Every day Jack goes to the store for mother.He writes her orders in a book.He says it is a real order book.He never forgets anything.
Every day Jack goes to the store for mother.He writes her orders in a book.He says it is a real order book.He never forgets anything.
Every day Jack goes to the store for mother.He writes her orders in a book.He says it is a real order book.He never forgets anything.
Every day Jack goes to the store for mother.
He writes her orders in a book.
He says it is a real order book.
He never forgets anything.
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When he returns he counts his change.He never makes a mistake.He has carried many dollars and never lost a cent.Every day mother signs the order book.
When he returns he counts his change.He never makes a mistake.He has carried many dollars and never lost a cent.Every day mother signs the order book.
When he returns he counts his change.He never makes a mistake.He has carried many dollars and never lost a cent.Every day mother signs the order book.
When he returns he counts his change.
He never makes a mistake.
He has carried many dollars and never lost a cent.
Every day mother signs the order book.
TWO PAGES FROM JACK’S ORDER BOOK
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Sing a song of seasons,Something bright in all,—Flowers in the summer,Fires in the fall.
Sing a song of seasons,Something bright in all,—Flowers in the summer,Fires in the fall.
Sing a song of seasons,Something bright in all,—Flowers in the summer,Fires in the fall.
Sing a song of seasons,
Something bright in all,—
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall.
—Stevenson.
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THE FLY ON THE CART WHEEL
Once there was a fly on a cart wheel.The wheel turned round and the dust from the road rosein clouds.“Oh,” cried the fly, “what a dust we raise!”But the wheel did not even know that the fly was there.
Once there was a fly on a cart wheel.The wheel turned round and the dust from the road rosein clouds.“Oh,” cried the fly, “what a dust we raise!”But the wheel did not even know that the fly was there.
Once there was a fly on a cart wheel.
Once there was a fly on a cart wheel.
The wheel turned round and the dust from the road rosein clouds.
The wheel turned round and the dust from the road rose
in clouds.
“Oh,” cried the fly, “what a dust we raise!”
“Oh,” cried the fly, “what a dust we raise!”
But the wheel did not even know that the fly was there.
But the wheel did not even know that the fly was there.
—Æsop.
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THE HUNTER AND THE LION
“Have you seen any tracks of a lion?” asked a hunter of a man whom he met.“Oh, I can show you the lion himself,” said the man.The hunter turned pale with fright. His teeth chattered.“I don’t want to see the lion. I only want to see his tracks,” he cried.—Æsop.
“Have you seen any tracks of a lion?” asked a hunter of a man whom he met.
“Oh, I can show you the lion himself,” said the man.
The hunter turned pale with fright. His teeth chattered.
“I don’t want to see the lion. I only want to see his tracks,” he cried.
—Æsop.
Review of Troublesome Words
The following 100 words have been found to be the “One Hundred Commonest Words in the English Language.” They are used and repeated so frequently in our writing that they constitute about one half of all the words we write. You have studied all of them. Can you spell each of them correctly?
THIRD YEAR VOCABULARY
We have followed the king’s rules. We can spell all these words. Can you?