by great jupiter
I was looking through The Long Winter tonight and stopped at the part where Mary, Laura, and Carrie have an "entertainment" by reciting from the Independent Fifth Reader (Grace recites nursery rhymes). I've had a copy of the 5th Reader for years, but it's been years since I paid much attention to it, so I decided to read The Speech of Regulus and the poems Laura and Carrie recite: Tubal Cain, The Sculptor Boy, The Swan's Nest, and Paul Revere's Ride.

The only one I was familiar with was Paul Revere's Ride, since I memorized that in the 8th grade. I didn't expect to be entertained by the 5th Reader, but here it is two hours later and I've decided I may as well just start over and read it cover to cover. The night is young.
- posted by pioneergirl at 1:56 AM