This is Bennie.
Bennie is my brother.
See the little rabbits with Bennie.
How many rabbits do you see?
See how the rabbits jump and play.
about gray
Here is a song I sing about Bennie.
Our Bennie Boy has a little rabbit,
Our Bennie Boy has a little rabbit,
Our Bennie Boy has a little rabbit,
One little rabbit gray.
One little, two little, three little rabbits,
Four little, five little, six little rabbits,
Seven little, eight little, nine little rabbits,
Ten little rabbits gray.
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Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four,
three, two, one.
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look at top spin
Look, look, Grace! Look, sister!
Look at my big top.
See how I can spin it.
Can you spin it, Grace?
I can not spin a top, Bennie.
I like to play with my doll.
Boys like to spin tops.
Girls do not like to spin tops.
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come book give mother tell
Come here, Bennie, my little boy.
Do you see this pretty book?
I will give it to a good little boy.
Will you give it to me, mother?
Am I a good boy?
I like a pretty book.
I will tell sister Grace about it.
Grace will like to look at it.
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picture some of
Come here, Grace, and see this book.
It is a pretty picture book.
Come and look at the pictures with me.
I will tell you about some of the pictures.
How good mother is!
How good she is to give you this book!
See this picture of a boy and a girl.
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See! Here is a picture of a dog.
It looks like one of my dogs.
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Here is a picture of a rabbit.
It is a big gray rabbit.
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Here is a picture of some boys.
See the boys run and play.
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Here is a picture of a little girl.
She has a doll and a fan.
She looks like you, Grace.
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baby child love
This is our baby sister.
Is she not a pretty child?
I love our baby.
Have you a baby sister?
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walk talk far your
Can our baby walk?
She can walk a little.
She can not walk far.
See how she can walk.
Come, baby, come to your sister.
See how far you can walk.
The good child can walk to me.
She can not talk to me.
well call soon too
Look, mother, look! Call the baby.
See how well she can walk.
See how far she can walk.
Soon she can run and play.
She will soon talk, too.
She likes to look at pictures.
I will let her look at my book.
Come, baby! See this pretty book!
I will let you see the pictures.
Here is a picture of a flag.
Here is a girl with a fan.
Here is a dog with a hat.
Call the dog, baby. Call the dog.
The baby calls. The dog will not come.
Our baby sister will soon talk.
She will talk to mother and Grace.
ground found round eggs
Bennie, come here, come here.
Look here on the ground.
What have you found, Grace?
I have found a nest. It has eggs in it.
See the eggs. How round they are!
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any oh no her we
How many birds are in this nest?
Let me see the pretty nest.
I do not see any birds in it.
I see some eggs in the nest.
How many do you see?
Is the nest for me?
Oh, no, no, no.
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Is the nest for you?
Oh, no, no, no.
The bird made the nest on the ground.
The nest is not for me.
The nest is not for you.
The nest is for the good little bird.
We found the nest on the ground.
She loves her nest and her round eggs.
We will not get any of her eggs.
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kittens on what
Here is a picture of some cats.
I see one big cat and two kittens.
The mother cat is on some books.
She calls the kittens.
Come, kittens, come.
See what is here.
See what I have found.
What can the mother cat see?
under they now
The mother cat is on the books.
What can she see under the books?
Now the kittens come and look.
What can they see?
They look on the books.
They look under the books.
They look in one book.
What do they see now?
Have you a little kitten?
What can it do?
My kitten plays with a ball.
I give it milk to drink.
Our brother Bennie has ten gray rabbits.
Has he any little kittens?
I can not tell you now.
I will call Bennie. He can tell.
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morning bright sun sky
What a bright morning this is!
It is a good morning for play.
Look at the sun in the sky.
Do you like to see the sun?
How bright it is this morning!
kite high so as down
Look at my kite, brother.
See how high it can fly.
Oh, it is a good kite.
It looks like a big bird.
It can fly as high as a bird.
I will run and it will fly high.
See it! See it now!
See how high in the sky it is!
How bright it looks in the sky!
Will it fly to the sun?
Oh, no, no! It can not fly so high.
The sun is too high.
No bird can fly to the sun.
Now, let it come down.
Do not let it come down in the tree.
Oh, how I like my pretty kite!
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cradle may take make name
I see a pretty cradle.
The cradle is high in the tree.
Tell me about this little cradle.
Tell me what is in the cradle.
I see some birds in the cradle.
One, two, three baby birds.
What is your name, little bird?
The bird will not tell you.
What can you make, little bird?
I can make a nest.
My nest is high in the tree.
It is a cradle for my little birds.
Can you make a cradle, little boy?
Oh, no, I can not make a cradle.
I can not make a nest.
May I take your nest?
May I take it for our baby?
She will like to play with it.
No, no, little boy.
The nest is not for your baby.
It is for my three little birds.
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