2. 
Over the carpet the dear little feet
Came with a patter to climb on my seat;
Two merry eyes, full of frolic and glee,
Under their lashes looked up unto me;
Two little hands pressing soft on my face,
Drew me down close in a loving embrace;
Two rosy lips gave the answer so true,
“Good to love you, mamma, good to love you.”

Emily Huntington Miller.

LESSON XVIII.

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[Illustration:  Bird perched on branch.]

The kingbird.

1.  The kingbird is not bigger than a robin.

2.  He eats flies, and worms, and bugs, and berries.

3.  He builds his nest in a tree, near some house.

4.  When there are young ones in the nest, he sits on the top of a tree near them.

5.  He watches to see that no bird comes to hurt them or their mother.

6.  If a hawk, a crow, or even an eagle comes near, he makes a dash at it.

7.  Though he is so small, he is brave, and he is also very active.

8.  He never fails to drive off other birds from his nest.

9.  He flies around and around the eagle, and suddenly strikes him with his sharp bill.

10.  He strikes at his eye, and then darts away before the eagle can catch him.

11.  Or he strikes from behind, and is off again before the eagle can turn round.

12.  In a short time, the great eagle is tired of such hard blows, and flies away.  He is very glad to get rid of his foe.

13.  Is not the little fellow a brave bird?

14.  Because he can drive off all other birds, he is called the kingbird.

LESSON XIX.

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[Illustration:  Sunset;lake in foreground, town in background.]

EVENING HYMN.

1.  Now the day is over,
     Night is drawing nigh,
   Shadows of the evening
     Steal across the sky.

2.  Now the darkness gathers,
     Stars begin to peep;
   Birds, and beasts, and flowers
     Soon will be asleep.

3.  Through the lonely darkness,
     May the angels spread
   Their white wings above me,
     Watching round my bed.

LESSON XX.

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THE QUARREL.

1.  Under a great tree in the woods, two boys saw a fine, large nut, and both ran to get it.

2.  James got to it first, and picked it up.