# Lesson 4

- Source: McGuffey's First Reader (first-reader.gutenberg.org), Public domain, William Holmes McGuffey, 1879, via Project Gutenberg
- Reading level: Grades 1 and 2
- Subjects: Stories, Animals
- Topics: lesson
- Length: 35 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14640>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/mcguffey-first/first-04-lesson-4>
- Open in Sprouts: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/?read=mcguffey-first/first-04-lesson-4>

<!-- body -->

hen fat rat box big run from can

f b x u

A fat hen. A big rat.

The fat hen is on the box.

The rat ran from the box.

Can the hen run?

<!-- /body -->