LESSON XCVI

Little Polly Flinders

Sat among the cinders,
Warming her pretty little toes;

Her mother came and caught her,

And whipped her little daughter
For spoiling her nice new clothes.

I WRITTEN

What is left out in the contracted statement of the last two lines? What descriptive group applies to Polly? Write and verify.

II WRITTEN Copy the following contracted statements, and add one word to each so as to make it ȧ complete statement:

1 Jenny, she got well, and stood upon her feet.

2 Robin flew to Jenny Wren's house, and sang a roundelay. 3 Jenny blushed behind her fan, and thus declared her mind. 4 Buff neither laughs nor smiles,

But carries his face with a very good grace.

III ORAL Look in your readers for short examples of contracted statements. It need not discourage you if you make some mistakes before you fully understand this. Select several examples to read in class.

I sing, I sing from morn till night;

From cares I'm free, and my heart is light.

LESSON XCVII

The Queen of Hearts,
She made some tarts
All on a summer's day;
The Knave of Hearts,

He stole those tarts,
And with them ran away.

The King of Hearts
Called for the tarts,
And beat the Knave full sore;
The Knave of Hearts

Brought back the tarts,

And vowed he'd steal no more.

I WRITTEN Notice the two commas which mark the repetition for emphasis of a subject of thought. Note the contracted statement in the last line of each stanza and in the third line of the second stanza. What word will complete every contracted statement? Copy and verify.

II WRITTEN

Write the rule for the commas at the end of the first and the fourth lines; for the commas at the end of the fifth, eighth, and eleventh lines.

III ORAL Repeat rimes or riddles.

LESSON XCVIII

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye,
Four-and-twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie;
When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing;
Was not that a dainty dish to set before the King?

The King was in his counting-house, counting out his money;

The Queen was in the parlor, eating bread and honey;

The maid was in the garden, hanging out the clothes; By came a blackbird, and snapt off her nose.

I WRITTEN

Point out the series of three things to be sung about. Name four descriptive groups, each set off by a comma. Point out the time-group. Notice that full always becomes ful when added to another word. Note the hyphens. contracted statement in the last line? would make it a full statement? memory, and verify.

II WRITTEN

What is the

What word Write from

Write full compounded with care, hope, fear, wonder, cheer, spoon, cup, watch, and sorrow. When skill and full are compounded, how many l's do you throw away? Write several other words of which full has become a part.

III ORAL Repeat all the rules which apply to the pointing off or to the capitals of the rime today. There are ten in all. Repeat the rime itself.