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The Ontario Readers

by Ontario Ministry of Education

EMPIRE DAY

I want you to remember what Empire Day means Empire Day is the festival on which every British subject should reverently remember that the British Empire stands out before the whole world as the fearless chahts; that its ords are responsibility, duty, sympathy and self-sacrifice, and that a special responsibility rests with you individually to be true to the traditions and to the mission of your race

I also want you to remember that one day Canada will becoh British traditions, thethe people of the United Kingdom, which make up the British Empire, and that it rests with each one of you individually to do your utmost by your own conduct and example to make Canada not only thenations that are proud to owe allegiance to the King

Earl Grey

Governor-General of Canada

THIRD READER

TO-DAY

So here hath been dawning Another blue day; Think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away?

Out of Eternity This new day is born; Into Eternity At night will return

Behold it aforetime No eye ever did; So soon it forever Fro Another blue day; Think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away?

CARLYLE

FORTUNE AND THE BEGGAR

One day a ragged beggar was creeping along from house to house He carried an old wallet in his hand, and was asking at every door for a few cents to buy so at his lot, he kept wondering why it was that folks who had somore

”Here,” said he, ”is the ood business o Had he been wise he would have stopped then He would have turned over his business to some one else, and then he could have spent the rest of his life in ease But what did he do instead? He built shi+ps and sent theet reat storms on the water; his shi+ps recked, and his riches were sed up by the waves Now all his hopes lie at the bottoreat wealth has vanished

”There are ain the whole world

”As for h to eat and to wear, I would not want anything more”

Just at that ar and stopped She said to hi wished to help you Hold your wallet and I will pour this gold into it, but only on this condition: all that falls into the wallet shall be pure gold; but every piece that falls upon the ground shall become dust Do you understand?”

”Oh, yes, I understand,” said the beggar

”Then have a care,” said Fortune ”Your wallet is old, so do not load it too heavily”