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Come, dear children, and I will tell you a story. There was a little boy; he was not a big boy, for if he had been a big boy, I suppose he would have been wiser; but this 1 was a little boy, not higher than the table; and his papa and mamma sent him to school. It was a very pleasant morning; the sun shone, and the birds sung on the trees. Now this little boy did not much love his book, for he was but a silly little boy, as I told you; and he had a great mind to play instead of going to school.

And he met a dog, and he said. Dog! will you play with me? But the dog said No, I must not be idle; Ι am going to catch a hare for my master's dinner; I must make haste and catch it.

Then the little boy went by a hay-rick, and he saw a bird pulling out some hay; and he said Bird! will you come and play with me? But the bird said No, I must not be idle I must get some hay to build my nest with, and some moss, and some wool. So the bird flew away.

Then the little boy saw a horse; and he said Horse! will you play with me? But the horse said, No, I must not be idle, I must go and plough, or else there will be no corn to make bread of.

Then the little boy thought with himself,-What, is nobody idie? Then little boys must not be idle. So he made haste, and went to school, and learned his lesson very well, and the master said he was a very good boy

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Joseph West had been told,
That if, when he grew old,
He had not learned rightly to spell,

Though his writing were good,

'Twould not be understood:

And Joe said, "I will learn my task well."

And he made it a rule

To be silent at school;

And what do you think came to pass?

Why, he learned it so fast,

That, from being the last,
He soon was the first in the class.

SELECT SENTENCES.

Never ask other persons to do any thing for you, which you can as properly do for yourself.

As soon as you have learned to work well, try to work quick.

If we do not take pains, we must not expect to excel in any thing.

Attentive and industrious people can always find time to do what is proper for them to do.

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