Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children (Version 2)

<h2><SPAN name="ix">THE GOOD SHIP ARGO.</SPAN></h2> <table summary="stories" cellpadding="10" border="1" align="center" width="50%"> <tr><td width="33%">across</td><td width="33%">untied</td><td width="33%">wade</td></tr> <tr><td width="33%">Jason</td><td width="33%">brave</td><td width="33%">party</td></tr> <tr><td width="33%">rained</td><td width="33%">creek</td><td width="33%">bridge</td></tr> <tr><td width="33%">shoe-strings</td><td width="33%">&nbsp;</td><td width="33%">invited</td></tr> </table> <p>Jason was a brave young man. He lived a little way from the king's city.</p> <p>One day the king gave a big party and invited Jason.</p> <p>It was a very dark night and it rained hard.</p> <p>Jason had to go across a creek, but there was no bridge.</p> <p class="ctr"> <SPAN href="images/109.png"><ANTIMG src="images/109th.png" alt="JASON COMES TO THE KING'S HOUSE"></SPAN></p> <p>The creek was full of water and Jason had to wade.</p> <p>One of his shoe-strings came untied and he lost his shoe in the water.</p> <p>When he came to the king's house, he had but one shoe.</p> <table summary="stories" cellpadding="10" border="1" align="center" width="50%"> <tr><td width="33%">knew</td><td width="33%">bring</td><td width="33%">fight</td></tr> <tr><td width="33%">wild</td><td width="33%">Argo</td><td width="33%">asked</td></tr> <tr><td width="33%">animals</td><td width="33%">shoe</td><td width="33%">Argonauts</td></tr> </table> <p>The king did not like this, for a fairy had said, "The man who shall come to your house with one shoe, will be king."</p> <p>So he knew Jason was to be king. Then he said to Jason, "You may be king when you bring me the golden fleece."</p> <p>Jason was glad to go, and asked many brave men to go with him.</p> <p>To get the golden fleece they would have to fight wild men and animals.</p> <p>They made a big ship which they named "Argo."</p> <p>The men who went on the Argo were called Argonauts. <br/> <br/> <br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />