"What do you call them, Mary? May I have one?"

"No, Ben; you must not take them away from the old mother cat. We will play with them and then give them to the old mother cat again."

"Please let me have one in my arms. I will not harm the dear little pet. Give me the white one."

So Mary gave it to Ben and he put it up to his face and said, "Mary, I do love this dear little kitten. It is so nice."

Then the children gave the kittens some sweet milk, and put them into the box for the old cat.

Some day they will run and catch the sly old rats. Now they must sleep.

NEW WORDS TO BE TAUGHT PHONETICALLY.

ă, a, ả, ê (=a), ă, i, ô (=i), i, oi (=oy),

ou (=ow), o (=00), ŭ, ụ, ỹ (=ī).

Kitty lawn afraid loud long about

"Kitty, Kitty, catch me if you can!" This is what little Robin said as he hopped about on the lawn. When Kitty jumped to catch him Robin flew away.

He flew up into the

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cherry tree

and sang a glad song. Then Kitty

ran away and hid under the rosebush.

Robin is not afraid of Kitty. He knows he can fly away and Kitty cannot catch him.

Hear him sing loud and long:

"Kitty, Kitty, can you catch me?
Kitty, Kitty, will you bite me?
No, no, Kitty, you must like me,
Swinging in the cherry tree."

the dolly sleep in its warm bed. Do you see the dolly sleep?

In the morning May says, "Open your eyes, my sweet dolly, and see the morning sun. Soon we will go out

and play under the green trees. We will sing and swing. Then the birds will come and sing a glad song for us."

When the dolly sleeps May is

One day a little crocus looked slyly from under the snow. "How fine the day is," said the little crocus; "the