Second Grade Read Aloud Banquet

Songs for July

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 52	"When the Pie Was Opened, the Birds Began To Sing" from The Birds' Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin	The Birdling Flies Away from The Birds' Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin	Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters from The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess	Karen Perplexed from The Christmas Porringer by Evaleen Stein	The King's Messenger from Gabriel and the Hour Book by Evaleen Stein	Gabriel's Christmas from Gabriel and the Hour Book by Evaleen Stein	The King's Illuminator from Gabriel and the Hour Book by Evaleen Stein
	Lord De la Warr's Arrival from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis The Young Planters from Richard of Jamestown by James Otis	Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe from The Children's Book of Christmas Stories by Asa Don Dickinson	Christmas Eve Again from The Christmas Porringer by Evaleen Stein	The Porringer Finds a Resting-place from The Christmas Porringer by Evaleen Stein	Sheltering Wings from The Pearl Story Book by Eleanor L. Skinner	Babouscka from Christmas in Legend and Story: A Book for Boys and Girls by Elva S. Smith	The Driftwood Story from The Sandman: His Sea Stories by Willliam J. Hopkins
	I Saw Three Ships, Old Carol	An Old English Carol, Anonymous	Old King Winter by Anna E. Skinner	The Glad New Year by Mary Mapes Dodge	Who Loves the Trees Best?, Anonymous	I Heard a Bird Sing by Oliver Herford	Christmas Song by Eugene Field

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.