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INTERSTATE 
 
 ONTHLY Primer, 
 
 WITH SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 DESIGNED FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READIXC; 
 IN THE FIRST YEAR OF SCHOOL. 
 
 vSeptembePv, 1SS7. 
 
 CinCAGO AND 13UST0N 
 
 The Interstate Publishing Comi^anv 
 
 Publication Oitice jo Fkanklin St., Boston 
 
 Kntered at the; Post OlVirc at P.ostnu as Second Class Mattt-i 
 an CAnf<! fnr Ifl Nnc! "ft?. 00 fnr 100 Nnc. 
 
FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS. 
 
 W).^ \ % It ^ 
 
 THE 'h>J C- 
 
 IilterstatePrimeKFirst Reader 
 
 Has been quietly ]il;uH'<t in the hands of the best critics in 
 different parts of the country, and its merits tested. The verdict 
 is overwhelming in its favor. Nearly one hundred of the resjionses 
 have said in substance that this little book is the hest ^ivimer and 
 first reader iv the marh-et. 
 
 It contains HO pages, is most beautiful in its appearance, and 
 challenges the test of the school -room. 
 
 Mailing Price, 25 cents. 
 
 5;0HOOL SONGS. 
 
 PRIMARY— Nos. 1, 2, and 3, Wets. each. 
 
 The Three Combined— 96 pages, price 25 cts. 
 
 Nothing but Songs and ]\rrsi(: for I'nnrAUY Gkadks. 
 IMostlv new. 
 
 PRIMARY FRIDAYS. 
 
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 Carefully graded for primary schools. New and pretty ])ii'c<'s 
 for the little tots to speak. 
 
 THE INTEESTATE PUBLISHING CO., 
 
 30 Franklin Street, 183, 185 & 187 Wabash Ave. 
 BOSTON. CHICAGO. 
 
THE 
 
 I^^TERSTATE PRIMER 
 
 a cat a rat 
 
 a rat a cat 
 
 a cat a rat 
 
 I can see 
 
 I can see a cat. 
 I can see a rat. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 A cat a cat 
 
 A rat a rat 
 
 I 
 
 A dog a dog 
 A pan a pan 
 
 can see 
 
 A dog can see. 
 A cat can see. 
 A rat can see a cat. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 3 
 
 I can see a dog. 
 
 I can see a rat. 
 
 I can see a cat. 
 
 I can see a pan. 
 
 A cat can see a rat. 
 
 A dog can see a cat. 
 
 A rat can see a dog. 
 
 A cat can see a pan. 
 
 A dog can see a rat. 
 
 A rat can see a pan. 
 
 A rat can see a cat. 
 
 A cat can see a dog. 
 
 A dog can see a ^Dan. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 May 
 has 
 
 you 
 
 not 
 can not 
 
 Can 
 
 you 
 the cat 
 The cat 
 
 can 
 
 I can see May. 
 Can yon see May? 
 May lias a cat. 
 'Can yon see tlie cat? 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 5 
 
 I can see the cat. 
 Can Maj see tlie cat? 
 Mav can see the cat. 
 The cat can see Ma}^ 
 Can 3^on see a rat? 
 I can not see a rat. 
 Can 3^on see a pan? 
 I can not see a pan. 
 Can jon see a dog? 
 I can not see a dog. 
 Can the cat see 3^011? 
 The cat can not see \ovl. 
 Can the cat see a dog? 
 The cat can not see a dog. 
 
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THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 See can run 
 
 the dog riin 
 
 I can see the dog. 
 
 Can you see the dog run? 
 
 I can see the dog run. 
 
 The rat can run. 
 
 The cat can run. 
 
 I can run. Can you run? 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. i 
 
 REVIEW. 
 
 I can see May. 
 
 May has a cat. 
 
 I can see the cat. 
 
 You can not see a pan. 
 
 Can 3^on see May? 
 
 May can see j^on. 
 
 I can see the dog rnn. 
 
 The dog can see the cat. 
 
 I can see 5^on rnn. 
 
 Can yon see May rnn? 
 
 I can not see May rnn. 
 
 .^t^:^ ^-at/t^ dee 2^ /^^/ /^^^ P 
 Cy c-eZ'Ti^ <^ai dee t^ -/^^/ -ii/t^^^. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 look JN'ed Look at cap 
 at fish the fish on 
 
 Look at JSTod. 
 Ned lias a cap on. 
 JSTed lias a dog. 
 See the dog look. 
 See Ned look. 
 I can look. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMEE. 9 
 
 I can not see. 
 
 Tlie dog can see. 
 
 I can see tlie cap. 
 
 See Ned fish. 
 
 I can not see the fish. 
 
 I can fish. Can vou fish ? 
 
 Can 3^011 see tlie fish? 
 
 The dog can see the fish. 
 
 Look at the cap. 
 
 I can see Ned. 
 
 T can see the dog. 
 
 I can not see the fish. 
 
 See I^ed look at the fish. 
 
 N^ed can look at the fish. 
 
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10 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMERo 
 
 *'Y''^W n '^ '^ '*». 
 
 
 the hens 
 
 feed 
 
 the old hens the little chick 
 him little 
 
 See I^ed. See Ned look. 
 
 See the old liens. 
 
 See the old hens look. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 11 
 
 The old liens look at Ned. 
 JSTed can feed the hens. 
 Ned has a little chick. 
 Look at the little chick. 
 Can you see him? 
 I can see the little chick. 
 I can feed the hens. 
 Can jou feed the little 
 
 chick ? 
 Ned can feed the little 
 
 chick, 
 
 Ned has a little dog. 
 Ned can feed the dog- 
 The hens can run. 
 
12 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PEIMER. 
 
 rabbits 
 two rabbits 
 
 pretty 
 
 eat 
 
 I can see t^^o rabbits. 
 Look at tlie t^v\^o rabbits. 
 Ned lias a rabbit. 
 May has a rabbit. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PKIMER. 13 
 
 See the pretty rabbits. 
 May I feed the pretty 
 
 rabbits ? 
 Yon ma}^ feed the pretty 
 
 rabbits. 
 I can eat. A 'dog can eat. 
 A cat can eat a rat. 
 See the prett}^ rabbits eat. 
 Can Ma}^ see the rabbits 
 
 eat? 
 I can see the rabbits eat. 
 May can not see the t^YO 
 
 pretty rabbits eat. 
 
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14 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 ^ Si., i^ 
 
 bird 
 
 No 
 
 fly 
 
 poor 
 no 
 
 The cat has a bird. 
 See the poor bird. 
 Can the bird 11 j? 
 N"o, the bird can not fly. 
 The old cat has the bird. 
 Can I get the prett}^ bird ? 
 No, yon can not get the 
 pretty bird. 
 
THE 
 
 INTERSTATE PRIMER 
 SUPPLEMEI^T. 
 
 Primer Words, Page 4. 
 
 a cat 
 
 1 pan 
 
 joii 
 
 can see 
 
 dog not 
 
 the 
 
 May 
 
 rat has 
 
 New Word. 
 
 and 
 
 
 Can May see the rat? 
 The rat can not see May. 
 I can see the rat. 
 
I INTERSTATK PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 Can you see the rat? 
 Can May see a pan? 
 Can the cat see the dog? 
 The dog can not see the 
 
 cat. 
 A jjan can not see. 
 A dog can see. 
 A cat can see you. 
 A cat can see a rat. 
 The cat can not see the 
 
 rat. 
 The rat can see the cat. 
 You can not see the dog. 
 See the dog and the cat. 
 The rat can see May. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 3 
 
 The rat can see the dog 
 
 and the cat. 
 Yon and I can see the 
 
 dog. 
 I can see a pan, and a 
 
 cat, and a rat, and a 
 
 dog. 
 The dog can see the cat. 
 I can see a rat. 
 Yon can see a rat. 
 A pan can not see a cat. 
 Can a cat see a pan? 
 Ma}^ and I can see you. 
 Can you see May? 
 A cat can see a dog. 
 
4 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Word, Page 6. 
 
 riin 
 
 New Words. 
 
 but catcii 
 
 See the dog run. 
 
 The cat can rnn, and the 
 
 rat can run. 
 The dog can rnn, but the 
 
 pan can not run. 
 Run, dog! the cat has a 
 
 rat ! 
 The dog can not catch a 
 
 rat. 
 The cat can catch a rat. 
 Can you catch the dog? 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 May and I can catcli the 
 
 dog. 
 I can catcli the dog, but I 
 
 can not catch the cat. 
 The dog can catch yon, 
 
 bat yon can not catch 
 
 the dog. 
 The dog and the cat can 
 
 catch the rat. 
 I can see a cat and a dog, 
 
 bnt I can not see a 
 
 rat; can yon? 
 May can catch 3^on. 
 I can catch May. 
 May and I can rnn. 
 
t) INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 The cat and the dog can 
 
 run. 
 The cat can catch the 
 
 rat, but the rat can 
 
 not catch the cat. 
 The rat can run. 
 May and I can catch the 
 
 dog. 
 The dog can catch May. 
 May has a dog. The dog 
 
 has a rat. 
 The rat can not run. 
 The cat has a rat. 
 The cat can see a rat. 
 A rat can see a cat. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 7 
 
 Primer Words, Page 8. 
 
 look at Ned 
 
 fish on cap 
 
 New Words. 
 
 are bridge is 
 
 Ned and the dog are on 
 
 the bridge. 
 Ned can catch a tish. 
 Can you see Ned and the 
 
 dog ? 
 Look at the dog and Ned. 
 Ned can fish, but the dog 
 
 can not. 
 The dog can see a fish, 
 
 but Ned can not. 
 
» INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 I can not see May and 
 
 tlie cat. 
 The cat can catch fish. 
 You and I can catch fish, 
 
 but the dog can not. 
 Is May on the bridge? 
 May is not on the bridge. 
 May and tlie cat are not 
 
 on the bridge. 
 I can see Ned on the 
 
 bridge. 
 Look at Ned. Ned is on 
 
 tlie bridge. 
 I can not see a rat. 
 I can catch a rat. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 9 
 
 Are the fish on the 
 
 bridge ? 
 The fish are not on the 
 
 bridge. 
 The dog is on tlie bridge. 
 The dog can not catch 
 
 fish. 
 I can catch fish. 
 Can tlie fish see me? 
 The fish can see you and 
 
 Ned. ■ 
 You and Ned can not see 
 
 tlie fisli. 
 
 Cy c-ei.n^ ■n-c-^ dee ez- ia^l. 
 
10 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 10. 
 
 him hens little 
 
 old feBd chick 
 
 New Words. 
 
 an he they 
 
 jSTed has an old hen and 
 
 a little chick. 
 He can feed the old hens 
 
 and the little chick. 
 Can the old hens feed the 
 
 little chick '? 
 The old hens can feed the 
 
 little chick. 
 Ned has a little dog and 
 
INTERSTATE PKIMEK SUPPLEMENT. 11 
 
 See ISTed look at the hens. 
 He can feed the hens and 
 
 the httle chick. 
 Can he catch the httle 
 
 chick ? 
 The little chick can run ; 
 
 Ned can not catch 
 
 him. 
 See the old hens look at 
 
 him. 
 Can the little chick see 
 
 him ? 
 I can see the little chick, 
 
 but I can not see the 
 
 dog. Can you? 
 
12 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 May and the dog are on 
 
 the bridge. 
 They can see the fish, but 
 
 they can not see the 
 
 hens. 
 The dog can catch the 
 
 hens, and I can catch 
 
 the hens. 
 Can the little chick run? 
 The little chick can run, 
 
 but I can catch him. 
 The little chick and the 
 
 old hens are not on 
 
 the bridge. 
 They can not catch fish. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 13 
 Primer Words, Page 12. 
 
 rabbits two pretty eat 
 
 New Words. 
 
 cabbage do fast them will 
 
 I can see two pretty rab- 
 bits. 
 
 Tliey can eat a cabbage. 
 
 They will not eat a fish. 
 
 The cat will eat a fish, but 
 the rabbits will not. 
 
 I can feed the rabbits, but 
 I can not catch them. 
 
 They can run fast, but 
 the dog can catch 
 them. 
 
14 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 Tlie rabbits are pretty, 
 but I can not see 
 them. 
 
 Do you not see the rab- 
 bits? I can see them 
 eat. 
 
 They will not catch the 
 little chick. 
 
 Hens and rabbits eat cab- 
 bage. 
 
 Dogs and cats do not eat 
 cabbage. 
 
 May and I have two rab- 
 bits. 
 
 May has a dog and a cat. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 15 
 
 Ma}^ and the dog can not 
 catcli fish, but I can 
 catch fish. 
 
 I can catch fish, but I can 
 not catch the rabbits. 
 
 CyA-et^ ^maIi-c ■M'tx^ e€Z^ /^ piiiJi. 
 
 
 
 Teach formation of plural by addition of s. 
 
16 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 14. 
 
 bird get no fly poor 
 
 New Words. 
 
 caught iJij your 
 
 The old cat has a pretty 
 
 bird. 
 The bird can not fly. The 
 
 cat will eat the bird. 
 Do yon like the cat ? No; 
 
 the cat has caught the 
 
 bird. 
 Will the cat catch my 
 
 little chick? 
 N"o; he will not catch 
 
 yonr little chick. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 17 
 
 My little chick can run, 
 
 and the cat can not 
 
 catch him. 
 He can not fly, bnt he 
 
 can run fast. 
 Will the rabbits catch 
 
 birds ? 
 No; the birds can fly, 
 
 and rabbits do not eat 
 
 birds. 
 My little chick can not 
 
 fly. A fish can not fly. 
 
 Rabbits can not fly. 
 Hens can fly, and they 
 
 can run. 
 
18 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 Will you catcli my little 
 
 chick ? 
 I can not; he can run 
 
 fast. 
 A cat will eat a bird, but 
 
 a rabbit will not. 
 Will you feed my little 
 
 rabbits? They will eat 
 
 cabbage. 
 I will feed them, and I 
 
 will feed my old hens 
 
 and my little chick. 
 
 
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 CHICAGO AND BOSTON. 
 
I NTERSTATE 
 
 ONTHLY Primer, 
 
 WITH SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 DESIGNED FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING 
 IN THE FIRST YEAR OF SCHOOL. 
 
 October, 1887, 
 
 7 1887.^ 
 
 chicago and boston 
 The Interstate Publishing Comi»anv 
 
 Publication Office ■ 30 Franklin St., Boston 
 Entered at the Post Office at Boston as Second Class Matter. 
 
FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS. 
 
 THE 
 
 IilterstatefriineRFirst Reader 
 
 Has been quietly placed in the hands of the best critics in 
 ditferent parts of the country, and its merits tested. The verdict 
 is overwhelming in its favor. Nearly one hundred of the responses 
 have said in substance that this little book is the best primer <nid 
 first reader in the market. 
 
 It contains 140 pages, is most beautiful in its appearance, and 
 challenges the test of the school-room. 
 
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 Nothing but Songs and Music for Primary Gr.\dks. 
 Mostly new. 
 
 PRIMARY FRIDAYS. 
 
 Nos. 1, 2, and 3, 80 pages each, price 25 cents. 
 
 Carefully graded for primary schools. New and pretty pieces 
 for the little tots to speak. 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PUBLISHING 00., 
 
 30 Franklin Street, 183, 185 & 187 Wabash Ave. 
 BOSTON. CHICAGO. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 15 
 
 Necl has t^\^o rabbits. 
 Xed can feed the rabbits. 
 ]Sred lias a cajj on. 
 Tlie bird can fly. 
 I can not fl}^ 
 I can feed the old hens. 
 I can feed the little chick. 
 The cat can get a rat. 
 Can 3^on get a rat ? 
 ±^o, I can not get a rat. 
 Look at the little chick. 
 The little chick can run. 
 
16 THK INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 J. . doll Avlll he 
 Mh \ my 
 
 catch 
 him 
 
 See the dog run. 
 
 I will catcli liim. 
 
 He has my doll. 
 
 Look at him. 
 
 See m}^ jioor doll. 
 
 I ^11 get you, j)oor doll. 
 
 Ned, catch my dog. 
 
THE int?:rstate pkimek. 17 
 
 See him catcli the dog. 
 See Ned get mj doll. 
 You can not eat my doll, 
 
 yon old dog. 
 Ned Avill get my doll. 
 Catch him, Ned; he has 
 
 ni}" doll. 
 The cat Avill not eat my 
 
 doll. 
 The dog Avill catch the 
 
 little chick. 
 The little chick can run. 
 My poor doll can not run. 
 
 e:e^ oet'Ti- CififC'A lA-e ^/c 
 
 ■no. 
 
 / /y 
 
18 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 mamma could 
 
 got it ran 
 
 Mamma, see 1113^ poor doll. 
 The old dog got it. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 19 
 
 He ran. I ran. 
 
 I could not catch him. 
 
 Xecl got him. 
 
 I could not catch the dog. 
 
 (^ould 3^ou see the dog; 
 
 naamma ? 
 Could you see Xed run? 
 Xed got ni}" poor doll. 
 The dog ma}" not get m}^ 
 
 little doll. 
 The dog ma}" get the fish. 
 The dog can eat the fish. 
 The dog ma}^ not eat my 
 
 poor, little doll. 
 
20 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRT]\[EK. 
 
 Tom Tom's Where for 
 kite ball did me 
 
 Look at little Tom. 
 He lias a kite. 
 He lias a l3all. 
 Look at Tom's kite. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 21 
 
 Where did 3^011 get tlie 
 
 kite, Tom ? 
 MamiTia got it for me. 
 Can you fl}^ tlie kite? 
 'No, JNTed can fly my l^ite 
 
 for me. 
 I can catcli tlie ball. 
 I can see yon, Tom. 
 ]Sred lias two old liens. 
 Look at my pretty kite. 
 Can yon fly my kite for 
 
 me? 
 N'ed can fly my kite. 
 
 Cy ca.^-^ ^^-O'i dee C/lQ-c^. 
 
 Teach formation of possessive by addition of s. 
 
22 
 
 THE INTEKSTA'J'E PKIMER. 
 
 kitty 
 like 
 
 your 
 lip 
 
 thank 
 a tree 
 
 Look at niT little kitty, Xecl. 
 1 see the pretty kitt^^. Ma} . 
 May I feed itP T like a little kitty, 
 Yoii may feed my pi-etty kitty. 
 M}^ kitty can run n]) a tree. 
 Can yonr dog run up a tree ? 
 ISo^ my dog can not run up a ti-ee. 
 I will Qi;et niT dog. 
 I like your dog. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 23 
 
 I like your kitty. 
 
 I ^v^^ill get a rat for your kitty. 
 
 Thank you, I^ed. My kitty will 
 
 like a rat. 
 Can your kitty catch a rat? 
 Xo, my little kitty can not catch 
 
 a rat. 
 yiy old cat can catch a rat. 
 
 C/n^ -ati:^ c^i^i oa^'j^ oc^cloA ez^ /^/. 
 
 REVIEAA?-. 
 
 Yes oh will 
 
 Mamma, see my little kitty. 
 
 ]N"ed got a rat for my kitty. 
 
 My kitty did not eat the rat. 
 
 The old cat eat the rat. 
 
 Oh, look at Tom! 
 
 Where did you get the dog, Tom ? 
 
 Xed got it for me. 
 
24 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 May, w^ill you feed my little dog ? 
 Yes, Tom, I Avill. (L)li, see my old 
 
 cat run! 
 He has a bird. Get tlie poor bird 
 
 for me, iTiammLa. 
 I^Ted will catcli the cat. See the 
 
 bird fly. 
 I like you, Ned. You got the little 
 
 bird. 
 See the bird fly uj^ a tree. The cat 
 
 ^N^ill not eat the bird. I like the 
 
 pretty bird. 
 Thank you, Ned. 
 Mamma, did 3^ou see Ned get the 
 
 bird P 
 Yes, MaA', I did. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 25 
 
 ^ ;^-^n 'v -mm 
 
 Jonn 
 big 
 
 boy 
 ship 
 
 IS 
 
 sail 
 
 John is a big bo}^. He has a pretty 
 
 shij). 
 Can 3^011 sail the shii3, John? 
 Yes, I can sail my ship. 
 
26 THE INTERSTATE PKIMER. 
 
 My ship is a little ship. 
 
 May I sail your ship, John? 
 
 Yes, ]^ecl, you may sail it. 
 
 See me sail the shij). 
 
 I like to sail it. 
 
 Oil, John, look at my dog! 
 
 He will get the ship ! 
 
 See liim run for it! Look at May! 
 
 Where did you get the pretty shij), 
 
 John ? 
 Tom got it for me. Tom is a little 
 
 boy. 
 He can not sail it. Could I sail it ? 
 Yes, May, you may sail it. 
 I like to see you sail it, John. 
 
 Crn^y Cy d'O^l/ yo-iyt^l d^AlA^ UaA^M^P 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 27 
 
 Tliej 
 are 
 
 water 
 them 
 
 swans 
 swim 
 
 Oh, ixLaninia, see the pretty hirds! 
 
 Yes, ToiTL ; they are s^vans. 
 
 See them swim. I like the pretty 
 
 s^vans. 
 Can they fly, mamma? 
 They can fly a little. They swim. 
 May T feed the swans ? 
 Yes. See them s\vim to you. 
 
28 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 Tlie}^ sail like a sliixj. 
 
 TJiey are big birds. 
 
 They are pretty. 
 
 Could T catch them r 
 
 ]N"o, Tom, you could not catcli 
 
 them. 
 You may feed them. 
 They ^^ill SAvim to yon. 
 
 f^yOd^ 
 
 lias 
 
 Iv a s 
 
 /^/ 
 
 cat 
 
 c a t 
 
 i^a/ 
 
 rat 
 
 rat 
 
 /lO^..^ 
 
 pan 
 
 p a n 
 
INTERSTATE PPJMER SUPPLEMENT. 19 
 Primer Word, Pag-e lO. 
 
 doll 
 
 New Words. 
 
 for With me it 
 
 Can yon get my doll for 
 
 me? 
 ISTed will get it for yon. 
 Tlie doll is on my cap. 
 No ; my dog has yonr doll, 
 
 and I can not get it. 
 See him rnn ! He Avill eat 
 
 my poor doll. 
 No; lie will not eat the 
 
 doll, bnt he will rnn 
 
 with it. 
 
20 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 Will you catcli liini and 
 
 get my doll? 
 I can not catcli liim; lie 
 
 ^11 run. 
 He is not m}^ dog; 1113^ 
 
 dog is on tlie bridge. 
 My cat Avill not get my 
 
 doll. 
 Ked has a pretty dog and 
 
 a pretty cat. 
 Tlie cat lias a poor little 
 
 bird, and tlie dog lias 
 
 my poor little doll. 
 The rabbits viill not get 
 
 my doll. 
 
INTEESTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 21 
 
 Will you look at my doll, 
 
 and get it for me? 
 Tlie dog lias it, and lie 
 
 ^^ill eat it. 
 My doll can not run, but 
 
 tlie rabbits will not 
 
 get it. 
 The old cat caught a bird 
 
 — a poor little bird. 
 The poor bird can not iiy. 
 Poor little bird! It is a 
 
 pretty bird. 
 The bird can fly, but the 
 
 cat has caught it. 
 Will the cat eat the bird ? 
 
22 INTEKSTATE PKIMER SUPPLEMKNT. 
 
 Will the ca,t catcli my 
 
 little chick ? , 
 No ; yo iir little chick can 
 
 run, and the cat will 
 
 not catch it. 
 My little chick can run, 
 
 but it can not fly. 
 I can see the cat and the 
 
 bird. 
 You can not eat my doll, 
 
 old cat! 
 
 €■ e^a^C ^ii o-M- fT^'t^ ctz. 
 
 €■ ccT^-i ee:i-€ in-e 
 
 at-ie^ cii-n- ^n^^C f£-t^. 
 
 fiya-a-l aHc^ a^n- -n^ /-i-'i/- 
 
INTEKSTATK PRIMER SUPPLEJXENT. 23 
 Primer Words, Page 18. 
 
 mamma got could ran 
 
 New Words. 
 
 after swim come yes 
 
 The clog got my doll, and 
 I could not catcli him. 
 
 Mamma, can you get my 
 doll fo]' me? 
 
 Yes, May, I will get your 
 doll for you. 
 
 The clog ran after xae, but 
 he could not get me. 
 
 My poor little doll could 
 not run, and the dog- 
 got it. 
 
24 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 Will tlie dog catcli a 
 
 bird ? 
 No ; lie ^vill run after the 
 
 cat. He will not catch 
 
 the bird. 
 jSTed and May will come 
 
 and see me. 
 Will you come and see 
 
 my doll? 
 My doll can not fly. A 
 
 bird can fly. 
 A bird can fly, and a fish 
 
 can swim. 
 A cat can swim, but it 
 
 can not swim fast. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 25 
 
 My little chick can not 
 swim. The old hens 
 can not swim. The 
 pretty rabbits can not 
 s^m. 
 
 The old rabbits can feed 
 the little rabbits. 
 
 The little rabbits eat cab- 
 bage. 
 
 My mamma has an old 
 hen. 
 
 The old hen can eat cab- 
 bage. 
 
 The old hen can feed the 
 little chick. 
 
26 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 I can feed the little chick 
 
 and the old hen. 
 Come and see the little 
 
 chick eat cabbage. 
 Yes; I A^ill come after I 
 
 feed my rabbit. 
 The dog ran after my 
 
 rabbit, but he conld 
 
 not catch him. 
 
 CyAe- -alf^ Ae'n- o^-n- €-tz€ oei^dtpiyo-e , 
 
 ^#2^/ C€Z-d-^a^€^e . 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMEE SUPPLEMENT. 27 
 Primer Words, Page 20. 
 
 Tom kite ball where did 
 
 New Words. 
 
 from Ills papa 
 
 Tom lias a kite and a 
 
 ball. 
 I can see them. Can you 
 
 see Tom's kite? 
 Where did Tom get the 
 
 kite? 
 He got it from his papa. 
 Will Tom fly his kite? 
 He can not fly his kite. 
 
 His jjajja "will fly it 
 
 for him. 
 
28 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 Did Ms papa get Ms ball 
 
 for Mm? 
 Yes ; lie got the ball and 
 
 tlie kite for Tom. 
 Tom lias a dog, and a cat, 
 
 and a Mte. 
 Conlcl Tom fly Ms kite 
 
 on tlie l^ridge? 
 Yes; Tom and Ms papa 
 
 could fly tlie kite on 
 
 tlie bridge. 
 Two pretty rabbits ran 
 
 after my little chick. 
 Tbey did not catcli my 
 
 little cliick. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMEK SUPPLEMENT. 29 
 
 A dog can not fly a kite. 
 
 A dog can run and 
 
 catch rabbits. 
 Rabbits can run, but a 
 
 dog can catch tliem. 
 A dog caLight a rabbit, 
 
 but lie did not eat it. 
 
 f/^i^ Cy-a^rn^ f-t^y i^^^- m'^e P 
 
 ^^-?^'/kjf Ot^'^ ^'^^^, -a-M^^ C^. 
 
 t^€^^^ Ct^t^^ri' tn^e-n^ . 
 
30 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 22. 
 
 kitty like thank 
 on up tree 
 
 New Words. 
 
 have spoon bowl 
 
 l^ed and May have a pretty kitty. 
 
 They can feed the kitty. 
 
 May has a spoon, and 'Ned has a 
 bowl. 
 
 Do you like to feed the kitt}^ ? 
 
 May can feed the kitty with a 
 spoon. 
 
 The little kitty can not run fast. 
 
 It can run up a tree. The dog can- 
 not run up a tree. 
 
 My niamma has an old cat ; I have 
 a pretty little kitty. 
 
 ISTed has a dog and a cat. The cat 
 can catch fish. 
 
 M}^ kitty can not catch fish. 
 
INTEESTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 31 
 
 Do you see ]^ed and May ? 
 
 What -will May do ^v^^itli the spoon ? 
 
 She will feed the kitty with tlie 
 
 spoon. 
 Where did May get the kitty ? 
 Her nianima and lier |)apa got it 
 
 for her. 
 Ned''s dog will not catcli the little 
 
 kitty. 
 It is a pretty kitty. I like a prettj^ 
 
 kitty. 
 
 
 ^1, 
 
 Cyl/et^d t^txi^ "i^ttZ ^^^^ ca^^Oi 
 
32 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words,. Page 25. 
 
 John big boy ship sail 
 
 New Words. 
 
 water that 
 
 John is a big boy. He can sail a 
 
 ship. 
 Have you come to see mj sliip ? 
 My ship is not a big one. 
 John^s ship is a big one. It can sail 
 
 on the Tvatei*. 
 A dog can swim in the water. 
 Did you see my dog SAvimP 
 'No, I did not. Where did he SAvimP 
 It was in the \vatei- ^vv^here the fish is. 
 Come and look at my kitty. 
 My kitty can not s^vim. It can run 
 
 up a tree. 
 The poor little kitty ran after a rat. 
 The I'at ran so fast that kitty could 
 
 not catch him. 
 
A rat will not run up a tree. It 
 
 ^v^^ill run wliere the cat can not 
 
 catch it. 
 I will thank you to get my kite. 
 Tom, come here and see my pretty 
 
 little ship. 
 Is your ship like a kite ? 
 l^o ; a kite can not SAvim on the 
 
 ^water. 
 A fish can SAvim in the ^water, and 
 
 a shix3 can sail on the water. 
 Will you not get a big ship for me ? 
 My papa will get me a ship, and I 
 
 will sail it on the ^water. 
 
 a^i^^e t^'^^c/ caaS /^^ m^^A -z^^^/^. 
 
o4 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Word, Page 27. 
 
 swan 
 
 New Words. 
 
 does go in to 
 
 A swan is a bird, but it does not 
 
 fly- 
 
 Do not liens fly like birds ? 
 
 Hens run, and birds flj^, but swans 
 
 swim in the vi^ater. 
 Thank you, niamma ; ^^^111 you come 
 
 and see my SAvans swim? 
 Yes, May. John and I will go with 
 
 you. 
 Swans are pretty. They can swim 
 
 fast. 
 Swans can not run fast, but my 
 
 rabbits can run fast. 
 Rabbits are X3rett3^, like my kitty. 
 My kitty can run up a tree, but 
 
 rabbits can not. 
 
INTERSTATE rElMER SUPPLEMENT. dO 
 
 1 will go to the bridge and see the 
 
 swans swim. 
 The fish is in the ^vater, and the 
 
 swan is in the Avater. 
 The ship is on the water. Can 3^ou 
 
 see the ship? 
 I conld not see the ship, but I could 
 
 see the swan. 
 AYill 5^ou get nij ball and m^^ kite 
 
 for nie ? 
 They are on the bridge with my 
 
 cap. 
 Papa got my cap for me. It is a 
 
 pretty cap. 
 A big dog caught a big cat. 
 The big cat caught a big rat. 
 I can see the dog and the cat and 
 
 the rat. 
 Look at them ! They are on the 
 
 bridge. 
 I^ed is on the bridge \vith Tom. 
 Come, kitty, and catch a rat for me. 
 
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THE INTERSTATE PRIMEH. 29 
 
 squirrels 
 please 
 
 give 
 niit 
 
 See the little squirrels ! Please 
 catch them for me, John. 
 
 E'o, 'Ned ; I can not catch the 
 squirrels. 
 
 Look at the pretty squirrels. 
 
30 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 I will give a nut to the squirrels. 
 
 The squirrels like to eat nuts. 
 
 They ^vvill like nie. 
 
 Can you see nie, little squirrels? 
 
 See me give you a nut. 
 
 You give them the nuts, John. 
 
 See the nuts in my cap. 
 
 Oh, look at the squirrels ! 
 
 See them run up the tree ! 
 
 'ic- d^i^^M.-l'-ll-etJ^ ^In^e- ^a -e-t^^ ^^^^^. 
 
 ^m/ doll d 1 
 
 ^^/ got got 
 
 ^^2^ not not 
 
 ^2^ on 6 n 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 31 
 
 Fred bite apple good 
 IN'ell of(uv) have may 
 
 Where did you get the apjple, 
 
 Fred ? 
 I got it on the tree, ISTell. 
 
32 THE INTEESTATE PRIMEK. 
 
 You may have it. Oh, no, Fred! 
 
 I -will have a bite of it. 
 
 It is a big apple. 
 
 I will get you a big apple, 'Nell. 
 
 You are a good boy, Fred. 
 
 Ned may bite my ap^Dle. 
 
 l^ed is a good boy. 
 
 I have my doll. 
 
 My doll can not have a bite of 
 
 the apx)le. 
 You can not eat. 
 You poor doll ! 
 
 ^€^e t^^€^ ^a-^^ i^ei {^i^e e^, 
 O/lw^ ^^^'iyc^ ■ot^-ri' ^^€2'/ ritzt^e^ €Z- 
 
 ^i^tZ4^^ have have 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 33 
 
 Look at Xell. See her feed the 
 
 swans. 
 Will the sAvans bite vou, XellP 
 Oh, no ; the^^ Avill not bite nie. 
 They like nie. See them s^vini to 
 
 me. 
 I can see a fish. I will feed the fish. 
 See John sail his little shi^). 
 John, yon are a big bo}^. 
 Yon have a little sqnirrel. 
 Please give yonr sqnirrel a nnt. 
 I like to see him eat. 
 See him bite the nnt. 
 Will he eat an api^le ? Oh, 3^es, ]^ell. 
 I Avill give him vclv apple. 
 '^o^ J^ell; I will get him a little 
 
 apple. 
 
 €^ /i^i^-r^ -/ii^^ ^A^ ^&^^ a^AJiyC^. 
 
34 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 what night well 
 
 an owl eyes funny 
 
 What a funny bird ! Look at it, 
 
 -Nell. 
 See it look at jou^ John. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 35 
 
 What is it? It is an owl. 
 
 It can not see me ^vell. 
 
 It can see at night. 
 
 Can it flyy Oli, 3^es; it can fly. 
 
 Wliat can it eat? It can eat a rat. 
 
 It has big eyes. A rat has little 
 
 eyes. 
 It Avill catch the i*at at night. 
 I can not see ^\^ell at niglit. 
 Please catch the o\vl for ime. 
 
 z^-^. 
 
 '■e -o^i^^C ■ct^i^'ri' -^^j^^/ 2?.^ -I'C^'i. 
 
 ■C^^/l^ can c a ii 
 
 at a t 
 
 ■C^/Jl cap c a p 
 
36 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 . ---^ 
 
 
 
 /^w 
 
 ^ll^=^.>^l^ 
 
 g^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 \^ 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 V/i^ 
 
 ^^^ 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 'M 
 
 % 
 
 f 
 
 
 « 
 
 -- 
 
 '^^ 
 
 
 ~ 
 
 think 
 with 
 
 play 
 white 
 
 papa 
 
 gave 
 
 See A\rliat papa gave me ! 
 
 A xiretty white dog! 
 
 See him play! 
 
 He will play with my kitt^^. 
 
 Have you a little clog? 
 
 I^o ; I have a hig clog. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 37 
 
 Will lie play Avitli your kitty P 
 'No ; my kitty will run. 
 My kitty can run n^i a tree. 
 My kitty ^vill eat ^vitli ni}^ clog. 
 I gave my clog a ball to play 
 
 with. 
 See Mm run for it. 
 My papa is good to me. 
 He gave me my little chick. 
 
 ^^CZ-l^ i^yfyn- -uJh €^ l^'l€-e. 
 
 
 ij€^'/h€^ -^a^^e- ^^^^^ €^ rhi^'i^ €^o- 
 
 iyU^t run r ii n 
 
 tree t r ee 
 
 chick cli 1 ck 
 
38 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 ^.\; 
 
 
 come tv\ 
 
 * 
 
 Charlie name trying do 
 
 oil, you funii}" little boy! 
 What is 3^oiir name? 
 My name is Charlie. 
 What are yon trying to do? 
 
 '€?'-^^ ^u.1^1^.^ 'fM-^f.'C-e^ //-??'• 
 
 7" 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 39 
 
 I am tr^^ing to catch a fish. 
 What will you do ^vith your fish, 
 
 Charlie ? 
 I will give it to niamma. What is 
 
 your name? 
 My name is Xecl. Come and see 
 
 me, Charlie. 
 I have two little squirrels. 
 I like squirrels. I Avill come to see 
 
 you. 
 I Avill catch 3^our little squirrels. 
 I could not catch a fish. 
 
 
 ^^^^;^^ name name 
 fy^^^cA catch c a t ch 
 
40 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 go going am Jennie 
 let school clear brother 
 
 Where are you going, Jennie? 
 I am going to school with Charlie. 
 I do not go to school. 
 Charlie is my dear brother. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 41 
 
 He is a big boy. He can go to scliool. 
 Marania dear, may my doll go to 
 
 scliool ? Oh no, Jennie ; dolls do 
 
 not go to school. 
 Charlie has a big apple for you. 
 Do not eat it in school, dear. 
 Oh no, mamma, I Avill not. 
 
 €^'it^f^€' €d- 'T^l^-f ■C^€'tZ'i^ ■ti--l0^l^'A^€^'l. 
 
 think white 
 
 What do 3^ou think x>ax)a has? 
 A big ^\^hite owl ! It has two big 
 
 eyes. 
 It can see well at night. I think 
 
 he is a funn}^ bird. 
 I can not pla}^ with it. 
 It ^will not play ^vith my kitty. 
 
42 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 Did you see Charlie? Do look at 
 
 him ! 
 See him fish. Can you catch a fish ? 
 I can catch a little fish. 
 I can not catch a big fish. 
 Papa can catch a big fish. 
 See Jennie run ! Are you going to 
 
 school, Jennie? 
 Yes ; I am going with Cliarlie. 
 I am not going with little Cliai'lie. 
 I am going with my big bi'other 
 
 Charlie. 
 Is little Charlie your brother, 'Nell ? 
 Yes; he is my clear little brother. 
 He will go to school with your 
 
 brother. 
 My brother is a good boy. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 43 
 
 Rose 
 
 she 
 
 to-day 
 try 
 Jennie 
 
 ./d__ 
 
 Where are yon going, Rose? 
 
 I am going to see Jennie. Slie is 
 
 not A\^ell. 
 What have yon in yonr hig basket ? 
 I have ray kitty and my doll. 
 
44 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 Look out for the kitty, Rose! 
 She is trying to get out. I can 
 
 catch her. 
 She will run to me. I like my 
 
 little kitty. 
 May I- see her? Oh yes. 
 Look in my hasket. 
 Jennie will like to see her and the 
 
 doll. 
 She may play A\^ith the kitty, and 
 
 I ^v\^ill play Avith the doll. 
 
 €ldS'^l basket basket 
 n/n^.f funny f li n n y 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 45 
 
 Grrandpa 
 
 love 
 
 cane 
 
 hair 
 
 This is 
 
 came 
 
 smile 
 
 This is my dear Grandpa. 
 
 He is old. I love my Grandpa. 
 
 My Grandpa loves me. See him 
 
 smile at me. 
 He is good. I love to pla3^ with 
 
 him. 
 Have 3^ou a dear Grandpa? 
 
46 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 See his cane. I get his cane for 
 
 him. 
 I love to run for him. 
 See his liair. It is Avliite. 
 I like his pretty ^vliite liaii*. 
 My name is Tom. 
 His name is Grandpa. 
 Dear Grandpa, I love yon. 
 
 Cj/ ^^^ ^/J- A-le^^'^^ ^i^'CAA^l^e' -A-gz-'ll. 
 
 SOMETHING TO ANS^^VER. 
 
 1. Where is ^^our Grandpa? 
 
 2. Has 3^our Grand^^a wliite hair? 
 
 3. A^ill he play ^v\^itli you ? 
 
 4. "What is ^^our name? 
 
 5. What do you do in school? 
 
 6. What can you play ? 
 
 [To be read silently and answered,] 
 
36 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 29. 
 
 squirrels please nut 
 
 New Words. 
 
 some girl gave 
 
 Squirrels and cats can run up a tree. 
 
 Squirrels and rats can eat nuts. 
 
 Dogs and cats can not eat nuts. 
 
 Rabbits will not eat nuts. 
 
 Tom gave my rabbits some nuts, 
 but they did not eat them. 
 
 Have you got some squirrels ? 
 
 I have some rabbits, and Tom has 
 some squirrels. 
 
 My papa ^vill give you some squir- 
 rels. 
 
 They like nuts ; will you feed them ? 
 
 Please get my doll for me, and I 
 will give it to mamma. 
 
 A boy does not like a doll. A doll 
 is for a girl. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 37 
 
 You may feed the squirrels, and I 
 
 will feed the rabbits. 
 The dog ^v\rill nin after the squirrels. 
 Squirrels can not fly ; they are not 
 
 birds. 
 My pajDa gave me a little squirrel 
 
 and a big squirrel. 
 Will you X3lease catch my little 
 
 squirrel for me ? 
 I can not ; he can run fast, like a 
 
 cat. 
 I can see a fish in the water. It 
 
 ^11 come to me. 
 Can you catch the fish ? JN'o, T can 
 
 not. 
 I will feed the fish. Will squirrels 
 
 eat? 
 Yes ; squirrels like to eat nuts. 
 I can see the squirrels eat nuts. 
 
38 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag^e 31. 
 
 Fred bite apple 
 JsTell of good 
 
 A dog can bite, but my dog ^11 
 
 not bite nie. 
 Fred has a dog that Avill bite yon. 
 He is not a good dog ; I do not like 
 
 him. 
 Will yon give me an apple ? I will 
 
 give yon a bite of my apx^le. 
 l^ell gave me that apple. I like 
 
 IS^ell. 
 I^ell is a good girl ; I will give her 
 
 my ball. 
 'Nell has a pretty little doll. I can 
 
 get the doll for 3^on. 
 Please give me j^onr doll, ^^ell. 
 Oh, yes ; I Avill give yon my doll 
 
 and my kitty. 
 Kitty will rnn after the ball and 
 
 catch it. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 39 
 
 Kitty, kitty ! Come and see me. 
 I have a jDretty little ball for you. 
 Will you eat this apple for me, 
 
 kitty ? 
 'No ; kitty ^11 not eat the apple. 
 I ^11 give it to the s^v\rans. They 
 
 ^v\rill eat it. 
 My little chick ^vill eat an apple. 
 The old hens 'will eat apples. I ^will 
 
 feed them. 
 Thank you, Ned ; I vrill give you 
 
 a bite of my a^jple. 
 Will you go ^vith me to the ^vate^ 
 
 to see the swans ? 
 We ^will go on the bridge. We ^vill 
 
 not get in the ^water. 
 See the pretty s^v\^ans s^m ! Do you 
 
 like to see them? 
 I can see an apple on the water. It 
 
 is a good ax)X3le. 
 
 'r^€^V^e '?7^e ^/^^/ rZ'f7yfl^t'€'. 
 
40 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 34. 
 
 what might funny 
 owl eyes well 
 
 New Words. 
 
 afraid take when 
 be light dark 
 
 Do you see that funny bird ? What 
 
 big eyes it has ! 
 Will it bite nie, mamma? I am 
 
 afraid of it. 
 IN'o, May ; it will not bite you. 
 The owl can not see ^\rell in the 
 
 light. 
 It can see in the night, "when it is 
 
 dark. 
 A rat can see in the night. 
 A rat and a cat and an oavI can 
 
 see in the night, wlien it is dark. 
 The owl and tlie cat will catch the 
 
 rat. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 41 
 
 Fred caught an oa^^I and gave it to 
 
 Tom. 
 A girl is afraid of an ov^l and a rat. 
 The owl can fly, but it can not fly 
 
 fast. 
 The squirrels will run when the 
 
 o^ conies after them. 
 They do not ^v^^ant the owl to catch 
 
 them. 
 The owl will catch your little chick 
 
 and your old hens, and he will 
 
 eat them. 
 Come to me, little chick ; I will 
 
 give you some of my a]3ple. 
 Oh, look at the squirrels ! They are 
 
 UX3 in a tree ! 
 Yes ; JN^ell got my kite and ran after 
 
 them. 
 They are afraid of her. 
 Poor little squirrels! Do not be 
 
 afraid of IsTell. I will give you 
 
 some nuts. 
 
42 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 36. 
 
 think play white 
 
 New Words. 
 
 black so very iior 
 
 My papa gave me a pretty Avhite 
 
 dog. 
 He has black eyes. 
 Does your dog have black eyes? 
 Yes, I think so. Are they not black, 
 
 mamma ? 
 My dog will play Avith my kitty, 
 
 and run after her. 
 Kitty will run nxi a tree, and the 
 
 dog can not catch her. 
 My kitty is not white ; it is black. 
 I think a ^lite kitty is very pretty. 
 What did your j)a]3a give foi^ your 
 
 dog? 
 He gave t^vo rabbits and tAvo sAvans. 
 He is a funny dog, but I like him. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 43 
 
 My little dog A^^ill be a big dog 
 
 Avlieii I am a big boy. 
 He can i*un so fast that I can not 
 
 catch him. 
 My little kitty is not afraid of him. 
 He ^11 not bite me nor my kitty. 
 He will run after my ball, and play 
 
 with me like a little kitty. 
 Does he like to go in the water? 
 Oh, yes ; he can swim in the w^ater, 
 
 like the s^wans. 
 Can he see when it is dark? 'No; 
 
 not very ^vell. 
 I Avould like to take him to the 
 
 w^ater to see him swim. 
 Well, come on ; ^we will go on the 
 
 bridge. 
 
 
 dd^ ^l€:^C"f£' ey^ed^. 
 
