# Lesson 22

- 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
- Topics: call, flag, mamma, near, pond, swam
- Length: 66 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14640>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/mcguffey-first/first-22-lesson-22>
- Open in Sprouts: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/?read=mcguffey-first/first-22-lesson-22>

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had went call might flag near swam swing

Did you call us, mamma?

I went with Tom to the pond. I had my doll, and Tom had his flag.

The fat duck swam to the bank, and we fed her. Did you think we might fall into the pond?

We did not go too near, did we, Tom?

May we go to the swing, now, mamma?

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