LITTLE GOODY TWOSHOES.

Once there was a little girl. She was very poor. She had but one old shoe. A kind man gave her some new shoes. Then the little girl was very happy. She said to every one she met, “See! Two shoes! Two shoes!” So she was called Goody Twoshoes.

Goody Twoshoes could not go to school. “I wish I could read,” she said. “I will ask the children to help me.” Every day she met the children when they came home from school. They let Goody Twoshoes take their books. Soon she could read better than her friends. “Now I can teach other children to read,” said Goody Twoshoes. She made some letters out of wood. She made nine sets of the small letters:— a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. Then she made five sets of the large letters:— A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.

Little Goody Twoshoes put the letters in a basket. She first went to little Billy’s house. She knocked at the door, “Tap, tap, tap!” “Who is there?” “Little Goody Twoshoes,” she said. “I have come to teach Billy.” Little Billy ran to her and said, “Good morning, Goody Twoshoes.” “Good morning, Billy,” said little Twoshoes.

Goody Twoshoes put down the letters like this:— b d f h k m o q s u w y z a c e g i l n p r t v x j. Billy picked them up and gave their names. Then he put the letters like this:— a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. Goody Twoshoes put down the large letters like this:— B D F H K M O Q S U W Y Z A C E G I L N P R T V X J. Billy picked them up and gave their names. Then he put them like this:— A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.

Then she went to Sally’s house. Sally ran to her and said, “Good morning, Goody Twoshoes.’ “Good morning, Sally,” said Goody Twoshoes. “Can you read for me?” “Yes, I can read for you,” she said. Sally took the letters out of the basket. Then she made words like this:— Book, read, school, sing. She made other words from the letters. Then Goody Twoshoes went to other houses. All the children were glad to see their little teacher.