44 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 38. 
 
 Charlie name try trying 
 
 New Words. 
 
 How was wonld If hook 
 
 HoAv do you do, Charlie ? 
 
 May I come and play ^th you? 
 
 I like to catch fish. 
 
 My papa and I caught two big fishes, 
 
 I -was trying to catch a little fish, 
 
 hut the little fish would not bite. 
 So a big fish got caught. 
 If you Avill come and play with me, 
 
 I will give you a big a]3X3le. 
 My pax3a gave it to me. 
 He thinks I am a good boy. So does 
 
 my mamma. 
 My name is John. What is your 
 
 name ? 
 My name is IS^ed. I think i^ed is a 
 
 funny name. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 45 
 
 Oh, see that big fish ! Will he bite 
 
 my hook? 
 I think he A\^ill not bite, for he is 
 
 afraid of me. 
 Please take my ca^D, ^ed, and I will 
 
 try to catch him. 
 Papa! papa! I was trying to catch 
 
 a big fish. 
 He would not bite my hook. He 
 
 was afraid. 
 Do yon think my little dog can 
 
 catch him ? 
 My dog can s^m in the ^v\^ater. 
 
 (LyAj dee ^HJ-Zi/^^ c^ t^^ ^t^d/i / [/H^'C 
 
 ^te ci^^^f/ H.o-1^ 
 
46 INTERSTATE PKIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 40. 
 
 let going school am 
 brother clear Jennie 
 
 New Words. 
 
 read book 
 
 Please come do^\rn A\^ith me, Jennie. 
 
 I am going to scliooL 
 Yes; I ^v^^ill go with yon. I like to 
 
 go to school. 
 Will yon take yonr doll to school? 
 'No ; my mamma will not let me 
 
 take my doll. 
 Dolls do not go to school. They 
 
 can not read. 
 I can read in a book. I like to read 
 
 in school. 
 My big brother John can read well. 
 He has a big book. 
 John will let me take his book, bnt 
 
 I can not read in it. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 47 
 
 Where are you going, dear little 
 
 kitty ? 
 What are you trying to do ? 
 Oh, I see ; you are trying to play 
 
 with my ball. 
 I ^11 come and play with you. 
 
 You are a funny kitty. 
 I think you are a good kitty. 
 You are black, but my dog and my 
 
 rabbits ai'e ^^rhite. 
 My dog can eat an apple. 
 My kitty can not eat an apple, but 
 
 he can eat from a s^DOon. 
 I like to play ^^ith my dear little 
 
 kitty. 
 
 c^at^ t^f^'Ti' -eci^i ^z-^n- €^fhfh'C€'. 
 
 
 -^<^e ic^Se -n^'tf t^o^/t^. 
 
48 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 43. 
 
 Rose 
 
 to-day 
 
 her 
 
 she 
 
 basket 
 
 New Words. 
 
 out 
 
 alone 
 
 as sister 
 
 goes their 
 
 
 Rose is going to school alone. 
 
 JN'o ; she has her kitty in that basket. 
 
 So she has. I think she likes her 
 
 kitty. 
 Yes ; she likes her kitty as ^w^ell as 
 
 her doll. 
 She likes to play T\^ith them. 
 Her papa gave her the kitty, and 
 
 her mamma gave her the doll. 
 Her kitty is in the basket. Do yon 
 
 think it can get ont ? 
 Oh, yes ; Avhen Rose gets to school, 
 
 she ^dll let it ont. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 49 
 
 Eose has a sister ; her name is 
 
 Jennie. 
 Jennie does not go to school ; she 
 
 is a very little girl. 
 She can not read, and her mainma 
 
 does not like to have her go out. 
 Rose and Jennie are sisters, and 
 
 Charlie is their brother. 
 Charlie does not like to play alone. 
 He plays with Tom, a big hoy who 
 
 goes to school. 
 Tom and Charlie caught some fish 
 
 to-day. 
 How did they catch them ? 
 Oh, Tom got a hook and gave it to 
 
 Charlie. 
 Then they let the hook go in the 
 
 water, and the fish would bite it. 
 Then Charlie and Tom caught 
 
 them. 
 
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THE INTERSTATE PRIJIEE. 
 
 47 
 
 jrsk^S&jssife:^^- - — ■^^'■-' 
 
 ^p^ ^^ -<^ 
 
 snoY/ Grrandina barn 
 
 too lives house here 
 
 This is wliere my Grandjpa lives. 
 
 Grandma lives here too. 
 
 She is a dear Grandma. 
 
 I go to see her and Grandj^a. 
 
 It is a hig house. See the barn. 
 
 I play in the house. 
 
 I play in the barn, too. 
 
 I feed the hens and chicks. 
 
 I play ball with Grandi3a. 
 
 See the sno^v. I play ^vith the sno^v. 
 
 See the big birds f^j on the snow. 
 
48 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
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 >i U nCJ^'t. i4- •— ^fc. ,1 " n X ClltJ#1lC 
 
 '^ r^ 
 
 ^*^^ 
 
 
 JM III ill'- 
 
 spade 
 made 
 cold 
 
 coat went 
 
 ground come 
 put house 
 
 Grandma put my big coat on. 
 Grandpa gave me a little spade. 
 I -went out to play. 
 I made a sno^v house. 
 
 i^^^^2^ 
 
 / . 
 
 1^1^/^^ fi^u^iy ^^^-^^ €^-a€^f^ a-n- 
 
 ./ 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMEK. 49 
 
 I Avent into my house. 
 
 Grandpa could not get in. 
 
 He is too big. 
 
 Is it not a X3retty white liouse ? 
 
 Come and see me. 
 
 Put on your coat and cap. 
 
 It is not cold in ni}^ house. 
 
 Grandma A\dll like to see you. 
 
 I am not cold. 
 
 I \Yill play snow-ball with you. 
 
 ^ ^/ ^^€2-/ -(^i^ ri^lelM^ ^i^/i^l'ie- ^/iotytd^eP 
 ^^o^-m-'e' ■i^'yi^€^ de€^ ^^^^-^ d-i^^-oi^ /iaM^d€^. 
 i^i oriy ^a-c^t oa-c^l^ t^in-c^ c-a':^^yi^e. 
 
50 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 mittens 
 Ms 
 
 miitf 
 how 
 
 girl 
 could 
 
 Ho^v^r do you do, little girl? 
 I am pretty Avell, I tliank you. 
 Where are you going? 
 
THE mTERSTATE PRIMER. 51 
 
 I am going to see Charlie. 
 
 Charlie is at his Grandpa's house. 
 
 Will vou be cold, little girl? 
 
 Oh no ; I have niy coat on. 
 
 See my muff and mittens. 
 
 1 could not be cold. 
 
 1 am going into Charlie's snow 
 
 house. 
 I ivill sno^v-ball him. 
 Charlie has his mittens on, too. 
 Have you a little muff? 
 Xo, little girl, I have a big muff. 
 
 ^// ^o^U' -{^e t^€^'^^^ /ilM/e ■cj.i^i't^ P 
 
 t^c^^^-e ^T^n^^ €^r>€^^€ o^n-. 
 
52 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMEE. 
 
 
 «^^^ 
 
 ^^m~' 
 
 
 8^^^^» 
 
 ^^m 
 
 mim 
 
 ^^^P^ 
 
 W^ 
 
 kittens 
 into 
 
 tell 
 
 one 
 
 hear 
 
 noise 
 
 say 
 
 meow 
 
 white 
 
 Come into the barn, Charlie. 
 It is too cold in the snow. 
 What a big barn this is! 
 I hear a little noise. 
 Come and see ^lat it is, Charlie. 
 Oh, see the big basket, l^ell! 
 What do you think is in it? 
 I will see. Oh, ISTell, see the. little 
 kittens ! 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 53 
 
 Oh, yon pretty little kittens! 
 Let me catcli you. I will tell 
 
 Grandpa. 
 Hear tliem say ^^meow.^^ May I 
 
 have one, Grandpa? 
 Please let me have one. 
 Yes, ]^ell, you may have a white 
 
 one. 
 Do not say ^^meow,^' little kitten 
 I w^ill feed you. 
 
 C/^t^^^ ^/ 
 
 ^r^€' ^€^v^ €^ fti.u.e'^ 
 
 REVIE"W. 
 
 Papa gave me a big basket. 
 AVhat is in this basket, papa? 
 Look and see. AVill it bite me ? 
 Oh no, 3^ou will like it. 
 It is a little rabbit. 
 
54 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 It is as white as sno^v^^. 
 
 Grandx^a, see my pretty rabbit 
 
 See him run. Please catcli him 
 
 I will feed you, little rabbit. 
 
 Will you love me ? 
 
 I A^rill put you in a little house. 
 
 You may play in the barn. 
 
 Thank you, papa, for the rabbit. 
 
 I will tell mamma. 
 
 I ^11 let her see my dear rabbit. 
 
 I hear Grandma. She has my 
 kitten. 
 
 My kitten will play ^^ith my rab- 
 bit. 
 
 She ^vill say ^^meow.*" 
 
 She can get in my muff. 
 
 Do not bite my mittens, kittj^. 
 
 Do not catch the X300r little chick. 
 
 Cy 'i^at^/yv jf^yec/ tYyO-i^t^ M'^c& 'i'C^^u-at'i. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 55 
 
 sled hill new down 
 
 fell off again (gen) in 
 
 O dear, O dear ! See 'Ned and May ! 
 What did you do, IN^ed? 
 r got on my new sled. 
 
56 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 May got on it, too. 
 
 We went do^vn MIL 
 
 May fell off in the snow. 
 
 I fell off, too. 
 
 See the little bird look! 
 
 What will mamma say? 
 
 She will say you are a funny boy. 
 
 Get ujj, 'Ned, Get on your sled 
 
 again. 
 Let May get on it, too. 
 Put your cax3 on again, Ned. , 
 Ned and May went down again.'' 
 
 ^-^ /^/€- <M^p ^-n^ lri'€^ d^nya-ia 
 
 <2/e€^ ^Ae €-l^^/€' ifil-c^ /aaS / 
 
 €^% 
 
 ■crmi 0'1^^ i-i^j €a-a. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 57 
 
 horse 
 found 
 
 was 
 
 «aid (sgd) 
 
 find 
 her 
 
 See ^v^^here I found my little kitten. 
 I Avent into the barn to find her. 
 I could not see her. 
 I said, ''Kitty, kitty, kitty I^*^ 
 
58 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 She did not come. 
 
 T went to the big basket. 
 
 She ^^^as not in it. 
 
 I could not find her. 
 
 I ^v\rent into the house. 
 
 I said, ^^John, I can not find my 
 
 kitty .^^ 
 John said, ''I will find her, May.^' 
 He found her on the horse. 
 I did not get her. 
 I said, '""You are a good horse. ^^ 
 You are good to kitty. I will feed 
 
 you. 
 
 / 
 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 59 
 
 baby asleep sister rock 
 
 John has a dear little sister. 
 She is asleex3. See John rock hei\ 
 Have you a little bahy sister? 
 I have a little bahj brother. 
 I love my baby brother. 
 See John rock his little sister. 
 I rock my bab}^ bi-other for mamma. 
 My baby brother ^\^ill smile at me. 
 I come in the house and play Avith 
 him. Come in and see him. 
 
60 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PEIMEE» 
 
 Annie heard was 
 
 lamb walk saw 
 
 Annie went out to walk in the 
 
 snow. 
 Her little dog went with her. 
 
THE IKTEHSTATE PRIMER. 61 
 
 He heard a little noise. 
 
 The little dog ran. Annie ran, too. 
 
 She found a jDoor little lamb. 
 
 It Avas cold. It sa^v Annie. 
 
 The little lamb ran. 
 
 It ran to Annie. 
 
 Annie said, ^^ Poor little lamb, yon 
 
 are cold. 
 Can yon Avalk to my house ? 
 I ^\dll j)"Lit yon in the barn. 
 I will feed yon, little lamb.'^ 
 
 /t:^^^^^^' -li^y^^ /€?^ O^^ 
 
 ^-^/l?'^^. 
 
 t^o^ if^i/ti^yf:/ t/ie- 'M^^l'C€' t^€^^^^yiy//- , 
 
 
50 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 45. 
 
 grandpa hair this 
 love cane came smile 
 
 New Words. 
 
 seen sit lap 
 
 says now 
 
 Have 3^ou seen my grandpa? 
 He is very old, and his liair is ^lite. 
 He likes to have me sit in his lai3. 
 He is my papa\s X3ax3a. How fnnny 
 
 that is ! 
 My |)ax3a is not so old as my grandpa. 
 My x^apa^s hair is not white. 
 I love my pax3a and my grandpa. 
 My pax^a does not like to have his 
 
 little hoy go to the \vater. 
 He is afraid I ^vill get in the "water. 
 He says the fish and the s^vans may 
 
 go in the watei'. 
 They can swim, and 1 can not. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 51 
 
 My dog can swim. He can SAvim 
 
 in tlie Avater and get an apple 
 
 for liie. 
 When my dog goes to tlie water, 
 
 the fish and swans are afraid. 
 My dog is a hig dog, but lie will 
 
 not bite. 
 He likes little bo3^s and girls. 
 He plays with me and my sister. 
 He will run after my ball and get 
 
 it for me. 
 It is dark now, and I am going in. 
 My mamma says she is afraid to 
 
 have me out in the dark. 
 I can not see in tlie dark like an 
 
 OA\rl. 
 
 //■cz^v-e t/.ou- d^ee^^ -^^^^^ ■t^lay^n^tzA-t^ P 
 
 '.-u t^ar^ td tZ' ^aia- t^^Oi^^j 1^^/ Ae 
 "i^tAt^t^-C ^^txi Aue. 
 
52 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 47. 
 
 snow too grandma honse 
 lives barn here 
 
 New Words. 
 
 crumbs fence bad 
 right down we 
 
 Grandpa and grandma live in this 
 
 house. 
 It is an old honse. 
 They live here alone. 
 Mamma and papa and I go to see 
 
 them. 
 They give ns apples to eat, and Ave 
 
 thank them. 
 The birds go to see them too. 
 Grandpa and grandma feed the 
 
 birds. 
 I think they feed them crumbs. 
 Yes; that is right. The birds like 
 
 to eat crumbs. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 53 
 
 They fly up in the trees and on the 
 
 fence. 
 Then they fly out to the barn. 
 They like to come here and eat. 
 They like my dear old grandpa 
 
 and grandma. 
 I like them too, they are so good. 
 Grandpa says he likes good little 
 
 hoys and girls. 
 He does not like bad boys and girls. 
 I like to play in his barn. 
 My little brother goes ^th me to 
 
 X3lay in the barn. 
 We see the hens there, and the little 
 
 chicks. 
 Grandpa has a big dog, but he likes 
 
 me. 
 He Avill not bite me. 
 The dog likes to run out in the sno^\^. 
 I do too, but my mamma does not 
 
 like to have me. 
 She says I am too little. 
 
54 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLE:\rENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 48. 
 
 spade made cold coat 
 ground put went 
 
 Xew Words. 
 
 warm men by make 
 us chair fun 
 
 This is fun. Come, John, and play 
 
 with nie. 
 I have a sno^v house. 
 My snoTsr house is by the fence. 
 I can get in it, and you can not see 
 
 nie. 
 I made it witli a spade. 
 It is not cold. I am warm. 
 T have a ^v\^arm coat on. 
 Will you make a snoAv liouse ? 
 Oh do ! and then Ave ^vill pla^^ Ave 
 
 are men. 
 Men make houses, and bo^^s make 
 
 snoAV houses. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 00 
 
 Men make houses to live in, and 
 
 boys make houses to play in. 
 Granclpa^s house is clown by the 
 
 barn. 
 I sa^v a rat in grandpa^s barn. 
 I could not catch it ; it ran very fast. 
 Grandpa's cat caught a I'at in the 
 
 barn. 
 Come, get your s]3ade and make a 
 
 sno^v house. 
 Make it big, so that 1 can get in it. 
 Then grandj)a and grandma Avill 
 
 come and see us. 
 We Avill not let them sit on the 
 
 ground. 
 We Avill get them some chairs. 
 I love my mamma and my dear 
 
 papa. 
 I Avent to see my grandpa last night. 
 He let me sit in his la^D. 
 I got his cane for him. 
 I think he is a dear, good grand^oa. 
 
56 INTEKSTATE PFdMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 50. 
 
 mittens muff 
 
 New Words. 
 
 been ate behind 
 
 one playing there 
 
 I think this little girl has been to 
 
 see her grandpa. 
 She has tA\^o dogs, a big one and a 
 
 little one. 
 They are playing with lier. 
 She is not cold ; she has a muff and 
 
 a wsiYin. coat. 
 I can not see her grandpa\s house ; 
 
 it is behind the trees. 
 I can see the fence and the trees. 
 1 think this little girl''s name is M^j. 
 It may be Jennie. Jennie and May 
 
 are sisters. 
 They have one brother; his name 
 
 is I:*^ed. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 57 
 
 The big clog is ]^ed''s clog, but tlie 
 
 little one is May's clog. 
 J*eiinie has no dog, but she has some 
 
 rabbits. 
 They like to run in the sno^\^. 
 Jennie ^v\rent and put some crumbs 
 
 on the snoAV, and the birds came 
 
 and ate them. 
 Poor little birds ! Are yon not cold 
 
 out there in the snow ? 
 Come in and get warm, little birds. 
 We will feed you some crumbs. 
 We ^\rill not let the cat catch yon. 
 The cat ^v\^ent out to the barn to 
 
 catch some rats. 
 Come in, little birds ; I ^vill let yon 
 
 take my mittens. 
 
 
 cz^le /it^^y-t'^t^ 'U^t^i/i 
 
 Ael. 
 
 (Zy /ie CiZ-t 'i4^e'/'^.€ cm^ 
 
 /-/a 
 
 i/ie 
 
 af^l^/^ 
 
 €0^ ct^^oA da^/<n'e 
 
 l/^^d 
 
 
 
58 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag"e 52. 
 
 kittens tell hear 
 noise meow 
 
 New Words. 
 
 three fonr many 
 other want 
 
 I see three little kittens by the 
 
 basket. 
 I see one in the basket. 
 One is trying to get in, and one is 
 
 trying to get ont. 
 How many kittens can you see ? 
 I can see four kittens. 
 Three and one make four. 
 Can you tell me ho\\^ many kittens 
 
 are in the basket ? 
 There is one kitten in the basket. 
 It can not get out. 
 The kitten in the basket says 
 
 ''^meo^^r.''^ 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 59 
 
 It can not play in the basket. 
 
 It w^ants its nianima. 
 
 Poor little kitty ! I ^11 take yon 
 ont. 
 
 Do yon ^want to see yonr mamma, 
 little kitty ? 
 
 Ivro^v\^ I ^11 pnt yon down, and yon 
 can play ^th the other kittens. 
 
 I think it is fnn to see kittens plaj^. 
 
 They rnn after me, and I rnn be- 
 hind tlie chair. 
 
 Grandpa says I play like a kitty. 
 
 Do yon think I do ? 
 
 I think I play like a little girl. 
 
 I have been pla^dng ^vith my kit- 
 tens to-day. 
 
 I have three white kittens. 
 
 They live in the barn. 
 
 They rnn wlien they hear a noise. 
 
60 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 55. 
 
 sled hill new 
 
 fell off again 
 
 New Words. 
 
 hand both cry saw 
 
 A little boy and a little girl fell off 
 
 their sled. 
 The boy^s name was l^ed. 
 The girl^s name ^v\^as May. 
 She put her hands in the sno^^r. 
 But she had mittens on her hands. 
 ]Nred fell into the snoA\r too. 
 He put both hands in the snow, and 
 
 his cap fell off. 
 A little bird saw them. 
 They did not cry nor run to their 
 
 mamma. 
 They got up and went to their sled 
 
 again. 
 Their sled w^s a new one. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 61 
 
 Thej both fell off in the snow. 
 Their grandpa saw them. He was 
 
 in the honse. 
 Do yon see the honse np on the hill ? 
 1 can see the honse and the fence. 
 I can see the little bird too. 
 Get np, little boy, and pnt on yonr 
 
 cap. 
 Get on yonr new sled and try again. 
 May will get on with yon. 
 If yon will come to my honse, I 
 
 will give yon some apples. 
 I will let yon take m^^ mittens and 
 
 my sled. 
 I will let May take my mnff to 
 
 keep her hands ^v\rarm. 
 I like to play in the snow when it 
 
 is not cold. 
 I can make a snow honse. 
 
 O^ /t'^^le^ ^i^'it^ d^c^'pc^ ^Ae^yi. 
 
62 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 57. 
 
 horse said find found 
 
 New Words. 
 
 place hurt black 
 field sleep 
 
 May found her kitty in the barn, 
 
 on tlie liorse. 
 AYas not that a fnnn^^ place to find 
 
 a kitty ? 
 It A¥as a good horse not to hurt tlie 
 
 kitty. 
 My papa has a horse. He is black. 
 He can run very fast. 
 He can run u]:) the hill or do-\vn 
 
 the hill. 
 My dog can not run so fast 
 The horse likes to run in the field. 
 Papa puts him in the barn at night. 
 He feeds him there. 
 My old cat sleeps in the barn too. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMEIi SUPPLEMENT. Od 
 
 The cat and her kitty both sleep 
 
 in the barn. 
 Kitty likes to sleep on the horse. 
 The horse avouIcI not hurt the poor 
 
 little kitty. 
 AYill you come to my house and see 
 
 my horse ? 
 Papa has a good place for him in 
 
 the barn. 
 If he is not in the barn, we will 
 
 feed him in the field. 
 He^villeat outof my hand. He^v^^ill 
 
 not bite me. 
 I do not like to go to the barn alone. 
 I am afraid there may be a bad boy 
 
 there. 
 A bad boy would hurt me. 
 I would tell my papa if I found a 
 
 bad boy in tire barn. 
 Papa would not let him hurt me. 
 Papa says I am his dear little boy. 
 I love my pax3a. 
 
