"Tis safer to mind your own business, my dear."

-Youth's Companion.

Write the answers to these questions in the form of a story. Combine the answers that fit together well.

What was pussy doing?

What did she find?

Paragraph 1. Where did she find it?

What did pussy then do?

What did the turtle do?

What did pussy think?

Paragraph 2. How did she try to find out what the turtle was doing?

Why did pussy yell?

What else did she do?

Paragraph 3. How did they look?

Paragraph 4.

Where did puss fall?

How came she to do so?

(How did the turtle feel?
Why?

What did he do?

What did he say to Puss?

Name five persons whom you love.

Name five things that you like.

Fill these blanks correctly with like or love:

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LESSON 68.
LETTER.

Fill the blanks in this letter, which is written by Master Frank Strong to his classmate, Andrew Walton. Frank is spending the month of July, 1887, in Jackson, Cal.; Andrew lives at Lodi, Cal.:

Dear Andrews

Will

Jackson cal.
July, LESH,

you please send me one dozen fish hooks by the next mail? Get the kind which are best for trout

What is added to Jane in number two?

What does it mean now?

1. Felix pony.

What shows you whose pony it is?

2. Felix's pony.

Change each of the following so that we may know who is

Change these groups of words so that a name will show the ownership:

1. the pencil of the girl.

2. the desk of the teacher.
3. the songs of children.
4. the kindness of Ida.

With what letter does each word in the first column end?
What is added to each to make it show ownership?
Tell why we do not add an S also.

SUMMARY.

Memorize :

To show ownership or possession add an apostrophe and S to the |

name.

If the name means more than one and already ends in S, add an apostrophe only.

LESSON 71.

WRITTEN EXERCISE.

Copy from the table of contents in the Second Reader ten titles containing names used to show possession.

Combine these sentences, using a name to express possession:

1. The house was burned. It belonged to my father.

2. Edward owns a horse.

It has a long mane.
It has a long tail.

3. The canary has feathers.
The feathers are bright yellow.

4. Mr. Smith has a store.

It is on Market street.
It is near the Park.

5. That boat belongs to Jack.
It has a new coat of white paint.

6. O here is a hair ribbon.
It belongs to Cecelia

7. This hat belongs to Bessie.

It has just been brought home.

8. Miss Wilson bought this book. Therefore it is hers.

9. William sleeps in the store.

His father owns it.

It is a grocery store.

10. Charles lives on a farm.

Mr. Allen owns the farm.
Charles is his son.