2-3 Lesson III: Willie's Letter. - McGuffey's Second Eclectic Primer (revised edition)

Lesson III.


rub'ber ... gun ... par'lor ... street ... num'ber ... ten ... o'clock ... shoot


Willie's Letter.

New York, Dec. 10, 1878.

Dear Santa Claus:

Papa is going to give me

a Christmas tree, and he says that

you will put nice things on it if I ask you.

I would like a gun that will shoot,

and a rubber ball that I can throw hard,

and that will not break Mamma's windows

or the big glass in the parlor.

Now, please don't forget to come.

I live on Fourth St., number ten.

I will go to bed at eight o'clock,

and shut my eyes tight.

I will not look indeed I won't.

Your little boy

Willie.