Third Grade Read Aloud Banquet



Songs for July


The Cow

The friendly cow all red and white,

I love with all my heart:

She gives me cream with all her might,

To eat with apple-tart.


She wanders lowing here and there,

And yet she cannot stray,

All in the pleasant open air,

The pleasant light of day;


And blown by all the winds that pass

And wet with all the showers,

She walks among the meadow grass

And eats the meadow flowers.


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Week 31 The Visit to Grandmother from Heidi by Johanna Spyri Henry Plantagenet—Thomas à Becket from Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall Bobby Coon Arrives from The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Burgess The Death of Oliver from Stories of Roland Told to the Children by H. E. Marshall The Fairy Queen from The Awakening of Europe by M. B. Synge The Water of Life from Fairy Tales Too Good To Miss—Aboard the Ship by Lisa M. Ripperton The Lost Book Found in the Temple from Hurlbut's Story of the Bible by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
The Bomb from Fifty Famous People by James Baldwin Visitors from the Sea from Holiday Pond by Edith M. Patch Early Life of Abraham Lincoln from A First Book in American History by Edward Eggleston The Two Pots from The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter The Champion of Athens (Part 2 of 2) from Gods and Heroes by Robert Edward Francillon The Ant's Home from Seaside and Wayside, Book Two by Julia McNair Wright Mr. Toad (Part 2 of 2) from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Child's Evening Prayer by Sabine Baring-Gould To Summer by William Blake Over Hill, Over Dale by William Shakespeare Over Hill, Over Dale by William Shakespeare Poem by Rachel Field The Fairies Have Never a Penny to Spend by Rose Fyleman Harry Hippopotamus by Helen Cowles Le Cron
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READING-LITERATURE: Third Reader  by Harriette Taylor Treadwell

Sinbad the Sailor

My father was a rich merchant of Persia and left me a fortune, which I quickly spent. I soon grew tired of an idle life, and my love for adventure made me take to the sea. I joined a company of merchants, and we fitted out a sailing vessel. We went from island to island buying and selling goods.

One day we landed on an island covered with trees, but we could see neither man nor beast. We walked about picking fruit and eating it. At last, growing tired, I sat down under a tree and fell asleep. I cannot tell how long I slept, but when I awoke the ship was gone.

I rushed to and fro and cried in my despair. I climbed a tall tree and gazed toward the sea, but I could see nothing except sky and water. Then I turned toward the land and, in the distance, I saw a large white object.

I came down from the tree and set off for it as fast as I could. It was a great white ball, as smooth as ivory, and seemed fifty paces around. I went to the other side to see if there were an opening, but I found none.

All of a sudden the sky became dark, as if covered by a thick cloud. I looked up and saw a large bird flying toward me. I had heard sailors speak of a large bird called the roc. I crept close to the large white ball. The bird settled upon it and covered it with her wings. I now knew the ball was a roc's egg. Before me was one of the legs of the bird, which was as large as the trunk of a tree. I took off my turban and tied myself fast to the leg. I hoped the bird would carry me from this lonely island.

The next morning the bird flew off. It carried me so high that I could not see the earth. Then it came down so fast that I lost my senses. When I opened my eyes, I was in a deep valley surrounded by high mountains which reached into the clouds.

The mountains were so steep and rocky that I could not climb them. The valley was covered with dazzling diamonds of great size. I wandered about all day hunting a way to escape. When night came, I crept into a small cave and blocked the entrance with stones.

The next day something fell on the ground beside me. I looked and saw a large piece of raw meat. Then several more pieces rolled over the cliff. I soon understood this. Some merchants were throwing the meat from the rocks above. This fell upon the sharp points of the diamonds, which stuck into it. Then, when the rocs carried the meat to their nests on the cliff, the merchants frightened them away and picked the diamonds from the meat. I watched this a little while. Then I thought of a way of escape.

I filled my wallet with the largest diamonds. Then I tied a large piece of meat to my back and lay down upon my face. I soon heard the flapping of wings, and a roc caught me up with the meat and carried me to his nest.

The merchants rushed to get the diamonds. They were much surprised to find me. I told them my story, showed them my diamonds, and gave them each one.

I stayed with the merchants till they were ready to go home. Then we traveled many days across high mountains until we came to the sea, where we set sail. At last we reached Persia, and I settled down to enjoy my riches.

Arabian Nights