An old woman had seven children.

She made a big pancake.

The children said,

"We want that big pancake."

The pancake heard the children.

It said,
"The children shall not eat me."
And it rolled away.

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An old woman had seven children. The old woman ran after the
She made a big pancake. pancake.
The pancake rolled away. The seven children ran after it.

An old man saw the pancake. A hen saw the pancake.

"Stop," said the old man. "Stop, pancake," said the hen.
I want to eat you." I want to eat you."
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 An old woman had
seven children. She
made a big pancake.
The pancake rolled
away.
The pig ate the
pancake.
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 boy boy woman
cock cock seven
dog dog children
hen hen pancake
man man rolled
pig pig brook
snout
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Circle the nouns (person, place, thing). Circle the verbs (action words).

1. A woman had seven children. 1. She made a big pancake.

2. The pancake rolled away. 2. The pancake rolled away.

3. My children want to eat you. 3. I can not stop for you.

4. "Stop," said the old man. 4. "Stop," said the old man.

5. A hen saw the pancake. 5. Do not go so fast.

6. They came to a brook. 6. I will go with you.

7. I can not go into the water. 7. I can swim over the brook.

8. Get on my snout. 8. Get on my snout.

9. You are a good pancake. 9. I will swim over with you.

10. He ate it up. 10. He ate it up.

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Number the words in alphabetical Circle the correctly spelled words.
order:

_____ woman
woman wumen
_____ children

_____ pancake

_____ man childrin children

_____ hen

_____ cock pancake pancack

_____ boy

_____ dog
dog dogg
_____ pig

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The copytext for this on-line edition is READING-LITERATURE THE PRIMER,
adapted and graded by Harriette Taylor Treadwell and Margaret Free,
illustrated by Frederik Richardson, Evanston: Row, Peterson & Company,
1910. It is in the public domain in the United States.

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