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Title: Libro segundo de lectura

Author: Ellen M. Cyr

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## ELLEN M. CYR

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amiguita--linda--fiesta--resfriarse. --¡Buenos días, amiguita Luisa! ¿Adónde vas con una muñeca tan linda? --¡Buenos días, abuelito! Voy a ver a María. --¿Porqué no vas a la escuela? --¡Pero, abuelito! Hoy es día de fiesta. No tenemos escuela, hoy. ¿No lo sabía V.? María y yo vamos a jugar a las muñecas. ¿Ha visto V. mi muñeca nueva? --No, no creo haberla visto. ¿Te ha dado mamá esta muñeca? --Sí, me la dió el día de mi cumpleaños. V. sabe que ahora tengo seis años. --¡Qué muñeca tan bonita! ¿Dónde está el sombrero de tu muñeca? --No tiene sombrero, abuelito. --Tu pobre muñeca va a resfriarse. Pídele a tu abuelita que le haga uno. Yo sé que ella se lo hará. | hol'iday--hand'some--years.--Lou'ise. "Good morning, little Louise! Where are you going with such a handsome doll?" "Good morning, grandpa! I am going to see Mary." "Why aren't you going to school?" "Why, grandpa! To-day is a holiday. We do not have school to-day. Didn't you know? Mary and I are going to play with our dolls. Have you seen my new doll?" "No, I don't think I have. Did mamma give you that doll?" "Yes, she gave it to me on my birthday. You know I am six years old now." "What a pretty doll! Where is your doll's hat?" "She hasn't any hat, grandpa." "Your poor doll will take cold. Ask grandma to make one for her. I know she will."

chiquita--jabón--muñequitas ampollas recogedor. Mire V. qué coche tan raro tiene mi muñeca. Estoy en casa de mi abuelo. Ahora él no tiene niñas chiquitas. Mamá era su niña chiquita. Traje a mi muñeca conmigo. No podía traer el coche de mi muñeca. Mamá dijo que era demasiado grande. Mi abuela me buscó un coche. Ella dijo que el recogedor serviría. Me parece un coche muy raro. ¡No se caigan, muñequitas mías! No caerían de muy alto. Vamos a ver a María. ¡Mire V.! me está buscando. María y yo vamos a hacer ampollas de jabón. ¿Ve V. mi pipa? La he puesto en la pala. A mí me gusta hacer ampollas de jabón. ¡Son tan bonitas! | car'riage--soap--fall--pipe--blow; dust'pan bub'bles.--brought. See what a funny carriage my doll has. I am at grandpa's house. He hasn't any little girls now. Mamma was his little girl. I brought my doll with me. I couldn't bring my doll's carriage. Mamma said it was too big. Grandma looked for a carriage for me. She said that the dustpan would do. I think it's a very funny carriage. Don't fall off, dollies! They wouldn't fall very far. We are going to see Mary. See! she is looking for me. Mary and I are going to blow soap bubbles. Do you see my pipe? I put it on the dustpan. I like to blow soap bubbles. They are so pretty!

sábado--merienda--ferrocarril compañera--violetas--cuchillo. Mamá nos llevó al campo el sábado pasado. Trajimos nuestra merienda en una cesta. Dimos un largo paseo en ferro-carril. Después llegamos a un campo muy bonito. Anita no pudo venir con nosotras. Ella está enferma. Ahora no puede ir a ninguna parte. Anita es mi compañera de juego. Encontramos unas cuantas violetas bonitas. Había otras flores también. Me gustan más las violetas. Encontré una mata de violetas muy bonita. Dije que me gustaría que Anita la pudiese ver. --Y la verá,--dijo mamá. --Puedes llevársela a su casa. Ella arrancó la planta con su cuchillo. Yo la llevé a casa de Anita. ¡Le dió tanto gusto tenerla! | car'ried--vi'o'lets--play'mate plant--knife. Mamma took us to the country last Saturday. We carried our lunch in a basket. We had a long ride on the cars. Then we came to a very pretty field. Annie couldn't come with us. She is sick. She can't go anywhere now. Annie is my playmate. We found some pretty violets. There were other flowers too. I like the violets best. I found a very pretty violet plant. I said I wished Annie could see it. "So she shall," said mamma. "You can take it to her house." She took the plant up with her knife. I took it to Annie's house. She was so glad to have it!

Mayito--plumaje--compañerita--oscuro--yerbas Jazmines--arroz--insectos--moscas--verano. Yo soy un mayito. Hago mi nido en los prados. Mira mi hermoso plumaje. Es blanco y negro. ¿Ve V. a mi compañerita? Tiene un plumaje oscuro. A mí me gustan las margaritas y las yerbas. Me balanceo en los jazmines y en las zarzas. Soy tan dichoso y tan alegre. Vuelo hacia los campos de arroz. Como todo el arroz que puedo. Yo creo que el arroz crece para mí. Cojo insectos, moscas y gusanos. Y creo que yo podría tener arroz también. En el verano voy al norte. ¡Mayito, mayito! ésta es mi canción. Búscame en los prados. | Bob'o'link--feath'ers--jas'mine--rice Gras'ses.--white--to'ward--col'ored. I am a bobolink. I make my nest in the meadows. Look at my fine coat of feathers. It is black and white. Do you see my little mate? She has a dress of dark-colored feathers. I like the daisies and the grasses. I swing on the jasmines and on the blackberry bushes. I am so happy and so gay. I fly toward the rice fields. I eat all the rice I can. I think the rice grows for me. I catch bugs, flies, and worms. And I think I might have rice too. In summer I go north. Bobolink, bobolink! this is my song. Look for me in the meadows.

burro--cardos--arroyo--lilas divertimos--columpio--maduras. Hemos estado en los bosques. ¿Ve V. todas nuestras flores? ¿Le gusta a V. nuestro burro? Se llama Perico. Perico lleva puestas algunas flores. Es un burro viejo muy manso. Le gusta comer cardos. Encontramos un arroyo muy bonito. Las lilas crecían cerca del arroyo. Atravesamos el arroyo sobre piedras. Merendamos cerca del arroyo. Jugamos a la gallina ciega en los bosques. ¡Cuánto nos divertimos! Nuestro burro merendó en el campo. Comió todos los cardos y toda la, yerba que pudo. Enrique nos hizo un columpio. Lo puso en un castaño grande. Vamos a coger nueces cuando estén maduras. ¿No le gustaría a V. venir con nosotros? | don'key--this'tles--brook--li'lacs blind--buff--stones--crossed. We have been in the woods. Do you see all our flowers? Do you like our donkey? His name is Pete. Pete is wearing some flowers. He is a very gentle old donkey. He likes to eat thistles. We found a very pretty brook. The lilacs were growing near the brook. We crossed the brook on stones. We had lunch near the brook. We played blind man's buff in the woods. What fun we had! Our donkey had lunch in the field. He ate all the thistles and all the grass he could. Henry made us a swing. He put it on a big chestnut tree. We are going nutting when the nuts are ripe. Shouldn't you like to come with us?

abeja--colmenas--recoger miel--pica--observa. ¡Mire V. las abejas! Mire V. cómo vuelan a sus colmenas. Recogen la miel de las flores. La ponen en sus colmenas. A María le gusta mirar las abejas. Le gusta verlas recoger la miel. No la pican. A ella le gusta ayudarlas. María coge una bonita flor. Se la trae a una abeja. La abeja vuela hacia la flor. No la pica. María observa la abeja recogiendo miel. Quiere ver cómo lo hace. Éstas son abejas que hacen miel.
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polen--amarillo--cera. Una abeja sale de un huevo. Primeramente es un gusano pequeño. Las abejas lo alimentan de polen. Recogen el polen de las flores. El polen parece polvo amarillo. El gusano se alimenta durante cinco días. Entonces parece que va a dormir. Las abejas lo cubren con cera. Al poco tiempo se despierta. Sale de su cama de cera. Es una abeja chiquitina. | bees--hives--hon'ey--gath'er sting--watch. Look at the bees! See how they fly to their hives. They gather the honey from flowers. They put it into their hives. Mary likes to watch the bees. She likes to see them gather honey. They do not sting her. She likes to help them. Mary picks a pretty flower. She takes it to a bee. The bee flies toward the flower. It does not sting her. Mary watches the bee gather honey. She wants to see how it does it. These are honey bees.
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dust--pol'len--wax--yel'low. A bee comes out of an egg. At first it is a little worm. The bees feed it on pollen. They gather the pollen from flowers. Pollen looks like yellow dust. The worm is fed for five days. Then it seems to go to sleep. The bees cover it with wax. By and by it wakes up. It comes out of its wax bed. It is a little baby bee.

zumbido fuerte colibrí--musgo---azúcar. María jugaba en el jardín un día. Oyó un zumbido fuerte. Era demasiado fuerte para una abeja. Era un colibrí. María se quedó quieta para mirarlo. ¡Qué bonitas eran sus plumas! ¡Qué aprisa movía las alitas! Tenía un pico muy largo. Podía llegar con él al fondo de las flores. El colibrí come miel. La recoge de las flores. Es un pájaro muy pequeño. Tiene un nido de musgo. El nido contiene dos huevecitos. ¡Qué pequeños deben ser los pajaritos! María esperaba al colibrí todos los días. Un día tomó una de las tazas de su muñeca. Puso un poco de azúcar y agua en la taza. Después puso la taza en el jardín. El colibrí voló hacia la tacita. Puso su largo pico en la taza. Le gustó el agua con azúcar. ¡Qué contenta estaba María! Tenía azúcar para él todos los días. | could--moss humm'ming--bill--loud--sug'ar. Mary played in the garden one day. She heard a loud humming. It was too loud for a bee. It was a humming-bird. Mary kept still to watch it. How pretty its feathers were! How fast it moved its little wings! It had a very long bill. It could reach to the bottom of the flowers with it. The humming-bird eats honey. It gathers it from the flowers. It is a very little bird. It has a nest of moss. The nest holds two little eggs. How tiny the baby birds must be! Mary watched for the humming-bird every day. One day she took a doll's cup. She put a little sugar and water in the cup. Then she put the cup in the garden. The humming-bird flew to the cup. It put its long bill into the cup. It liked the water with sugar. How pleased Mary was! She had sugar for it every day.

