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Title: Reading and Literature First Reader
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Treadwell, Garuuette Taylor and Margaret Free
Subjects: reading
Publisher: Chicago: Row, Peterson & Company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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V*B¥*^ Just then a hawk flew over her head.He saw little Topknot all alone.So he flew down and he caught her in his claws. The cock saw the hawk, and he cried as loud as he could,Come, come, come and help!Come and save Topknot. The farmer heard the cock.He came running out, and he frightened the hawk away. 95 ) The hawk let Topknot go, but he had her pretty topknotin his claws. Little Topknot was glad to get away, and she ran back to the barn yard.Soon she began to strut about. Then the hens cried, Lost your topknot! Lost your topknot! Then little Topknot began to cry, See, see, see how I look!See, see, see how I look! The cock came up to her. He held his head very high and said, What did I tell you! What did I tell you! Now Topknot does not strut about,but she scratches for seeds. —Swedish Folk Tale.96
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The Fisherman and his Wife Once a fisherman and his wife lived in a little hut by the sea.One day the fisherman sat on the shore with his rod.The fish do not bite to-day/ he said.Just then something pulled his line.He drew up a large fish. 97 Let me go, said the fish.1 I am not good to eat.I am not a real fish.I am an enchanted prince.Please put me back into the water,and I will swim away. The fisherman put him back into the water,and went home to his wife. Did you catch no fish to-day?said his wife. I caught a very large fish, said the fisherman.But it said to me, I am not a real fish. I am an enchanted prince. Put me back into the water,and I will swim away/ 98 So I put it back into the water,and it swam away. Did you wish for something?said his wife. What should I wish for?said the fisherman. You could wish for a pretty cottage, said she.I am tired of this little hut.Go quickly and tell the fish that we want a pretty cottage. So the fisherman went back to the sea.The water was all

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