THE SIX STANDARDS IN READING.

(Copied from § 48 of the Revised Code.)

I. Narrative in monosyllables.

II. One of the narratives next in order after monosyllables in an elementary reading book used in the school.

III. A short paragraph from an elementary reading book used in the school.

IV. A short paragraph from a more advanced reading book used in the school.

V. A few lines of poetry from a reading book used in the first class

of the school.

VI. A short ordinary paragraph in a newspaper, or other modern narrative.

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,

One very sultry day a fox passing by a garden wall saw a vine, with many fine usters of grapes on it. The grapes were quite ripe, and the fox was both hungry and thirsty; so you may be sure he had a strong desire to get some of them, Even the lowest bunches, however, were high up from the ground; but he thought he should be able to jump high enough to reach them. This was a mistake: he leaped up again and again, but he could not get at them; and so, after a great deal of trouble to no purpose, he went away, saying to nimself, "Oh! I am sure these grapes, after

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