Brooks's Readers: First Year Part 4

I will tell you about some of the pictures.

How good mother is!

How good she is to give you this book!

See this picture of a boy and a girl.

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See! Here is a picture of a dog.

It looks like one of my dogs.

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Here is a picture of a rabbit.

It is a big gray rabbit.

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Here is a picture of some boys.

See the boys run and play.

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Here is a picture of a little girl.

She has a doll and a fan.

She looks like you, Grace.

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baby child love

This is our baby sister.

Is she not a pretty child?

I love our baby.

Have you a baby sister?

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walk talk far your

Can our baby walk?

She can walk a little.

She can not walk far.

See how she can walk.

Come, baby, come to your sister.

See how far you can walk.

The good child can walk to me.

She can not talk to me.

well call soon too

Look, mother, look! Call the baby.

See how well she can walk.

See how far she can walk.

Soon she can run and play.

She will soon talk, too.

She likes to look at pictures.

I will let her look at my book.

Come, baby! See this pretty book!

I will let you see the pictures.

Here is a picture of a flag.

Here is a girl with a fan.

Here is a dog with a hat.

Call the dog, baby. Call the dog.

The baby calls. The dog will not come.

Our baby sister will soon talk.

She will talk to mother and Grace.

ground found round eggs

Bennie, come here, come here.

Look here on the ground.

What have you found, Grace?

I have found a nest. It has eggs in it.

See the eggs. How round they are!

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any oh no her we

How many birds are in this nest?

Let me see the pretty nest.

I do not see any birds in it.

I see some eggs in the nest.

How many do you see?

Is the nest for me?

Oh, no, no, no.

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Is the nest for you?

Oh, no, no, no.

The bird made the nest on the ground.

The nest is not for me.

The nest is not for you.

The nest is for the good little bird.

We found the nest on the ground.

She loves her nest and her round eggs.

We will not get any of her eggs.

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