Second Grade Read Aloud Banquet

Songs for July

The Horseman

I heard a horseman
Ride over the hill;
The moon shone clear,
The night was still;
His helm was silver,
And pale was he;
And the horse he rode
Was of ivory.

	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 Dog, the Cock, and the Fox

A Dog and a Cock, who were the best of friends, wished very much to see something of the world. So they decided to leave the farmyard and to set out into the world along the road that led to the woods. The two comrades traveled along in the very best of spirits and without meeting any adventure to speak of.

At nightfall the Cock, looking for a place to roost, as was his custom, spied nearby a hollow tree that he thought would do very nicely for a night's lodging. The Dog could creep inside and the Cock would fly up on one of the branches. So said, so done, and both slept very comfortably.

With the first glimmer of dawn the Cock awoke. For the moment he forgot just where he was. He thought he was still in the farmyard where it had been his duty to arouse the household at daybreak. So standing on tip-toes he flapped his wings and crowed lustily. But instead of awakening the farmer, he awakened a Fox not far off in the wood. The Fox immediately had rosy visions of a very delicious breakfast. Hurrying to the tree where the Cock was roosting, he said very politely:

"A hearty welcome to our woods, honored sir. I cannot tell you how glad I am to see you here. I am quite sure we shall become the closest of friends."

"I feel highly flattered, kind sir," replied the Cock slyly. "If you will please go around to the door of my house at the foot of the tree, my porter will let you in."

The hungry but unsuspecting Fox, went around the tree as he was told, and in a twinkling the Dog had seized him.

Those who try to deceive may expect to be paid in their own coin.