FOURTH YEAR

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SECOND HALF

I watch the slow flakes as they fall
On bank and brier and broken wall;
Over the orchard, waste and brown,
All noiselessly they settle down,
Tipping the apple boughs and each
Light quivering twig of plum and peach.

-JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE: Midwinter.

Mary dreams that her little fur tippet tells her of its former life and also of its happiness now, in keeping Jack Frost away from her. Write about the dream, using from memory not fewer than five of the words above.

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The army of Robert Bruce had been defeated six times, and he was hiding in a cave. He was tired and discouraged, and almost ready to give up. As he was lying there he noticed a spider try to weave her web. Over and over again she failed, but when he saw her try the seventh time he said, "I, too, will try a seventh time.”

A boy's shoe peeps out of a Christmas stocking and finds a girl's slipper doing the same thing. Write what they say to each other, using from memory not fewer than five of the words above.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost;
For want of a shoe the horse was lost;
For want of a horse the rider was lost.

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He goes on Sunday to the church,

And sits among his boys;

He hears the parson pray and preach;

He hears his daughter's voice

Singing in the village choir,

And it makes his heart rejoice.

-HENRY WADSWorth LongfelLOW: The Village Blacksmith.

The bell in the City Hall asks some questions of the bell in the tower of the church. Write the answer received, using from memory not fewer than five of the words above.

A little boy, who was playing in the fields, to be

nettle, and came

touching resolution by a

to his father. "Child," said he, “your it
for its hurting you. A nettle may be

so gently is the very
handled safely, if you do it with courage and

Add ed, ing, and able to the words in the last column. What change occurs in the spelling of the original word? (See page xiv.)

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Of all the beasts he learned the language,
Learned their names and all their secrets:
How the beavers built their lodges,
Where the squirrels hid their acorns,
How the reindeer ran so swiftly,

Why the rabbit was so timid,

Talked with them whene'er he met them,

Called them "Hiawatha's Brothers."

- HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW: The Song of Hiawatha.

A proud new tin basin comes to live in the kitchen. Tell what happened to it, using from memory not fewer than five of the words above.

Double the final consonant and add ed (see page xiv):—

pat strip

hop
drop

dip

skip

child

goose

pop

beg