score
twice
village
lying
heavy
Bible
lovely
chores
poplar
clothes
cute
mason
wagon
thrice
chance
built
early
could
quire
calico
lively
money
tumble
hatched
window
A village mason built a score of stables. A lovely calico frock.
The Bible is lying on the window. His clothes are always too heavy.
He was hired to clean the wagon and do chores. He offered twice or
thrice the money. The cute ducks were hatched early. Buy a quire of
paper. Could you tell a poplar tree? A jug of cream. By chance he
tumbled down stairs.
13
loud
cloud
shroud
hour
flour
scour
spider
insect
tadpole
fatter
dipper
friend
appear
become
narrow
A barrel of flour. Scour the dipper. Half an hour. Thou shalt not
steal. Clouds in the south shroud the sun. Proud of his friends.
The yeast was sour. The toad is dark brown, with a fatter body and
shorter legs than the frog. Little warts cover its body. It eats
insects, spiders and worms. From its eggs come little black tadpoles.
Soon the hind legs appear, then the front ones. The long, narrow
tail slowly becomes shorter. So, after some weeks, the tadpoles have
turned into toads.
14
pout
spout
sprout
couch
crouch
slouch
quart
quite
quilt
timid
fellow
supper
can't
seeing
careful
With --out put ab, g, r, sh, sc, sn, st, tr. To qu-- add ack, ail,
een, eer, ill, iet. With --ouse put h, d, l, m, s, gr.
Fetch the quilt to the couch. Timid quails crouch down and keep
quiet. Walk quickly, do not slouch. Plants sprout in the spring. Not
quite a quart of cream. "Be careful," said a mother trout to her son,
"some school boys shout; they come here to fish." "They can't catch
me," cried the foolish fellow, "I know their tricks." He swam off in
search of supper. Seeing a plump worm twisting about, he snatched it.
There was a loud splash, but one trout swam in the brook never again.
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bound
found
ground
ounce
bounce
flounce
squaw
animal
settlers
ripened
Indians
wigwam
easily
season
between
Write h, m, p, r, s, w with --ound.
Sixteen ounces make a pound. A tiger pounced upon the hound. She
wears flounces. Bounce your ball. He wound the clock. The French were
the first white settlers in Canada. They found here many Indians.
These lived by fishing and the chase. They dressed in the skins of
animals which they had killed. Their wigwams were easily moved, and
often this was done each season. The squaws tilled the crops. They
ground the ripened corn between two stones.
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light
fight
fright
ought
fought
brought
native
safety
bravely
kettle
candle
tallow
strange
instead
blazing
With --ight put m, n, kn, r, s, t, br, fl, sl.
The Indians were friendly at first, but later they thought it right
to fight the French. But these settlers fought bravely. The guns they
had brought frightened the natives, who sought safety in flight. The
settlers built rude log houses, now a strange sight. Often oiled
paper was used for glass. Tallow candles gave light at night. Instead
of an iron stove a huge fireplace might be found. Over the bright
blazing fire hung iron kettles for cooking.
17
edge
wedge
sledge
judge
budge
grudge
dodge
badge
bridge
cradle
simple
lessons
rattle
paddle
silently
Write h, l, pl, dr with --edge. Put f, n, sm, dr, tr with --udge.
Trudge to the edge of the bridge. Nudge John. He grudges a badge for
the judge. We could not budge the wedge. He dodged the sledge. The
Indian baby was strapped into a wooden cradle. The children played
many games, and had simple toys, dolls and rattles. They had many
lessons not found in books. They knew where to find the birds and
animals. They could tell their colors and habits. When twelve the boy
could build a boat, and paddle swiftly and silently.