# Lesson 38

- 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, Food
- Topics: bought, bread, james, mamma, market, meat
- Length: 49 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14640>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/mcguffey-first/first-38-lesson-38>
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mar'ket bread bas'ket bought meat

tea try'ing tell which

James has been to market with his mamma.

She has bought some bread, some meat, and some tea, which are in the basket on her arm.

James is trying to tell his mamma what he has seen in the market.

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