parda--roble--ahínco--otoño manso--carrillos--invierno--claridad. Yo soy una ardilla parda. Me llamo Bunía. Vivo en un roble. Corro por los árboles todo el verano. Trabajo con ahínco en el otoño. Mi roble está cerca de un granero. En aquel granero hay un caballo manso. Tiene todos los días maíz para comer. Él me da un poco de su maíz. Lleno mis carrillos de maíz. Después lo traigo a mi nido. Recojo nueces para el invierno. En el invierno duermo en el roble. A veces viene un día de calor. Entonces me despierto. Salgo a la claridad del sol. Después me vuelvo a dormir. Algún día quizás tú me encuentres en mi nido. Ten la bondad de no quitarme mis nueces. Me costó mucho trabajo conseguirlas. Yo necesitaré esas nueces en el invierno. | gray--oak--cheeks among--hard. I am a gray squirrel. My name is Bunny. I live in an oak tree. I run among the trees all summer. I work hard in the fall. My oak tree is near a barn. In that barn there is a gentle horse. He has corn to eat every day. He gives me a little of his corn. I fill my cheeks with corn. Then I carry it to my nest. I gather nuts for the winter. In winter I am asleep in the oak tree. Sometimes there comes a warm day. Then I wake up. I come out into the sunshine. Then I go back to sleep. Some day maybe you will find me in my nest. Please do not take away my nuts. It was a great deal of work for me to get them. I shall need those nuts in the winter.

bosque--camino--conejo--monísimo. --Cómo, Gracia, ¿dijo mamá que podrías venir? --Sí, lo dijo. Quiero coger moras. --¿Cómo nos encontraste? --Duque me enseñó el camino. --¿Dónde está él ahora? --Corrió hacia el bosque. Vio allí un conejo pequeño. --¡Oh, querida mía! Lo asustará. --Lo llamé, pero no quiso venir. ¿Tenéis muchas moras en vuestros cubos? --Sí, hemos encontrado algunos arbustos grandes. Catalina encontró un nido monísimo en una rama. Hay cinco huevos en el nido. Ven, y te lo enseñaremos. No cojamos moras en ese arbusto. Asustaríamos a la madre. Coge tus moras ahora, Gracia Luego nos iremos a casa --Quiero llenar mi taza para mamá. Le daré a ella todas mis moras. | ber'ries--might--bush'es.--fright'en. "Why, Grace, did mamma say you might come?" "Yes, she did. I want to pick berries." "How did you find us?" "Duke showed me the way." "Where is he now?" "He ran toward the woods. He saw a little rabbit there." "Oh, my dear! He will frighten it." "I called him, but he wouldn't come. Have you many berries in your pails? " "Yes, we found some big bushes. Kate found a dear little nest on a branch. There are five eggs in the nest. Come, and we will show it to you. Let's not pick berries on that bush. We should frighten the mother. Pick your berries now, Grace. Then we will go home." "I want to get my cup full for mamma. I will give her all my berries."

paredes--escritorio--ratonera--jaula. Un ratoncito vivía en nuestras paredes. Todas las noches salía para jugar. Venía al cuarto de Sofía. Le gustaba jugar sobre su escritorio. Sofía ponía a veces azúcar allí para él. El ratoncito la encontraba. Un día mamá lo vio. Dijo que el gatito debía cogerlo. Sofía estaba muy triste. No quería que se lo comiese el gatito. Habló a papá del ratoncito. Él le dio una ratonera pequeñita. Parecía una jaula. El ratoncito podía vivir en ella. Puso azúcar en la ratonera. El ratoncito entró en la ratonera. Sofía lo mimaba mucho. Le daba de comer todos los días. Le daba agua en la tacita de su muñeca. El ratoncito quiere a Sofía. Está feliz en su jaula. | wall--desk--ought--cage. A little mouse was living in our walls. Every night it came out to play. It would come into Sophy's room. It liked to play on her desk. Sophy would put sugar there for it. The little mouse would find it. One day mamma saw the mouse. She said the kitty ought to catch it. Sophy was very sorry. She didn't want the kitty to eat it. She talked to papa about the mouse. He gave her a little bit of a trap. It looked like a cage. The little mouse could live in it. He put sugar in the trap. The little mouse went into the trap. Sophy made a great pet of it. She fed it every day. She gave it water in her doll's cup. The little mouse loves Sophy. It is happy in its cage.

Navidad--regalos--médico--hospital. ¡Qué día de Navidad tan feliz tuvo Juanita! Recibió algunos regalos bonitos. Le dieron tres muñecas grandes. --Bien, Juanita,--dijo papá,--¿qué vas a hacer con tres muñecas? --Jugaré con ellas,--dijo Juanita. --Tres muñecas no son demasiado. ¿No le gustaría a V. tener tres niñas, papá? A esto papá no podía responder: No. El padre de Juanita era médico. Iba al hospital todos los días. Un día Juanita fué al hospital con él. Allí vió a dos niñas. Tenían que quedarse en cama todo el día. A Juanita le dió mucha lástima. Cuando volvió a casa, cogió sus muñecas. Vistió dos de ellas con sus trajes más bonitos. Después se las llevó a su padre. --¿Puedo regalar mis muñecas a las niñas?--le preguntó. --Sí, puedes,--dijo su papá. Juanita llevó las muñecas a las niñas. Mira qué contentas están. Juanita también estaba muy contenta. | pres'ents--an'swer--hos'pital--clothes. What a happy Christmas Day Jennie had! She received some pretty presents. They gave her three big dolls. "Well, Jennie," said papa, "what are you going to do with three dolls?" "I will play with them," said Jennie. "Three dolls are not too many. Shouldn't you like to have three little girls, papa?" Papa couldn't answer "no" to that. Jennie's father was a doctor. He went to the hospital every day. One day Jennie went to the hospital with him. She saw two little girls there. They had to stay in bed all day. Jennie was very sorry about it. When she went home, she took her dolls. She dressed two of them in their prettiest clothes. Then she took them to her father. "May I make the little girls a present of my dolls?" she asked him. "Yes, you may," said papa. Jennie took the dolls to the girls. See how pleased they are. Jennie was very much pleased too.

amable--anciana--semillas--ventana. Elena es una niña amable. A ella le gusta hacer dichosos a los demás. Una pobre señora anciana vive cerca de ella. Elena va a verla. Ella dice,--Buenos días, doña Florencia. ¿Está V. bien esta mañana? --No muy bien,--responde ella. --Pero me alegro de verte. Un día doña Florencia dió a Elena un paquetito. Era un paquetito de semillas. --Siémbralas bajo tu ventana,--le dijo. --Antes de mucho tiempo brotarán las flores. Se asomarán y te mirarán. Yo no puedo ir para decirte: Buenos días. Las flores lo dirán por mí. A Elena le gustaron mucho las semillas. Las sembró debajo de su ventana. Pronto salieron las hojas. A los pocos días brotaron las flores. Elena cogió algunas para la anciana. --Yo digo buenos días una vez solamente,--dijo Elena. --Sus flores lo dicen muchas veces.
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amanecía--migajas--echaba--tordo. Elena daba los buenos días también a los pájaros. Cantaban para ella así que amanecía. Ella tomaba una cesta de migajas de pan. Llevaba las migajas a la ventana. --¡Venid, pajaritos!--decía. --Mirad lo que tengo para vosotros. Entonces los pájaros volaban a la ventana. Elena les echaba las migajas para que ellos comiesen. --Aquí hay todo un almuerzo para vosotros, pajaritos. Los pájaros aprendieron a conocer a Elena. Volaban muy cerca de ella. Elena les daba de comer. Aprendió los nombres de todos los pájaros. --¡Buenos días, sinsonte!--decía ella. --Y aquí hay un tordo. Quiero ver tus huevos, sinsonte. Son muy bonitos tus huevos. El mayito hace su nido en los prados. Puedo mirar dentro del nido. Voy a los prados para verle. Él nunca viene a verme. | before--pack'age--blos'soms--seeds Flor'ence--mor'ning--peep. Helen is a dear little girl. She likes to make the other people happy. A poor old lady lives near her. Helen goes to see her. She says "Good morning, Mrs. Florence. Are you well this morning?" "Not very well," she answers. "But I am glad to see you." One day Mrs. Florence gave Helen a little package. It was a little package of seeds. "Sow them under your window," she told her. "Before long the blossoms will come out. They will peep in at you. I cannot come to say good morning to you. The blossoms will say it for me." Helen liked the seeds very much. She sowed them underneath her window. Soon the leaves came out. In a few days the flowers came. Helen picked some for the old lady. "I say good morning only once," said Helen. "Your flowers say it over and over."
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crumbs--learned--near--mock'ing. Helen used to say good morning to the birds too. They sang for her as soon as it was light. She used to get a basket of bread crumbs. She took the crumbs to the window. "Come, birdies!" she said. "Look what I have for you." Then the birds flew to the window. Helen threw them the crumbs to eat. "Here is a whole breakfast for you, birdies." The birds learned to know Helen. They would fly very near her. Helen would feed them. She learned the names of all the birds. "Good morning, mocking-bird!" she would say. "And here is a thrush. I want to see your eggs, mocking-bird. Your eggs are very pretty. The bobolink makes his nest in the fields. I can look into the nest. I go to the fields to see him. He never comes to see me.

