Shine!

Antonio was the eldest child. There were six children in the family. His family was poor. His father was sick. His mother worked hard to earn money. She washed clothes for other people.

But Mother sent Antonio to school. He was in grade four. Antonio helped Mother earn money. He worked after classes in the afternoon. When he arrived from school he got his box.

He went down the house and began to shout . "Shine! shine!" He earned 20 pesos or more on school days. On Saturdays and Sundays, he earned three times as much.

The Bees

The bees live in a big family. There are many bees in the family. We cannot count them. The bee family is called a swarm. The swarm lives in the hive. The hive hangs on a tree. Each swarm has a mother bee. She is called the queen bee. She is the mother of all the bees in the swarm.

There are two kinds of bees. The busy bees are called workers. The lazy bees are called drones. The workers do not like the drones. They sting the lazy drones. The workers gather nectar from the flowers. They put the nectar in the hive. The bees make the nectar into honey. Honey is sweet. It is the food of the young bees.