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Why do you sit so close to the fire? Your face is quite red with the heat, and yet you say you are cold. You will not get warm this way. Come out of doors with me, and we will have a slide on the ice, or have a run with our hoops. What do you say to a game with the snow? You will not feel warm while you sit so close to the fire. WRITING.

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A boy took a nest with ten young birds in it, but four of them died: how many live birds had he left?

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Some boys and girls once said to a good "Go man, up, thou bald head, go. was wrong of them to say this to him, so God sent out of a wood close by two she bears, which tore them "limb from limb to death." You must not call ill names, nor say bad words, nor make fun of the lame or blind, but try to do all the good you can.

A boy had nine white mice and bought four more:

how many white mice had he?

It was our God who made the sky,
And all the stars that shine so high;
He bade them shine and gave the light,
The sun by day, the moon by night;
He made the earth that looks so fair,
And all the friends I love so dear;
He gave me life and health and breath,
And keeps me from the hand of death.

John is twelve years old, and Ann is nine years old:

how much older is John than Ann?

SPELLING.

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Jane had been good, so her Aunt gave her a large new doll. It had on a pink frock, a straw hat, and a pair of red shoes. "Thank you dear Aunt," said Jane, "I will take great care of this fine doll." When Jane had done all her tasks, she would make her doll some new clothes or take it with her when she went out for a walk.

A man had ten cows and bought four more: how many cows had he?

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The next time Jane's Aunt came to see her she brought a house to put the doll in. It was a large house for a doll, for it had one, two, three rooms in it. In this house there were chairs for the doll to sit on, a bed for it to lie on, and all those things we find in a house of this kind. Try to be good and your friends will love you.

I had nine sums to do but have only done six of

them how many more sums have I to do?

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