Oeste--indios--squaw (scuó) papoose (papús)--tabla--colgaba. El padre de Gilberto vivía lejos en el Oeste. Un día llevó a Gilberto a ver a los indios. Una india tenía un bebé. Una india se llama una squaw. Un bebé indio se llama un papoose. El papoose estaba atado a una tabla que colgaba de un árbol. Miró a Gilberto con sus ojos vivos. --¡Qué bonito es!--dijo Gilberto. La squaw dejó a Gilberto que lo cogiese, --Mi pequeño papoose,--dijo ella. --Me gustaría que mamá lo viese,--dijo Gilberto. --¿Puedo llevárselo a mamá? --No, no te lleves mi papoose,--dijo la squaw. Gilberto le dió el papoose. Volvió a ponerlo en el árbol. ¡Qué sitio tan raro para un niño! El viento puede mecerlo. Los pájaros pueden cantarle. ¿Cree V. que le gustaría a su hermanita? | hang'ing--West--In'dian--board papoose'--squaw. Gilbert's father lived far off in the West. One day he took Gilbert to see the Indians. One Indian woman had a baby. An Indian woman is called a squaw. An Indian baby is called a papoose. The papoose was tied to a board hanging on a tree. It looked at him with its bright eyes. "How pretty it is!" said Gilbert. The squaw let Gilbert hold it. "My little papoose," said she. "I should like to have mamma see it," said Gilbert. "May I take it to mamma?" "No, don't carry off my papoose," said the squaw. Gilbert gave her the papoose. She put it back on the tree. What a funny place for a baby! The wind can rock it. The birds can sing to it. Do you think your little sister would like it?

wigwam (uíguom) jaca--pieles--arco--flechas tirar--tumbar. Gilberto vió a un muchacho indio. Estaba cuidando una jaca. Gilberto empezó a hablar con él. No podían hablar muy bien. El indio le enseñó su wigwam. Un wigwam es la casa de un indio. Es una casita hecha de pieles. El indio dejó a Gilberto entrar en su casa. Le dio un arco y flechas. Los indios saben tirar muy bien. Él enseñó a Gilberto a tirar la flecha. Gilberto le dió algunas canicas muy bonitas. Le enseñó a jugar a las canicas. El indio puso una canica en el árbol. Podía tumbarla con su flecha. Gilberto no podía hacer lo mismo. Su flecha se clavó en el árbol. | wig'wam mar'bles--shoot--bow--ar'rows. Gilbert saw an Indian boy. He was taking care of a pony. Gilbert began to talk with him. They couldn't talk very well. The Indian showed him his wigwam. A wigwam is an Indian's house. It is a little house made of skins. The Indian let Gilbert go into his house. He gave him a bow and arrows. Indians can shoot very well. He taught Gilbert to shoot an arrow. Gilbert gave him some very pretty marbles. He showed him how to play marbles. The Indian put a marble on the tree. He could shoot it off with his arrow. Gilbert could not do the same. His arrow stuck in the tree.

lago--crecían--remar--falda. Juan y Catalina viven cerca del lago. Juan tiene un bonito bote nuevo. Él puede remar muy bien. Llevó a mamá, a Lucía y a Catalina a dar un paseo en bote. Los lirios acuáticos crecían en el agua. --¿Quieren Vds. algunos lirios?--preguntó Juan. --¡Oh sí!--respondieron todas. Juan remó hacia donde estaban los lirios. --¡Qué bonitos lirios blancos!--dijo Lucía. --Tengo que llevarlos a casa conmigo. Cogió cuantos pudo. Catalina tenía su falda llena de lirios. --¡Qué bonitos son!--dijo ella. --Las hojas son bonitas. En el lago había peces. A Catalina le gustaba ver nadar a los peces. Les daba a comer migajas de pan. | row--lake--lil'ies--leaves. John and Kate live near the lake. John has a handsome new boat. He can row very well. He took mamma, Lucy, and Kate for a row. The water-lilies were growing in the water. "Do you want some lilies?" asked John. "O yes!" they all answered. John rowed toward where the lilies were. "What pretty white lilies!" said Lucy. "I must take them home with me." She picked as many as she could. Kate had her lap full of lilies. "How pretty they are!" said she. "The leaves are pretty." In the lake there were fishes. Kate liked to see the fishes swim. She fed them bread-crumbs.

charco--roca marinas--erizos pescador--olas chapaleaban--brazos--tentáculos boca--lomo. En el fondo de un charco pequeño vivían algunas estrellas de mar. El charco estaba en una gran roca. Algas marinas crecían en el charco. Había bonitos erizos allí. Parecían botones de cardos. Dos niños jugaban sobre la roca. Su padre era pescador. Vivían en una casa vieja y parda. Huían de las olas. Ellos chapaleaban en el agua. Les gustaba mirar el fondo del charco. Un día vieron una linda estrella de mar. La estrella tenía cinco brazos. Estos brazos se movían. Tenían pequeños tentáculos. Estos tentáculos la ayudaban a moverse. La boca estaba en el centro de la estrella. Mira las estrellas marinas en el dibujo. En la de abajo se ven las antenas y la boca. En la de arriba se ve el lomo de la estrella. | rock--pool feel'ers--mouth ur'chins--waves Fish'er'man---sea'weeds pad'dled. Down in a little pool lived some starfish. The pool was in a large rock. Seaweeds grew in the pool. There were pretty sea urchins there. They looked like thistle buds. Two children played on the rock. Their father was a fisherman. They lived in an old brown house. They ran away from the waves. They paddled in the water. They liked to look down in the pool. One day they saw a pretty starfish. The starfish had five arms. These arms moved. They had little feelers. These feelers helped it to move about. The mouth was in the middle of the starfish. Look at the starfish in the picture. In the lower one you see the feelers and the mouth. In the upper one the back of the starfish is seen.

delicado--agradable--material--suave brillante--seguramente--aunque. Estoy haciendo un nido en un árbol alto. ¡Va a ser un nido tan delicado y Agradable! Busco material para tejer el nido. Quiero usar un poco de esta brillante seda amarilla. Mi nido estará colgado, para que la brisa lo balancee. Yo me sentaré en el árbol y cantaré alegremente. La madre y los pequeños dormirán dulcemente. Entre tanto, yo cuidaré mucho a mis queridos pájaros. Mire V. donde está mi nido cuando pase por el árbol. Verá V., seguramente, la suave seda amarilla. Entonces sabrá V. que es mío, aunque V. no me vea. | moth'er--weave--soft--mean'while silk--co'zy--ma'te'ri'al--sure'ly. I am making a nest in a tall tree. It is going to be such a soft, cozy nest! I am looking for material to weave the nest. I want to use a bit of this bright yellow silk. My nest shall be hung for the breeze to swing. I will sit on the tree and sing gayly. The mother and the little ones will sleep sweetly. Meanwhile I will take good care of my dear birds. Look where my nest is, when you pass by the tree. You will surely see the soft yellow silk. Then you will know it is mine, even if you do not see me.

ganso--patio--trayés--valla--cabeza miedo--grandísimo--malvado. Pepita tiene un vestido nuevo color de rosa. Ella y Enrique se fueron a jugar. Un ganso viejo se paseaba por el patio. Vió el vestido color de rosa a través de la palizada. El ganso viejo quería aquel vestido color de rosa. Metió su cabeza por entre la valla. Cogió el vestido con su pico grande. La pobra Pepita tenía miedo. --¡Oh Enrique, ven!--dijo ella. --Aquí hay un grandísimo pájaro. Quiere mi vestido nuevo. Enrique cogió un buen palo. Y dijo: ¡Suéltala, pájaro malvado! Tú no puedes llevarte el vestido de Pepita. El viejo ganso soltó el vestido. Salió corriendo del patio. epita se alegró de verlo huir. Y dió las gracias a Enrique. | Jo'sie--pink--gan'der--caught stick--yard--through. Josie has a new pink dress. She and Henry went to play. An old gander was walking through the yard. He saw the pink dress through the fence. The gander wanted that pink dress. He put his head through the fence. He caught the dress in his big bill. Poor Josie was afraid. "O Henry, come!" said she. "Here is a great big bird. He wants my new dress." Henry got a good big stick. And he said, "Let her go, you naughty bird! You can't have Josie's dress." The old gander let go of the dress. He went running out of the yard. Josie was glad to see him run away. She said "Thank you" to Henry.

