of water, and Fannie laughed as she saw the cow dip her nose into the water to drink.

6. She said she would rather drink out of a tumbler; but the cow could not do this, and so had to drink in her own way.

7. Still she could not see how the cow got much water in her mouth in that way, nor how it could run uphill through her throat.

8. As Fannie was standing near the tub, she looked to see if the cow really did drink the

water.

9. "Why, James," said she, will get no water. It is all It is all

"the poor cow

running out of

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10. James laughed, and told her that she would find that the cow could drink a tubful of water in about three minutes, and Fannie soon saw that the cow was drinking the water that she thought must be leaking out of the tub.

11. She could see by looking at the outside of the cow's neck that the water was being carried down her throat very fast, even if it did have to run uphill.

1. Trouble, rather, tumbler, throat, leaking, carried.

2. Could you drink like a cow or a dog? What is a young horse called? What is a young cow called? Did you ever notice how birds drink? Mark the silent letters in laughed, trouble, throat. "James laughed, and told her." What word joins laughed with told?

NOTE.-And, if, or, and some other words are connecting-words. They are called conjunctions, while the other little connecting-words, in, of, from, are called prepositions. The prepositions always have a name-word (or a word that takes its place) after them, and, with the name-word, are used to tell time, place, or manner.

LXXII. HOW DIFFERENT CREATURES DRINK.

1. Pretty soon the horse began to drink, and Fannie saw that he drank in about the same way as the cow.

2. But the hen, after dipping her bill into

the tub, held up her head as if to let the water run down her throat.

3. This made Fannie think about the way in which different animals drink, and she asked James a great many questions which he could not answer.

4. But Fannie said she would begin that day and write down the names of all the different animals she had ever seen, and then find out how each one drank.

5. While she was talking with James the cow stood near them, near them, and seemed to be chewing something all the time.

6. "James," said Fannie, "I think the cow must have had something hard in her mouth; she has been chewing it for a long time.”

7. James looked at the cow for a minute, and then told Fannie that the cow had a strange way of eating as well as of drinking, and he promised to tell her all about it. Fannie thought she had a great deal to learn about the common animals.

1. Dipping, different, questions, common, chewing, answer. 2. Make a list of all the animals you know, and tell how each one drinks. What animals "chew the cud"? Which animal do you think is most useful to man? Drop ing from

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dipping. What sounds have i and o in question? Group the words in the first paragraph and name the connectingwords. What words can you make from differ?

LXXIII. PAPA'S RETURN.

1. "Papa has come! Papa has come! I am glad he is at home again. I must run and find him.

2. "Oh, here you are, papa! Mamma said that you would be here to-night. Every day we have said, 'We do wish papa would come home.' It seems a long time since you went away, and we have missed you so much."

3. "And I have missed my little Fannie and her mamma, too, and am glad to get home again. The three days I have been have seemed like three weeks."

away

4.

"Three days, papa! Only three days! Why, it must be more than that since you went away."

5. "Well, Fannie, I went away on Wednesday, and this is Saturday. You see that I have been away only two whole days. But, Fannie, what have you found to do since I went away?"

6. "I have helped mamma all I could; but you know, papa, I am such a little girl that

I can not

do much to
help her.
7. "One
day I went
to the barn,

and saw the

cow and the

horse and the hens

drinking. I never knew before that there are so many different ways to drink.

8. "So I asked mamma to tell me how the different animals drink, and she said I must watch them and see, and I have already

found out how the cat and the dog and the little birds drink."

9. "I am glad you are finding out things