FAWNS.

fawn dawn fear year eat

meal lawn deer hear near leaves tim-id

1. The fawn is on the lawn at the dawn. How it skips and runs!

2. Do not fear to go near the fawn. It can not harm you. The fawn has not horns till it is a year old.

3. The old deer are tim-id. They run off if they hear you near.

4. A fawn eats the buds and leaves of trees. It will come near and eat meal from your hand. Try it.

5. Do you see the fawns' long necks and ears? Their tails are short. Their legs are long and slim.

1. Ba-by is try-ing to walk. See how she holds out her arms to mam-ma.

2. Her legs are not strong yet. I fear she is go-ing to fall.

3. No: mam-ma will not let her fall. Mam-ma holds out her hands and calls her dear ba-by to her.

4. Ba-by is al-so try-ing to talk. She can say pa-pa and mam-ma.

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A 2

1. This is a tame bear. The man leads him with a rope. Will the bear not break the rope and get a-way?

2. Do not fear. This bear will not break the rope. The man got him when he was a cub. A cub is a small bear. Now he is tame.

3. Do you see the bear's paws? How long and flat they are!

4. The bear has big claws on his long paws. But the claws are hid.

5. The bear eats bread and meat. He tears the meat with his sharp laws.

WORD LESSONS.

The words have been already learned in the Reading Lessons and should now be compared.

REVISAL.

(No new difficulties are introduced.)

1. Dick is in his cage. No one will harm Dick. Do you see how tame he is, and how glad he is to see us?

2. If you talk to Dick, he will turn his head to hear what you have got to say. Call to him and he will fly out of his cage to you.

3. Dick sits near us and does not fear. See him pick up crumbs of bread out of my hand. hand. He will take meal

too if I set it for him.

4. If the rain falls and the day is dark, Dick will not sing for he is sad. If we hang his cage in the sun he will sing for us all the long day.

5. When you and pa-pa or mam-ma are talk-ing, Dick will try to talk too. Per-haps you will not hear what pa-pa and mam-ma say for Dick.

6. Are you not fond of Dick? Let us all be kind to him, and try to make him glad if we can.