playa--bañado--arena--quemará cara--faro--velas--conchas. Ana y Paquita están en la playa. Se divierten mucho. Se han bañado en el mar. Ahora están jugando con arena. Paquita acaba de ir a buscar agua. La trae en su cubo. Ana ha hecho dos pasteles de arena. Ahora está haciendo otro. Ponte tu sombrero, Ana. El sol te quemará la cara. No me hará daño. Juego al sol todo el día. Dentro de poco tiempo iremos a pasearnos en bote. Iremos al faro. Papá tiene un bote grande con velas. Tenemos bonitas algas marinas. Tenemos una caja de conchas. Paquita tiene un erizo de mar. Yo tengo una estrella de mar. Vamos a llevarlos al hospital. Allí hay algunos niños enfermos. ¿No crees que les gustará verlos? | beach--bath'ing--sand--a moth'er pies--burn--sail--shells. Annie and Fannie are at the beach. They are having a very good time. They have been bathing in the sea. Now they are playing with sand. Fannie has just been for water. She is bringing it in her pail. Annie has made two sand pies. Now she is making another. Put on your hat, Annie. The sun will burn your face. "It will not hurt me. I play in the sunshine all day. By and by we shall go for a sail. We shall go to the lighthouse. Papa has a big sailboat. We have some pretty seaweeds. We have a box of shells. Fannie has a sea urchin. I have a starfish. We are going to take them to the hospital. There are some sick children there. Don't you think they will like to see them?"

pollos--escarbar--palangana ahogarte--gordo--piernas. Diego puso un huevo de pato en un nido de gallina. Un patico se crió con los pollos. ¡Qué gracioso era el patico! Los pollos corrían por todos lados y escarbaban la tierra buscando gusanos. El patico no podía escarbar tan bien. Tenía las patas palmeadas. Estaban hechas para nadar. Él quería agua para nadar. Un día Enriqueta lo encontró. Lo cogió en sus manos. --¿Qué tienes, pobre patico? --¡Pip, pip!--dijo el patico. --¿Quieres nadar?--dijo Enriqueta. --¡Pip, pip! Sí, que quiero. --Tendrás agua. Enriqueta fué corriendo a casa. Trajo agua en una palangana. Puso la palangana en el zacate. El patico corrió hacia la palangana. Le gustaba estar en el agua. La gallina vieja dijo,--¡Clo, clo! Vas a ahogarte, patico malvado. Los pollos corrieron hacia la palangana. Bebieron el agua; pero no podían nadar. La gallina tenía miedo de que se ahogasen. --¡Clo, clo!--dijo ella. --Aquí está un gusano gordo. Entonces los pollos corrieron hacia ella. El patico se quedó y nadó. Le hubiera gustado que pudiesen nadar los pollos también. Todos los pájaros nadadores tienen las patas palmeadas. Algunos pájaros andan en el agua. Tienen las piernas largas. | mat'ter--swim'ming--scratched drown--hatched--web feet. James put a duck's egg into a hen's nest. A duckling hatched out with the chickens. How funny the duckling was! The chickens ran every way and scratched for worms. The duckling could not scratch so well. It had web feet. They were made for swimming. It wanted water to swim in. One day Hattie found it. She took it up in her hands. "What is the matter, poor ducky?" "Peep, peep!" said the duckling. "Do you want to swim?" said Hattie. "Peep, peep! Yes, I do." "You shall have some water." Hattie went running to the house. She brought some water in a pan. She set the pan on the grass. The duckling ran to the pan. It liked to be in the water. The old hen said, "Cluck, cluck! You will be drowned, you naughty ducky." The chickens ran to the pan. They drank the water; but they could not swim. The hen was afraid that they would drown. "Cluck, cluck!" said she. "Here is a big worm." Then the chickens ran to her. The duckling stayed and swam. It would have liked it if the chickens could swim too. All swimming birds have web feet. Some birds wade in the water. They have long legs.

locomotora--orilla--baúl--coches. Aquí viene el tren. Carlos y mamá van a tomarlo. Van a la orilla del mar. Carlos está muy alegre. Le gusta viajar en el tren. ¡Mira qué locomotora tan grande! ¡Qué aprisa anda! Carlos tiene miedo de que no pare. --¡Oh sí, parará!--dijo mamá. --¿Cargarán nuestro baúl en el tren?--preguntó Carlos. --Sí, hay un coche para los baúles. La locomotora para y los suben. ¡Qué aprisa van los coches! --¡Oh, mamá!--dijo Carlos,--¡qué divertido es esto!
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PREGUNTAS QUE EXIGEN RESPUESTA. ¿No estuviste nunca en el tren? ¿Adonde fuiste? ¿Cuánto tiempo estuviste en el tren? ¿Qué viste? ¿Cómo se llama el coche para los baúles? ¿Cómo se llama el coche para pasajeros? | train--trunks--en'gine. Here comes the train. Charles and mamma are going to take it. They are going to the seashore. Charles is very glad. He likes to ride in the train. See what a big engine! How fast it goes! Charles is afraid it will not stop. "O yes, it will!" said mamma. "Will they put our trunk on the train?" asked Charles. "Yes, there is a car for the trunks." The engine stops and they are put on. How fast the cars go! "O mamma!" said Charles," what fun this is!"
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QUESTIONS TO ANSWER. Were you ever on the train? Where did you go? How long were you on the train? What did you see? What is the name of the car for the trunks? The name of the car for passengers?

sitios--río--señas--mano. Aquí están Carlos y su mamá en el tren. ¡Qué bonito coche es éste! Es un coche de primera. A Carlos le gusta mirar por la ventana. ¡Cuántos sitios bonitos hay!--dice Carlos. Ahora se ve un río. --Mira esos niños. Tienen un bote. Mira, ya pasamos por delante de ellos. Quisiera que el tren parase aquí. He visto algunas flores muy lindas. Allí hay algunos caballos. ¡Mira cómo corren! La locomotora les da miedo. Mira, mamá, a esos niños. Mira cómo me hacen señas con las manos. --¿Les has hecho señas tú, Carlos? --Oh, sí, les hice señas con la mano primero. ¿Habrá niños en la playa, mamá? --Sí, creo que habrá algunos. Podrás jugar en la playa con ellos. | pla'ces.--riv'er--those--hand--first. Here are Charles and his mamma on the train. What a pretty car this is! It is a parlor car. Charles likes to look out of the window. "How many pretty places there are!" says Charles. Now a river is seen. "Look at those children. They have a boat. Look, now we have passed them. I wish the train would stop here. I saw some very pretty flowers. There are some horses. See how they run! The engine frightens them. Look at those children, mamma. Look how they wave their hands to me." "Did you wave to them, Charles?" "O yes, I waved my hand to them first. Will there be children at the beach, mamma?" "Yes, I think there will be some. You can play on the beach with them."

luces--apaga--viento faroles--hadas--gusanos. Roberto estaba en el campo. Una noche vió algunas luces en la yerba. Parecían estrellitas. --Tengo que coger una de esas estrellas,--dijo él. Las luces no estaban quietas. Algunas veces no lucían. --¿Adonde vais?--dijo Roberto. --¿Os apaga el viento? reo que sois faroles de hadas. Preguntaré a mamá lo que sois. Entonces corrió hacia su casa. --Mamá, el campo está lleno de estrellitas. No lucen siempre. Hazme el favor de venir y decirme lo que son. --Son gusanos de luz, Roberto,--dijo su mamá. --Procuraré coger uno para ti. Cogió uno y se lo puso en la mano a Roberto. --¿Dónde están sus alas?--dijo Roberto. --Ésta es la madre de los gusanos de luz,--dijo la mamá. --Sus alas son muy pequeñas. No puede volar muy de prisa. Mira cómo la luz va y viene. | coun'try--wind--fire shine--lan'terns--fair'y. Robert was in the country. One night he saw some lights in the grass. They looked like little stars. "I must catch one of those stars," said he. The lights did not keep still. Sometimes they did not shine. "Where do you go?" said Robert. "Does the wind blow you out? I think you are fairy lanterns. I will ask mamma what you are." Then he ran to his house. "Mamma, the field is full of little stars. They do not always shine. Please come and tell me what they are." "They are fireflies, Robert," said his mamma. "I will try to catch one for you." She caught one and put it in Robert's hand. "Where are its wings?" said Robert. "This is the mother of the fireflies," said mamma. "Its wings are very small. It cannot fly very fast. See how the light comes and goes."

rayo--deslizo--beso--fruta--rocío nubes--lluvia--servicios--nada. Yo soy una hada del sol. Me llamo Rayo de Luz. Mi casa está en el sol. Me deslizo por sus rayos. Las flores se despiertan cuando las toco. Por la mañana despierto a los pájaros. Sus casas están en la cima de los árboles. Cuando me ven, empiezan a cantar. Abro los lirios en el lago. Saco los botones de lirios de debajo del agua. Cuando toco las semillas las plantas brotan. Beso la fruta, la hago madurar y la hago dulce. Bebo el rocío de la mañana. Llevo agua a las nubes. Algunos días vienen las hadas de la lluvia. Entonces no me ves. Necesitas los servicios de las hadas de la lluvia. Riegan las lindas flores. Nada podría crecer sin ellas. Nada podría crecer sin mí. pesadas--encarnadas--naranja morado--senda--iris--gota Algunas veces las hadas de la lluvia se encuentran con las hadas del sol. ¡Cómo se divierten! Ya no son oscuras ni pesadas. Lucen y brillan con colores. Unas son encarnadas, otras color de naranja, y algunas amarillas. Hay otras de color verde, azul, morado o violeta. Forman una senda a través del cielo. Esta senda se llama arco iris. Está formada por el sol y las gotas de agua. Cada gota de agua ayuda a formarla. Las nubes son oscuras de por sí. La claridad del sol las hace brillantes y hermosas. | dew--clouds--noth'ing--glide rip'en--touch--fruit--lovely. I am a sun fairy. My name is Ray of Light. My home is in the sun. I glide along its rays. The flowers wake up when I touch them. In the morning I wake the birds. Their home is in the tree-tops. When they see me they begin to sing. I open the lilies on the lake. I bring the lily buds up from under water. When I touch the seeds the plants sprout. I kiss the fruit, ripen it, and make it sweet. I drink the morning dew. I carry water to the clouds. Some days the rain fairies come. Then you do not see me. You need the things the rain fairies do for you. They water the lovely flowers. Nothing could grow without them. Nothing could grow without me. dark--heavy--path--across indigo--drops--beautiful Sometimes the rain fairies meet the sun fairies. What a good time they have! They are not dark or heavy now. They shine and are bright with colors. Some are red, others orange, and some of them yellow. There are others green, blue, indigo, or violet. They form a path across the sky. This path is called a rainbow. It is formed by the sun and the drops of water. Each drop of water helps form it. The clouds are dark by themselves. The sunshine makes them bright and beautiful.

