The Crown of Success
, looking round the immense shop with delight. "There are such lots
ied Matty; "that paper all cove
mend it for wear," said Mr. Reading, who at that inst
cried Matty; "I should car
e jolliest paper that ever was made; don't you see it, up
" observed Mr. Reading, "a great fav
ey!" cried Dick; "I never sa
please the taste of her mother, the latter what would cost least of his
ur rooms ourselves," said she; "how can we do so, havin
ing; "you will find nothing more certain to stick on a p
and reflecting mind, though too lazy to make much use of it; "as our walls are higher
seemed to take pleasure in serving his young guests; "I've the
this ladder
drew into an inner part of the dwelling, and soon re-appeared, lu
On the upper part appears the same sentence, but with many a blunder in it to try your powers of recollection. You must study the ladder well before you attempt to mount it, and get the right spelling fixed in your mind, so as to make no mistakes. Then, before putting y
ems to have been expressly contrived to break the
thought it a capital joke, burst into a loud laugh. "I confess that the ladder of Spelling has been the cause of many
bbing his head with a disconsolate air, as if he alre
hat we are forced to spell so finely. Such a comical ladder a
y step breaking beneath them, I will give them a few of the sentences to correct at their
ants, too
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cene in var
appels a
leve and wark
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dashed the
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rains in jo
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the bottom: "I'll get good-natured little Nelly to stand below while I'm climbing the steps,
difficulty for himself," he replied; "not a single step w
eaved a sigh
the ladder! Just roll up our papers, Mr. Reading, we'll carry them under our arms. The girls will take cha
d with the can of Attention, for Matty was too much engaged in looking at and admiring her pretty fairy paper to think of her lame little sister. Mr. Reading, the most polite and agreeable of shopkeepers, bade them farewell wit
to co