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Jack Hurry, we won't fall

Bally I can just see the fireplace now
Jack Just see those stockings They are full
Billy They are stuffed as full as can be
Jack Let's empty them as quickly as we can

The Injured Kitten

Anne Ben, come quickly. The kitten is hurt! Ben Hurt, did you say! How did it happen! Anne An automobile ran over her. Poor kitten, how she cries!

Ben Isn't it too bad! Can we carry her to the house? Anne We must take her home. Will she die!

Ben Oh, no! I think it is just her foot.

Anne Good, there comes father! He will know what to do.

Ben Of course he will: Don't cry, Anne! I am sure we can help her.

Here is another dialogue where the children are very much excited. They feel very badly about the hurt kitten. What mark do we use after all sentences to show great feeling.

Read Ben's first speech. Do these sentences tell something or ask something? They both ask something. We did not put the question mark here because Ben is so excited that we wish to show his feeling. Very often we use an exclamation point after a sentence which asks, because the sentence shows great feeling. It makes no difference whether a sentence asks something or tells something, if it shows much feeling we always put an exclamation point at the end.

There are several sentences which do not show much feeling. Find them. Do they tell something or ask something? What marks are after them?

Copy the sentences which tell something, and which also show feeling. Then write the sentences which ask something and yet show so much feeling that we use an exclamation point.

Here is a dialogue between two girls whose mother has gone to a neighbor's for a few minutes. It is night and the girls are very timid. When the dogs bark they are very much frightened. Some of the sentences ask and some of them tell, but all which show much feeling should be followed by an exclamation point. Copy the dialogue, putting in the marks which have been omitted.

Mark the sentences which ask, but which are followed by an exclamation point because they show feeling. Be careful to keep a straight margin.

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to wait if they could forget how slowly the time was passing. They tried this game and that, but they were too excited to play. Mary looked at the clock again. Ten minutes had passed!

Do you know why the children were so excited? It was Christmas Eve. What do you suppose was behind those tightly closed doors? There was a Christmas tree. The children had not seen it, but they knew it must be a big one.

What queer sounds came from the room! Father and mother were having a good time getting it ready. If only Uncle Robert and Aunt Ruth would hurry! They could not have a Christmas tree without them. What was that! Some one was coming! Uncle and aunt had really come at last. In ran the cousins. They, too, were very much excited. They all danced about together laughing and shouting. When Mary looked at the clock, guess what it said! It said only five minutes until seven! How could they wait!

From the story above write the sentences which ask. Some of them are followed by question marks. Tell why. Some are followed by exclamation points. Tell why.

periods. Tell why. Some are followed by exclamation Find the sentences which tell. Some are followed by

points. Tell why.

Read the story, sentence by sentence, saying whether each sentence tells or asks and whether it shows feeling or not; as, It was only half past six tells. It does not show feeling, so it ends with a period.

The story that follows tells about the Christmas tree which the children were so anxious to see. There are no marks written after the sentences. Copy the story, putting in the marks. Whether a sentence asks or tells, if it still shows feeling, it must be followed by what? If it only asks, it is followed by what? If it only tells, it is followed by what?

The Christmas Tree

The clock struck seven How the children shouted Just at the last stroke Uncle Robert opened the tightly closed doors

What a beautiful tree stood in the center of the room Candles shone from every side Bright balls and tinsel dangled from the branches Popcorn strings and colored bags of candy hung from top to bottom.

Underneath were many packages Could they really be the Christmas gifts There were big ones and little ones There were long ones and short ones How the children danced for joy Uncle Robert called the names and each child came to get his gift Such shouts of delight there were All the children were very happy Their fathers and mothers were happy too

Would you like to have such a happy Christmas time

The Christmas Birds

Once upon a time the birds who sang the Christmas carols were all very sad. They did not know how to make children happy who had no toys and who had very little to eat. "What shall we do?" said the birds. "How can we make all the world happy when so many children are sad? Our singing cannot do it alone."