dulces--centavo--calle. ¿Qué crees que hizo nuestra chiquitina? Hay un hombre viejo que vende dulces. Un día llevamos a la chiquitina allí. Le dejamos comprar algunos dulces. Dió un centavo al viejo y él le dió algunos dulces. El otro día la encontramos en la calle. Se había puesto su gorra y su abrigo. Tenía su muñeca en una mano. --¡Pero chiquitina! ¿adónde vas?--dije yo. --¡A comprar dulces!--respondió la chiquitina. --¿Porqué te llevas la muñeca? --La muñeca quiere dulces también. --No puedes comprar dulces, querida mía. No tienes un centavo. --Sí, sí, mira mi centavo. ¿Qué crees que tenía? Tenía un botón. Iba a comprar dulces con un botón. ¿No era graciosa la chiquitina? Creo que el viejo le habría dado algunos dulces. Es un hombre muy bueno. | button--candy--took--cent--buy. What do you think our baby did? There is an old man who sells candy. One day we took baby there. We let her buy some candy. She gave the old man a cent and he gave her some candy. The other day we found her in the street. She had put on her cap and cloak. She had her doll in one hand. "Why, baby! where are you going?" said I. "To buy candy!" the baby answered. "Why do you take the doll?" "The doll wants candy too." "You cannot buy candy, dear. You haven't any cent." "Yes, yes, see my cent." What do you think she had? She had a button. She was going to buy candy with a button. Wasn't baby funny? I think the old man would have given her some candy. He is a very kind man.

aprendiese cocinar enseñar santo. Me gustaría que Ana aprendiese a cocinar,--dijo papá. ¡Oh! mamá, ten la bondad de enseñarme,--dijo Ana. --Algún día aprenderás,--dijo mamá. --No tengo tiempo de enseñarte ahora. Ana fué a ver a su abuela. --¿Abuelita, quieres enseñarme a cocinar?--le dijo. --Sí, querida mía,--dijo su abuela. --Puedes cocinar algo hoy. --¡Oh, gracias!--dijo Ana. --A papá le dará mucho gusto que yo aprenda a cocinar. --Su santo será dentro de poco tiempo,--dijo su abuela. --Le harás un pastel para su santo. Yo los hacía cuando él era niño. Ana hizo todo lo que pudo para aprender. Pasados algunos días llegó el del santo. Ana hizo el deseado pastel. Lo llevó a su papá. Lo puso cerca de su plato. --¡Vaya! ¿qué es esto?--dijo papá. --Un pastel para el día de tu santo. --¿Quién me ha hecho este pastel? --Yo lo he hecho,--dijo Ana;--mi abuela me enseñó a hacerlo. --¡Es posible! ¿has hecho tú este hermoso pastel? ¡Tú eres una niña preciosa! Hace mucho tiempo que no tenía pastel el día de mi santo. Pues mira, me gusta mucho. PARA ADIVINAR. renacuajo--respirar--agallas--cola Yo nado en el agua. Yo no soy un pez. Yo tengo dos patas palmeadas. Yo no soy un pato. Yo salto en la yerba. Yo no soy un conejo. Entono una canción que es mía. Yo no soy un pájaro. Primero soy un renacuajo. Yo nado y respiro como los peces. Tengo agallas para respirar. Después tengo cuatro patitas. Pierdo más tarde mis agallas y mi cola. Salgo del agua. Salto por el campo. | used learn cook teach. "I should like to have Anna learn to cook," said papa. "O mamma, please teach me!" said Anna. "Some day you shall learn," said mamma. "I haven't time to teach you to-day." Anna went to see grandma. "Grandma, will you teach me to cook?" she said. "Yes, dear," said grandma. "You may cook something to-day." "O, thank you!" said Anna. "It will please papa very much to have me learn." "It will be his birthday very soon," said grandma. "You shall make him a birthday cake. I used to when he was a boy." Anna did her best to learn. In a few days the birthday came. Anna made the cake as she wished. She took it to papa. She set it near his plate. "Well! what is this?" said papa. "A birthday cake for you." "Who made this cake for me?" "I did," said Anna; "grandma showed me how." "Is it possible? did you make this beautiful cake? You are a dear girl! I haven't had a birthday cake for a long time. It is very nice indeed." TO GUESS. gills--breathe--tad'pole I swim in the water. I am not a fish. I have two webbed feet. I am not a duck. I jump in the grass. I am not a rabbit. I sing a song of my own. I am not a bird. At first I am a tadpole. I swim and breathe as fishes do. I have gills to breathe with. Afterward I have four little feet. Later I lose my gills and my tail. I come out of the water. I hop about in the fields.

tía--acariciar--nata--fresas--untó mantequilla--ternero--mono. Elena quería mucho a Maruja. Maruja era la vaca de nuestra tía Ana. Era una vaca muy buena. Dejaba a Elena acariciarla. Elena le daba yerba para comer. Le gustaba ver a Juan ordeñarla. Elena bebió leche fresca. Puso un poco de nata en sus fresas. Le untó mantequilla a su pan. --Maruja me da muchas cosas,--dijo Elena. Elena fue a ver a su tía Ana el verano siguiente. --Maruja tiene algo que enseñarte,--dijo su tío Enrique. La llevó al campo. Allí había un bonito ternero. --¡Oh, qué mono eres, ternerito!--dijo Elena. Elena le dio yerba. Comía en su mano. Al ternero le gustaba mucho Elena. | aunt--stroke--cream--straw'berries grass--bread--but'ter--calf. Helen was very fond of Molly. Molly was Aunt Ann's cow. She was a very good cow. She let Helen stroke her. Helen gave her grass to eat. She liked to see John milk her. Helen drank fresh milk. She put a little cream on her strawberries. She spread butter on her bread. "Molly gives me a great many things," said Helen. Helen went to see Aunt Ann the next summer. "Molly has something to show you," said Uncle Henry. He took her to the field. There was a pretty calf in the field. "O, little calf, how nice you are!" said Helen. Helen gave it grass. It ate out of her hand. The calf liked Helen very much.

dulcería--delante--carreta. Lucía iba a la dulcería a comprar dulces. Su papá le había dado diez centavos. --Yo puedo comprar muchos dulces con diez centavos,--dijo ella. --Me gustaría que Marianita pudiese comer algunos dulces. Ha estado enferma mucho tiempo. Quizá encuentre algo que darle. Delante de la dulcería había una carreta. En la carreta había plantas. --Compra una planta, chiquita,--dijo el hombre. --Aquí tienes, una planta bonita por diez centavos. --A Marianita le gustaría tener una planta,--dijo Lucía. --Ella podría verla crecer. Creo que le compraré una. Tenga V. la bondad de darme una que tenga botones. Quiero darla a una niña enferma. Tomó la planta y corrió a ver a Marianita. --Mira lo que te traigo,--dijo ella. --¡Oh, qué bonita es! Muchas gracias, Lucía. Me gustará verla crecer. Mira los libros de dibujos que me ha traído Enrique. --Sí, me dijo que los tenía para ti. ¿Te encuentras mejor? Queremos que estés buena. --Sí, espero estar buena pronto. Mañana voy a dar un paseo en coche con el médico. Todos han sido muy buenos conmigo. Casi me alegro de haber estado enferma.
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¿Conoces a algunas personas que estén enfermas? ¿Podrías llevarles algunas flores? Te sentirás dichoso si lo haces. | cents--pic'ture--cart--per'haps al'most--front. Lucy was going to the candy shop to buy candy. Papa had given her ten cents. "I can buy lots of candy with ten cents," she said. "I wish Marion could eat some candy. She has been sick a long time. Perhaps I shall find something to give her." In front of the candy shop there was a cart. In the cart there were plants. "Buy a plant, little girl," said the man. "Here is a pretty plant for ten cents." "Marion would like to have a plant," said Lucy. "She could see it grow. I think I will buy her one. Please give me one that has buds. I want to give it to a sick girl." She took the plant and ran to see Marion. "See what I have brought you," said she. "O, how pretty it is! Thank you very much, Lucy. I shall like to see it grow. Look at the picture books Henry brought me." "Yes, he told me he had them for you. Are you better? We want you to be well." "Yes, I hope to be well soon. To-morrow I am going to ride with the doctor. Everybody has been very good to me. I am almost glad I have been sick."
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Do you know any persons who are sick? Could you carry them some flowers? You will feel happy if you do.

