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PART TWO

6. Some years after this, after Captain Smith had left the country, Pocahontas was seized by a party of white men. She was

now grown to be a young woman, and was a beautiful Indian Princess.

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7. One of the white men fell in love with her, and asked her to be his wife. After they were married they sailed across the ocean and went on a visit to the great city of London,

8. It was from this city that many of the white men had come. It had been the home of John Rolfe, her husband, and also of Captain John Smith.

9. Captain Smith came to see her, and brought many of his friends to see her. She met the King and many of the great people of the city. She had a very fine time in the white man's country.

10. Powhatan became the firm friend of the white men because his daughter was the beloved wife of one of them. lived the Indians were at

As long as she peace with the

settlers.

I'LL SING YOU A SONG

I'll sing you a song,

Though not very long,

Yet I think it's as pretty as any;
Put your hand in your purse,

You'll never be worse,

And give the poor singer a penny.

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As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives;
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits;

Kits, cats, sacks and wives.

How many were going to St. Ives?

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1. This is a story of a family of bears that lived in a wood. They worked hard, saved their money and built themselves a Snug Home. They wished for nothing but to enjoy their Snug Home in peace and quiet.

2. The family was made up of the Father Bear, who was a Great Huge Bear, and the Mother Bear, who was a Middle-sized Bear, and their young son, who was a Wee Little Cub.

3. Their Snug Home was fitted up with snug things. The Great Huge Bear, had a great, huge chair, the Middle-sized Bear had a middle-sized chair, and the Wee Little Cub had a wee, little chair, The Great Huge

Bear had a great, huge bowl to eat his soup from, the Middle-sized Bear had a middlesized bowl, and the Wee Little Cub, had a wee, little bowl. The Great Huge Bear had a great, huge bed, the Middle-sized Bear had a middle-sized bed, and the Wee Little Cub had a wee, little bed.

4. So you see that each bear had things that fitted his size and suited his taste. That is why we say they had a Snug Home.

5. You see, by this time, that the bears liked to have things just right. So one day, when they found the soup in their bowls too hot, they walked out of the house to the spring and sat down in the shade to wait till it should cool.

PART TWO

6. Not far away from the wood lived a sweet little girl named Golden Hair. She had always wished to see the wood, but had been told to keep away from it. Some people said there were bears in it.

7. One day she ran to the edge of the wood

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