# Lesson 12

- 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, Music
- Topics: cage, hang, kitty, nice, sing, song
- Length: 55 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14640>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/mcguffey-first/first-12-lesson-12>
- Open in Sprouts: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/?read=mcguffey-first/first-12-lesson-12>

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Kitty nice sweet sing just hang

cage then song pet put not

k g c a y ng u

Kitty has a nice pet. It can sing a sweet song.

She has just fed it.

She will now put it in the cage, and hang the cage up. Then the cat can not catch it.

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