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SECOND READING BOOK
THE LITTLE BASKET-MAKER
neigh bour, a person who lives
near another, anx-i-ous, wished very much, sea-shore, the land near the sea.
pi-rates, sea robbers, willow-wands, branches of
the willow-tree which bend easily.
is-land, land with water all
round it. rock, a large mass of stone, chief man, the leader, the head man.
1. There is a story told of two boys, Edward and Jacob-, which I will tell you. Edward had very rich parents, and would not learn anything, but said that a rich boy could do without learning.
2. Jacob, the son of a poor neighbour, learned basket-making, and was so anxious to get on that he soon knew all about it.
3. One day Edward was standing on the sea-shore fishing, to pass away his time. Jacob had cut a great bundle of willow wands, and was going to carry them home.
4. All at once out sprang pirates on them, from the woods, carried both of them off to