the hay,Up the water and over the lea,That’s the way for Billy and me.
This I know, I love to play,Through the meadow, among the hay,Up the water and over the lea,That’s the way for Billy and me.
This I know, I love to play,
Through the meadow, among the hay,
Up the water and over the lea,
That’s the way for Billy and me.
—James Hogg.
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Look carefully at theoinworth.
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Be careful in all things.A little stone may upset a large cart.—Italian.A mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.—Chinese.Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.—Chesterfield.
Be careful in all things.
A little stone may upset a large cart.
—Italian.
A mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.
—Chinese.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
—Chesterfield.
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Look carefully at theiinfruit, theoinhoneyandmoney, and thebinclimb.
Easyis a word often misspelled.
Remember the King’s third rule.
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Who does the best he can is a hero.—Josh Billings.He who would have the fruit must climb the tree.—Spanish.
Who does the best he can is a hero.
—Josh Billings.
He who would have the fruit must climb the tree.
—Spanish.
No bees, no honey;No work, no money.
No bees, no honey;No work, no money.
No bees, no honey;No work, no money.
No bees, no honey;
No work, no money.
It is as easy to grin as to growl.—French.
It is as easy to grin as to growl.
—French.
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Laugh at your ills,And save doctor’s bills.
Laugh at your ills,And save doctor’s bills.
Laugh at your ills,And save doctor’s bills.
Laugh at your ills,
And save doctor’s bills.
—Spanish.
Smile on the world and it will smile on you.—Italian.A light heart, a light task.—French.
Smile on the world and it will smile on you.
—Italian.
A light heart, a light task.
—French.
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Look carefully at theoinworkand innone, theiinfriendand inhappiness.
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Be true to your word, your work, and your friend.—John Boyle O’Reilly.Love all, do wrong to none.—Shakespeare.
Be true to your word, your work, and your friend.
—John Boyle O’Reilly.
Love all, do wrong to none.
—Shakespeare.
All who joy would winMust share it—Happiness was born a twin.
All who joy would winMust share it—Happiness was born a twin.
All who joy would winMust share it—Happiness was born a twin.
All who joy would win
Must share it—Happiness was born a twin.
—Byron.
There is only onelinalways.
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A child should always say what’s true,And speak when he is spoken to,And behave mannerly at table;At least as far as he is able.
A child should always say what’s true,And speak when he is spoken to,And behave mannerly at table;At least as far as he is able.
A child should always say what’s true,And speak when he is spoken to,And behave mannerly at table;At least as far as he is able.
A child should always say what’s true,
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table;
At least as far as he is able.
—Stevenson.
The lettertis not sounded inoften, but don’t leave it out when you spell the word.
Look atuinguard.
Remember thewinwhole.
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Haste not, rest not.—Goethe.Too swift arrives as tardy as too late.—Shakespeare.Who hastens too much often remains behind.—German.Learn to creep before you run.—Scottish.
Haste not, rest not.
—Goethe.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too late.
—Shakespeare.
Who hastens too much often remains behind.
—German.
Learn to creep before you run.
—Scottish.
Look at thedand the secondeinWednesdayand theuinSaturday.
Wheningis added tolove,give, andlife,eis dropped. What letter is changed inlife?
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BIRTHDAYS
Monday’s child is fair of face,Tuesday’s child is full of grace,Wednesday’s child is full of woe,Thursday’s child has far to go,Friday’s child is loving and giving,Saturday’s child must work for a living;But the happiest child of all, they say,Is the child who is born on the week’s first day.
Monday’s child is fair of face,Tuesday’s child is full of grace,Wednesday’s child is full of woe,Thursday’s child has far to go,Friday’s child is loving and giving,Saturday’s child must work for a living;But the happiest child of all, they say,Is the child who is born on the week’s first day.
Monday’s child is fair of face,Tuesday’s child is full of grace,Wednesday’s child is full of woe,Thursday’s child has far to go,Friday’s child is loving and giving,Saturday’s child must work for a living;But the happiest child of all, they say,Is the child who is born on the week’s first day.
Monday’s child is fair of face,
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is full of woe,
Thursday’s child has far to go,
Friday’s child is loving and giving,
Saturday’s child must work for a living;
But the happiest child of all, they say,
Is the child who is born on the week’s first day.
109Such a busy girl!She is peeling apples for a pie.Please give me a piece of pie.
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Such a busy girl!She is peeling apples for a pie.Please give me a piece of pie.
Such a busy girl!She is peeling apples for a pie.Please give me a piece of pie.
Such a busy girl!She is peeling apples for a pie.Please give me a piece of pie.
Such a busy girl!
She is peeling apples for a pie.
Please give me a piece of pie.
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117THE WORLD’S MUSICThe world’s a very happy place,Where every child should dance and sing,And always have a smiling face,And never sulk at anything.—Gabriel Setoun.
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THE WORLD’S MUSIC
The world’s a very happy place,Where every child should dance and sing,And always have a smiling face,And never sulk at anything.
The world’s a very happy place,Where every child should dance and sing,And always have a smiling face,And never sulk at anything.
The world’s a very happy place,Where every child should dance and sing,And always have a smiling face,And never sulk at anything.
The world’s a very happy place,
Where every child should dance and sing,
And always have a smiling face,
And never sulk at anything.
—Gabriel Setoun.
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JACK’S ORDER BOOK