McGuffey's Second Reader Grades 1 and 2馃摉 Stories馃惥 Animals

Bubbles

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Three children playing with bubbles and cat.

BUBBLES.

  • The boys have come out on the porch to blow bubbles. The old cat is asleep on the mat by the door.
  • "Ha! ha!" laughs Robert, as a bubble comes down softly on the old cat's back, and does not burst.
  • Willie tries to make his bubble do the same. This time it comes down on the cat's face, and makes her sneeze.
  • "She would rather wash her face without soap," says Harry. "Now let us see who can make the biggest bubble."
  • "Mine is the biggest," says Robert. "See how high it floats in the air! I can see鈥攁h! it has burst."
  • "I can see the house and the trees and the sky in mine," says Willie; "and such beautiful colors."
  • "How many, Willie?"
  • "Red, one; blue, two; there鈥攖hey are all out. Let us try again."
  • "I know how many colors there are," says Harry. "Just as many as there are in the rainbow."
  • "Do you know how many that is?"