Second Grade Read Aloud Banquet

Songs for December

The Rain

The rain is raining all around, 
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here, 
And on the ships at sea.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 43	Stirrings of Ambition from The Little Lame Prince by Dinah Maria Mulock	The Blind Men and the Elephant from Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin	A Stranger and a Dandy from The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess	EARTH: THE SECOND STORY from The Forge in the Forest by Padraic Colum King Solomon and the Servitor of the Lord of Earth from The Forge in the Forest by Padraic Colum	Discovery of the New World from The Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge	The Fire Bear from The Bears of Blue River by Charles Major	Absalom in the Wood; David on the Throne (Part 1 of 2) from Hurlbut's Story of the Bible by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
	Gazing at the Women from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis Master Hunt Brings Great News from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis Captain Newport's Instructions from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis	Flyaway Seeds from Outdoor Visits by Edith M. Patch	The Birds, the Beasts and the Bat from The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter	I Make a New Boat from Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children by James Baldwin	The Clever Turtle from Merry Tales by Eleanor L. Skinner	Unc' Billy Possum Wishes He Had Snowshoes from The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum by Thornton Burgess	The Teak-Wood Story from The Sandman: His Sea Stories by Willliam J. Hopkins
	How the Leaves Came Down by Susan Coolidge	Lady Moon by Richard Monckton Milnes		The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost	The Song of the Secret by Walter de la Mare	The Challenge of Thor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley

The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter

The Fox and the Grapes

A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox's mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them.

The bunch hung from a high branch, and the Fox had to jump for it, The first time he jumped he missed it by a long way. So he walked off a short distance and took a running leap at it, only to fall short once more. Again and again he tried, but in vain.

Now he sat down and looked at the grapes in disgust.

"What a fool I am," he said. "Here I am wearing myself out to get a bunch of sour grapes that are not worth gaping for."

And off he walked very, very scornfully.

There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach.