Second Grade Read Aloud Banquet

Songs for July


Tired Tim

Poor Tired Tim! It's sad for him.

He lags the long bright morning through,

Ever so tired of nothing to do;

He moons and mopes the livelong day,

Nothing to think about, nothing to say;

Up to bed with his candle to creep,

Too tired to yawn, too tired to sleep:

Poor Tired Tim! It's sad for him.

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Week 4 The Talking-Cricket from Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi The Sons of William the Conqueror from Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin The Sun from The Seasons: Winter by Jane Marcet The Girl in the Goat-shed from The Girl Who Sat by the Ashes by Padraic Colum The Death of Caesar from On the Shores of the Great Sea by M. B. Synge Betsy Holds the Reins (Part 1 of 3) from Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher How Joshua Conquered the Land of Canaan from Hurlbut's Story of the Bible by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
Olaf's Fight with Havard from Viking Tales by Jennie Hall White Pine (Part 1 of 3) from Outdoor Visits by Edith M. Patch The Frogs and the Ox from The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter I Undertake a New Venture from Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children by James Baldwin Pegasus and Bellerophon from A Child's Book of Myths and Enchantment Tales by Margaret Evans Price Peter Rabbit Has Some Startling News from The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton Burgess The Rigging Story from The Sandman: His Ship Stories by Willliam J. Hopkins
The Sandman by Margaret Vandegrift
The Quarrelsome Kittens, Anonymous 		At the Zoo by A. A. Milne The Twenty-Third Psalm, Bible The Old House by Walter de la Mare The Lighthouse by Sir Walter Scott Up and Down by George MacDonald
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The Aesop for Children  by Milo Winter

The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox

A Dog and a Cock, who were the best of friends, wished very much to see something of the world. So they decided to leave the farmyard and to set out into the world along the road that led to the woods. The two comrades traveled along in the very best of spirits and without meeting any adventure to speak of.

At nightfall the Cock, looking for a place to roost, as was his custom, spied nearby a hollow tree that he thought would do very nicely for a night's lodging. The Dog could creep inside and the Cock would fly up on one of the branches. So said, so done, and both slept very comfortably.

With the first glimmer of dawn the Cock awoke. For the moment he forgot just where he was. He thought he was still in the farmyard where it had been his duty to arouse the household at daybreak. So standing on tip-toes he flapped his wings and crowed lustily. But instead of awakening the farmer, he awakened a Fox not far off in the wood. The Fox immediately had rosy visions of a very delicious breakfast. Hurrying to the tree where the Cock was roosting, he said very politely:

"A hearty welcome to our woods, honored sir. I cannot tell you how glad I am to see you here. I am quite sure we shall become the closest of friends."


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"I feel highly flattered, kind sir," replied the Cock slyly. "If you will please go around to the door of my house at the foot of the tree, my porter will let you in."

The hungry but unsuspecting Fox, went around the tree as he was told, and in a twinkling the Dog had seized him.

Those who try to deceive may expect to be paid in their own coin.