5 your friends, whenever you will do us the favor to call. And hark ye, friend! as you seem to be so fond of my great cat, you may like to know that she had five kittens last night." "Five kittens?" muttered the elf. 66 Yes," replied the woodman, "five of the most beautiful white kittens you ever saw, so like the old cat, it would do your heart good to see the whole family, —such soft, gentle paws, such deli10 cate whiskers, such pretty little mouths!" "Five kittens?" shrieked out the imp again. "Yes, to be sure!" said the woodman; "five kittens! Do look in to-night about twelve o'clock — the time, you know, that you used to come and The old cat will be so glad to show them to you, and we shall be so happy to see you once more. But where can you have been all this time?" 15 see us. 20 "I come? not I, indeed!" cried the troll. "What do I want with the little wretches? Did not I see the mother once? Keep your kittens to yourself. I must be off; this is no place for me. Five kittens! So there are six of them now? Good-by to you, you'll see me no more; so bad luck to your ugly cat, and your beggarly house!' 66 "And bad luck to you, Mr. Crookback!" cried the woodman, as he threw him the red cap he had left behind in his battle with Bruin. Keep clear 5 of my cat, and let us hear no more of your pranks, or bad luck to you!" So, now that he knew his troublesome guest had taken his leave, the woodman soon moved back all his goods and his wife and children into 10 their snug old house. And there they lived happily, for the elf never came to see them any more; and the woodman every day after dinner drank, Long life to the king of Norway," for sending the cat that cleared his house of vermin. 66 shreds, strips; bram'ble, brier; in the dumps, gloomy, sad; bump'kin, a dull fellow; re col lect'; del'i cate; ver'min, troublesome small animals. Which paragraphs tell about the first meeting between the woodman and the goblin? About the second meeting? What did the woodman then do? Write a paragraph about each of the following groups : The king of Norway. What he' sent to the king of Denmark. By whom he sent it. 15 5 10 The huntsman. The woodman he met. the night. Who lived in the house then. Where he spent What he did when he came The troll. What he was. home. The fight with the bear. The troll left the house. The woodman. How he met the troll. imp. What the troll did. The moving back of the woodman. 57 HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD By the shores of Gitche Gumee, Rose the black and gloomy pine trees, There the wrinkled old Nokomis Safely bound with reindeer sinews; "Hush! the Naked Bear will hear thee!” "Ewa-yea! my little owlet! Who is this that lights the wigwam? Many things Nokomis taught him Showed the Death Dance of the spirits, In the frosty nights of Winter; Showed the broad white road in heaven, Crowded with the ghosts, the shadows. Hi a wä'tha (He a wä'tha), rein'deer; lin'den; Gitch'ee Gu'mee, Indian name for Lake Superior; No ko'mis; Ish'koodah. What name is given to the Indian's house? Read the lines 10 15 20 5 10 that tell where it stood. Why are the pine trees called "black and gloomy"? What is the "beat" of the water? What is meant by Hiawatha's linden cradle? How are the cradles of the Indian babies different from those of our babies? Use another word for "wail." Which do you think is the better word here? 66 Why did Nokomis call Hiawatha little owlet? What are the fiery tresses of the comet"? What did Nokomis really show Hiawatha " flaring far away to northward"? What name do we give to the "broad white road in heaven" Describe in your own words Hiawatha's home. His cradle. 58 "? HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD (Continued) AT the door on summer evenings 66 Heard the whispering of the pine trees, |