First Grade Read Aloud Banquet

Songs for September

Dickory Dock



London Bridge



Puss at Court



Ye Frog's Wooing

Bed in Summer

In winter I get up at night

And dress by yellow candle-light.

In summer, quite the other way,

I have to go to bed by day.


I have to go to bed and see

The birds still hopping on the tree,

Or hear the grown-up people's feet

Still going past me in the street.


And does it not seem hard to you,

When all the sky is clear and blue,

And I should like so much to play,

To have to go to bed by day?

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Week 50 Nicholas, the Wood-Carver from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by Amelia C. Houghton The First Christmas Stocking from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by Amelia C. Houghton Why the Bear Has a Short Tail from The Book of Nature Myths by Florence Holbrook The Star Money from Fairy Tales Too Good To Miss—Around the Fire by Lisa M. Ripperton Nicholas' First Red Suit from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by Amelia C. Houghton Christmas at the Hacienda (Part 2 of 2) from The Mexican Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins Donder and Blitzen from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by Amelia C. Houghton
Winter Night by Mary F. Butts 		An Old Christmas Carol, Anonymous
The Dustman by Fred E. Weatherly 		The Friendly Beasts, Anonymous The First Christmas by Emilie Poulsson Christmas Song by Eugene Field A Christmas Carol 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.