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He feared his fatherВ might not be pleased but he had no need to be uneasy, forВ his father was delighted. He put his head in at the window, which was open.В There a pleasant sight met his eyes.Д¬harles was at the table, ruling a copybook Joe wasВ reading to him, while his mother was spinning in the corner.Д¬harles was a little confused. Unwilling to leave withoutВ learning something of him, he went to the hut. He thought CharlesВ must have gone a long way off. He went to the river, and walked up andВ down, in hope of seeing the boat. He had told Charles thatВ he must never venture on the river, and he thought he could trust him. I often see him go to the houseВ of the fisherman. вЂњI am afraid,вЂќ said the gentleman, вЂњthat he does notВ always amuse himself thus. Rose said thatВ he was taking a walk, he supposed. Rose, andВ asked him if he knew where Charles was. Some time after, a gentleman called on Mr. Illustration of вЂњThe Young Teacher,вЂќ from вЂњMcGuffeyвЂ™s Third Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition,вЂќ 1879.В (Public Domain)

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Joe learnedВ very fast, and Charles soon began to teach him how to write.

So, on the next day when the hour came, Charles putВ his book in his pocket, and went to teach Joe. They told him it was what theyВ wished above all things. вЂњMy father gives me an hour every day for myself.В Now, if you will try to learn, you shall soon know how toВ read and to write.вЂќД«oth Joe and his mother were ready to fall on theirВ knees to thank Charles. вЂњI amВ only a little boy, but I can teach you that. вЂњThen I will make you happy,вЂќ said Charles. вЂњIf I could only learn to read and write,вЂќ said he, вЂњIВ should be the happiest boy in the world.вЂќ Those I saw upon a sign, and I am trying toВ write them.вЂќ вЂњNo, I am trying to write,вЂќ said little Joe, вЂњbut I knowВ only two words. Charles asked him whether he was drawing pictures. He found the little boy, whose name was Joe, sitting byВ the table, on which he was making marks with a piece ofВ chalk. They could not teachВ him themselves, and they were too poor to send him toВ school.Д¬harles called at the hut of this fisherman one day, toВ inquire about his dog, which was missing. His careful wife kept her wheel going early and late.В They both worked very hard to keep themselves above want.Д«ut they were greatly troubled lest their only sonВ should never learn to read and to write. On its bank stood the hut of aВ poor fisherman, who lived by selling fish. Rose told his son that, when his morning lessonsВ were over, he might amuse himself for one hour as heВ pleased. Enjoy, and share with your children! The Young TeacherД¬harles Rose lived in the country with his father, whoВ taught him to read and to write. McGuffeyвЂ™s Readers played an important role in American history, offering children not only lessons in reading, grammar, and spelling, but also in moral conduct and character. This is the sixth instalment in our McGuffey Readers series, in which we reproduce some of the best moral tales from the classic 1800s schoolbooks that sold an estimated 122 million copies by 1960, the largest circulation of any book in the world next to the Bible and WebsterвЂ™s Dictionary.

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