Then one little bird said, "Let us go now before Christmas and tell all the little boys and girls who have many things. Surely the dear children will help us."

So the little birds flew before the windows of the boys and girls who had many things. They sang sweet songs. They told about the other unhappy boys and girls and asked the happy children to help them. Then the little birds flew away.

The happy boys and girls began to plan. Few of them had money to give. Besides, the birds did not want money. They wanted something better. All the children had toys. Some they loved dearly. Of these each child decided to

give one. Very carefully he wrapped it up for some other child who had none.

What a Christmas that was! The birds sang more sweetly than ever before. The children who were poor were happy in their toys and in the love that each child had sent with his gift. The rich children were happy because they knew they had given a real gift when they sent something they loved dearly.

Were there ever such sweet Christmas carols! The birds sang because they were so happy. The children sang, too. Soon the whole world joined in that very beautiful song of joy.

Copy from this story two sentences which ask and do not show feeling. Copy two sentences which show feeling. Tell about each one, whether it asks or tells. Copy two sentences which tell and do not show feeling.

Then write of your own one sentence which tells and does not show feeling; one that tells and shows feeling; one that asks and does not show feeling: one that asks and yet shows feeling.

Fables for Supplementary
Reading

Grace Norton Whittaker

THE WOLF AND THE CRANE

A Wolf had been out hunting one day and had caught a fine rabbit.

"What a grand dinner I shall have!" said he, as he sat down under a tree to eat it. Just then he saw another wolf coming through the woods.

"There comes that lazy cousin of mine. He is sure to want part of my dinner. I want it all myself. I'll eat as fast as I can. There will be nothing left by the time he gets here." The Wolf ate as fast as he could all the time he was talking. "Then I will say that I am very sorry that he did not come earlier so as to dine with me.' Alas! the old Wolf hurried so fast that one of the bones stuck fast in his throat. He tried to swallow it. It would not go down. He tried to cough it up. It would

not move.

"Oh, oh!" he cried. "How it hurts! Help! I shall die if I can't get it out soon." Just then his cousin walked by.

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"Why don't you help me? Don't you see I am dying?" I cried the Wolf.

His cousin knew that if he had not been so greedy he would have had no trouble, so he said, "Oh, I don't think I could do it, and besides, I am in a hurry to get my dinner. I hope you get the bone out. Good-bye."

"I think I'm dying," howled the Wolf, "and no one will help me."

Just then along came the Crane. "What's the matter, Friend Wolf?" he asked. "You seem to be ill."

"I have a great bone in my throat. No one will take it out for me. I will give you anything that you wish if you will pull it out."

"What shall I do?" thought the Crane. "I am sorry for the poor fellow, but I shall have to reach down his throat. What if he should bite off my head?"

"Please, oh, please do try to get it!" begged the Wolf. "I will try," said the Crane. He put his long bill down the Wolf's throat. He pulled and pulled. At last out it came.

"Out at last!" cried the Wolf. "I didn't have enough dinner. I'll go now to find something more. Good-bye." He turned to go.

"Here! Wait!" called the Crane. "Where's my reward? You said could I have anything I wished."

"Reward! Reward!" howled the Wolf. "You had reward enough."

"What have I had?" asked the Crane.

"You had your head in my mouth and I did not bite it off. Is that not enough? Get out of my sight, or I may get my paws on you."

Away went the Crane as fast as he could go. "I don't think I'll ever help you again, Mr. Wolf," he said, “and you may get into trouble again." Presentation

a To classes able to read the material readily at sight. MATERIAL Pictures of wolves, rabbits, cranes.. METHODS Name the animals shown. What can you tell about wolves? What is their food? How do they catch it? What does the rabbit like? Where do cranes live? How do they catch their prey? Which of these would you fear? Why? Do they fear each other? Why?

*Our story to-day is about the wolf and the crane. We will see which we like the better. (Pass copies of the story.) Read silently till you learn what the wolf saw. Do you think he was glad to see him? Why? Read aloud. I think that the wolf who is coming is a relative. Read till you learn what the first wolf planned to say to him. Tell me what it was. What do you think of him? Yes, those are all good words to describe him. Anna may write them on the board. Read aloud.

