5. "And did you ever hear it before, Irving?" 6. "No, I never did,” said Irving. 7. "What do you think of it?" 8. "Think of it? I don't think of it. I don't know how to think of it; but I like it," said Irving. 9. "So do I. It is a very good one. I like it first rate," said Berty. 10. "That is what I meant: and I should have said, 'How do you like the story?' I am glad you like it. Now, Berty, let me hear what you can tell about it." 11. "I can tell a cow and milk; and Ann, -she milked the cow." 12. "And the cow was white, and Ann got almost a pailful of milk from her," said Irving; "and I like to drink milk, too.' 13. "But you could not drink a whole pailful, could you?" 66 14. "O no, I could not drink so much as that." And he laughed right out. 15. "And what would you do with so much milk, then?" 16. "I would do just as Ann did. I would make butter; and then I could eat the butter with bread. I like bread and butter. Don't you, Herbert? And I like bread and milk for supper." 17. "And I would like some for dinner," said Herbert. 18. Just then mamma opened the door softly, and came in to see the school. 19. "O, mamma! May I have some bread and milk for dinner?" said Irving. 20. Irving is a small boy, and has not learned that he must not speak out in school. So the teacher said, "Irving, you are in school now, and must not talk so to visitors." 21. "O, I forgot I was in school. It don't seem a bit like the big school. I like this school the best, I do." 22. "Can you think of any thing else that I read?" 23. "Let me see,-0, yes! You read that Uncle Daniel has a big yard full of cows! and that he puts their milk into large vats and makes it into cheese. 24. "I should like to go to Uncle Daniel's and see him make cheese. Where does he live? in Michigan?" asked Herbert. 25. "Mamma," said the little teacher, "have we an Uncle Daniel, just as this story says?" 26. "Yes, my children, Uncle Daniel is your father's brother; and he lives a long way from here, in the State of New York. He has a large cheese dairy." 27. "Thank you, mamma. I did not know that this was a true story about our own uncle. I thought it was just a made-up story," said Arthur, quite forgetting that he was the teacher. 28. Then turning to Herbert and Irving, he said, "Boys, I see that you remember the story pretty well. How much one can learn by reading! We can learn almost every thing by reading. 29. "There are many things that we should like to know that we can find out no other way, and this is one reason why we should learn to read." 30. "That is well said, Arthur. I think your teacher is right in saying that you are quite a teacher," said mamma. 1. "Herbert, you may take your book and read over your lesson to yourself, and while you are doing it I will hear Irving read," said the teacher. 2. Herbert at once took his book and began to study his lesson; and the teacher said to Irving, "Come, now you may read." 3. Teacher. What word did you learn at your last lesson ? 4. Irving. Black. 5. T. What is black the name of? 6. I. A color. 7. T. Can you tell me some things that are black? 8. I. Yes; my shoes are black; my cap is black; and our cow is black. 9. T. That is right. What is the color of this book? 15. T. Can you tell me some other things that are white? 16. I. Snow is white; sheets are white; and this paper is white. 17. T. When you read in the last Lesson, -black dog, black cat, what did you mean? 18. I. I meant that the dog was black, and that the cat was black. 19. T. What word told you the color of the dog and cat. 20. I. The word black. 21. T. Do you know who has a black cat? 22. I. Yes, sir; Jane has one. 23. T. Did you ever see a cat that was not black? 24. I. O yes; Cousin Grace's cat is as white as snow. 25. T. What word tells you the color of Cousin Grace's cat? 26. I. It is the word white. 27. T. Did you ever see this word? 28. I. No, sir. 29. T. But you have heard it? 30. I. O yes, a great many times. *See Analytical First Reader, Lesson IV., 1. |