64 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 59. 
 
 baby asleep rock 
 
 New Words. 
 
 cradle just fall 
 
 rocking Frank all 
 
 John^s little baby sister is in the 
 
 cradle fast asleep. 
 John is rocking her. 
 She sleeps just like a kitten. 
 I have no little baby sister, but I 
 
 have a baby brother. 
 His name is Frank. He is very little. 
 I ^11 let you see him, if you will 
 
 come to my house. 
 All right ; I v^ill go and see him. 
 Is he with his mamma? 
 Yes ; he sits in her lap. 
 She says he is too little to sit in a 
 
 chair. 
 He Avould fall off and hurt him. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 65 
 
 I do not like to hear him cry. 
 
 I like to see him asleep in his cradle. 
 
 I like to rock him too. 
 
 When I am rocking him, he does 
 
 not make a noise. 
 I let him take my ball to play \\rith. 
 He will bite it and give it to 
 
 mamma. 
 Mamma says he Avants to eat it. 
 He cannot eat it. My dog bites it 
 
 too. 
 I do not like to have my dog bite it. 
 Have you a baby brother? 
 ]S'o; I have a big brother, bnt he 
 
 does not play ^vith me. 
 What is his name ? It is ISled. 
 I think Frank is a pretty name. I 
 
 do not like ^ed ; do you ? 
 I do not think it is so good a name 
 
 as Frank. 
 
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 THE INTEKSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 rake Grrace lioe 
 
 make water-pot spade 
 
 take garden thank 
 
 What are you going to do, Charlie ? 
 I am going to make a little garden. 
 Grandpa gave me a spade. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 63 
 
 Papa gave me a hoe and a rake. 
 Mamma gave me a \\rater-pot. 
 I can make a good garden. 
 May I go y^ith you, and see you 
 
 make it? 
 Yes, Grace, I will like to have you 
 
 come. 
 I ^11 spade and hoe it. 
 You may rake it. 
 Will you take the ^water-pot for 
 
 me? 
 Yes, Charlie, and I can take the 
 
 hoe. 
 'No, thank you, Grace, I can take 
 
 the hoe. 
 
 
64 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 must 
 lilies 
 
 1% 
 
 tiill] 
 
 rose-bush now 
 
 I Avill have my garden here. 
 I must hoe iny garden no^v. 
 
 Cy "i^^Ct^ ^€^yue l-tycciri^j^ tz-i^^ t^t^M-ed^. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 65 
 
 What will you have in your gar- 
 den ? 
 
 I will have a rose-bush. 
 
 [ ^11 have tulips and lilies. 
 
 I like lilies. Grandma will give 
 me a rose-bush. 
 
 I ^11 say, ^^ Grandma, may I have 
 a rose-bush?^' 
 
 She will say, '^ Yes, dear, you may.'' 
 
 I will give you a lily, Grace. 
 
 Oh, thank you, Charlie. I hear 
 mamma. 
 
 I will run and see what she said. 
 
 EASY READING. 
 
 I ^ivent out with my ne^v^ sled. 
 I let my sister May get on it. 
 I ran down hill. May fell off. 
 1 said, ^^Come find pajja. May. 
 
66 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 He will put you on the horse. 
 
 He ^will not let you fall.'^ 
 
 I found papa asleep. 
 
 I said, ""^Papa, please get up. 
 
 Will you put May on the horse? 
 
 Will you X3ut iTie on the horse, too? 
 
 She fell off niy new sled.^' PajDa 
 
 got uix 
 Papa j)"Lit May on the horse. 
 He let the horse walk. He put me 
 
 on, too. We went to tlie barn. 
 I sa^\^ a little lamb. 
 It ^\^as a baby lamb. It was asleep. 
 We went into my new garden. 
 I let x^apa see my lilies and tulips. 
 I gave him a rose. 
 Papa said, ^^Tou must rake your 
 
 garden, Charlie.^"' 
 I got the ^\^ater-pot. 
 I put w^ater on my garden. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 67 
 
 slate ink hand 
 
 book pencil naughty 
 
 See this poor boy. He fell asleep. 
 
 He has a slate and iDencil. 
 
 See the book in his hand. 
 
 See the naughty kittens. 
 
 Oh, you naughty little kittens! 
 
68 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 See the ink. 
 
 I ^\^ill catch you, little kittens. 
 
 I must run to mamma. 
 
 Mamma, John fell asleep. 
 
 He had a book in his hand. 
 
 He had his slate and pencil. 
 
 The kittens got the ink. 
 
 The ink fell. 
 
 Please come, mamma, and see John. 
 
 Cy^U^yn^iyr^^^t^ji/'oJi^^n^ iP^tZ €^iye^/i^. 
 
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 \ • One dot. 
 
 2 • • Two dots. 
 
 3 • • • Three dots. 
 
 4 J J Four dots. 
 
THE 1NTP:RSTATE PRIMERo 69 
 
 carriage what 
 
 picture ride 
 
 Oh, what a funny picture! 
 
 See the mamma cat and the little 
 
 kitten. 
 The kitten is in the doll carriage. 
 How did she get in? 
 
70 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 I think the old manmia cat put 
 
 her in. 
 Slie ^SA^ill give her bahy a ride. 
 I have a doll carriage. 
 I T\rill x^nt my kitten in the cariiage 
 My doll carriage is a big one. 
 I put the baby in it. 
 She did look X3retty in it. 
 I gave her a little ride. 
 I ^will take her to ride again. 
 I like this picture. 
 
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 Five dots. 
 
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 Ten dots. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 71 
 
 some as home sweet 
 
 I have a pretty little garden. 
 I have lilies, tulips, and a rose- 
 bush. 
 Come home ^vith me no"w. 
 
72 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 I have a clear little sister. 
 Her name is Rose. 
 She is as sweet as a rose. 
 She is in my garden now. 
 See her look at the tulips. 
 Come and see me, Rose dear. 
 She is as good as she is pretty. 
 I Tvill give her some lilies. 
 Take the lilies home to mamma, 
 dear. 
 
 d^ld^^e^l sister s i s t e ]■ 
 
 • and • are • • 
 
 -/ €^1^€^ -/ 'CZ'le ^ 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMEK. 
 
 73 
 
 matter 
 sick 
 
 fail 
 care 
 
 why 
 
 Why, what is the matter yvith 
 
 Poor little l^ed is sick. 
 ]^ell will take care of him. 
 
74 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 She will fan her sick brother. 
 See the fan in her hand- 
 Poor little brother! 
 I ^v^ill take good care of you. 
 T will get 3^on a picture book. 
 I will give you a sweet apple to 
 
 eat. 
 I -will get you some cold ^water. 
 Papa Tvill come home and take 
 
 you to ride. 
 You will be well again. 
 I Avill be as good as I can to my 
 
 sick brother. 
 
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^ THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 75 
 
 that 
 hat 
 
 all 
 wet 
 
 dress 
 pail 
 
 Oh, you naughty, naughty girl! 
 What did you do that for? 
 You are all w^et. 
 You got your pretty dress all wet. 
 
76 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 See all the water. You will be 
 
 sick. 
 I did not have my hat on. 
 I put the pail on for a hat. 
 I did it for fun. 
 I did not think of the water. 
 I do not care for a little water. 
 I will not do that again. 
 My poor dress is all wet. 
 I ^v^ill get my hat. 
 What will mamma say? 
 
 CyH^ fi^oo^l -c^'ledd- 2^^ c^t-/ 'W-^t. 
 
 
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66 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 60. 
 
 Annie lamb heard walk 
 
 
 New Words. 
 
 
 lost 
 
 glad 
 
 head 
 
 began 
 
 milk 
 
 kind 
 
 A poor little lamb got lost in the 
 
 snow. 
 It could not find its mamma. 
 It ran down by the barn and began 
 
 to cry. 
 Annie heard it, and ran after it and 
 
 found it. 
 The lamb came up to Annie, and 
 
 put its head in her lap. 
 It was glad to find her. 
 Annie ^\ras kind to the little lamb, 
 
 and gave it some milk. 
 It Avas cold, and Annie made it 
 
 ^varm. 
 She ]3ut her hand on its head. 
 
INTERSTATE PKIMER SUPPLEMENT. 67 
 
 She had a cap on her head and a 
 
 muff on her arm. 
 Her little dog ^\ras "with her. 
 He was a funny little dog. 
 He ^was afraid of the lamb. 
 But the lamb ^Arould not hurt him. 
 The lamb was not afraid of Annie. 
 Don't you think Annie wsis very 
 
 kind to the lamb ? 
 1 would be kind to a poor little 
 
 lamb. 
 1 would not hurt a lamb or a kitten. 
 If I heard a lamb cry, I would go 
 
 after it. 
 I ^vould feed it and make it warm. 
 Little lambs can run and play in 
 
 the field. 
 My grandpa has a good many lambs. 
 He says I may have one if I ^vant it. 
 I think I will get it, and put it in 
 
 my papa\s barn. 
 It can play there with my old cat. 
 
68 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 62. 
 
 rake Grace water-pot 
 garden hoe 
 
 New Words. 
 
 hat work cany 
 
 sometimes flowers 
 
 Little Charlie had a garden. 
 His papa gave him a hoe and a rake. 
 His grandpa gave him a spade. 
 His mamma gave him a ^vater-pot. 
 His brother gave liim a big hat. 
 Then he Avent to the garden to Avork. 
 He could not carry the ^vater-pot. 
 So he put it down, and took the 
 
 rake and the hoe and the spade. 
 Then he came and got the ^water- 
 
 pot. 
 Charlie likes to work in the garden. 
 He works there alone. 
 He has four chairs in his garden. 
 
INTEKSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 69 
 
 He has no little brother or sister to 
 
 • ^v\^ork T\rith him. 
 Sometimes his papa or his mamma 
 
 works -with him. 
 He likes to ^sralk up and do^v^^n the 
 
 garden and look at the flo^\^ers. 
 He says the garden is his house. 
 Sometimes he takes his book and 
 
 reads in the garden. 
 Then his kitty comes and gets up 
 
 in his lax3. 
 Kitty likes to sleep in Charlie^s lap 
 
 when he reads. 
 Charlie can read in a book very ^v\rell. 
 His mamma gave him a very pretty 
 
 book. 
 He likes his pretty book as ^vell as 
 
 a doll. 
 He does not play with his doll. 
 Girls play with dolls. Boys like to 
 
 play in the garden. 
 Some girls play in the garden too. 
 
70 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 64. 
 
 must lily lilies 
 rose-bush tulip 
 
 New Words. 
 
 bouquet day home 
 story told 
 
 Charlie and Grace have a garden. 
 
 They have Hoovers m it. 
 
 May takes the flowers, and makes a 
 
 bouquet. 
 One day they were in the garden 
 
 Avhen their mamma came after 
 
 them. 
 She said, ^^ Charlie and Grace ! ^'' And 
 
 they heard her. 
 Then they said, ^' What do you 
 
 ^vant, mamma ? ^^ 
 She said their grandjDa had come 
 
 to see them, and they must 
 
 come in. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 71 
 
 So they went in and found their 
 
 grandpa in the house. 
 He was glad to see them. 
 He made them both come and sit 
 
 in his lap. 
 Then he told them a story. 
 He gave them some apples, and said 
 
 they must come and see him. 
 Then Grace gave him some flow^ers. 
 She gave him a very pretty bouquet. 
 It ^vas made of tulips and lilies and 
 
 roses. 
 Charlie got his book, and read a 
 
 story to his grandpa. 
 Then their grandjja went home. 
 He had his cane in his hand. 
 Charlie and Grace were verj^ kind 
 
 to their grandpa. 
 Some day they ^will go and see him 
 
 in his home. 
 Their papa and mamma will go 
 
 ^with them. 
 
72 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 67. 
 
 slate pencil 
 
 ink naughty 
 
 New Words. 
 
 floor spilled sorry 
 table know man 
 
 John fell asleep in his chair. 
 
 His book ^^ras in his hand. 
 
 His slate was on the floor. 
 
 His ink ^\ras on the table. 
 
 Kitty got up on the table and spilled 
 
 the ink. 
 John^s mamma came and found the 
 
 ink spilled. 
 She ^^ils very sorry, but she did not 
 
 cry. 
 John A^ras sorry too. He loves his 
 
 mamma. 
 John can w^ork in the garden like a 
 
 man. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 73 
 
 He has a hoe, a spade, and a rake. 
 He ^v\rorJ^s w^ith his papa. 
 John^s papa says he is a little man. 
 John goes to school and reads in a 
 
 book. 
 1 am going to school ^vvhen I am a 
 
 big boy. 
 Sometimes I go to school nov^. 
 John lets me go vrith him. 
 Mamma ^^rent to school Avhen she 
 
 ^\Aras a little girl. 
 I have a slate and pencil at home. 
 I can not read in a book, but I can 
 
 get my mamma to read for me. 
 When I am a big boy I can read and 
 
 go to school. 
 No\v I must not go to school. I can 
 
 play at home. 
 I am sorry the kitty spilled John^s 
 
 ink. 
 Kitty must not get up on the table. 
 She must play on the floor. 
 
74 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 69. 
 
 carriage picture ride 
 
 New Words. 
 
 having giving only 
 true talk 
 
 This little kitten is having a ride. 
 
 Her inamma is giving her a ride in 
 a baby carriage. 
 
 This is the kitty that went to sleep 
 on the horse. 
 
 It is noA^r a big kitty. 
 
 May has a little baby sister. 
 
 This is the baby^s carriage. 
 
 Sometimes May takes her baby sis- 
 ter and her kitty in the carriage 
 to ride. 
 
 Kitty ^s mamma is giving her a ride. 
 
 Do yon think her mamma can do 
 that ? 
 
 I do not. That is only a picture. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 75 
 
 It is a pretty picture, but it is not 
 
 true. 
 A cat can not walk like that. 
 A cat can not make a baby carriage 
 
 go. 
 T can make a baby carriage go. I 
 
 am a big girl. 
 I take my doll out in the baby 
 
 carriage. 
 Dolls can not talk, and they can not 
 
 ^walk. 
 They can ride just like a baby. 
 Boys and girls can talk., and read, 
 
 and be good. 
 Boys and girls are sometimes 
 
 naughty. 
 Xaughtj^ boys and girls do not 
 
 please their mamma. 
 They inake their mamma cry when 
 
 they are naughty. 
 Good bo3^s and girls are kind to 
 
 their mamma. 
 
76 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Word, Page 71. 
 
 sweet 
 
 New Words. 
 
 looking took were 
 bed rode stay 
 
 Eose is my dear little sister. 
 
 She likes to go into my garden and 
 
 look at the tuli]3s. 
 She is just as s^^eet as a rose. 
 Do you see her in my garden now ? 
 She is looking at m3^ tnlips. 
 Rose sometimes takes my slate and 
 
 makes pictures. 
 I let her take my j)encil ^v\^hen she 
 
 wants to make pictures. 
 She is so s^^^eet and good, I do all 1 
 
 can to please her. 
 She sleeps \\rith me at night. 
 When ^\^e go to bed we talk about 
 
 our garden. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 77 
 
 Sometimes we take our dolls to bed 
 
 with us. 
 Papa has a ne^v\r carriage and a black 
 
 horse. 
 He took us to ride to-day. Mamma 
 
 ^\rent too. 
 We rode over the hill to see grandpa 
 
 and grandma. 
 They ^were both at home, and were 
 
 glad to see us. 
 Grandpa said 1 must stay all night, 
 
 but mamma Avould not let me. 
 My little dog went too. 
 He ran on the ground behind the 
 
 carriage. 
 Grandpa gave me some apples in a 
 
 basket. 
 They ^were s^weet. 
 Do you like s^vveet apples? 
 Yes ; I like s^veet ax3ples, and I like 
 
 sweet little girls. 
 I think my mamma is s^weet. 
 
78 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 73. 
 
 matter sick why 
 fan care 
 
 New Words. 
 
 green time doctor 
 
 My poor little brother is sick. 
 
 I am Nell, and my brother is lISTed. 
 
 I A\rill take good care of my sick 
 
 brother. 
 I think I knoAv \\rhat made him 
 
 sick. 
 He ate too many green apples. 
 Mamma told him not to eat too 
 
 many. 
 He ate fonr, and they made him 
 
 sick. 
 I 'v\rill not eat green ajoples. I do 
 
 not ^v^^ant to be sick. 
 I will not eat what my mamma 
 
 tells me not to eat. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 79 
 
 Green apples are not good for boys 
 
 and girls. 
 Poor IN'ed! He can not i^lay noAv. 
 I "will "work in his garden for him. 
 He \\^ill let nie take his hoe and his 
 
 spade. 
 I will get a pretty bouquet of flowers 
 
 for him. 
 He likes flowers, and I like to please 
 
 him. 
 I ^-^rill read him a story out of my 
 
 book. 
 He will like that, I kno^v. 
 Mamma can not be with him all 
 
 the time. 
 I will stay with him some of the 
 
 time. 
 'Ned is a good boy, and we all love 
 
 him. 
 I hope he T\^ill get ^^^ell. Poor little 
 
 boy! 
 The doctor says he will get ^well. 
 
80 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 75. 
 
 wet dress pail 
 
 New Words. 
 
 had cried shoe 
 
 stocking dry 
 
 A funny girl put a loail on her head 
 
 for a hat. 
 It had some ^water in it. 
 The ^v^ater ran down on her head 
 
 and dress. 
 She \\ras all ^v^et, and she cried. 
 Her mamma heard her, and came 
 
 to see ^v^rhat \\^as the matter. 
 She found her little girl all ^^ret. 
 She took off her dress and put her 
 
 in bed. 
 Then she told her she must not put 
 
 a pail on her head for a hat. 
 The little girl did not kno^v^r that it 
 
 would wet her dress. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 81 
 
 She was a funny girl, I think. 
 She did not knoA\r that v^rsiter is 
 
 wet. 
 It ^v^ret her shoes and stockings too. 
 Her mamma had to take off her 
 
 shoes and stockings and dry 
 
 them. 
 She put tlie little girl in bed and 
 
 made her stay there. 
 When her dress and her stockings 
 
 wrere dry, her mamma let her 
 
 get up. 
 Then she went out to play again, 
 
 but she did not put a pail on 
 
 her head. 
 She went into the garden to play. 
 There she found some tulips, some 
 
 lilies, and some roses. 
 She was all alone, but she was not 
 
 naughty. 
 I think when she gets to be a big 
 
 girl she will be very good. 
 
Supplementary Reading. 
 
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THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. i i 
 
 SOMETHING TO DO. 
 
 Ymte black-board 
 
 1. You may get your hat. 
 
 2. You may give 3^our ]3^ncil to 
 
 John. 
 
 3. You may get me some water. 
 
 4. You may give your slate to 
 
 Annie. 
 
 5. You may tell me your name. 
 
 6. You may make ^'haf on your 
 
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 7. You may get a little girl for 
 
 me. 
 
 8. You may ^write your name on 
 
 your slate. 
 0. You may get the ink for me. 
 10. You may give me your slate. 
 
 W-a-t^i^ ^^^i^-^ lei.^ ^i 
 
78 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 11. You may get me a book. 
 
 12. You may catch this ball. 
 
 13. You m^j get a coat for me. 
 
 14. You may come to me. 
 
 15. You may Avrite your name on 
 
 the black-board. 
 
 16. You may give 3^our book to 
 
 May. 
 
 17. You may write Avlrat you 
 
 please on your slate. 
 
 18. You may make one, two, tliree 
 
 on tlie black-board. 
 
 19. You may get a little boy for 
 
 me. 
 
 20. You may look at this picture. 
 
 These sentences are to be read silentlij by the pupil, and 
 eacli pupil is to follow the direction as designated by the 
 number his teacher gives liim. 
 
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THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 79 
 
 eggs try-ing break 
 help cake do-ing 
 
 See this dear little girl. 
 What are you doing, little girl? 
 I am trying to help mamma. 
 Poor mamma is not Avell. 
 
80 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 I must help lier. I am a big girl now. 
 Mamima said, ^^I must make some 
 
 cake."'^ 
 I said, ^^ I Avill make the cake, 
 
 mamma dear. 
 ToLi are sick. Let me make the 
 
 cake.^*' 
 Mamma said, ^^Toit may helio me. 
 Tou ma}^ find some eggs.^"" 
 I ran OLit to the barn. I found 
 
 four Tsrhite eggs. 
 I ^v^ill break them for mamma. 
 Mamma, see me break the eggs. 
 I love to help you. 
 
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THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 81 
 
 cany They 
 
 picking been 
 
 See John help his maniina carry 
 
 the basket. 
 See all the apples in the basket. 
 I conlcl not carry the basket. 
 John has been picking the apples. 
 
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 ^i^d^el. 
 
82 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 Annie and ^Nell have been picking 
 
 the apples, too. 
 See the big ax3ple-tree. 
 They -will cany the apples home. 
 They will eat the apples. 
 See Annie run. 
 She says, ^^ Let me help carry the 
 
 basket.'' 
 John says, ^^Oh no, I^ell; girls do 
 
 not carry baskets. I am a big 
 
 boy. 1 can carry it.**^ 
 
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THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 83 
 
 Sit knit chair 
 
 glasses 
 
 Oh, what a funny little grandma! 
 See her sit up in the chair. 
 
84 THE interstatp: primer. 
 
 Look at her glasses. 
 
 Can yon see me, little grandma? 
 
 Pnt np yonr glasses and look at 
 
 me. 
 Let me see yon knit. Look at her 
 
 big cap. 
 Ton are a dear little grandma. 
 What a big chaii* yon sit in, little 
 
 grandma. 
 AVhat Avill yonr grandma say to 
 
 jou? 
 She will think yon are a sweet 
 
 little grandma. 
 Yon can not knit, little grandma. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 85 
 
 cannon stand head hold 
 driim gnn broom fun 
 soklier helphig 
 
 May is a little soldier now. 
 See the soldier cap on her head. 
 Her doll has a soldier cap on her 
 head. 
 
86 THE IXTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 The doll can not stand np. 
 
 See May stand nx3. 
 
 What are you doing ^vith the 
 
 broom, May? 
 Oh, that is my gun. 
 l^ed has his drum. See the little 
 
 cannon. 
 'Ned ssijs^ ''^ Hold the gun up, May.'^ 
 Get a little broom for the doll, 
 
 Ned. 
 Oh no, she can not hold one. 
 It is fun to play soldier. 
 
 EASY READING. 
 
