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WHAT AM I?

A squirrel sleeps all winter. So do I.

A bird sings. So do I.

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So have I.

A duck has web-feet.

A grasshopper can jump. So can I.

A boy can hop. So can I.

I am not a boy.

I am not a grasshopper.

I am not a duck.

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'Tis sunshine on a flying wing,

And sunshine on a coat;

'Tis sunshine changed to a bird to sing

A golden summer note.

OCTOBER DAYS.*

1.

This month is October.

It is the month of bright leaves.
The maple tree is a picture now.
Some of its leaves are as red as blood.

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Some are green; some look like gold. And on some of its leaves you see red, gold, and green together.

Did Jack Frost paint the maple?

* See preface.

2.

These are October days.

What is October weather like?

The sky is as blue as in June.
The clouds are soft and white.
The days are shorter and colder.
White frost comes at night.
The frost does not stay long.
The bright, morning sunshine
drives it away.

The frost makes the air clear.

We like to be out of doors all day.

O suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together,

Ye can not rival for one hour

October's bright blue weather.

-H. H.

3.

Most of the birds have gone south.

They are afraid of Jack Frost.

Robin still sings, "Cheer up!"

The grasshoppers are all gone.
Poor, foolish grasshoppers!

Jack Frost found them all.
The bright leaves are falling.

Down they come,

the red, green and gold!

How pretty they are!

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