a letter to Henry all alone; and I am sure he will be glad to get it." Write a letter to one of your friends, or to your teacher. How many of you, children, ever saw a monkey? One, two, three, four-there is no use counting; you all have. It may be that you have seen the monkey which goes around with the organgrinder, and wears a red dress and a little red cap, and picks up pennies for the man. Or, perhaps, you have seen the monkeys at a menagerie, and have watched them running and jumping and swinging in their large cages. But who of you ever saw them wild, living in the trees like the birds, going where they please, and chattering monkey-talk all day? Some little boys and girls who live in a country far away from here see them so; for monkeys live in the woods there, just as squirrels do here. A monkey, whose name was Jake, lived in a cage. There were a great many other monkeys with him, and people went to see them. One day a lady gave Jake a small hand-glass. This was a new thing to him. He did not know what to make of it. He looked in it, and saw-what do you think?-a monkey. We know it was only his own likeness, but Jake did not know that; he thought it was another monkey. He didn't like the looks of the new monkey very much, so he thought he would catch him. At first he looked in the glass, and then made a lunge after the monkey which he thought was behind it; but, as he did not catch him, he put down the glass and looked around to see where he was. "I'm too careless," thought Jake. "I will be more cautious the next time." So, the next time, watching the monkey in the glass all the while, he very carefully put out one arm and brought it slowly, slowly up behind the glass, and then made a sudden lunge at the monkey. He didn't catch him, and, while the by-standers laughed, poor Jake scratched his head, as much as to say, "It may be great fun to you, but I can't understand how in the world that monkey got away." Write a word which means the opposite of small; of new; of wild; of behind. Copy the following sentences, and, in place of the dashes, write in each sentence two words having opposite meanings: HOW JOHNNY HELPED THE CHICKEN. It was the first time Johnny had ever been upon a farm, and a happier little boy you never saw. He trotted about from morning till night, among pigs and cows and chickens and sheep, from the stable to the meadow and back to the farm-yard, and down to the duck-pond, never stopping long enough to find out how tired he was until night came. One day Johnny went out by himself to the poultry-yard. There he saw a hen looking down into her nest, and clucking in a way quite painful to hear, she seemed so puzzled and distressed. She was a very young hen, and I suppose she did not quite know what was going on there. Neither did Johnny; so he went up to see. What did he see? Well, he saw six large, yellow eggs; and, when he looked closer, he saw |