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QUESTIONS.

Name the boy in the lesson. I say to him? How did he then What was he always trying to feel? What made him hurt the catch? Where? What did fly? What often makes boys he do to one? To whom did do this? How was Harry's conhe show it? What did she duct cruel?

WRITE-Harry looked down, and tears stood in his eyes. Write the names of ten insects.

XXV.-GOD'S CARE OF ANIMALS.

Se-cure', safe.

Bu'-sy, active, at work.

fly.

Tip'-toe, on the points of the In'-sect, small animal like a

toes.

Fright'-en, make afraid.

Fetch-ing, bringing.

I HAVE found a little nest,
Built this year by a red-breast;
With great care the nest is made,
In it little eggs are laid.

Now and then upon tip-toe,
Softly to the nest I go;

And the old bird does not stir,
For I do not fright-en her.

Soon the eggs will broken be,
And the little birds set free,
I shall stand the trees among,
See the old birds feed their young.

Oh! how busy they will be,
Fetch-ing food for one, two, three,
Little birds secure from harm
In the nest so soft and warm.

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GOD'S CARE OF ANIMALS.

Beast and bird, and in-sect small,
Mother says, God made them all;
Things that walk, and creep, and fly,
On the earth, and in the sky.

And the God who made them all,
Sees if but a spar-row fall:

So mother says that we must love
All crea-tures made by God above.

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What bird built the nest? to them? Who feeds her while When? What were in it? hatching? When fledged, what What came out of the eggs? do the young birds do? Who What does the mother-bird do watches and cares for them all?

WRITE-God, who made them all, sees if but a sparrow

fall.

XXVI.—BOB, THE OLD HORSE.

Lame, unable to walk.
Nim'-ble, fleet.

Weak, feeble, not strong.
Pleasant, agreeable.

Do you

know poor

De-spise', look down upon, dislike.

Serve, work for him.

Ser'-vant, one who works.

Bob, the old horse?

See, there he lies on the grass, in the

warm sun-shine.

Poor fellow

he cannot work now as he

once could: no, he is old and lame. Once he was young and strong, and then he worked with a willing heart and nimble

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feet he never said he had too much work to do; for he loved his master, and liked to serve him. And now, when he is able to work no longer, his master is very kind to him, and has given him this nice field to live in, where there is plenty of sweet grass, with dai-sies and

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BOB, THE OLD HORSE.

king-cups, shady trees, and sunny spots, and all so pleas-ant, that I think he must be happy, though he is old and weak.

Then at night his master takes him home to a warm stable, where he has a soft bed to lie on, and good hay to eat. Is he not a kind master to this poor old ser-vant?

I suppose he thinks as Mama once said to me "We should never de-spise any crea-ture because it is old and feeble; for if we live a short time longer, we also shall be old, and then we shall want some kind friend to take care of us."

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Name the old horse in the les. What had he to eat there? son. Where was he put? Who did it? Why was he put there? Where was he put at night?

What had he to eat in the field?
How should old age be treated?
What makes a happy old age?

WRITE-We should never despise any creature because it is old and feeble.

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ONE morning a gen-tle-man who lived in Fal-kirk was looking out of the window of his room, when he saw a flock of spar-rows flying about in a very strange manner on the other side of the street.

Wishing to find out the cause, he opened the window, when he was sorry to see that one of the young birds had fallen from its warm nest, which had been built under the tiles of the house. There the poor little bird lay on the ground, unable to fly, and the old birds unable to lift it up.

A fine ban-tam cock, which seemed to know what was wanted, came forward, and very gently took up the poor little bird in his beak. He then mount-ed upon an empty cart, from which he flew upon the roof, and stretch-ing his neck out over the edge of the tiles, put his little charge safely into its nice warm nest again. In doing so, however, the noble bird fell upon the

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