tertulia--corral tranquilo--propósito lodo--alrededores. La Señora Pata dió una tertulia. Todos los patos del corral estaban allí. Se fueron todos a nadar en el río. Hallaron un sitio tranquilo. --Comeremos nuestra merienda aquí,--dijo la Señora Pata. --Aquí hay muchos insectos. Es un sitio muy a propósito para hallar comida. Y se tiró de cabeza al agua. Y al agua se tiraron también los otros patos. Y luego subieron de nuevo. Los patos tienen el pico grande y plano. Llenan sus picos de lodo. En el lodo hay insectos. ¡Cómo se divierten los patos! Algunas ranas viejas estaban sentadas cerca de los lirios. Miraban a los patos nadando por los alrededores. --¡Qué extraños son los patos!-- dijeron ellas. --¿Cómo está V., Señora Pata?--dijo una de las ranas. --¿Vive V. siempre en el agua? --No, de ninguna manera,--dijo la Señora Pata. --Nuestra casa está en la hacienda. Tenemos una casa como la gente. --¡Vaya! ¡vaya! ¿porqué les hacen a Vds. una casa? A nosotras no nos hacen casa. --Nosotras ponemos huevos para la gente,--dijo la Señora Pata. --Y nosotras también ponemos huevos,--dijo la rana. --Vds. ponen sus huevos en el agua. A la gente no les gustan sus huevos. Nuestros huevos son grandes y buenos para comer. | qui'et--in'sects beaks--food queer--peo'ple. Mrs. Duck gave a party. All the ducks in the yard were there. They all went swimming in the river. They found a quiet place. "We will have our lunch here," said Mrs. Duck. "There are a great many insects here. It is a first-rate place to find food." And she plunged into the water head first. And into the water plunged the other ducks too. And then they came up again. Ducks have large flat beaks. They fill their beaks with mud. In the mud there are insects. What a good time ducks have! Some old frogs were sitting near the lilies. They looked at the ducks swimming all around. "How queer ducks are!" they said. "How are you, Mrs. Duck?" said one of the frogs. "Do you live in the water all the time?" "No indeed," said Mrs. Duck. "Our home is at the farm. We have a house like people." "Well! well! why do they make you a house? They don't make a house for us." "We lay eggs for the people," said Mrs. Duck. "And so do we lay eggs," said the frog. "You lay your eggs in the water. People do not like your eggs. Our eggs are big and good to eat."

huérfanos--campesino--desnatar rastrillar--heno--maravillosas. Jaime y Dolores eran niños pobres. Nunca habían visto el campo. Vivían en una casa de huérfanos. Esperaban poder ir un día al campo. El señor Blas era un campesino rico que tenía una casa muy agradable. Él deseaba ver niños en ella. Mandó a varias personas a la ciudad. Les pidió que le enviasen dos niños pobres. Le enviaron a Jaime y Dolores. ¡Qué felices eran los niños! Corrían siempre por el campo. Cogían frutas y flores. Oían cantar a los pájaros. Podían ayudar al señor Blas y a su señora en muchas cosas. Jaime aprendió a ordeñar las vacas. Dolores aprendió a desnatar la leche. Jaime podía rastrillar el heno. Dolores también podía rastrillar el heno. Los niños paseaban en la carreta del heno. El señor Blas les dejaba guiar los caballos. Les divertía mucho pasear en coche. Veían muchas cosas maravillosas. --¡Qué hermoso mundo es éste!--decían ellos. --No sabíamos antes que fuese tan hermoso. --No volverán a la casa de huérfanos,--dijo la señora. --Se quedarán a vivir con nosotros. Jaime y Dolores estaban muy contentos. La madre de Federico le había dicho que algunos gusanos se volvían mariposas. Él quería ver a uno transformarse en mariposa. Un día cogió un gusano en el jardín. Lo trajo sobre una hoja a su mamá. Ella le dio una cajita para guardarlo. Federico le daba a comer hojas frescas todos los días. Poco después el gusano cesó de comer. Federico creyó que se moriría. Su mamá le dijo: No, Federico, va a dormir. Cuando se despierte será una mariposa. El gusano hiló un tejido alrededor de su cuerpo. Estaba pegado a un lado de la caja. --Se ha muerto, mamá,--dijo Federico. --No se mueve ni come. --No se ha muerto,--dijo mamá. Un día Federico miró la caja. Vió un insecto de forma extraña. Sus alas no eran bonitas ni brillantes. Llamó a su madre para que lo viera. --Es tu mariposa,--dijo mamá. --¡Qué extraña y fea es!--dijo Federico. --Yo creía que sería más bonita. A los pocos momentos empezó a moverse y desplegó las alas. Los colores se volvieron más brillantes. --¡Oh, qué hermosa!--dijo Federico. Desplegó sus alas y voló a la ventana. Federico abrió la ventana y la dejó escaparse. --Ves tú cómo no se había muerto,--dijo mamá. --La mariposa había estado allí siempre. | won'derful--far'mer--or'phan--hay A'sy'lum--cit'y--drive--rake. James and Dolores were poor children. They had never seen the country. They lived in an orphan asylum. They hoped to go to the country some day. Mr. Blas was a rich farmer who had a very pleasant home. He wished to see children in it. He sent to several people in the city. He asked them to send him two poor children. They sent him James and Dolores. How happy the children were! They were always running in the fields. They picked fruits and flowers. They heard the birds sing. They could help Mr. and Mrs. Blas in many ways. James learned to milk the cows. Dolores learned to skim the milk. James could rake the hay. Dolores could rake the hay too. The children rode on the hay cart. Mr. Blas let them drive the horses. They enjoyed taking drives about the country very much. They saw many wonderful things. "What a beautiful world this is!" they said. "We didn't know before that it was so beautiful." "They shall not go back to the asylum," said Mrs. Blas. "They shall stay to live with us." James and Dolores were very glad. Fred's mother had told him that some worms turn to butterflies. He wanted to see one change to a butterfly. One day he got a worm in the garden. He carried it to his mamma on a leaf. She gave him a box to keep it in. Fred gave it fresh leaves to eat every day. Pretty soon the worm stopped eating. Fred thought it would die. His mamma told him, "No, Fred, it is going to sleep. When it wakes up it will be a butterfly." The worm spun a web round its body. It was stuck to one side of the box. "It is dead, mamma," said Fred. "It does not move nor eat." "It is not dead," said mamma. One day Fred looked at the box. He saw a strange-looking insect. Its wings were not pretty or bright. He called his mother to see it. "It is your butterfly," said mamma. "How queer and ugly it is!" said Fred. "I thought it would be prettier." In a few moments it began to move, and spread out its wings. The colors turned brighter. "O, how beautiful!" said Fred. It spread its wings and flew to the window. Fred opened the window and let it fly out. "You see it wasn't dead," said mamma. "The butterfly had been there all the time."

escribir--carta--pluma tinta--derramado. Mamá, Inés y el niño fueron a visitar al abuelo. El pobre papá no pudo ir. Tuvo que quedarse en casa. --¿Qué haré yo sin ti?--dijo él. --Te escribiré una carta,--contestó Inés. --Te diré lo que estemos haciendo. --¿Sabes escribir una carta?--dijo papá. --¡Oh! sí, la puedo escribir,--dijo Inés. --Ya tengo siete años. Verás que puedo escribir una carta. Inés se divirtió mucho. Un día dijo ella:--Abuelita, ¿puedo tomar una pluma? Quiero escribir a papá. --Sí,--dijo su abuela,--en el escritorio hay plumas. Inés corrió al escritorio de su abuelo. --¡Oh abuelita! aquí hay una pluma muy rara. --Ésta es una pluma de ave,--dijo la abuela. --Tu abuelo la cortó para mí. Es una pluma de ganso. En tiempos pasados todo el mundo escribía con plumas de ave. --Me parece muy bonita,--dijo Inés. --No creo que pueda escribir con ella. Tomó otra pluma y se fué. Al poco tiempo volvió al escritorio. ¿Qué vió allí? La chiquitina había tomado la pluma de ave. Había escrito con ella a su papá. ¡Y qué carta había escrito! Había derramado la tinta sobre el escritorio. --¡Oh chiquitína, chiquitína! ¿porqué has hecho esto? Mamá envió la carta de la chiquitina a su papá. Él dijo que se alegraba de recibir las dos cartas. CARTA DE INÉS A SU PADRE. SITIO GRANDE, 8 de Julio de 1917. MI QUERIDO PAPA: Nos estamos divertiendo mucho. Mi abuelito tiene un gran caballo oscuro. Algunas veces me monta en el caballo. ¡Es tan divertido! Juego mucho en el campo. Mi abuelito me deja pasear sobre los montones de yerba. Cojo moras para mi abuelita. Nos dan queso con el café. Quisiera que estuvieses aquí con nosotros. La chiquitína te ha escrito una carta. Cogió la pluma de ave de nuestra abuela, y derramó la tinta. ¿Puedes leer su carta? Dice que ha escrito: ¿Cómo estás, papá? Te quiero mucho. Tu hijita INÉS. | write--let'ter--pens--goose quill--spilled. Mamma, Agnes, and baby went to visit grandpa. Poor papa could not go. He had to stay at home. "What shall I do without you?" said he. "I will write you a letter," Agnes answered. "I will tell you what we are doing." "Can you write a letter?" said papa. "O yes, I can," said Agnes. "I am seven now. You shall see that I can write a letter." Agnes had a very good time. One day she said, "Grandma, may I take a pen? I want to write to papa." "Yes," said grandma, "there are pens on the desk." Agnes ran to grandpa's desk. "O grandma! here is such a funny pen!" "That is a quill pen," said her grandma. "Grandpa made it for me. It is a goose quill. In old times everybody used to write with quill pens." "I think it is very pretty," said Agnes. "I don't think I can write with it." She took another pen and went off. In a little while she went back to the desk. What did she see there? Baby had taken the quill pen. She had been writing to papa with it. And what a letter she had written! She had spilled the ink over the desk. "O baby, baby! what did you do that for?" Mamma sent baby's letter to papa. He said he was glad to get both letters. AGNES'S LETTER TO HER FATHER. SITIO GRANDE, JULY 8, 1917. DEAR PAPA: We are having a very good time. Grandpa has a big bay horse. Sometimes he puts me on the horse's back. It is such fun! I play in the field a great deal. Grandpa lets me walk on the haycocks. I pick berries for grandma. They give us cheese with our coffee. I wish you were here with us. Baby has written you a letter. She took grandma's quill pen, and she spilled the ink. Can you read her letter? She says she wrote "How are you, papa? I love you a great deal." Your little girl, AGNES.

