called because it was a place where the water ran rapidly.

15. The water in the rapids was very rough. The tub wabbled, and little Elmer became frightened.

16. He called out, "Uncle Tommy, help me, or I'll upset!" Uncle Tommy was running along the shore near the tub.

17. But Uncle Tommy did not want to help Elmer just now. So the tub wabbled more and more, and soon over it went.

18. Out went Elmer into the water. He got wet from head to foot. Uncle Tommy waded in and pulled him out of the rapids, so he would not get drowned.

19. Peter saw him upset, and laughed out with all his might, "Ha-ha-ha-ha! ha-ha-ha-ha! O, ha-ha-ha-ha!"

20. Uncle Tommy took the tub out of the creek and put it on the bank. Then he led Elmer home dripping wet.

21. Uncle Tommy said, "Elmer will not want to ride in a tub any more. You need not fear that he will ever want to sail in the tub on the mill-pond."

22. Can you tell your teacher why Elmer's Uncle Tommy let Elmer ride in a wash-tub when he knew the tub would upset and Elmer would be tumbled out into the water?

1. A wolf who had never seen a man once said to his friend, a fox, "What kind of animal is a man? Every animal tells me that no one can overcome a man in a fight.

2. "I am not afraid of him. I am not afraid of any animal, and they say a man is not so strong as most other animals. I should like to see a man; I could whip him easily if I should meet one."

3. "Don't talk so foolishly," said the fox. "No animal, though he may be much stronger, can overcome a man unless he can play upon him a sharp trick."

4. "Well," said the wolf, "show me a man, shall see what I can do."

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5. "If you are so anxious to see a man," said the fox, "follow me. I know where some men

6. So the fox took the wolf to a thick hedge by a roadside, and found a place where they could peep through but could not be seen themselves.

7. Soon an old soldier came limping along on crutches. "Is that a man?" asked the wolf. 8. "No," said the fox, "not now; but he was once."

9. Next a cheerful, sunny-faced, handsome little boy came along whistling on his way to school.

10. "Is that a man?" asked the wolf.

11. "No," answered the fox; "but he will be one of these days."

12. Soon a hunter came along. He carried a

double-barreled gun over his shoulder, and a bowie-knife in his belt.

13. "Is that a man?" asked the wolf.

14. "Yes," answered the fox; "now, go at him! As for me, I'll hasten back to my hole."

15. "Well," said the wolf, "he walks only on his hind feet. I can easily topple him over." 16. The wolf then jumped over the hedge and rushed out toward the hunter.

17. The hunter saw him coming and was prepared for him, and fired off one barrel.

18. The shot struck the wolf in the head, and though they stung severely, the wolf's courage did not give way.

19. The wolf made a great plunge at the hunter, who then fired off the other barrel.

20. The load struck the wolf on the end of his nose, and it smarted with pain.

21. The foolish wolf then jumped upon the man, but he was ready with his hunting-knife and struck the wolf two or three times in the side, cutting painful gashes.

22. "O dear!" cried the wolf, "I did not think a man could do all this. I must run away, or I shall be killed."

23. So the wolf, bleeding from his wounds and moaning with pain, turned and ran away. He jumped over the hedge and ran to the fox's den.

24. "How did your man receive you?" the fox asked when the wolf reached him. "I see you have not conquered him."

25. "O," said the wolf, "I am sorry I did not believe what you and the other animals told me about men."

26. "Well, what happened?" said the fox. "You look the worse for the meeting. I thought you were going to topple him over so easily."

27. Said the wolf, "I'll tell you what happened. As I ran up toward the man he took down a hollow stick from his shoulder and blew through it some little stones against my head. O, how they smarted!

28. "Next, when I got a little closer he blew some fire and little stones through another hole in the stick. The fire burned the hair from my head, and the little stones stung my nose and made it bleed.

29. "Each time he blew through the stick he made noise enough to make one deaf. I made