The New McGuffey Second Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

Author:William Holmes McGuffey
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: American Book Co.
Published: 1901-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

''Yes, they are great curtains/' said their father. ''What do we use curtains for?''

"Oh, I know," said Mary. "When the sun shines too bright, we pull down the curtains to keep out the heat and the light."

"Now," said her father, "when the sun shines bright, the cattle feel the heat very much, and the flowers bow their heads to the ground. Then the clouds are spread out like curtains to shield them from the heat."

It soon began to rain; they went into a farmhouse for shelter. The children stood at the window to look at the rain.

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**That rain/' said their father, '* comes from the clouds. How useful clouds are! They are great watering pots."

'*Why do you call them watering pots, father?'' asked Mary.

**Why do you ask that question, Mary? I saw you taking a watering pot into the garden this morning. What did you do with it?"

'* I watered the ground about my flowers," said Mary; ''for when the ground becomes very dry, the plants cannot grow."

''Just so; and when all the land becomes very dry the grass, and the wheat, and the com cannot grow. Then the clouds water it."

"Oh, I see! I see!" cried John. "The rain comes out of those great, dark clouds and waters the dry ground."

" Yes; the clouds are great watering pots which water this beautiful earth."

The rain was soon over, and the children went out again with their father. " How pleasant it is," said they, as they breathed the cool, fresh air.

'"Yes," said their father; ''it is made so by the great watering pots. Now, look at the clouds!"

The children looked up, and began to clap their hands. '' Oh, how beautiful! " they cried.

The great clouds were moving toward the east. The sun was shining upon them, giving them all shades of beautiful colors. One cloud looked like a ship, and another was shaped like an aniinal with three horns.

''You see,'' said their father, "that clouds are pictures as well as curtains and watering pots — and what beautiful pictures they are! "

I once had a sweet little doll, — The prettiest doll in the world;

Her cheeks were so red and so white, And her hair was so prettily curled!

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