The Victoria reading books. Introduction to book 1 |
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Page 3
... . The hare has long legs , long ears , and Hares have long , sharp teeth . large , round , black eyes . They are of a brown color , and they are soft and sleek . like puss . They feed on herbs and shrubs in the evening .
... . The hare has long legs , long ears , and Hares have long , sharp teeth . large , round , black eyes . They are of a brown color , and they are soft and sleek . like puss . They feed on herbs and shrubs in the evening .
Page 4
... round eyes glade cease THE OWL . The owl is a large bird , and it has long sharp claws . Its large round eyes are so made that it can see best in the dark . As the owl can not see well when the sun shines , it then flies to the glade ...
... round eyes glade cease THE OWL . The owl is a large bird , and it has long sharp claws . Its large round eyes are so made that it can see best in the dark . As the owl can not see well when the sun shines , it then flies to the glade ...
Page 8
... round the house and yard to catch flies . Some folks try to kill the bat ; but this is wrong , as it harms no one . Does it ? Little birds eat up all the flies that would tease us very very much . They also eat the grubs that would ...
... round the house and yard to catch flies . Some folks try to kill the bat ; but this is wrong , as it harms no one . Does it ? Little birds eat up all the flies that would tease us very very much . They also eat the grubs that would ...
Page 10
... round ground sight right string pour town wing roar gown Let me THE BOYS AND THE KITE . See the boy with his new kite . go and hold it up for him . Now run with the string , and then we can make it rise . There , it dives in the air . I ...
... round ground sight right string pour town wing roar gown Let me THE BOYS AND THE KITE . See the boy with his new kite . go and hold it up for him . Now run with the string , and then we can make it rise . There , it dives in the air . I ...
Page 12
... round and round . At last it ran among some bushes . For it was a warm spot , and the wind did not blow hard there . After that , the lamb ran into a bush , full of thorns . But the thorns took hold of its coat of wool , and held it ...
... round and round . At last it ran among some bushes . For it was a warm spot , and the wind did not blow hard there . After that , the lamb ran into a bush , full of thorns . But the thorns took hold of its coat of wool , and held it ...
Common terms and phrases
Betty Pringle big billy-goat Gruff birdie bonny song bridge bright butter catch Christmas pie Cocky-locky cream cuckoo dark Ding dong duck Ducky-daddles fawn field flies gaed going to-day gone Goosy-poosy grass grey greedy hawk Gruff comes Henny-penny hill-side idle Jack Horner King to sing kite kitty lamb little bird little girl Little Robin Red-breast Mary masts mee-ow Meggy and Herbert mi-ow milk mittens moolly cow mother dear Muschy nest nice night noon play pleasant plough pretty purr-r puss pussy Pussy-cat Quack roared the troll sail sailors ship sky is falling sly fox snipe song Spring tell the King thing three little kittens tree trip and go TRIP-TRAP Turkey-lurky VICTORIA READER walk warm wash'd wee boy Wee robin answer'd wee robin flew wheat wool Write and Spell young goat yule morning
Popular passages
Page 8 - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Page 6 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Page 41 - Lord ! I my vows to Thee renew : Scatter my sins as morning dew ; Guard my first springs of thought and will, And with Thyself my spirit fill. 5. Direct, control, suggest this day All I design, or do, or say, That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite.
Page 25 - There are forty feeding like one ! Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill ; The Plough-boy is whooping anon, anon. There's joy in the mountains ; There's life in the fountains ; Small clouds are sailing, Blue sky prevailing ; The rain is over and gone ! William Wordsworth '44* CHORAL SONG OF ILL YRIAN PEASANTS.
Page 14 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 36 - ONCE on a time there were three Billy-goats, who were to go up to the hill-side to make themselves fat, and the name of all three was " Gruff." On the way up was a bridge over a burn they had to cross ; and under the bridge lived a great ugly Troll, with eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as a poker. So first of all came the youngest billy-goat Gruff to cross the bridge. " Trip, trap ! trip, trap !
Page 24 - The cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising; There are forty feeding like one! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill...
Page 28 - A country life is sweet ! In moderate cold and heat, To walk in the air, how pleasant and fair, In every field of wheat, The fairest of flowers adorning the bowers, And every meadow's brow ; So that I say, no courtier may Compare with them who clothe in grey, And follow the useful plough.
Page 30 - The Sheep. LAZY sheep, pray tell me why In the pleasant fields you lie, Eating grass and daisies white, From the morning till the night ? Every thing can something do, But what kind of use are you...
Page 4 - And away Robin ran; Says little Robin Redbreast, 'Catch me if you can.