Second Grade Read Aloud Banquet

Songs for December


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.

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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
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The Aesop for Children  by Milo Winter

The Fox and the Stork

The Fox one day thought of a plan to amuse himself at the expense of the Stork, at whose odd appearance he was always laughing.

"You must come and dine with me today," he said to the Stork, smiling to himself at the trick he was going to play. The Stork gladly accepted the invitation and arrived in good time and with a very good appetite.

For dinner the Fox served soup. But it was set out in a very shallow dish, and all the Stork could do was to wet the very tip of his bill. Not a drop of soup could he get. But the Fox lapped it up easily, and, to increase the disappointment of the Stork, made a great show of enjoyment.


[Illustration]

The hungry Stork was much displeased at the trick, but he was a calm, even-tempered fellow and saw no good in flying into a rage. Instead, not long afterward, he invited the Fox to dine with him in turn. The Fox arrived promptly at the time that had been set, and the Stork served a fish dinner that had a very appetizing smell. But it was served in a tall jar with a very narrow neck. The Stork could easily get at the food with his long bill, but all the Fox could do was to lick the outside of the jar, and sniff at the delicious odor. And when the Fox lost his temper, the Stork said calmly:

Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.


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