Read silently till you learn what happened to the wolf and who walked past him. Tell me. Do you think his cousin will help him? Why? Read aloud.

The wolf said something after his cousin went past. Find out what it was. Tell me. What do you think of the cousin? Read aloud.

Some one is coming. Perhaps he will help the wolf. Read to learn if I am right, and to find out what the newcomer thought. Tell me what you read. Do you think the crane will decide to help? Why? Read aloud.

Read till you learn what the wolf did as soon as he felt better. What do you think of the wolf now? Read aloud. Read till find what reply the wolf made to the crane. What did he say? Of what reward do you suppose he was thinking? Read aloud.

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Finish the story. How do you like the ending? How would you like to have it end? James thinks he would trouble again. How many like that idea? Nearly all of like to make the story longer and have the wolf get into To-morrow you may finish the story as you like.

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Before we begin to read we must study some of the hard words that are found in the story so that we may read smoothly. First I will write the crane's name for you. (Write crane) In this story of a wolf, he meets another wolf. It is not brother or a sister, but it is his cousin. Have you a cousin? Are you kind to him? Do you think the wolf would be kind to his cousin? No, he wanted all the good things for himself. He was greedy. Something happened to this greedy wolf. It hurt him so that he thought he was dying. The trouble was right here. (Point to throat.) Yes, in his throat. If some one cured him, what do you think he would do for them? Perhaps he would not. What would you do? You would do something for them or you would reward them. Let us study the words. Jane may read the list. (Drill. Pass copies of the story.) Look for this word. What is it? Look for each word in the list. each word in the list. How many did you find? Read them to me.

The motive questions found in a may be used unless it is desirable to have shorter reading units. The other questions may be added as desired. Always have some child read the entire story as an ending to the lesson.

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A Page for Story Tellers

The Adventures of Bona and
Nello

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An Italian Fairy Tale

NCE upon a time there was a poor man whose wife died leaving him two children to care for, a little girl called Bona and a little boy called Nello. They were both beautiful children, and their father was very fond of them. He made a living for them . by going into the forest and cutting wood to sell in the town; but as he never was happy when parted from them, he used to take them with him every day. They gathered twigs and fallen branches, and made them into little bundles for firewood.

After some years the man took to himself a second wife. The stepmother was a cunning, wicked woman, and she had a daughter as bad as herself, and very ugly. For a time all went well enough, but it was not long before she began to beat poor Bona and Nello, and to grudge them each mouthful of food. Nor was that all. She grew so to hate the very sight of them that she began to urge her husband to send them away, saying they ate too much, and were naughty, idle children. Of course, their father would not hear of it; but when month after month he heard his wife rage and scold all day long, and saw his little son and daughter ill-treated and unhappy, he gave way. "Take them into the thickest part of the wood," said the wicked woman, "and leave them there. Perhaps some grand gentleman may pick them up. Ha! ha ha! At least it will be a good riddance for us poor folk!"

So one morning he said to them, "Come, my children, we will go to the forest to-day." They each took a piece of bread for their dinner, and set off merrily, glad to be out of reach of their stepmother. On the way they met a man selling lupins. Give us a halfpenny, father!" "Give us a halfpenny, father!" they cried. And with the halfpenny they bought lupins, ate them, and threw away the pods. At last they reached the thick woods, and their father said, "Here is a fine tree-stem I am going to cut down. It will take time; but go you farther along, and you will find plenty of small wood. You'll hear my axe, and know that I am not far off."

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The children did as they were bidden. But the man' afraid to go back to his wicked wife with them, tied a hard gourd to the tree-trunk, so that when the wind stirred it, it beat against the tree. This sound the little ones heard as they gathered sticks all the day, and they said. to themselves, "That is father's axe. But when evening came and he did not call them, they ran back to the place where they supposed him to be working, and lo! he was not there.

