She knew all about reading lessons and she hated them, although she loved to read. As she shut down the lid the teacher finished giving some instructions to three or four little ones and said, "Betsy and Ralph and Ellen, bring your reading books up here."īetsy sighed, took out her third-grade reader, and went with the other two up to the battered old bench near the teacher's desk. What a lot of children must have sat there, thought the little girl as she arranged her books and papers. There were more initials carved in side, another big H. Previous Chapter Next Chapter Chapter V - What Grade is Betsy?Īfter the singing the teacher gave Elizabeth Ann a pile of schoolbooks, some paper, some pencils, and a pen, and told her to set her desk in order.
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