Again, in this lesson there is no picture, so have the children draw a picture of Jame's house; as described in the story. Although Ann and James were poor, they still valued learning, love, and work. Talk about these things with your parents and discuss the values of being a child of God.
About James Smith
Ann Smith had but one child, and his name was James. Ann was poor, but she did her best to work hard, that she might pay for her house, and buy food and clothes. her house was small and stood near the road. There were two small rooms in it-one in which to sleep, and one in which to live. She made a bed in the room where she had to live. James slept in this bed. In this room she had one chair, one low stool for James to sit on, a few cups and plates, and some other things that she had bought. In the room where she slept, she had her own bed, and a box made of wood, in which she kept her clothes. James was so fond of her, that he would run to meet her, when she came home from work. When she left him to go to work, he would sit on a large stone near the house door of the house. He would look at her as long as he could see her, and then he would cry, and wish for her to come back to him. James went to school. He studied so much that in a few months he could read. Poor Ann Smith was glad of this. When she came home from work, James would read to her from a large book which a kind friend had given him. Some day I will tell you what was in that book, and i think you will love to hear it, and to read it, as James Smith did.
Vocabulary
food, room, child, Smith,
gone, come, night, things,
went, meet, slept, would,
hate, back, large, friend,
Ann, much, board, school,
poor, work, pains, clothes,
care, made, ready, bought,
had, stool, small, weight,
own, home, stood, James,
door, fond, crate, might,
then, wood, warm, house,
him, look, large, months,
hail, kind, plates, ground
Lessons in this series:
- First Reader:Lesson XVII
- First reader: Lesson XVI
- First Reader: Lesson XV
- First Reader: Lesson XIV
- First Reader: Lesson XIII
- First Reader: Lesson XII
- First Reader: Lesson XI
- First Reader: Lesson X
- Penmanship practice paper
- McGuffey's 1836 First Eclectic Reader: Lesson I
- First Reader: Lesson II
- First Reader: Lesson III
- First Reader: Lesson IV
- First Reader: Lesson V
- First Reader: Lesson VI
- First Reader: Lesson VII
- First Reader: Lesson VIII
- First Reader: Lesson IX
