Zish! Zish! Zish! Hear the sawmill!
There it is by the water.
See the wheel go round and round.
Splash! Splash! Splash!
Hear the water!
It falls upon the wheel and turns it around.
Around and around goes the big mill wheel.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
What a busy sawmill!
All day long it saws the logs into boards.
Here are boards to make houses and barns.
Here are boards to make beds and chairs.
Here are boards to make playthings for girls and boys.
Work! Work! Work! All the day long!
Oh, see what good work the sawmill can do!
THE LION AND THE MOUSE.
One day a big lion was asleep in the woods.
A mouse ran over the lion’s paw.
The big lion caught the little mouse.
“Oh, Lion!” said the mouse.
“Let me go. Please let me go.
Some day I will help you.”
“How can you help me?” said the lion.
“You are too little to help a big lion.”
But he lifted his paw and away the mouse ran.
II
Some time after this the lion was in the woods.
He was caught in a net.
He could not get out.
Just then the little mouse passed by.
“Oh, the poor lion!” said the mouse.
“How can I help him?”
She ran to the lion and said,
“Kind friend, I will help you.”
The mouse cut the net with her sharp teeth.
“Thank you,” said the lion.
“I see that a mouse can help a lion.”
