Second Reading Book [antikvár]

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