They tried to play together, but could not; and at last both went to Harry's room, where Harry was fast asleep in bed.

Wigs jumped up and nestled on one side of him, and Twigs jumped up and nestled on the other side of him, and soon they were both asleep.

By-and-by mamma came into the room, and there she found them all asleep. When Harry waked up, the doctor said he was much better, and that perhaps the coming of Wigs and Twigs did him good. After that the puppy and kitten were always called "Dr. Wigs" and "Dr. Twigs."

Copy the title and the first paragraph, carefully putting in all the capitals, commas, and periods.

Write sentences containing these abbreviations:

"It is spring, mother. The ice is all gone, and the brook in the orchard is running briskly along. May we go there to play, mother?"

"Yes, children, if you will promise to keep your eyes open, and, when you come back, tell me what you have seen."

"Here we are-back again, mother! And what do you think we saw? We saw birds praying."

"Oh, no, mother! Albert mistakes. They were not praying; they were giving thanks. This is the way it was: They hopped from the bushes down to the ground. There were two of them, mother, and they were robins.

"Then they hopped along to the edge of the water, stopping every minute to look at us. But we kept very still-didn't we, Albert? Then they stuck just the tips of their dainty bills into

the water, and drank; and every time they took a sip they raised their heads and looked up to heaven. I think they were giving thanks for the water; were they not, mother?"

"My darling, no doubt the little birds were very thankful for the water to drink; but that is not the reason they raised their heads every time they took a sip.

"It is this: Birds can not drink as we do, and as horses do. They fill their bills with the water, and then raise their heads and stretch up

their necks so that the water may run down their throats. But that was a very pretty conceit of yours about their giving thanks to God, and I am glad you thought of it."

Write answers to the following questions, and let the answers be complete sentences:

Where was the brook?

How was the brook running?

What did the children see by the brook?

How do birds drink?

There's a merry brown thrush sitting up in a tree;
He's singing to me! he's singing to me!
And what does he say, little girl, little boy?
"Oh! the world's running over with joy!
Hush! look! in my tree

I'm as happy as happy can be."

And the brown thrush keeps singing, "A nest do

you see,

And five eggs hid by me in the big cherry-tree? Don't meddle, don't touch, little girl, little boy, Or the world will lose some of its joy!

Now I'm glad! now I'm free!

And I always shall be,

If you never bring sorrow to me."

So the merry brown thrush sings away in the tree,
To you and to me to you and to me;

And he sings all the day, little girl, little boy :
"Oh, the world's running over with joy!
But long it won't be-

Don't you know? don't you see?-
Unless we're as good as can be."

Copy a line of this poem which has in it two exclamation-points (!).

Copy a line which has in it two question-marks (?),
Commit the first stanza to memory.

This is a very still picture. There is no living thing in it except the birds, and no motion except their flying and walking. Even the old oak-tree seems as still as if there were not a breath of air stirring.