 What have you been doing, John ? 
 I have been helping mamma. 
 I have been x^icking ai3X)les, 
 I found some eggs for her. 
 I rlld not break them. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 8/ 
 
 I found some glasses for grandma. 
 
 She gave me a little cake. 
 
 She let me sit in her chair. 
 
 I like to see her knit. 
 
 I "went to play- "with May and J^ed. 
 
 'Ned has a drum. He has a cannon, 
 
 too. 
 I made some soldier caps. 
 May put one on her head. 
 I made a little one for her doll. 
 I got a broom for a gun. 
 Did you see us play? 
 I am going no^v to get some apples. 
 Mamma has been xDicking some. 
 I \vill carry the basket home for 
 
 her. 
 
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 9 from • • • leaves • • 
 
88 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PEIMER. 
 
 don't 
 dollie 
 
 shall 
 hurt 
 
 cry 
 doesn't 
 
 Oh, ]^ed! please don't do that to 
 
 my dollie. 
 My poor dollie ^vill cry. 
 Oh no, Msij ; she can not cry. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 89 
 
 It doesn*'t hurt her. 
 
 It is fun to see her stand on her 
 
 head. 
 Please don"'t, 'Ned] I shall cry. 
 No^ May; please don't cry, dear. 
 I will let her sit np in the chair. 
 She will like that. 
 Come and play ^vith my ball, May. 
 It is fun to play ball. DoUie will 
 
 like to see ns play. 
 You may catch the ball in your 
 
 dress. 
 I T^^ill catch it in my hand. 
 
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90 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 When 
 came 
 
 This little girl went to school 
 
 ■with her brother. 
 When she came home she got a 
 
 book. 
 She took it to her mamma. 
 
THE IXTERSTATE PRIMER. 91 
 
 She said, ^^ Mamma, I Avaiit to sit 
 
 in your la|). 
 "Will you read tlie prett^^ book to 
 me ? Cliarlie can read. I ^vant 
 to read, too. 
 Wlien mav I ^o to school, mam- 
 
 ma?^^ 
 Her mamma said. ^^AYlien yon are 
 
 as big as Cliarlie yow m^y go. 
 Yon are too little now. 
 Yon may come to school in mam- 
 
 ma-s lap.'^ 
 When Charlie came home, she took 
 
 the book to him. She got np 
 
 in his lap. 
 Charlie read to her. 
 
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92 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 I 1 
 
 ciit 
 still 
 
 doggie 
 keep 
 
 hair 
 long 
 
 E"ow, doggie, keei3 still. 
 
 I am going to cut your hair. 
 
 It is too long. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 93 
 
 T must cut it. Mamraa cut my 
 
 hair to -clay! 
 T keex3 still Avlien miamimLa cuts 
 
 my liair. 
 Tou miust be a good little doggie. 
 You do not Avant long' hair in 
 
 3^our eyes. 
 Do not be naughty. 
 I ^vill feed you ^vhen 3^ our hair 
 
 is cut. 
 I ^vill take you to ride Avith me. 
 You may pla^^ A^^itli iny ball. 
 
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82 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 79. 
 
 blackboard help break 
 write eggs cake doing 
 
 New Words. 
 
 hard nest hay hunt 
 
 A good little girl A^rill tiy to help 
 
 her maixuna. 
 MaiXLiiia has to work hard sorae- 
 
 times. 
 A little girl can hel^^ her. 
 When maninia has to make a cake, 
 
 a little girl can get the eggs. 
 She can go out to tlie bam and find 
 
 some eggs. 
 They w^ill be in the hens^ nests. 
 The hens^ nests are in tlie hay in 
 
 the barn. 
 It is fun to hunt after them. 
 My papa gets the eggs in a basket. 
 Sometimes I find them in the liay. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 83 
 
 One day I found four ^\"liite eggs in 
 
 the barn. 
 I took them to ni^^^ mamma, and she 
 
 made a cake. 
 I like to help my mamma. 
 I can write on the blackboard. 
 I have a slate and pencil, and some- 
 times I ^vrite on mj^ slate. 
 I can read and ^vrite as ^vell as my 
 
 brother. 
 I can make a picture on my slate. 
 My papa says I can make a T)icture 
 
 as ^v^ell as he can. 
 If I carry my slate to school, I may 
 
 break it. 
 Sometimes I break m^^ pencil, and 
 
 my X3ax3a gives me a ne^v one. 
 I will let you take my slate and 
 
 pencil and make a picture. 
 Thank you ; I will make a X3icture 
 
 of a house. 
 
 Cy €tSe ^a Aetri. 
 
 '^^n^^ ^n^ty^ym-'ryit^. 
 
84 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Word, Pag-e 81. 
 
 picking 
 
 New Words. 
 
 Ml large ladder should 
 red pick careful 
 
 John\s papa has a big apple tree in 
 
 the field. 
 He gets many baskets of apples 
 
 from it. 
 John helps him get the apples. 
 Sometimes John^s mamma helps 
 
 too. 
 And sometimes the girls help. 
 The girls are Annie and 'Nell. 
 When the basket is full of apples, 
 
 the girls can not carry it. 
 John helps his mamma carry the 
 
 basket. 
 Some of the apples are red in the 
 
 basket. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 85 
 
 Eed apples look very pretty in the 
 
 basket. 
 John and his x^apa pick the apples 
 
 from the tree. 
 They put up a ladder and then go 
 
 up and pick off the apples. 
 They must be carefnl or they will 
 
 fall. 
 It ^vonld hurt them if the}^ should 
 
 fall from the ladder. 
 Little boys and girls should not go 
 
 up on a ladder. 
 They should not get upon a fence. 
 If the apples fall from the tree, 
 
 John picks them up. 
 John's papa takes the ax)ples home. 
 Some of them he gives to John's 
 
 grandpa. 
 All boys like to eat aiDples. So does 
 
 John. 
 Annie and IS^ell like to eat apples 
 
 too. 
 
86 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 83. 
 
 knit glasses 
 
 New Words. 
 
 thought laugh years 
 looked five shall six 
 
 A little girl thought she would be 
 a grandma. 
 
 So she got her niamnials glasses. 
 
 Then she got her grandnia^s big cap. 
 
 Then she took her grandnia's stock- 
 ing and got UX3 in her big chair. 
 
 She put on the big cap and the 
 glasses, and then she tried to 
 knit like her grandma. 
 
 But she could not knit. She did 
 not knoAY how. 
 
 She looked like a little old grandma. 
 
 It made her mamma laugh to see her. 
 
 Her mamma said, ^' How do you do, 
 little grandma P ""^ 
 
INTERSTATE PRi:\IER SUPPLEMENT. 87 
 
 And the little girl said, ^^ Pretty 
 
 well, thank yon.^^ 
 Then her maninia said, ^^ Ho-w old 
 
 are yon ? ^^ 
 And the little girl did not want to 
 
 ■ tell. 
 Girls sometimes do not like to tell 
 
 how old they are. 
 Bnt they are big girls. Little girls 
 
 like to tell. 
 My sister is five years old. 
 r Avas six years old in May. 
 [ am going to school noAv. I read 
 
 in a red book. 
 [t is time for me to go and get my 
 
 slate and j)^ncil. 
 [ shall break my slate if I am not 
 
 careful, 
 [f I should break my slate, I could 
 
 not Avrite on it. 
 [ Avould have to ^vrite on the black- 
 board. 
 
88 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 85. 
 
 cannon stand gnn 
 drum soldier broom 
 hold helping 
 
 New Words. 
 
 played kept 
 
 ]^ed and May ^vere playing soldier. 
 May had a soldier ca^o on her head, 
 
 and her doll in her hand. 
 She did just what ]N^ed told her to do. 
 But she kex3t the doll in her hand. 
 The little cannon was on the ground 
 
 by I^ed. 
 When ISed 23layed on his drum, he 
 
 ^vas a soldier. 
 You Avould laugh to see Ned. He 
 
 looked like a little man. 
 Boys like to play soldier. 
 They like to i^lay what men do. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 89 
 
 Girls like to play what their mam- 
 mas do. 
 
 Girls like to play Avith dolls and to 
 dress them. 
 
 Boys like to make gardens and snow 
 houses. 
 
 Boys can run and play in the field. 
 
 Girls can play in the house. 
 
 Boys get hurt and they cry ; but 
 they pla}^ very hard. 
 
 It is fun for boys to play ball. 
 
 Girls do not like to play ball ; they 
 make a i3la3^-house. 
 
 They put their dolls in it, and 
 chairs and tables. 
 
 Then they tell their mamma to 
 come and see it. 
 
 Boys like to make a big noise. 
 
 ::Sometimes they laugh and some- 
 times they cry. 
 
 But they go to bed at night and 
 sleej) just like girls. 
 
90 INTERSTATE PlilMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 88. 
 
 doesn't dollie 
 
 
 New Words. 
 
 
 stick 
 
 captain 
 
 arms 
 
 real 
 
 shonlder 
 
 hit 
 
 When Xecl and Ma3^ played soldier, 
 Ised had a stick for a gnn. 
 
 May had a broom for a gun. 
 
 ]N"ed had a real drum and a little 
 cannon. 
 
 'Ned "was ca^Dtain. He said, ^^ Shoul- 
 der— <xr77Z/,9.^" 
 
 Then May X3ut the broom on her 
 shoulder like a gun. 
 
 May ^v\^as a good girl. She let Ned 
 play with her doll. 
 
 He made the doll stand on her 
 head. 
 
 May did not like that. It made her 
 crv. 
 
IXTEESTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 91 
 
 Then ^S'ed said, ''Please don^t cry. 
 
 May. 
 It doesn't hurt the dollie. But I 
 
 Avill not do it. 
 Come and play Avith ni}^ ball. You 
 
 may catch it.'' 
 Then they played with Xed's ball. 
 May caught it in her dress. 
 jSTed put the dollie in a chair and 
 
 then plaj^ed ball \vith Maj^. 
 ^STed ^vas not careful, and he hurt 
 
 May Avith the ball. 
 The ball hit her on the head and 
 
 hurt her. 
 She put her hand up to her head 
 
 and began to cry. 
 ]^ed said, '^ Shall I go after lire doc- 
 tor, May ? '' 
 Then Xed took the ball and ^vs^ent 
 
 into tlie house. 
 Mav took her dollie and went home 
 
 to see her mamma. 
 
92 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 New Words. 
 
 who about bark keep 
 stories around call away 
 
 A little girl live years old can not 
 
 read in a big book. 
 Some little girls five years old can 
 
 . read. 
 Yes, I know a little girl only five 
 
 years old, who can read very 
 
 well. 
 She likes to go to school ^vith her 
 
 brother. 
 But her papa says she is too little. 
 So she takes her book to her mam- 
 ma, and gets iip in her lajo and 
 
 reads. 
 Her mamma likes to read stories 
 
 to her. 
 She reads about little girls and 
 
 boj^s, and what they played. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 93 
 
 One story told about a little girl 
 who had a garden. 
 
 Her name was Grace, and she had 
 a pretty little dog. 
 
 Sometimes her dog would run all 
 around the house and the gar- 
 den, trying to find her. 
 
 If he did not find her, he ^would 
 bark. 
 
 Then she ^would call him, and he 
 ^^ould run and find her. 
 
 She told him one day to stay in 
 the garden and keex3 the boys 
 away. 
 
 Some bad boys came, and the little 
 dog made them go aw^ay. 
 
 He ^would bite them, and run after 
 them and bark. 
 
 He did not let them get any of the 
 fio^\^ers. 
 
 Don't you think he was a good lit- 
 tle dog? 
 
94 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 92. 
 
 cut still doggie long 
 
 New Words. 
 
 shaggy shears neck 
 because grow 
 
 A little girl by the name of Jennie 
 
 had a shaggy little dog. 
 The dog*'s hair ^v\^as so long that it 
 
 got into his eyes. 
 His hair ^^as ^^rhite. 
 Jennie thought his hair was too 
 
 long. 
 So she got her mammals shears 
 
 and began to cut it off. 
 Bnt the little dog w^oiild not keep 
 
 still, and Jennie could not cut it. 
 Then she jout her arm around his 
 
 neck, and made him keep still. 
 She took the shears and cut his 
 
 hair off all around his eyes. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 95 
 
 Then she let him run away. 
 
 He looked so funny that she w^as 
 
 sorry she had cut off his hair. 
 Her mamma said she was a naughty 
 
 girl. 
 Then Jennie cried, and said she 
 
 was sorry and would not do so 
 
 again. 
 And her mamma told her not to 
 
 cry, because the hair would 
 
 gTo^v out again. 
 But the XDOor little doggie did not 
 
 look so pretty with his hair cut 
 
 off. 
 Jennie did not cut it again, but 
 
 she let it grow out long. 
 Some dogs have very long hair. 
 
 2^/ ^^ '^ai ^^^yi-ia A-t^d ci^ed. 
 
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 the ears of the people, and the best schools are now 
 quite liberally supplied with supplementary reading. 
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 cause no publishers have heretofore recognized the im- 
 portance of the demand sufficiently to make a special 
 eftbrt to supply it. Such material as has been available 
 has been either too expensive or too worthless for edu- 
 cational purposes. The schools have not generally 
 wanted expensively made books, nor large books ; but 
 good, wholesome, instructive reading in cheap form, a 
 little at a time. It is the purpose of The Interstate 
 Publishing Company to meet this want. 
 
 The Interstate Monthhj Primer will contain thirty- 
 two 16mo pages of reading matter monthly, adapted to 
 the youngest primary pupils. 
 
 The Primary Monthh/ w'lW contain tliirty-two 16mo 
 pages monthly, adapted to second year pupils. 
 
 The Intermediate Montlihj will contain thirty-two 
 16mo pages monthly, mostly stories, suitable for inter- 
 mediate grades. 
 
 The Gramm.ar School will contain forty-eight quarto 
 pages monthl}^ consisting of instructive reading mat- 
 ter, suitable for grammar grades. 
 
 Each of these monthlies is beautifully printed, with 
 illustrations, and bound in colored manilla covers. 
 Samples and prices furnished on application. The In- 
 terstate Publishing Company, Chicago and Boston. 
 
 With these publications, and numerous other volumes 
 at very low prices, it is hoped that the wants of all may 
 be supplied. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 
 CHICAGO AND BOSTON. 
 
 GRUBE'S METHOD 
 
 OF 
 
 TEACHING ARITHMETIC EXPLAINED. 
 
 With a large number of 
 
 PRACTICAL HINTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 BY 
 
 Pkof. F. Louis Soldan, Principal of the St. Louis Normal School. 
 The first and only complete exposition of this popiilar method of 
 
 teaching elementary arithmetic j)uhlished in America. 
 
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 Little Folks' Picture Gallery. 
 
 A series of twelve sheets, each 14x26 inches, each containing a 
 beautiful large picture, with reading matter in large type, put up 
 in chart form, with illuminated cover. A real boon for primary 
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 Pictures for Language Lessons. 
 
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94 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PKiMER. 
 
 these throY/ stick 
 
 James hit your 
 
 What are these t^vo bovs doinof? 
 James has his liat on. 
 
THE I^-TERSTATE PRIMER. 95 
 
 Where is your liat, John? Oh, I 
 
 see it. 
 It is on the a^Dple-tree. 
 John has a long stick. 
 He is going to throAs- it at the hat. 
 Can yon hit the liat, John? 
 I think I can hit it. 
 I conld not hit that hat. 
 Hit the api^les, Jolm. I Avant one 
 
 of them. 
 
 t^f^ft€€'={.'i'Oe . 
 
 a/?/^' apple a p p 1 e 
 
96 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 l)llt 
 
 jiist rain hoots 
 
 Just se(3 it rain! Why, Charlie, 
 are you going out in this rain ? 
 Oh, 3^es; I am going to schooL 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 97 
 
 I don^t care for the rain. But joii 
 
 ^v^^ill get ^vet.' 
 Oh, no; I will not get wet. Just 
 
 see iTLj big boots. Look at my 
 
 long coat. 
 I think you must like to go to 
 
 school. 
 I do like to go to school; but the 
 
 rain Avill not hurt me. 
 It is just good fun to go out in it. 
 I think all the boys Avill go to 
 
 school. 
 Boys do not care for rain. 
 
 1 and 2 are o 
 
 o and Zj are O 
 
 2 and 2 are 4 
 
 4 and 2 are 6 
 
98 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 hood arms here morning 
 
 Here are May and 'Ned again. 
 May has been out to play this 
 
 morning. 
 She has her hood on. 
 She has dollie in her arms. IsTed 
 
 has a book. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 99 
 
 That chair is too big for 3^011, dear. 
 
 Let jN'ecl get in with me. 
 
 I think ISTed is a little too big for 
 
 that. 
 You could not get out again. 
 HoAV is doUie this morning? 
 Oh, doUie is pi*etty well, I thank 
 
 you. 
 She has been sick, i^ed came and 
 
 made her Avell. 
 See my new hood. DoUie has a 
 
 hood, too. 
 Mamma made it for her. 
 
 5 
 
 and 
 
 2 
 
 are 
 
 T 
 
 6 
 
 and 
 
 2 
 
 are 
 
 8 
 
 L.afa 
 
100 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 EASY READING. 
 
 I liaA^e a funny little doggie. 
 
 I went out to play with him this 
 
 morning. 
 His hair was too long. I took him 
 
 in my arms. 
 I said, ''Keep still, little doggie. 
 
 I will not hurt you. 
 I "want to cut 3^our hair. 
 When 3^our hair is cut, I will play 
 
 Avith you. 
 1 will throw a stick. You may 
 
 run and get it for me. What 
 
 fun Ave Avill have ! 
 Oh dear, it is going to rain ! 
 1 must run into the house. Come. 
 
 doggie. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 101 
 
 I Avill cut your hair in the house. ""^ 
 Charlie, just see it rain. Tes, and 
 
 1 must go to scliool. 
 You Avill get wet, Charlie clear. 
 Xo, I ^vUl put on my big boots. 
 I can see James out in the rain. 
 He has his long coat. Doggie, 3^ou 
 
 may have my dollie's liood on. 
 
 Tlien you ma}^ go out in the 
 
 rain. 
 Oh no. you will hurt dollie's liood. 
 
 t 
 
 and 
 
 2 
 
 are 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 and 
 
 2 
 
 are 
 
 10 
 
102 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 playing 
 tired 
 
 played 
 bed 
 
 See my dear little baby brother! 
 He ^^rent out to play with me. 
 I played horse with him. 
 He ^^as tired. I took him in the 
 house. 
 
 ^ 'tt^e-n. 
 
 / -aiyf.'^ ia /i^M 
 
 ^{/^t/t '^^^^. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 103 
 
 I found maninia. I said, '''' Mamma, 
 
 bab}^ is tired. 
 He has been playing with me.'' 
 Mamma toolv liim in her arms. 
 She put him on the bed. 
 He is aslee]3 now. I must keep 
 
 still. 
 Doggie, YOU can not get on the 
 
 bed. 
 Baby is asleep. Come Avith me. 
 You pla^^ed too long witli baby. 
 
 '/;^-^' 
 
 e to-art /it-m^ -^m- A-^-t '^^/^-^../-. 
 
 2 from 2 leaves 
 2 from 3 leaves 1 
 
104 THE INTERSTATE PEIMER. 
 
 very 
 
 Ai'tliur, Minnie, and James Avent 
 out to walk. 
 
 They had a very long w^alk. Min- 
 nie ^vas very tired. 
 
 She said, ^ ^Arthur, I am tired." 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 105 
 
 Arthur said, ^^Poor little Minnie! 
 
 James and I Avill carry you. 
 We will make a cliair with our 
 
 liands. 
 Come, Minnie, and sit in our cliair. 
 We will give you a ride." 
 ^^ Oil, thank you, boys. You are 
 
 very good." 
 ^''We like to carry you. We will 
 
 carry you home. 
 Mamma will laugh Avhen she sees 
 
 you. 
 You will not he tired long." 
 
 'ai^ "W-^C^ 'Ti^'^i -v^e li^le€^ €o^^€^. 
 
 2 from 4 leaves 2 
 2 from 5 leaves 3 
 
106 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 wouldn't 
 kiss 
 
 fast 
 having 
 
 goes 
 Isn't 
 
 Isn''t this a funny j)ictnre ! 
 Do look at this little girl! 
 
THE ixterstatp: primer. 107 
 
 She is lia^dng a ride do\vn hill. 
 She has a pretty hood on. See 
 
 her Avhite muff. 
 Look at all the little birds! The3^ 
 
 are little sno^v birds. Tliev are 
 
 tr^dng to kiss the little girl. 
 See her laugh! See the birds try 
 
 to fly on the sled. 
 One little bird is having a ride. 
 How fast the sled goes! See hei* 
 
 long hail*. 
 Do not fall off, dear. You ^vouldn't 
 
 laugh then. 
 You Avould cry. You inake me 
 
 laugh, you funuA^^girl. I Avant 
 
 to ride doAvn hill ^vit]rL you. 
 I like to go fast. 
 
 ^ from leaves 4 
 
108 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 toad flies quick step hop 
 
 HoAY do you do, old toad? What 
 are you doing on my step ? 
 Do you want a fly to eat? 
 
 Oh 3"es; you like to eat flies. 
 
 You are a hig toad. I must get a 
 
 fly for 3^ou. 
 
 X2^'/opc^ t^c 
 
 c- ^iz-ai^t- -(^c 
 
 /c-, -at^ /c2-^^^t^.^ 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 109 
 
 Can you catch a fly? Let me see 
 
 you hop. 
 Hop off the ste^). Hop mto the 
 
 garden. 
 Can you hop fast ? I can liop, too. 
 Catch some flies, old toad. 
 1 sa^v a little toad this moiming. 
 Was it your little toad? 
 Do you see the cat, old toad ? 
 The cat ^vill try to catch you. 
 Plop quick! Hop into my garden. 
 You maA^ ]iaA^e a home in m^^ 
 
 garden. 
 
 o ^" r^ 
 
 J from i leaves D 
 
 ij from o leaves 6 
 
96 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 94. 
 
 these James throw 
 
 New Words. 
 
 catches great mouth 
 over brings spill 
 
 James and John are two big boys. 
 They go out into tlie fields and 
 
 . play ball. 
 James throws the ball, and John 
 
 catches it. 
 Then John throws the ball, and 
 
 James catches it. 
 Then John takes a stick and hits 
 
 the ball. 
 James runs and catches it. 
 Sometimes it goes do^vn the liill 
 
 or over the fence. 
 Then the boys rnn after it and 
 
 have great fun. 
 
