The Aldine speller, part two

by Catherine T. Bryce; Frank J. Sherman

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Frank lin		per haps		sprout		wil low
wharf		no tice		cheap		bil low
Hol land		sin gle		leap		pil low
else		tu lip		heap		U ni ted
short		bulb		reap		States
near ly		close		bas ket		morn ing

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While Franklin was walking on a wharf one morning, he saw some cheap willow baskets in which some tulip bulbs had been brought from Holland. Perhaps no one else would have noticed the single short green sprout on one of the willows. Franklin cut it off carefully and planted it. From this one sprout have grown most of the basket willows in the United States.

A man’s best things are nearest him,

Lie close about his feet.

WORDS OFTEN HEARD IN SCHOOL

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pri ma ry		cor rect		ex act		his to ry
writ ten		schol ar		ex er cise		charge
prompt		er ror		jan i tor		en e my
re peat		ex cuse		your self		can non
ob serve		taught		col o ny		un der stand

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neg lect		per fect		po em		a rith me tic
un ion		lan guage		au thor		di vide
at tack		cop y		sen tence		di vi sor
chap ter		com ma		ti tle		div i dend
liq uid		pe ri od		dic tate		sport

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meas ure		curve		e rect		weigh
min u end		carve		cough		weight
bush el		up per		re cess		o mit
draw ing		up right		base		mod el
spel ling		re cite		base ball		an nu al