# Lesson 14

- 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: duck, pond, stop, swim, black, lesson
- Length: 70 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14640>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/mcguffey-first/first-14-lesson-14>
- Open in Sprouts: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/?read=mcguffey-first/first-14-lesson-14>

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sun we how pond stop for

go swim her us hot duck

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The sun is up. The man has fed the black hen and the fat duck.

Now the duck will swim in the pond. The hen has run to her nest.

Let us not stop at the pond now, for it is hot.

See how still it is! We will go to see Tom and his top.

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