ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL _Mrs. C.F. Alexander_ 135
THE BAKER BOYS AND THE BEES _German Folk Tale_ 136
FALLING SNOW _Anonymous_ 142
LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES _Ascribed to Goldsmith_ 143
ONE STEP AND THEN ANOTHER _Anonymous_ 157
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING _Lord Houghton_ 158
DAVID AND GOLIATH _Adapted from the Bible_ 160
PHONETIC TABLES 167





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THE SHOEMAKER AND THE ELVES--I

shoemaker beautiful to-morrow leather
already bought sew enough


A shoemaker and his wife lived in a little house on the edge of a wood.

They were very, very poor, and each day they grew poorer and poorer.

At last there was nothing left in the house but leather for one pair of
shoes.