Second Grade Read Aloud Banquet

Songs for December

Bunches of Grapes

"Bunches of grapes," says Timothy:

"Pomegranates pink," says Elaine;

"A junket of cream and a cranberry tart

For me," says Jane.

"Love-in-a-mist," says Timothy:

"Primroses pale," says Elaine;

"A nosegay of pinks and mignonette

For me," says Jane.

"Chariots of gold," says Timothy:

"Silvery wings," says Elaine;

"A bumpity ride in a wagon of hay

For me," says Jane.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 28	Pinocchio Is in Danger of Being Fried from Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi	Horatius at the Bridge from Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin	A Fishing Party from The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess	The Hen-wife's Son and the Princess Bright Brow (Part 2 of 3) from The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said by Padraic Colum	Queen of the Adriatic from The Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge	"Understood Aunt Frances" (Part 2 of 4) from Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher	Saul's Great Sin and His Great Loss from Hurlbut's Story of the Bible by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
	Exploring the Country from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis People Land from the Ships from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis Captain Smith Proven Innocent from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis	Helping Mother Oriole from Outdoor Visits by Edith M. Patch	The Oak and the Reeds from The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter	I Have a Perilous Adventure from Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children by James Baldwin	Lambikin from Nursery Tales from Many Lands by Eleanor L. and Ada M. Skinner	Bobby Coon Is Waked Up from The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum by Thornton Burgess	Ginseng from The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
	Queen Mab by Thomas Hood	The Fly-Away Horse by Eugene Field		A Sad Little Lass by Margaret Johnson	King David by Walter de la Mare	Hiawatha's Sailing by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	A Lesson of Mercy by Alice Cary

The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter

The Crow and the Pitcher

In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he must die of thirst.

Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink.

In a pinch a good use of our wits may help us out.