Brooks's Readers: First Year Part 5

kittens on what

Here is a picture of some cats.

I see one big cat and two kittens.

The mother cat is on some books.

She calls the kittens.

Come, kittens, come.

See what is here.

See what I have found.

What can the mother cat see?

under they now

The mother cat is on the books.

What can she see under the books?

Now the kittens come and look.

What can they see?

They look on the books.

They look under the books.

They look in one book.

What do they see now?

Have you a little kitten?

What can it do?

My kitten plays with a ball.

I give it milk to drink.

Our brother Bennie has ten gray rabbits.

Has he any little kittens?

I can not tell you now.

I will call Bennie. He can tell.

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morning bright sun sky

What a bright morning this is!

It is a good morning for play.

Look at the sun in the sky.

Do you like to see the sun?

How bright it is this morning!

kite high so as down

Look at my kite, brother.

See how high it can fly.

Oh, it is a good kite.

It looks like a big bird.

It can fly as high as a bird.

I will run and it will fly high.

See it! See it now!

See how high in the sky it is!

How bright it looks in the sky!

Will it fly to the sun?

Oh, no, no! It can not fly so high.

The sun is too high.

No bird can fly to the sun.

Now, let it come down.

Do not let it come down in the tree.

Oh, how I like my pretty kite!

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cradle may take make name

I see a pretty cradle.

The cradle is high in the tree.

Tell me about this little cradle.

Tell me what is in the cradle.

I see some birds in the cradle.

One, two, three baby birds.

What is your name, little bird?

The bird will not tell you.

What can you make, little bird?

I can make a nest.

My nest is high in the tree.

It is a cradle for my little birds.

Can you make a cradle, little boy?

Oh, no, I can not make a cradle.

I can not make a nest.

May I take your nest?

May I take it for our baby?

She will like to play with it.

No, no, little boy.

The nest is not for your baby.

It is for my three little birds.

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Don care all time

Our baby is in her cradle.

The cradle is not like the bird's cradle.

Our big dog is by the cradle.

The dog's name is Don.

Can Don take care of the baby?

He takes care of her all the time.

What a good dog he is!

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