# Bubbles - Source: McGuffey's Second Reader (second-reader.gutenberg.org), Public domain, William Holmes McGuffey, 1879, via Project Gutenberg - Reading level: Grades 1 and 2 - Subjects: Stories, Animals - Topics: says, bubble, willie, biggest, bubbles, burst - Length: 165 words, about 1 min - Original: - Page: - Open in Sprouts: 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—ah! 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—they 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?" ## Picture credits - illustrator not named in this edition, Public domain ()