Brooks's Readers: First Year Part 9

Come and get it.

See all the chickens run.

They know that you have something.

They think you will give it to them.

Some of my chickens are white.

Some are black, and some are yellow.

Which do you like best?

I can not tell. I like them all.

How many chickens have you?

I can't tell how many.

They run about so I can't count them.

Can you count them, Marian?

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falling s.h.i.+ne drive out

Oh, Ned, the rain is not falling now.

I think we may go and play.

The clouds are going away.

I think the sun will s.h.i.+ne soon.

Let us go out and see.

Yes, there is the sun in the blue sky.

It will drive the rain clouds away.

Now I can fly my kite.

sight light night then

See how the sun s.h.i.+nes.

It drives the black clouds far away.

What a pretty sight it is!

It s.h.i.+nes on the trees and flowers.

It s.h.i.+nes for the birds and the brook.

How bright it is!

How high it is!

It is high in the sky.

My kite can not fly so high.

The sun gives us light. It s.h.i.+nes all day.

By and by it will go down.

Then day will go and night will come.

We can not see the sun at night.

Where shall we go then, Ned?

We shall go home to mother.

I think we shall go to Shut Eye Town.

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What is this?

Do you know?

It is an owl.

The owl is a bird.

See its big eyes.

It sits high up in the old tree.

It sits there all day.

It likes to fly at night.

It can not see in the bright light.

Do you know what the owl says?

It says, Who! who! who!

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Where do pretty flowers grow?

What is as white as snow?

Where can the baby go?

Who says "Ho! ho!" to our dog Jo?

Tell me something that you know.

What can little kittens do?

What bird is it that says Who! who?

Can one boy play as well as two?

Where can red roses be found?

Does a bird make its nest on the ground?

Name something bright and round.

Who is going to Shut Eye Town?

How many chickens can you count?

What bird can fly about at night?

What s.h.i.+nes bright and gives us light?

Tell me what you do at school.

why said was went did him his guess s.h.i.+ning fish

One day Ned went down to the brook.

No one went with him.

The sky was blue. No cloud was in sight.

The sun was s.h.i.+ning bright.

It was a fine day.

Why did Ned go to the brook?

Did he go to get some flowers?

I think not. I will tell you all about it.

His mother said to him: "Where are you going, Ned?"

"I am going to the brook," said Ned.