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,
Sweet land of liberty.
Of thee I sing;

Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims pride,
From ev'ry mountain side.
Set freedom ring.

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love!

I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills,
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.

Let Music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet Freedom's song;

Let mortal tongue awake,
Let all that breathe partake.
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our fathers God, to Thee,
Author of liberty.
To Thee we sing:

Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King.

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