# Lesson 19

- 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: drink, dear, gives, grass, kate, likes
- Length: 58 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14640>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/mcguffey-first/first-19-lesson-19>
- Open in Sprouts: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/?read=mcguffey-first/first-19-lesson-19>

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Kate old no grass dear likes

be drink milk cow out gives

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O Kate! the old cow is in the pond: see her drink! Will she not come out to get some grass?

No, John, she likes to be in the pond. See how still she stands!

The dear old cow gives us sweet milk to drink.

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