This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt:...tree." The turtle thought the tree was a long way off, but he said: "All right. Are you ready? Go." Away they both ran as fast as they could go. The deer was soon so far away that he could not see the turtle. He stopped and said: "I wonder where that old turtle is. The sun is getting hot. I will lie down under a tree and wait for him." He lay down under the tree and was soon asleep. But the turtle was very slow. He ran as fast as he could. The sun was very hot. The sand burned his feet. He became very thirsty. He was tired, but he did not stop. He saw the deer asleep under the tree. He did not stop. The sun was nearly down before the deer was awake. He rubbed his eyes, jumped to his feet and said: "I must have been asleep. I wonder where the old turtle is now." Then he saw the turtle near the cocoanut tree. He ran as fast as the wind, but the turtle got to the tree first. It was very hard work for the turtle, but he did not stop, and so won the race. The deer will never forget why he did not win that race. When a task is once begun, Never leave it till it's done; Be the labor great or small, Do it well or not at all. est wgst middle1 wads rise' set between poor forenoon noon afternoon sunrise' DAY AND NIGHT In the morning the sun comes up in the east. In the evening the sun goes down in the west. We say, "The sun rises in the east and sets in the west." The rising of the sun is sunrise. The setting of the sun is sunset. The sun is highest in the sky in the middle of the day. The middle of the day is noon. At noon the sun is over our heads. The part of the day between sunrise and noon is the forenoon. The part of the day between noon and sunset is the afternoon. We go to school in the forenoon, and we sleep, play,...