THE SUN.

The sun says, My name is Sun. I rise in the east and set in the west; and when I rise, I shine upon the trees, and the houses, and the water; and every thing looks bright and beautiful, when I shine upon it. I give you light, and I give you heat, for I make it

upon

warm.

I warm the earth, and make the grass, the corn and the wheat grow in the fields; and I make the fruit grow and ripen. If I did not shine upon the woods, the fields, and the gardens, nothing could grow.

I am a great way off. If I should come near you, I should scorch you to death, and burn up the grass. I am very large-much larger than the world you live on: but am so far off that I look quite small.

I have been in the sky a great while. I was in the sky, and shone upon the world, a long time before you were born, and before your father and mother were alive-a great many years ago; and I am not grown old yet.

Every living creature is fond of my light: and when I am going to rise in the morning, and make it day, the birds sing sweetly, and and the cock crows loud, to tell every body that I am coming.

I also give light and heat to the moon; and her bright face would be dark and cold, if I did not shine upon her.

Words in which the termination ed is sounded as if it formed a part of the preceding syllable, the e being silent and d having its usual sound.

Ir, the following words the final d has the sound of t

weigh
whey

Words in which e has the long sound of a

They trey

Words of French original, in which i in the final syllable has the sound of ee.

The following have the first sound of th viz as in

heath length depth threat third fourth death width path worth

THE LITTLE GARDENER'S GIFT.

A little boy had a garden, a spade, a rake, and a hoe. He was very fond of working in his garden. One summer he had in it a great many pretty flowers, and a lilach tree, a gooseberry-bush, and some peas.

When his peas were quite ripe, he said to his sister, "I will take a basket, and pick all my peas, and my gooseberries, and carry them to the poor lame man on the common; he is so ill now, that he cannot ride on his horse, as he used to do, and go to work."

So the little boy fetched his basket, and was very busy picking his peas and gooseberries; and when he had picked them, he carried them to the poor old man, and put put them on the table.

The poor old man was sitting by the fireside, quite alone; for his wife was gone out

to work, and his children were a great way off.

When he saw the little boy come in, and put the peas and gooseberries upon the tabie, he similed, and looked glad, and thanked him very kindly.

The little boy seemed very happy. His sister was pleased to see him so good to the poor old man. I dare say, when the old man ate his peas and his gooseberries, he thought of the little boy, and said, "I hope God will bless that young gentleman, who is so very good to me."

THE ROBIN..

There is a pretty robin flying about the room. We must We must give him something to eat. Fetch some bread for him. Throw the crumbs on the floor. Eat, pretty robin, eat. He will not eat; I believe he is afraid of us. He looks about, and wonders where he is!

O, he begins to eat! He is not afraid now. He is very hungry. How pretty it is to see him pick up the crumbs, and hop upon the floor, the table, and the chairs! Perhaps, when he is done eating, he will sing us a song.

But we must not keep him always. Birds do not like to be shut up in a room, or in a cage. They like to fly about in the air, and to pick upseeds, and to hop about on the grass, and to sing, while perched upon the branches of high trees.

And in spring, how busy they are building