Second Grade Read Aloud Banquet

Songs for November

Bunches of Grapes

"Bunches of grapes," says Timothy:

"Pomegranates pink," says Elaine;

"A junket of cream and a cranberry tart

For me," says Jane.

"Love-in-a-mist," says Timothy:

"Primroses pale," says Elaine;

"A nosegay of pinks and mignonette

For me," says Jane.

"Chariots of gold," says Timothy:

"Silvery wings," says Elaine;

"A bumpity ride in a wagon of hay

For me," says Jane.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 25	Pinocchio Promises To Be Good and Studious from Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi	The Story of Regulus from Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin	Some Homes in the Green Forest from The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess	Bloom-of-Youth and the Witch of the Elders (Part 1 of 2) from The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said by Padraic Colum	Frederick Barbarossa from The Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge	Betsy Has a Birthday (Part 2 of 3) from Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher	The Tall Man Who Was Chosen King from Hurlbut's Story of the Bible by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
	A Variety of Wild Game from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis The Tempest from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis The New Country Sighted from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis	The Hermit Crab from Seaside and Wayside, Book One by Julia McNair Wright	The Frogs Who Wished for a King from The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter	I Become a Potter from Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children by James Baldwin	The Travels of a Fox from Nursery Tales from Many Lands by Eleanor L. and Ada M. Skinner	Reddy Fox Thinks He Sees a Ghost from The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum by Thornton Burgess	Cherry Picking from The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
	A Boy's Song by James Hogg	The Cow by Robert Louis Stevenson		The Pasture by Robert Frost	In Vain by Walter de la Mare	Wishing by William Allingham	Ariel's Song from The Tempest by William Shakespeare

The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter

The Old Lion and the Fox

An old Lion, whose teeth and claws were so worn that it was not so easy for him to get food as in his younger days, pretended that he was sick. He took care to let all his neighbors know about it, and then lay down in his cave to wait for visitors. And when they came to offer him their sympathy, he ate them up one by one.

The Fox came too, but he was very cautious about it. Standing at a safe distance from the cave, he inquired politely after the Lion's health. The Lion replied that he was very ill indeed, and asked the Fox to step in for a moment. But Master Fox very wisely stayed outside, thanking the Lion very kindly for the invitation.

"I should be glad to do as you ask," he added, "but I have noticed that there are many foot prints leading into your cave and none coming out. Pray tell me, how do your visitors find their way out again?"

Take warning from the misfortunes of others.