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"New National Fourth Reader"


Example.
"_Mother_,"--O word that makes the home!--
"_Tell_ me, when will _to-morrow_ come?"
The two dashes in the first line of the preceding example are used
instead of a parenthesis, and have the same value.
When there is no pause at the end of a line (see first line, third
stanza), it should be closely joined in reading to the line which
follows it, thus making the two lines read as one.

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LESSON V.

ap'pe tite, _wish for food_.
a muse'ment, _play; enjoyment_.
gaunt, _lean; hungry looking_.
spe'cies, _kind_.
oc curred', _took place; happened_.
en cour'age ment, _hope given by another's words or actions_.
di rec'tion, _way; course_.
dusk'y, _very dark; almost black_.
sin'gu lar, _unusual; strange_.

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AN ADVENTURE WITH DUSKY WOLVES.
PART I.

"During the summer and winter, we had several adventures in the
trapping and killing of wild animals. One of them was of such a
singular and dangerous kind, that you may feel interested in hearing
it.
"It occurred in the dead of winter, when there was snow upon the ground.


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