Every day Jack goes to the store for mother.
He writes her orders in a book.
He says it is a real order book.
He never forgets anything.

123

When he returns he counts his change.
He never makes a mistake.
He has carried many dollars and never lost a cent.
Every day mother signs the order book.

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doz en doz. cheese or ange
pound lb. fresh ber ry
pounds lbs. loaf ber ries
gal lon gal. loaves oat meal
quart qt. flour soap
pint pt. oil add

TWO PAGES FROM JACK’S ORDER BOOK

127 128
Mon., June 7 Fri., June 11
1 lb. cheese. 1 bag flour
1 doz. fresh eggs 3 gal. oil
1 loaf bread 1 doz. oranges
1 qt. berries 1 box oatmeal
1 pt. cream 6 cakes soap
5 lbs. sugar 3 loaves bread
1 lb. tea 1 lb. candy

129

sea sons fire
sum mer
Sing a song of seasons,
Something bright in all,—
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall.

—Stevenson.

130

lip nip grip chip
drip tip whip hip
dip slip skip ship

131

raise dust turn churn
road dust y burn e ven

132

THE FLY ON THE CART WHEEL

Once there was a fly on a cart wheel.
The wheel turned round and the dust from the road rose
in clouds.
“Oh,” cried the fly, “what a dust we raise!”
But the wheel did not even know that the fly was there.

—Æsop.

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hun ter dug dull mat ter
teeth bug hull plat ter
tooth rug skull scat ter
him self tug since flat ter
whom jug hasn’t chat ter

137

THE HUNTER AND THE LION

“Have you seen any tracks of a lion?” asked a hunter of a man whom he met.

“Oh, I can show you the lion himself,” said the man.

The hunter turned pale with fright. His teeth chattered.

“I don’t want to see the lion. I only want to see his tracks,” he cried.

—Æsop.

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oak pale rush dip per
cloak tale brush slip per
croak gale crush skip per
soak sale hush drip ping
move scale mush whip ping
tenth whale blush tip ping

Review of Troublesome Words

142 143 144 145
friend Tuesday making just
always won’t having doctor
done too coming know
heard two loving minute
Wednesday among writing blue
February busy buy through
very none week every
146 147 148 149
whole shoes piece often
there any been sugar
their many once hour
don’t which does says
here could sure laid
can’t should where break
world would climb flour

The following 100 words have been found to be the “One Hundred Commonest Words in the English Language.” They are used and repeated so frequently in our writing that they constitute about one half of all the words we write. You have studied all of them. Can you spell each of them correctly?

the will my had
and as this has
of have his very
to not which were
I with dear been
a be from would
in your are she
that at all or
you we me there
for on so her
it he one an
was by if when
is but they time
go please letter do
some week make after
any night write than
can their thing sir
what other think last
send up should house
out our truly just
them good now over
him say its then
more could two work
about who take day
no may thank here

THIRD YEAR VOCABULARY

We have followed the king’s rules. We can spell all these words. Can you?

able another asking beam
add anything August bean
afraid apple autumn bear
afternoon April bank beast
age arm bare beauty
aid around barrel became
alike arrive basket been
almost art battle beg
always ask beach behave
among asked beak belt
bend branch cart clever
berries broken case climb
berry brush cash cloak
beside bug cask coat
better bunch catch coming
Billy bunny cattle could
bless burn chalk count
bliss busy change country
blond but charm crane
blown butter chart crank
blue buttercups chase cream
blush cage chatter croak
boat cane check crush
bond can’t cheek cue
boot card cheese cure
bottom care child curls
bough careful chip cut
bowl careless churn daily
boy carried clean dainty
dance dream enter fifteen
dare dress even fifth
dart drink evening fifty
dash drip ever finger
deal dripping every fire
December dropped everybody first
deck due everything fist
dip dug fable fix
dipper dull face flash
dirt dust faint flask
dish dusty fare flatter
doctor duty farm flirt
does each farmer float
doesn’t east feast floor
dog easy feather flour
dollar eighteen February flower
don’t either feel follow
dozen eleven fellow fond
drank end felt food
form given hare hiss
forget giving harm hog
forty glare hasn’t hole
fourteen glue haste honey
fourth goat hasten hoot
fox God hatch horse
freak golden have hour
fresh goose heal house
Friday grace hear hue
friend great heard hull
frog grip heart hundred
fruit grown heave hunter
funny guard heavy hurt
gale guess heel hush
gallon handle help hut
gather happiest here I’m
gave happiness hero Indian
geese happy himself ink
give hard hip inside
its lard limb meek
itself lash lion melt
January latch lip mend
joy laugh living mild
jug laughing loaf mile
just leaf loaves minute
keg leak log miss
kiss lean loving mist
kneel learn lunch mistake
knelt least maid moment
knife leather mane Monday
knoll leave mannerly money
know leg many month
known lend mask more
lace less match morning
ladder letter matter mother
laid life meadow mouse
lamb lily meal mouth
lane like mean move
much off paper pitcher
music often pare place
neck oh part platter
neither oil paste please
never once patch point
next or pea pole
nineteen orange peach pond
nip order pear post
none other peak potatoes
north outside peck pound
nothing over peek preach
November own peel press
number ox peg pretty
nut oxen penny print
oak page picture proof
oar paid pie punch
oatmeal paint piece pure
oats pale pink quart
October pane pint race
rage rush September size
raise rut seventeen skip
rank safe seventy skipper
rare saint sever skirt
rash sale shall skull
rattle sash share sleeve
reach Saturday ship slip
read says shirt slippers
remain scale shoes smart
return scare shore smile
rider scatter should snare
ripe scrape shown soak
river scratch shut soap
road sea side soft
roar seal sign sole
roll seasons since some
roof second sink somebody
root seek sixteen something
rug send sixty sometime
sorry stone task thirty
sour store taste this
south story tea through
sown strange teach thrown
space strife team thumb
spare stroll tear Thursday
speak such teeth thus
speck suffer tend tip
spelt sugar tenth tipping
spend sulk than today
spoken summer thank toe
square Sunday that’s toll
stage sunny their tomorrow
stare sure there tonight
start table these tooth
steal tale think toy
steam talk third trace
stocking tardy thirsty Troy
stole tart thirteen true
trust water while wore
Tuesday weak whip work
tug wear whipping world
turn weather whole worth
twelve weave whom wrist
twenty Wednesday wife yard
twist week wild yeast
upset whale wink yellow
vane whatever wire yesterday
wage wheel wolf young
walk where woe your
waste which won’t