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Nello began to cry. But Bona said, 'Don't cry, little brother! We have only to follow the track of the lupins we ate on our way, and we shall reach home all right."

And so it was. In an hour they were tapping at their own house-door, and calling, "Here we are, father! Let us in!" And the poor man, who was sitting weeping, and groaning aloud, "It is dark. My children are alone in the woods, where wild beasts may be prowling about," hearing their voices, flung the door open, embraced them, set them down at the table, and fed them with all that was best in the house.

You may think how angry the stepmother was! And she was very obstinate, too. Every day for weeks and weeks she urged their father to send them away. He refused and refused; but her will was stronger than his; and he gave in at last. Again he told them to come with him into the far woods to make fagots for selling in the town. They obeyed, but Bona remembered what had happened before, and filled her pockets and little Nello's with beans. They ate the beans on the road and threw away the pods. And all took place as before. Their father sent them farther and farther into the wood, saying he was going to hew down a great tree-stump. He tied the hard gourd to the stump. It stirred in the wind, and he slunk away home, ashamed, while they worked blithely all day long. In the evening they came back to the place where they had left their father. No father there! Little Nello began to cry; but his sister said, "Do not cry, little brother. We'll find the way back very easily. We have but to follow the track left by the bean-pods." So they did, and reached home safely, to their stepmother's wrath, to the joy of their father, who embraced them, set them down at the table, and fed them with all that was best in the house.

But do you think their stepmother gave way? Not

for a moment! And once more, at her urging, did their father set off with them, and this time to a still darker, thicker, farther part of the forest. Bona could find no beans that morning, but she took handfuls of bran in her pocket, and as they went along she dropped it by the way. Just as before, their father sent them farther on, and said he was going to fell a great tree. And just as before, he tied the gourd to the tree-trunk, and waited till the wind stirred and it flapped against the tree. Then, more ashamed than ever, he slunk away home.

When it grew dark the children returned to the spot with their bundles, to find their father gone. Nello began to cry. "Don't cry, little brother," said Bona. "We'll find our way home quite easily by the bran I strewed along our path. But alas! the day had been very windy; the wind had scattered the bran; and they wandered about the trackless wood, getting more and more more bewildered every minute. This time they both began to cry. At last, after long wanderings, they sat down against a tree, clinging to each other and sobbing themselves to sleep.

Next day they tried again to find their way, and in vain! "Ah, but I am so thirsty!" said poor Nello. "If only we could find a little stream!" And soon they came to a brook. But just as the boy was stooping down to drink, Bona heard a voice say:

"Who of my shining water doth partake,

Shall change at once to glittering, gliding snake." "Nello! Nello! do not drink!" cried Bona. "It is evil water. Wait a little." And she pulled him back. A little while after they came to another stream, and Nello, who was thirstier than ever, stooped down to drink. But his sister heard a voice say:

"Of my clear water, passer-by, beware!
Unless you'd turn at once into a hare!"

"Nello! Nello!" she cried. "Do not drink! It is evil water." And she pulled him back.

They went on a little farther, and they came to a third brook. But as Nello ran to drink, she heard a voice say:

"Drink of my waters, Bona, as they run,

Thou shalt be fairer than the moon or sun!
But from my stream thy little brother hold,
Else shall he turn to sheep with horns of gold!"

"Nello! Nello! Nello! Do not drink! The water is evil!" she cried. But Nello, who could restrain himself no longer, had already drunk. And lo! on the instant, he stood before her the prettiest little sheep that ever was seen, with white curly wool and twisted golden horns! "Oh!" cried Bona, in despair, "if it has come to that, I may as well drink too!" So she stooped down and drank, and rose up the loveliest of maidens, fairer than the moon, fairer than the sun! But she did not know the change in herself; and to her little brother she was still the same kind sister Bona.

