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McGuffey's Eclectic Primer
Lesson L.
now wreaths who queen woods shall crown
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It is the first of May. The boys and girls have gone to the woods to have a good time. See them at their play.
The girls have wreaths in their hands.
Now they will crown some one Queen of the May. Who shall it be?
It should be the best girl, and that is Kate.