delantal--cubrirá--arrepintió. Una niña pobre fué a la escuela con Consuelo. Su vestido era muy viejo. Su madre no le podía comprar otro vestido. Consuelo se había puesto un nuevo delantal blanco. Se lo puso para ir a la escuela un día. La pobre Juana la miró. Hubiera querido tener un delantal como aquél. Cuando Consuelo volvió a casa, se fué adonde estaba su mamá. Y le dijo: Mamá, ¿puedo dar mi delantal a Juana? Su vestido es muy viejo y pobre. Es una niña tan buena. Permíteme darle mi delantal. Su mamá dijo: Sí, puedes dárselo, si quieres. Consuelo dijo a Juana que fuera a su casa con ella. Le regaló el delantal blanco. La mamá de Consuelo se lo puso a Juana. La pequeña Juana estaba muy contenta. --Muchas gracias, Consuelo,--dijo ella. --Cubrirá mi vestido viejo. Nunca me he puesto un delantal tan bonito. Juana se puso el delantal para ir a la escuela. A Consuelo le gustaba verla usándolo. --No me parecía tan bonito cuando yo lo usaba,--se dijo. --Ahora puedo mirarlo tanto como quiera. Nunca se arrepintió de habérselo dado. | wore--a'pron--Consue'lo. A poor girl went to school with Consuelo. Her dress was very old. Her mother could not buy her another dress. Consuelo had put on a new white apron. She put it on to go to school one day. Poor Jane looked at her. She wished she had an apron like that. When Consuelo got home, she went where mamma was. And she said to her, "Mamma, may I give Jane my apron? Her dress is very old and poor. She is such a good girl. Let me give her my apron." Her mamma said, "Yes, you may if you want to." Consuelo told Jane to come home with her. She gave her the white apron. Consuelo's mamma put it on Jane. Little Jane was very happy. "Thank you very much, Consuelo," said she. "It will cover up my old dress. I never had on such a pretty apron." Jane wore the apron to school. Consuelo liked to see her using it. "It did not look so pretty to me when I wore it," she said to herself. "Now I can look at it as much as I want to." She was never sorry she had given it to Jane.

pulmones--aire montañas--cielo. --¡Qué fresca está el agua en el arroyo! Los peces parecen estar muy contentos. ¿Cómo podéis vivir ahí, pececitos? Yo no podría respirar en el agua. --Tú tienes pulmones, niña. Tú respiras con tus pulmones. Nosotros respiramos con nuestras agallas. Las agallas están en ambos lados de nuestra cabeza. Hay un poco de aire en el agua. Tomamos agua en nuestras bocas. El agua pasa por nuestras agallas. De esta manera respiramos. Cuando nos sacan del agua nos morimos. No podemos respirar aire sin agua. Lo siento mucho por ti, niña. Me gustaría que pudieses vivir en el agua. Hay muchas cosas hermosas que ver. --Me alegro de ser una niña. Yo sé que hay cosas hermosas en el agua. Me gusta mirar al fondo de los arroyos. Me gusta mirar las cimas de las montañas y el cielo. El mundo todo es muy maravilloso.
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potrero--plátanos--marinero--cotorra Carlos vivía cerca de la ciudad de la Habana. Su padre tenía un potrero. Hermosos plátanos crecían alrededor de la casa. El padre de Carlos tenía muchos caballos, bueyes y puercos. Un día Carlos vió a un marinero viejo sentado debajo de una palma. El marinero tenía una cotorra. Carlos nunca había visto cotorras. La vió trepar sobre el marinero viejo. Una cotorra trepa con su pico al mismo tiempo que lo hace con sus patas. --¿Cómo está V.?--dijo la cotorra. A Carlos le sorprendió mucho oir hablar a un pájaro. --¿ Quién es V.?--dijo la cotorra. Carlos le dijo su nombre. Al marinero viejo esto le hizo reir. --¿Quiere V. venderme esa cotorra? -- preguntó Carlos. --La venderé por ocho pesos,--dijo el marinero. Carlos corrió hacia su padre con la cotorra. --Aquí está un pájaro que habla, -- dijo él. --Hágame el favor de comprármelo, papá. --Yo soy un pájaro hermoso,--dijo la cotorra,--déme azúcar. Al padre de Carlos le pareció el pájaro muy bien enseñado. Lo compró para su niño. La cotorra fué su gran favorita. | lungs--pas'ses. mouths. "How cool the water in the brook is! The fishes seem to be very happy. How can you live there, little fishes? I could not breathe in the water." "You have lungs, little girl. You breathe with your lungs. We breathe with our gills. The gills are on both sides of our heads. There is a little air in water. We take water into our mouths. The water passes over our gills. That is how we breathe. When they take us out of the water we die. We cannot breathe air without water. I am very sorry for you, little girl. I wish you could live in the water. There are many beautiful things to see." "I am glad I am a girl. I know there are beautiful things in the water. I like to look down into the brooks. I like to look at the mountain-tops and the sky. All the world is very wonderful."
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stock--ba'na'na--sailor--par'ra'keet palm--talk--fa'vor'ite--sur'prised Charles lived near the city of Havana. His father had a stock farm. Beautiful banana trees grew around the house. Charles's father had many horses, oxen, and hogs. One day Charles saw an old sailor sitting under a palm tree. The sailor had a parrakeet. Charles had never seen parrakeets. He saw it climb over the old sailor. A parrakeet climbs with its bill at the same time as with its feet. "How do you do?" said the parrakeet. Charles was much surprised to hear a bird talk. "Who are you?" said the parrakeet. Charles told it his name. This made the old sailor laugh. "Would you sell me that parrakeet?" asked Charles. "I will sell it for eight dollars," said the sailor. Charles ran to his father with the parrakeet. "Here is a bird that talks," said he. "Please buy it for me, papa." "I'm a pretty bird," said the parrakeet; "give me some sugar." Charles' father thought the bird was very well trained. He bought it for his boy. The parrakeet was his favorite pet.

niebla--cerro--riachuelo. Una gota de agua es muy pequeña. ¿Qué bien puede hacer esa cosa pequeñita? La niebla en el aire forma una nube. Poco a poco las nubes se ponen muy espesas. Empieza a llover. La lluvia cae sobre el cerro. Forma un riachuelo. Los riachuelos corren y se juntan. Forman un bonito arroyo. Los arroyos se deslizan por los lados de los cerros. Riegan los campos y los bosques. Desembocan en los ríos. Los ríos desembocan en el mar.
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Eres una niña pequeña o un niño pequeño. ¿Puedes hacer algún bien? Puedes estar alegre y ser bueno. Puedes obedecer a papá y a mamá. Puedes ser bueno con tu hermano y tu hermana. Esto ayudará a que el mundo sea mejor. | cloud--hill'side--to'geth'er. A drop of water is very small. What good can that tiny little thing do? The mist in the air forms a cloud. Little by little the clouds get very thick. It begins to rain. The rain falls on the hill. It forms a brooklet. The brooklets run together. They form a pretty brook. The brooks glide down the hillsides. They water the fields and the woods. They flow into the rivers. The rivers flow into the sea.
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You are a small girl or boy. Can you do any good? You can be happy and kind. You can mind papa and mamma. You can be kind to brother and sister. This will help make the world better.

araña--matar--telaraña--hilando fijar--hilo---reforzar--rueda--red. --¿Ves esta araña fea?--dijo Emilia. --Hazme el favor de venir y matarla, mamá. --No, Emilia,--dijo mamá. --Vamos a observar a la araña. Creo que está haciendo su telaraña. Ahora está hilando. Mírala fijar el hilo a la ventana. Lo trae, y lo fija abajo. Vuelve otra vez para reforzarlo. Ahora está hilando de través. La telaraña empieza a parecer una rueda. Mírala llevar el hilo alrededor de los otros. Ahora está acabada su telaraña. Se situará en el centro de la telaraña. Algún insecto caerá en su red. Y quedará preso en ella. | thread--fas'tens--streng'then--wheel. "Do you see that ugly spider?" said Emily. "Please come and kill it, mamma." "No, Emily," said mamma. "We'll watch the spider. I think she is making her web. Now she is spinning. See her fasten the thread to the window. She carries it and fastens it below. She goes back again to strengthen it. Now she is spinning across. The web begins to look like a wheel. See her carry the thread around the others. Now her web is done. She will settle in the center of the web. Some insect will fall into her net. And it will be caught in it."

