Sheldons' Modern School Third Reader

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...plants, which are kept for the sake of their beautiful flowers, are fed with just the right material to make flowers. 11. This is all very wonderful, and we can not explain how it is done, nor could we do it ourselves, if we should try ever so hard. All we can say is, that God made the roots of trees and plants with such marvelous power. 12. Roots have another use, with which we are all well acquainted. The roots of some vegetables, like beets and turnips, are much larger than they need for support, or to supply themselves with food. 13. Such roots are cultivated to be used as food for ourselves and for animals. And, in some countries, great quantities of sugar are made from beets.: / WRITING EXERCISE XLI. Copy and learn--Deal gentle words to all, Tbou, too, mayest err and fall, 1. A spider of moderate size had fortified himself within a very strong web in one corner of a room. He was allowed to remain for no other reason than because he showed a great liking for a diet of mosquitoes. 2. Spiders, however, like most other animals, have a taste for a variety of food. One morning this one was seen making preparations to attack a very large beetle, which had wandered into the neighborhood of its web. 3. At the first onset, the spider fastened some threads to two of the legs of the beetle. Mr. Beetle did not seem to like these attentions, and marched off, carrying his chains with him. In doing this he came very near pulling along with him the whole of the spider's web. 4. In a short time the beetle repeated his visit. In the meantime the spider had repaired the damages, and was ready for the reception of the black-coated stranger. 5. The web was about eighteen inches from the floor. As the beetle approached, the spider threw himself down headlong, with all his f...