6. Then the little one hopped up on the window-sill, and the two old birds followed it. Upon this the maid opened the window again, and the birds flew away with the young sparrow between them.

7. After this the children used to put crumbs on the window-sill, and the sparrows came every day for a long time to pick them up, and to pay their young friends a visit.

BIRDIE.

I. BIRDIE, on the narrow edge
Of this ancient wooden ledge,
Tell me have you built a nest?
Or of food are you in quest?

2. Let me peep, just let me see

Nest and eggs: yes, one, two, three.
Perhaps to-morrow, who can tell?
Young birds will be there as well.

3. Fly off quickly, and bring home
Food for her who may not roam
Till her hatching task is o'er ;
Then she'll gladly fly once more.

4. Little birds so kind and good,
Perching, flying round the wood;
Lessons kind from you I learn,

I. NEARLY every boy and girl has seen wheat growing in the fields.

2. When the wheat is ripe men go with sickles and cut it down. They then bind it into sheaves and put it on a wagon; when the wagon is loaded the wheat is taken to the farm-yard.

3. In the farm-yard the wheat is thrashed, in order to separate the grain from the chaff;

the grain is then sent to the mill and the miller grinds it into flour.

4. The flour is sold to the baker who

makes it into bread.

does it.

5. He puts the

I will tell you how he

flour into a kneading

trough, and makes a hole in the middle, but leaves a little flour to cover the bottom of the trough; he then sprinkles some salt over the flour.

6. Having done this the baker takes some yeast, mixes a small quantity of warm water with it, and pours it into the hole that he made in the flour.

7. He now mixes the flour and the water together very gently, and kneads it well until it is made into dough. He can tell when he has kneaded it enough, for then the dough will not stick to his hands.

8. When the baker has covered the top of the kneading-trough over with a clean cloth, puts it in a warm place to make the dough rise.

he

9. He then makes the dough into loaves which he puts into a hot oven to bake.

I WHY is Sarah standing there,
Leaning down upon a chair,

With such an angry lip and brow?
I wonder what's the matter now.

2. 'Come here, my dear, and tell me true, Is it because I spoke to you

About the work you've done so slow
That you are standing fretting so?

3. 'Why then, indeed, I'm grieved to see That you can so ill-tempered be:

You make your fault a great deal worse
By being angry and perverse.

4. 'Oh! how much better 'twould appear
To see you shed a humble tear,
And then to hear you meekly say,
"I'll better be another day."

I. ONE very cold winter day (says a gentleman), I was going into a friend's house in the crowded street of a large city. While I was standing at the door, a little boy came running up to me. His face was pale and pinched, his feet were bare and red with the cold, and he had nothing to cover him but a bundle of rags.

2. He said, Please, sir, do buy some matches.'

3. I do not want any,' was my reply.

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4. They are only a penny a box,' pleaded the little fellow.

5. 'Yes,' said I, 'but you see I don't want them.'

6. I will give you two for a penny, sir,' said the boy at last.

7. Seeing that he was so anxious to sell his matches, I bought a box; but then I found I had no change, so I said, 'I will buy a box of you to-morrow.'

8. 'Oh! do please buy them to-night,