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The Tiddly Winks

Chapter 68: GOOD-BYE
By Laura Rountree Smith
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About This Book

A merry band of small fairies — Tiddly Winks, Tiddly Wee, Tiddly Thrift, Tiddly Cheer-Up, Tiddly Scowl and Tiddly Why — guide beginning readers through simple, graded lessons in letters, numbers, manners and daily routines. Short illustrated episodes set in a schoolroom, a picnic, gardens and play scenes use repetition and playful mischief to teach reading, counting, saving, cooperation and punctuality. Household and schoolroom objects are personified, creating lively classroom interactions and gentle moral examples. The collection is organized as brief, easily decodable stories and rhymes intended for early readers learning the alphabet, basic vocabulary and social habits.

GOOD-BYE

The School Room Clock sang,

“I will start again as I remember,
About the seventh of September!”

Tiddly Winks called, “Good-bye, School Room Mouse.”

The School Room Mouse answered,

“I’ll get more crumbs as I remember,
About the first week of September.”

The Calendar said, “Will no one speak to me?”

Tiddly Winks called, “Good-bye, old Calendar.”

The Calendar called,

“I keep the days as you remember,
School starts again next September.”

Tiddly Winks called happily,

“WHEN YOU CLOSE THIS LITTLE BOOK
OPEN IT AGAIN AND LOOK,
HOW MANY LESSONS CAN YOU READ?
IF YOU SAY ‘ALL’ YOU’RE WISE INDEED!”
A greeting from the Tiddly Winks,
May be in pencil, or in ink,
Each Tiddly Winks will be your friend,
From the beginning to the end!
They learn so many things from you,
And little tricks they like to do,
If you learn things from them, they say,
We’ll call again another day!
Tiddly Winks can you read?
Then you are very wise indeed,
Put on spectacles if you need,
Work with a will and you’ll succeed.

FINIS

Have You Had the Six Tiddly Winks and the A to Zees?

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