First Grade Read Aloud Banquet

Songs for July

Over the Hills and Far Away



Bo-Peep



Buy a Broom



Lucy Locket

The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse

The city mouse lives in a house—

The garden mouse lives in a bower,

He's friendly with the frogs and toads,

And sees the pretty plants in flower.


The city mouse eats bread and cheese—

The garden mouse eats what he can;

We will not grudge him seeds and stalks,

Poor little timid furry man.

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Week 29 The Council with the Munchkins from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum The First Steamboat from Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston The Wonderful Shiny Egg from Among the Farmyard People by Clara Dillingham Pierson The Hare and the Hedgehog from Fairy Tales Too Good To Miss—Around the Fire by Lisa M. Ripperton Some Greek Colonies from On the Shores of the Great Sea by M. B. Synge School from The Irish Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins Saint Christopher (Part 1 of 2) from In God's Garden by Amy Steedman
The Clucking Hen, Anonymous 		The Dormouse and the Doctor by A. A. Milne
Over in the Meadow by Olive A. Wadsworth 		Looking-Glass River by Robert Louis Stevenson Cradle Song by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Nonsense Alphabet by Edward Lear Hopping Frog by Christina Georgina Rossetti
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The Aesop for Children  by Milo Winter

The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox

A Dog and a Cock, who were the best of friends, wished very much to see something of the world. So they decided to leave the farmyard and to set out into the world along the road that led to the woods. The two comrades traveled along in the very best of spirits and without meeting any adventure to speak of.

At nightfall the Cock, looking for a place to roost, as was his custom, spied nearby a hollow tree that he thought would do very nicely for a night's lodging. The Dog could creep inside and the Cock would fly up on one of the branches. So said, so done, and both slept very comfortably.

With the first glimmer of dawn the Cock awoke. For the moment he forgot just where he was. He thought he was still in the farmyard where it had been his duty to arouse the household at daybreak. So standing on tip-toes he flapped his wings and crowed lustily. But instead of awakening the farmer, he awakened a Fox not far off in the wood. The Fox immediately had rosy visions of a very delicious breakfast. Hurrying to the tree where the Cock was roosting, he said very politely:

"A hearty welcome to our woods, honored sir. I cannot tell you how glad I am to see you here. I am quite sure we shall become the closest of friends."


[Illustration]

"I feel highly flattered, kind sir," replied the Cock slyly. "If you will please go around to the door of my house at the foot of the tree, my porter will let you in."

The hungry but unsuspecting Fox, went around the tree as he was told, and in a twinkling the Dog had seized him.

Those who try to deceive may expect to be paid in their own coin.