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We will take a ride through the park be put down at the foot of the hill: from t of it, we may see the sun set. The day ha

clear, bright, and hot. It is now near the June. The hill is steep, but we shall soon g brow. Now look at the sun; he seems the one of our large globes at home; but he is ball of fire. It is a grand sight! Now h

Look up! what a flock of kites there is i air. I mean those which you see the boys no One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ten. I count ten, or more, all up at one There are two, whose strings have got mixt; pitch, and down they come! How fine a vie have all round us! On one side woods; and the great town, with its tall spires, its domes high roofs and far off, are seen the blue hills.

It is time to go to bed. Lay by your b and maps, and all your gay toys, dolls, bats, balls, till you want them to read in, to draw, play with. Now read a Psalm from the Bible, by verse, in turns. Then kneel down and say prayers and first, say the Lord's Prayer. well.

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Good night! good night! Be up in time to learn a verse or two out of your Task Book, and I will hear you say it, the first thing when I come down from my room.-They are all in good health, thank God! and I trust they will rise the same.

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WORDS THAT OCCUR IN THE FOLLOWING FABLES.

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MORAL:-ENVY NOT THE ENJOYMENTS OF OTHERS.

A DOG lay down in the stall, while the Ox at work in the fields; but when he came in to at the crib, the Dog kept him off, and would let him touch the hay that was brought for Vile cur! said the Ox, you do not eat the yourself, nor will you let me have it who so m need it.

THE BOY AND THE WOLF.

MORAL-A LIAR IS NOT TO BE BELIEVED.

A Boy who kept Sheep on a hill, cried out in sport, "The Wolf, the Wolf!" by which means he drew some men from their work, who were in a field near, to come and help him; as they thought the Wolf was there: but the Boy laughed at them for their pains. The men then said, he should make a jest of them no more. At length the Wolf did come, and the Boy made the place ring with his cries for help; but the men now took no heed of him, so that some of the Sheep were torn by the Wolf, ere aid could be had.

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THE FOX AND THE GRAPES.

MORAL:-WE ARE APT TO MAKE LIGHT OF WHAT WE CAN'T GET.

A Fox saw some fine grapes, that he would have been glad to reach, but the frame to which the vine was hung, was so high, that he knew not how to get at them. He leapt, and leapt, till he was quite spent, and strove all he could, but in vain. At last, when he found, that with all his arts, he could not reach them,-Pshaw! said he; they are but sour things; and I will try no more for such trash.

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The Goat, when she went forth to feed, sh her young kid at home, and told him to bo door fast, and let no one in, till she should back. The Wolf, who lay hid just by, hear charge. He then gave a slight tap at the and, in the voice of the goat, told the kid him in. The kid saw him through a hole i roof, and as he found out the cheat, bid hi gone; for though he could so well feign the C voice, he had too much the look of a Wolf let in.

MORAL: THOSE YOU TREAT HARSHLY WILL NOT LOVE Y

An old Man, who made his poor Ass work for his keep, heard, all at once, that the foe w hand. He ran to the Ass, and told him to off with him as fast as he could. Pray, sai Ass, do you think the foe will put a load of back as you have done? Ay, ay! said the Man; to be sure he will. Oh! then, said the what is it to me whom I serve, since I mus work all my life, as hard as I have done with

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