After these people had been here long enough to have the corn grow, they learned better how to live. They were very brave people. After the harvest was gathered, Governor Bradford called the people to celebrate their first Thanksgiving Day. When these men first came to Plymouth they built a large house. This house was large enough to hold all of them. But afterward they built houses for each family. Near this large house was their meeting-house. We would call it a church. Four cannons were mounted on the roof, so that the Indians and wild animals would not hurt the people while they were at church. When Governor Bradford called them together to give thanks to God for His care, they first went to the church, and afterward went to the big house, where they had a great dinner. What do you think they had for their dinner? Does any other country than the United States have a Thanksgiving Day each year? What man appoints the Thanksgiving Day this year? Expression. Answer questions in writing. WORD-BUILDING. Make hair from chair. Make hit from white. Make see from seen. Erase first two letters in heart. What is the word now? Erase first letter in ground. What is the word now? Erase first letter of tame, and use any other letter in its place. What word have you? AMERICA. My country, tis of thee, Land where my fathers died, My native country, thee, I love thy rocks and rills, Let Music swell the breeze, Let mortal tongue awake, Our fathers God, to Thee, Long may our land be bright One fine summer morning, a lion, a fox, and a donkey set out to hunt together in the forest. The donkey ran about in the brushwood, making a horrible noise with his loud bray, and frightening the deer, the hares, and the rabbits. The fox flew at their hind legs, bit at them, and drove them to where the lion was standing. The lion stood at a gap in the hedge; and as each deer or hare rushed through, he laid |