WHAT SHALL I BUY WITH MY PENNY?
Reading edition
One night at dinner Bobby said, “I haven’t spent my penny yet.”
“I haven’t spent mine,” said Betty.
“Mother, when may we go to the baker’s shop and buy chocolate cookies?” asked Bobby.
“I am going to the grocery store tomorrow,” said Mother. “You and Bobby may go with me.”
“Perhaps I’ll buy something at the grocery store,” said Bobby.
“Perhaps I’ll buy a banana,” said Betty.
“Perhaps I’ll buy a big plum,” said Bobby.
“Perhaps I’ll buy a pear,” said Betty. “I like pears. I like them better than bananas.”
“Oh, I know what I’m going to buy,” said Bobby. “I’m going to buy a lollipop.”
“Perhaps I’ll buy a lollipop,” said Betty.
“You make me think of a story,” said Father.
“What is the story about?” asked Bobby.
“It’s about a little boy who found a penny,” said Father. “The boy didn’t know how to spend it.”
“Tell us the story,” said Betty.
“Oh, do,” said Bobby.
“Please, Daddy,” said Betty.
“Help Mother with the dishes,” said Father. “Then I will tell you the story.”
For study and play:
How many oranges make a dozen? How many in a half dozen?
Name things you buy of the groceryman by the dozen.
What does the baker sell by the dozen?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Riddles:
Humpty dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty dumpty had a great fall; All the king’s oxen and all the king’s men Cannot put Humpty dumpty together again. An egg
What is as white as snow, As green as grass, As red as blood, And as black as a hat? A common black cherry
