< St. Nicholas < Volume 32 < Number 1
In the First Reader.
By Malcolm Douglas.
“And are the lessons hard?” she asked,
While spreading jam on thickly.
“Hard, mother? I should say they were!”
He answered very quickly.
While spreading jam on thickly.
“Hard, mother? I should say they were!”
He answered very quickly.
“We 've reading, writing, ’rithmetic,
And spelling—that ’s another.
The teacher said, ‘Add twelve and nine’—
I almost had to, mother!”
And spelling—that ’s another.
The teacher said, ‘Add twelve and nine’—
I almost had to, mother!”
“Almost!” his puzzled mother said,
Half wondering if he knew it.
“Yes, almost—for she asked me to;
Only—I could n’t do it!”
Half wondering if he knew it.
“Yes, almost—for she asked me to;
Only—I could n’t do it!”
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