LESSON XXXII

I had two pigeons bright and gay;
They flew from me the other day;
What was the reason they did go?
I can not tell, for I do not know.

Each of the
Write from

I WRITTEN Notice that the last line contains two independent statements joined by for. two couplets contains two sentences. memory, and verify.

II WRITTEN

If you know anything interesting about pigeons or doves, write three or four sentences telling what you know. Or else write about some other pet that you have had. Have you ever seen a squab-farm, where they raise young pigeons for market?

III ORAL Discuss the keeping of pets. Do you think it a good thing for every child to have some living thing for a pet? Tell what pet you like best.

"Is John Smith within?"

"Yes, that he is."

"Can he set a shoe?"

"Ay, marry, two;

Here a nail, and there a nail,

Tick, tack, too."

LESSON XXXIII

Monday's child is fair of face;
Tuesday's child is full of grace;

Wednesday's child is the child of woe;
Thursday's child has far to go;

Friday's child is loving and giving;
Saturday's child works hard for a living,

But the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is lucky and bonny and wise and gay.

I WRITTEN This is a bit of folk-lore you will have to study hard, if you write it without a mistake the first time. Wednesday and Tuesday are not easy to spell. In order to follow the copy, you will need to begin well to the left and write rather small. What word in the fourth couplet introduces the seventh independent statement? Write from memory, and verify your work.

II WRITTEN Find in the Additional Rimes another one about the days of the week, and copy carefully.

III ORAL Ask your parents to repeat to you any rimes they may know about the days of the week. Repeat these and any other folk-lore rimes that you may find. Folk-lore is made up of the rimes and sayings and tales kept by the people for a long time.

IV ORAL Review all the rules that you have had thus far.

LESSON XXXIV

1 Summer winds, blow strong and cool,
For I'm obliged to stay in school.
2 Snake, snake, come out of the grass,
And I'll not hurt you as I pass.
3 Bee, bee, with buzzing wing,

I'll steal your honey if you sting...
4 Purple plums that hang so high,
I shall eat you by and by.

I WRITTEN We have something new today. The names winds, snake, bee, and plums are all used in direct address, that is, they name things that are spoken to. For that reason, they are separated by commas from the rest of the sentence. We say that they are set off by commas.

Study the rimes, one at a time. Write and verify.

Rule 15 Set off by commas names used in direct address.

II WRITTEN Copy and point the following sentences, remembering (1) that a period or other point may take the place of a comma at the end of a sentence; (2) that a name used in address, if it is at the beginning or at the end of a sentence, needs only one

comma.

May come here

Will you come here May
Come here May
Jack be nimble

Run Sam run
Go mill go

Don't tease me child

Little girl please don't cry
Poor little bird who hurt you
Fly home lady-bird to the old
elm tree

I wish Mr. Brown that you
would reply

What a scamp you are Tom