10. She was frightened, and gave the reins to her father, who soon quieted the horse, while he showed Kate how to drive, and told her that she must be careful about striking this horse, as he was very high-spirited. 11. On their

way home

12. The horse saw him, too, and stopped. For a moment he stood and looked at the bear, then he tried to turn and go the other way.

13. Just then the bear walked slowly away from them, and they saw that a man was leading him.

14. When the man saw that the horse was frightened, he led the bear out of the road into the field so as to let the horse pass him.

15. Even then the horse was unwilling to go along the road where the bear had stood, and he did not fully get over his fright until he was safe at home in the barn.

16. For some time afterward the horse was frightened when he was driven over this road. He would look carefully around, as if he feared that the bear was not far away, and would tremble as he hurried on.

1. Leading, suddenly, slowly, reins, trotted, unwilling, frightened, forward, straight, high-spirited.

2. Write two sentences containing the words reins and rains. Make three words from fright. Did he lead the bear? What was Kate's last name? What does Mr. stand for? What does the period show? Change drove to make it mean present time. Why are there no quotation marks in the first sentence? Can you change the form of it so as to use them? What does "K." stand for in the third paragraph? How far does the dialogue extend?

THE BOY AND THE BIRD.

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LXXX. THE BOY AND THE BIRD.

1. A little bird on a tall elm tree

Was making her nest in June;

As she thought of her eggs and her little birds,

She sang a merry tune.

2. A boy stood under the lofty elm, And the merry song he heard;

As he caught the pure, sweet notes, he said, "I wish I could sing like a bird."

One day in June a little bird was busy at work building her nest in a large elm tree. She thought how nice it would be when she had the nest

all done. Then she thought of the tiny eggs, and of the little

birds that would soon be in the

nest. Her mother heart was so

happy that she stopped work for a moment to sing a merry tune. A little boy stood under the tree watching the bird at her work: When she began to sing hi listened, pleased with the sweet notes. "I wish I could sing like a bird," he said, as she stopped singing and flew down near him for another straw.

1. Merry, building, lofty, listened.

2. Give the rhyming words and mark the sounds. What is meant by "caught the notes"? Does the word caught make it seem as if the notes came through the air like a ball? Copy the script. What is told in the prose that is not in the poem? What birds build nests in trees? Where do other birds make their nests? Do all birds use straw to make their nests?

A FABLE.

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LXXXI. A FABLE.

1. Once on a time a mouse came running to her mother in great haste.

2. "Come out into the pantry," said she. "Do come with me and see what I have found!

3. "It is such a nice little house, and there is a piece of cheese in it. I did not go in, though the cheese smelled so good that I wanted to get it for you.

4. "I thought I would run and tell you first, and then we could go together and get the cheese. It is safe from the cat, for the door is so small that she can not get in.. Some one must have made it just for us."

5. "My child," said the wise old mouse,