# Lesson 9

- 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: black, catch, eggs, left, come, hand
- Length: 75 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14640>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/mcguffey-first/first-09-slate-work>
- Open in Sprouts: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/?read=mcguffey-first/first-09-slate-work>

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pat catch has left hat can

black eggs Rab Ann fed get

Ned is on the box. He has a pen in his hand. A big rat is in the box.  
Can the dog catch the rat?

Come with me, Ann, and see the man with a black hat on his head.

The fat hen has left the nest. Run, Nat, and get the eggs.

The cat ran. Ann ran.

The man has a hat. \]

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