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De La Salle Fifth Reader eBook

Brothers of the Christian Schools

Table of Contents
Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
PREFACE	1
INTRODUCTION	1
SUGGESTIONS	3
GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION	5
VOWELS	5
CONSONANTS	6
DEFINITIONS	6
RULES FOR THE USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS	6
HYMN TO ST. LA SALLE.	7
COLUMBUS AT THE CONVENT.	7
THE LITTLE FERN.	8
HELPING MOTHER.	9
A CONTENTED WORKMAN.	10
TWO LABORERS.	11
THE GRUMBLING PUSS.	12
THE BROOK SONG.	13
THE STORY OF THE SEED-DOWN.	14
I.	14
II.	15
THE USE OF FLOWERS.	17
PIERRE’S LITTLE SONG.	18
SEPTEMBER.	20
THE FIRST MIRACLE OF JESUS.	21
MY BEADS.	23
THE HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA’S HALLS.	23
A LITTLE LADY.[001]	24
WHAT HOUSE TO LIKE.	25
A SONG OF DUTY.	26
AN EVENING WITH THE ANGELS.	26
MY GUARDIAN ANGEL.	28
LITTLE BELL.	29
A STUDY OF LITTLE BELL	30
A MODEST WIT.	31
WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE.[002]	32
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY.	32
THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.	34
THE BOY AND THE CRICKETS.	35
OUR HEROES.	37
THE MINNOWS WITH SILVER TAILS.	38
THE BROOK.	41
LEARNING TO THINK.	42
ONE BY ONE.	43
THE BIRCH CANOE.	44
PETER OF CORTONA.	46
TO MY DOG BLANCO.[003]	48
A STORY OF A MONK.	48
THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS.	50
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS.	50
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE.[004]	51
THE HOLY CITY.	52
THE FEAST OF TONGUES.	53
THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOWWORM.	54
JACK FROST.	55
SEVEN TIMES TWO.	57
MY MOTHER’S GRAVE.	58
THE OLD ARM-CHAIR.	59
BREAK, BREAK, BREAK!	60
GOD IS OUR FATHER.	60
HAPPY OLD AGE.	61
KIND WORDS.	62
KINDNESS IS THE WORD.	62
DAFFODILS.	63
THE STORY OF TARCISIUS.	64
LEGEND OF THE WAXEN CIBORIUM.	67
LITTLE DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY.	69
IN SCHOOL DAYS	72
THE SUN’S FAMILY	72
WILL AND I	75
CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE CRATCHITS’.	76
WHICH SHALL IT BE?	79
ST. DOROTHY, MARTYR	80
TO A BUTTERFLY.	81
THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND.	82
THE WIND AND THE MOON.	84
ST. PHILIP NERI AND THE YOUTH.	84
THE WATER LILY.	85
A BUILDER’S LESSON.	88
WASHINGTON AND HIS MOTHER.	89
WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY.	90
THE SWORD OF BUNKER HILL.	91
THE MARTYR’S BOY.	91
THE ANGEL’S STORY.	95
THE ANGEL’S STORY	97
GLUCK’S VISITOR.	97
A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS.	100
COMMODORE JOHN BARRY.	101
THE BOY OF THE HOUSE.	103
BIOGRAPHIES	104

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