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They had seen the world, and found that there are other things than pigs in it.

LANGUAGE LESSON.

Let pupils give answers in complete sentences.

Where did the pigs go?

What did they call the house?

How did they get into the yard?

What did the white pig say when he saw the cook ? Then what did they all do?

Let pupils pronounce the following words according to their

marking.

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Let pupils write these words and mark their pronunciation.

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THE MOOSE.

"See, John, how fast the moose is

running! He is afraid of the dogs."

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I hope they will not catch him. Whose dogs are they, papa'?"

"I do not know whose they are; but they will not catch the moose. He will hide from them, among the spruce trees."

"He is very much like a deer, papa'. See his long legs and large

horns!

"Yes, John.

kind of deer.

The moose is a

His horns are not

like those of a deer, but his eyes and hoofs are.

"When I was a little boy, I was sent out one day to find the cow. I got on my pony, and, after a long ride among the spruce trees, the pony came to a full stop.

"Go on, pony,' said I.

'Do you

see the cow?' But the pony would not go on. It was not the cow that It was a large moose.

he saw.

"There he stood, in a pool of water, looking at us with his large, soft eyes.

"He did not move at first, but pretty soon he began to splash the water with his hoofs.

I was, too.

Then the pony was afraid, and
We did not stop to find
We came out from among

the cow.

the trees, and went home as fast as we could."

"Why did the moose stand in the pool of water, papa'?"

"It was a warm day, and he stood in the water to get cool. A moose or a deer likes to stand in the cool water on a warm day."

LANGUAGE LESSON.

Let pupils write these sentences and fill the blanks.

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to see this shell."

"What is in it, mamma'?"

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