Second Grade Read Aloud Banquet

Songs for September

Animal Crackers

Animal crackers and cocoa to drink,
That is the finest of suppers I think;
When I'm grown up and can have what I please
I think I shall always insist upon these.
What do you  choose when you're offered a treat?
When Mother says, "What would you like best to eat?"
Is it waffles and syrup, or cinnamon toast?
It's cocoa and animals that I love most!

The kitchen's the cosiest place that I know;
The kettle is singing, the stove is aglow,
And there in the twilight, how jolly to see
The cocoa and animals waiting for me.

Daddy and Mother dine later in state,
With Mary to cook for them, Susan to wait;
But they don't have nearly as much fun as I
Who eat in the kitchen with Nurse standing by;
And Daddy once said, he would like to be me
Having cocoa and animals once more for tea.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 35	What Pinocchio Finds in the Dog-Fish from Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi	Diogenes the Wise Man from Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin	Peter Sees Rosebreast and Finds Redcoat from The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess	The Treasure of King Labraid Lorc (Part 1 of 2) from The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said by Padraic Colum	The Invention of Printing from The Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge	Lost in a Forest (Part 1 of 2) from The Bears of Blue River by Charles Major	The Shepherd Boy Becomes a King from Hurlbut's Story of the Bible by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
	Captain Smith Gains Authority from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis Disagreeable Measures of Discipline from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis Signs of Rebellion from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis	Box Turtle from Outdoor Visits by Edith M. Patch	The Two Goats from The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter	I Explore My Cave Further from Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children by James Baldwin	The Hillman and the Housewife from Merry Tales by Eleanor L. Skinner	Prickly Porky Makes Himself at Home from The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum by Thornton Burgess	The Fire Story from The Sandman: His Sea Stories by Willliam J. Hopkins
	My Lady Wind, Anonymous	What Does the Bee Do? by Christina Georgina Rossetti		The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll	The Window by Walter de la Mare	Ladybird, Ladybird! by Caroline Bowles Southey	A Song by James Whitcomb Riley

The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter

The Frogs Who Wished for a King

The Frogs were tired of governing themselves. They had so much freedom that it had spoiled them, and they did nothing but sit around croaking in a bored manner and wishing for a government that could entertain them with the pomp and display of royalty, and rule them in a way to make them know they were being ruled. No milk and water government for them, they declared. So they sent a petition to Jupiter asking for a king.

Jupiter saw what simple and foolish creatures they were, but to keep them quiet and make them think they had a king he threw down a huge log, which fell into the water with a great splash. The Frogs hid themselves among the reeds and grasses, thinking the new king to be some fearful giant. But they soon discovered how tame and peaceable King Log was. In a short time the younger Frogs were using him for a diving platform, while the older Frogs made him a meeting place, where they complained loudly to Jupiter about the government.

To teach the Frogs a lesson the ruler of the gods now sent a Crane to be king of Frogland. The Crane proved to be a very different sort of king from old King Log. He gobbled up the poor Frogs right and left and they soon saw what fools they had been. In mournful croaks they begged Jupiter to take away the cruel tyrant before they should all be destroyed.

"How now!" cried Jupiter "Are you not yet content? You have what you asked for and so you have only yourselves to blame for your misfortunes."

Be sure you can better your condition before you seek to change.