INTERSTA.TE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 97 
 
 James has a big shaggy dog, and 
 
 he likes to play ^th them. 
 He runs and gets the ball, and 
 
 brings it to them in his mouth. 
 When they ride in the carriage, 
 
 the dog runs behind. 
 James'^s papa doesn^t ^vant to have 
 
 the big dog ride in the carriage. 
 One da^^ James told his dog to 
 
 take a basket, and carry it in 
 
 his mouth over the hill to the 
 
 barn. 
 His papa ^vas in the barn. 
 The dog took the basket, and ran 
 
 over the hill, and gave it to 
 
 James^ ]3^P^- 
 He is very careful not to break it. 
 If he should break it, he would 
 
 spill ^lat "was in it on the 
 
 ground. 
 But he does not break the basket 
 
 noi' s]3ill it. 
 
98 INTERSTATE PKIMEK tSUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 96. 
 
 rain boots 
 
 New Words. 
 
 brave umbrella 
 
 feathers feet 
 
 Charlie is a brave little boy. 
 He goes to school ^vheii it rains. 
 He puts on his big boots and his 
 
 long coat. 
 Then he takes his pa^Da^s nmbrella 
 
 and goes right out in the rain. 
 He doesn^t care if it does rain. He 
 
 is a brave boy. 
 Some boys are afraid of rain. 
 Rain will not hui't them if they 
 
 don^t get ^vet. 
 An umbrella will keep off the rain. 
 If it should rain very hard, Charlie 
 
 would get his boots ^wet, but 
 
 ]iis feet Avould be dry. 
 
INTERSTATE PKIMER SUPPLEMENT. 99 
 
 If he should plaj^ m the water, he 
 
 ^v^^ould get wet, and his nianinia 
 
 would not like it. 
 But he does not plav in the water. 
 He lets the swans play in the water. 
 They do not get ^Yet in the ^vater. 
 
 Their feathers keej) them dr}^. 
 S^wans swim in the ^vater, but boys 
 
 ^walk on the diy ground. 
 Swans stay in the ^vater all the 
 
 time. 
 S^wans and liens and birds ha^x^ 
 
 feathers. 
 Dogs and rabbits and squirrels and 
 
 kittens have hair. 
 I like to put my hand on the Avaim 
 
 hair of my kitty. 
 
 i3w■^^:^^ c^^yi.t^ /tei^d' t^'n^c^ t^i^lt^^d 
 
100 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 98. 
 
 hood nioriiiiig 
 
 New Words. 
 
 sat under lay 
 
 whip playthings asked 
 
 ]^ed and May played ''keep house. ^' 
 Xed was at home, and May came 
 
 to make a call. 
 'Ned ^^as playing ^vith his slate 
 
 and pencil. 
 May came and said, '' Hoav do you 
 
 do?" 
 Then Ned said, ^^ I am xDretty well, I 
 
 thank yon. Will you walk in ? " 
 ^^ If you please," said May, and 
 
 went into the house. 
 Ned let her sit in tlie big chair. 
 ]^ed asked her if her mamma ^v^as 
 
 A^rell, and May said she ^v\^as 
 
 \^ell. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 101 
 
 Ma^^ sat in the big chair and lield 
 her dollie in lier arms. 
 
 She had lier dollie in her arms, and 
 she had a hoad on her head. 
 
 Xed's whip and book and drum 
 and l^all and other pla3^things 
 Isbj on the floor. 
 
 He kept his slate under his arm, 
 and talked to Msij. 
 
 He asked her if lier mamma, or her 
 pax3a, or her brother, or her sis- 
 ter, Avas sick. 
 
 He said he would go after the doc- 
 tor if they ^veTe sick. 
 
 But she said they y^eve all verj^ 
 well. 
 
 Then she Avent away, and Xed 
 asked her to come again. 
 
102 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Word, Page 102. 
 
 tired 
 
 New Words. 
 
 enough own jet 
 
 kiss grass 
 
 Have you a little baby bi'otliei- ? 
 
 Can he play with jouV 
 
 I have a baby brother, but he is 
 
 not old enongli to play with 
 
 me. 
 He sits in mammals lap and sleeps 
 
 in the cradle. 
 He plays witli my slate and penci] 
 
 and Ills own playthings. 
 He cannot walk. He is a very little 
 
 boy. 
 But when he gro^vs np he ^vvill 
 
 X^lay Avith me. 
 He will heli3 me work in the gar- 
 den. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 103 
 
 I will give him my little hoe and 
 
 my rake. 
 He is not old enough yet to go ont 
 
 and ^vork in the garden. 
 I like to have him 23nt his arms 
 
 around m^^ neck and kiss me. 
 He is a sweet little baby brother. 
 He has no name yet, bnt we call 
 
 him Frank. 
 Don^t you thinly that is a good 
 
 name? 
 My name is Charlie. I am a big boy. 
 I am six years old, and I can work 
 
 in the field with my x^apa. 
 My papa has a horse and carriage, 
 
 aild sometimes he lets me ride 
 
 with him. 
 He keeps the horse and carriage in 
 
 the barn. 
 I can feed the horse hay and grass. 
 He likes to have me feed him 
 
 grass. 
 
104 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 104. 
 
 Arthur Minnie our 
 
 New Words. 
 
 together loved far 
 ' more town lived 
 
 Arthur and James were veiy kind 
 
 to their little sister Minnie. 
 One day they all went into the 
 
 fields to get some flo^v^rers. 
 They played very hard, and Minnie 
 
 got tired. 
 She told Arthur she "was tired, and 
 
 he said he would give her a ride. 
 So he and James put their hands 
 
 together and made a chair. 
 Then Minnie sat in the chair and 
 
 put both arms around their 
 
 necks. 
 She ^was not tired any more, and 
 
 the boys carried her home. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 105 
 
 Was not that very kind? They 
 
 loved their little sister. 
 Minnie loved them too, and they 
 
 were glad to have her play ^v\rith 
 
 them. 
 Sometimes they took her to ride in 
 
 the carriage, for they were hig 
 
 hoys. 
 They made the horse go very fast, 
 
 and rode all aronnd the toA\^n. 
 But they did not ride long, hecause 
 
 their papa did not like to have 
 
 them. 
 The bo3^s would ride in the morn- 
 ing, and at night they Avould 
 
 go again ^vith their papa and 
 
 mamma. 
 It was not far to the house where 
 
 their grandpa lived, but it was 
 
 over a hill. 
 When they all went, there were 
 
 five of them. 
 
106 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Word, Pag^e 106. 
 
 wouldn^t 
 
 New Words. 
 
 winter children next 
 
 Do you like to lide doAvn hill on a 
 
 sled ? 
 I think it is great fun. 
 When there is snoAV on the ground, 
 
 I take ni}^ sled and ride down 
 
 hill. 
 Some other l^oys come and ride 
 
 Avith me. 
 Sometimes ^ve fall off and get hurt, 
 
 hut v^e do not cry. 
 When the girls ride ^vith us, we are 
 
 more careful. 
 Last winter my papa gave me a 
 
 new sled. 
 He said it was large enough for 
 
 three children to ride on. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 107 
 
 When we ride do^vn the hill we 
 
 have to ^w^alk up again. 
 One day I asked ni^^ papa to ride 
 
 with me, and he said he had no 
 
 time to plaj^ Avith children that 
 
 daj^. 
 Bnt the next day I asked him, and 
 
 he said, "Thank you: ^ve will 
 
 all ride together.'' 
 So he got on the sled behind, and 
 
 Fred and I got on too, and ^Ye 
 
 ^vent down the hill so fast that 
 
 T could not see. 
 I tell you. that was a good ride. 
 1 would like to have my papa ride 
 
 with me every day Avhen there 
 
 is sno^v on the ground. 
 Mamma saj^s I get too tired when 
 
 I ride doAvn hill. 
 I think 1 do, because I do not sleeiJ 
 
 well ^vhen I ride down hill. 
 Mamma says I talk in m^^ sleep. 
 
108 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag-e 108. 
 
 toad flies step hop 
 
 New Words. 
 
 cornel- ready 
 
 better way 
 
 A toad sat on the step and looked 
 
 down on the ground. 
 He had large eyes and a large 
 
 month. 
 He saw a black cat i3ut her head 
 
 aronnd the corner of the fence. 
 The cat sa^v the toad, and the toad 
 
 sa~w the cat. 
 The toad sat still and looked at the 
 
 cat with his large eyes. 
 He was ready to hop if the cat 
 
 came aftei* him. 
 The cat looked at the toad, bnt did 
 
 not come out from behind the 
 
 fence. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 109 
 
 That toad thought he was going to 
 
 be caught. 
 He got up on the step to find some 
 
 crumbs. 
 When he saw the cat he thought 
 
 it would be better for him if he 
 
 could get out of the way. 
 Just then a boy came up behird 
 
 the cat, and she ran a^vay. 
 So the toad Avas not caught; but 
 
 he must look out for that cat. 
 He cannot hox3 as fast as the cat 
 
 can run. 
 The cat is quick, and can catch a 
 
 a toad. 
 The toad cannot run, but he can 
 
 hop. 
 One day I saw a toad in the walk, 
 
 and I did not hurt him. 
 I said to him, ^Slust hop out of the 
 
 A^ay, old toad, or some one may 
 
 step on you.^** 
 
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I SAID, " PEGGY 
 
JIO 
 
 Tlir: INTERSTATE PKIMER. 
 
 yacation (siiun) June soon 
 
 ibiir clean these 
 
 Look at these four little l)OVS. 
 
 They ai*e in school. 
 One hoy has a liat in his hand. 
 Two of them have l)ooks. How^ 
 
 clean they look! 
 See the black -hoard. I go to school. 
 
 too. 
 
THE INTEK.STATE PRIMER. J 11 
 
 I can 1-ead. 1 can Avrite on my 
 
 slate. 
 I can i;ead in niy book. I can 
 
 Aviite on the black-board. It is 
 
 June now. 
 We ^vill have a A^acatioii soon. 
 Boys, will you look as clean in 
 
 vacation ? 
 I think you Avill liave fun then. 
 You will play ball. You ^vill ride 
 
 on your papa\s horse. Y^ou keep 
 
 X3retty still no^w. 
 I don^t think you will be as still 
 
 in vacation. 
 Let me see you ^^^rite your name. 
 
 €- 'H^-i'/t^ rL^^ue- tz- -^/^^t^^/^t^^^ d^aa^^. 
 
 2i from 9 leaves 7 
 
112 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 feet 
 their 
 
 foot bare 
 
 should brook 
 
 See these four hoys now. It is 
 
 vacation. 
 Ho^\^ funny tlie}' look! See their 
 
 hig liats. 
 See their l)are feet. See them eat 
 
 their apples. 
 
THE iNTEilSTATE PHEMER. 113 
 
 John has had his apple. One bo}^ 
 
 is Jolm^s brother. 
 See if you can find him. 
 See the basket on Freda's foot. Don't 
 
 let it fall, Fred. 
 AYhat have yon in the basket? 
 I should like to play with you, 
 
 little boys. 
 ^Ye would have some fun. We 
 
 ^would find a l)rook and catch 
 
 some fish. We could play in 
 
 the brook Avith our bare feet. 
 I should not ^vant tlie fish to bite 
 
 me. 
 
 / '^^f-^ C^^l^e^ S fh-o-'t. 
 
 
 2 from 10 leaves 8 
 
114 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 pulled off 
 
 stocking 
 
 off 
 
 pulled 
 
 See this little boy. 
 
 What are you doing, little boy? 
 
 Oh, you naughty little boy ! 
 
 You have pulled off your stock- 
 ing. See youi* little bare foot. 
 
 What are you going to do with 
 that stocking? 
 
 Don^t put it in that x^ail. 
 
 You Avill get your stocking all ^wet. 
 
 What will your maninia say? 
 
TTiE ixTKRSTATE rrjT:sn:R. 
 
 115 
 
 ever about 
 
 graiid-fatlier know 
 
 place from loved 
 
 Did you ever hear of little Xell 
 
 and her graiul-f ather ? 
 Here is a picture of thera. 
 Her grand-father was a poor old 
 
 man. 
 He had no home. 
 
116 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 He and ^ell Aveiit from place to 
 
 place. 
 See Ills basket and cane. 
 Look at his A\^hite hair. 
 He loved Xell and was good to 
 
 her. 
 Xell loved her dear old grand- 
 
 fathei*. 
 Poor old man! he doesn't kno^v 
 
 where to sleep. 
 When 3^on are big yon ^vill read 
 
 ahont him. 
 
 C^7^r'- 
 
 
 1 and 3 are 4 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 11 
 
 ovei* iiest shoAA^ed grasp 
 flowers tields eye-biights 
 
 This little girl's name is Annie. 
 She has heen to walk Avith her 
 
 papa. 
 They Avent out into the fields. 
 She saA\^ a little l:>ird -^j up out 
 
 of the grass. 
 Her papa said, ^^ Oonie over here, 
 
 Annie. ''^ 
 She ran over to her papa. 
 
118 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 He showed her a little bird\s nest 
 
 in the grass, 
 rt liad foui- eggs in it. 
 ''Oh, papa, may y^^e come out in 
 
 this field again ? 
 Tlie little birds Avill be out soon. 
 I ^vant to come aiul feed tliem.'' 
 Her father said/^Yes, \\^e w^ill come 
 
 out again some day and see the 
 
 baby birds. ^^ 
 They came to a field of floAvers. 
 ^^Oh, paj)a, see these x^i'^tty little 
 
 lioA^ers ! 
 Do you know what they are? 
 1 think they are little e^^e-brights. 
 I w^ant to get some foi* mamma. 
 1 Avill ^\it some in my garden.^'' 
 
 
 €^. 
 
 cuit^^eM. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMEK. 119 
 
 Her papa shoA^^ed her ho^v to take 
 
 them 111). 
 She took them home ^vith her. 
 Did you ever hnd a held of eye- 
 
 brights P 
 You can see some in this j^ictui-e. 
 They are prett^^ little flowei's. 
 Tlie}' look like little bright eyes. 
 Annie went to see the bird's nest 
 
 again. 
 She found some little l)ii'ds in it. 
 They couldn^t tl}^. She saw the 
 
 old bird feed them. 
 Did you ever see little birds P 
 They are not pretty. 
 
 2 
 
 and 
 
 3 
 
 are 
 
 
 3 
 
 and 
 
 3 
 
 are 
 
 6 
 
120 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 This little boy^s name is AVillie. 
 He likes to walk ^dtli his pax3a. 
 The other day he and his pax^a 
 
 took a long ^valk. 
 They Avent into the ^^^oods. 
 They found some prett}^ flo^^^ers. 
 They came to a nnt-tree. 
 Willie x)icked wp some nuts. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 121 
 
 Pretty soon he sa^¥ a little squii*- 
 
 rel. 
 It ran up into a tree. 
 It looked at Willie ^Ndtli its bright 
 
 eyes. 
 It got some nuts in its month. 
 Then it ran doA\ai again. 
 What do you think it did Avitli 
 
 the nnts? 
 I Avill tell yon Avhat I think. 
 It took them to a hole. 
 It X3nt them aT\^ay for the winter. 
 Did yon ever see a sqnirrel's home ? 
 It is a hole in a tree. 
 The sqnirrel lives in the Avoods. 
 John has a little sqnirrel at home. 
 It lives in a cage. 
 
122 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 John got liiiTi Avhen he ^\^as a bab^^ 
 
 squirrel. 
 He took him home. He put him 
 
 ill a cage. 
 He gave him nuts to eat. 
 The sqiiiiTel likes John. I don^t 
 
 think he Avaiits to go to the 
 
 w^oods again. 
 He v^ouldn^t kiioAV the other squir- 
 rels. 
 What do you tliiiik they ^\rould 
 
 say to himP 
 Do you think he Avould carry nuts 
 
 to a hole f oi* the "winter ? 
 I til ink he would. 
 
 4 and 3 are ( 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 12.S 
 
 gone 
 afrfiid 
 
 children 
 Boston 
 
 cars 
 tliree 
 
 T>( lov)k at these three little girls! 
 What are you doing, Jennie y 
 Oh, ^Ye are ^Va;yhig cars. 
 We are going to Boston with our 
 
 children. 
 My little girl was very naughty. 
 She wonldn^t have her hat on. 
 
124 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 I ^\^as afraid v^e Avouldn^t get the 
 cars. She is good now. 
 
 See her sit up in my lax3. 
 
 One of our children has gone to 
 sleep. It is a long ride to Boston. 
 
 We shall he there soon. 
 
 Then we ^^i\l run and play house. 
 
 SOMETHING TO DO. 
 
 ring time door window 
 bell open shiit flower 
 
 1. You may oj)en the door. 
 
 2. You ma}^ ring the bell. 
 
 3. You may open the w^indow. 
 
 4. You may have a flower. 
 
 5. You may get some \vater. 
 
 6. You may tell me what a squir- 
 
 rel can do. 
 
 ^/-^ J^T^U-'-U' l^^^^ 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 125 
 
 7. Toil may write on your slate. 
 
 8. Toil may shut the window. 
 
 0. Tou may cany this book to 
 Grace. 
 
 10. Tou nv^j tell me what you 
 
 i-ead about Annie. 
 
 11. Tou may write your name on 
 
 your slate. 
 
 12. Toil may tell me what time 
 
 it is. 
 
 13. Toil may tell me what time 
 
 you come to school. 
 
 14. Tou may shut your book. 
 
 15. Toil may hand your book to me. 
 
 16. Tou may all shut your books. 
 
 5 and 3 are 8 
 
 6 and 3 are 9 
 
110 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page llO. 
 
 vacation clean 
 
 Jnne soon 
 
 New Words. 
 
 teacher siimnier 
 
 There are four h()\^s in the picture. 
 I'hey are I'eady to go home from 
 
 school. 
 One has his hat and his book in 
 
 his hands. 
 ( )ne little boy has his l)ook, but 
 
 not his hat. 
 L think the\' ai*e looking at the 
 
 teacher. 
 AVhen she says they may go, they 
 
 will get nx3 and go out. 
 I can see a blackboard in the pic- 
 
 tnre. 
 These little hoy^ look very clean 
 
 becanse they are in school. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. Ill 
 
 They like to go to school, and they 
 
 like to play in vacation. 
 They keep still when they are in 
 
 school. 
 When they play in vacation they 
 
 do not look so clean. 
 They go to school to learn how to 
 
 read and wilte. 
 These boys can write on their slates 
 
 and on the blackboard. 
 Can you ^viite with a pencil P 
 You must see these boys ^vhen 
 
 vacation conies. 
 They will not look like this. You 
 
 "will not kno^v them. 
 They will lam in the fields and get 
 
 wet, but I think it will not hurt 
 
 them. 
 It is warm now^ because it is sum- 
 mer. 
 Well, boys, you are very good boys 
 
 now. 
 
112 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 112. 
 
 foot bare brook 
 
 New Words. 
 
 eating grass daisies 
 
 'Now ^vvhat do you think of these 
 
 boys ? 
 They are not in school now. 
 Their teacher is not here now^. 
 This is not the picture of a school. 
 These boys are having a good time 
 
 on the fence. 
 They have been out in the field 
 
 ^where there is an apple-tree. 
 Fred has a basket full of apples. 
 Three of the boj^s are eating apiDles. 
 Fred holds the basket on his foot. 
 Oh, what funny boys they are ! 
 They don^t look as they did in the 
 
 other picture. 
 They have no shoes on their feet. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMEN-T. 113 
 
 They have big hats on their heads. 
 They have no books with them 
 
 noAV. 
 The}^ don't think of books and 
 
 school. 
 They are having* fun because it is 
 
 vacation. 
 It is a Avarni June day in summer. 
 Tlie grass and flowers gi'ow^ in tlie 
 
 fields. 
 1 can see some flo^vers under their 
 
 feet. 
 They look like daisies. Daisies grow 
 
 in June. 
 But apx3les don^t gro^^^ in June. 
 They must have got these apples in 
 
 the house. 
 
114 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Word, Pag^e 114. 
 
 pulled 
 
 
 New Words. 
 
 
 held 
 
 left 
 
 near 
 
 plants 
 
 alone 
 
 which 
 
 once 
 
 kitchen 
 
 used 
 
 A little baby boy wiis once left all 
 
 alone. 
 He VsTSiS about tA\ro years old. 
 After Ills mamma ^v\^ent a^vay he 
 
 played Avith his ball. 
 Then he Avent into the kitchen and 
 
 found a jjail of water. 
 He sat down by the pail and piillod 
 
 off his stocking. 
 Then he put his stocking in the 
 
 pail of w^ater and got it all wet. 
 Tlie A\rater ^^r^s clean, but the little 
 
 boy got it on the floor and on 
 
 his dress. 
 
INTERSTATE PKIMEK SUPPLEMENT. 115 
 
 His ball lay on the floor by liira. 
 It ^vas the water ^^rhich his maniina 
 
 used to water the plants. 
 She left some in the paih and tlK^ 
 
 little boj^ fonnd it. 
 The plants ^^^ere on the floor near 
 
 the pail. 
 When his mamma came home she 
 
 found him b^^ the paih playing 
 
 in the water. 
 She called him a naughty bo^^. 
 He did not cry, but he lield up his 
 
 wet stocking for his mamma to 
 
 see it. 
 Then she put some dry stockings 
 
 on his feet. 
 
116 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag^e 115. 
 
 ever graiiclfather 
 
 NeAV Words. 
 
 miles wears tries ago 
 
 Have 3^011 a grandfather ? 
 
 Yes, 1 have ; but T call liini gi'andjia. 
 
 He lives five miles from here. 
 
 I like to go and see him, becanse he 
 
 is glad to have me come. 
 He takes me n]:) in liis lap and 
 
 talks to me. 
 His eyes are vei'v ])oor, and he 
 
 Avears glasses Avhen he tries to 
 
 i-ead. 
 When he goes to Avalk Avith me lie 
 
 takes his cane. 
 Bnt we do not walk very far. 
 AYhen \we w^ant to go very fai* Ave 
 
 ride in the carriage. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 117 
 
 My grandpa has an old hat. He 
 
 says ht^ has had it a great many 
 
 years. 
 His hair is white, and he is very 
 
 old. T love him, and he loves 
 
 me. 
 He AN^as once a little hoy like me, 
 
 hnt that was a very long time 
 
 ago. 
 His hair Avas not white then, and 
 
 he did not wear glasses or carry 
 
 a cane. 
 Was he m^^ gi-andpa then ? Am I 
 
 an3^ hoy's grandpa no^^ ? 
 Bo3^s are never grandpas, (^nly old 
 
 men are grandpas. 
 Old men know more than hoys. We 
 
 should love and obey them. 
 We should hel]3 them all we can, 
 
 and try to please them. 
 