arrecifes--coral--Florida especie--isla. En el mar se encuentran cosas maravillosas. En los arrecifes yacen hermosas plantas marinas y conchas. Allí se encuentra el coral. El coral parece una planta con ramas, hojas y flores. En los arrecifes de la Florida se encuentran campos de coral. Se pueden ver en el agua. ¡Cómo nadan por allí los peces de colores! Parecen ser tan dichosos como los pájaros en los bosques. El coral es una especie de animal. Cientos de estos corales se pegan en el fondo del mar. Crecen y se ramifican como árboles pequeños. Los erizos, las estrellas de mar y otros animales se guarecen entre ellos. Poco a poco se amontonan los corales unos sobre otros y se forma una isla. Los pájaros y las olas traen semillas a la isla. Las semillas echan raíces y crecen. Muchos años después vienen gentes a vivir en algunas de estas islas. | cor'al--reefs--hun'dred--is'land Flor'ida--an'imal--shel'ter--formed. Wonderful things are to be found in the sea. On the reefs lie beautiful seaweeds and shells. Coral is found there. Coral looks like a plant with branches, leaves, and flowers. Beds of coral are found on the Florida Reefs. They can be seen in the water. How the bright-colored fishes swim about there! They look as happy as the birds in the trees. The coral is a sort of animal. Hundreds of these corals stick themselves to the sea-bottom. They grow and branch like little trees. The sea urchins, the starfish, and other animals take shelter among them. Little by little the corals pile up and an island is formed. The birds and the waves carry seeds to the island. The seeds make roots and grow. Many years afterward people come to live on some of these islands.

bandada--estanque--vecino. La anciana doña Matilde tenía una bandada de gansos. Quería a sus gansos y los cuidaba mucho. Un día los gansos se escaparon. ¡La pobre anciana! No supo qué hacer. Fué a la puerta y miró hacia el camino. No pudo ver ni un solo ganso. Temía que se hubiesen extraviado. Juanito y Catalina estaban jugando en el patio vecino. Doña Matilde les preguntó si habían visto a sus gansos. --Los he visto,--dijo Juanito,--iban para el estanque. --¡Dios mío! ¡Dios mío!--dijo doña Matilde. --¿Creéis que volverán? --Iremos a buscarlos,--dijo Catalina. Los niños se marcharon en dirección del estanque. Juanito vió los gansos apenas se acercó al estanque. | flock--sin'gle--fond--star'ted Matil'da--pit'y--road. Old Miss Matilda had a flock of geese. She was fond of her geese and took great care of them. One day the geese got out. Poor old lady! She didn't know what to do. She went to the gate and looked toward the road. She could not see a single goose. She was afraid they were lost. Johnny and Kate were playing in the yard next door. Miss Matilda asked them if they had seen her geese. "I saw them," said Johnny, "they were going toward the pond." "Dear! dear!" said Miss Matilda. "Do you think they will come back?" "We'll go looking for them," said Kate. The children went off toward the pond. Johnny saw the geese almost as soon as he came near the pond.

capullos--puntiagudas--tallos--cuece. Mira esta flor blanca. ¿Sabes qué flor es? Es la flor de la yuca. Nos gusta verla brillar en el sol. Les gusta a las abejas y a las polillas. Ellas cogen comida de sus capullos. La planta de la yuca tiene hojas largas y puntiagudas. Es una planta muy útil. Catalina tiene una soga para su cabra. La soga está hecha de las hojas y de los tallos de la yuca. Su madre halla útiles las raíces. Las arranca y las seca. Después las usa para jabón. Lava el cabello de Catalina con ellas. Catalina tiene un hermoso cabello negro. La yuca lo pone suave y lustroso. El fruto de la yuca es bueno para comer. La madre de Catalina cuece el fruto. --¡Qué hermosa es la yuca!--dicen los niños. --¡Qué útil es!--dice su madre. --Nos alegra a todos ver la planta de la yuca. | yucca--pointed--dries--soap--glossy. See this white flower! Do you know what it is? It is the flower of the yucca. We like to see it shining in the sun. The bees and the moths like it. They gather food from its blossoms. The yucca plant has long and pointed leaves. It is a very useful plant. Katherine has a rope for her goat. The rope is made from the leaves and the stems of the yucca. Her mother finds the roots useful. She digs them up and dries them. Then she uses them for soap. She washes Katherine's hair with them. Katherine has beautiful black hair. The yucca makes it soft and glossy. The fruit of the yucca is good to eat. Katherine's mother cooks the fruit. "How beautiful the yucca is!" the children say. "How useful it is!" says their mother. "We are all glad to see the yucca plant."

regar--alfalfa--azadón--pala--alfalfar anduvieron--brotes--acequia. --Pablo,--dijo papá,--¿vienes? Tenemos que regar la alfalfa hoy. --¡Bueno!--dijo Pablo,--yo quiero ayudar. --Tú puedes traer tu azadón,--dijo papá. --Yo llevaré mi pala grande. Pablo y papá anduvieron por el alfalfa. --Los brotes están dulces,--dijo Pablo. --Sí,--dijo papá,--las abejas lo saben. Mira a ésta cogiendo miel. Cuando papá llegó a la acequia estaba llena de agua clara de las montañas. --Abre la puerta, Pablo,--dijo papá. Pablo abrió la puerta de prisa. El agua entró corriendo dentro del campo de alfalfa. Pablo y papá trabajaron todo el día. Por la noche estaban muy cansados, pero el campo estaba regado. --¡Qué fresca y verde se ve la alfalfa!--dijo Pablo. --Me alegro que le dimos agua. --Sí, dice papá,--se moriría sin agua. --A mí me gusta el agua, también,--dijo Pablo. | irrigate--alfalfa--hoe--shovel ditch--clear. "Paul," said papa, "are you coming? We must irrigate the alfalfa to-day." "Good!" said Paul. "I want to help." "You may take your hoe," said papa. "I will take the big shovel." Paul and papa walked through the alfalfa. "The blossoms are sweet," said Paul. "Yes," said papa, "the bees know it. See this one gathering honey." When papa came to the ditch it was full of clear water from the mountains. "Open the gate, Paul," said papa. Paul opened the gate quickly. The water ran into the alfalfa field. Paul and papa worked all day. At night they were very tired, but the field was irrigated. "How fresh and green the alfalfa looks!" said Paul. "I am glad we gave it some water." "Yes," said papa. "It would die without the water." "I like the water, too!" said Paul.

ciudad--rancho--redil--afilada peluda--coyote--alejó--aullido. María vive en una ciudad grande. Ella tiene una amiga que se llama Luisa. Luisa vive en un rancho en el campo. En el rancho hay muchas ovejas. Un día María fué a visitar a Luisa. La niñita de la ciudad no había estado en el campo nunca. Le gustaba ver jugar a los corderos. Una tarde las niñas fueron a pasear. Estaban paseando cerca del redil de las ovejas. --Mira a ese perro extraño,--dijo María. --Mira qué nariz tan afilada tiene. Sus orejas son puntiagudas también. Mira qué peluda es su cola. Luisa miró al perro extraño y se rió. --Ése no es un perro,--dijo ella. --Ése es un coyote. Llamaré a Turco para que le eche fuera. Turco corrió ladrando tras el coyote. El coyote se alejó muy de prisa. Por la noche María oyó un aullido extraño. --¿Qué es eso?--le preguntó a Luisa. --Ése es el coyote,--dijo Luisa. --Él aulla porque quiere su cena. | ranch--evening--sharp--bushy coyote--drive--supper. Mary lives in a large city. She has a friend named Louise. Louise lives on a ranch in the country. On the ranch are many sheep. One day Mary went to visit Louise. The little city girl had never been in the country before. She liked to see the lambs play. One evening the girls went to walk. They were walking near the sheep pen. "Look at that strange dog!" said Mary. "See what a sharp nose he has! His ears are pointed, too. See how bushy his tail is!" Louise looked at the strange dog and laughed. "That is not a dog," she said. "That is a coyote. I'll call Turk to drive him away." Turk ran after the coyote and barked. The coyote ran off very fast. In the night Mary heard a strange cry. "What is that?" she asked Louise. "It is the coyote," said Louise. "He is crying for his supper."

valle--cuidar--montañas--arroyo. Juan vive en un rancho. Su casa está en el verde valle. El padre de Juan tiene muchas cabras en su rancho. Juan ayuda a su padre a cuidar las cabras. En el verano Juan lleva las cabras a las montañas. A Juan le gustan las montañas. Él tiene allí una rústica cabaña. Está entre los árboles cerca de un arroyo. Todos los días las cabras trepan por la ladera de la montaña. Ellas comen zacate y matojos. Juan va con ellas a la montaña. Por la noche las guía abajo de nuevo. Las guía al redil. Allí ellas están seguras del peligro. La cabra da rica y dulce leche. Juan bebe leche para la cena. Él hace queso de la leche, también. Una noche un león saltó dentro del redil donde estaban las cabras. Él intentó coger una cabra. Juan estaba dormido en su cabaña. Al oír el ruido, él corrió fuera con su escopeta. El león tuvo miedo y se alejó. | valley--nibble--afraid. John lives on a ranch. His home is in a green valley. John's father has many goats on his ranch. John helps his father care for the goats. In the summer John takes the goats to the mountains. John loves the mountains. He has a log house there. It is among the trees near a stream. Every day the goats climb up the side of the mountain. They nibble the grass and the bushes. John goes with them up the mountain. At night he drives them down again. He drives them into a pen. There they are safe from harm. The goats give rich and sweet milk. John drinks the milk for his supper. He makes cheese from the milk, too. One night a mountain lion jumped into the pen where the goats were. He tried to catch a goat. John was asleep in his log house. When he heard the noise, he ran out with his gun. The lion was afraid and ran away.

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