Second Grade Read Aloud Banquet

Songs for March

The Three Little Kittens

Billy Pringle

Mrs. Bond

There Was a Lady Loved a Swine

The Months

January brings the snow,

Makes our feet and fingers glow.

February brings the rain,

Thaws the frozen lake again.

March brings breezes loud and shrill,

Tp stir the dancing daffodil.

April brings the primrose sweet,

Scatters daises at our feet.

May brings flocks of pretty lambs,

Skipping by their fleecy damns.

June brings tulips, lilies, roses,

Fills the children's hands with posies.

Hot July brings cooling showers,

Apricots and gillyflowers.

August brings the sheaves of corn,

Then the harvest home is borne.

Warm September brings the fruit,

Sportsmen then begin to shoot.

Fresh October brings the pheasent,

Then to gather nuts is pleasent.

Dull November brings the blast,

Then the leaves are whirling fast.

Chill December brings the sleet,

Blazing fire, and Christmas treat.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 42	Living Creatures from The Little Lame Prince by Dinah Maria Mulock	The Endless Tale from Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin	A Butcher and a Hummer from The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess	EARTH: THE FIRST STORY from The Forge in the Forest by Padraic Colum The Seven Sleepers from The Forge in the Forest by Padraic Colum	The Last of the Moors from The Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge	Borrowed Fire (Part 2 of 2) from The Bears of Blue River by Charles Major	David's Handsome Son and How He Stole the Kingdom (Part 2 of 2) from Hurlbut's Story of the Bible by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
	The Condition of the Colony from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis Tobacco from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis Captain Newport's Return from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis	Blue Chicory from Outdoor Visits by Edith M. Patch	The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion from The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter	I Teach Friday Many Things from Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children by James Baldwin	The Leaping Match from Merry Tales by Eleanor L. Skinner	What the Snow Did from The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum by Thornton Burgess	The Sounding Story from The Sandman: His Sea Stories by Willliam J. Hopkins
	The Great Brown Owl by Ann Hawkshaw	Evening Red and Morning Gray, Anonymous		A Nautical Ballad, Anonymous	Five Eyes by Walter de la Mare	Jack Frost by Celia Thaxter	The Mill by Dinah Maria Mulock

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.