118 INTERSTATE PRIMER STTPPT.KMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 117. 
 
 showed eye-l)rii>hts 
 
 New Words. 
 
 fond li^H^py fe^' 
 
 Annie and hei* papa went to walk 
 
 in the fields. 
 The}" found a g-i^eat nianv pretty 
 
 flo"wers. 
 Annie made a bouquet of eye- 
 
 hrights. 
 She is veiy fond of flowers and 
 
 al^vays makes a bouquet for hei* 
 
 mamma. 
 Her mannna says Annie is like the 
 
 flowers. 
 Slie is pi'etty and l^right and s^veet. 
 She lives for others and tries to 
 
 make them happ^^. 
 Birds and flowers are always 
 
 happy. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 119 
 
 A STAreet, pretty girl makes others 
 
 happy. 
 In one field Annie\s papa found a 
 
 bird's nest with four eggs in it. 
 He said the little birds ^vould be 
 
 out in a few days, and Annie 
 
 covild come to the field and feed 
 
 them. 
 In a few days she went to the field 
 
 again and found the little Tnrds, 
 
 but they Avere not pi-etty. 
 She gave them some crumbs to eat, 
 
 but they did not know hoAV to 
 
 eat them. 
 The old bird put the crumlis light 
 
 into their mouths. 
 They open their mouths, and the 
 
 old bird puts the crumbs in, 
 
 and then they eat them. 
 Did you ever see an old bird feed 
 
 its little ones? 
 
 J^-^^^€^ i^^^e^^.-^ /% 
 
 c^u^e-i^. 
 
120 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pa^e 120. 
 
 woods hole cage 
 
 New Words. 
 
 gi^ay limbs jump 
 along another leaves 
 
 Did you ever see a squirrel in the 
 
 woods P 
 There are red squii-rels and gray 
 
 squirrels. 
 Red squiri'els are not so large as 
 
 gray squirrels. 
 Both kinds ai"e very X3retty. 
 I like to see them run up the trees 
 
 and run along on the limbs. 
 They can juiup from one limb to 
 
 anothei- and from one tree to 
 
 another. 
 They run very fast and try to keep 
 
 behind the tree, so that you can- 
 not see them. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 121 
 
 I have seen a squirrel get a. nut on 
 
 the ground, and then mm up a 
 
 tree Avith the nut in his mouth. 
 Then he would sit on a lai'ge linil) 
 
 and try to eat the nut. 
 It is bettei' to let tlie squii'i'els stay 
 
 in the woods than to put them 
 
 in a cage. 
 They like to tind a hole in a tree 
 
 and make a home there. 
 They carry dry grass and leaves 
 
 into th(/ hole and make a good 
 
 bed for winter. 
 They take nuts into their home and 
 
 eat them in the winter ^^hen the 
 
 sno^w is on the ground. 
 Men and boys like to hunt squirrels 
 
 ^with a gun. 
 I should not think it was fun to 
 
 hunt the j)oor little squirrels. 
 
 ■at A S-t^n^d- t^i^e -ue-i^ii /hle^^^i^/. 
 
122 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Page 123. 
 
 gone Boston cars 
 
 New Words. 
 
 wears doors bench shnt 
 called qnestion open 
 
 Little girls like to play ^vith their 
 
 dolls. 
 I kno^v\r three little girls who play 
 
 together. 
 They are Jennie and May and 
 
 Minnie. 
 One day they took their dolls and 
 
 ivent out doors to play. 
 They ^\\t on their hats and sat on 
 
 a hench, Avith their dolls in 
 
 theii- laps. 
 They were playing cai*s, and yv^ere 
 
 going to take a ride to Boston. 
 They called the dolls their chil- 
 dren. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 123 
 
 One little doll Avas naughty. It 
 
 ^was Jennie's doll. 
 ^he did not Avant to have her hat 
 
 on. 
 Did yoni* doll evei* take her hat off ? 
 \Mw. Avhat a question ! ^V doll can 
 
 not do that. 
 Xo ; but 1 play that my doll talks 
 
 and cries. 
 She can open and shut hei* eyes. 
 When she goes to sleep she shuts 
 
 her eyes. 
 She has real haii% and it Avill not 
 
 come off. 
 I sometimes dress her up and let 
 
 her sit in mamma''s chair. 
 Then I pla\' she has come to make 
 
 a call. 
 I talk to her just as I Avould to a 
 
 girl. 
 "When I go to bed at niglit. mamma 
 
 lets me take my doll -with me. 
 
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126 
 
 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 liinch cunning 
 
 floor mouse 
 
 "What are these children doing? 
 Are you going to school, children ? 
 I think you are. One little girl 
 
 has a basket. 
 I took my basket to school one 
 
 day. 
 I had some lunch in it. I put 
 
 the basket on the floor. 
 Pretty soon I heard a little noise. 
 
THE i:n^terstate primer. 127 
 
 I looked at my basket. What do 
 
 you think I sa^v? A cunnhig 
 
 little mouse. 
 It looked at me Avith its bright 
 
 eyes. 
 It ^\;\^as trying to get my lunch. 
 When it sa^v me look, it ran into 
 
 a hole. 
 1 didn't ^^ant him to eat a hole 
 
 in the basket. 
 I told the children to keep very 
 
 still. 
 I put some lunch near tlie mouse's 
 
 hole. Pi'etty soon he put up 
 
 his little head. 
 He sa^v me. Doavii he Avent again. 
 Then he put up his head again. 
 He saw some cake. The childrei] 
 
 Avere ver}^ still. He Avent up 
 
 to the cake. 
 
128 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 lie took it in Ms mouth. 
 
 Then he ran "with it into his hole. 
 
 He took all of the cake. Then we 
 didn^t see him again. 
 
 He ^^as a cunning little mouse. 
 
 Did you ever see a little inouse P 
 
 Have you some lunch in your 
 basket, little girl? Don^t put 
 your basket on the floor. 
 
 A little mouse may try to eat 
 your lunch. 
 
 Let him have some lunch, but do 
 not let him eat your basket. 
 
 The little boy has a pail. I can- 
 not see ^vhat the other girl has. 
 
 1 
 
 and 
 
 3 
 
 are 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 and 
 
 3 
 
 are 
 
 11 
 
 9 
 
 and 
 
 3 
 
 are 
 
 12 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 121) 
 
 pink 
 Ltilti 
 away 
 brought 
 
 See iXLT new doll, Annie ! Mamma 
 
 has been a^way. She brought 
 
 Lnlu a book. 
 She brought me this pretty doll. 
 "Will you make her a dress? 
 I want her to have a pretty pink 
 
 dress. 
 Lulu will give her a hat. 
 Then I Avill put her in my doll 
 
 carriage. 
 
180 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER 
 
 I ^^ill give her a ride. 
 
 I sa^v my kitten in the doll car- 
 riage the other day. 
 
 I -was going to give her a ride, 
 but she I'an a^v\^ay. 
 
 
 3 from 9 leaves 6 
 
 3 from 8 leaves 5 
 
 3 from 7 leaves 4 
 
 3 from 6 leaves 3 
 
 3 from 5 leaves 2 
 
 3 from 4 leaves 1 
 
THE INTEK.STATE PRIMER. 131 
 
 grass calling or 
 
 back talk shiit 
 
 Dollie clear, T heai' mamma call- 
 ing me. 
 
 I must X3ut you clo\vn in the grass, 
 and see \vliat she wants. 
 
 ISTow you must he a very good 
 dollie. 
 
182 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 Tou may go to sleep oi* you may 
 talk to the pretty flo^v^^ers. 
 
 The hircls Avill sing you to sleep. 
 
 The grass Avill raake a good hed. 
 
 Shut your eyes up. I must put 
 on mj hat and run to mamma. 
 
 Good-hye dollie, dear. Don^t cry. 
 
 I ^\^ill be back soon. 
 
 Cy ■^if^.fyt^d-^ /i-^^/ r^c^ ^ryiyU- /?.t^i. 
 
 €^€MMd^ leaves leaves 
 
 3 from 12 leaves 9 
 3 from 11 leaves 8 
 3 from 10 leaves t 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMEK. 
 
 133 
 
 od-buc ! 
 
 6^ 
 
 Wing 
 
 sing 
 
 bread 
 
 Ijegan by 
 
 broken Good-bye 
 Slimmer found 
 
 My big brother found a dear lit- 
 tle bird. 
 He found it in the woods. 
 Its wing was broken. 
 
134 THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 
 
 He brought it home to me. 
 
 I put it in a little basket. 
 
 I took care of it. I gave it some 
 
 bread to eat. 
 By and by its little wing got 
 
 ^^ell. 
 It could fly again. It would fly 
 
 to me. 
 It w^ould sing to me. I loved the 
 
 little bird. 
 It loved me, too. I did not put it 
 
 in a cage. 
 I let it fly into a tree. 
 It made a little nest in the tree. 
 By and by there were some eggs 
 
 in the nest. 
 Then some little birds came out 
 
 of the eggs. 
 I Tvent out to see the little birds. 
 My bird Avould look at me. 
 
THE INTERSTATE PRIMER. 135 
 
 He \^^as not afraid of me. 
 
 He would sing, I gave him bread 
 
 for the little birds. He lived 
 
 in the tree all summer. By 
 
 and by the summer was gone. 
 It viras time for the birds to fly 
 
 a^vay. 
 One day my little bird came to 
 
 the house. 
 He began to sing. I think he ^v^^as 
 
 trying to say '"''Good-bye.^^ I 
 
 said, ^''Good-bye, dear little bird. 
 I know winter ^will come soon. 
 You must go where it ^will not 
 
 be cold. 
 Come again in the summer. 
 I don't want you to have a broken 
 
 wing, but I do want to see you 
 
 again."*' 
 Do you think he will come again ? 
 
124 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 Primer Words, Pag^e 124. 
 
 ring bell window 
 
 New Words. 
 
 freeze also 
 
 One day in winter a little boy 
 looked out of a window and 
 sa"w a little bird. 
 
 The bird ^vas on the gi'ound in 
 the snow. 
 
 It ^v\^ould fly U13 on tlie fence, and 
 then into an aj3ple-tree, and 
 tlien down on the ground 
 again. 
 
 It ViTas trying to find something to 
 eat. 
 
 The little boy felt sorry for the lit- 
 tle bird, and began to talk to it. 
 
 This is ^v\rhat the little boy said to 
 the bird : — 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 125 
 
 THE LITTLE BOY'S SPEECH TO THE BIRD. 
 
 
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126 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENt. 
 
 
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 I'i-i^'^-. 
 
 ^■e^. ^-a-i^. r.U'^.'t^. -a^. -/^y-^^-^^^ p-'t^-a-'c 
 
 The little bird did not know^ what 
 the little boy said, and so he 
 went away off to pick up 
 crumbs. 
 
 That little boy ^\ras my brother. 
 
 The little bird A^ras not cold, and 
 he did not freeze his little feet. 
 
 ^^^^^ window window 
 '^ee^ feet f ee t 
 
 ot)^ 
 
 /t^ cold cold 
 
 tt^Ae take take 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 12 
 
 Primer Words, Pagre 126. 
 
 lunch cunning mouse 
 
 New Words. 
 
 across waiting; heard 
 watched mice every 
 
 In my grandfather's house there is 
 
 a little mouse. 
 I saA\r him run across the floor one 
 
 day. 
 Grandma says he eats up the 
 
 crumbs on the floor. 
 He is afraid of grandma's cat. 
 One day the cat tried to catch him. 
 
 but he ran into a little hole in 
 
 one corner of the kitchen. 
 Then the cat sat on the floor and 
 
 watched that hole a ]ong time. 
 She ^vvras Avaiting for the mouse to 
 
 come out again. 
 
128 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 But the mouse was afraid, and did 
 
 not come out again. 
 He y^SiS afraid lie would be caught 
 
 by the old cat. 
 What do you think the mice are 
 
 for? 
 I heard a little boy say once they 
 
 wrere made for the cats to catch. 
 I think if that were so, they could 
 
 not run so fast. 
 If that is true, then I think the cats 
 
 are made for the dogs to catch. 
 My big dog tries to catch our cat 
 
 every day. 
 But the cat runs up a tree and sits 
 
 on a limb and looks at him. 
 Then the dog barks at her, but she 
 
 will not come down. 
 The dog cannot climb a tree. 
 Squirrels and cats can climb trees. 
 But squirrels do not catch mice. 
 They eat nuts in the woods. 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMEK STTPPLEMENT. 129 
 Primer Words, Page 129. 
 
 pink Lulu brought 
 
 New Words. 
 
 cities country drink 
 fresh cows city or 
 
 Do yon Uke flowers. Lulu? 
 Mamma brought me some pretty 
 
 pinks Avhen she came from Bos- 
 ton. 
 She had been to Boston to give 
 
 flo^ve^s to children ^vho Avere 
 
 sick. 
 There are many poor children in 
 
 the large cities who have no 
 
 mamma. 
 In the summer they sometimes go 
 
 into the country to Ua^c. 
 The}^ like to live in the country in 
 
 the summei*. 
 
130 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 They like the floorers and the 
 
 grass and the birds and the 
 
 ^v^oods. 
 And they like to drink the fresh 
 
 milk from the co^v\rs. 
 Some children in the cities never 
 
 saw a cow. 
 They do not know whei-e the milk 
 
 comes from. 
 And many children in the country 
 
 never went to Boston or any 
 
 other large city. 
 We should be kind to those who 
 
 have not been where we have 
 
 been. 
 We should give them our things to 
 
 play vrith, and try to make 
 
 them happ3^. 
 Do you kno^v any poor children 
 
 Avho cannot go to school? 
 
 ^€2 -Utli^ Ci^^e jLl€lM^€^ld^^ .^i4^Ct4^ / 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 131 
 Primer Words, Page 131. 
 
 back calling 
 
 New Words. 
 
 answer tlirongh 
 hedge room 
 
 Annie is a good little girl. 
 
 But one day she was very naughty. 
 
 She was playing out in the garden 
 
 with her dollie. 
 Her mamma called her, but she did 
 
 not answer. 
 She hid behind the hedge, and did 
 
 not answer her mamma when 
 
 she called. 
 Her mamma kept calling and call- 
 ing, but Annie kept still and 
 
 lield her dollie. 
 Then hei- mamma thought Annie 
 
 had got hurt or lost in the 
 
 ^voods. 
 
132 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 So she 23ut on her hat and went out 
 
 to look for her. 
 When she went through the garden 
 
 she saw Annie behind tlie hedge 
 
 with her dollie. 
 ^'Why, Annie,'' she said, ^'didn't 
 
 you hear me calling you ? '' 
 ^^ Yes,'' said Annie; ""but 1 didn^t 
 
 Avant to come m yet.''' 
 ''^Well, Annie, you were verj" 
 
 naughty not to answer me. 
 
 You will liave to go to your 
 
 own room and stay." 
 ''^ Oh dear, mamma ! don't make me 
 
 stay in m^^ room alone, ^' said 
 
 Annie ; '' 1 will not do so again." 
 '' Yes,^^ said her mamma; ^^you 
 
 were naughty, and you must 
 
 come in. 
 I was going to give you a new 
 
 doll, but I cannot give it to a 
 
 naughtA-^ girl." 
 
INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT 133 
 Primer Words, Page 133. 
 
 wing sing bread 
 
 broken (xoocl-bye 
 
 New Words. 
 
 nearly speckled small 
 
 A little boy and a little girl were 
 playing in the fields. 
 
 Their names Avere John and Minnie. 
 
 They i^icked two bouquets of flow- 
 ers. 
 
 John's bouquet was nearly all dai- 
 sies. 
 
 Minnie^s bouquet liad daisies and 
 lilies in it. 
 
 Thev went across the field to the 
 ^voods. 
 
 When they came to tlie fence by 
 the woods, John found a bird^s 
 nest in the grass. 
 
 It had four speckled eggs in it. 
 
134 INTERSTATE PRIMER SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 They ^/vere very pretty eggs and 
 
 very small. 
 John did not take the eggs out of 
 
 the nest, 
 tie called Minnie to him, and they 
 
 both looked at tlie pretty little 
 
 speckled eggs in the nest. 
 Then fhey "went away, and John 
 
 said he ^would not take the eggs 
 
 out of the nest, because that 
 
 was naughty. 
 Minnie said the mother bird ^^^ould 
 
 be back soon, and would fee] 
 
 very bad if she did not find her 
 
 eggs in the nest. 
 John and Minnie sat on the grass 
 
 under a large tree and lieard the 
 
 birds sing. 
 They ^watched the nest with four 
 
 speckled eggs in it, and kept 
 
 waiting for the mother bird to 
 
 come back. 
 
STORIES 
 
 FOB. 
 
 LITTLE READERS. 
 I. 
 
 NED AND BEPPO. 
 
 little boy you 
 
 Ked is a little boy. 
 
 Beppo is his big black dog. 
 
 If you see I\ed, you will see Beppo 
 
 with him. 
 ]^ed has fun with his big dog. 
 Beppo runs at ]Sred and jumps at 
 
 him. 
 Then ^ed runs at Beppo and jumps 
 
 on his back. 
 Beppo will not let Ned get hurt. 
 
STOEIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 
 II. 
 
 
 
 NED AND HIS PETS. 
 
 
 to 
 
 play 
 
 no 
 
 too 
 
 ring 
 
 the 
 
 Ned has no little boys to play A/vith. 
 But Xed has pets to play with. 
 A^ed has a pet hen and a pet cat. 
 And ISTed has a pet lamb too! 
 The lamb has a bell on its neck. 
 If the lamb rnns, the bell will ring. 
 Is not Beppo, the big black dog, 
 
 Ned\s pet too ? 
 Yes. Ned will tell you that Beppo 
 
 is his best pet. 
 
 Little cat, Avhat can you do? 
 I can jjurr and I can mewr^ 
 I can get a rat for you ! 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. / 
 
 III, 
 
 LITTLE NED GETS WET. 
 
 took by mamma one 
 brook dry cool all 
 
 One hot day 'Ned and Beppo went 
 
 up on the hill to play. 
 Ned ran and ran until he got to 
 
 the top of the hill. 
 And BepxDO ran as fast as Ned did. 
 By and hy i^ed and Bepx30 got hot. 
 A little hrook is by the hill. 
 Be]3po ran into the brook to get 
 
 cool. 
 Then Xed ran into the brook to 
 
 get cool too. 
 Beppo got his black fur all wet ! 
 And I^ed got his dress all y^et too ! 
 Then Beppo lay in the sun to let 
 
 his fur get dry. 
 
(S STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 But I^ed ran to his mamnia. '' O 
 
 mamma, T am all Avet! I am as 
 
 wet as can be ! '' 
 Then mamma took his v^et dress 
 
 off. 
 IS'ed had to stay in till his dress 
 
 got dry. 
 Dogs may run into the brook to 
 
 get cool, but little boys must 
 
 not. 
 
 
 IV. 
 
 
 
 NED'S PET 
 
 HEN. 
 
 he 
 
 put 
 
 chickens 
 
 she 
 
 for 
 
 happy 
 
 papa 
 
 out 
 
 was 
 
 I^ed had a pet hen. 
 His papa put hay in a box. This 
 ^\^as for a nest for the hen. 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 9 
 
 Then he put ten eggs in the nest, 
 and the hen sat on them. 
 
 By and by, tap, tap! crack, crack! 
 went the egg-shells. 
 
 Out crept ten plump little chick- 
 ens. 
 
 Then the happy hen left the nest. 
 She led the little chickens out 
 into the grass. 
 
 ]^ed met them. 
 
 He was so glad to see all the little 
 chickens. 
 
 I think he was as happy as the hen. 
 
 He ran to tell his mamma that liis 
 pet hen had ten little chickens. 
 
 ^' Mamma, will ]3apa let all the lit- 
 tle chickens be my pets too ? " 
 Oh, yes, ISled ; I think he will. 
 But you must not pet them too 
 much. It will fret the hen if 
 you do.^"' 
 
 LL 
 
10 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 THE HEN IN THE COOP. 
 
 coop 
 
 said 
 
 far 
 
 call 
 
 stay 
 
 tired 
 
 why 
 
 her 
 
 imdei 
 
 ^^Papa, see! My pet hen has ten 
 little chickens!^' 
 
 ''^ Has she, J^ed ? Then she must he 
 put in a coop.'*'' 
 
 ''O papa! Will you shut the little 
 chickens up in a coop too ? '' 
 
 ^^^o,^"* said papa; "the little chick- 
 ens may run in and out of the 
 coop. But the hen must stay 
 in it.'"' 
 
 ^^ O papa ! She is so happy with 
 her chickens ! Why do you not 
 let her stav out with them?"' 
 
STORIES FOK LITTLE HEADERS. 11 
 
 ''I will tell yoiu ^ed. If the ken 
 
 is not kept shut up, she may 
 
 run too far off. 
 ''Such little chickens can not run 
 
 far. When the hen is in the 
 
 coop, the chickens will stay by 
 
 it, and will not get tired.'' 
 ^'Oh, yes, papa! I see it is best for 
 
 the hen to stay in the coop till 
 
 the chickens get big.'' 
 ^'This is her coop. Go in, hen, go 
 
 in. The little chickens will run 
 
 in ^v\rhen you call them.'' 
 'X^luck, cluck! cluck, cluck!'' said 
 
 the hen. 
 '^Peep, peep! joeep, peep!'' said all 
 
 the little chickens, and ran into 
 
 the coop. 
 ''Why, papa!'"' said Xed, ''I can not 
 
 see the little chickens at all. 
 
12 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 ^'The hen has hid them all under 
 her A\dngs ! ' ' 
 
 VI. 
 
 HOW NED PLAYS ^ATITH HIS CAT. 
 
 hold puss says 
 
 white mew asks 
 
 ]Ned'S dog is black, and his hen is 
 
 wliite, but his cat is black and 
 
 A\^hite. 
 1 ^11 tell you tlie ^Vlly Xed plays 
 
 Avith his cat. 
 He puts milk in a little tin cup. 
 Then he asks his mamma to hold 
 
 the cat in hei* lap till he is hid. 
 When he is hid, he calls the cat. 
 
 '' l^iss, puss! Puss, puss!'- 
 
STORIES FOK LITTLE READERS. 18 
 
 Then inaiiinia lets the cat go. and 
 
 puss jumps out of her lap. 
 '' MeAv, nie^v! nieA\^, nieA\"!'' says 
 
 the cat. '' I^ed has milk for me ! 
 
