Aunt Anns Lesson-Book -Part 1

AUNT ANN'S
LESSON-BOOK,

for

VERY YOUNG CHILDREN.

IN WORDS OF ONE AND TWO SYLLABLES.

BY A FRIEND TO LITTLE CHILDREN.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR HARVEY AND DARTON,

GRACECHURCH-STREET.

1822.
Price 1s. 6d. coloured.

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A GOOD BOY.

A good boy will rise early in the morning, and wash his face and hands very clean, and thank God for his breakfast.

A good boy will then take his book, and try to learn to read. Will you try to be a good boy, George? Then spell your words, and mind your stops; and when you can read well, I will teach you to write.

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A GOOD GIRL.

Mary, my dear, why do you not work? You will never finish that doll's frock, if you lay it by so often. Always finish what you begin.

Suppose a builder were building a house, and when he had got half way, he were to stop and say, "I am tired, and will leave off," we should have no houses to live in. Or, suppose a ploughman in a field were to say, "I am tired of ploughing and sowing corn," we should have no bread to eat.

So, Mary, go on with your work, and finish your frock, that your doll may be dressed.

Mary did as was bid, and her doll looked very nicely in her new frock.

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A PRETTY BOOK.

Henry and Frank had each a sixpence given to them, and they did not know at first how to spend it.

I will buy a plum-cake, said Frank; and he bought a cake and eat it, and the cake was gone.

I will buy a pretty book, said Henry, and he did so; and the next day he had his book, and the next day, and the next. A whole year after, he still had his book. Indeed, I believe he has his pretty book at this moment.

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BREAKING THE ICE.

FIRE.

How cold it is! I have been running in the snow and making snow-balls; andbreaking the ice in the pond, that the ducks might get into the pond and swim. I am very cold.

Then go to the room where there is a fire; but do not stand too near it. How bright the coals burn!

How good it is of God to give us FIRE to warm us, and to dress our food!

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AIR.

I will run over the hill among the sheep and lambs. The wind is very high, but it is not cold: the wind makes my cheeks red, and blows my clothes about.

We could not live if we had not air. If we had not air, we should not have any birds, or flowers, or trees, or any pretty things.

How good it is of God to give us AIR, that we may breathe and keep alive.

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EARTH.

My little rose-tree is dead! Why is it dead? Because you did not plant it in the earth a week ago, as the man told you to do. You left your rose-tree on the gravel-walk, and it is dead: I put my rose-tree into a hole in the fresh earth, and you see mine is alive.

All trees, and plants, and flowers, grow in the earth.

God is very good to give us EARTH, to produce for us many good things.

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WATER.

See! how clear this water is. How it sparkles in the sun, as it falls down from the rocks high over our heads; and the water runs along the ground, and across the field, and into the river. And then the river runs into the sea; and a great large sea is called an ocean.

A great many fishes live in the water, and in the sea.

God made the sea, and all the fishes in it.

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