Chapter I

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

used to show sadness, pity, or regret

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

the two together, not just one

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Library Edition, bound in light-blue silk cloth.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Library Edition, bound in light-blue silk cloth.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Illustrated by Robert J. Sim.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Library Edition, bound in light-blue silk cloth.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Illustrated by Robert J. Sim.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Library Edition, bound in light-blue silk cloth.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading Illustrated by Robert J. Sim.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Library Edition, bound in light-blue silk cloth.

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From this reading Illustrated by Robert J. Sim.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

which person or people

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Little Gateways to Science BY EDITH M. PATCH A book of bird Biographies which will be loved by all who love birds both for the sweetness and strength of the stories, and for the illustrations which give such intimate sketches of real birds as can only be drawn by an artist who is also a naturalist.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

in the company of; together with

From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading $1.25 _The Rhymes of Amos and Ann_ _By_ NANCY BYRD TURNER _Illustrated by_ WINIFRED BROMHALL THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON _Copyright, 1921, by_ NANCY BYRD TURNER The author makes grateful acknowledgment of permission to reprint in this book verses that have appeared in _The Youth's Companion_, _St. Nicholas_, and other periodicals.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.

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From this reading _To My Father_ THE CONTENTS ZODIAC TOWN 1 JANUARY 7 FEBRUARY 17 MARCH 27 APRIL 37 MAY 47 JUNE 57 JULY 69 AUGUST 79 SEPTEMBER 91 OCTOBER 101 NOVEMBER 111 DECEMBER 119 THE ILLUSTRATIONS _They went to the January house_ 9 _They went to the February place_ 19 _The March house, strangely, was built in a tree_ 29 _The April house was near a pond_ 39 _And May herself, with a dimple and curl_ 49 _The June house wasn't a house at all_ 59 _The July house was an old, old house, With an old, old man inside_ 71 _Oh, such a funny August house-- It really was like a zoo_ 81 _Very familiar September seemed_ 93 _It was a queer October place_ 103 _The next house stood just back from the street_ 113 _The house of December was all aglow_ 121 ZODIAC TOWN Amos and Ann had a poem to learn, A poem to learn one day; But alas! they sighed, and alack! they cried, 'Twere better to go and play.