 ]N"ed is hid, hut 1 will liunt him 
 
 out. I T^ill get that iTiilk!'' 
 So the cat I'uns and hunts for ^ed. 
 
 At last she rims to the shed. 
 
 Yes! Ned is in the shed! 
 ^' Mew ! Mew ! I see you ! '' says 
 
 puss. 
 Then Xed pats puss and lets lier 
 
 drink the milk. 
 That is the way ^sed plays with 
 
 his cat. 
 Do A^ou not think it must be funr 
 Xed's cat hunts for rats too. 
 She thinks that is fun. 
 Do vou think it is fun foi- the ratsP 
 
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14 STOPJES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 VII. 
 
 HOW A ^WHITE LAMB GOT TO BE A 
 BLACK LAMB. 
 
 how full coal 
 
 down wool lay 
 
 One day I^ecVs little \^^llite lamb 
 
 got into the back shed. 
 A big bill for coal is in the back 
 
 shed. 
 The bin was not full of coal, but it 
 
 had l)lack coal dust in it. 
 The lamb ^\rent into the bin. 
 ^^Ba-a-a!" said he. ^^IIow black 
 
 this stuff is! I Avill smell of it. 
 
 Ba-a-a! 'Nol it is not fit to eat. 
 
 Well -I will jnst rest a little!^"' 
 So the lanil3 lay down in the coal 
 
 bin. 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERSo 15 
 
 When he got iii3, his wool was full 
 
 of black coal dust. 
 "■^O nianmia! mamma !^^ said ]^ed. 
 
 ^^See! My Avliite lamb is black! 
 ''You bad little lamb! How did 
 
 you get so black?'''' 
 ''Ba-a!^^ said tlie lamb. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 now THE BLACK LAMB GOT TO BE A 
 W^HITE LAMB AGAIN. 
 
 a2;ain saw wash 
 
 When J^ed^s mamma saw the lamb, 
 she said, '' O Xed ! ^ve must 
 ^vv^ash him ! He must not be so 
 black." 
 
 ''Shall y^e ]out liim in the brook 
 and "wash him ? " said one of 
 
16 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 the men. ^^Oh, no!" said l^ed^s 
 mamma. ^^E'ed and I ^Yill wash 
 him. You may get a big tub 
 and fill it for us." 
 
 When the tub was full, the men 
 put the lamb in it. 
 
 ^^I^ow we will wash him, ]^ed," 
 said mamma. ^^ We will rub 
 him and scrub him till he is 
 a white lamb and not a black 
 one." 
 
 ''^Oh, this is such fun!" said N^ed. 
 ^'"I lil<:e to Avash you, little lamb. 
 Hovi soft his AYOol is A^hen it is 
 ^wet, mamma. I am glad my 
 lamb got into the coal bin." 
 
 '"^Ba-a!" was all the little lamb 
 said. 
 
 But he did not go into the coal 
 bin again. 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 17 
 
 IX. 
 
 HOW NED WENT TO SEE THE PIGS. 
 
 door 
 
 live 
 
 barn 
 
 floor 
 
 squeal 
 hole 
 
 bark 
 
 One day IS'ed Avent to see the pigs. 
 
 Ho\v do 3^011 think lie went? I 
 
 Avill tell 3^on. 
 But I must tell you that tlie pigs 
 
 live under tlie barn. 
 And I must tell you that the barn 
 
 has a tra^) door. 
 A trax3 door is a door in tlie floor. 
 
 One day tliis trap door in i^Ted^s 
 
 barn ^vas not sliut. 
 ISTed was at play witli Bej^po. Bep- 
 , po ran into tlie barn. Then I^ed 
 
 ran into the barn. 
 
18 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 He did not see that the trap door 
 ^was not shnt. He i*an on and 
 on, till — x3op! into the hole he 
 ^v\^ent! DoAvn, doAvn fell Ned 
 till he got into the pig-pen un- 
 der the harn. 
 
 The j)evL ^vas f nil of pigs, — big pigs 
 and little pigs. 
 
 When ]Sred fell in, all the pigs ran 
 to one end of tlie pen. Ho^v the 
 big pigs did grunt! Hoav the 
 little lAgs did scpieal! How 
 Bei3po did bark and bark! 
 
 That is the ^sriij Ned T\rent to see 
 the pigs. It Avas not niucli fun 
 for Ned^ or for the pigs. 
 
 ^^ Little bee, "what can you do?^' 
 ^^ I can buzz and hum — can you? 
 And I can make honey too!'^ 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 19 
 
 X. 
 
 NED GETS OUT OF THE PIG-PEN. 
 
 hark -^ , what 
 
 T Bow-wow ! n 
 
 yard does 
 
 A man \vas in the barn-vard. 
 ^^Hark!^^ said lie, ^'wliy does Bep- 
 
 po bark so? Wliy do tlie pigs 
 
 squeal and grunt? I must run 
 
 in the barn and see.^"" 
 When he ^v\rent into tlie barn, he 
 
 saw Beppo at tlie trap door. 
 ^^AVhat is it, Beppo ?^^ said the 
 
 man. 
 ^^Bow-Avo^v!^^ said Beppo, ^^boAv- 
 
 ^YO^Y ! '''' 
 The man went to the traji door b^^ 
 
 Beppo, and tlieii he sa^v^ Jl^ed 
 
 doAvn in the pig-pen. 
 ]^ed ^vas glad to see the man. 
 
20 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 ''Why, :^ed!'' said the man, ''how 
 did you get in the X3ig-pen P ^^ 
 
 "I fell in,^^ said I^ed, "and I can- 
 not get out.^'' 
 
 "I will help 3'ou,^^ said the man. 
 So he Avent down the steps at 
 the end of the ham and got 
 lN"ed out of the x^en. 
 
 XI. 
 
 NED TELLS MAMMA. 
 
 want brave time 
 
 'Ned ^W'd>s not hurt, and he had not 
 
 hurt the pigs. 
 He ran to tell his mamma ho\\r he 
 
 fell into the i3ig-pen. 
 "Did you cry, INTed, when you 
 
 fell ? ^^ said mannna. 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 21 
 
 ^^'No^^'' said JN'ecl; ^^I did not cry at 
 
 aii;^ 
 
 ^'' I Sbxn glad," said mainina. ^^ I want 
 my boy to be a brave boy. 
 
 '' And noAY 1 must X3ut yon in a 
 tul) and I'ul) yon and scrub j^on 
 as we did tlie lamb. Tlie next 
 time you run in the barn, you 
 must see if tlie trax3 door is 
 shut." 
 
 ''Yes," said :N'ed; ''I will not go to 
 see the pigs tliat way again if I 
 can lielp it." 
 
 My old cat, 
 
 Big and fat, 
 
 Gave the little dog a irdt. 
 
 Little Tray 
 
 Ean a^vay. 
 
 But lie did not stay a day! 
 
22 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 XII. 
 
 THE CATERPILLARS. 
 
 caterpillars flowers leaves 
 something pretty know 
 
 One day in May, ]N'ecrs manima 
 
 said to liini, ^'I want you to get 
 
 nie sonietliing to-day, J^Ted." 
 ^^I know wliat 3^ou want,^^ said 
 
 'Ned. ^^Yon want some x^i^etty 
 
 flowers. ^^ 
 ^^JS'o,^'' said mannna; ^4t is not 
 
 flowers.^^ 
 '^Tlien it is eggs," said J^ed. ''You 
 
 want nie to hunt for eggs in 
 
 tlie barn." 
 '"^Is^o," said niamnia again; '4t is 
 
 not eggs that I ^vant." 
 ''Then I cannot tell," said ISTed, 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 23 
 
 ^'^What do you Avant nie to get, 
 
 mamma ? ^^ 
 '^I want some cateriDillars,"'^ said 
 
 manimLa. 
 ^^Cater]3illars!" said IN'ed. ^^How 
 
 funny ! But I can get you 
 
 all the caterx)illars you Avant. 
 
 I see them in the grass and 
 
 on the rocks and on tlie 
 
 trees;^ 
 So iS'ed ^vent to the elm -tree, and 
 
 got six caterpillars. 
 His mamma 23ut them in a box. 
 
 Tlien she x)!^^^ a l)it of net on 
 
 the top of the box. 
 ''^^o^v the air can get in, and the 
 
 cater]3illars can not get out,^'' 
 
 said slie. 
 ''Yes,'' said JN'ed ; ''tliat is tlie best 
 
 way to fix it.'' 
 
24 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 ]Sred fed the caterxiillars with fresh 
 leaves from the elm-tree. 
 
 It was such fun to see them eat ! 
 
 A caterj)illar will eat and eat, till 
 he gets so fat that his skin splits 
 down the l^ack and drops off! 
 Is not that funny? 
 
 XIII. 
 
 ■^A^HAT V\^ENT INTO NED'S JAR. 
 
 jar looked long 
 
 Mr. cocoon sleep 
 
 One day 'Ned went to see his cater- 
 pillars. 
 
 ^^Why, mamma! Wliat do you 
 think? One caterpillar has run 
 aw^ay! See! he is not in the 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. ~ 25 
 
 box. And see this little lunix^! 
 We did not put this in the box. 
 What is it ? '' 
 
 When nianiina looked in the box, 
 she said: ^'INTo, Xed; the cater- 
 pillar has not run a^vay . He is in 
 that little lunix^, as you call it.^^ 
 
 ^^Is he, mamma? I can not see 
 him.^"' 
 
 ^^JSTo; but he is in it. It is his 
 cocoon. He has spun it for his 
 bed or nest. 'Now he will stay 
 in it and sleep. ^^ 
 
 '''' Will he sleep long in his cocoon ? '''' 
 
 ^^ You shall see hoAv long he sleeps. 
 Put the cocoon in this glass jar. 
 Isovi i)ut the net on the tox3 of 
 the jar, as 3^ou did on the box. 
 Now ^ve will let him sleej) in 
 his cocoon as long as he Avill.^'' 
 
26 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 ^^But we ^^rill not let you out of 
 the jar, Mr. Caterpillar! We 
 ^v\rant to see wrliat you w^ill do 
 next ! '' 
 
 The next time l^ed lool^ed in the 
 box, all the caterpillars had 
 spun cocoons. 
 
 Then lie put all the cocoons in the 
 glass jar. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 WHAT CAME OUT OF THE JAR. 
 Part I. 
 
 used only come 
 
 new flies where 
 
 grew they about 
 
 ]N"ed did not forget his caterpillars, 
 but they slept a long time. 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 27 
 
 ^^When will my caterpillars come 
 out?^^ lie used to say. 
 
 At last when l^ed looked in Ms 
 jar one day, lie saAV something 
 new. 
 
 '■^O you pretty thing !^^ said I^ed. 
 ^^ Where did you come from? 
 Did mamma put you in the 
 jar?^^ 
 
 'No ; mamma had not i3ut it in. 
 
 ^VBut look in your jar, jSTed, and 
 see if you cannot find where it 
 came from.^'' 
 
 So Ned looked again in his jar. 
 
 '"''Why, mamma!" said he; ^^one 
 cocoon has a hole in it ! And it 
 is empty! Where is the cater- 
 pillar? He is not in his cocoon.-^ 
 
 ^Vl will tell you, ]S'ed," said mam- 
 ma. ^^The pretty little ^lite 
 
28 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 thing that flies about in tlie 
 jar came out of tliat cocoon. ^^ 
 
 ^^ Wliy, mamma! lio^^r can that be? 
 Tlie caterxDillar sj)un tlie co- 
 coon and went to sleex3 in it.^^ 
 
 ''^Yes, JN'ed; but tlie cateipillar 
 only made his cocoon to stay 
 in till he had his ney^ dress. 
 This little moth is your cater- 
 pillar in a nevsT dress.^^ 
 Where did he get his ^vings ? " 
 The ^ngs gre^^r when he was in 
 the cocoon. ^^ 
 
 XV. 
 
 WHAT CAME OUT OF THE JAR. 
 Part II. 
 
 toe like butterfly perhaps 
 goes boot change flew 
 
 LL 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 29 
 
 ^^I think this moth looks like a 
 little butterfly;^ 
 
 '"''Yes, he does; but he is not just 
 like a butterfly. Some caterpil- 
 lars change to moths, and some 
 to butterflies.^^ 
 
 ^^ Mamma, may I keep this moth? 
 He is so x^retty ! ^^ 
 
 ^^ Oh, no ! he ^v\rants to be free. He 
 A\rill not be haj^py if j^ou keep 
 him. You must let him go out, 
 so that he can get Avhat he 
 wants to eat.^*" 
 
 How 'Ned did wish to keep the 
 pretty little T\^hite moth! But 
 just then his mamma said : 
 '■^See, iN'ed! There goes a moth 
 just like this one! Perhaps 
 your moth will flj^ about and 
 play with him.^'' 
 
30 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 So ]^ed took the net off the to^o of 
 the jar. The moth flew up and 
 out ; then he fle^v^^ back to E'ed 
 and lit on the toe of his boot. 
 
 ^^ Wliy, j^ed!^^ said niamnia, ^^ I 
 tliink lie has come back to say 
 ^ Thank you, little boy. I am 
 glad you let me out.^ 
 
 '''^I think he wants to say ""Good 
 by, I^ed.^ Oh, there he goes ! " 
 
 And as the moth fle^^^ far a^vay, 
 Ned felt glad lie had not kept 
 him shut \i]) in the jar. 
 
 The rest of the moths soon came 
 out of the cocoons, and jN'ed let 
 them all fly aw^ay. 
 
 After that when he sa\\r any little 
 white moths, he would say,— 
 
 ^^ Perhaps you are one of the moths 
 that came out of my jar!" 
 
STOKIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 31 
 
 
 XVI. 
 
 
 
 NED'S BED-TIME 
 
 SONG. 
 
 night 
 
 Baby 
 
 drowsy 
 
 quiet 
 
 creep 
 
 breast 
 
 while 
 
 field 
 
 shadows 
 
 When T^ed was a very little boy, 
 his nianima used to sing to him 
 every night Avhen she x^ut him 
 to bed. 
 
 This is the song that 'Ned used to 
 like best of all. He used to call 
 it the ^^ bed-time song^^: — 
 
 I. 
 
 Sleep, my bab}", while I sing 
 Bed-time ne^vs of everything. 
 Chickens run to mother hen ; 
 Piggy curls ux3 in the x^en. 
 In the field, all tired with play, 
 
32 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 Quiet noy^ the lambkins stay. 
 Kittens cuddle in a lieax:> — 
 Baby, too, must go to sleejo ! 
 
 II. 
 
 Sleep, my baby, ^^liile I sing 
 Bed -time new^s of everything. 
 ]N"ow the co^ws from x^asture come 
 Bees fly home v^ith dro^vsy hum. 
 Little birds are in the nest. 
 Under mother-bird\s soft breast. 
 Over all soft shado^ws creep — 
 Baby no^w must go to sleep. 
 
 I^ed\s mamma used to sing this 
 song over and over, till he was 
 fast asleep. 
 
 He is not such a very little boy 
 noAv, but lie still likes to have 
 
STORIES FOE LITTLE READERS. 33 
 
 his mamina sing tlie bed-tirae 
 song to liiin every night. 
 
 Good by, I^ed! 
 
 XVII. 
 
 A RAINY-DAY PLAY. 
 
 rain garden books pipes 
 find always more soapsnds 
 
 ^^Eain, rain! go a^va^^!"'^ said Anna; 
 but tlie rain ke^jt on. The sun 
 was not to be seen, and the sky 
 was dnll and gray. 
 
 '' I think it will rain all day to- 
 day,''^ said Anna's big sister 
 Bell; ^Mnit I am glad of it, for 
 papa says the garden is very 
 dry.'^ 
 
34 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 ^^Yes,^^ said Anna; ^^I know it is 
 good for tlie garden. The flow- 
 ers and trees will like it, but I 
 do not. 
 
 ^^I cannot have as much fun when 
 it rains. We cannot go out of 
 doors to play, and I get tired of 
 my books and dolls. ^"^ 
 
 ''Well,^^ said Bell, who was a kind 
 big sister, ^^I have a plan. If 
 you will go and ]day with baby 
 and keep him liaj^py till I call 
 you, I M^ill help you find some 
 fim.^^ 
 
 '' Oh, will you. Bell ? That will be 
 grand! You always think of 
 such good jilays.'^ 
 
 So Anna went to plaj^ with the 
 baby. 
 
 By and by Bell came for Anna 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 35 
 
 and said, '''''Now we will go to 
 
 the x^l^^y-i'ooixi, and I think ^Ye 
 
 AYill have fnn.^^ 
 ^^What have 3^011 got for ns to play 
 
 ^vith, Bell?" said Anna. 
 '''' Soapsnds and pipes ! "^ said Bell. 
 
 ''How do you like that?" 
 '' Oh, that is the very best kind of 
 
 fun!" said Anna. 
 That night Anna said she was glad 
 
 it had been a wet day. for she 
 
 had had more fun than if she 
 
 had been out of doors at plaj^. 
 The next time it rains, i3erhaps 
 
 3^ou can make soap-bubbles as 
 
 Bell and Anna did. 
 Perhaps, too, 3^ou will try to be 
 
 like Bell. 
 If jou do try, 3^0 u ma3^ make a 
 
 rainy da3" liappy for some one. 
 
36 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 A BIRD'S ^A;^0RK. 
 
 grown busy enough teach 
 alone surely worms their 
 
 ^^ Little bird, what can yon do?" 
 ^^I can sing a song for yon. 
 I can fly, and fly, and Hy 
 Far np in tlie snnny sky. 
 Bnt the work that I like best, 
 Is to make a little nest ! 
 
 ''Then some ^Dretty eggs to lay. 
 And sit on tliem night and day, 
 Till my baby ]:)ii*ds come ont. 
 Then all day I fly abont, 
 T3nsy getting worms, yon see., 
 For my hniigr^" family, 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 37 
 
 ^'^When my babj^ birds have grcnvn 
 Strong enough to fly alone, 
 I must teach the little things 
 Ho^w to use their pretty wings. 
 And 111 surely teach them, too, 
 Ho^w to sing a song for you.**^ 
 
 WHO SPEIAKS? (A Riddle.) 
 
 I have a round and shining face ; 
 I'm always standing in one place ; 
 And yet the people often say 
 I go from east to ^vest each day. 
 
 Besides, I have a little friend 
 To Avhom much gold I often send. 
 And so that she may see at night, 
 A silver lamp for her I light. 
 
 My friend and me you knoAV so 
 
 ^vell, 
 I hope our names youll quickly 
 
 tell! 
 
38 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 ELLEN AND THE BIRDS. 
 
 love true small before 
 
 any tried scare could 
 
 another 
 
 "■^I w^ish I had a little bird!" said 
 Ellen. ^^I have a cage to x^"Lit it 
 in, and I love little birds so 
 much." 
 
 ^^I Avill tell yon hoAV to get one," 
 said a big boy. ^^If you drop a 
 little salt on any bird's tail, you 
 can catch him." 
 
 ^^Are you sure that is true?" said 
 Ellen. 
 
 ^^Try it and see," said the big boy. 
 
 So one day Ellen got a small tin 
 box and i3ut some salt in it, 
 and Avent out to catch a bird. 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 39 
 
 She Avent on tiptoe and Avas very 
 still so as not to scare the birds. 
 
 ^^ There is a pretty one; I will get 
 hini,^^ said Ellen. Bnt ^vhen she 
 ^went near to put the salt on his 
 tail, a^\^ay he fle^v! 
 
 Again and again she tried, but the 
 bird always fle^v aAvay before 
 she could drop the salt on his 
 tail. 
 
 ''He is too quick,^^ said Ellen; ''I 
 will try another bird.^^ 
 
 So she tried another bird, and 
 another, and another. But it 
 ^was just the same. They all 
 flcAV away just before she got 
 near enough to droj) the salt on 
 their tails. 
 
 So Ellen has no bird in her cage 
 yet. 
 
40 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 What do you think of the big boj^^s 
 X)laii ? 
 
 XX. 
 
 LITTLE GARDENS. 
 
 grow goodness fair 
 
 room weeds blow 
 
 fairest hearts 
 
 Little gardens may have room 
 For tlie fairest flowers tliat hloAv, 
 
 If tlie X3lants are tended well, 
 And no weed is left to grow. 
 
 So in all onr hearts may be 
 Little gardens, sweet and fair. 
 
 If we check the "weeds of sin. 
 And keep goodness grooving there. 
 
STOKIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 41 
 
 XXI. 
 
 A VISIT TO THE MILL. 
 
 farmer 
 
 enougli 
 
 stairs 
 
 built 
 
 thanked 
 
 trough 
 
 very 
 
 heavy 
 
 through 
 
 Patty and Tom went to the mill 
 with Mr. Gray, the farmer. 
 
 The mill was built of ivood. 
 
 It w^as very small and very old, 
 and looked like a hut ; but ^vlien 
 you came near enougii, you 
 would know by tlie noise that 
 it was a mill, and a very busy 
 one too. 
 
 DoAvn stairs the water \vas dash- 
 ing and splashing upon the big 
 ^wheel. 
 
42 STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 
 
 Up stairs the big niill-stoiies A^ere 
 spinning round, oh, so fast! 
 
 The miller took the children all 
 over the mill. 
 
 He shoAved them the hoppers where 
 the corn or gi'ain is put. 
 
 ^'"I am just going to grind some 
 corn,^^ said the miller ; ^^ and you 
 may see just hoAV it is done.^^ 
 
 He then put some corn into the 
 hopper. 
 
 The children saAV that the corn fell 
 from the hopj^er doAvn through 
 a hole in the to^^ mill-stone. 
 
 ^^]SroAV it gets between the stones,^'' 
 said the miller. 
 
 '^ And the stones are so heavy, and 
 going round so fast', that the 
 corn is soon ground to fine 
 meal." 
 
STORIES FOR LITTLE READERS. 45 
 
 Then he took the children cloA^ai 
 
 stall's again. 
 ^^Here conies the nieal,^^ said he. 
 ^^ See, — out of this wooden spout.^^ 
 Yes; there was the meal falling 
 
 Into a large Avooden trough. 
 Then the miller got a little hag 
 
 and let Patty hold It under the 
 
 sx:)out till It was full of the fine, 
 
 yellow^ meal. 
 ^^ There !'^ said he; ^^you may take 
 
 that home and make a johnny 
 
 cake, if you like.'''' 
 Just then Mr. Gray came and said 
 
 it Avas time to go home. So the 
 
 children thanked the miller, and 
 
 said good hy to him. 
 Tom drove ]oart of the way home ; 
 
 hut Patty held the hag of meal 
 
 with great care. 
 
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