Well, after wandering lonely and tired for a long time, they came to a great cavern. They went in, found it clean and lofty and airy. "What a fine house for us!" cried Bona. She made beds of dried leaves for them to sleep on at night, and in the daytime they gathered herbs and berries to eat, and played the merriest games. It was a fine life they led in the beautiful forest. If they missed their father, at least there was no wicked stepmother to scold and beat them. And so years passed.

Now, one day the royal hunt was in the forest; and the King pursuing the game, came suddenly on a beautiful maiden who vanished at the sight of him into a great cave. He called to her, and she came out and stood before him, fairer than the sun, fairer than the moon. "Will you come with me home to my Castle," he said, "and be my Queen?"

"Yes," she answered, "if my little sheep may come too and never leave me."

So the King set her before him on his horse; and the chief huntsman took the little sheep; and they all set off to the King's Castle.

"Who is this you bring home?" asked his mother.

"My Queen, " he replied. And though his mother thought he had acted hastily, she saw that Bona was very beautiful at least. Soon she learned that she was good and clever too: and made no objection to her son's marriage. It was celebrated in splendid fashion, and Bona looked every inch a Queen. But wherever she was, there was the little sheep with the golden horns.

Now, Bona, was too good-hearted to bear malice. She often thought of her father who had loved them so much before he married their wicked stepmother; and she sent kind messages and gifts to him, and told him she was now a Queen. The wicked heart of her stepmother was filled with envy when she heard the news; and she began to plot mischief once more. Taking her ugly daughter along with her, she set out for the distant Palace, where she was welcomed by Bona, who showed her everything, and took her in to see her own room.

"Why is that window blocked up?" she asked "Because right below it is the sea, and my husband thinks if it were open I might fall out and be drowned." "How foolish!" said her stepmother. "Are you a baby? Let it be opened at once, I beg. The view must be magnificent! I long to look over the sea."

So the Queen goodhumoredly called her attendants, and ordered them to do her stepmother's bidding. Then they both looked out, and as Bona gazed into the water the wicked woman gave her a push, and down she fell into the sea. A great shark was floating in the water at that moment, and the force of the water carried her right into its open mouth. She was swallowed by the shark!

Quick as lightning, the cruel woman led he ugly daughter to Bona's bedchamber, put her to bed, and bade the maidens tell the King the Queen was ailing. Then she hurr.ed away as fast as she could from the Castle, and went back to her husband's cottage. In a little while home came the King; and when he heard the news of the Queen's illness he went to her room, much distressed. 'What is the matter with my beloved?" he said. And the ugly young woman, turning her face to the wall, said, "I am much hurt. That horrid little sheep ran one of its horns into my eye and put it out. Hav the creature killed at once!"

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In studying this story nothing makes it as real to the children as to have the miniature figures that can be moved around and enact the events as they read or tell of them. This story can be very successfully worked out in a sand-table, or if that is not attainable, a table top will do. Small sticks can be gathered to make the fence, ladder and house, and the arrangement can be studied from the text.

Directions for Making

The figures for this Story Stand-up are made from colored paper or from white paper and colored as suggested below. The figures are made double so as to be reversible and that they may stand on two legs. So fold the paper in the middle and put the pattern on with dotted line on the fold and cut on outside line, thus making the two sides, except in the case of Robinson Crusoe, where a single paper is used. In some cases where the legs are slender it is best

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to strengthen them with a double thickness of paper of cardboard. The bodies are pasted together about halfway down, the laps on the feet are bent inward, lapped on top of each other and pasted on the bottom to a small square or cardboard so that they easily stand upright.

Robinson Crusoe is tan, his goat-skin suit white, his umbrella and shoes light brown, basket and hatchet brown, gun dark brown and saw gray. Put on his suit and shoes first, then his basket on his back, his saw on one side of his belt and hatchet on the other, his gun in one hand and umbrella in the other.

Friday is dark brown and goat-skin suit white. He can carry a gun or a hatchet in his hand. The visiting cannibals may be made by using the same pattern but leaving off the goat-skin suit.

The cat is gray, the dog brown, the parrot green and the goats white.

These patterns can be used very successfully in making wooden figures.

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