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The Red Well-Read Reader

Story 279

Laziness Is Hard to Surmount

The Count cannot count to a very high amount. In fact, he cannot even

count the ducks in his fount. He cannot keep ac•count of the papers

he stacks in a big mount. His horse he can't even mount or dis•mount.

Things that happened as re•cent•ly as yesterday he often can't

re•count.

Yet he defends himself, saying, "Other things are more par•a•mount.

And besides, I have my servants on whom to count, 1-2-3-4 . . . ."

Story 280

Nouns, Etc.

An ad•jec•tive is a de•scrip•tive word like the color brown, or

upside down.

A verb is an action word – as in the swimmer may drown, or the

teacher may frown.

An adverb mod•i•fies a verb or another adverb: rain is falling

down; she is growing round.

A pronoun (such as who, where, which, what, this, that, these,

those, his, hers, etc.) takes the place of a noun.

And a noun may be a person, a clown; a place, a town; or a thing
like a king's crown, or an evening gown, or a goose's down.

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