8. 'And there would be no corn, if the birds did not kill the wheat-fly's grubs.'
9. When Harry heard all this, he made up his mind not to throw stones at the sparrows, as Jack wanted him to do.
A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.
| but´-ter-flies | flow´-ers | pleas´-ant | brook´-let |
| mer´-ry | o-bliged´ | cheese | crys´-tal |
| gath´-ered | roamed | hedge | thrush |
| broth´-er | scoured | ease | mus´-ic |
1. Where the bees and butterflies
Skim the grassy down,
Four merry little children
Gathered from the town;
2. Ragged little Johnnie,
And his brother Ben,
With wild-flowers are laden,
These merry little men.
Kate and Mat have posies
Of colours bright and gay,
For Tim, their tiny brother,
At home obliged to stay.
3. They have roamed the meadow,
They have scoured the wood,
Seeking nuts and blackberries,
For their pleasant food.
With their nuts and blackberries
And bits of bread and cheese,
On a mossy hedge-bank,
Now they take their ease.
4. Drinking from the brooklet
'Neath the hawthorn tree,
Clear it runs as crystal,
Fresh and bright and free.
And the thrush sings loudly
On the hawthorn spray,
And the brooklet ever
Makes music on its way.
