# Lesson 55

- 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: back, bring, bush, come, eggs, find
- Length: 88 words, about 1 min
- Original: <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14640>
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bush cun'ning place show find bro'ken

o'ver bring a'gain (a gen') fas'ten (fas' n )

"Come here, Rose. Look down into this bush."

"O Willie! a bird's nest! What cunning, little eggs! May we take it, and show it to mother? "

"What would the old bird do, Rose, if she should come back and not find her nest?"

"Oh, we would bring it right back, Willie!"

"Yes; but we could not fasten it in its place again. If the wind should blow it over, the eggs would get broken."

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