9780217835619

Fourth Year Language Reader

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ISBN13: 9780217835619

Paperback|9780217835619


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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: FOURTH TEAR LANGUAGE READER SKIPPER BEING THE BIOGKAPHY OF A BLUE RIBBONER At the age of six Skipper went on the force. Clean of limb and sound of wind he was, with not a blemish from the tip of his black tail to the end of his crinkly forelock. He had been broken to saddle by a Green Mountain boy who knew more 5 of horse nature than of the trashy things writ in books. He gave Skipper kind words and an occasional friendly pat on the flank. So Skipper's disposition was sweet and his nature a trusting one. 10 This is why Skipper learned so soon the ways of the city. The first time he saw one of those little wheeled houses, all windows, and full of people, come rushing down the street with a fearful whirr and clank of bell, he wanted to bolt. But the man on his back spoke in an easy, calm voice, saying: So-o-o There, me b'y. Aisy wid ye. 5 So-o-o There, me b'y. Aisy wid ye. So-o-o which was excellent advice, for the queer contrivance whizzed by and did him no harm. In a week he could watch one without even pricking up his ears. 10 It was strange work Skipper had been brought to the city to do. As a colt he had seen horses dragging plows, pulling big loads of hay, and hitched to many kinds of vehicles. He himself xhad drawn a light buggy and thought it good fun, i5 though you did have to keep your heels down and trot instead of canter. He had liked best to lope off with the boy on his back, down to the Corners, where the store was. But here there were no plows, nor hay carts, 20 nor mowing machines. There were many heavy wagons, it was true, but these were all drawn by stocky Percherons and big Western grays or stout Canada blacks, who seemed fully equal to the task. Also there were carriages ? my, what shiny carriages And what smart, sleek-l...

ISBN-13

9780217835619

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0217835619

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0.84 Pounds

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9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 In

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$19.99

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Paperback

Pages

254 pages

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2009-08-01



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